Plot Summary

The Wolf of Wall Street is a provocative biographical crime drama that chronicles the meteoric rise and spectacular excess of stockbroker Jordan Belfort, whose ambition and greed transform him into a symbol of unchecked capitalism. Set in the high-pressure world of Wall Street during the late 1980s and 1990s, the film exposes a culture driven by money, power, and moral collapse.

Jordan Belfort, portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio, begins his career with conventional aspirations, but quickly discovers that manipulation and deception yield far greater rewards than integrity. As he builds his brokerage firm, Stratton Oakmont, Belfort cultivates a workplace defined by reckless spending, drug abuse, and institutionalized corruption.

As the fortune grows, so does the scrutiny. Federal investigators, led by agent Kyle Chandler, begin closing in, while Belfort’s personal life spirals out of control under the weight of addiction, paranoia, and excess. Loyalty within his inner circle erodes, and the line between invincibility and self-destruction becomes dangerously thin.

Unrestrained, satirical, and deliberately confrontational, The Wolf of Wall Street is less a cautionary tale than a ruthless portrait of excess without consequence—until consequences become unavoidable. The film explores ambition, temptation, and moral decay with relentless energy, presenting a darkly comic examination of how far greed can go when accountability is treated as optional.