Other Interesting Economic Documentaries
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1. The Big One (1997)
PG-13 | 91 min | Documentary, Comedy, Crime
On his book tour, Michael Moore exposes more wrongdoing by greedy big businesses and callous politicians around America.
Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, Elaine Bly, Dan Burns, Chip Carter
Votes: 8,046 | Gross: $0.72M
2. The Emperor's New Clothes (2015)
Unrated | 101 min | Documentary
A look at the growing disparity between different economic classes.
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Russell Brand, Geraint Anderson, Brigitte Bardot, Jean-Paul Belmondo
Votes: 1,402
3. Floored (2009)
Not Rated | 77 min | Documentary
For some people, risking everything is nothing.
Director: James Allen Smith | Stars: Bobby Ansani, Jeff Ansani, Ron Beebe, Chris Felix
Votes: 503
4. Marx Reloaded (2011 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary, Animation
Marx Reloaded is a cultural documentary that examines the relevance of German socialist and philosopher Karl Marx's ideas for understanding the global economic and financial crisis of 2008-... See full summary »
Directors: Jason Barker, Alexandra Weltz | Stars: Jason Barker, Michael Hardt, Toni Negri, Ivan Nikolic
Votes: 327
5. Startup.com (2001)
R | 107 min | Documentary
Traces the birth and failure of new media company govWorks.com.
Directors: Chris Hegedus, Jehane Noujaim | Stars: Kaleil Isaza Tuzman, Tom Herman, Kenneth Austin, Tricia Burke
Votes: 3,460 | Gross: $1.28M
6. The Yes Men (2003)
R | 83 min | Documentary, Comedy
Anti-corporate activists travel from conference to conference, impersonating member of the World Trade Organization.
Directors: Dan Ollman, Sarah Price, Chris Smith | Stars: Andreas Bichlbauer, Mike Bonanno, Andy Bichlbaum, Michael Moore
Votes: 6,177 | Gross: $0.20M
7. Fall of the Republic: The Presidency of Barack Obama (2009 Video)
Not Rated | 144 min | Documentary
Fall Of The Republic documents how an offshore corporate cartel is bankrupting the US economy by design. Leaders are now declaring that world government has arrived and that the dollar will... See full summary »
Director: Alex Jones | Stars: Michele Bachmann, Joe Barton, Ben Bernanke, Joe Biden
Votes: 721
8. L'ultimo contadino (2011)
90 min | Documentary
The green revolution and industrial farming has changed the face of agriculture today. But still 2.8 billions people in the world live with less then 2 dollars per day and most of them are ... See full summary »
Director: Giuliano Girelli | Stars: Giorgio Cingolani, Luciano Gallino, Mamadou Goïta, Hira Jhamtani
9. Planet of the Humans (2019)
100 min | Documentary
Planet of the Humans takes a harsh look at how the environmental movement has lost the battle through well-meaning but disastrous choices.
Director: Jeff Gibbs | Stars: Jeff Gibbs, David Joos, Kristin Zimmerman, J. Peter Lark
Votes: 3,333
10. 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
11. Zeitgeist (2007 Video)
Not Rated | 118 min | Documentary, History
Mythology and belief in society today, presenting uncommon perspectives of common cultural issues.
Director: Peter Joseph | Stars: Chogyam Trungpa, Jordan Maxwell, George Carlin, Bill Hicks
Votes: 50,368
12. Zeitgeist: Addendum (2008 Video)
Not Rated | 123 min | Documentary, History, War
Zeitgeist: Addendum attempts to locate the root causes of the pervasive social corruption, while also offering a solution.
Director: Peter Joseph | Stars: Jacque Fresco, Roxanne Meadows, John Perkins, George Carlin
Votes: 18,689
13. Inside Lehman Brothers (2018 TV Movie)
85 min | Documentary
Inside Lehman Brothers is the autopsy of a crime by those who tried to prevent it from within. Mortgage brokers from California and a handful of New York executives called out these fraudulent transactions. But nobody listened.
Director: Jennifer Deschamps | Stars: Matthew Lee, Anton Valukas, Oliver Budde, Cheryl McNeil
Votes: 276
14. The Con (I) (2020– )
Documentary
"The Con" is a docuseries that examines the origin and impact of the 2008 financial crisis in the United States.
