6 Best Financial Crime and Money Laundering Movies

By Vlad Zakh · May 29, 2026

Money laundering and financial crime make for shadowy thrillers. Lord of War follows an arms dealer whose conscience finally catches up, Layer Cake has a cocaine dealer’s retirement plans wrecked by one more job, and The International follows an Interpol agent investigating a bank that funds arms deals. The Counterfeiters, The Firm and To Live and Die in L.A. round out the six.

Lord of War (2005)

TMDB ★ 7.6

An ambitious arms dealer's lucrative international weapons trade catches up with his conscience and the law.

Directed by Andrew Niccol · 2h 02m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Layer Cake (2004)

IMDb ★ 7.2 RT 81% Metacritic 73

A cocaine dealer planning his exit gets pulled into one messy job too many.

Directed by Matthew Vaughn · 1h 45m · Rated R

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award2 wins & 9 nominations total

Where to watch

Stream: Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The International (2009)

TMDB ★ 6.2

An Interpol agent investigates a powerful international bank secretly financing arms deals and global conflicts.

Directed by Tom Tykwer · 1h 58m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Counterfeiters (2007)

TMDB ★ 7.4

Jewish prisoners in a Nazi concentration camp are forced to forge foreign currency to fund the war effort.

Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky · 1h 38m

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Firm (1993)

TMDB ★ 6.9

A young lawyer finds out his prestigious new law firm is secretly a front for organised crime and money laundering.

Directed by Sydney Pollack · 2h 34m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Peacock Premium, Paramount+ Amazon Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)

TMDB ★ 7.1

A Secret Service agent obsessed with catching a ruthless counterfeiter crosses dangerous ethical lines.

Directed by William Friedkin · 1h 56m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Financial Crime and Money Laundering Movies

Lord of War (2005)

Layer Cake (2004)

The International (2009)

The Counterfeiters (2007)

The Firm (1993)

To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)

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