Critique of capitalism movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant critique of capitalism movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out thought provoking, interesting, suspenseful, suspense, realistic and captivating films and TV shows about / with critique of capitalism, greed, storytelling, dialogue, corruption, chase, catastrophe, capitalism, mentor and violence plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as critique of capitalism: Capital (2012), The Factory (2018), Wall Street (1987), The Coca-Cola Kid (1985), Made in Dagenham (2010), Pada (2022), Glossary of Broken Dreams (2018), 1000 Rupee Note (2014), Collective Invention (2015), The Bank (2001).
List of critique of capitalism movies
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:
21st century
Place:
new york, europe, france
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia, France, Armenia
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When a factory is bound to close, a group of workers decides to take action against the owner.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, captivating, art house, psychological
Plot:
problem solving, hostage, social injustice, social problems, class conflict, uncover truth, conflict, injustice, eccentricity, acquittal, capitalism, workplace problem ...
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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
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An eccentric marketing guru visits a Coca-Cola subsidiary in Australia to try and increase market penetration. He finds zero penetration in a valley owned by an old man who makes his own soft drinks, and visits the valley to see why. After "the ...
Style:
aesthetic, realistic, semi serious, clever, witty ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
coca cola, mother daughter relationship, american abroad, satire, small town, workplace, culture clash, fish out of water, food, father daughter relationship, irony, critique of capitalism ...
Time:
year 1985, 80s
Place:
australia, sydney australia, balkan, georgia, atlanta georgia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
Style:
inspirational, touching, emotional, period piece, factual ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
gender, working class, politics, revolution, discrimination, women, idealism, workplace, hopes, boss and employee, feminist, injustice ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1968, year 1966, year 1970 ...
Place:
england, london, europe, united kingdom, michigan ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Based on a true incident, the film is about four men, who call themselves Ayyankali Pada, holding the Palakkad collector hostage demanding tribal land rights.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, dramatic, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
government, social justice, social injustice, capitalism, injustice, fight for justice, maverick, capitalist society, capitalist, fight, critique of capitalism, activism ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, History, Music
Country: Austria, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Puppets! Pixels! Anime! Live action! Stock footage!
Lumpennerd Johannes Grenzfurthner gives an ideotaining cinematic revue about important political concepts. Everyone is talking about freedom! Privacy! Identity! Resistance! The Market! The Left! ...
Style:
philosophical, humorous, thought provoking, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
resistance, propaganda, society, rivalry, internet culture, capitalism, internet, critique of capitalism, surrealism, disorder, privacy invasion, culture clash ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, austria
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Poor Parobudhi receives a thousand rupee note from a politician at an election rally. However, she has no idea about the kind of trouble she just got into. Ek Hazarachi Note is an encouraging tale of humanity against money.
Style:
neorealism, melancholic, independent film, tragicomedy
Plot:
money, village, politics, poverty, debt, social realism, humanity, elderly man, compassion, small town, friendship, corruption ...
Place:
indiana
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Park Goo mutates into a man-fish due to side effects from an experimental drug. He receives heavy publicity and becomes a star. A conspiracy by a pharmaceutical company leads Park Goo to being possibly expelled from the world.
Style:
entertaining, light, captivating, funny, feel good ...
Plot:
mutation, human experiment, mutant, pharmaceutical company, social commentary, satire, experiment gone awry, humour, experiment, turned into an animal, medical experiment, surrealism ...
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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 ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, cynical, clever ...
Plot:
stock exchange, business, mathematics, greed, finance, computer genius, fighting the system, workplace, rise to the top, ambition, money, workplace situations ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 70s
Place:
australia, new zealand
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Sohee is a high school student training for a subcontracted position at a call center, when a mysterious incident occurs leading to Sohee's death. Detective Oh Yu-jin takes charge of her case and slowly uncovers the harsh realities surrounding ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, detective
Plot:
call center, police investigation, high school student, crime solving, investigation, high school life, uncover truth, secret, crime investigation, workplace situations, murder investigation, sleuth ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Dust Up is a kick ass action comedy served up by Ward Roberts and starring Amber Benson that will make you laugh, gasp and punch the person you're sitting ...
Style:
semi serious, exciting, rough, humorous, retro ...
Plot:
desert, rivalry, heroes, tough heroes, vigilantism, escapades, danger, chases and races, forced into action, master villain, gory, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona, california, usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her story, all contact is ...
Style:
futuristic, scary, suspense, space horror, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
alien, strong female character, space travel, creature, female warrior, survival, space and aliens, outer space, monster, space, creature feature, spaceship ...
