Best "global economy" Movies of All Time

20 movies found (page 1/1):

Inside Job(2010)

PG-13

3.9/5 (with 403 votes)

A film that exposes the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, Inside Job traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation and academia.

Directed by Charles Ferguson - With Matt Damon

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The Yes Men(2003)

1h 20min | Comedy, Documentary

3.5/5 (with 39 votes)

A comic, biting and revelatory documentary following a small group of prankster activists as they gain worldwide notoriety for impersonating the World Trade Organization (WTO) on television and at business conferences around the world.

Directed by Chris Smith

The Story of Stuff(2007)

22min | Animation, Documentary

3.8/5 (with 9 votes)

For most of the world, consumption has been the unquestioned duty of every individual. Then garbage activist Annie Leonard brought her two-hour lecture to Free Range who helped her turn it into a 20-minute animated revolution. Shown in thousands of classrooms, endlessly blasted by Fox News, viewed more than 10 million times, The Store of Stuff finally opens the door to a serious cultural dialog about the costs of consumption.

Directed by Louis Fox - With Annie Leonard

The Forecaster(2014)

| 1h 40min | Documentary

3.4/5 (with 14 votes)

MARTIN ARMSTRONG, once a US based trillion dollar financial adviser, used the number pi to predict economic turning points with precision. When some big New York bankers asked him to join the club to help them to take over Russia, he refused to join the manipulation. A few days later the FBI stormed his offices accusing him of a 3 billion dollar Ponzi Scheme - an attempt to stop him talking about the real Ponzi Scheme of debts that the US has build up over the years and which he thinks starts to collapse after October 1, 2015, a mayor pi turning point he is predicting.

Directed by Marcus Vetter, Karin Steinberger - With Martin A. Armstrong, Vladimir Putin, Margaret Thatcher

Four Horsemen(2012)

1h 37min | Documentary

3.6/5 (with 20 votes)

Documentary about the modern apocalypse caused by a rapacious banking system. 23 leading thinkers – frustrated at the failure of their respective disciplines – break their silence to explain how the world really works.

Directed by Ross Ashcroft

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Let's Make Money(2008)

1h 50min | Documentary

3.8/5 (with 16 votes)

Let’s Make Money is an Austrian documentary by Erwin Wagenhofer released in the year 2008. It is about aspects of the development of the world wide financial system.

Directed by Erwin Wagenhofer - With Hermann Scheer, John Perkins

Libra(1978)

39min | Science Fiction

2.6/5 (with 2 votes)

The year is 2003, and space colony Libra's development of solar power could solve an acute, worldwide energy crisis. Government opposition to the Libran energy plan sparks a debate about free enterprise and government control.

Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve(2013)

1h 44min | Documentary

3.4/5 (with 9 votes)

Nearly 100 years after its creation, the power of the U.S. Federal Reserve has never been greater. Markets and governments around the world hold their breath in anticipation of the Fed Chairman's every word. Yet the average person knows very little about the most powerful - and least understood - financial institution on earth. Narrated by Liev Schreiber, Money For Nothing is the first film to take viewers inside the Fed and reveal the impact of Fed policies - past, present, and future - on our lives. Join current and former Fed officials as they debate the critics, and each other, about the decisions that helped lead the global financial system to the brink of collapse in 2008. And why we might be headed there again.

Directed by Jim Bruce - With Liev Schreiber

Laboratory Greece(2019)

2h 45min | Documentary, History

5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A journey through Greece and Europe’s past and recent history: from the Second World War to the current crisis. It is a historical documentary, a look into many stories. «If Democracy can be destroyed in Greece, it can be destroyed throughout Europe» Paul Craig Roberts.

Laissez-faire(2015)

1h 20min | Documentary, History

5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A historical perspective to understand Neoliberalism and to understand why this ideology today so profoundly influences the choices of our governments and our lives.

The Money Masters(1996)

3h 30min | History, Documentary

3.8/5 (with 6 votes)

A documentary that traces the origins of the political power structure that rules our nation and the world today. The modern political power structure has its roots in the hidden manipulation and accumulation of gold and other forms of money.

