Movies like Margin Call
If Margin Call's mix of capitalism, brokerage and wall street stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Margin Call's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Money Monster
2016 · Directed by Jodie Foster · 99 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: wall street, financial crisis, stock market · Also thriller and drama · From the same decade (2010s)
Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes over their studio.
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Wall Street
1987 · Directed by Oliver Stone · 126 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: wall street, stock market
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider, who takes the youth under his wing.
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Too Big to Fail
2011 · Directed by Curtis Hanson · 97 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: wall street, financial crisis · From the same decade (2010s)
An intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few weeks.
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American Psycho
2000 · Directed by Mary Harron · 102 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: wall street · Also thriller and drama
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.
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Marty Supreme
2025 · Directed by Josh Safdie · 150 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: capitalism · Also drama and thriller
Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.
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Boiler Room
2000 · Directed by Ben Younger · 119 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: investment banker · Also drama and thriller
A college dropout gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm and is on the fast track to success—but the job might not be as legitimate as it sounds.
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The Big Short
2015 · Directed by Adam McKay · 131 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: wall street, financial crisis · From the same decade (2010s)
The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.
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The Substance
2024 · Directed by Coralie Fargeat · 141 min7.1
Why you'll like itWith Demi Moore · Shares: capitalism
A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.
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The Wizard of Lies
2017 · Directed by Barry Levinson · 133 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: wall street · From the same decade (2010s)
A look behind the scenes at Bernie Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme, how it was perpetrated on the public and the trail of destruction it left in its wake, both for the victims and Madoff's family.
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The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
2009 · Directed by Tony Scott · 106 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: stock market
Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.