The Wolf of Wall Street
Movie, 2013, Named by fans, Set in Second in the trilogy
The Wolf of Wall Street is #42 of 48 in release order and #47 of 48 in chronological order in the Spiritual Trilogies.
The story
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
The Wolf of Wall Street recap
Jordan Belfort, a young stockbroker in New York, loses his first job on Black Monday in 1987 and finds work at a Long Island firm selling penny stocks for huge commissions. He sets up his own firm, Stratton Oakmont, with his neighbour Donnie Azoff, training a group of friends to push worthless stocks with high-pressure phone pitches, and runs pump-and-dump schemes. The firm grows rich and wild. Jordan leaves his first wife for Naomi, hides money in Swiss bank accounts through Naomi's aunt, and lives in a haze of drugs and parties. FBI agent Patrick Denham starts looking into him. After Naomi's aunt dies, Jordan sails to Italy to fix things; his yacht sinks in a storm. Arrested, he agrees to wear a wire. It is the second of the Wall Street Trilogy, the fraud and excess that the other two films describe from outside.
The Wolf of Wall Street ending explained
Jordan informs on his colleagues, serves a short sentence, and becomes a sales trainer. While wearing a wire, he warns Donnie with a note, which the FBI finds, so Jordan is thrown out of his cooperation deal. He is arrested again. Naomi leaves him, and in a drug haze he crashes his car with his daughter in it. He then testifies against his colleagues, serves 36 months in a comfortable prison, and later runs sales seminars, asking audience members to sell him a pen.
Post-credits scenes
No. There is no post-credits scene.
Where to watch The Wolf of Wall Street
The Wolf of Wall Street is streaming on Paramount+, Kanopy, and Hoopla in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 8.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 79%
Where it fits
- Release order: after The World's End, before Whiplash.
- Chronological order: after Inside Job, before The Big Short.
Cast
- Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort
- Jonah Hill as Donnie Azoff
- Margot Robbie as Naomi Lapaglia
- Matthew McConaughey as Mark Hanna
- Kyle Chandler as Agent Patrick Denham
- Rob Reiner as Max Belfort
- Jon Bernthal as Brad
- Jon Favreau as Manny Riskin
- Jean Dujardin as Jean Jacques Saurel
- Joanna Lumley as Aunt Emma
- Cristin Milioti as Teresa Petrillo
- Christine Ebersole as Leah Belfort
Directed by Martin Scorsese.