Time:
22nd century, 20th century, year 1986, future
Place:
space western
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.
Style:
talky, suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
radio, social commentary, paranoid, radio dj, death, murder, introspection, racism, anonymity, twists and turns, liberal, media ...
Time:
20th century, year 1988, 80s
Place:
texas, usa, dallas texas
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.
Style:
feel good, light, surreal, visually stunning, satirical ...
Plot:
success, suicide, business, corruption, dark humor, secretary, industry, christmas, journalism, newspaper, psychiatrist, greed ...
Time:
1950s, year 1994, 90s, 20th century, 50s ...
Place:
new york, usa, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs ...
Style:
scary, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, frightening ...
Audience:
kids, manly, adult
Plot:
monster, alien, space travel, outer space, space and aliens, heroine, survival horror, evil alien, spaceship, female protagonist, creature, alien monster ...
Time:
future, 22nd century, 20th century, year 1979, distant future
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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
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363K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
Style:
hilarious, funny, absurd, parody, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
satire, farce, dictator, culture clash, stupidity, dark humor, un, female bodyguard, fictional country, prejudice, head of state, dissident ...
Time:
2010s, 70s, 20th century, year 1973, year 2012 ...
Place:
new york, middle east, asia, israel, andalusia ...
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Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A scientist builds a machine that will enable him to travel back and forth in time, but when he puts it in motion, he gets more than he bargained for.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, offbeat, psychotronic
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
time machine, time traveler, salem witch trial, cave, aftermath, social commentary, cannibal, dystopian future, chaos, mutant, disorder, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
future, 20th century, distant future
Place:
salem massachusetts
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The Coen Brothers tell the story of a absurd yet likable family with an unproductive couple as the focal point. The couple has gotten themselves into some trouble while kidnapping a baby and give Hollywood one of the most memorable chase scenes to ...
Style:
witty, humorous, funny, dark comedy, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, toddlers, family outing
Plot:
kidnapping, satire, robbery, parenthood, screwball, baby, american football, adoption, missing child, policewoman, desert, dark humor ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
arizona, usa, phoenix arizona
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them. On their journey they come across many comical characters and incredible situations. Based upon Homer's ...
Style:
road movie, funny, visually stunning, dark comedy, epic ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
prison escape, great depression, blues, on the run, small town, roman empire, country music, dark humor, music, runaway, satire, treasure hunt ...
Time:
1930s, year 2000, 20th century, y2k, 2000s ...
Place:
mississippi, ancient greece, persia, america, greece ...
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480K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In the not-too-distant future the aging gene has been switched off. To avoid overpopulation, time has become the currency and the way people pay for luxuries and necessities. The rich can live forever, while the rest try to negotiate for their ...
Style:
futuristic, serious, philosophical, thought provoking, clever ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family friendly, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
time, dystopian future, immortality, fighting the system, dystopia, distopia, love, dystopic future, survival, life & death, class differences, social differences ...
Time:
future, year 2011, near future, distant future, 2010s
Place:
usa, los angeles, canada
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Ray is an aging ex-socialist who has become a bankrobber after seeing the demise of socialism in 1980s Britain. Teaming up with a gang of other has-beenish crims, he commits one bank job too many. The gang dissolves in a murderous flurry of ...
Style:
neo noir, independent film, political, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
robbery, gang, criminal gang, friendship between men, anti hero, greed, love, career criminal, corrupt cop, criminal, heist, corrupt ...
Time:
90s
Place:
england, london, europe
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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, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
A star quarterback gets knocked out of the game and an unknown third stringer is called in to replace him. The unknown gives a stunning performance and forces the aging coach to reevaluate his game plans and life. A new co-owner/president adds to ...
Style:
sexy, stylized, intense, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
american football, underdog, nudity, sport team, coach, desire for fame, success, ambition, fame, entrepreneur, power relations, contests and competitions ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
boston, florida, usa, miami, los angeles ...
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350K
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash, a more unwelcome visitor does. The ...
Style:
bleak, atmospheric, suspenseful, spooky, saga ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
prison, alien, evil alien, deadly creature, outer space, space travel, monster, human versus alien, cryogenics, survival, self sacrifice, creature ...
Time:
future, 22nd century, 90s
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises … as are the new aliens. Ripley must team with a band of smugglers to keep the creatures from ...
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, scary, saga, suspense ...
Plot:
alien, robot, space travel, dystopia, strong female lead, female android, evil alien, alien invasion, strong female character, space and aliens, androids, monster ...
Time:
future, 24th century, year 1997, 90s
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