Oil tycoon movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant oil tycoon movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, suspense, tense, suspenseful and captivating films and TV shows about / with oil tycoon, betrayal, oil, murder, dishonesty, greed, deception, revenge, money and conspiracy plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres shot in USA, UK, Italy and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as oil tycoon: There Will Be Blood (2007), All the Money in the World (2017), Governance (2021), The Son (2017), Accidental Texan (2023), The Chase (1966), The Pelican Brief (1993), rendezvous (1961), Dynasty (1981), The Devil Has a Name (2019).
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List of oil tycoon movies
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview moves to oil-rich California. Using his adopted son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. ...
Style:
serious, cerebral, epic, visually stunning, gloomy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
oil, character study, greed, money, capitalism, rise to the top, ambition, rivalry, father son relationship, abusive father, impostor, mission ...
Time:
1900s, 20th century, turn of the century, middle ages, 19th century ...
Place:
california, texas, pacific ocean, los angeles, america ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy, UK, China
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.
Style:
rough, tense, serious, captivating, period piece ...
Plot:
kidnapping, ransom demand, billionaire, rich, mafia, escape attempt, money, wealth, ransom, rich man, cruelty, greed ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 70s, year 1971, year 1973
Place:
rome italy, italy, saudi arabia
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Renzo Petrucci is forced to leave his job as general manager of a multinational oil company after corruption charges. Convinced that the woman who has taken his place has betrayed him, Renzo takes his revenge by killing her. Reinstated by the Board, ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, dark, bleak ...
Plot:
corruption, revenge, murder, corporate conspiracy, murder of wife, oil tycoon, money, corrupt businessman, businessman, murderer, frame up, fight for justice ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
The multigenerational epic follows two concurrent time periods: One, the story of young Eli McCullough after he is kidnapped and indoctrinated into a tribe of Comanches in 1849. The other, 60 years later, when we see a grown Eli struggle to maintain ...
Style:
tense, rough, suspenseful, captivating, neo western ...
Plot:
oil, native american, modern western, oil tycoon, businessman, showdown, racism, family business, wild west, modern west, money, african american ...
Time:
victorian era, 2010s
Place:
texas, north america, southern usa, america, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Erwin blows his first acting job and finds himself stranded in Texas, where he's taken under the wing of a nearly bankrupt oil driller Merle and his cohort Faye. The three set off on a wild adventure to outwit the bank and a corrupt oil company ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, buddy comedy, humorous ...
Plot:
oil industry, corruption, oil tycoon, oil, money problems, oil company, problem, road trip, underdog, fish out of water, friendship, oil field ...
Place:
texas
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Genre: Family
Country: Norway
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Norwegian engineers are searching for oil and Egon Olsen convinces his friends to buy stocks in the oil market. In the process, Egon, stumbles upon a scheme to fool the Norwegian Government that there is indeed no traces of oil in the North Sea. The ...
Style:
feel good, captivating, entertaining, period piece, lighthearted ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
friends, oil industry, oil, oil well, friendship, oil rig, mogul, oil tycoon, corporate conspiracy, competitor, escapades, business ...
Time:
60s
Place:
egypt
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Fueled: The Man They Called Pirate (Japanese: 海賊とよばれた男 Hepburn: Kaizoku to yobareta otoko) is a best selling Japanese historical novel by Naoki Hyakuta. As of January 2014, it had sold over 1,700,000 copies.[1] In April 2013, it won ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, thought provoking, dramatic, historical drama ...
Plot:
oil industry, post war japan, oil, oil company, oil tycoon, historical figure, biopic, resilience, leadership, perseverance, entrepreneurship, ambition ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
japan, iran
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Most everyone in town thinks that Sheriff Calder is merely a puppet of rich oil-man Val Rogers. When it is learned that local baddie Bubber Reeves has escaped prison, Rogers' son is concerned because he is having an affair with Reeves' ...
Style:
retro, suspense, southern gothic, neo noir, crime drama ...
Plot:
racism, social commentary, manhunt, adultery, small town, lynch mob, drunkenness, sheriff, murder, vigilantism, escaped prisoner, on the run ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s, 20th century
Place:
texas, usa, southern usa, new jersey, california
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Two Supreme Court Justices have been assassinated. One lone law student has stumbled upon the truth. An investigative journalist wants her story. Everybody else wants her dead.
