And now for something lighter. Drum Roll Please...
10. Boiler Room, 2000, Giovanni Ribisi and Vin Diesel. You know by the release date that someone at the studios had the big idea that a movie about stock brokers swindling the little guy was timely. Maybe they were a little prophetic.
9. Jerry Maguire, 1996, Tom Cruise and Renee Zellweger. Don't think this is about money? His character may be a sports agent, but every stock broker and real estate agent in the country can relate to this movie.
8. It Could Happen to You, 1994, Nicholas Cage and Bridget Fonda. Cop and Waitress win the lottery and fall in love? C'mon!
7. Can't Buy Me Love, 1987, Patrick Dempsey and Amanda Peterson. See Patrick Dempsey before he became Dr. McDreamy on Grey's Anatomy. Can money buy love? The age old question.
6. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, 1988, Steve Martin and Michael Caine. Michael Caine is brilliant in the movie about scam artists scamming each other.
5. Wall Street, 1987, Charlie Sheen and Michael Douglas. Do you really think I could make this list without this movie? It's the standard bearer, but not the best.
4. Office Space, 1999, Ron Livingston and no one else you know. Life in a cubicle. Seriously, if you haven't seen it, go rent it right now. Forget that. Buy it.
3. Brewster's Millions, 1985, Richard Pryor in all his glory! And John Candy. I can't believe they're both gone. He has to blow through 30 million in 30 days! I can't believe you haven't seen this!
2. Other People's Money, 1991, Danny Devito and Gregory Peck. Everyone puts Wall Street at the top of their list, but I thought this dug deeper into the business stuff. It was a much more believable story line, not to mention very real at the time. This was made in the aftermath of the Michael Milken Junk Bond LBO craze.
1. Trading Places, 1983, Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd. C'mon! Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche as Mortimer and Randolph Duke. Jamie Lee Curtis' is a prostitute named Ophelia! The trading scenes are brilliant. I have a friend who is an actor and his entire image of what I do for a living comes from this movie. He figures I'm trading pork bellies and FCOJF. Eddie Murphy when he still did funny stuff. If you haven't seen it, you have no excuse. It's on TNT or USA pretty much every weekend.
What's you favorite?
4. Office Space, 1999, Ron Livingston and no one else you know.
FYI - Jennifer Aniston was in this one (although a smallish role)
Good one with other people's money (it is often overlooked but is quite good)
Posted by: SFS | March 30, 2006 at 11:13 AM
Yea... Tchochkies waitress. Probably her best movie role.
But, c'mon! No love for Trading Places?
Posted by: lamoneyguy | March 30, 2006 at 11:36 AM
4. Office Space, 1999, Ron Livingston and no one else you know.
FYI - Jennifer Aniston was in this one (although a smallish role)
And more importantly, Stephen Root of "Newsradio" and "King of the Hill" fame.
Posted by: Susan | July 20, 2006 at 10:27 AM