Economic crisis movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant economic crisis movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, captivating, tense, serious, art house and thought provoking films and TV shows about / with economic crisis, society, money, financial crisis, suspense, nude, economics, greed, female nudity and finance plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and History genres shot in France, USA, Spain and other countries.
economic crisis
TOP 10 movies tagged as economic crisis: The Big Short (2015), Default (2018), Assault on Wall Street (2013), Heroic Losers (2019), Too Big to Fail (2011), The Measure of a Man (2015), The Suicide Shop (2012), Supercapitalist (2012), Hustlers (2019), The Girlfriend Experience (2009).
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List of economic crisis movies
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.
Style:
intellectual, realistic, clever, tense, witty ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
finance, business, wall street, money, economics, stock market, greed, financial crisis, loan, economic crisis, banking, bank ...
Time:
2000s, future, year 2007, year 1933, year 2008 ...
Place:
new york, california, manhattan new york city, las vegas
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Only one week left until South Korea will go under sovereign default. Han Shi-Hyun is a leader of the monetary policy team at the Bank of Korea. and is assigned to a crisis team.
Style:
realistic, clever, tense, intense, talky ...
Plot:
stock market, finance, economic crisis, money, expose, greed, deception, analysis, risk, business, bus, creativity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
south korea, seoul
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Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Suddenly summoned to a fantasy world and betrothed to the princess, Kazuya Souma is crowned the new king. Unlike the royalty before him, he won’t be using swords and magic to rule; will administrative reform really get this kingdom back on track?
Style:
anime, captivating, humorous, entertaining
Plot:
economics, economic crisis, harem, parallel world, save the kingdom, heroes, reform, dream world, political unrest, unconventional method, political campaign, military ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Jim is an average New Yorker living a peaceful life with a well paying job and a loving family. Suddenly, everything changes when the economy crashes causing Jim to lose everything. Filled with anger and rage, Jim snaps and goes to extreme lengths ...
Style:
emotional, serious, exciting, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
justice, vengeance, corruption, vigilantism, revenge, wall street, fighting the system, money, breaking point, gunfight, cancer, depression ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In a town in the Northwest of the province of Buenos Aires, a group of neighbors is organized to recover the economy of the area, but when the Corralito is implemented in the country and they suffer a fraud, their hopes disappear. Now, they will ...
Style:
light, feel good, captivating, semi serious
Plot:
economic crisis, heist, businesswoman, con men, bank clerk, greed, greedy man, storage unit, deception, crisis, whistleblower, lawyer ...
Time:
year 2001, year 2002, 2000s
Place:
argentina
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Based on the bestselling book by Andrew Ross Sorkin, 'Too Big to Fail' offers an intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few ...
Style:
factual, thought provoking, tense, political, suspenseful ...
Plot:
wall street, financial crisis, finance, politics, greed, economics, business, stock broker, money, bankruptcy, twists and turns, moral dilemma ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., new york, usa, california, middle east
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
At the age of 51 and after 20 months on unemployment, Thierry starts a new job that soon brings him face to face with a moral dilemma. How much is he willing to accept to keep his job?
Style:
realistic, captivating, psychological, serious
Plot:
unemployment, society, layoff, economic crisis, working class, job interview, supermarket, coworker relationship, social realism, life is a bitch, rivalry, economics ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
france
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Portugal, France, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
In which Scheherazade tells of how desolation invaded men : “It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that a Judge will cry instead of giving out her sentence. A runaway murderer will wander through the land for over forty days and will ...
Style:
art house
Plot:
dog, economic crisis, running from police, misery, police arrest, sign language, female nudity, female judge, lawyer, court, wanderer, janitor ...
Time:
year 2014
Place:
portugal
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Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, France, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Every night, in danger of being beheaded, Scheherazade tells King Shahryar unfinished tales to continue them the following night, hence defying his promise of murdering his new wives after their wedding night. Scheherazade tells king Shahryar her ...
Style:
semi documentary, mind bending, surreal, psychedelic, art house ...
