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1.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Prediction by the Numbers
(2018)
TV-G | 52 min | Documentary
A look at why some predictions fail while others succeed at forecasting the future.
Director: Daniel McCabe | Stars: Jay O. Sanders, Edward Nygren, Luke Schaffer, Liberty Vittert
Votes: 406
2. Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015)
R | 128 min | Documentary, Biography
A look at the personal and private life of the late Apple CEO, Steve Jobs.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Steve Jobs, Alex Gibney, Steve Wozniak, Michael S. Malone
Votes: 6,500 | Gross: $0.49M
3. Trader (1987 TV Movie)
55 min | Documentary
Filmed before Wall Street's October 1987 crash, TRADER is a one hour documentary of a fascinating man, Paul Tudor Jones II. It delivers a rarely seen view of futures trading and explains ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Glyn | Stars: Peter Borish, Paul Tudor Jones
Votes: 65
4. Broke: The New American Dream (2009)
Documentary
A vivid, honest, often humorous and always insightful look at our struggle with investments and retirement. Michael Covel traveled 75,000 miles over the course of 2007 and 2008 to visit ... See full summary »
Director: Michael W. Covel | Stars: Salem Abraham, Richard Blake, Chris Van Hollen, Eric Bolling
Votes: 23
5.
Inside Story (1974– )
Episode:
£830,000,000 - Nick Leeson and the Fall of the House of Barings
(1996)
Documentary
25 Million Pounds details the collapse of Barings Bank in the mid 1990s primarily by a broker called Nick Leeson, who lost £827 million ($1.3 billion) by speculating on futures contracts. ... See full summary »
Director: Adam Curtis | Stars: Ron Baker, Bob Butcher, Pamela Chiu, Steven Clarke
Votes: 73
6. Betting on Zero (2016)
Not Rated | 99 min | Documentary
Writer/director Ted Braun follows controversial hedge fund titan Bill Ackman as he puts a billion dollars on the line in his crusade to expose Herbalife as the largest pyramid scheme in history.
Director: Ted Braun | Stars: William Ackman, Douglas M. Brooks, William Cohan, Julie Contreras
Votes: 5,620
7. 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: 78,970 | Gross: $4.31M
8. Banking on Bitcoin (2016)
TV-PG | 90 min | Documentary, History, News
Bitcoin is the most disruptive invention since the Internet, and now an ideological battle is underway between fringe utopists and mainstream capitalism. The film shows the players who are defining how this technology will shape our lives.
Director: Christopher Cannucciari | Stars: Charlie Shrem, Nancy Cannucciari, Paul Vigna, Michael Casey
Votes: 3,739
9. Dirty Money (2018–2020)
TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary, Crime
A Netflix Original Series documenting various stories about exposing the greed, corruption, and crime spreading through the global economy.
Stars: Matt Taibbi, Fisher Stevens, Alex Gibney, Fahmi Quadir
Votes: 10,185
10. Hank: 5 Years from the Brink (2013)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Biography, News
For three weeks in September 2008, one person was charged with preventing the collapse of the global economy. No one understood the financial markets better than Hank Paulson, the former ... See full summary »
Director: Joe Berlinger | Stars: Henry Paulson, Wendy Paulson
Votes: 503
11. The Ascent of Money (2008– )
120 min | Documentary
Niall Ferguson takes us on a historical adventure through the ascent of money, applying fact and opinion throughout.
Stars: Niall Ferguson, Gareth Armstrong, Richard Lintern
Votes: 831
12. Freakonomics (2010)
PG-13 | 85 min | Documentary
A collection of documentaries that explores the hidden side of human nature through the use of the science of economics.
Directors: Heidi Ewing, Alex Gibney, Seth Gordon, Rachel Grady, Eugene Jarecki, Morgan Spurlock | Stars: James Ransone, Tempestt Bledsoe, Morgan Spurlock, Melvin Van Peebles
Votes: 7,738 | Gross: $0.10M
13. The Pit (2009)
64 min | Documentary, History, News
Follows a scrappy group of commodities traders as they try to make a living trading coffee on the New York Board of Trade before electronic trading threatens to make their way of life obsolete.
Director: Johanna Lee | Stars: Richard Sylla, Joseph Digiso, Jon Stefanick, Sean Walter
Votes: 233
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