Top 10 Best Business Movies

Oliver Stone intended Gordon Gekko's "greed is good" speech as a cautionary tale, but Wall Street embraced it as a mission statement, inspiring thousands to pursue careers in finance.

Adam McKay made collateralized debt obligations and credit default swaps genuinely entertaining by having Margot Robbie explain them in a bubble bath, turning financial outrage into box office gold.

David Mamet's brutal portrayal of desperate real estate salesmen gave the business world "Always Be Closing" and Alec Baldwin's legendary brass tacks motivational speech that sales teams still quote today.

Brad Pitt starring as Billy Beane turned sabermetrics into a gripping underdog story, demonstrating how data-driven decision-making could disrupt an industry resistant to change.

Daniel Day-Lewis's Daniel Plainview is the ultimate portrait of American capitalism's ruthless ambition, drinking milkshakes and crushing competitors in Paul Thomas Anderson's oil-soaked masterpiece.

Martin Scorsese's three-hour excess marathon with Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort was intended as a condemnation of fraud but became aspirational content for a generation of finance bros.

J.C. Chandor's taut thriller captured 24 hours inside a Lehman Brothers-like investment bank as executives discover toxic assets, delivering the most realistic depiction of corporate crisis management ever filmed.

Michael Keaton's Ray Kroc systematically steals McDonald's from the McDonald brothers, revealing how ruthless execution and franchise contracts matter more than the original idea.

Ben Younger's film about a fraudulent brokerage firm was so accurate that actual pump-and-dump operators said it depicted their world perfectly, making it a cult classic for its raw portrayal of financial predation.

Oliver Stone intended Gordon Gekko's "greed is good" speech as a cautionary tale, but Wall Street embraced it as a mission statement, inspiring thousands to pursue careers in finance.

Adam McKay made collateralized debt obligations and credit default swaps genuinely entertaining by having Margot Robbie explain them in a bubble bath, turning financial outrage into box office gold.

David Mamet's brutal portrayal of desperate real estate salesmen gave the business world "Always Be Closing" and Alec Baldwin's legendary brass tacks motivational speech that sales teams still quote today.

Brad Pitt starring as Billy Beane turned sabermetrics into a gripping underdog story, demonstrating how data-driven decision-making could disrupt an industry resistant to change.

Daniel Day-Lewis's Daniel Plainview is the ultimate portrait of American capitalism's ruthless ambition, drinking milkshakes and crushing competitors in Paul Thomas Anderson's oil-soaked masterpiece.

Martin Scorsese's three-hour excess marathon with Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort was intended as a condemnation of fraud but became aspirational content for a generation of finance bros.

J.C. Chandor's taut thriller captured 24 hours inside a Lehman Brothers-like investment bank as executives discover toxic assets, delivering the most realistic depiction of corporate crisis management ever filmed.

Michael Keaton's Ray Kroc systematically steals McDonald's from the McDonald brothers, revealing how ruthless execution and franchise contracts matter more than the original idea.

Ben Younger's film about a fraudulent brokerage firm was so accurate that actual pump-and-dump operators said it depicted their world perfectly, making it a cult classic for its raw portrayal of financial predation.