Plot:
unemployment, economic crisis, prime minister, financial crisis, banker, debt, erection, poverty, virgin, firefighter, teenage crush, wasp ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s
Place:
portugal
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Musical
Country: France, Canada, Belgium
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A city where suicide is the only growing business. A shop where you can get everything to cater this urge. In the hand of one family for centuries.. till they get a happy baby. And he has to power to make all around him happy as well.
Style:
adult animation, humorous, realistic, semi serious, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
suicide attempt, family business, dark humor, suicidal thoughts, family problems, changing lives, life turned upside down, depression, family relations, dysfunctional family, workplace, hopes ...
Place:
france
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A maverick New York hedge fund trader with uncanny analytic abilities moves to Hong Kong and orchestrates a mega-deal that swiftly escalates beyond his control.
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
fish out of water, ambition, rivalry, workplace intrigue, stock broker, society, boss and employee, workplace, misfit, culture clash, dishonesty, workplace situations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, usa, asia
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103K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A crew of savvy former strip club employees band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.
Style:
unusual plot structure, entertaining, captivating, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
stripper, strip club, caper, pole dancing, shopping, vulgarity, seduction, drugs, hypocritical woman, women, dancing, female protagonist ...
Time:
2000s, year 2011, year 2007, year 2015, year 2014 ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Chelsea is an in-demand call girl whose $2,000 an hour price tag allows her to live in New York's lap of luxury. Besides her beauty and sexual skill, Chelsea offers her clients companionship and conversation, or, as she dubs it, "the ...
Style:
sexy, meditative, melancholic, erotic, sexual ...
Plot:
prostitute, escort, call girl, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, presidential election, workplace, prostitution, mentor, sex, sexual relations, sex scene, social relations ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
new york, las vegas, usa, manhattan new york city, new jersey
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, India
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set during the 1950s, the six-part series tells the story of a young woman’s search for love and identity in a newly independent, post-Partition India defining its own future.
Plot:
married woman, economic crisis, research, destiny, character study, family tradition, tradition versus modernity, tradition, hindu, traditional versus modern, family relations, matchmaking ...
Time:
20th century, 50s
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A daycare teacher's dreams of a home and family of her own are threatened by the loss of her husband's newspaper job and his subsequent disappearance.
Style:
neorealism, neo noir, touching, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
economic crisis, unemployment, job seeking, tragedy, american dream, police detective, troubled marriage, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, marriage, money, riding a bicycle ...
Place:
florida, orlando florida
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Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, France, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In which Scheherazade doubts that she will still be able to tell stories to please the King, given that what she has to tell weighs three thousand tonnes. She therefore escapes from the palace and travels the Kingdom in search of pleasure and ...
Style:
art house
Plot:
queen, countdown, economic crisis, singing competition, tyrant, contest, demonstration, fistfight, male full rear nudity, killing an animal, arabian nights, octopus ...
Time:
year 2014
Place:
portugal, lisbon portugal
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Five friends from 'Maaskantje' are getting fired because of the economic crisis. They decide that they won't pay for anything anymore.
Style:
humorous, exciting, realistic, stylized, not serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
partners, friends, disorder, rebellion, buddies, fighting the system, goofy hero, society, economic crisis, gangsters, outlaw gang, crime boss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, holland, netherlands
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Dreams and reality collide as a young woman navigates a tumultuous relationship amid rising social tensions, protests and tragedies in Paris.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, contemplative ...
Plot:
teenager, fear, couples, terrorism, riot, police, youth, french, terrorist attack, conflict, economic crisis, struggle ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
paris france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
At the Mêle sur Sarthe, a small Norman village, farmers are affected by a crisis. Georges Balbuzard, the mayor of the city, is not one to let them down and decides to try everything to save his village ...
Style:
humorous, atmospheric, funny, melancholic, psychological ...
Plot:
nudism, female nudity, farmer, economic crisis, roadblock, debt, mayor, countryside, butcher, husband wife relationship, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, small town life ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, europe, normandy
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Greece
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A universal theme: a story of people trapped in an inhuman network of power. The brutal circle of the Eurogroup meetings, who impose on Greece the dictatorship of austerity, where humanity and compassion are utterly disregarded. A claustrophobic ...
