Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "economics"

1. The Big Short (2015)

R | 130 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

In 2006-2007 a group of investors bet against the United States mortgage market. In their research, they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is.

Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt

Votes: 484,107 | Gross: $70.26M

2. Batman Begins (2005)

PG-13 | 140 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After witnessing his parents' death, Bruce learns the art of fighting to confront injustice. When he returns to Gotham as Batman, he must stop a secret society that intends to destroy the city.

Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Ken Watanabe, Liam Neeson

Votes: 1,577,589 | Gross: $206.85M

3. A Beautiful Mind (2001)

PG-13 | 135 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery

A mathematical genius, John Nash made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a harrowing journey of self-discovery.

Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer

Votes: 986,409 | Gross: $170.74M

4. Wall Street (1987)

R | 126 min | Crime, Drama

An impatient young stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless, greedy corporate raider who takes the youth under his wing.

Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Michael Douglas, Tamara Tunie, Franklin Cover

Votes: 165,101 | Gross: $43.85M

5. Up in the Air (I) (2009)

R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Ryan's job is to travel around the country firing off people. When his boss hires Natalie, who proposes firing people via video conference, he tries to convince her that her method is a mistake.

Director: Jason Reitman | Stars: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman

Votes: 349,304 | Gross: $83.82M

6. Nomadland (2020)

R | 107 min | Drama

A woman in her sixties, after losing everything in the Great Recession, embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.

Director: Chloé Zhao | Stars: Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May, Gay DeForest

Votes: 183,255

7. Downsizing (2017)

R | 135 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

A social satire in which a man realizes he would have a better life if he were to shrink himself to five inches tall, allowing him to live in wealth and splendor.

Director: Alexander Payne | Stars: Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau, Kristen Wiig

Votes: 124,367 | Gross: $24.45M

8. Killing Them Softly (2012)

R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

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.

Director: Andrew Dominik | Stars: Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, Richard Jenkins, Scoot McNairy

Votes: 153,080 | Gross: $15.03M

9. Any Given Sunday (1999)

R | 162 min | Drama, Sport

A behind-the-scenes look at the life-and-death struggles of modern-day gladiators and those who lead them.

Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Al Pacino, Dennis Quaid, Cameron Diaz, James Woods

Votes: 125,863 | Gross: $75.53M

10. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

PG | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

On the eve of retirement, Kirk and McCoy are charged with assassinating the Klingon High Chancellor and imprisoned. The Enterprise crew must help them escape to thwart a conspiracy aimed at sabotaging the last best hope for peace.

Director: Nicholas Meyer | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan

Votes: 80,881 | Gross: $74.89M

11. Larry Crowne (2011)

PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After losing his job, a middle-aged man reinvents himself by going back to college.

Director: Tom Hanks | Stars: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Sarah Mahoney, Roxana Ortega

Votes: 70,802 | Gross: $35.61M

12. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)

PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Jack Ryan, as a young covert C.I.A. analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.

Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Chris Pine, Kevin Costner, Keira Knightley, Kenneth Branagh

Votes: 138,190 | Gross: $50.58M

13. Being There (1979)

PG | 130 min | Comedy, Drama

After the death of his employer forces him out of the only home he's ever known, a simpleminded, sheltered gardener becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful tycoon and an insider in Washington politics.

Director: Hal Ashby | Stars: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden

Votes: 77,616 | Gross: $30.18M

14. Inside Job (2010)

PG-13 | 109 min | Documentary, Crime

Takes a closer look at what brought about the 2008 financial meltdown.

Director: Charles Ferguson | Stars: Matt Damon, Gylfi Zoega, Andri Snær Magnason, Sigridur Benediktsdottir

Votes: 78,939 | Gross: $4.31M

15. Mr. Jones (2019)

119 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller

A Welsh journalist breaks the news in the western media of the famine in Ukraine in the early 1930s.

Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: James Norton, Vanessa Kirby, Peter Sarsgaard, Joseph Mawle

Votes: 16,228

16. Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf (2024– )

TV-14 | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Merchant Kraft Lawrence discovers a wolf deity named Holo sleeping in his cart. She offers to lend her wisdom to boost his profits if he takes her on his travels. Their unlikely partnership begins.

Stars: Haruna Terada, J. Michael Tatum, Brina Palencia, Austin Tindle

Votes: 160

17. Southland Tales (2006)

R | 145 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

During a three-day heat wave just before a huge 4th of July celebration, an action star stricken with amnesia meets up with a porn star who is developing her own reality TV project, and a policeman who holds the key to a vast conspiracy.

Director: Richard Kelly | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Seann William Scott, Carlos Amezcua

Votes: 40,618 | Gross: $0.28M

18. The Wave (2008)

Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Thriller

A high school teacher's experiment to demonstrate to his students what life is like under a dictatorship spins horribly out of control when he forms a social unit with a life of its own.

Director: Dennis Gansel | Stars: Jürgen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Max Riemelt, Jennifer Ulrich

Votes: 115,058

19. Too Big to Fail (2011 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 99 min | Biography, Drama, History

Chronicles the financial meltdown of 2008 and centers on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.

Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: James Woods, John Heard, William Hurt, Erin Dilly

Votes: 19,078

20. THX 1138 (1971)

R | 86 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

In the 25th century, a time when people have designations instead of names, a man, THX 1138, and a woman, LUH 3417, rebel against their rigidly controlled society.

Director: George Lucas | Stars: Robert Duvall, Donald Pleasence, Don Pedro Colley, Maggie McOmie

Votes: 54,598 | Gross: $2.44M

21. Catch-22 (1970)

R | 122 min | Comedy, Drama, War

A man is trying desperately to be certified insane during World War II, so he can stop flying missions.

Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Art Garfunkel

Votes: 26,489 | Gross: $24.91M

22. Survivor (I) (2015)

PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A Foreign Service Officer in London tries to prevent a terrorist attack set to hit New York City, but is forced to go on the run when she is framed for crimes she did not commit.

Director: James McTeigue | Stars: Milla Jovovich, Pierce Brosnan, Dylan McDermott, Paddy Wallace

Votes: 35,746

23. Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)

PG | 110 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

The story of Preston Tucker, the maverick car designer and his ill-fated challenge to the auto industry with his revolutionary car concept.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Martin Landau, Frederic Forrest

Votes: 21,825 | Gross: $19.65M

24. 7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy (2024– )

TV-14 | Animation, Fantasy, Romance

Rishe is already on her seventh time around being reborn and has had all kinds of excitement in her previous lives. But to savor the high life, she first has to marry the handsome prince, the same one who happens to be her murderer.

Stars: Ikumi Hasegawa, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Shunichi Toki, Mariya Ise

Votes: 759

25. The Price is Right (1972– )

TV-G | 60 min | Family, Game-Show

Contestants compete for prizes and cash, including cars and vacations, in games that test their knowledge of consumer goods pricing.

Stars: Bob Barker, Janice Pennington, Dian Parkinson, Holly Hallstrom

Votes: 4,265

26. Igby Goes Down (2002)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama

A young man's peculiar upbringing renders him unable to competently cope with the struggle of growing up.

Director: Burr Steers | Stars: Kieran Culkin, Susan Sarandon, Jeff Goldblum, Claire Danes

Votes: 35,206 | Gross: $4.68M

27. Tesla (I) (2020)

PG-13 | 102 min | Biography, Drama

A freewheeling take on visionary inventor Nikola Tesla, his interactions with Thomas Edison and J.P. Morgan's daughter Anne, and his breakthroughs in transmitting electrical power and light.

Director: Michael Almereyda | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Eve Hewson, Eli A. Smith, Josh Hamilton

Votes: 10,511

28. One Night in Miami... (2020)

R | 114 min | Drama

A fictional account of one incredible night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown gathered discussing their roles in the Civil Rights Movement and cultural upheaval of the 60s.

Director: Regina King | Stars: Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, Leslie Odom Jr.

Votes: 34,270

29. The Best of Youth (2003)

R | 374 min | Drama, Romance

An Italian epic that follows the lives of two brothers from the 1960s to the 2000s.

Director: Marco Tullio Giordana | Stars: Luigi Lo Cascio, Alessio Boni, Jasmine Trinca, Adriana Asti

Votes: 23,198 | Gross: $0.27M

30. The Visitor (I) (2007)

PG-13 | 104 min | Drama

A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.

Director: Tom McCarthy | Stars: Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira, Hiam Abbass

Votes: 44,519 | Gross: $9.42M

31. I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967)

X | 121 min | Drama, Romance

Told in a quasi-documentary style, this companion piece to I Am Curious (Blue) (1968) deals with topics such as class society, non-violent resistance, sex, relationships, and tourism to Francoist Spain.

Director: Vilgot Sjöman | Stars: Lena Nyman, Vilgot Sjöman, Börje Ahlstedt, Peter Lindgren

Votes: 4,304 | Gross: $20.24M

32. Two Days, One Night (2014)

PG-13 | 95 min | Drama

Liège, Belgium. Sandra is a factory worker who discovers that her workmates have opted for a EUR1,000 bonus in exchange for her dismissal. She has only a weekend to convince her colleagues to give up their bonuses in order to keep her job.

Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione, Catherine Salée, Baptiste Sornin

Votes: 50,529 | Gross: $1.44M

33. Martin Eden (2019)

TV-PG | 129 min | Drama, Romance

Martin Eden struggles to rise above his destitute, proletarian circumstances through an intense and passionate pursuit of self-education, hoping to achieve a place among the literary elite.

Director: Pietro Marcello | Stars: Luca Marinelli, Jessica Cressy, Vincenzo Nemolato, Marco Leonardi

Votes: 7,643

34. Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)

Approved | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History

Humble Abraham Lincoln gains the respect of his Illinois neighbors, growing in stature and respect until he is elected President in 1860 and departs for Washington.

Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon, Mary Howard

Votes: 2,060

35. Crypto (I) (2019)

R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Demoted back to his hometown, a young Wall Street banker is drawn into investigating a tangled web of corruption and fraud in Upstate New York, affecting both his personal life and business career.

