Capitalism movies and TV shows – page 2
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List of capitalism movies
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
After being unemployed for several years, a man devises a unique plan to secure a new job: eliminate his competition.
Style:
dark comedy, suspense, dark, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
unemployment, desperation, capitalism, house, dog, family home, murder, competition, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, obsession, revenge ...
Place:
south korea, seoul, asia
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489K
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A couple travels to a coastal island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.
Style:
suspense, dark comedy, atmospheric, splatter, art house ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
food, restaurant, murder, social satire, food critic, mass murder, perfectionist, chef, grudge, cooking, obsession, actor ...
Time:
2020s
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224K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
On the day of his daughter's birthday, William "D-Fens" Foster is trying to get to the home of his estranged ex-wife to see his daughter. His car breaks down, so he leaves his car in a traffic jam in Los Angeles and decides to walk. ...
Style:
cult classic, psychological, rough, black comedy, philosophical ...
Audience:
date night, manly
Plot:
rage, vigilante, anger, midlife crisis, alienation, violence, character study, social commentary, urban decay, losing-it hero, traffic jam, road rage ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, persia, usa
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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:
sincere, independent film, depressing, serious, cerebral ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
depression, injustice, unemployment, working class, female protagonist, solidarity, loss of job, workplace, employer employee relationship, guilt, poverty, moral dilemma ...
Time:
year 2014, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, belgium, ethiopia, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
The story takes place on the desert planet "Pluke" in the "Kin-dza-dza" galaxy, where two Soviet humans previously unknown to each other ("Uncle Vova", a gruff construction foreman from Moscow, and "The ...
Style:
surreal, philosophical, offbeat, enigmatic, humorous ...
Plot:
desert, surrealism, alien, absurdism, satire, distopia, post apocalyptic, racism, capitalism, transformation, time travel, totalitarianism ...
Time:
future
Place:
ussr, soviet union, russia, poland
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.
Style:
talky, entertaining, intellectual, factual, disturbing ...
Plot:
art, artist, politics, government, depression, world politics, greed, capitalism, congress, justice, manipulation, adaptation ...
Time:
1930s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Two first-year students at Oxford University join the infamous Riot Club, where reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of a single evening.
Style:
disturbing, realistic, captivating, tense, serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
rich, debauchery, university, student life, spoiled brat, initiation, friends, social relations, society, eccentricity, stereotypes, sexism ...
Time:
year 2014, 18th century, 1850s, year 1976, 80s ...
Place:
england, oxford university, europe, california, london
Is relevant?
533K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.
Style:
intellectual, realistic, tense, inspirational, intelligent ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly, girls' night, date night, teen drama ...
Plot:
finance, wall street, business, stock market, financial crisis, money, greed, banking, economic crisis, bank, loan, analysis ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, year 2015, future, year 2016 ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, las vegas, california
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
The lives of an ambitious businesswoman, a charming gang enforcer and a troubled teen collide amidst a desperate — and sinister — pursuit of wealth.
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, hood, entertaining ...
Plot:
corruption, money laundering, capitalism, friendship, threat, juvenile delinquency, businessman, criminal, social problems, money problems, teenage life, financial problem ...
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A communist kangaroo moves in with an artist in Berlin.
Style:
light, touching, unusual plot structure, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
kangaroo, talking animal, capitalism, german humor, artists' life, unlikely friendships, art, apartment building, political satire, social satire, satire, irony ...
Place:
berlin germany
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Returning for a second Netflix comedy special, Jim Jefferies unleashes his famously ferocious black humor to a packed house in Nashville, Tennessee.
Style:
philosophical, political, funny, stylized, talky ...
Plot:
stand up comedian, politics, brutality, life & death, greed, idealism, corruption, religion, culture clash, conspiracy, obsession, life philosophy ...
Is relevant?
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
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, West Germany, Chile
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Like most of Costa-Gavras' political thrillers, the French State of Siege is based on a true story. The incident dramatized herein is the kidnapping of a U.S. official somewhere in Latin America. The director's sympathies clearly lie with ...
Style:
political, social, political thriller, talky, tense ...
Plot:
politics, coup d'etat, dictatorship, dictator, political intrigue, torture, radical, protest, capitalism, imperialism, journalism, shooting ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Place:
latin america, uruguay, france, chile, santiago chile ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
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, tense, political, suspenseful, sincere ...
Plot:
wall street, financial crisis, politics, finance, economic crisis, stock market, greed, business, stock broker, money, society, bankruptcy ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., new york, usa, california, middle east
Is relevant?
41K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After his family is evicted from their home, proud and desperate construction worker Dennis Nash tries to win his home back by striking a deal with the devil and working for Rick Carver, the corrupt real estate broker who evicted him.
Style:
emotional, sincere, captivating, sexy, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
moral dilemma, real estate agent, eviction, single father, motel, financial crisis, dysfunctional family, human nature, workplace, parent child relationship, workplace situations, finance ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
usa, florida, orlando florida, california, boston ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: China, Japan, France
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.
Style:
meditative, melancholic, brutal, art house, lyrical ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
violence, wuxia, brutality, loneliness, working class, life philosophy, injustice, social decay, life is a bitch, capitalism, multiple storylines, hardcore ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
china, tokyo, japan, india
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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 ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
In the year 2045, after global capitalism has defaulted, Japan's elite Section 9 begins conducting covert cyber operations.