Directed by William T. Still

Position Among the Stars(2011)

1h 49min | Documentary, History

4.3/5 (with 3 votes)

Through the eyes of grandmother Rumidjah, a poor old Christian woman living in the slums of Jakarta, we see the economical changing society of Indonesia and the influence of globalization reflected in the life of her juvenile granddaughter Tari and her sons Bakti and Dwi.

Directed by Leonard Retel Helmrich

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Hank: 5 Years from the Brink(2013)

1h 25min | Documentary

3.4/5 (with 3 votes)

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 CEO of Goldman Sachs. In Hank: Five Years from the Brink, Paulson tells the complete story of how he persuaded banks, Congress and presidential candidates to sign off on nearly $1 trillion in bailouts - even as he found the behavior that led to the crisis, and the bailouts themselves, morally reprehensible. Directed by Academy Award nominee Joe Berlinger (Paradise Lost Trilogy, Some Kind of Monster), the film features Paulson, and his wife of 40 years, Wendy. it's a riveting portrait of leadership under unimaginable pressure - and a marriage under unfathomable circumstances.

Directed by Joe Berlinger

The Ascent of Money(2009)

2h | History, Documentary

3.9/5 (with 6 votes)

British historian and author Niall Ferguson explains how big money works today as well as the causes of and solutions to economic catastrophes in this extended version The Ascent of Money documentary. Through interviews with top experts, such as former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker and American currency speculator George Soros, the intricate world of finance, including global commerce, banking and lending, is examined thoroughly.

The Ants and the Grasshopper(2021)

1h 14min | Documentary

3.8/5 (with 1 vote)

Anita Chitaya has a gift: she can help bring abundant food from dead soil, she can make men fight for gender equality, and maybe she can end child hunger in her village. Now, to save her home in Malawi from extreme weather, she faces her greatest challenge: persuading Americans that climate change is real. Traveling from Malawi to California to the White House, she meets climate sceptics and despairing farmers. Her journey takes her across all the divisions that shape the USA: from the rural-urban divide, to schisms of race, class and gender, and to the American exceptionalism that remains a part of the culture. It will take all her skill and experience to help Americans recognise, and free themselves from, a logic that is already destroying the Earth.

Passfire(2016)

1h 40min | Documentary, History

3.6/5 (with 6 votes)

A film about fireworks, the people who make them and the cultures behind them across the globe.

Directed by Jesse Veverka, Jeremy Veverka

Generation Zero(2010)

1h 30min | Documentary

1.7/5 (with 2 votes)

An examination of the causes of the global economic crisis which began in 2008, studying how decades of social changes have influenced financial systems and practices.

Directed by Steve Bannon

End of the Road: How Money Became Worthless(2012)

55min | Documentary

4.2/5 (with 4 votes)

Wall Street is being occupied. Europe is collapsing in on itself. Around the world, people are consumed by fear and anger, and one question is on everyone's lips: Is the financial crisis over, or are we headed towards economic disaster? documentary that chronicles the global financial collapse. Told in an entertaining and easy to follow style, the film tells the story of how the world came to be in such a state, from the seeds sown after WW2, to the current troubles facing us today, and to the possible future that may await us all. Also asks influential members of the finance and investment communities for their predictions on the world's financial future.

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Who’s Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics(1995)

1h 34min | Documentary

This documentary profiles economist and writer Marilyn Waring. In extensive interviews, Waring details her feminist approach to finances and challenges commonly accepted truths about the global economy. The filmmakers detail Waring's early rise to political prominence and her successful protests against nuclear arms. Waring also speaks candidly about wartime economies, suggesting that government policies tend to marginalize the fiscal contributions of women.

Directed by Terre Nash - With Marilyn Waring

The New World of Xi Jinping(2021)

1h 33min | Documentary

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Behind his polite exterior lies a formidable leader with a ruthless character, ready to do anything to make China the world's leading power by the People’s Republic’s centenary in 2049. This well-documented portrait of the Chinese president gives an unprecedented insight into his politics and shows how Xi Jinping's personal journey has shaped his choices as he steers China towards world domination.

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