We have a local arthouse movie theatre in my neighborhood and I've been asked to host Money Movie Night once a week; So I've got to get a list together.
What are your favorite movies with any kind of a plot that involves money somehow.
An example might be the Christmas classic "It's a Wonderful LIfe". Why? Main character is a community banker. A bank run is depicted. One major theme is low time preference.
Any movie that might spark a thought or conversation about money would make the list.
What is your favorite MONEY movie and why?
Margin call.
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Here’s the full film also: https://youtu.be/HxWkfqXpLgI
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The Big Short
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this.
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Trading Places , Eddie Murphy...
Excellent movie on human nature, money and class.
In Time, Justin Timberwatever
Definitely s Bitcoin movie without mentioning Bitcoin
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Was looking for someone to mention Trading Places 😂
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Requiem for the American Dream.
Though I find now that Chomsky is a spell-casting wizard so you need to carefully evaluate his claims
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Say more about this wizardry, please.
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No movie hit it better than The Wolf of Wall Street for me
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Specifically about bitcoin: https://whybitcoinonly.com/#BitcoinMovies
Relevant to the bitcoin theme/ethos: https://whybitcoinonly.com/#RelevantMovies
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Margin Call
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Although The Big Short is probably more educational, the acting in Margin Call is unprecedented. It's criminally underrated.
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Agree with you
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Wall Street (1987)
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Original.
"Greed is good"
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Money Monster is a good one too, check it out
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Well, a banker gets dragged to hell in Drag Me To Hell, does that count! https://media.tenor.com/q0WkLMilRvoAAAAM/bh187-drag-me-to-hell.gif
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There is also a famous bank run scene in Mary Poppins
The children's father and grandfather both work at a bank, and one of the themes of the film is freedom & simplicity versus fiat, exemplified by Mary Poppins encouraging the children to use their tuppence to feed the birds, whereas their paternal line wants them to become productive capitalists through investment and lines of credit
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Thanks for this and it's news to me about this movie. I probably watched this years ago but didn't have the money lens I have as an adult. This is the kind of thing we're looking for. I'll go back and watch. Thanks!
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Trading Places (1983)
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I don't think anyone suggested this one but I find it a really cool concept: "In Time" Dystopic future Sci-Fi where the money is "different". It's such an amazing metaphor of a movie. Unsure if that's the intended genre, but I'm a sucker for Sci-Fi.
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Yes! This is the kind of thing that makes people think about value and finite resources. I'm curious to go back to movies like this and see if there are real messages about money in them; positive or negative. How have our ideas about money and value been shaped by the movies?
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Not movies but couple tv shows: Devils Bad Banks Startup Industry
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The Wolf of Wall Street, is just briliant
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dumb money was pretty good, about the game stop short squeeze
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I have not seen this, but it's already on our schedule!
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Other Peoples Money (Danny Davito)
Brewsters Millions (Richard Pryor)
The Big Short
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Liquidated
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Mad money - 2008
Director showed there that fiat is worthless
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