Dos homes de negocis sostenen diferents tesis sobre les condicions de la naturalesa humana. Per a un és qüestió de genètica, per a l'altre, és qüestió d'educació. Per corroborar les seves teories fan una aposta per a això canvien les destinacions de dues persones socialment antagòniques.

Pel·lícula basada en fets reals del corredor de borsa novaiorquès Jordan Belfort. A mitjans dels anys 80, Belfort era un jove honrat que perseguia el somni americà, però aviat a l'agència de valors va aprendre que el més important no era fer guanyar els seus clients, sinó ser ambiciós i guanyar una bona comissió. El seu enorme èxit i fortuna li va valer el malnom de "El llop de Wall Street". Diners. Poder. Dones. Drogues. Les temptacions abundaven i el temor a la llei era irrellevant. Jordan i la seva rajada de llops consideraven que la discreció era una qualitat antiquada; mai no es conformaven amb el que tenien.

Chris Gardner és un venedor brillant i amb talent, però la seva feina no permet cobrir les seves necessitats més bàsiques. Tant és així que acaben fent-lo fora, amb el seu fill de cinc anys, del seu pis de San Francisco i no tenen cap lloc on anar. Quan Gardner aconsegueix fer unes pràctiques en una prestigiosa corredoria de borsa, els dos protagonistes hauran de fer front a moltes adversitats per fer realitat el seu somni d'una vida millor. Basada en fets reals.

A college dropout gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm and is on the fast track to success—but the job might not be as legitimate as it sounds.

Monty (Montgomery) Brogan és un venedor de drogues de Manhattan condemnat a set anys de presó, que viu el seu últim dia de llibertat abans d'entrar en la presó. La condemna imposada per la justícia és de 7 llargs anys, als quals Monty no té l'esperança de sobreviure. En 24 hores repassa la seva vida i s'acomiada de tots els privilegis que va aconseguir com a narcotraficant: entrada VIP en discotecas, fama i prosperitat econòmica.

Bud Fox és un jove i ambiciós corredor de borsa que va aconseguir finalitzar els estudis universitaris gràcies al seu esforç i al del seu pare, mecànic i cap de sindicat. El seu desig més gran és treballar amb l'home que admira, Gordon Gekko, un individu sense escrúpols fet a si mateix que, en poc temps, ha aconseguit amassar una gran fortuna en el món de la borsa. Gràcies a la seva insistència, Bud aconsegueix introduir-se al cercle privat del totpoderós Gekko i comença a col·laborar amb ell en els seus negocis i inversions.

A la petita comunitat de Carthage, Texas, el subdirector de la funerària Bernie Tiede era un dels més estimats residents. Cantava al cor de l'església, participava activament a la companyia de teatre local i sempre estava disposat a donar un cop de mà a algú. Tothom apreciava en Bernie i ningú es va sorprendre quan es va fer amic de Marjorie Nugent, una vídua tan rica com malcarada. Bernie l'acompanyava en els seus viatges, li administrava els medicaments i li gestionava els diners. A poc a poc, les exigències de la possessiva Marjorie es van anar incrementant. Fins que un bon dia la Marjorie va desaparèixer.

An investment banker loses everything and must discover what's important in life.

Get caught up in the tale of a new stock broker who dreams of becoming rich. Those dreams make him susceptible to a stock market scam that threatens to get him in trouble.

Jeff Allen just got a new job in one of Manhattan's wealthiest brokerage firms, Wolfe Brothers. Here young, good-looking stockbrokers make a lot of money by being particularly cutthroat. Jeff finds out that the real secret to their success is an animal instinct that is turning him into a werewolf, but it may be too late for him to get out.

A slightly self absorbed yuppie takes in his parents including his senile father, after their home burns down. But his personal and professional life fall apart soon after.

Herbie Altman is framed for Stock fraud by his boss when the SEC starts investigating his company. Sent to prison, he helps a fellow inmate successfully invest his money. Soon all the inmates want his help. To manage all the money, he forms CON INC. and runs it from the prison under the noses of the warden and the guards. But when the IRS and SEC begin to investigate this successful company, it looks like he may be in trouble again

Claire's number one priority is her family. When her husband Dennis loses his stockbroker job, the couple's traditional family roles switch. As Dennis takes on his new stay-at-home role, Claire's furniture design business takes off. Just as she's beginning to master the art of balancing her home and work life, Dennis serves her with divorce papers and charges her with being an unfit mother. Claire discovers that in a modern courtroom there are still traditional biases unsympathetic to the idea of a woman working three jobs, as a wife, an entrepreneur and a mother.

A stockbroker is stuck in a dreary job and a marriage that's become a dull routine. To cope with the boredom and frustration, he resorts to voyeurism and extramarital love affairs.

On a ranch in Wyoming, one of the cowboys, Cheyenne Harry (Harry Carey), falls in love with his boss's daughter. But she decides to elope to the city with Captain Thornton, a wealthy visitor to the ranch. She quickly discovers that life in the city is not what she expected. Cheyenne, devastated by the loss of his fiancée, decides to go to the city to find her, and in the end rescues her from the grips of Captain Thornton and from the extravagant and decadent way of life in the city.

Young Sydney stockbroker, Will, makes a bet with his rich mate Angus - who can make the most money in three months with $50,000? Obsessed with winning, Will finds himself engaged in high stakes games and deception, bending all the rules, until he discovers that winning at all costs could mean losing more than he could ever imagine.

When Ellen Linden comes back home from finishing school, she finds out that her wealthy father has lost all his money. She must get a job to help support the family, and goes to work as a secretary in the brokerage firm of Phillips and Rand. Both partners find themselves attracted to her, but each has a different approach: Phillipls takes the rough, aggressive route and Rand does the opposite, complimenting and flattering her at every opportunity. However, she falls in love with Tom Galloway, a young inventor who has come up with a new type of soft drink, "Here's How". in which Ellen attempts to interest the brokers. Phillips, however, doesn't take rejection lightly and schemes to break up Ellen and Galloway using his unwitting partner.

A stock market broker plans to liven up his boring life by taking up piracy on the high seas.

Subodh is a man with drive and ambition who sees the booming stock market as his ticket to riches. Although he becomes a successful trader, it's not enough to satisfy his dreams, and in attempting to become a major player in the markets, he finds himself embroiled in an elaborate stock scam.

One day of a Hungarian stock trader.