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Plot Summary:
The heads of Wall Street's biggest investment banks were summoned to an evening meeting by the US Treasury Secretary, Hank Paulson, to discuss the plight of another - Lehman Brothers. After six months' turmoil in the world's financial markets, Lehman Brothers was on life support and the government was about to pull the plug. Lehman CEO, Dick Fuld, recently sidelined in a boardroom coup, spends the weekend desperately trying to resuscitate his beloved company through a merger with Bank of America or UK-based Barclays. But without the financial support of Paulson and Lehman's fiercest competitors, Fuld's empire - and with it, the stability of the world economy - teeters on the verge of extinction.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 650
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, edutainment
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The Entrepreneur (2011)
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Strangled by debt and the banks, the owner of a factory that is on the brink of closing will go to any lengths to solve his financial and marital problems.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 458
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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The Street Where We Live (2019)
Plot Summary:
"I'm just two paychecks away from being on the street." In the aftermath of the nation's financial crisis, Mary, a single mom with two kids, finds herself faced with that exact situation when the factory where she works closes their doors for good. Providing for her children and keeping the family together, while also maintaining some form of dignity in the process, proves to be the hardest job that Mary will ever have.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Upstarts (2019)
Plot Summary:
Hoping to do good while making millions, three college graduates create a startup. But as business begins to flourish, their own bond starts to fray.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 923
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Banker (2019)
Plot Summary:
It’s tell the story of a bank auditor pursues justice and policy changes at a time when an economic bubble is collapsing. No Dae Ho is an honest and sincere man. He works as a branch manager of Daehan Bank which is located in a small city. The branch is on a soon to be shutdown list. Surprisingly, No Dae Ho is promoted to an auditor at the bank’s headquarters in Seoul. No Dae Ho then faces corruption at the bank.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Time of Indifference (2020)
Plot Summary:
A screen adaptation of the novel of the same name by Alberto Moravia. Rome, our days. Mariagration Ardengo and her children Michele and Carla are left without a livelihood. Mariagration's money-hungry lover Leo develops a plan to take the last property from the family - the attic in which they live. Michele tries to thwart Leo's plans, but when his attempts fail, young Carla takes over.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 323
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Other People's Money (1991)
Plot Summary:
A corporate raider threatens a hostile take-over of a "mom and pop" company. The patriarch of the company enlists the help of his wife's daughter, who is a lawyer, to try and protect the company. The raider is enamoured of her, and enjoys the thrust and parry of legal manoeuvring as he tries to win her heart. Written by Ed Sutton.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, romantic comedy, clever, feel good, captivating, sweet, realistic, witty, semi serious
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Plot Summary:
Senior investment banker Naomi Bishop’s world of high-power big money is brutal and fierce, and one she thrives in. When a controversial IPO threatens the fragile balance of power and confidentiality, Naomi finds herself entangled in a web of politics and deception.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, captivating, suspense
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Purpose (2002)
Plot Summary:
A software developer becomes a billionaire and is distracted by fame, greed and power, then must save his invention and company from a hostile takeover.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 986
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: realistic, captivating, psychological, atmospheric, serious, stylized, independent film
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Dealers (1989)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 406
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, independent film
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The Hummingbird Project (2018)
Plot Summary:
A pair of high-frequency traders go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, Belgium
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, rough, inspirational, suspense, fast
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Default (2018)
Plot Summary:
Only one week left until South Korea will go under sovereign default. Han Shi-Hyun is a leader of the monetary policy team at the Bank of Korea. and is assigned to a crisis team.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, History
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: realistic, tense, clever, intellectual, suspense, talky, intense
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Capital (2012)
Plot Summary:
The head of a giant European investment bank desperately clings to power when an American hedge fund company tries to buy them out.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: realistic, tense, serious, social, political, captivating, suspenseful
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The Bank (2001)
Plot Summary:
The Bank, a world ripe with avarice and corruption, where O'Reilly and his ilk can thrive and honest Aussie battlers lose everything. Enter Jim Doyle a maverick mathematician who has devised a formula to predict the fluctuations of the stock market. When he joins O'Reilly's fold, he must first prove his loyalty to the "greed is good" ethos. Which way will he go? What does he have to hide?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, psychological, captivating, cynical, clever, thought provoking, serious, realistic, biting, tense
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National Theatre Live: Macbeth (2013)
Plot Summary:
Performing from within the walls of a deconsecrated Manchester church, Kenneth Branagh takes the lead role in this ambitious production of William Shakespeare's tragic tale of ambition and treachery.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 415
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, tense, atmospheric, period drama
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The Company Men (2010)
Plot Summary:
Bobby Walker lives the proverbial American dream: great job, beautiful family, shiny Porsche in the garage. When corporate downsizing leaves him and two co-workers jobless, the three men are forced to re-define their lives as men, husbands and fathers.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: realistic, depressing, thought provoking, sincere, serious, inspirational, philosophical, feel good, social, educational
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Brian Cruver, an ambitious 26-year-old lands a job at Enron. As he assimilates to the company's get-rich-quick mantra, spending sprees and wild corporate "gatherings" become the norm. But when Enron files for bankruptcy, Cruver discovers he's just a pawn in a failing game of corporate greed--one that made the rich richer...while the rest lost everything.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, political, edutainment, talky, biting, suspense
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Plot Summary:
Rogue Trader tells the true story of Nick Leeson, an employee of Barings Bank who--after a successful trading run--ends up accumulating $1.4 billion in losses hidden in account #88888.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic, intellectual, suspense, edutainment, psychological, independent film
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Plot Summary:
A television movie based upon the book by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar, about the leveraged buyout (LBO) of RJR Nabisco.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: inspirational, humorous, realistic, witty, talky, clever, semi serious, biting, funny, light
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August is a 2008 drama film directed by Austin Chick and produced by 57th & Irving. The screenplay by Howard A. Rodman focuses on two brothers, ambitious dot-com entrepreneurs attempting to keep their company afloat as the stock market begins to collapse in August 2001, one month prior to the 9/11 attacks.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: realistic, sincere, serious, touching, suspense
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, contemplative, visually appealing
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IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 107000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, thought provoking, suspense, intellectual, political, smart, intelligent, entertaining, queer cinema
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: factual, tense, political, suspenseful, thought provoking, sincere, witty, realistic, talky, intellectual
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A troubled hedge fund magnate, desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire, makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Poland
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Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 114000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, neo noir, intense, dark, cult classic, entirely dialogue, independent film, tense, clever, realistic
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 106000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: stylized, captivating, psychological, informative, serious, realistic, entertaining, suspenseful, disturbing, tense
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Plot Summary:
A thriller that revolves around the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the financial crisis.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 141000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
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Plot tags: suspense, realistic, serious, captivating, political, intellectual, talky, tricky, enigmatic, suspenseful
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Boiler Room (2000)
Plot Summary:
A college dropout gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm, which puts him on the fast track to success, but the job might not be as legitimate as it sounds.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, clever, tense, talky, intense, rough, serious, suspenseful, cynical
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Wall Street (1987)
Plot Summary:
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider whom takes the youth under his wing.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 163000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min
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Plot Summary:
The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 471000
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
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Plot Summary:
A look behind the scenes at Bernie Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme, how it was perpetrated on the public and the trail of destruction it left in its wake, both for the victims and Madoff's family.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min
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