Stars: Patrick Lovell, Gregory Harrison, Prentiss Cox, Peter Georgo
Votes: 59
15. Plunder: The Crime of Our Time (2009)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary
Documentarian Danny Schechter explores the financial crisis and argues that it was built on a foundation of criminal activity. To get to the bottom of it all Schechter interviews bankers, economists, and journalists.
Director: Danny Schechter | Stars: Gary Ackerman, Jonathan Alpert, Bill Bamber, Benjamin Barber
Votes: 80
16. Why We Fight (2005)
PG-13 | 98 min | Documentary, History, War
Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions.
Director: Eugene Jarecki | Stars: Gore Vidal, John McCain, Ken Adelman, John Ashcroft
Votes: 10,231 | Gross: $1.44M
17.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
Breaking the Bank
(2009)
TV-PG | 57 min | Documentary, News
An investigation of the 2008 banking crisis: what went wrong, who is to blame, and how long it will take to repair the damage.
Director: Michael Kirk | Stars: Maria Bartiromo, Joe Biden, Judy Biggert, Michael E. Capuano
Votes: 63
18.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
The Warning
(2009)
TV-PG | 55 min | Documentary, News
Frontline offers a detailed look at the roots of the 2008 economic crisis by investigating why government officials refused to regulate emerging derivatives markets that later ruined the financial system.
Director: Michael Kirk | Stars: Peter Berkrot, Brooksley Born, Nancy Duff Campbell, Adam Davidson
Votes: 108
19.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
The Gilded Age
(2018)
TV-PG | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, History
As national wealth expands in the U.S. disparities among the nation's population spark debates that continue to rage in modern day America.
Director: Sarah Colt | Stars: Oliver Platt, David Nasaw, Nell Irvin Painter, H.W. Brands
Votes: 208
20.
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
21. De achtste dag (2018)
92 min | Documentary
The financial crisis of 2008 was a turning point during which the complexity of our financial system manifested itself. It was a web we had spun for over for more than thirty years, and ... See full summary »
Directors: Yan Ting Yuen, Robert Kosters | Stars: Jan Peter Balkenende, Wouter Bos, Mervyn King, Yves Leterme
Votes: 77
22. Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (2011)
Not Rated | 161 min | Documentary
A feature length documentary work which presents a case for a needed transition out of the current socioeconomic monetary paradigm which governs the entire world society.
Director: Peter Joseph | Stars: Peter Joseph, Robert Sapolsky, Gabor Maté, Richard Wilkinson
Votes: 18,744
23. The Power of Nightmares (2004)
60 min | Documentary, History
A series of three documentaries about the use of fear for political gain.
Stars: Gilles Kepel, William Kristol, Melvin Goodman, Richard Perle
Votes: 4,542
24. The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power (1992– )
PG-13 | Documentary
The globe-spanning story of the oil industry from the first strikes of the 19th century through the Gulf War. The industry's colorful characters and oil's key role in 20th century history are brought to life by participants and historians.
Stars: Donald Sutherland, Daniel Yergin, Norman Cooley, Stephanie Cran
Votes: 164
25. Risk/Reward (2003)
88 min | Documentary
Directors: Elizabeth Holder, Xan Parker | Stars: Umber Ahmad, Maria Bartiromo, Roslyn Dickerson, Kimberley Euston
Votes: 37
26. The Union: The Business Behind Getting High (2007)
104 min | Documentary
BC's illegal marijuana trade industry has evolved into a business giant, dubbed by some involved as 'The Union', Commanding upwards of $7 billion Canadian annually. With up to 85% of 'BC ... See full summary »
Director: Brett Harvey | Stars: Adam Scorgie, Chris Bennett, Steve Bloom, Renee Bojee
Votes: 7,833
27. Collective (2019)
Not Rated | 109 min | Documentary, Crime
Director Alexander Nanau follows a crack team of investigators at the Romanian newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor as they try to uncover a vast health-care fraud that enriched moguls and politicians and led to the deaths of innocent citizens.
Director: Alexander Nanau | Stars: Dan Alexandru Condrea, Liviu Iolu, Razvan Lutac, Mirela Neag
Votes: 13,436
28. The Shock Doctrine (2007)
6 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Drawing surprising connections between market methods and CIA torture techniques developed in the 1950s, the film explores how well-known events of the recent past have been theaters for the shock doctrine, from Pinochet's coup in Chile, to the Tiananmen Square Massacre, to the war in Iraq today.
