Topic: The Financial System, Stock Market, Wall Street, Banking & investments
Where greed, power, and ambition collide, you’ll find some of the most captivating tales ever told. This collection of films pulls back the curtain on the high-stakes world of finance, banking, and the trading floor—unveiling the spectacular rises and falls of fortunes made and lost.
Follow the strategic calculations of iconic investors like The Big Short’s Michael Burry predicting the housing bubble collapse. Absorb the exhilaration of competitive trading floors in Wall Street and The Wolf of Wall Street before their Icarus-like fall. Learn the intricacies of financial engineering models and regulatory loopholes that enable both wealth creation and fraud in equal measure.
From illuminating documentaries analyzing economic forces to dramatized tales of scandal, these titles provide an incisive examination of the financial machinery quietly running in the background of our world. A perfect blend of education and entertainment for those seeking a deeper understanding of the motivations driving bankers, traders, hedge funds, and the global economy.
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Follow the strategic calculations of iconic investors like The Big Short’s Michael Burry predicting the housing bubble collapse. Absorb the exhilaration of competitive trading floors in Wall Street and The Wolf of Wall Street before their Icarus-like fall. Learn the intricacies of financial engineering models and regulatory loopholes that enable both wealth creation and fraud in equal measure.
From illuminating documentaries analyzing economic forces to dramatized tales of scandal, these titles provide an incisive examination of the financial machinery quietly running in the background of our world. A perfect blend of education and entertainment for those seeking a deeper understanding of the motivations driving bankers, traders, hedge funds, and the global economy.
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- StarsAlex HammerliJoseph ScottoDonna PastorelloIt follows the rise and fall of the American financier and ponzi schemer: Madoff.About Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme: Chronicles Bernie Madoff's rise and fall in orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history
- DirectorChris FogginStarsJoel FryPhoebe DynevorRory KinnearBased on the true-life experiences of Dave Fishwick; 'Bank of Dave' tells the story of how a working class Burnley man and self-made millionaire fought to set up a community bank.Comedy based on a true story about a man who starts his own community bank.
- StarsJosh HartnettArsher AliLeila FarzadA scientist-turned-wall street tycoon becomes the target of a plot to destroy the world's financial markets.About a hedge fund manager and algorithmic trading: Follows a hedge fund manager who uses AI for algorithmic trading with dire consequences
- StarsDaniel WilsonDiana WilsonPeter SasakiA look at the layers of intrigue, from the supercharged power of digital communities to the gamification of trading.Docuseries exploring the David vs Goliath GameStop short squeeze led by retail traders against Wall Street hedge funds.
- DirectorBruce David KleinStarsCarl IcahnAndrew Ross SorkinExplores the fascinating contradictions at the heart of the famed financier, Carl Icahn. Amassing close to $20 billion dollars over the last half century and at the forefront of some of the most legendary business deals of our times.Documentary profiling billionaire investor Carl Icahn and his decades of contentious corporate takeover battles.
- DirectorJonah TulisStarsRod AlzmannFarris HusseiniJustin DopieralaThe David-and-Goliath story about the group of amateur investors who bought stock in the failing video game chain, GameStop.Documentary chronicling the GameStop short squeeze and examining issues around equity markets.
- StarsJohn Steele GordonJeremi SuriLarry KudlowFollow the fascinating stories of America's aristocratic families, those whose names represent power in business, politics, and industrial industry.Drama following a wealthy, powerful family in the private equity world.
- DirectorMark RadiceStarsJordan BelfortA group of young, risk-embracing day traders used social media to organize a massive stock buy-up. Jordan Belfort provides details about the story, exploring how it shook the world's markets.Examines the GameStop stock surge led by an army of retail traders.
- DirectorGeorge NolfiStarsAnthony MackieSamuel L. JacksonNicholas HoultIn the 1960s, two African-American entrepreneurs hire a working-class white man to pretend to be the head of their business empire while they pose as a janitor and chauffeur.About two African American bankers in the 1960s: Two African American bankers in the 1960s devise a controversial plan to help black Americans access mortgages and loans
- CreatorMickey DownKonrad KayStarsMyha'laMarisa AbelaHarry LawteyYoung bankers and traders make their way in the financial world in the aftermath of the 2008 collapse.About young bankers in the finance industry: Follows a group of young, hungry bankers competing in the high stakes world of London finance
- DirectorCüneyt KayaStarsEllen DubinDavid KrossFrederick LauCharting the rise and fall of three corrupt real estate agents who accumulate absurd wealth in no time but fall into a vortex of fraud, greed and drugs.Set in the world of real estate and fraudulent banking: A banker gets caught up in real estate and fraud in Germany's 1980s economic boom
- DirectorTorsten HoffmannMichael WatchulonisStarsAndreas M. AntonopoulosVitalik ButerinTorsten HoffmannFive years after his first documentary, award-winning producer/director Torsten Hoffmann revisits Bitcoin and sets out to explore the evolution of the blockchain industry and its new promise. Can this technology, designed to operate independent of trust and within a decentralized network, really provide a robust alternative to the Internet as we know it?About cryptocurrencies: Explores the rise of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and the blockchain technology behind them
- CreatorEzio AbbateGuido Maria BreraElena BucaccioStarsPia MechlerAlessandro BorghiMalachi KirbyA worldwide financial conspiracy is discovered by a group of traders of a large investment bank.Follows a London trader who uncovers that his bank is manipulating markets and enabling criminal activity.