Style:
anime, seinen, 3d animation, futuristic, psychological ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, police, capitalism, ghost in the shell, superhero, strong female lead, conspiracy, idealism, female protagonist, white supremacy, sword fight ...
Time:
distant future, 2040s, future, 21st century
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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, suspenseful, tense, serious
Plot:
fish out of water, ambition, dishonesty, misfit, workplace intrigue, boss and employee, culture clash, rivalry, society, stock broker, workplace, workplace situations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, asia, usa
Is relevant?
5K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
In a near future, the world order has changed. With its 10 millions of unemployed citizens, France has now become a poor country. Its people wavers between rebellion and resignation and find an outlet in the shape of TV broadcast ultra brutal fights ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspense, captivating, cyber
Plot:
distopia, cyberpunk, fight, anarchist, capitalism, dystopia, murder, death, corruption, death of mother, prison, suicide ...
Time:
near future, future
Place:
france, paris france
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Argentina
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After the end of the Dirty War, a high school teacher sets out to find out who the mother of her adopted daughter is.
Style:
political, sad, captivating, suspenseful, sincere ...
Plot:
adoption, politics, military coup, society, family relations, dictatorship, uncover truth, parents and children, state affairs, haunted by the past, political unrest, capitalism ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, 20th century, year 1983
Place:
latin america, argentina, bolivia, spain, south america ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The Night of the Pencils was a series of kidnappings and forced disappearances, followed by the torture, rape, and murder of a number of young students during the last Argentine dictatorship (known as the National Reorganization Process). The ...
Style:
disturbing, political, mindfuck, manga, intellectual ...
Plot:
capitalism, torture, state terrorism, protest, capitalist society, kidnapping, dictatorship, assassination, violence, electric torture, woman, investments ...
Time:
70s
Place:
argentina, spain, peru, italy, venezuela ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Argentina, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A beautiful Argentine activist receives preferential treatment from a man supposed to torture her.
Style:
political, mindfuck, thought provoking, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
military dictatorship, operation condor, dictator, capitalism, torture, dictatorship, politics, state terrorism, coup, american imperialism, unrequited love, political repression ...
Time:
70s
Place:
latin america, buenos aires argentina, argentina, europe, chile ...
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875K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Hong Kong
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
Style:
neo noir, futuristic, tech noir, atmospheric, thought provoking ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, dystopia, existentialism, dystopian future, distopia, androids, cyborgs, fugitive, police detective, fugitives, flying car ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2019, 20th century, near future ...
Place:
los angeles, california, bolivia, usa
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
When Singapore surrendered to the Japanese in 1942 the Allied POWs, mostly British but including a few Americans, were incarcerated in Changi prison. This was a POW detention center like no other. There were no walls or barbed-wire fences for the ...
Style:
black and white, realistic, bleak, sad, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, prison, pow, british soldier, soldier, prisoner of war camp, capitalism, world war, prisoners of war, bullying, military, friendship ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945
Place:
asia, japan, singapore, california, england ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
It is a bitter story about a middle-aged man, who hates his life and other people, including himself. Adam Miauczynski, the character known from director Marek Koterski's previous films, is a 44 year-old teacher, who reads poetry during school ...
Style:
independent film, dark comedy, tragicomedy, humorous, cynical ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, nothing goes right, social satire, paranoia, loner, alienation, burnout, obsessive compulsive disorder, neurosis, longing, solitude, teacher ...
Time:
year 2002, middle ages
Place:
eastern europe, central europe, warsaw poland, poland
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, France, Portugal, Italy
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Riding across Manhattan in a stretch limo during a riot in order to get a haircut, a 28-year-old billionaire asset manager's life begins to crumble.
Style:
sexy, philosophical, bleak, cerebral, art house ...
Plot:
wall street, billionaire, on the road, losing-it hero, bare butt, murder, social decay, downfall, city life, lifestyle, capitalism, dialogue ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, seattle
Is relevant?
359K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
George Clooney plays the dry cynical character of Ryan Bingham, an executive who specializes in "downsizing". Ryan lives out of his suitcase, traveling the country for the sole purpose terminating unwanted employees day after day. Just as ...
Style:
touching, sexy, romantic, rom com, romantic drama ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
loneliness, on the road, travel, couples, hotel, business trip, airport, love affair, downsizing, business, love and romance, motivational speaker ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, dallas texas, las vegas, iran, usa ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Based on a true story. Shortly after World War II, Preston Tucker is a dynamic engineer and an enthusiastic showman who envisions the car of the future. Against mighty odds he manages to build a fleet of them - only to have his factory shut down by ...
Style:
talky, intense, sentimental, feel good, realistic ...
Plot:
entrepreneur, business, marketing, underdog, car, corruption, dalmatian, police investigation, biopic, twists and turns, justice, entrepreneurship ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, future, year 1948, year 1988 ...
Place:
chicago, michigan, washington d.c., detroit, usa ...
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184K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A TV network cynically exploits a deranged ex-TV anchor's ravings and revelations about the media for their own profit.
Style:
clever, satirical, political, witty, black comedy ...
Plot:
media, journalism, satire, television, social commentary, media manipulation, adultery, corruption, murder, dark humor, business, assassination ...
Time:
70s, year 1976, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
usa, new york, california, manhattan new york city, middle east ...
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