6 Best Hedge Fund and Insider Trading Movies

By Vlad Zakh · May 2, 2026

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The high-stakes secrecy of hedge funds and the temptation of insider knowledge has powered some of cinema’s tensest financial thrillers.

The Big Short (2015) 01

The Big Short (2015)

IMDb ★ 7.8

A handful of financial outsiders foresee the collapse of the housing market and bet against the entire system.

Equity (2016) 02

Equity (2016)

IMDb ★ 5.8

A senior investment banker's high-stakes tech IPO is threatened by a hidden securities fraud investigation.

Arbitrage (2012) 03

Arbitrage (2012)

IMDb ★ 6.5

A hedge fund manager conceals a massive financial fraud while covering up a personal tragedy.

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) 04

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)

IMDb ★ 6.3

A disgraced financier reenters Wall Street just as the 2008 financial crisis begins to unfold.

Wall Street (1987) 05

Wall Street (1987)

IMDb ★ 7.4

An ambitious young stockbroker is seduced by a ruthless corporate raider's philosophy of greed.

Rogue Trader (1999) 06

Rogue Trader (1999)

IMDb ★ 6.2

A reckless derivatives trader's unchecked bets secretly bankrupt one of Britain's oldest investment banks.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix, built to fix a specific annoyance: most recommendation sites are just algorithm-driven noise. Our lists are researched and organized by who's in a film, where it's from, and the mood you're actually in tonight.