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The Bank (2001)
3K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The Bank, a world ripe with avarice and corruption, where O'Reilly and his ilk can thrive and honest Aussie battlers lose everything. Enter Jim Doyle a maverick mathematician who has devised a formula to predict the fluctuations of the stock market. When he joins O'Reilly's fold, he must first prove his loyalty to the "greed is good" ethos. Which way will he go? What does he have to hide?
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, cynical, clever, thought provoking, serious, realistic, biting, tense ...
Plot:
stock exchange, business, mathematics, greed, finance, computer genius, rise to the top, fighting the system, ambition, workplace, money, society, dishonesty, cons and scams, workplace situations, wall street, corporate greed, vengeance, big business, hustler, economist, trading, mathematician, revenge, scam ...
Time:
year 2001, 70s, 2000s, contemporary
Place:
australia, new zealand
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Most similar movies to The Bank
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspense and tense films with plots about greed, business, money, finance, workplace, economics and dishonesty mostly in Drama, Thriller and Romance genres. Some movies like The Bank: Margin Call (2011), Capital (2012), Runaway Jury (2003), Boiler Room (2000), Rogue Trader (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
160K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A thriller that revolves around the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the financial crisis.
Style:
clever, realistic, captivating, serious, political ...
Plot:
stock market, financial crisis, wall street, businessman, finance, greed, stock market crash, corporation, corporate america, investments, bankruptcy, marketing ...
Time:
year 2011, 2000s, year 2008, 2010s, 70s ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
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:
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Place:
new york, europe, france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
The heads of Wall Street's biggest investment banks were summoned to an evening meeting by the US Treasury Secretary, Hank Paulson, to discuss the plight of another - Lehman Brothers. After six months' turmoil in the world's financial ...
Style:
captivating, edutainment
Plot:
business, financial crisis, finance, ceo, businessman, trading, wall street, entrepreneurship, money, corporation, greed, company ...
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100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A juror on the inside and a woman on the outside manipulate a court trial involving a major gun manufacturer.
Style:
clever, suspense, captivating, political, cynical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom drama, court, corruption, courtroom, trial, jury, legal, justice, twists and turns, manipulation, court case ...
Time:
year 2003, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, cincinnati ohio, indiana, ohio, new orleans ...
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100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A college dropout gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm, which puts him on the fast track to success, but the job might not be as legitimate as it sounds.
Style:
clever, suspense, psychological, tense, intense ...
Plot:
wall street, entrepreneur, stock broker, marketing, entrepreneurship, business, stock market, finance, financial crisis, crime gone awry, greed, poker ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, 90s, future, 2000s
Place:
new york, bolivia, long island, usa, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Rogue Trader tells the true story of Nick Leeson, an employee of Barings Bank who--after a successful trading run--ends up accumulating $1.4 billion in losses hidden in account #88888.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, realistic, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
stock market, greed, finance, business, wall street, trading, money, dishonesty, corporate crime, ambition, rise and fall, workplace ...
Time:
future
Place:
asia, england, europe, singapore, bahamas
Similarity:
47%
57K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Poland
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A troubled hedge fund magnate, desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire, makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.
Style:
suspenseful, intense, psychological, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
twists and turns, infidelity, money, business, adultery, wall street, moral dilemma, finance, morality, character study, moral ambiguity, manipulation ...
Time:
year 2012, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, california
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Susy Conner accuses former employer, Gary Fitzgerald, of harassment and unfair dismissal for failing to comply with his sexual demands. Relating the incident to conciliation lawyer, Marion Lee, Susy comments that the trauma experienced should ...
Style:
serious, realistic, independent film, f word
Plot:
sexual harassment, family relations, sexual abuse, feminism, power relations, couples, courtroom, workplace situations, siblings relations, courtroom drama, false accusation, sexual relations ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
australia, melbourne
Similarity:
46%
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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 ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, political, edutainment ...
Plot:
evil corporation, greed, corporate crime, rise and fall, fighting the system, ambition, rise to the top, uncover truth, power relations, whistleblower, love and romance, couple relations ...
Place:
austin texas
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A hot young Wall Street trader finds a formula based on climatology to play the market and win big... but at what cost?
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
wall street, ambition, office, trading, dishonesty, rivalry, rise to the top, workplace, stock broker, workplace intrigue, workplace situations, boss and employee ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A corporate raider threatens a hostile take-over of a "mom and pop" company. The patriarch of the company enlists the help of his wife's daughter, who is a lawyer, to try and protect the company. The raider is enamoured of her, and ...
Style:
sentimental, humorous, romantic comedy, clever, captivating ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
wall street, stock market, money, finance, family business, workplace intrigue, unlikely couple, lawyer, manipulation, workplace, disorder, parents and children ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, rhode island, new england, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Canadian businesswoman Dinah Middleton's is devastated when her teenage son, Alex, is killed by a hit-and-run driver. When the police fail to turn up any suspects, she turns private detective to track the killer down. She traces the murderer to ...
Style:
realistic, serious, independent film
Plot:
redheaded woman, revenge, obsession, hit and run, vengeance, life is a bitch, rivalry, young boy, breaking the law, female judge, woman driver, miscarriage of justice ...
Time:
80s
Place:
canada, new york, montreal, usa
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
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:
stock market, wall street, business, satire, finance, money, ceo, corporation, greed, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, business and finance ...
Time:
80s
Place:
atlanta georgia, manhattan new york city, new york, california
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two tiered mission: To alert the financial community to the coming doom, and to find out ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, realistic, serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, family friendly
Plot:
wall street, stock broker, finance, stock market crash, stock market, corporate greed, marketing, rivalry, insider trading, vengeance, corporate world, speculation ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 2000s, year 2001, year 2008 ...