Style:
political, suspense, suspenseful, tense, political thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
political conspiracy, politics, investigation, conspiracy, conspiracy theory, lawyer, spy, political corruption, corruption, secret service, fbi, surveillance ...
Time:
90s, future, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., new orleans, southern usa, new york
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
When the lover of a an oil magnate's spoiled daughter is murdered, her brother-in-law must determine whether the killer is his own ex-wife, the dead woman's lover or somebody else entirely.
Style:
twisted, tense, suspenseful, soap opera, suspense ...
Plot:
cheating, murder mystery, investigation, love triangle, whodunit, jealousy, betrayal, motive, wealthy family, black ops, family drama, false accusation ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The saga of a wealthy Denver family in the oil business: Blake Carrington, the patriarch; Krystle, his former secretary and wife; his children: Adam, lost in childhood after a kidnapping; Fallon, pampered and spoiled; Steven, openly gay; and Amanda, ...
Style:
soap opera, serious, relaxing, sex comedy, dramatic ...
Plot:
intrigue, rivalry, family business, villainess, love triangle, wealthy family, family feud, family problems, oil, hypocrisy, love and romance, ambition ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
colorado, denver colorado, usa
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An oil baron and a farmer standoff after the water on his farm is poisoned by her company.
Style:
suspense, captivating, independent film, black comedy, entertaining
Plot:
oil, contamination, businessman, environment, farmer, congressman, water, environmental destruction, legal action, environmental issue, oil company, oil industry ...
Place:
houston texas, los angeles, mexico
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, UK, Sweden, USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Twenty-five years after environmental collapse left the Earth uninhabitable, Mother, Father and Son are confined to their palatial bunker, where they struggle to maintain hope and a sense of normalcy by clinging to the rituals of daily life—until ...
Style:
absurd, crying
Plot:
underground bunker, guilt, isolation, end of the world, father son relationship, post apocalypse, bare chested male, regret, husband wife relationship, post-apocalyptic future, distopia, bunker ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Harper is brought to Louisiana to investigate an attempted blackmail scheme. He soon finds out that it involves an old flame of his and her daughter. He eventually finds himself caught in a power struggle between the matriarch of the family and a ...
Style:
neo noir, detective, suspense, thrilling, cult classic ...
Plot:
private detective, political corruption, private investigator, russian roulette, guard dog, private investigation, marriage of convenience, deep south, underwater, newspaper, police corruption, murder ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s, 20th century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Story of international intrigue involving a university professor, an Arab prime minister, a ruthless businessman, a beautiful spy, and hieroglyphics.
Style:
suspenseful, talky, witty, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
espionage, spy, murder, political intrigue, gangster, justice, assassination, twists and turns, professor, intrigue, investigation, danger ...
Time:
60s, year 1966, 20th century, 70s
Place:
england, london, oxford university, europe, middle east
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Finland
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A former British spy stumbles into in a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a supercomputer. But who is working for whom?
Style:
political thriller, psychotronic, suspense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, spy, espionage, computer, anti communism, spy thriller, cold war era, russian spy, secret service agent, martial arts, woman with a gun, revolt ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s
Place:
helsinki finland, finland, england, texas, russia ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Extreme passion turns deadly in the high stakes game between two men who love and need the same woman.Former Playboy Playmate Shannon Tweed sizzles as Lisa Blair.When she discovers that her lover's beautiful fiancee Michelle has escaped house ...
Style:
erotic, disturbing, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
lesbian mother, erotica, passionate sex, night, obsession, dishonesty, uninhibited rivalry, love and romance, rivalry, couples, love triangle, sexual relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, singapore, los angeles, dallas texas
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
At one of his many visits to his doctor, hypochondriac George Kimball mistakes a dying man's diagnosis for his own and believes he only has about two more weeks to live. Wanting to take care of his wife Judy, he doesn't tell her and tries ...
Style:
retro, humorous, sad, laugh out loud, sex comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
misunderstanding, marriage, love, husband wife relationship, best friend, doctor, housewife, farce, false confession, hypochondriac, marital problem, nightmare ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 60s
Place:
tokyo, california, new jersey
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A detective uncovers a formula that was devised by the Nazis in WW II to make gasoline from synthetic products, thereby eliminating the necessity for oil--and oil companies. A major oil company finds out about it and tries to destroy the formula and ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Plot:
oil, money, investigation, murder, world war two, police detective, intrigue, uncover truth, state affairs, danger, dishonesty, who done it ...
