Movies like The Undoing (2024)
The best movies like The Undoing (2024) are Margin Call (2011), The Big Short (2015) and Good Advice (2001). If The Undoing hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
The Undoing
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Pursuit of Happyness (2006)7.9/10 from 11,011 votes
- NewestLove Me Love Me (2026)Released 2026
Margin Call (2011)
Set in the high-stakes world of the financial industry, involving the key players at an investment firm during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis. An entry-level analyst unlocks information that could prove to be the downfall of the firm.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Big Short (2015)
The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGood Advice (2001)
An investment banker loses everything and must discover what's really important in life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisBank of Dave (2023)
The true story of how Dave Fishwick, a working class man and self-made millionaire, fought to set up a community bank so that he could help the local businesses of Burnley not only survive, but thrive. In his bid to help his beloved community, he has to take on the elitist financial institutions of London and fight to receive the first, new banking license to be issued in over 100 years.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBoiler Room (2000)
A college dropout gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm and is on the fast track to success—but the job might not be as legitimate as it sounds.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAmerican Psycho (2000)
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisRogue Trader (1999)
Rogue Trader tells the true story of Nick Leeson, an employee of Barings Bank who--after a successful trading run--ends up accumulating $1.4 billion in losses hidden in account #88888.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisSecond Act (2018)
Value Shop assistant manager Maya Vargas wants only one thing for her 43rd birthday -- a promotion. While her résumé may not scream upper management, her track record certainly does; she is an innovator who listens to her customers and delivers results. When she loses the job to a college-educated candidate, Maya sets out to prove to Madison Avenue that street smarts are as valuable as book smarts -- and it's never too late for a second act.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGloria (1999)
After serving a prison term for her boyfriend, a streetwise, middle-aged moll named Gloria stands up against the mobs, which is complicated by a six-year-old urchin with a will of his own, whom she reluctantly takes under her wing after his family has been gunned down.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisWall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)
As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two tiered mission: To alert the financial community to the coming doom, and to find out who was responsible for the death of the young trader's mentor.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLove Me Love Me (2026)
After her brother's death, June moves to Milan for a fresh start, finding comfort in Will, the perfect honor student at her new international school. But when his troubled best friend James—hiding a dangerous life in clandestine MMA fights—sparks a rivalry that quickly turns into irresistible attraction, June must choose between safety and a love that upends everything she thought she wanted.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSeems Like Old Times (1980)
After being falsely accused of robbing a bank, a writer seeks the help of his lawyer ex-wife to clear his name. However, hilarity ensues when he must hide from her husband, who’s throwing a party for law enforcement officials.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAssault on Wall Street (2013)
Jim is an average New Yorker living a peaceful life with a well paying job and a loving family. Suddenly, everything changes when the economy crashes causing Jim to lose everything. Filled with anger and rage, Jim snaps and goes to extreme lengths to seek revenge for the life taken from him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisAmerican Madness (1932)
Socially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused of robbing the bank, gossip of the robbery starts a bank run, and evidence suggests Dickson's wife had an affair... all in the same day.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMadea's Witness Protection (2012)
For years, mild-mannered Wall Street banker George Needleman has meandered through life oblivious to his family's dysfunction and his company's malfeasance, but he's forced to wake up when he learns that he's been framed in a mob-backed Ponzi scheme. Placed under federal protection, George and his family are shipped down South to Madea's house, where the no-nonsense matriarch whips them all into shape using her special brand of tough love.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Associate (1996)
Laurel Ayres is a businesswoman trying to make it but unfortunately she works at a investment firm where she does all the work but all the senior investors like Frank Peterson grab all the credit. She then leaves and starts her own firm. While trying to find clients Laurel pretends that she has a male partner named Robert Cutty. And when she starts to do well all of her clients wants to meet Cutty which is difficult since he doesn't exist.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDog Day Afternoon (1975)
Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisHow to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
A young but bright former window cleaner rises to the top of his company by following the advice of a book about ruthless advancement in business.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisArbitrage (2012)
A troubled hedge fund magnate, desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire, makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Undoing?
The closest matches to The Undoing are Margin Call (2011), The Big Short (2015) and Good Advice (2001). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Undoing?
Start with Margin Call (2011), the closest match to The Undoing.
What is the highest-rated movie like The Undoing?
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), rated 7.9/10 by 11,011 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Undoing?
Love Me Love Me (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Undoing?
Yes: Margin Call (2011), The Big Short (2015) and Good Advice (2001).
How are movies similar to The Undoing chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Undoing, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.