economics movies page 5

What Makes Us Tick (1952)
3 / 10

Documentary, Animation

An optimistic overview and explanation of the stock market with animated examples.

Ripped Off: Madoff and the Scamming of America (2009)
8 / 10

Documentary

Ripped Off: Madoff and the Scamming of America tells Madoff's story superbly, although it was put together before Madoff was sentenced to 150 years...

Riding the Tornado (1986)
0 / 10

Documentary

This documentary focuses on boom-and-bust economic cycles, most notably that of Alberta oil during the '70s and early '80s. When the bust hit after a...

RUIN: Money, Ego and Deception at FTX (2023)
0 / 10

Documentary

RUIN is a feature documentary about Sam Bankman-Fried and the stunning collapse of his cryptocurrency exchange, FTX, as narrated by Bloomberg...

Mammon - Per Anhalter durch das Geldsystem (2015)
6 / 10

Comedy, Documentary

25 Million Pounds (1996)
8 / 10

Documentary

25 Million Pounds details the collapse of Barings Bank in the mid 1990s primarily by a broker called Nick Leeson, who lost £827 million ($1.3...

Freedom of Choice: How the Government Controls What You Consume (1969)
0 / 10

Documentary

Life is about choice. What we eat, what we read, who we elect; every day we make choices that determine how we want to live. But what if these...

Advertising at the Edge of the Apocalypse (2018)
0 / 10

Documentary

In this highly anticipated sequel to his groundbreaking, ADVERTISING AND THE END OF THE WORLD, media scholar Sut Jhally explores the devastating...

97% Owned (2012)
7.5 / 10

Documentary

97% owned present serious research and verifiable evidence on our economic and financial system. This is the first documentary to tackle this issue...

End of the Road: How Money Became Worthless (2012)
8.3 / 10

Documentary

Wall Street is being occupied. Europe is collapsing in on itself. Around the world, people are consumed by fear and anger, and one question is on...

Gradually, Then Suddenly: The Bankruptcy of Detroit (2022)
0 / 10

Documentary

Once heralded as the spirit of American manufacturing, music, and democracy, Detroit kicked its fiscal can down the road for decades plummeting into...

Cybersocialism: Project Cybersyn & The CIA Coup in Chile (2021)
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Documentary

A documentary on the rise and fall of Project Cybersyn, an attempt at a computer-managed centralized economy undertaken in Chile during the...

Heads-Up: Will We Stop Making Cents? (2019)
0 / 10

Documentary

Should the United States eliminate the penny? "Heads-Up: Will We Stop Making Cents?" is a documentary that explores the different sides of the...

1929: The Great Crash (2009)
6.7 / 10

Drama, Documentary

A documentary exploring the causes of the 1929 Wall Street Crash.Over six terrifying, desperate days in October 1929, shares crashed by a third on...

Capitalism Hits the Fan (2009)
7 / 10

Documentary

With breathtaking clarity, renowned University of Massachusetts Economics Professor Richard Wolff breaks down the root causes of today's economic...

American Made Movie (2013)
6.2 / 10

Documentary, History

American Made Movie looks back on the glory days of U.S. manufacturing when there was a more balanced relationship between the goods produced and...

The Biggest Game in Town - 2000 (2000)
8 / 10

Documentary

An eye-opening look at budgetary disclosure practices of local US government agencies. Typically referred to as the 'budget' or 'budget report', a...

Le Nouveau monde (2017)
0 / 10

Documentary

In Debt We Trust: America Before the Bubble Bursts (2007)
6.1 / 10

Documentary

Emmy-winning journalist Danny Schechter investigates America's mounting debt crisis in this latest hard-hitting expose. The film reveals the unknown...

Loyalty Cards: Are They Worth It? (2024)
0 / 10

Documentary

Alexis Conran investigates whether loyalty cards save consumers money when shopping, looking into the possibility that supermarkets could be...