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89
8.2
/488892/
79
/7362/
79
/5829/
4.2
/578429/
99
/132/
90
/11624/
100
/19/
cc age 12+

Citizen Kane (1941)
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
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The Roku Channel
86
8.2
/82228/
78
/3291/
77
/996/
3.9
/28848/
98
/147/
91
/2237/
88
/27/

Inside Job (2010)
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.
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The Roku Channel
84
7.8
/254097/
76
/4667/
75
/3402/
3.8
/164001/
95
/321/
87
/6582/
89
/41/
cc age 13+

The Artist (2011)
Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.
poster
81
7.6
/17840/
74
/300/
70
/222/
3.5
/12773/
91
/32/
83
/487/
89
/10/
cc age 8+

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.
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Kanopy
82
81
7.8
/20301/
76
/408/
77
/452/
4.0
/19074/
97
/37/
88
/242/

Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.
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Netflix
80
8.2
/1740040/
81
/58577/
80
/25235/
4.0
/3348198/
79
/283/
83
/9440/
75
/47/
cc age 17+

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
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Kanopy
80
76
7.9
/13626/
77
/248/
70
/121/
3.9
/8262/
88
/16/
93
/628/

Auntie Mame (1958)
Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patrick after his wealthy father dies. Conflict ensues when the executor of the father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle and tries to force her to send Patrick to prep school.
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Hoopla
77
75
7.7
/23864/
74
/340/
74
/287/
3.9
/20900/
72
/29/
90
/589/
74
/10/

Splendor in the Grass (1961)
A fragile Kansas girl's unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.
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Amazon Prime Video
75
7.1
/157779/
71
/5189/
69
/1980/
3.6
/107972/
87
/166/
74
/2021/
76
/38/
cc age 16+

Margin Call (2011)
A thriller that revolves around the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the financial crisis.
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MGM Plus
74
7.3
/79405/
72
/1763/
70
/890/
3.3
/31673/
77
/207/
76
/2836/
72
/43/
cc age 13+

Seabiscuit (2003)
True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.
poster
71
7.0
/436/
61
/12/
61
/8/
3.4
/240/
100
/42/
90
/607/

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
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79
67
7.5
/4570/
74
/96/
70
/61/
3.7
/5988/
100
/11/
82
/29/

Easy Living (1937)
J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's just-bought (very expensive) sable coat and throws it out the window, it lands on poor hard-working girl Mary Smith. But it isn't so easy to just give away something so valuable, as he soon learns.
poster
59
6.2
/109291/
63
/2813/
60
/1618/
2.8
/33897/
54
/232/
44
/4850/
59
/39/
cc age 14+

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)
As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two tiered mission: To alert the financial community to the coming doom, and to find out who was responsible for the death of the young trader's mentor.
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AMC+ Amazon Channel
63
59
6.4
/5327/
62
/193/
57
/79/
3.3
/2674/
79
/62/
56
/460/
62
/21/

C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2005)
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.
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63
58
6.6
/9590/
63
/148/
62
/136/
3.0
/7455/
72
/69/
50
/140/
69
/16/

The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, sideshow barker Florenz Ziegfeld turns the tables on his more-successful neighbor Billings, and also steals his girlfriend. This pattern repeats throughout their lives, as Ziegfeld makes and loses many fortunes putting on ever-bigger, more spectacular shows
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fuboTV
64
58
6.4
/7196/
66
/152/
61
/101/
3.2
/5065/
73
/11/
58
/165/

There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Youngest son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart.
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The Roku Channel
69
56
6.9
/2984/
69
/91/
66
/81/
3.7
/4092/
69
/49/

Life Without Principle (2011)
A criminal, a bank clerk and a police officer find their destinies entwined when a loan shark gets assaulted after having withdrawn $10 million from the bank in the midst of the world financial crisis.
poster
54
6.4
/120791/
66
/9226/
63
/4052/
3.1
/201320/
42
/210/
42
/783/
47
/40/
cc age 17+

