Movies like Wall Street
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Wall Street (1987)
174K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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 whom takes the youth under his wing.
Style:
political, suspense, talky, intense, serious, captivating, entertaining, tense, clever, stylized ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
wall street, stock market, stock broker, stock exchange, business, businessman, capitalism, yuppie, entrepreneur, greed, top executive, workplace, finance, lawyer, money, insider trading, entrepreneurship, marketing, manipulation, critique of capitalism, conspiracy, trading, union, fraud, revenge ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, canada, california, manhattan, new york city
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Most similar movies to Wall Street
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, realistic, interesting and tense films with plots about greed, corruption, business, dialogue, storytelling, mentor and twists and turns mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Wall Street: Boiler Room (2000), Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), Margin Call (2011), The Big Short (2015), Billions (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two tiered mission: To alert the financial community to the coming doom, and to find out ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, realistic, serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, family friendly
Plot:
wall street, stock broker, finance, stock market crash, stock market, corporate greed, marketing, rivalry, insider trading, vengeance, corporate world, speculation ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 2000s, year 2001, year 2008 ...
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, london, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A college dropout gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm, which puts him on the fast track to success, but the job might not be as legitimate as it sounds.
Style:
clever, suspense, psychological, tense, intense ...
Plot:
wall street, entrepreneur, stock broker, marketing, entrepreneurship, business, stock market, finance, financial crisis, crime gone awry, greed, poker ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, 90s, future, 2000s
Place:
new york, bolivia, long island, usa, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Glengarry Glen Ross, follows the lives of four unethical Chicago real estate agents who are prepared to go to any lengths (legal or illegal) to unload undesirable real estate on unwilling prospective buyers.
Style:
cult classic, suspense, neo noir, dark comedy, intense ...
Plot:
office, manipulation, business, closeted homosexual, greed, workplace, career, real estate agent, dialogue, entrepreneurship, rain, entrepreneur ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1992
Place:
chicago, brooklyn new york city, new york, illinois, arizona ...
Similarity:
100%
160K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A thriller that revolves around the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the financial crisis.
Style:
clever, realistic, captivating, serious, political ...
Plot:
stock market, financial crisis, wall street, businessman, finance, greed, stock market crash, corporation, corporate america, investments, bankruptcy, marketing ...
Time:
year 2011, 2000s, year 2008, 2010s, 70s ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, usa, california
Similarity:
90%
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Style:
clever, cynical, captivating, motivational, cerebral ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
money, corruption, wall street, business, rise and fall, addiction, stock market, stock broker, success, wealth, greed, rags to riches ...
Time:
80s, year 2013, 90s, 20th century, year 1987 ...
Place:
new york, usa, geneva switzerland, big ben london, italy ...
Similarity:
79%
533K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.
Style:
intellectual, realistic, tense, inspirational, intelligent ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly, girls' night, date night, teen drama ...
Plot:
finance, wall street, business, stock market, financial crisis, money, greed, banking, economic crisis, bank, loan, analysis ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, year 2015, future, year 2016 ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, las vegas, california
Similarity:
100%
117K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
A complex drama about power politics in the world of New York high finance.
Shrewd, savvy U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades and the brilliant, ambitious hedge fund king Bobby "Axe" Axelrod are on an explosive collision course, with each using ...
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, intellectual, political, smart ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
finance, money, corruption, investor, stock exchange, wall street, twists and turns, wealth, stock market, rivalry, life philosophy, obsession ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
realistic, captivating, political, serious, tense ...
Plot:
wall street, scam, financier, stock exchange, fraud, money, investor, financial crisis, finance, businessman, corporate world, workplace ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, psychological thriller, bloody, twist ending ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, insanity, sociopath, satire, violence, dark humor, psycho killer, materialism, yuppie, nihilism, millionaire ...
Time:
year 2000, 80s, 2000s, year 1987, y2k ...
Place:
new york, yale university, manhattan new york city, america, seattle ...
Similarity:
100%
613K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
The life of the gambling paradise – Las Vegas – and its dark mafia underbelly.
Style:
realistic, clever, rough, neo noir, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, casino, rise and fall, gangster, betrayal, money, gambling, greed, criminal heroes, mobster, cosa nostra ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 90s, 80s, year 1973 ...
Place:
las vegas, chicago, missouri, israel, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Rogue Trader tells the true story of Nick Leeson, an employee of Barings Bank who--after a successful trading run--ends up accumulating $1.4 billion in losses hidden in account #88888.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, realistic, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
stock market, greed, finance, business, wall street, trading, money, dishonesty, corporate crime, ambition, rise and fall, workplace ...
Time:
future
Place:
asia, england, europe, singapore, bahamas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A former college athlete joins forces with a sports consultant to handicap football games for high-rolling gamblers.
Style:
inspirational, intense, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gambling, football, american football, greed, father son relationship, cons and scams, addiction, money, rags to riches, manipulation, workplace, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
new york, puerto rico, las vegas, boston, new jersey ...
Similarity:
75%
661K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.
Style:
neo noir, psychological, disturbing, suspense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
character study, sociopath, journalism, obsession, cynicism, psychopath, manipulation, morality, journalist, violence, deception, ethics ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, venice beach california, america ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A law firm brings in its 'fixer' to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit.
Style:
suspenseful, clever, suspense, political thriller, disturbing ...
Plot:
lawyer, legal, business, twists and turns, conspiracy, guilt, character study, divorce, nervous breakdown, law firm, courtroom, trial ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, wisconsin, usa, milwaukee wisconsin, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
57K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Poland
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A troubled hedge fund magnate, desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire, makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.
Style:
suspenseful, intense, psychological, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
twists and turns, infidelity, money, business, adultery, wall street, moral dilemma, finance, morality, character study, moral ambiguity, manipulation ...
