Corporate america movies and TV shows – page 2

List of corporate america movies

The Road to Guantanamo (2006)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Part drama, part documentary, The Road to Guantánamo focuses on the Tipton Three, a trio of British Muslims who were held in Guantanamo Bay for two years until they were released without charge.
Style: rough, intense, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Plot: terrorism, terrorist, torture, muslim, injustice, warning, war on terror, politics, military, british, pow, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, year 2001, year 2003, year 2002 ...
Place: middle east, united kingdom, latin america, afghanistan, pakistan ...
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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
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 7.0
 13K
The Candidate (1972)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Bill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment.
Style: political, witty, cynical, thought provoking, biting ...
Plot: politics, election, american politics, satire, father son relationship, underdog, political campaign, campaign, political rally, candidate, election campaign, idealism ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1972
Place: california, usa, san francisco, north america, san diego california ...
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 5.9
 6K
One Point O (2004)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania, Iceland
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Paranoid computer programmer Simon wakes up to find a package in his room one day. Despite attempts at securing his apartment, the packages keep arriving. While cameras watch Simon's every move, he struggles to find the answers to the ...
Style: surreal, enigmatic, cerebral, confusing, psychological ...
Plot: cyberpunk, computer, paranoia, mind control, neighbor, technology, existentialism, hacking, investigation, life is a bitch, robot, geek ...
Time: future
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 6.1
 141K
The Campaign (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Two rival politicians compete to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
Style: parody, funny, satirical, political, humorous ...
Audience: adult
Plot: politics, satire, congressman, election, campaign, farce, campaigning, political corruption, sarcasm, election campaign, mentor, stereotypes ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: north carolina, usa
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The Fifth Estate (2013)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, India, Belgium
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A look at the relationship between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his early supporter and eventual colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and how the website's growth and influence led to an irreparable rift between the two friends.
Style: tense, political, stylized, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: family friendly, teens
Plot: journalism, internet, politics, whistleblower, computers and web, international relations, spy, hacking, computer hacker, hacker, biopic, journalist ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, year 2010, year 2011, 21st century
Place: europe, germany, london, afghanistan, pentagon ...
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 6.7
 21K
Cheap Thrills (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Recently fired and facing eviction, a new dad has his life turned upside down when he meets a wealthy couple who offer a path to financial security... but at a price.
Style: dark comedy, independent film, cynical, black comedy, horror comedy ...
Plot: dark humor, manipulation, extramarital affair, violent, friendship, greed, adultery, gambling, cocaine, bet, life turned upside down, twists and turns ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, san francisco, california
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Kill the Messenger (2014)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist ...
Style: political, clever, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: journalism, reporter, journalist, conspiracy, u.s. government, investigative journalism, politics, drug smuggling, investigative reporter, media manipulation, media, cia ...
Time: 80s, year 2014, 70s, 90s, 20th century ...
Place: latin america, california, los angeles, nicaragua, usa ...
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 6.5
 112K
Money Monster (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes over their studio.
Style: suspense, clever, entertaining, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: hostage, stock market, police, wall street, finance, corruption, revenge, conspiracy, money, capitalism, hostage negotiator, sniper ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, 21st century
Place: south africa, new york, russia, reykjavik iceland, south korea ...
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 7.3
 172K
Snowden (2016)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, France
Duration: 134 min.
Story: CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.
Style: realistic, political thriller, thought provoking, factual, inspirational ...
Audience: chick flick, family friendly
Plot: espionage, journalism, whistleblower, hacking, fighting the system, moral dilemma, internet, spying, cia, technology, cryptography, ethics ...
Time: year 2016, 20th century, year 2015, year 2009, year 2011 ...
Place: japan, russia, hawaii, america, pakistan ...
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Thank You for Smoking (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Nick Naylor is a charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who'll fight to protect America's right to smoke -- even if it kills him -- while still remaining a role model for his 12-year old son. When he incurs the wrath of a senator bent on ...
Style: satirical, black comedy, entertaining, dark comedy, witty ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: marketing, advertising, business, lobbyist, satire, social satire, tobacco, reporter, lung cancer, politics, journalism, political satire ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., vermont, usa, los angeles, japan ...
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Battle in Seattle (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Thousands of activists arrive in Seattle, Washington in masses to protest the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999 (World Trade Organization). Although it began as a peaceful protest with a goal of stopping the WTO talks, it escalated into a ...
Style: political, serious, emotional, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: politics, protest, police brutality, fighting the system, idealism, hopes, political unrest, chaos and mayhem, state affairs, rebelliousness, resistance, rebellion ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1999, 80s
Place: usa, seattle, washington d.c., canada, latin america
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Humboldt County (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Peter is a medical student about to graduate and begin his residency. When his professor fails him, he winds up in bed with an actress and singer named Bogart rolling through Los Angeles. He accompanies her to the redwoods of northern California, ...
Style: sincere, semi serious, humorous, sentimental, independent film ...
Plot: weed, marijuana, self discovery, medical student, wilderness, family relations, loneliness, fish out of water, addiction, stoner, eccentric family, disorder ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: california, northern california, usa, new jersey
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On Deadly Ground (1994)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Forrest Taft is an environmental agent who works for the Aegis Oil Company in Alaska. Aegis Oil's corrupt CEO, Michael Jennings, is the kind of person who doesn't care whether or not oil spills into the ocean or onto the land, just as long ...
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, vigilante, corruption, corporate greed, oil company, conspiracy, oil rig, one against many, oil, one man army, tough heroes, revenge ...
