Top Trading Movies to Watch 1. The Big Short – How a few traders predicted and profited from the 2008 crash. 2. Wall Street – The original tale of greed and insider trading. 3. Money Never Sleeps – Gordon Gekko’s return in the sequel. 4. Trading Places – Comedy meets commodities. 5. Margin Call – A firm’s 24-hour scramble before the 2008 collapse. 6. Floored – Real-life highs and lows of floor traders. 7. Boiler Room – Inside a shady pump-and-dump brokerage. 8. Wolf of Wall Street – Wild ride of Jordan Belfort and penny stocks. 9. Rogue Trader – The man who sank Barings Bank. 10. Too Big to Fail – Treasury’s view of the 2008 meltdown. 11. Barbarians at the Gate – Legendary RJR Nabisco buyout. 12. Wizard of Lies – Madoff’s $65B Ponzi scheme unravelled.