Wall Street
Perhaps the greatest movie
about the dark side of Wall
Street: greed. Perfect
performances by Michael
Douglas and Charlie Sheen.
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Boiler Room
Not exactly my favorite
movie, but a sensationalized
portrayal of the seemy side
of the business: the
"boiler room" stock scams.
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Trading Places
Funny but in a mean spirited
way, this black comedy
about a bum (Eddie Murphy)
trading places with a financial
wheeler dealer (Dan Aykroyd)
was a big hit in 1983.
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Barbarians at the Gate
The true story of the buyout
of RJR Nabisco in the
go go 80s, with lots of
corporate shenanigans.
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Working Girl
Fun romantic comedy about
a secretary in the brokerage
industry (Melanie Griffith)
who outsmarts her mean
boss (Sigourney Weaver)
to close a deal and get
the guy (Harrison Ford).
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Glengarry Glen Ross
Here the "financial" industry
is actually the real estate
industry, but it's a good story
of business ethics, with an
all star cast (Jack Lemmon,
Al Pacino, Kevin Spacey, etc.)
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