- DirectorCosta-GavrasStarsChristos LoulisAlexandros BourdoumisUlrich TukurGreece in 2015: the economy is in tatters and the country is on the verge of bankruptcy. A new government rebels against the EU's iron-fisted rule and inspires millions of Europeans. Based on the political memoirs of Yanis Varoufakis.About Greek debt crisis and finance ministers: Follows Yanis Varoufakis and the financial crisis confronting Greece's controversial finance minister
- DirectorJohn Stalberg Jr.StarsBeau KnappLuke HemsworthJill HennessyDemoted back to his hometown, a young Wall Street banker is drawn into investigating a tangled web of corruption and fraud in Upstate New York, affecting both his personal life and business career.About cryptocurrency money laundering: A young anti-money laundering agent gets caught up in the dark web, Bitcoin, and the Russian mafia
- DirectorMichael WinterbottomStarsCaroline FlackSteve CooganDavid MitchellSatire about the world of the super-rich.About the rise and fall of British tycoon Philip Green: Chronicles the rise and fall of shady British billionaire tycoon Sir Philip Green
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsGary OldmanAntonio BanderasAJ MeijerA widow investigates an insurance fraud, chasing leads to a pair of Panama City law partners exploiting the world's financial system.About the Panama Papers exposing offshore finance: Based on the exposure of shady offshore finance practices in the Panama Papers leak
- CreatorJordan CahanDavid CaspeStarsDon CheadleAndrew RannellsPaul ScheerA group of outsiders takes on the 1980s old-boys club of Wall Street.Comedy series set in 1980s Wall Street leading up to 1987 stock market crash. Focuses on excesses.
- DirectorAlex WinterStarsBastian ObermayerKatrin LanghansFrederik ObermaierA documentary feature film about the biggest global corruption scandal in history, and the hundreds of journalists who risked their lives to break the story.A dramatic thriller about the journalists who exposed offshore tax havens and global financial corruption through the explosive Panama Papers leak. This exposé triggers investigations and resignations worldwide.
- CreatorJosh AdlerStarsMatt TaibbiFisher StevensAlex GibneyA Netflix Original Series documenting various stories about exposing the greed, corruption, and crime spreading through the global economy.An investigative series examining financial corruption: Docuseries investigating corporate malfeasance and corruption in the financial world
- DirectorJames CoxStarsAnsel ElgortKevin SpaceyTaron EgertonA group of wealthy boys in Los Angeles during the early 1980s establish a 'get-rich-quick' scam that turns deadly.About a Ponzi scheme in 1980s California: Drama about Joe Hunt and his Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors in 1980s Los Angeles
- DirectorKim NguyenStarsJesse EisenbergAlexander SkarsgårdSalma HayekA pair of high-frequency traders go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal.About high frequency trading: Follows high frequency traders laying fiber optic cable for millisecond advantages on stock trades
- DirectorJohn MaggioStarsGary AckermanSteve BannonBen BernankeAs the 2008 financial crisis loomed, frantic efforts to save the US from economic collapse happened in secret. VICE News explores the untold stories of powerful people leading the way.About the 2008 financial crisis: Offers an in-depth look at the factors and players that led to the 2008 market crash
- StarsPaula BeerBarry AtsmaDésirée NosbuschAmbitious Jana is confronted with the unscrupulous machinations of the world of finance. Her working life is determined by egotism, the pressure to succeed and machismo. She soon has to decide how far she is prepared to go for her career.German series revolving around cutthroat tactics in the world of high finance banking.
- DirectorAram RappaportStarsFrank GrilloMinnie DriverAnnaSophia RobbIn the not-so-distant future, a team of white-collar criminals are enlisted by the Federal government to thwart a cyber-attack that threatens to bankrupt the United States of America.About the secret meeting in 1910 that led to the Federal Reserve: Revisits a secret 1910 meeting of bankers and politicians that led to the creation of the U.S. Federal Reserve