Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill in a still from The Wolf of Wall Street.
Classic American films: The Wolf of Wall Street – Martin Scorsese finds twisted fun in despicable subject
- This riotous 2013 account of the (true) rise and fall of crooked stockbroker Jordan Belfort is a hell of a ride, even at 180 minutes long
- Leonardo DiCaprio is suspiciously brilliant throughout, while the film smashes all the rules to dramatise Belfort’s dizzying rise and fall
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American films
Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill in a still from The Wolf of Wall Street.