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The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron (2003)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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, business, 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, captivating and tense films with plots about dishonesty, society, workplace situations, power relations, workplace, fighting the system and life is a bitch mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron: All Our Desires (2011), Damaged Care (2002), Capital (2012), Dealers (1989), The Prime Gig (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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. ...
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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 ...
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 114 min.
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The head of a giant European investment bank desperately clings to power when an American hedge fund company tries to buy them out.
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top executive, critique of capitalism, stock broker, greed, rivalry, workplace, boss and employee, office, trading, wealth, banking, money ...
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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 ...
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prison, confined, uncover truth, fighting the system, false accusation, courtroom drama, society, life is a bitch, legal, legal action, dishonesty, law enforcement ...
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Place:
usa, texas
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 87 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 ...
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 98 min.
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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, ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
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Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Duration: 109 min.
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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