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The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron (2003)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, political, edutainment, talky, biting, suspense
Plot:
greed, evil corporation, corporate crime, rise to the top, fighting the system, ambition, rise and fall, uncover truth, rich and poor, love and romance, life is a bitch, society, workplace romance, workplace, whistleblower, boss and employee, couple relations, workplace situations, power relations, finance, scandal, sex with secretary, money, economics, corporation ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
austin texas
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, tense and captivating films with plots about society, dishonesty, fighting the system, life is a bitch, power relations, legal and workplace situations mostly in Drama, Romance and Sport genres. Some movies like The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron: All Our Desires (2011), Proof (2004), Damaged Care (2002), Capital (2012), Dealers (1989). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Claire and Stéphane are two Lyon-based judges who could hardly be more different. She is young and enthusiastic, committed to helping those unfortunates who find themselves in debt. He is older, wiser, but disillusioned with his work and his life. ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, touching, serious
Plot:
injustice, legal, society, legal investigation, courtroom drama, legal action, hopes, life is a bitch, dishonesty, fighting the system, workplace, workplace intrigue ...
Time:
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Place:
france, lyon, europe
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
The discovery of a connection between a small-time thief's murder and the death of a crooked accountant, peeks the interest of investigative reporter Terry Corcoran. Further digging leads him into a sordid scandal involving human trafficking, ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
ireland, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Anesthesist Doug Peeno hopes to pay for the legal costs of preventing his son Bryan being left in his first wife's bad custody with he proceeds of his present wife Linda's new job. She's the first graduate in her family and eagerly ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, realistic, serious
Plot:
public health, idealism, uncover truth, rebellion, ambition, fighting the system, against the odds, couples, negligence, family problems, injustice, society ...
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Country: France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The head of a giant European investment bank desperately clings to power when an American hedge fund company tries to buy them out.
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, social, political ...
Plot:
top executive, critique of capitalism, stock broker, greed, rivalry, boss and employee, workplace, office, trading, wealth, banking, entrepreneurship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, europe, france
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27%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The London branch of Whitney Paine, a major American investment bank, is in the midst of a crisis; after the loss of $100 million, one of their leading traders, Tony Eisner commits suicide by putting a slug through his head while seated at his place ...
Style:
serious, realistic, independent film
Plot:
finance, money, wall street, sex, female warrior, trading, hustler, bank, greed, contests and competitions, opposites attract, rivalry ...
Time:
80s
Place:
london, europe, england
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Philadelphia, 1976. The city of Brotherly Love is waging a successful war against crime led by its tough-talking mayor, Frank Rizzo. But a maverick investigative reporter, Jonathan Neumann, has heard some troubling rumors: stories of innocent people ...
Style:
thought provoking, serious, rough, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
journalism, police corruption, amateur detective, murder, legal investigation, media, fighting the system, uncover truth, wrongful conviction, police brutality, state affairs, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
philadelphia
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Clarence Brandley, a black man wrongly accused in 1980 of the murder of a 16-year-old white high school girl named Cheryl Ferguson. Brandley worked at Conroe High School, where Ferguson was visiting as a member of the ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, emotional, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
prison, confined, uncover truth, courtroom drama, false accusation, dishonesty, law enforcement, society, legal, legal action, prison life, courtroom ...
Time:
80s
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the 1920s, the rights of American workers to join a labor union was still considered an open question, and African-Americans were routinely denied their civil and economic rights. 10,000 Black Men Named George, the title, refers to the fact ...
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, tense, contemplative ...
Plot:
african american, racism, labor union, interracial relations, injustice, rise to the top, ambition, fighting the system, life is a bitch, rebellion, workplace, dishonesty ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s
Place:
america
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25%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Álex and Virginia, a couple planning to get married, buy an apartment located in a building under construction. When there are only a few months left before the apartments are to be delivered, the works are stopped indefinitely. Álex wants a ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, social ...
Plot:
couples, fighting the system, real estate, society, corporate crime, couple relations, injustice, economic crisis, social issues, dishonesty, life is a bitch, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Paul Reynolds is a Gatsby-like figure: owner of a magnificent house, the host of great parties, and a collector of interesting people. He persuades Lizzie Thomas, a secretary at a local estate agent's, to come and work for him as his assistant, ...
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, tense, sexual ...