Style:
political, tense, captivating, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Plot:
financial crisis, politics, debt, prime minister, politician, political conspiracy, bankruptcy, political unrest, economic crisis, financial problem, money problems, political intrigue ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s
Place:
greece, london, paris france, frankfurt germany, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
It’s tell the story of a bank auditor pursues justice and policy changes at a time when an economic bubble is collapsing. No Dae Ho is an honest and sincere man. He works as a branch manager of Daehan Bank which is located in a small city. The ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing
Plot:
banking, banker, finance, financial crisis, bank, money, economic crisis, financial ruin, financier, justice, business and finance, bank manager ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A well-to-do socialite and her husband must wrestle with the impact of Mexico's 1982 economic crisis.
Style:
thought provoking, psychological, disturbing, social, art film
Plot:
husband wife relationship, husband, marital argument, family in crisis, economic crisis, drastic change of life, marriage crisis, lifestyle change, crumbling marriage, wealthy family
Time:
80s
Place:
mexico
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Musical
Country: Spain
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Three stories intertwine as different people deal with the challenges of living through times of crisis. An evicted mother, a banker with a conscience and a police officer who has to do his job no matter what, sing and dance in this Brechtian ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, tense
Plot:
family problems, crisis, eviction, suspense, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, money problems, family life, family relations, economic crisis, dysfunctional family ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
A well-meaning but hapless functionary in grips of mid-life crisis is appointed to run Russia's Ministry of Long-term planning - a small, underfunded, understaffed and generally ignored state agency. With a team consisting of sycophants and ...
Plot:
government, loser, prime minister, corrupt politician, political corruption, rescue attempt, financial crisis, police department, corrupt, corruption, workplace situations, co worker co worker relationship ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In a social context deteriorated by a countrywide economic crisis, the life of several people will be turned upside down after they meet Cecile, a character who symbolizes desire.
Style:
erotic, sexy, sexual, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
erotica, explicit sex, desire, sex scene, oral sex, sexual fantasy, sexual promiscuity, female nudity, looking for sex, unsimulated sex, lust, erection ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The closed community of "Altos de la Cascada", a private neighborhood of high-priced houses, is moved by the discovery of three corpses that appear floating in a pool and rushes to frame it as an accident. It is the starting point so that ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, disturbing, realistic, tense
Plot:
murder, lifestyle, widow, marriage, investigation, suspense, economic crisis, tennis, corpse, social relations, society, funeral ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
latin america, argentina
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A look behind the scenes at Bernie Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme, how it was perpetrated on the public and the trail of destruction it left in its wake, both for the victims and Madoff's family.
Style:
realistic, political, captivating, serious, tense
Plot:
financier, scam, wall street, investor, finance, stock exchange, money, business, success, businessman, workplace, bus ...
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A brother and sister embark on a journey to retrieve an inheritance from their grandmother in the wake of economic collapse and impending apocalypse.
Style:
funny, not serious, feel good, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
inheritance, road trip, family relations, sibling relationship, estranged family member, puzzle, grandmother, apocalypse, brother sister relationship, humour, sister, heiress ...
Time:
future, 2020s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Two young Spanish men, with a university education, are tired of unemployment and decide to move to Germany. But soon they will find out that finding a better living is not as easy as they expected.
Style:
humorous, captivating, sincere, feel good, light ...
Plot:
unemployment, immigrants, buddies, nothing goes right, love and romance, society, travel, finance, economic crisis, emigrant, friends, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Sandra is a young woman who has only one weekend to convince her colleagues they must give up their bonuses in order for her to keep her job — not an easy task in this economy.
Style:
depressing, thought provoking, sincere, serious, compassionate ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
depression, injustice, unemployment, employer employee relationship, solidarity, workplace, loss of job, character study, guilt, working class, female protagonist, poverty ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
belgium, france, europe
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