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The Wolf of Wall Street is a 2013 American biographical black comedy film directed by Martin Scorsese. The screenplay by Terence Winter is adapted from the eponymous memoir by Jordan Belfort and recounts from Belfort's perspective his career as a stockbroker in New York City and how his firm Stratton Oakmont engaged in rampant corruption and fraud on Wall Street that ultimately led to his downfall. Leonardo DiCaprio (who also produced the film) stars as Belfort, with Jonah Hill as his business partner and friend Donnie Azoff, Margot Robbie as his second wife Naomi Lapaglia, and Kyle Chandler as Patrick Denham, the FBI agent who tries to bring him down. Rob Reiner, Jon Bernthal, Jon Favreau, Jean Dujardin, Joanna Lumley, and Matthew McConaughey are also featured. The film marks the director's fifth collaboration with DiCaprio, after Gangs of New York (2002), The Aviator (2004), The Departed (2006), and Shutter Island (2010), as well as his second collaboration with Winter after the HBO television series Boardwalk Empire (2010–14).

The Wolf of Wall Street premiered in New York City on December 17, 2013, and was released theatrically on December 25, 2013, in the United States, distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film was the first to have been released entirely through digital distribution. It was a major commercial success, grossing more than $392 million worldwide during its original theatrical run to become Scorsese's highest-grossing movie to date and the 17th-highest-grossing film of 2013. The film was controversial for its morally ambiguous depiction of events, explicit sexual content, profanity, depiction of hard drug use, and the use of animals during production. It received mostly positive reviews from critics with praise for DiCaprio's and Hill's performances, and was nominated for several awards, including five nominations at the 86th Academy Awards ceremony, where: the film was nominated for Best Picture; Scorsese was nominated for Best Director; Winter was nominated for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay); and DiCaprio and Hill received Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor nominations respectively. The film did not win in any category; however, DiCaprio did win Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy at the 71st Golden Globe Awards, where the film was also nominated for Best Musical or Comedy Picture. It was also recognized by numerous other awards ceremonies, as well as guilds and critics' associations.