Director: Jonás Cuarón | Star: Naomi Klein
Votes: 878
29. Endgame: Blueprint for Global Enslavement (2007 Video)
Unrated | 139 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
For the New World Order, a world government is just the beginning. Once in place they can engage their plan to exterminate 80% of the world's population, while enabling the "elites" to live... See full summary »
Director: Alex Jones | Stars: Alex Jones, Jeremie Rhodes, George Bush, George W. Bush
Votes: 2,179
30. The Weight of Chains 3 (2019)
123 min | Documentary
Boris Malagurski explains how the military-industrial complex, big business and political interest groups endanger peoples' health and existence, focusing on the examples of Serbia, Cuba, Chile, Italy and Bolivia.
Director: Boris Malagurski
Votes: 647
31. Fishing with Dynamite (2019)
69 min | Documentary
FISHING WITH DYNAMITE is the true story of how corporations and Wall Street -- with their obsession with short term profits -- are blowing up American capitalism, and the role we all play ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Wagner | Stars: Tara Bast, Arthur Brooks, Jim Collins, Bethany McLean
Votes: 19
32. Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution (2020)
48 min | Documentary
This documentary follows the journey of Bitcoin pioneers as the African continent seeks to leverage cryptocurrency to increase their independency from a banking system that fails them.
Director: Tamarin Gerriety | Stars: Simon Dingle, Riccardo Spagni Fluffy Pony, William Frentzen, Lorien Gamaroff
Votes: 172
33. The Disrupted (2020)
88 min | Documentary
What do a farmer in Kansas, a laid-off factory worker in Ohio, and an Uber driver in Florida have in common? All three are resourceful, positive thinkers who strive to adapt and thrive ... See full summary »
Directors: Sarah Colt, Josh Gleason
Votes: 55
34. HyperNormalisation (2016)
166 min | Documentary
Adam Curtis explains how, at a time of confusing and inexplicable world events, politicians and the people they represent have retreated in to a damaging over-simplified version of what is happening.
Director: Adam Curtis | Stars: Adam Curtis, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Victor Gotbaum
Votes: 7,371
35. Overdrawn! (2007)
74 min | Documentary
Explores the predatory lending practices of the major national banks, focusing on overdraft fees. Also explores the larger issues of corporate domination of our culture and government.
Director: Karney Hatch | Stars: Ralph Nader, Joel Bakan, Carolyn Maloney, Justin Aitken
36. Human Resources: Social Engineering in the 20th Century (2010)
119 min | Documentary
Human Resources is a documentary about Social Control, examining the history, the philosophy and ultimately the pathology of elite power.
Director: Scott Noble | Stars: Michael Albert, Morris Bermann, Noam Chomsky, John Taylor Gatto
Votes: 176
37. Houston We Have a Problem (2009)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary
The Oil Barons, Wildcatters, and roughnecks and their long struggle to feed America's ferocious oil appetite. Step inside the oil culture to understand just how the USA became so addicted ... See full summary »
Director: Nicole Torre | Stars: Barry Matthews, John Hofmeister, Paul Taylor, John Schiller
Votes: 129
38. Ripped Off: Madoff and the Scamming of America (2009 TV Movie)
Documentary
The story of Bernie Madoff, his colossal confidence scam and how it both reflected and contributed to the 2008 economic crash.
Votes: 30
39. Sankara... e quel giorno uccisero la felicità (2013)
54 min | Documentary
Director: Silvestro Montanaro | Star: Thomas Sankara
Votes: 8
40. I Want Your Money (2010)
PG | 92 min | Documentary
The film contrasts two views of role that the federal government should play in our daily lives using the words and actions of Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama.
Director: Ray Griggs | Stars: Gary Bauer, Joe Biden, Ken Blackwell, Andrew Breitbart
Votes: 1,319 | Gross: $0.43M
41. We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss (2014)
Documentary
An anthology of short films that pairs directors with leading economic advisers to create stories that offer a better understanding of how the economy impacts all of our lives.
