Finance movies and TV shows – page 5

List of finance movies

 6.2
 81K
Hackers (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Along with his new friends, a teenager who was arrested by the US Secret Service and banned from using a computer for writing a computer virus discovers a plot by a nefarious hacker, but they must use their computer skills to find the evidence while ...
Style: teen, cyber, exciting, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: teens, kids, date night, family outing
Plot: hacker, internet, cyberpunk, computer cracker, hacking, virtual reality, computer, computer hacker, programmer, secret service, high school, computer virus ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 80s, year 1988, year 1995
Place: new york, grand central station manhattan new york city, usa, seattle
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Fast Food Nation (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Inspired by author Eric Schlosser's New York Times best-seller of the same name, director Richard Linklater's ensemble drama examines the health issues and social consequences of America's love affair with fast food and features an ...
Style: talky, stylized, disturbing, semi serious, bad ending ...
Plot: food, fast food restaurant, junk food, satire, cooking and food, butcher, hamburger, public health, illegal immigration, greed, health, fighting the system ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: texas, usa, colorado, mexico, california
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 6.8
 280K
21 (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent, student at M.I.T. in Boston who strives to succeed. Wanting a scholarship to transfer to Harvard School of Medicine with the desire to become a doctor, Ben learns that he cannot afford the $300,000 for ...
Style: clever, inspirational, suspense, teen, surprise ending ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night
Plot: gambling, casino, mathematics, prodigy, blackjack, genius, card playing, youth, cheating, talented, professor, college ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: las vegas, boston, harvard university, usa, massachusetts
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Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A powerful railroad executive, Dagny Taggart, struggles to keep her business alive while society is crumbling around her. Based on the 1957 novel by Ayn Rand.
Style: philosophical, stylized, serious, futuristic, talky ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: libertarian, capitalism, politics, distopia, dystopia, totalitarianism, capitalist, greed, corruption, idealism, society, workplace ...
Time: future, year 2016, year 2017
Place: usa, new york, colorado, russia
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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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Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA, India
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Jamal Malik is an impoverished Indian teen who becomes a contestant on the Hindi version of ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’ but, after he wins, he is suspected of cheating.
Style: touching, uplifting, motivational, realistic, feel good ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: poverty, childhood, destiny, orphan, rags to riches, against the odds, love, street life, society, journey, true love, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 20th century, 90s, year 2005 ...
Place: india, mumbai india, asia, taj mahal, britain
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 7.3
 259K
The Descendants (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron, Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront the young real estate broker, who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune.
Style: touching, depressing, sad, poignant, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: infidelity, teenage daughter, bittersweet, dying mother, family drama, grief, father daughter relationship, family relations, beach, dysfunctional family, cheating wife, death ...
Time: year 2011, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: hawaii, usa, iran, california
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How to Make It in America (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Trying to make a name for themselves in New York's competitive fashion scene, Ben Epstein and his friend and business partner Cam Calderon use their street knowledge and connections to bring their ambitions to fruition. With the help of ...
Style: erotic, semi serious, stylized, sensual, captivating ...
Plot: entrepreneur, businessman, follow your dream, group of friends, determination, party, young woman, lifestyle, ambition, ambitious, success, buddies ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 164 min.
Story: Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman ...
Style: exciting, suspense, visually stunning, breathtaking, thrilling ...
Audience: teens, manly, chick flick, date night, boys' night
Plot: superhero, batman, heroes, secret identity, plot twist, good versus evil, double life, revenge, chaos and mayhem, terrorism, disguise, self sacrifice ...
Time: future, year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: london, pittsburgh, italy, usa, pentagon ...
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 5.1
 52K
Cosmopolis (2012)
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
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 6.1
 77K
Larry Crowne (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When he suddenly finds himself without his long-standing blue-collar job, Larry Crowne enrolls at his local college to start over. There, he becomes part of an eclectic community of students and develops a crush on his teacher.
Style: entertaining, sweet, romantic, humorous, teen ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot: happy ending, loss of job, college, teacher, love story, life, relationships, teacher student relationship, life philosophy, friendship, student life, starting over ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california, somalia, los angeles, new jersey
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 6.2
 795
The City Below (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A man and a woman at an art exhibition share a fleeting moment of attraction, which neither can act upon. Days later, a chance second meeting leads to an innocent coffee and the two strangers – both married - toy with their unexplainable ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, emotional, contemplative
Plot: forbidden love, unfaithful wife, infidelity, adultery, lovers apart, horny woman, marital infidelity, married woman, couple relations, workplace, crumbling marriage, love affair ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, europe, asia, frankfurt germany, indonesia
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 8.4
 534K
Suits (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: While running from a drug deal gone bad, Mike Ross, a brilliant young college-dropout, slips into a job interview with one of New York City's best legal closers, Harvey Specter. Tired of cookie-cutter law school grads, Harvey takes a gamble by ...
Style: captivating, witty, serious, talky, sexy ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, date night, family outing
Plot: lawyer, law firm, legal, photographic memory, hotshot lawyer, boss, success, corporate world, workplace situations, talented, prodigy, ambitious ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, chicago, syria
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Supercapitalist (2012)
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
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 7.5
 88K
Miss Sloane (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France, Canada, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.
Style: political, suspense, clever, tense, intellectual ...
Plot: lobbyist, twists and turns, politics, career woman, determination, strong female lead, courtroom, female protagonist, lawyer, strong female character, world politics, business ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., oregon, colorado, new hampshire, michigan ...
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 8.2
 597K
Money Heist (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: To carry out the biggest heist in history, a mysterious man called The Professor recruits a band of eight robbers who have a single characteristic: none of them has anything to lose. Five months of seclusion - memorizing every step, every detail, ...
