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Subprime (2011)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
The year is 2001 and both David's life and the mortgage industry are in balance. After the attacks on 9/11 the stock markets shut down for over a week marking its biggest decline since the great depression. America's economy is in the tank and the mortgage industry's response is easy lending and easier money. It was the dawn of the biggest boom in the mortgage industry's history and a young and naive David Martin was interviewing at a chop shop brokerage called Empire Funding. Once hired, David joins an unsavory group of unethical mortgage brokers led by Empire's manipulative and controlling owner, Michael Banco. It is here where David is exposed to the mortgage industry's veritable group of crooks, cons and cheats - Realtors, Appraisers and Investors - and they all have a con of their own. David is soon faced with the decision of abandoning what he knows is right, for big money and a sense of self worth and accomplishment. Using Michael Banco's list of underhanded rules to get ahead ...
Style:
dark, tense, realistic
Plot:
fraud, corruption, real estate, greed, cautionary tale, ethical dilemma, business, con artists, deception, morality, ambition, rise and fall, scandal, character study, investments, regret, office politics, urban, paranoia, self discovery, finance, economics, broker, realtor, investor ...
Time:
2000s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, realistic, suspense and crime drama films with plots about urban, corruption, ambition, betrayal, character study, moral ambiguity and greed mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres. Some movies like Subprime: Thin Ice (2000), Indian Rupee (2011), Alhamour H.A. (2023), Mayflower Madam (1987), Binary (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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69%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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66%
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Duration: 12 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, realistic, suspense
Plot:
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63%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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51%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
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Style:
crime thriller, realistic, tense, suspenseful, intense ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
42%
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Country: India
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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189
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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271
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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