Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "real-estate-speculation"

1. The Old Oak (2023)

113 min | Drama

The future for the last remaining pub, The Old Oak, in a village of Northeast England, where people are leaving the land as the mines are closed. Houses are cheap and available, thus making it an ideal location for Syrian refugees.

Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Dave Turner, Ebla Mari, Claire Rodgerson, Trevor Fox

Votes: 8,313

2. Lola (1981)

R | 115 min | Drama, Romance

A seductive cabaret singer-prostitute pits a corrupt building contractor against the new straight-arrow building commissioner, launching an outrageous plan to elevate herself in a world where everything-and everyone-is for sale.

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Barbara Sukowa, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Mario Adorf, Matthias Fuchs

Votes: 6,841

3. Golden Balls (1993)

95 min | Comedy, Drama

A construction worker uses his charm and bravado in an attempt to attain enough finances to build his dream project.

Director: Bigas Luna | Stars: Javier Bardem, Maria de Medeiros, Maribel Verdú, Elisa Tovati

Votes: 3,891

4. The Detective (1968)

Approved | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

While grappling with his wife's infidelity, an NYPD detective investigates the murder of a gay man, which he discovers is linked to official corruption involving sex and drugs.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick, Ralph Meeker, Jack Klugman

Votes: 4,169 | Gross: $14.30M

5. Hurry Sundown (1967)

Approved | 146 min | Drama

Drama of a ruthless Southern opportunist who tries to buy his cousin's land, and when thwarted, brings several tragedies to the lives of his loved ones.

Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Michael Caine, Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Diahann Carroll

Votes: 1,388 | Gross: $9.00M

6. Born Yesterday (1993)

PG | 100 min | Comedy, Romance

A businessman comes to Washington with his ex Vegas showgirl girlfriend, and after some embarrassments, he hires a reporter as tutor to smarten her up. She turns out to be smart, sucks up knowledge and questions things. Trouble?

Director: Luis Mandoki | Stars: Melanie Griffith, John Goodman, Don Johnson, Edward Herrmann

Votes: 4,176 | Gross: $17.95M

7. Fighting Mad (1976)

R | 90 min | Action, Drama

An Arkansas farmer stages a one-man war against corrupt land developers who want to evict him and his neighbors from their farms for real estate developments.

Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Peter Fonda, Gino Franco, Harry Northup, Philip Carey

Votes: 669

8. The Garden (I) (2008)

Unrated | 80 min | Documentary

From the ashes of the L.A. riots arose a lush, 14-acre community garden, the largest of its kind in the United States. Now bulldozers threaten its future.

Director: Scott Hamilton Kennedy | Stars: Danny Glover, Daryl Hannah, Antonio Villaraigosa

Votes: 754 | Gross: $0.03M

9. Hands Over the City (1963)

Not Rated | 101 min | Drama

Prior to a city council election, the collapse of a building leaves a land developer and his political backers defending themselves against a scandal.

Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Rod Steiger, Salvo Randone, Guido Alberti, Marcello Cannavale

Votes: 3,292

10. When the Daltons Rode (1940)

Approved | 81 min | Western

Fictionalized story of how the Dalton brothers were wronged by a crooked development company and became outlaws when the corrupt local courts offered them no justice.

Director: George Marshall | Stars: Randolph Scott, Kay Francis, Brian Donlevy, George Bancroft

Votes: 911

11. La conciergerie (1997)

101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Jacques Laniel, a young policeman for whom everything seemed to turn into success, sees is universe falls over when his partner and friend is meanly killed before his very eyes.

Director: Michel Poulette | Stars: Serge Dupire, Macha Grenon, Jacques Godin, Monique Spaziani

Votes: 201 | Gross: $0.25M

12. Property (1979)

Not Rated | 92 min | Drama

A group of likeable eccentrics whose sense of their own culture sparks them to try to buy up their houses from developers. Contradictions abound. Affectionate comic sense deftly captures the afterglow of a generation.

Director: Penny Allen | Stars: Walt Curtis, Lola Desmond, Cork Hubbert, M.G. Horowitz

Votes: 44

13. I Love Hong Kong (2011)

104 min | Comedy

Ng Shun and his family race to the estate of a scam artist-turned-property tycoon on Lunar New Year's Eve in order to collect the HK$100 million promised to them as compensation for swindling them in the past.

Directors: Shu-Kai Chung, Eric Tsang | Stars: Eric Tsang, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Sandra Kwan Yue Ng, Anita Yuen

Votes: 310

14. Neapolitan Diary (1992)

89 min | Documentary, Crime, History

A screening of the 30 year old Hands Over The City at the School of Architecture in Naples is the occasion for a debate among youth, historians, politicos, industrialists, environmentalists.

Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Francesco Rosi, Simona Caramelli, Pietro Bontempo, Nino Vingelli

Votes: 88

15. Der Millionenbauer (1979– )

45 min

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Stars: Walter Sedlmayr, Veronika Fitz, Monika Baumgartner, Werner Asam

Votes: 22

16. Ottocentoquarantanove (2012)

Documentary

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Directors: Valentino Mastella, Monique | Stars: Francesco Ambrosi, Nicoletta Bardi, Silvio Berlusconi, Guido Bertolaso

17. O Desmonte do Monte (2018)

85 min | Documentary, History

Morro do Castelo was chosen by the Portuguese to found Rio de Janeiro city. It was an important historical and architectural reference. Despite its relevance, the hill was destroyed by urban reforms aimed to promote real state speculation.

Director: Sinai Sganzerla | Stars: Marcus Alvisi, Helena Ignez, Negro Leo

Votes: 41

18. The Rifleman (1958–1963)
Episode: Squeeze Play (1962)

TV-PG | 30 min | Family, Western

When Lucas refuses to sell his land to Mr. Prescott, he hires men to try to change his mind But no matter what challenges are thrown at him, he refuses. Even Lou and Mark don't understand his refusal.

Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Chuck Connors, Johnny Crawford, Paul Fix, Patricia Blair

Votes: 108

19. Nick Johnson (2015– )
Episode: One Terrible Reason Home Prices Are So High Right Now (2021)

1 min | Documentary

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Star: Nick Johnson