Financial crisis movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant financial crisis movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, captivating, tense, suspense, entertaining and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with financial crisis, finance, money, crisis, betrayal, greed, economics, wall street, business and financial problem plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres shot in USA, France, South Korea and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as financial crisis: Too Big to Fail (2011), The Big Short (2015), Margin Call (2011), Team Spirit (2016), The Crash (2017), Black Monday (2019), The Banker (2019), Boiler Room (2000), Default (2018), Another Era (2018).

List of financial crisis movies

Too Big to Fail (2011)
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?
 7.8
 533K
The Big Short (2015)
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
Is relevant?
 7.1
 160K
Margin Call (2011)
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
Is relevant?
 6.7
 2K
Team Spirit (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 117 min.
Story: An engaging drama about the less known aspects of the trading activity inside one of the biggest banks in the world - Société Générale. The movie tracks the rise and fall of anonymous trader turned superstar turned escape goat - Jérôme Kerviel ...
Style: exciting, touching, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot: financial crisis, bank, financial problem, finance, fired from the job, risk, suicide, death of father, loss of job, lie, financial ruin, wall street ...
Time: 2000s, year 2016
Place: paris france
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 4.2
 2K
The Crash (2017)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: In the not so distant future, a team of white collar criminals are enlisted by the Federal government to thwart a cyber-attack that threatens to bankrupt the United States of America.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, exciting, independent film ...
Plot: financial crisis, hacking, computers and web, hacker, insider trading, criminal, dishonesty, government agency, conspiracy theory, government, bankrupt, misfit partners ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, big ben london, london, hong kong, paris france
Is relevant?
 7.4
 7K
Black Monday (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Taking viewers back to October 19, 1987 – aka Black Monday, the worst stock market crash in Wall Street history – this is the story of how a group of outsiders took on the blue-blood, old-boys club of Wall Street and ended up crashing the ...
Style: inspirational, cynical, disturbing, sitcom, dark comedy ...
Plot: wall street, financial crisis, stock market crash, direction and purpose, money, lack of money, finance, party, against the odds, stock exchange, black girl, gambling ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: new york
Is relevant?
 8.6
 47
The Banker (2019)
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: disturbing, captivating, suspense
Plot: finance, banker, banking, bank, financial crisis, money, economic crisis, financial ruin, crisis, justice, financial problem, business and finance ...
Place: seoul
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The Last Days of Lehman Brothers (2009)
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 ...
Is relevant?
 7.0
 60K
Boiler Room (2000)
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 ...
Is relevant?
 6.7
 2K
Default (2018)
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, suspense, intense, talky, tense ...
Plot: finance, economic crisis, stock market, financial crisis, money, deception, greed, expose, risk, analysis, real estate, mind game ...
Time: 90s
Place: south korea, seoul
Is relevant?
 6.6
 19
Another Era (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
TV show
Story: The 2008 financial crisis swept the whole world. Ambitious businessman Leo Ho Tin-sang seizes the opportunity to take over the corporation of Hong Kong's wealthiest man, Fong Chung-yam, but is blocked by businessman Cheuk Kai-tong. Leo holds a ...
Style: psychological, thrilling, captivating, family saga, suspenseful ...
Plot: financial crisis, ambition, businessman, revenge, power struggle, business rivalry, problem, ambitious, crisis, greed, betrayal, scheming ...
Time: 2010s
Place: hong kong
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Jacob's Kingdom of Heaven (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story: Jacob, a successful businessman, is settled in Dubai with his family. He is forced to flee to another country when he ends up with a huge debt as his friend betrays him.
Style: inspirational, emotional, entertaining, psychological, captivating ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: financial crisis, father son relationship, family relations, struggle, domestic drama, family values, family drama, betrayal, fraud, debt, financial problem, money problems ...
Place: dubai, india
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 7.8
 104
Money Game (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: When Jeongin Bank faces bankruptcy, the Financial Services Commission aims to preempt Korea from another economic meltdown as it did in the 1997 financial crisis. With the Korean government having a substantial stake in the bank, things get serious. ...
Style: tense, captivating, realistic, political, suspenseful ...
Plot: financial crisis, financier, finance, corruption, banking, bank, money problems, financial problem, relationship problems, bank clerk, financial ruin, workplace situations ...
Time: 2020s
Place: south korea, seoul
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Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story (2020)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Set in 1980's & 90's Bombay, Scam 1992 follows the life of Harshad Mehta - a stockbroker who single-handedly took the stock market to dizzying heights & his catastrophic downfall. Being directed by National Award-winning filmmaker ...
Style: thought provoking, captivating, tense
Plot: finance, insider trading, financial crisis, stock exchange, stock broker, criminal, newspaper office, cons and scams, caper, financier, fraud, deception ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: mumbai india, bombay india, india
Is relevant?
 5.1
 11K
Lucky Numbers (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Russ Richards is a TV weatherman and local celebrity on the verge of losing his shirt. Desperate to escape financial ruin, he schemes with Crystal the TV station's lotto ball girl to rig the state lottery drawing. The numbers come up right, but ...