Director: John Stalberg Jr. | Stars: Beau Knapp, Luke Hemsworth, Jill Hennessy, Alexis Bledel

Votes: 4,689 | Gross: $0.01M

36. Born Yesterday (1950)

Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A tycoon hires a tutor to teach his lover proper etiquette, with unexpected results.

Director: George Cukor | Stars: Judy Holliday, William Holden, Broderick Crawford, Howard St. John

Votes: 12,409

37. Drifting Clouds (1996)

Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama

The recession hits a couple in Helsinki.

Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Kati Outinen, Kari Väänänen, Elina Salo, Sakari Kuosmanen

Votes: 9,044

38. The Central Park Five (2012)

Not Rated | 119 min | Documentary, Crime, History

A documentary that examines the 1989 case of five black and Latino teenagers who were convicted of raping a white woman in Central Park. After having spent between 6 and 13 years each in prison, a serial rapist confessed to the crime.

Directors: Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon | Stars: Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Kharey Wise, Raymond Santana

Votes: 7,931 | Gross: $0.27M

39. Battle in Seattle (2007)

R | 98 min | Action, Drama, History

Activists arrive in Seattle, Washington en masse to protest a meeting of the World Trade Organization. Riots and chaos ensue as demonstrators successfully stop the WTO meetings.

Director: Stuart Townsend | Stars: André 3000, Jennifer Carpenter, Isaach De Bankolé, Woody Harrelson

Votes: 15,171 | Gross: $0.22M

40. Kona fer í stríð (2018)

Not Rated | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Halla becomes a determined environmental activist, but this threatens a long-held hope of hers.

Director: Benedikt Erlingsson | Stars: Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Jóhann Sigurðarson, Juan Camilo Román Estrada, Jörundur Ragnarsson

Votes: 11,294 | Gross: $0.85M

41. The Barbarian Invasions (2003)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

During his final days, a dying man is reunited with old friends, former lovers, his ex-wife, and his estranged son.

Director: Denys Arcand | Stars: Rémy Girard, Dorothée Berryman, Stéphane Rousseau, Marie-Josée Croze

Votes: 30,025 | Gross: $3.43M

42. Sewu Dino (2023)

121 min | Horror, Thriller

Sri is tasked to do a cleansing ritual for Dela Atmojo, an unconscious girl who is suffering from 1000 days-hex. The terror begins when her friend neglects to finish the ritual. Failing until the 1000th day will result in their demise.

Director: Kimo Stamboel | Stars: Mikha Tambayong, Rio Dewanto, Givina Lukita, Agla Artalidia

Votes: 2,374

43. Filantropica (2002)

110 min | Comedy, Drama

Ovidiu, a high-school teacher looking for an extra buck, finds an unexpected way to earn easy money.

Director: Nae Caranfil | Stars: Mircea Diaconu, Gheorghe Dinica, Mara Nicolescu, Viorica Voda

Votes: 13,844

44. Pemukiman Setan (2023)

95 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror

A woman, a traumatized victim of family violence and economic hardship, was forced to join three friends in robbing an antique house.

Director: Charles Gozali | Stars: Maudy Effrosina, Bhisma Mulia, Ashira Zamita, Adinda Thomas

Votes: 87

45. C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004)

PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, War

Through the eyes of a British "documentary", this film takes a satirically humorous, and sometimes frightening, look at the history of an America where the South won the Civil War.

Director: Kevin Willmott | Stars: Greg Kirsch, Renee Patrick, Molly Graham, William Willmott

Votes: 5,162 | Gross: $0.67M

46. Becoming Warren Buffett (2017)

TV-PG | 90 min | Documentary, Biography

The legendary investor started out as an ambitious, numbers-obsessed boy from Nebraska and ended up becoming one of the richest and most respected men in the world.

Director: Peter W. Kunhardt | Stars: Kenan Akansel, Saul Bisht, Susie Buffet Jr., Bertie Buffet

Votes: 5,365

47. Duffle Bag Boy (2024)

Action, Adventure, Crime

Lost and forgotten, a homeless veteran hitchhikes his way into becoming an outlaw and goes to war with the kingpin of a criminal empire.

Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Alexander Raye Pimentel, Cheryce Livingston, James Anthony Perez, Don Tempesta

48. Generation Wealth (2018)

R | 105 min | Documentary

A documentary that investigates the pathologies that have created the richest society the world has ever seen.

Director: Lauren Greenfield | Stars: Lauren Greenfield, Bret Easton Ellis, Paris Cronin, Mijanou

Votes: 5,613 | Gross: $0.24M

49. Outbreak Company (2013)

TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

Otaku Shinichi, has been sent as an ambassador to a parallel world, where what we believed to be only fantasy is reality.

Stars: Natsuki Hanae, Maaya Uchida, Juliet Simmons, Kira Vincent-Davis

Votes: 714

50. First Name: Carmen (1983)

R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Music

A woman involved with a terrorist group becomes dangerously close to the police officer guarding the bank they plan to rob.

Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Maruschka Detmers, Jacques Bonnaffé, Myriem Roussel, Christophe Odent

Votes: 4,506