Boiler Room (2000)

TCM, 9.00PM ★★★

 Thirteen years before The Wolf of Wall Street came this pertinent tale of greed and deception from Oliver Stone. Seth (Giovanni Ribisi) is enticed into joining a brokerage firm by the prospect of wealth, success and the approval of his father. His head is turned by the firm’s tenacious employees (Vin Diesel and Ben Affleck) and he acquires a taste for excess, but soon comes to question their dubious ethics.