The rapturous reception for Margin Call – a thriller starring Kevin Spacey that revolves around individuals at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the financial crisis – marked the latest blockbuster success for a film on the financial services industry.

The success of the likes of Margin Call and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps inspired Notebook and colleagues to dream up possibilities for the next financial smash hit - and while the exercise sparked something of a dive in work productivity, we're quietly confident that those Hollywood producers will soon come a-knockin' when they read our following plot summaries.