Finance on the Screen (Movies and Television)

The table below contains a list of movies and television series that have business and financial elements.  You can read about these at the Internet Movie Data Base, www.imdb.com.  They contain various aspects of business and finance and are of varying degrees of accuracy.  Look upon these as entertainment first and finance second.

 

 

Movie

 

Year

 

Length (minutes)

 

Director

 

Stars

 

It's a Wonderful Life

 

1946

 

129

 

F. Capra

 

J. Steward, D. Reed, L. Barrymore

 

Executive Suite

 

1954

 

104

 

R. Wise

 

W. Holden, B. Stanwyck, W. Pidgeon, S. Winters, J. Allyson, F. March

 

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

 

1956

 

153

 

N. Johnson

 

G. Peck, F. March, L.J. Cobb, J. Jones

 

Patterns

 

1956

 

83

 

F. Cook

 

V. Heflin, E. Begley

 

A Doll's House

 

1973

 

106

 

J. Losey

 

J. Fonda, T. Howard

 

A Doll's House

 

1973

 

105

 

P. Garland

 

C. Bloom, R. Richardson, A. Hopkins

 

Silver Bears

 

1978

 

113

 

I. Passer

 

M. Caine, L. Jourdan, C. Shepherd, J. Leno, T. Smothers, M. Balsam

 

Rollover

 

1981

 

118

 

A. Pakula

 

J. Fonda, K. Kristofferson

 

Trading Places

 

1983

 

116

 

J. Landis

 

D. Aykroyd, R. Bellamy, E. Murphy, D. Ameche, J. L. Curtis

 

Wall Street

 

1987

 

124

 

O. Stone

 

M. Douglas, C. Sheen, M. Sheen, D. Hannah

 

Dealers

 

1989

 

91

 

C. Buksey

 

P. McGann, R. DeMornay

 

Limit Up

 

1989

 

88

 

R. Martini

 

N. Allen, R. Charles

 

Other People's Money

 

1991

 

101

 

N. Jewison

 

D. DeVito, G. Peck

 

Barbarians at the Gate

 

1993

 

120

 

G. Jordan

 

J. Garner, J. Cassidy

 

Rogue Trader

 

1999

 

101

 

J. Dearden

 

E. McGregor, J. Friel

 

Boiler Room

 

2000

 

119

 

B. Younger

 

B. Affleck, G. Ribisi

 

Mission Impossible II

 

2000

 

183

 

J. Woo

 

T. Cruise, A. Nordoff-Hall

 

The Bank

 

2001

 

106

 

R. Connolly

 

A. LaPaglia

Clancy in Wall Street 1930

76

T. Wilde C.Murray, A. Herring
Glengarry Glen Ross 1992

100

D. Mamet A. Pacino, J. Lemmon, A. Baldwin, E. Harris, K. Spacey
 
Television Series Year Network Comments
 

Bull

2000 TNT Lasted only a few episodes
 

The $treet

2000 Fox Lasted only a few episodes
Dirty Sexy Money 2007 ABC  

                                                                          

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