Time:
year 1980, 1940s
Place:
west germany, hamburg germany, berlin germany, haiti, west berlin west germany ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After his family are killed in a plane crash, a man plots an elaborate revenge scheme on those responsible. He sets himself up as a criminal in order to get close to a tycoon who has been approached by the culprits to help them retrieve the cargo of ...
Style:
neo noir, independent film, exciting, tense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car chase, vengeance, chase, swamp, animal, creature, mafia, revenge, gangster, murder, kidnapping, rescue ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s
Place:
louisiana
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An aging big game hunter takes on the ultimate challenge - the mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex
Style:
natural horror, psychotronic
Plot:
tyrannosaurus rex, dinosaur, kaiju, giant monster, hunter, reptiles, billionaire, prehistoric animal, killer animal, prehistoric creature, hunting, group ...
Time:
prehistoric times
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese...
Style:
intense, suspense, tense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
vietnam war, prison, jungle, rescue, soldier, military, captivity, danger, military life, against the odds, missing person, daring rescue ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s, year 1973, 70s, year 1972 ...
Place:
vietnam, texas, bangkok thailand, laos, asia ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
This sequel to the classic Chinatown finds private detective Jake Gittes still haunted from the events of the first film. Hired by a man to investigate his wife's infidelities, Jake once again finds himself involved in a complicated plot ...
Style:
neo noir, period piece, stylized, visually stunning, clever ...
Plot:
private detective, murder, infidelity, gangster, betrayal, investigation, mafia, law, courtroom, private investigator, blackmail, haunted by the past ...
Time:
1940s, year 1948, year 1946, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.
Style:
witty, sweet, humorous, touching, talky ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night
Plot:
small town, village life, husband wife relationship, fish out of water, culture clash, american abroad, melancholy, social commentary, oil, therapist, rabbit, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
20th century, year 1983, 80s
Place:
scotland, houston texas, texas
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An imprisoned ex-US Special forces operative in Eastern Europe, is offered his freedom and money to rescue an American woman, who has been kidnapped by a ruthless warlord. But, shortly after freeing her discovers that the kidnap story was just a ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, daring rescue, confined, tough heroes, danger, chases and races, one man army, one against many, rescue, father daughter relationship, prison violence, heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, russia, balkan
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Richard spots a man dumping a body, and decides to expose the man he thinks is the culprit with his friend Alex Cutter.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, suspense, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
murder, murder mystery, revenge, investigation, existentialism, conspiracy, false accusation, veteran, vietnam war, dishonesty, alcohol abuse, twists and turns ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
california, vietnam, los angeles, asia, southern california ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Lone Star is an American drama television series which originally ran on Fox from September 20, 2010 to September 27, 2010, airing Monday nights at 9 pm ET/PT. Fox announced Lone Star's cancellation on September 28, 2010 after two low-rated ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
love triangle, betrayal, hidden identity, family business, dishonesty, couple relations, love and romance, society, one last job, thief, couples, success ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa, houston texas
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A revenge-seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverly Hills lawyer with the intention of making a killing in the divorce.
Style:
witty, romantic, feel good, sexy, entertaining ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
lawyer, battle of the sexes, opposites attract, satire, love at first sight, marriage, marriage of convenience, divorce, passion, manipulation, love story, dark humor ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 20th century, 1930s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills, las vegas ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The world's first mega-soap, and one of the most popular ever produced, Dallas had it all. Beautiful women, expensive cars, and men playing Monopoly with real buildings. Famous for one of the best cliffhangers in TV history, as the world asked ...
Style:
soap opera, serious, realistic, romantic drama, family saga ...
Plot:
family feud, oil, family relations, husband wife relationship, mogul, oil industry, presumed dead, family business, hypocrisy, ambition, uninhibited rivalry, couple relations ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
texas, dallas texas, southern usa, usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
Wonder Woman comes into conflict with the Soviet Union during the Cold War in the 1980s and finds a formidable foe by the name of the Cheetah.
Style:
period piece, saga, entertaining, intense, action adventure ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, adult
Plot:
female protagonist, superhero, superheroine, woman fights a man, female fighter, female warrior, superhuman powers, amazon, heroes, amazon tribe, strong female lead, warrior ...
Time:
year 1984, 80s, 2020s
Place:
washington d.c., russia, los angeles, hawaii, egypt ...
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