Directors: Ramin Bahrani, Bob Balaban, Joe Berlinger, Jon M. Chu, Marshall Curry, Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady, Adrian Grenier, Catherine Hardwicke, Mary Harron, Chris Henchy, Lee Hirsch, Albert Hughes, Steve James, Barbara Kopple, Shola Lynch, Adam McKay, Jehane Noujaim, James Schamus, Morgan Spurlock, Miao Wang, Jessica Yu, Geeta Gandbhir | Stars: Chadd Smith, Robert Clotworthy, Billy Eichner, Will Janowitz
Votes: 124
42. Owned & Operated (2012)
106 min | Documentary
Owned & Operated is a mosaic of the world through the lens of the Internet. Showing our lives as consumers, under the thumbs of privileged individuals and their methods of control. But the ... See full summary »
Director: Relic | Stars: Jiddu Krishnamurti, The Dalai Lama, George Carlin, Eric Schurenberg
Votes: 519
43. Cryptopia: Bitcoin, Blockchains and the Future of the Internet (2020)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary
Five years after his first documentary, award-winning producer/director Torsten Hoffmann revisits Bitcoin and sets out to explore the evolution of the blockchain industry and its new promise. Can this technology, designed to operate independent of trust and within a decentralized network, really provide a robust alternative to the Internet as we know it?
Directors: Torsten Hoffmann, Michael Watchulonis | Stars: Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Vitalik Buterin, Torsten Hoffmann, Robert Kahn
Votes: 1,351
44. Les gangsters de la finance (2017 TV Movie)
87 min | Documentary
Director: Jérôme Fritel | Stars: Douglas Arner, Jack Blum, Lanny Breuer, David Cameron
Votes: 36
45. A New Capitalism (2017)
G | 71 min | Documentary
OXFAM has launched a report showing that the richest 1% of the population owns the same wealth as the other 99%. What could be done to build a fairer world in such a social inequality? ... See full summary »
Director: Henry Grazinoli | Stars: José Ignacio Avalos, Antonio Ermírio de Moraes Neto, Claudio Sassaki, Muhammad Yunus
Votes: 122
46. A New Economy (2016)
85 min | Documentary
About people making a fresh start towards building a new economy. Watch as several organizations move towards a more cooperative future by experimenting with open and non-traditional ... See full summary »
Director: Trevor Meier | Stars: Michael Ableman, Portia Antonia Alexis, Sabina Ali, Gar Alperovitz
Votes: 63
47. Magic Money: The Bitcoin Revolution (2017)
55 min | Documentary
Magic Money is a documentary film which explores the mysterious origins of Bitcoin, its role in society, and how it could shape the future of our world.
Director: Tim Delmastro | Stars: Jeff Berwick, Trace Mayer, Tone Vays, Roger Ver
Votes: 178
48. The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire (2017 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 80 min | Documentary
How Britain transformed from an imperial power to a financial power.
Director: Michael Oswald | Stars: Joel Benjamin, Peter Cain, John Christensen, Alex Cobham
Votes: 1,018
49. To Catch a Dollar: Muhammad Yunus Banks on America (2010)
74 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
For 30 years, Muhammad Yunus helped 7.5 million Bangladeshi move out of poverty. Can he help women in Queens NY to achieve their American Dream?
Director: Gayle Ferraro | Star: Muhammad Yunus
Votes: 48
50. The Economics of Happiness (2011)
67 min | Documentary, News
'The Economics of Happiness' features a chorus of voices from six continents calling for systemic economic change. The documentary describes a world moving simultaneously in two opposing ... See full summary »
Directors: Steven Gorelick, Helena Norberg-Hodge, John Page | Stars: Jan Barham, Ronald Colman, Eliana Amparo Apaza Espillico, Zac Goldsmith
Votes: 273
51. Secret of Oz 2 (2010 Video)
70 min | Documentary, History
The problem with the economy of every nation on earth is debt. Governments don't need to borrow their national money into existence. A national debt puts unelectable bankers in control of ... See full summary »
Directors: William T. Still, Jann Castor, Ken Wortendyke
Votes: 14
52. The Weight of Chains (2010)
Not Rated | 125 min | Documentary, History, News
The Weight of Chains is a Canadian documentary film that takes a critical look at the role that the US, NATO and the EU played in the tragic breakup of a once peaceful and prosperous ... See full summary »
Director: Boris Malagurski | Stars: Rade Aleksic, James Bissett, John Bosnitch, Michel Chossudovsky
Votes: 4,538
53. Falciani's Tax Bomb: The Man Behind the Swiss Leaks (2015)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
Over the last ten years, a series of leaks of financial data have made politicians and public opinion in many Western democracies increasingly concerned about the tax optimisation practices... See full summary »
Director: Ben Lewis | Stars: Hervé Falciani, Michael Lauber, Peer Steinbrück
Votes: 61
54. Poverty, Inc. (2014)
94 min | Documentary, History, News
From Toms Shoes to international adoptions, from solar panels to U.S. agricultural subsidies, drawing from over 200 interviews filmed in 20 countries, Poverty, Inc. unearths an uncomfortable side of charity we can no longer ignore.
