arloGet the appMovies like The Wolf of Wall Street
2013 · Movie · R · your starting pointIf you want that specific blend of kinetic pacing, charismatic antiheroes spiraling through greed, and dark comedy energy, you'd probably find The Departed (Scorsese's own ensemble take on institutional corruption) or Wolfs (which trades boardrooms for a single criminal night but keeps the rapid-fire banter and moral decay) most likely to scratch the same itch. Den of Thieves and At The Sinatra Club could also work if you're specifically after that intoxicating allure of high-stakes crime and the inevitable reckoning with ambition—though neither quite captures the frenetic excess and stylistic control that makes Wolf distinctive.
Movies like The Wolf of Wall Street, ranked
1. Wild Company (1930)
Scorsese's kinetic storytelling style echoes in this pre-Code crime drama's brisk pacing and moral decay arc, where charismatic leads tumble from privilege into criminal entanglement through seduction and greed.
3. Den of Thieves (2018)
Both explore the intoxicating allure and inevitable consequences of high-stakes financial crime through stylish direction and charismatic antiheroes who command the screen with magnetic intensity.
4. The Day of the Wolves (1971)
Scorsese's kinetic storytelling and Grofe's propulsive heist direction both pit morally compromised protagonists against systems larger than themselves, with ensemble casts driven by greed and the intoxicating allure of easy money.
Tell me what kind of night it is — I'll pick the one for you.