Style: dark comedy, clever, stylized, humorous, realistic ...
Plot: lottery, murder, profanity, crime gone awry, dark humor, snow, blackmail, femme fatale, murder investigation, financial crisis, voice over narration, small town ...
Time: 20th century, year 2000, year 1988, 80s
Place: pennsylvania, usa, florida, new jersey
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The Wizard of Lies (2017)
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, captivating, political, serious, tense ...
Plot: wall street, scam, financier, stock exchange, fraud, money, investor, financial crisis, finance, businessman, corporate world, workplace ...
Time: year 2017
Place: new york, usa
Is relevant?
 6.6
 32K
A Civil Action (1998)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to "get rid of" a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything - including his career and ...
Style: suspense, thought provoking, suspenseful, serious, disturbing ...
Plot: courtroom drama, lawyer, court, trial, lawsuit, legal, law firm, courtroom, investigation, toxic waste, attorney, judge ...
Time: 90s, year 1988, year 1983, year 1982, year 1987 ...
Place: massachusetts, boston, washington d.c., new york, new jersey
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Border Brothers (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A story about a pool cleaner that gets in a whole mess of trouble. "Pineapple Express" Meets "The Hangover"
Style: captivating, funny, entertaining, humorous, buddy comedy ...
Plot: drug smuggling, financial crisis, smuggling, financial problem, money problems, problem solving, crisis, drug smuggler, smuggler, family in crisis, humour, misadventure ...
Time: 2010s
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 6.4
 11K
Rogue Trader (1999)
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
Is relevant?
 7.3
 174K
Wall Street (1987)
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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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)
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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The Company Men (2010)
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
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Adults in the Room (2019)
Genre: Drama
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, thought provoking, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: biopic, financial crisis, politics, politician, debt, political unrest, economic crisis, bankruptcy, money problems, political conspiracy, financial problem, international crisis ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s
Place: greece, london, paris france, frankfurt germany, europe
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Knight Rusty 2: Full Metal Racket (2017)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story: With the help of an inventor's secret workshop, Ritter Rost tries to lead his country out of a terrible crisis and become a knight again.
Style: feel good, light, entertaining, captivating, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing
Plot: friendship, kingdom, loss of job, financial crisis, save the kingdom, children, imaginary kingdom, queen, teamwork, fictional kingdom, protector, heroes ...
Is relevant?
 6.2
 6K
Möbius (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration: 103 min.
Story: An FSB officer fall in love with his agent, an American woman who works as a trader in a Russian bank.
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, political thriller ...
Plot: espionage, fall in love, secret mission, love and romance, dishonesty, financial crisis, one night stand, cia, 007, secret agent, cia agent, covert operation ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: cote d'azur, europe, monaco, moscow russia
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Arabian Nights: Volume 1 - The Restless One (2015)
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, psychedelic, surreal, mind bending, art house ...
Plot: unemployment, economic crisis, financial crisis, sorcerer, virgin, poverty, erection, debt, banker, prime minister, wasp, demonstration ...
Time: year 2013, 90s, 2010s
Place: portugal, persia
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Two Family House (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Buddy Visalo (Michael Rispoli) is a factory worker, a frustrated crooner who once had a shot at the big time. Buddy's dreams of greatness have been reduced to an endless series of failed moneymaking schemes. His latest is buying a two-family ...
Style: touching, sincere, semi serious, feel good, humorous ...
Plot: working class, friendship, culture clash, love and romance, life is a bitch, society, couple relations, couples, down on your luck, pregnancy, love, ambition ...
Time: 90s, 50s, 1950s
Place: new york, usa, ireland, new jersey
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Life Without Principle (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A criminal, a bank clerk and a police officer find their destinies entwined when a loan shark gets assaulted after having withdrawn $10 million from the bank in the midst of the world financial crisis.
Style: tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: stock exchange, hitman, bank clerk, crime investigation, human nature, disorder, danger, life is a bitch, moral dilemma, honest law enforcer, financial ruin, financial problem ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, china, asia
Is relevant?
 7.2
 55
Pink Ladies (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:   On this day, the kindergarten teacher "Wedding Mania" (played by Liu Ruying) has finally stepped on the red carpet of the wedding as she wished, but unexpectedly, at this critical moment, the groom Dabao has absconded with debts! ...
Style: psychological, semi serious, thrilling, satirical, entertaining ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: friendship, women, living together, villa, love, heartbreak, debt, female friendship, financial crisis, friends, relationships, satire ...
Time: 2000s
Place: china
Is relevant?
 6.3
 3K
Penniless (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A haughty acclaimed newly married fashion designer named Iraj is shown the door by his boss after the boss's son arrives at Iran to take over his father's company. Iraj reluctant to promulgate the loss of his job, starts using his savings, ...
Style: tragicomedy, islamic
Plot: domestic drama, marriage, financial crisis, character study, moral dilemma, shame, betrayal of trust, family conflict, social status, realism, deception, pride ...
Time: 2000s
Place: persia, iran
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