A classic from the 80s, Brewster's Millions features Pryor as a minor league baseball player who is given an offer he can’t refuse — spend $30 million in 30 days and have nothing to show for it, and he gets $300 million. It’s a metaphor for the “decade of greed.” The rich and powerful in the 1980s become consumed by their quest for money and lost their souls, walking around like dead people. #37 of 82 The Best Movies Based on Non-Fiction Books#36 of 47 The Biggest Oscar Bait Films of All Time, 15 Behind-The-Scenes Stories From The Making Of 'Goodfellas'#506 of 1,189 Every Oscar Winning Film Ever. As Sheen’s materialistic girlfriend, Daryl Hannah is an unconvincing cliché, but Stone makes the wheeling and dealing of illegal trading come to life even as its intricacies continue to puzzle. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind. I think that "Click", starring Adam Sandler is another movie that could be added to the list. Billionaire Boys Club is a 2018 American biographical drama film directed by James Cox. Danny Ocean gathers a crew to rob him of his fortune. Well, Rogue Trader is the story of one of the biggest investment failures in recent history. I think War of the Roses could have been added to this list. And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA. Suspicious sequel news: Supposedly, there is a sequel called “Money Never Sleeps” in preproduction now, in which Douglas will reprise his role. Buy Now Six Degrees of Separation, $6.74Buy Now The Talented Mr. Ripley, $9.95. Starring: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore. However, his dreams are shattered following Black Monday on October 19, 1987 when stock markets around the world were crashed. He’s President of the KCFCC, and drummer for The Dead Girls and Ultimate Fakebook. Then one day he sees a guy driving a sports car and asks how he did it. We learn about his drive and his hunger for success. And they know his weakness — gambling on the horses. © 2019 Cinemaholic Inc. All rights reserved. Are titans of industry born to do it, or are they made? Now I’m just making sure you’re paying attention. He decides to become at trainee stock broker, unpaid and in dire financial straits. Here’s a link to a Danny Devito speech from the other side of the argument. Buy Now Clueless, $12.94Buy Now Ferris Bueller's Day Off, $10.10. Each salesman is under immense pressure to close sales or lose their jobs, and we see how far people will go in search of the mighty dollar. This is a list of movies about doing business, featuring everything from The Wolf of Wall Street to Citizen Kane to American Hustle. It’s dark, tragic, funny and exhilarating. Previous post: Motion City Soundtrack on Motion Pictures. ‘The Pursuit of Happyness’ tells a classic rags-to-riches American story about Christopher Gardner who works as a salesman but is facing some serious financial troubles. The Brits specialize in houses and nobility (Gosford Park, Remains of the Day, Match Point, The Queen), the French do seduction (Belle de Jour, Celebration, Claire's Knee), and the Italians do both and dress well at the same time, as in I Am Love, or the classic The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, above, about an haute-bourgeois Jewish family during the rise of Mussolini. Americans betray their ambivalence about wealth in a whole spate of movies that cast the wealthy as creepy, creepier, and creepiest. What is your opinion about the “Rogue Traider” ? I boiled the list down to the best 25 that show a variety of themes across many different genres and ratings.