Ten films related to the financial market.

By espacioreal | elespacioreal | 10 Oct 2020

Inside Job (2010): Documentary of the financial crisis of 2008. A subject that is widely covered by different works, however this documentary stands out because it reviews one by one of the participants of the crisis, home buyers, originator banks, rating agencies, FED , etc.
Enron: The smartest guys in the room (2005): Documentary that narrates the Enron scandal, as well as its origins. Misaligned interests, poor regulation, financial accounting freedoms, egos, toxic corporate culture, etc.
Margin Call (2012): Film that narrates the days before the crisis of 2008 broke out, this from the perspective of investment banking and its participants from different ranks, from the analyst, the quant, the director of risks, up to the CEO. Film that does not have the fame it deserves.
Trading places (1983): Comedy that tells the story of a commodity trader and a homeless man who exchange places to learn about each other's skills when their environments are changed. Entertaining way to know how the futures markets worked and to some extent continue to work.
Other people’s money (1991): Comedy about an active investor who buys undervalued companies and resells them in parts for a profit. It shows how sometimes making a profit does not necessarily go hand in hand with the value generated by a company. I think it becomes more relevant now with the notable increase in leveraged buyouts around the world.
Wall Street (1987): Perhaps the most famous film on the subject. It tells of the beginnings of a stockbroker and his desire to become a legend like his mentor: Gordon Gekko. It's worth it simply for the "greed is good" speech.
The Big Short (2015): Based on the book of the same name, it first narrates the reasons that originated the 2008 crisis, and later it narrates how a handful of investors were able to see it and take advantage of it.
Rogue Trader (1999): It tells the story of Nick Leeson and how his operations in the derivatives market led to the bankruptcy of Barings Bank. In other words, the trader who broke the oldest bank in the world.
Boiler Room (2000): Probably one of the oldest looking movies on the list, despite not being the oldest. This because practically everything that appears there no longer exists, sale of shares by telephone, few sources of information to corroborate the information, little regulation, etc. For the above reasons, I think it is worth seeing, because it gives you the opportunity to know a world that no longer exists and that nevertheless not long ago was like that.
Barbarians at the gate (1993): The film does not have much quality in its production (it was made for television), however it is based on the book of the same name which is undoubtedly one of the best books on corporate finance. It narrates the bid for control of Nabisco between its CEO and KKR. Interesting because it narrates the first big transaction of LBOs, junk bonds, corporate takeovers, etc.