Style: suspense, exciting, intense, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: heist, perfect crime, hostage situation, plot twist, bank robbery, planning, master criminal, thief, career criminal, hostage, professor, robbery ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: spain, madrid, europe, thailand, new mexico
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 7.3
 677K
Tenet (2020)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Plot unknown. The project is described as an action epic revolving around international espionage.
Style: unusual plot structure, suspense, mind bending, twist ending, philosophical ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, adult
Plot: time paradox, time travel, time, special agent, time loop, espionage, mission, terrorism, teamwork, quantum physics, cia agent, technology ...
Time: future, 2020s, 2010s
Place: mumbai india, los angeles, india, vietnam, london ...
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Jerry & Marge Go Large (2022)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The remarkable true story of how retiree Jerry Selbee discovers a mathematical loophole in the Massachusetts lottery and, with the help of his wife, Marge, wins $27 million dollars and uses the money to revive their small Michigan town.
Style: feel good, disturbing, captivating, realistic, entertaining ...
Plot: lottery winner, small town, rich, genius, mathematics, lottery, husband wife relationship, money, couple relations, small town life, money falling through the air, satire ...
Place: michigan, massachusetts, harvard university, boston
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 6.2
 9K
Buffaloed (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Set in the underworld of debt-collecting and follows the homegrown hustler Peg Dahl, who will do anything to escape Buffalo, NY.
Style: humorous, captivating, entertaining, funny, light ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: debt collector, debt, money, rivalry, escapades, transformation, ambition, life philosophy, new job, runaway, hopes, business ...
Place: ohio
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 7.3
 25K
WeCrashed (2022)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story: Inspired by actual events — and the love story at the center of it all. WeWork grew from a single coworking space into a global brand worth $47 billion in under a decade. Then, in less than a year, its valuation dropped $40 billion. What happened?
Style: exciting, captivating, disturbing, thought provoking, tense ...
Plot: greed, biopic, entrepreneur, rise and fall, ambition, arrogance, couple relations, escapades, couples, love, love affair, relationships ...
Time: 2010s
Place: new york
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 5.0
 2K
The Deal (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A political thriller steeped in illegal oil trading, the Russian Mafia, and governmental cover-ups.
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: wall street, evil corporation, oil industry, politics, rivalry, fighting the system, uncover truth, legal investigation, political corruption, society, betrayal, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 2005, future
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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The International (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK, France, Turkey
Duration: 118 min.
Story: An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their investigation takes them from Berlin, ...
Style: sexy, suspenseful, tricky, suspense, intense ...
Plot: conspiracy, interpol, assassin, investigation, gunfight, conspiracy theory, chase, politics, twists and turns, hitman, lawyer, revenge ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, berlin germany, italy, manhattan new york city ...
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 7.2
 14K
Human Capital (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The destinies of two families are irrevocably tied together after a cyclist is hit off the road by a jeep in the night before Christmas Eve.
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, touching, twisted ...
Plot: adultery, destiny, family in crisis, drug addict, family relations, social differences, parents and children, infidelity, police investigation, accident, housewife, businessman ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, year 2010, 21st century
Place: italy
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 5.8
 6K
Off Course (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
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, light, sincere, feel good ...
Plot: nothing goes right, unemployment, immigrant, buddies, society, love and romance, travel, finance, emigrant, economic crisis, friends, fall in love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, europe, berlin germany
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 7.2
 171K
The Post (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, India
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.
Style: political thriller, inspirational, period piece, political, factual ...
Audience: family friendly, adult
Plot: journalism, truth, expose, whistleblower, newspaper office, newspaper, journalist, cover up, lie, wartime, freedom of the press, u.s. government ...
Time: year 2017, year 1965, 90s, 70s, year 1972 ...
Place: washington d.c., usa, vietnam
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The Parallax View (1974)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: An ambitious reporter, investigating a senator's assassination, realizes witnesses to the shooting are systematically dying and discovers a multi-million dollar corporation which serves as a front for the recruitment of political assassins.
Style: suspenseful, psychological, neo noir, political, intense ...
Plot: politics, conspiracy, reporter, corruption, political conspiracy, journalism, murder, investigation, undercover, paranoia, assassin, media ...
Time: 70s, year 1974, 20th century
Place: seattle, los angeles, washington state, usa, latin america
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 6.7
 1K
The Mine (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A young and ambitious civil servant Jussi finds himself being in charge of the environmental permit of a huge nickel and uranium mine in Northern Finland. The Talvivaara mine, led by a charismatic globe trotting visioner Pekka Perä is introducing ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, touching, suspense, exciting
Plot: business, mining, investigation, nature, environmental issue, government, government official, politics, technology, corruption, politician, environment ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s
Place: finland
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 8.1
 184K
Network (1976)
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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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
Style: exciting, serious, intense, suspenseful, action thriller ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: cia, espionage, terrorism, conspiracy, undercover agent, terrorist, race against time, undercover, government agency, murder, secret agent, corruption ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, year 2013, september 11 2001, year 2001 ...
Place: russia, new york, afghanistan, moscow russia, london ...
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The Lady Banker (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 131 min.
Story: The scene is the restless Paris of the interwar years where an attractive and ambitious woman successfully makes her way in a world previously reserved for men: that of high finance. Originating from a humble background, she quickly becomes popular ...
Style: emotional
Plot: lesbian, money, lgbt, lesbian relationship, businesswoman, insider trading, finance, execution, banker, bisexuality, anti semitism, speculation ...
Time: 1920s
Place: paris france, monte carlo
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