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, london, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
An Arab oil organization devises a plan to wreck the world economy in order to cause anarchy and chaos.
Style:
realistic, serious, bleak, suspenseful, romantic drama ...
Plot:
stock market, trading, finance, intrigue, doom, murder, conspiracy, politics, oil, stock broker, political corruption, political conspiracy ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
middle east, new york, spain, manhattan new york city, saudi arabia
Similarity:
39%
21K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of their safe American suburban surroundings, the family is plunged into ...
Style:
cerebral, cynical, talky, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, mother daughter conflict, family relations, hidden money, money, new house, husband wife sex, female warrior, ambition, family life, husband wife conflict, father son relationship ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, london
Similarity:
38%
174K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider whom takes the youth under his wing.
Style:
political, talky, intense, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
wall street, stock market, stock broker, stock exchange, business, businessman, capitalism, yuppie, entrepreneur, greed, top executive, workplace ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, california, canada
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Russia, early 90s. A fictional story inspired by financier Sergey Mavrodi, his securities company "MMM", and the pyramid scheme he ran that left upwards of fifteen million investors with nothing when it crashed.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, captivating
Plot:
rise to the top, ambition, corporate crime, downfall, rise and fall, cons and scams, political corruption, society, rivalry, dishonesty, money, big business ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
russia
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, Belgium
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A pair of high-frequency traders go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal.
Style:
psychological, sentimental, rough, inspirational, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
stock market, finance, merchant, hacking, game, anti hero, danger, trial, violence, trafficking, hopes, death ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
37%
150
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
A business drama about mergers and acquisitions between companies. When Kim Do Hyun passes the bar exam at the top of his class, he's offered a dream job as top aide to Yoo In Hye, daughter to one of the richest and most powerful men in South ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, dorama, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
greed, business, money, corporate greed, power struggle, ambition, relationship problems, relationships, male female relationship, escapades, money problems, lawyer ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south korea, seoul, korea
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A prosecutor leaks a false story that liquor warehouse owner Michael Gallagher is involved in the murder of a union head, and as newspaper reporter Megan Carter picks up the story and attempts to find the real truth, Gallagher's life begins to ...
Style:
thought provoking, suspense, talky, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
journalism, legal, writers, murder, politics, investigation, courtroom, court, lawyer, manipulation, media, newspaper reporter ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1981, 70s
Place:
usa, miami, florida
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Julie Styron thinks she is going to be fired, but instead discovers that she is being promoted. Trapped in an airport hotel, she wants to celebrate but finds only the company of her young assistant, Paula Murphy. As the night progresses, the two ...
Style:
psychological, independent film, disturbing, harsh, suspenseful ...
Plot:
women, lesbian, twists and turns, trust, brutality, sex, redemption, character study, paranoid, manipulation, vengeance, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s
Place:
california, new jersey
Similarity:
36%
661K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.
Style:
neo noir, psychological, disturbing, suspense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
character study, sociopath, journalism, obsession, cynicism, psychopath, manipulation, morality, journalist, violence, deception, ethics ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, venice beach california, america ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
August is a 2008 drama film directed by Austin Chick and produced by 57th & Irving. The screenplay by Howard A. Rodman focuses on two brothers, ambitious dot-com entrepreneurs attempting to keep their company afloat as the stock market ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, suspense, touching
Plot:
brother brother relationship, wall street, family relations, siblings relations, rise and fall, workplace, down on your luck, parents and children, life is a bitch, interracial couple, finance, father son relationship ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Bobby Walker lives the proverbial American dream: great job, beautiful family, shiny Porsche in the garage. When corporate downsizing leaves him and two co-workers jobless, the three men are forced to re-define their lives as men, husbands and ...
Style:
depressing, serious, sincere, social, cult classic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
unemployment, corporate world, business, corporation, workplace, money, finance, greed, family problems, starting over, society, life is a bitch ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
boston, usa, massachusetts, new jersey, california
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A powerful and seductive Hollywood mogul convinces an impoverished West Hollywood writer, whose lover has recently died of AIDS, to sell his autobiographical screenplay for big bucks. The writer, Robert, knows he'll have to make major changes ...
Style:
psychological, melancholic, clever, talky, absurd ...
Plot:
gay, twists and turns, aids, glbt, solitude, tragedy, grief, depression, internet, lgbt, family problems, hollywood ...
Time:
90s, year 2005
Place:
los angeles, egypt, new york, rome italy
Similarity:
36%
5K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Drama about a woman who is estranged from the possessive and violent husband who can't bring himself to give her up. When their fraught interaction finally comes to a dramatic conclusion, her life takes an odd shift.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, mysterious, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
workplace, adultery, abusive husband, ghost, boss and employee, job, assistant, estrangement, murder, haunted by the past, love, starting over ...
Time:
year 2007, future, 21st century
Place:
germany, east germany, europe
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Looking to escape her unhappy marriage, villainous femme fatale Bridget Gregory (Linda Fiorentino) convinces her husband, Clay (Bill Pullman), to sell cocaine, then steals the profits and runs out on him. She stops in a small town en route to ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, neo noir, black comedy, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
femme fatale, small town, couples, private detective, manipulation, murder, profanity, greed, sociopath, love triangle, infidelity, betrayal ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
new york, usa, miami, boston, chicago ...
Similarity:
35%
432
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:
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Jack Casey ('Kevin Bacon' )used to be a hot-shot stock market whiz kid. After a disastrous professional decision, his life in the fast lane is over. He loses his nerve and joins a speed delivery firm which relies on bicycles to avoid ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
bicycle, cycling, murder, wall street, car crash, riches to rags, attempted murder, drug dealer, father son relationship, guilt, bicycle race, stock market ...
Time:
80s
Place:
san francisco, new york, usa, new jersey, california
Similarity:
35%
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