Friday, October 31, 2025

10 famous films with accountancy related themes

  1. Never say never again - An outgoing accountant resolves never again to allow his clients to force him to work crazy hours in January. 
  2. 10 things I hate to accrue (starring Heath “Nominal” Ledger) 
  3. Schindler’s Listing – A heartbreaking story about Schindler floating his company on the FTSE.
  4. Dude! Where’s my FAR? – A comedy about two guys who misplace their Fixed Asset Register. 
  5. The Shawshank Exemption – a film about a wrongly convicted banker who helps guards avoid an audit [Bit ironic if you know what it was really about!] 
  6. LIFO Pi - An abstract story about an unaccepted accounting estimate stranded on a boat with a tiger.
  7. InSSAPtion – A sci-fi blockbuster hit about the implantation of statements of standard accounting practices into one’s subconscious. 
  8. Star Wars: Annual Return of the Jedi – Luke Skywalker battles against an evil empire when he discovers they aren’t filing their annual returns with companies house on time. 
  9. Accrual intentions – Sarah Michelle Gellar stars as a wealthy teenager taking Reese Witherspoon, a naïve student, under her wing to teach her the accruals concept. 
  10. An ACA is born - The senior partner of a large firm, encourages the career of a talented young partner who eventually takes over running the firm

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10 famous films with accountancy related themes

Never say never again - An outgoing accountant resolves never again to allow his clients to force him to work crazy hours in January.  10 th...