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From a Forbes.com, 2006 reader survey, the 10 best money movies:

  1. Wall Street (1987; 35% of votes)
  2. Trading Places (1983; 10% of votes)
  3. The Sting (1973; 6% of votes)
  4. Ocean’s Eleven (1960; 5% of votes)
  5. Boiler Room (2000; 5% of votes) 
  6. It’s a Mad Mad Mad World (1963; 4% of votes)
  7. Casino (1995; 4% of votes)
  8. Glengarry Glen Ross (1992; 4% of votes)
  9. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948; 4% of votes)
  10. American Psycho (2000; 3% of votes)