10 engaging movies that offer valuable personal finance lessons; on Amazon Prime Video & more – GQ India
A well-made movie can influence, impact, and often teach valuable life lessons. Be it politics or history, relationships or sports, several cinematic marvels have time and again helped the audience get a better understanding of the world – even if it is a fictionalised version. By using entertaining means, a good movie can demystify subjects that might either be out of reach for the common public or too complicated to understand. For many, personal finance or anything about the finance world might seem either too boring or difficult to understand. But, over the years, there have been filmmakers who have attempted to give a better understanding of money management through various finance movies. Making finance an engaging and intriguing subject are the following movies that also highlight our daily life struggles, watch them on Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ Hotstar and more.
10 engaging movies that offer valuable personal finance lessons; on Amazon Prime Video & more
1. Baghban – Amazon Prime Video, Disney+Hotstar
Starring Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini in the lead roles, the movie is a lesson in retirement planning. While at the heart of the story is about family dynamics and loving your parents, it does teach the importance of formulating backup plans rather than depending on others. Raj Malhotra (Bachchan) is ready to hang his boots after working for decades in a bank and is looking forward to his retirement years with his wife, Pooja (Malini), and four children. Raj won’t be able to financially support Pooja and himself and is relying on his children to assist. However, the plan the children propose and the consequent treatment that follows lead Raj to question his life decisions. The movie might make you heartache, but it also teaches the significance of saving money for the future and proper retirement planning.
2. Wolf of Wall Street – Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
No mention of finance movies can be complete without talking about Martin Scorsese’s 2013 superhit dark comedy, which earned Leonardo DiCaprio an Oscar nomination for best actor. The movie is based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, a stockbroker. Jordan (DiCaprio) wants to make it big on Wall Street by becoming a successful stockbroker. His greed for money and power leads him to use immoral means to lure unsuspecting, naive investors into buying stocks that he knows may not earn the clients money. He isn’t worried about their money and is more focused on earning for himself, and he becomes rich through unethical tactics. One of the biggest lessons about personal finance one can learn here is not …….