Documentaries about Economy
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1. Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve (2013)
Not Rated | 104 min | Documentary, History, News
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Jim Bruce | Stars: Liev Schreiber, Paul Volcker, Janet Yellen, Peter Atwater
Votes: 1,157
2. The Housing Bubble (2018)
78 min | Documentary, History, News
Co-written by NY Times bestselling author Tom Woods, THE HOUSING BUBBLE is a critical, non-partisan examination of the policies and events that shaped the United States economy into one ... See full summary »
Director: Jimmy Morrison | Stars: Ron Paul, Jim Rogers, Marc Faber, Doug Casey
Votes: 58
3. 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
4. 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
5. Inequality for All (2013)
PG | 89 min | Documentary
A documentary that follows former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich as he looks to raise awareness of the country's widening economic gap.
Director: Jacob Kornbluth | Stars: Robert Reich, Conan O'Brien, Candice Bergen, Lily Tomlin
Votes: 7,019 | Gross: $1.21M
6. Master of the Universe (2013)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary
A former banker in Germany, who entered the business with the advent of modern computer systems reminisces of his working years in some of the world-leading banking corporations.
Director: Marc Bauder | Stars: Rainer Voss, Angela Merkel
Votes: 1,201
7. Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve (2013)
Not Rated | 104 min | Documentary, History, News
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Jim Bruce | Stars: Liev Schreiber, Paul Volcker, Janet Yellen, Peter Atwater
Votes: 1,157
8. Cancel Crash (2012 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary
It was the defining moment of the 1980s. The New York Stock Exchange, the epicenter of the world financial markets and backbone of American capitalism, was under siege. On October 19th, ... See full summary »
Director: Tony Vitale
Votes: 22
9. Death by China (2012)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary, Drama, History
In 2001, China joined the World Trade Organization with the strong support of a Democratic President and Republican Congress. Before the ink was dry on this free trade agreement, China ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Navarro | Stars: Martin Sheen, Tom Danjzcek, Dan Fitzpatrick, Bill Loper
Votes: 510 | Gross: $0.04M
10. Detropia (2012)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
A documentary on the city of Detroit and its woes, which are emblematic of the collapse of the U.S. manufacturing base.
Directors: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady | Stars: Noah Stewart, Rachele Gilmnore, Michael Wanko, Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra
Votes: 1,626 | Gross: $0.36M
11. End of the Road: How Money Became Worthless (2012)
Unrated | 55 min | Documentary
In 2008 the world experienced financial turmoil. Markets crashed, stocks plummeted, and financial institutions thought to be invincible, collapsed. Was the financial crisis solved or were the problems merely kicked down the road?
Director: Tim Delmastro | Stars: Adam Fergusson, G. Edward Griffin, Mike Maloney, Bill Murphy
Votes: 508
12. Fixing the Future (2012)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary
Do people exist to serve the economy, or should the economy exist to serve the people? In Fixing the Future, host David Brancaccio, of public radio's Marketplace and NOW on PBS, visits ... See full summary »
Directors: Mary Olive Smith, Ellen Spiro | Star: David Brancaccio
Votes: 9
13. Four Horsemen (2012)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary, News
The modern day Four Horsemen continue to ride roughshod over the people who can least afford it. Crises are converging when governments, religion and mainstream economists have stalled. 23 ... See full summary »
Director: Ross Ashcroft | Stars: Dominic Frisby, Gillian Tett, Lawrence Wilkerson, David Morgan
Votes: 2,919
14. Hard Times: Lost on Long Island (2012 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Documentary
Though the recession officially ended in summer 2009, the fallout continues for some 25 million unemployed and underemployed Americans, many of whom worked their way up the corporate ladder... See full summary »
Director: Marc Levin | Stars: Chris Foley, Alan Fromm, Susan Fromm, David Hartstein
Votes: 218
15. 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
16. Payback (I) (2012)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary
An adaptation of Margaret Atwood's book examining the metaphor of indebtedness.
Director: Jennifer Baichwal | Stars: Margaret Atwood, Eric Schlosser, Conrad Black, Raj Patel
Votes: 244
17. We're Not Broke (2012)
Not Rated | 81 min | Documentary
An exposé on how the government has allowed U.S. corporations to avoid paying taxes and the growing wave of discontent that it has fostered.
Directors: Victoria Bruce, Karin Hayes | Stars: James S. Henry, Chuck Collins, Bernie Sanders, Edward Kleinbard
Votes: 552
18. Heist: Who Stole the American Dream? (2011)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary, History, News
Heist: Who Stole the American Dream? reveals how American corporations orchestrated the dismantling of middle-class prosperity through rampant deregulation, the outsourcing of jobs, and tax... See full summary »
Directors: Frances Causey, Donald Goldmacher | Stars: Elizabeth Warren, Nomi Prins, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Robert Crandall
Votes: 185
19. Chasing Madoff (2010)
Unrated | 91 min | Documentary
A look at how one investigator spent ten years trying to expose Bernie Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme that scammed an estimated $18 billion from investors.
