5 Top Movies to Boost Your Financial Literacy, Worth Watching Multiple Times, Must-Sees for Making Money! 1. *The Big Short* (2015) Douban Rating: 8.5 A must-see film in the financial genre, packed with financial knowledge. It tells the story of several Wall Street investment geniuses who, before the 2008 US subprime mortgage crisis, saw through the housing bubble and profited by shorting the subprime market.