Plot:
entrepreneur, workplace romance, secretary, mentor, couples, rise to the top, love triangle, power relations, ambition, obnoxious boss, workplace, lifestyle ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Pendelton "Penny" Wise is a smooth-talking con-artist who makes a living by scamming people with phoney travel comp vacations over the phone when, desperate for more fast cash, he's called to work for a shady, veteran con businessman, ...
Style:
tense, semi serious, humorous, realistic, independent film ...
Plot:
cons and scams, couples, workplace situations, twists and turns, dishonesty, rivalry, boss and employee, greed, fall in love, gambling, marketing, corporation ...
Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Poland
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, touching, emotional, captivating ...
Plot:
politics, working class, labor union, rebellion, fighting the system, human spirit, ambition, injustice, life is a bitch, legal, rebelliousness, rivalry ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
poland, europe
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment. It means losing an old friend and fudging principles to make the necessary deals, as well as further straining his already part-time family life. ...
Style:
realistic, serious, clever, suspenseful, political ...
Plot:
politics, political corruption, infidelity, betrayal, state affairs, dishonesty, relationship vs career, moral dilemma, couple relations, workplace, legal, workplace situations ...
Time:
70s, year 1979
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, independent film, tense
Plot:
brother brother relationship, millionaire, fighting the system, rivalry, relationship vs career, corporate crime, legal, dishonesty, society, ambition, life is a bitch, workplace ...
Time:
90s, 1920s
Place:
europe, london, england
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Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A television movie based upon the book by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar, about the leveraged buyout (LBO) of RJR Nabisco.
Style:
inspirational, realistic, talky, witty, humorous ...
Plot:
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Time:
80s
Place:
atlanta georgia, manhattan new york city, new york, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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thought provoking, serious, realistic, disturbing
Plot:
rebellion, rivalry, fighting the system, courtroom drama, injustice, religions or cults, legal, dishonesty, life is a bitch, society, corporate crime, store ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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touching, serious, realistic, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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22%
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Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
depressing, serious, sincere, social, cult classic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A Kentucky woman whose mine-worker husband is nearly killed in a cave-in, and whose father is slowly dying of black lung disease, joins the picket lines for a long, violent strike.
Style:
disturbing, realistic, rough, independent film, captivating ...
Plot:
strike, poverty, labor strike, fighting the system, rebellion, against the odds, price of justice, ambition, legal, society, human nature, life is a bitch ...
Time:
70s, year 1973, year 1974
Place:
kentucky, appalachia, usa, new york
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21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, thought provoking, serious, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, murder, legal investigation, legal action, society, couple relations, legal, rivalry, dishonesty, jury, evidence, uncover truth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
rough, suspenseful, tense, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland, Italy, Russia
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, tense, erotic, thought provoking
Plot:
workplace situations, clergy, couple relations, couples, dishonesty, workplace, human nature, christianity, manipulation, society, religions or cults, boss and employee ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland
Similarity:
21%
730
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, one woman takes on the U.S. military and General Dynamics; maker of the F-16, thought to be the very best tactical fighter in the world. Air Force Captain Theodore T. Harduvel was one of the best F-16 pilots the U.S. had to ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, serious, thought provoking, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, rise and fall, rise to the top, vengeance, society, life is a bitch, ambition, rivalry, criminal's revenge, dishonesty, frame up, british gangster ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two brothers from Alabama struggle to rise above the ghetto rap scene to land a major record deal in Chicago in this journey through love, sibling rivalry, betrayal, violence and redemption.
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, crime drama
Plot:
musician's life, rise to the top, showbiz, ambition, siblings relations, celebrity culture, rich and poor, hopes, human spirit, urban ghetto life, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch ...
Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
21%
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Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
2010s, year 2010, 2000s, year 2001, year 2008 ...
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, london, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
clever, serious, realistic, cynical, political ...
Plot:
politics, political corruption, campaign, cover up, manipulation, fighting the system, state affairs, society, journalism, legal, dishonesty, ambition ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, seattle, new york, washington d.c.
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20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
In the '80s, priests and especially the Father Geoghan arrested for sexual abuse of minors. Cardinal Law, also indicted, and the diocese was aware of the actions of these men of the church and was kept secret for years, until the victims decide ...
Style:
thought provoking, serious, realistic, sincere
Plot:
priest, pedophile, church, sexual abuse, legal investigation, clergy, courtroom drama, social decay, sexual harassment, dishonesty, fighting the system, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, usa, france, boston
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20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, sincere, serious, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
sting operation, babies and infants, trial, black market, fighting the system, kids in trouble, social decay, society, dishonesty, legal, injustice, family life ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, hungary, usa
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