Director: Jeff Prosserman | Stars: Bernie Madoff, Frank Casey, Gaytri Kachroo, Harry Markopolos
Votes: 1,157
20. Generation Zero (2010)
90 min | Documentary
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.
Director: Steve Bannon | Stars: Michael Barone, Bruce Bartlett, John Bolton, Arthur C. Brooks
Votes: 405
21. American Casino (2009)
Unrated | 89 min | Documentary
This documentary takes a look at how the Wall Street meltdown has affected the working class.
Director: Leslie Cockburn | Stars: Ben Bernanke, Sheila Dixon, Phil Gramm, Henry Paulson
Votes: 61 | Gross: $0.05M
22. Collapse (II) (2009)
Unrated | 82 min | Documentary
A documentary on Michael Ruppert, a police officer turned independent reporter who predicted the current financial crisis in his self-published newsletter, From the Wilderness.
Director: Chris Smith | Star: Michael Ruppert
Votes: 6,845 | Gross: $0.05M
23. 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
24. 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
25. 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
26. The Shock Doctrine (2009)
Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary, History
An investigation of "disaster capitalism", based on Naomi Klein's proposition that neo-liberal capitalism feeds on natural disasters, war and terror to establish its dominance.
Directors: Mat Whitecross, Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Janine Huard, Ewen Cameron, Naomi Klein, Milton Friedman
Votes: 3,116
27. We All Fall Down: The American Mortgage Crisis (2009)
Not Rated | 66 min | Documentary
The rise and fall of America's home lending system as told by Wall Street bankers, renowned economists, public officials, industry experts and homeowners themselves, all across the U.S.
Director: Gary Gasgarth | Stars: Marcus Barton, Paul Sorvino
28. I.O.U.S.A. (2008)
PG | 85 min | Documentary
Few are aware that America may be on the brink of a financial meltdown. I.O.U.S.A. explores the country's shocking current fiscal condition and ways to avoid a national economic disaster.
Director: Patrick Creadon | Stars: Robert Bixby, Humphrey Bogart, Warren Buffett, George Bush
Votes: 1,945 | Gross: $0.82M
29. Let's Make Money (2008)
110 min | Documentary
Most of us don't know where their money is. However, one thing is for certain, it's is not in the bank to which we entrusted it. The bank and our money is already a part of the cycle of the global money market.
Director: Erwin Wagenhofer | Stars: Mark Mobius, Mirko Kovats, K. Sujatha Raaju, Gerhard Schwarz
Votes: 1,753
30. The One Percent (2006)
76 min | Documentary
In this hard-hitting but humorous documentary, director Jamie Johnson takes the exploration of wealth that he began in Born Rich one step further. The One Percent, refers to the tiny ... See full summary »
Director: Jamie Johnson | Stars: Nicole Buffet, Chuck Collins, Steve Forbes, Cody Franchetti
Votes: 1,117
31. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)
R | 110 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A documentary about the Enron corporation, its faulty and corrupt business practices, and how they led to its fall.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: John Beard, Tim Belden, Barbara Boxer, George W. Bush
Votes: 20,116
32. Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (2005)
Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary
A look at the impact of the retail giant on local communities.
Director: Robert Greenwald | Stars: Lee Scott, Don Hunter, Jon Hunter, Jeremy Hunter
Votes: 4,598
33. The Corporation (2003)
Not Rated | 145 min | Documentary, History
Documentary that looks at the concept of the corporation throughout recent history up to its present-day dominance.
Directors: Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott | Stars: Mikela Jay, Rob Beckwermert, Christopher Gora, Nina Jones
Votes: 21,787 | Gross: $1.88M
34.
First Person (2000–2001)
Episode:
Mr. Debt
(2000)
Not Rated | 24 min | Documentary, Biography
Credit card companies and collection agencies are trying to put a lawyer out of business for paying off other people's high-interest debts.
Director: Errol Morris | Stars: Errol Morris, Andrew Capoccia
Votes: 20
35. The Money Lenders (1991 TV Movie)
85 min | Documentary
Critical investigation of The World Bank and IMF. Too hot for PBS, but prime time TV everywhere else. Do the World Bank and IMF make the poor even poorer? Are the Bank and IMF democratic ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Richter | Stars: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Evo Morales, Robert Richter
36. The Housing Bubble (2018)
78 min | Documentary, History, News
Co-written by NY Times bestselling author Tom Woods, THE HOUSING BUBBLE is a critical, non-partisan examination of the policies and events that shaped the United States economy into one ... See full summary »
Director: Jimmy Morrison | Stars: Ron Paul, Jim Rogers, Marc Faber, Doug Casey
Votes: 58
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