86th Oscars: All about the nominees

6. The Wolf of Wall Street

Directed by: Martin Scorsesee

Produced by: Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Riza Aziz, Joey McFarland, Emma Tillinger Koskoff

Screenplay by: Terence Winter based on The Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort

Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey, Jean Dujardin

Nominated for:Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Director,  Best Cinematography

Synopsis: In the heady financial world of the 1990s, stockbroker Jordan Belfort enjoys a meteoric rise as one of Wall Street's power players. Tossing aside ethics and legality, he embraces the excesses of the era and enters into a series of scams that will have far-reaching implications throughout the financial community.