Director: Michael Matheson Miller | Star: Robert Sirico
Votes: 720
55. Jekyll Island, the Truth Behind the Federal Reserve (2013)
126 min | Documentary, History, News
This film is about the greatest rip-off in history - the very way money and debt are created and controlled. This affects everyone on the planet, and is the basic cause of all of our ... See full summary »
Director: William T. Still | Stars: William T. Still, Josh Petersdorf, Elizabeth Still, Patrick Collins
Votes: 48
56. Rebetiko Crisis: Undue Debt (2013)
84 min | Documentary, Music
We have been wandering as wanderers in a symbolic place of the crisis, indebted Greece: we followed the words, the thoughts and the music of the singers of his Hellenic blues, music coming ... See full summary »
Director: Andrea Segre | Stars: Vinicio Capossela, Theodora Athanasiou, Anneta Stefanopoulou, Agni Papadeli Rossetou
Votes: 54
57. I am fishead (2011)
78 min | Documentary
It is generally acknowledged that our society is shaped like a pyramid. A few at the top create the environment for the rest at the bottom. Who are those people?
Directors: Vaclav Dejcmar, Misha Votruba | Stars: Peter Coyote, Paul Babiak, Charles Barber, John Perry Barlow
Votes: 155
58. Ghost Exchange (2013)
Unrated | 88 min | Documentary, News
'Ghost Exchange' probes the volatile state of U.S. capital markets and their critical impact on America's economic future. The film explores the acceleration of the evolution of U.S. stock ... See full summary »
Directors: Camilla Sullivan, Rob Lyall | Stars: James Angel, Sal Arnuk, Linda Semans Donovan, Eric Scott Hunsader
Votes: 64
59. The Divide (II) (2015)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary
Seven unconnected people striving for a better life across the US and UK discover the odds may be stacked against them. Filmmaker Katharine Round provokes intimate moments to build a mosaic of lives in the grip of fear and insecurity - driven by an ever widening gap between richest and poorest.
Director: Katharine Round | Stars: Noam Chomsky, Max Hastings, Ha-Joon Chang, Kwame Anthony Appiah
Votes: 285
60. Girlfriend in a Coma (2012)
Not Rated | 103 min | Documentary
Renowned British journalist examines Italy's moral, political and economic crisis, looking for clues to its possible salvation--and that of the West as a whole.
Director: Annalisa Piras | Stars: Bill Emmott, Benedict Cumberbatch, Giuliano Amato, Massimo Banzi
Votes: 450
61. American Made Movie (2013)
G | 82 min | Documentary, Drama, History
This compelling new documentary explores the impact of American manufacturing on both ordinary citizens and the national economy.
Directors: Nathaniel Thomas McGill, Vincent Vittorio | Stars: Mark Andol, Merrie Buchsbaum, Robert DeMartini, Cleofus Blue Wilson
Votes: 122
62. Overdraft (2012)
60 min | Documentary
First person accounts present factors contributing to the federal debt and possible solutions. Topics include entitlement programs, defense spending, tax reform, and the choices America's debt forces on individuals and businesses.
Director: Scott Galloway | Stars: Cory Booker, Erskine Boyce Bowles, Bill Clinton, Kent Conrad
Votes: 29
63. Deficit: Il punto sull'Europa tra sogno e realtà (2015)
Documentary, Short
Director: Massimiliano Gavinelli | Stars: Alberto Bagnai, Sergio Cesaratto, Marcello Foa, Giorgio La Malfa
64. Il più grande successo dell'Euro (2014)
Documentary
Directors: Francesca Cangiotti, Matteo Nigro
65. The Mayfair Set (1999)
240 min | Documentary
The effects on Britains economic and political power brought by unscrupulous, reckless gamblers from the notorious gambling club in the 60s - the Clermont Club.
Stars: James Goldsmith, David Stirling, Tiny Rowland, Jim Slater
Votes: 511
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