Time: 20th century, year 1994, 90s
Place: alaska, usa
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 7.5
 224K
Falling Down (1993)
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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Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes is a 1978 comedy film directed by John De Bello and starring David Miller. The film is a spoof of B-movies. Made on a budget of less than USD $100,000, the story involves tomatoes becoming sentient by unknown means and ...
Style: parody, scary, black comedy, independent film, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: mad scientist, satire, monster, space and aliens, disaster, disguise, helicopter crash, food, insanity, espionage, rescue, survival ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
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A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A couple of angels, O'Reilly and Jackson, are sent to Earth to make sure that their next supervised love-connection succeeds. They follow Celine, a spoiled rich girl who has just accidentally shot a suitor and, due to a misunderstanding, is ...
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, witty, humorous, cult classic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: hostage, kidnapping, destiny, stockholm syndrome, angel, ransom, screwball, heaven, robbery, murder, unlikely couple, on the run ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: utah, los angeles, usa, california
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 6.3
 226K
The Internship (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Two recently laid-off men in their 40s try to make it as interns at a successful Internet company where their managers are in their 20s.
Style: funny, inspirational, humorous, light, teen ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot: workplace, career, computers and web, starting over, new job, rivalry, boss and employee, sarcasm, middle aged, lifestyle change, fish out of water, programmer ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: california, san francisco, usa, north america
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 6.8
 54K
The East (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: An operative for an elite private intelligence firm finds her priorities irrevocably changed after she is tasked with infiltrating an anarchist group known for executing covert attacks upon major corporations.
Style: suspenseful, political, cerebral, intense, serious ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: terrorism, fighting the system, terrorist, environmentalism, espionage, anarchist, lost in the woods, undercover, working undercover, fbi, secret organization, anti capitalism ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c.
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 6.6
 41K
Promised Land (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants to tap into the available resources.
Style: sexy, inspirational, sincere, melancholic, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: campaign, cheerleader, business, character study, lone hero, environmentalism, corporate crime, social relations, powerful corporation, corporate world, conspiracy, survival ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, texas, mexico ...
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Killing Them Softly (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
Style: neo noir, brutal, suspenseful, intense, tense ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: robbery, violence, mafia, organized crime, gangster, hitman, poker, brutality, crime gone awry, assassin, murder, sex ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, year 2008, 2000s, 70s ...
Place: louisiana, usa, florida, orlando florida, new orleans
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 6.4
 40K
Compliance (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Sandra is the manager at a fast-food restaurant, and Becky is her teenaged counter girl who really needs the job. One stressful day, a police officer telephones and accuses Becky of stealing money from a customer’s purse, which Becky vehemently ...
Style: psychological, sexy, disturbing, thought provoking, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: psychology, manipulation, twists and turns, fast food restaurant, police investigation, sexual humiliation, blonde, true crime, human nature, moral dilemma, power relations, telephone call ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: ohio, usa, canada, new jersey, seattle
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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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 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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 6.7
 13K
Bamboozled (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: TV producer Pierre Delacroix (Damon Wayans) becomes frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea. Hoping to get fired, Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of: a minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it incredibly becomes ...
Style: thought provoking, black comedy, independent film, humorous, semi serious ...
Plot: racism, satire, hip hop, blaxploitation, rise and fall, overnight success, civil rights, showbiz, media satire, society, artists and showbiz, television ...
Time: year 2000, 90s, 20th century, 60s, 21st century
Place: manhattan new york city, america, usa, south carolina, yale university ...
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Clockwatchers (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The relationship between four female temps all working for the same credit company is threatened with the arrival of a new hire, who lands a permanent position one of the women was vying for.
Style: atmospheric, melancholic, satirical, dark comedy, semi serious ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: office, workplace, women, friendship, office politics, existentialism, storytelling, loneliness, workplace situations, heist, fighting the system, secretary ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: new jersey
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Of Love and Shadows (1994)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Argentina
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Irene is a magazine editor living under the shadow of the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile. Francisco is a handsome photographer and he comes to Irene for a job. As a sympathizer with the underground resistance movement, Francisco opens her eyes and ...
Style: erotic, political, eros, scenic, independent film ...
Audience: adult
Plot: dictatorship, politics, military coup, female nudity, escape, lust, photographer, military, hospital, rebellion, investigation, justice ...
Time: 70s, year 1994, year 1973, 1920s
Place: chile, latin america, south america, europe, spain ...
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 5.8
 916
August (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Set in 1890s North Wales over a long, hot August weekend, the Victorian calm of a household is suddenly upset with the arrival of a London couple who impose their city ways and thoughts on the more rurally based family. An adaptation of Anton ...
Style: light, melancholic, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: dysfunctional family, depression, self discovery, friendship, love triangle, family problems, siblings relations, fall in love, love and romance, midlife crisis, unrequited love, anton chekhov ...
Time: 19th century, edwardian era, year 1996, victorian era, 1890s ...
Place: wales, england, europe, london, israel ...
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 6.3
 511
Federal Hill (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In Providence's Italian neighborhood, Federal Hill, five young are immersed in drugs, crime and violence. Everything changes when one of the guys in the band know love.
Style: black and white, independent film, serious, realistic, tense ...
Plot: gangster, college, drug, youth, friendship, best friend, partner, gays and lesbians, gang, juvenile delinquency, going straight, criminal heroes ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: rhode island, usa, canada, new jersey
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 5.3
 274
Open Season (1995)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: When the television ratings machines suddenly malfunction, public television suddenly, but mistakenly, soars to #1 in this humorous satire.
Style: independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous, biting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: satire, showbiz, media satire, workplace situations, society, boss and employee, media, ambition, rise to the top, blind ambition, workplace, disorder ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 1930s
Place: australia, london
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