Time:
year 2012, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, california
Similarity:
67%
112K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes over their studio.
Style:
suspense, clever, entertaining, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
hostage, stock market, police, wall street, finance, corruption, revenge, conspiracy, money, capitalism, hostage negotiator, sniper ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, 21st century
Place:
south africa, new york, russia, reykjavik iceland, south korea ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not ...
Style:
clever, exciting, captivating, entertaining, inspirational ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
con artists, adaptation, master criminal, creativity, deception, fbi, fraud, con man, impostor, prodigy, business, biopic ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1967, 70s, year 2002 ...
Place:
los angeles, new orleans, new york, washington d.c., france ...
Similarity:
60%
765K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.
Style:
disturbing, psychedelic, captivating, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
addiction, heroin, drug addiction, drug abuse, existentialism, dark humor, counterculture, junkie, life is a bitch, subculture, dialogue, social misfits ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1996
Place:
scotland, edinburgh scotland, london, england, britain ...
Similarity:
100%
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1.0M
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the ...
Style:
exciting, serious, cult classic, breathtaking, rough ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
gangster, mafia, organized crime, drug lord, gunfight, mob boss, drug cartel, drug dealing, cocaine, drug abuse, violence, badass ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983, year 1980
Place:
miami, miami beach, bolivia, cuba, florida ...
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The head of a giant European investment bank desperately clings to power when an American hedge fund company tries to buy them out.
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, social, political ...
Plot:
top executive, critique of capitalism, stock broker, greed, rivalry, boss and employee, workplace, office, trading, wealth, banking, entrepreneurship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, europe, france
Similarity:
100%
74K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Kenny Wells, a modern-day prospector, hustler, and dreamer, is desperate for a lucky break. Left with few options, Wells teams up with an equally luckless geologist to execute a grandiose, last-ditch effort: to find gold deep in the uncharted jungle ...
Style:
inspirational, suspense, intellectual, suspenseful, anamorphic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
jungle, business, gold, mining, greed, money, treasure hunt, business and finance, finance, justice, life philosophy, ethnic conflict ...
Time:
year 2016, 90s, 80s, year 1988
Place:
southeast asia, indonesia, new york, reno nevada
Similarity:
67%
41K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After his family is evicted from their home, proud and desperate construction worker Dennis Nash tries to win his home back by striking a deal with the devil and working for Rick Carver, the corrupt real estate broker who evicted him.
Style:
emotional, sincere, captivating, sexy, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
moral dilemma, real estate agent, eviction, single father, motel, financial crisis, dysfunctional family, human nature, workplace, parent child relationship, workplace situations, finance ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
usa, florida, orlando florida, california, boston ...
Similarity:
100%
357K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, USA, France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Yuri Orlov is a globetrotting arms dealer and, through some of the deadliest war zones, he struggles to stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol agent, his business rivals and even some of his customers who include many of the world's most ...
Style:
clever, realistic, thought provoking, suspense, cerebral ...
Audience:
manly, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot:
business, corruption, arms dealer, arms dealing, smuggling, success, millionaire, greed, gunrunner, notoriety, cynic, cold war ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 80s, 20th century, year 2001 ...
Place:
bolivia, africa, liberia, sierra leone, new york ...
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two thugs who tried to break into/steal his truck. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader ...
Style:
cerebral, rough, serious, clever, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
gang, skinhead, racism, prison, neo nazism, neo nazi, character change, nazism, juvenile delinquency, murder, politics, african american ...
Time:
20th century, year 1998, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, america, north america ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
It's 1863. America was born in the streets. Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points of America to seek vengeance against the psychotic gangland kingpin, Bill the Butcher, who murdered his father years earlier. With an eager pickpocket by ...
Style:
tense, rough, bloody, epic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
revenge, gang, vengeance, gangster, organized crime, street gang, violence, betrayal, racism, courage, violent, gang war ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1860s, 50s ...
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
2.4M
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
Style:
neo noir, cult classic, witty, exciting, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
dark humor, gunfight, violence, hitman, gangster, organized crime, overdose, storytelling, violent, professional killer, multiple storylines, foul language ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994, 70s
Place:
los angeles, california, southern california, america, britain ...
Similarity:
100%
229K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine ...
Style:
suspense, political, realistic, thought provoking, anthology ...
Plot:
drug traffic, organized crime, drug abuse, drug dealer, drug lord, addiction, drug addiction, drug cartel, drug, war on drugs, politics, corruption ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, 20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place:
mexico, latin america, california, ohio, los angeles ...
Similarity:
100%
184K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A TV network cynically exploits a deranged ex-TV anchor's ravings and revelations about the media for their own profit.
Style:
clever, satirical, political, witty, black comedy ...
Plot:
media, journalism, satire, television, social commentary, media manipulation, adultery, corruption, murder, dark humor, business, assassination ...
Time:
70s, year 1976, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
usa, new york, california, manhattan new york city, middle east ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A television movie based upon the book by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar, about the leveraged buyout (LBO) of RJR Nabisco.
Style:
inspirational, realistic, talky, witty, humorous ...
Plot:
stock market, wall street, business, satire, finance, money, ceo, corporation, greed, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, business and finance ...
Time:
80s
Place:
atlanta georgia, manhattan new york city, new york, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice help eliminate corruption in the police department, as long as he will not have to turn in any close friends. In doing so, Ciello uncovers a conspiracy ...
Style:
tense, neo noir, realistic, bleak, political ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
police, corruption, drug addiction, drug, lawyer, addiction, police corruption, whistleblower, police investigation, betrayal, redemption, fighting the system ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
new york, america, usa, washington d.c., virginia ...
Similarity:
100%
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