Finance & Greed — on film
The other side of the money story. These films show what unchecked greed, debt and a system you don't control can do — exactly what sound money is a response to. A companion to our Bitcoin Films page.
Network (1976)
- The classic — the "I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore" film.
- A furious satire of media and corporate greed: profit above truth, outrage sold as entertainment. Decades early, and more relevant than ever.
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Wall Street (1987)
- Gordon Gekko and the infamous "greed is good" speech.
- Ambition, insider trading and ethical collapse in the 1980s finance boom — the definitive greed film.
- Watch: where to watch
Boiler Room (2000)
- The dark world of high-pressure sales and pump-and-dump schemes — the hustle before the crash.
- A close cousin of the crypto scams we trace on the Scam Trace page.
- Watch: where to watch
Inside Job (2010)
- The definitive documentary on the 2008 collapse, narrated by Matt Damon.
- How deregulation, greed and conflicts of interest wrecked the global economy — the backdrop Bitcoin was released into.
- Watch: where to watch
Margin Call (2011)
- 24 hours inside an investment bank as the 2008 crisis breaks — the quiet, cold decisions that hit millions.
- Watch: where to watch
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
- Jordan Belfort's rise and fall — fraud, excess and greed at full volume.
- Watch: where to watch
The Big Short (2015)
- Explains the 2008 housing crisis with humour and clarity — contrarian thinking and how the bubble burst.
- Watch: where to watch
Dumb Money (2023)
- The GameStop saga — Reddit retail investors taking on Wall Street hedge funds. The newest, and a sign of the power shift.
- Watch: where to watch
The thread: every one of these is about a system run on greed and leverage that ordinary people don't control. That's the case sound money — Bitcoin — makes for itself. Learn it on the Crash Courses.