A Cure for Wellness (2017)
An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps but soon suspects that the spa's miraculous treatments are not what they seem.
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Kanopy
64
46
6.2
/2610/
66
/71/
70
/184/
3.3
/1967/
56
/24/

Up to His Ears (1965)
A millionaire realizes he really wants to live after he has hired an assassin to kill him.
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62
40
6.5
/2354/
66
/37/
60
/30/
3.1
/1282/
59
/481/

Tea for Two (1950)
In this reworking of "No, No, Nanette," wealthy heiress Nanette Carter bets her uncle $25,000 that she can say "no" to everything for 48 hours. If she wins, she can invest the money in a Broadway show featuring songs written by her beau, and of course, in which she will star. Trouble is, she doesn't realize her uncle's been wiped out by the Stock Market crash.
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67
38
6.5
/1508/
60
/20/
62
/19/
3.0
/800/
100
/11/
55
/21/

The House of Rothschild (1934)
The story of the rise of the Rothschild financial empire founded by Mayer Rothschild and continued by his five sons. From humble beginnings the business grows and helps to finance the war against Napoleon, but it's not always easy, especially because of the prejudices against Jews.
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68
36
6.1
/673/
66
/16/
58
/15/
3.1
/386/
100
/5/
66
/41/

The Benson Murder Case (1930)
A ruthless, crooked stockbroker is murdered at his luxurious country estate, and detective Philo Vance just happens to be there; he decides to find out who killed him.
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60
29
6.3
/1384/
65
/16/
64
/20/
3.2
/892/
48
/123/

Dance, Fools, Dance (1931)
When misfortune hits hard on the Jordan family of Chicago's upper class, Bonnie Jordan, a dazzling and witty girl, finds a job as an aspiring reporter; however, his naive younger brother Rodney takes a twisted path and gets involved with the wrong people.
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59
28
7.2
/1693/
70
/41/
64
/42/
3.5
/811/
20
/5/

Me and My Pal (1933)
On the morning of his wedding to oil baron Peter Cucumber's daughter, Ollie receives a jigsaw puzzle from Stan as a wedding gift. The boys soon become absorbed in the puzzle. A taxi driver, butler, policeman and messenger boy join in as well.
poster
69
26
7.3
/1466/
70
/25/
63
/21/
3.3
/376/
77
/17/

My Name Is Bill W. (1989)
Based on the true story of Bill W. (James Woods), a successful stock broker whose life falls apart after the stock crash of the 20's and how he comes to grips with his alcoholism. Along with a fellow alcoholic (James Garner) he forms a support group that would eventually become Alcoholics Anonymous.
poster
The Roku Channel
61
26
6.6
/1381/
63
/39/
60
/23/
3.3
/616/
53
/22/

When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story (2010)
Based on the true story of the enduring but troubled love between Lois Wilson, co-founder of Al-Anon, and her alcoholic husband Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous.
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44
22
4.9
/1611/
52
/42/
47
/27/
2.9
/459/
33
/6/
27
/24/

Red Planet Mars (1952)
Husband-and-wife scientists pick up a pie-in-the-sky TV message supposedly from Mars.
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Criterion Channel
76
21
7.7
/722/
73
/16/
70
/25/
3.5
/686/
91
/2/

The Tramp and the Dictator (2002)
A look at the parallel lives of Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler and how they crossed with the creation of the film “The Great Dictator,” released in 1940.
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45
20
5.1
/1887/
53
/36/
46
/35/
3.0
/473/
19
/15/

Night Watch (1995)
UN agents Mike Graham and Sabrina Carver are sent by their director Nick Caldwell to investigate the theft of Rembrandt's painting, "The Night Watch". The trail takes them from Amsterdam to Hong Kong and involves them in not only art theft and forgery, but the high-tech schemes of Martin Schraeder and his Korean cohort Mao Yixin
poster
60
19
6.2
/780/
57
/14/
57
/14/
3.2
/813/
62
/12/

The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936)
A documentary about what happened to the Great Plains of the United States and Canada when uncontrolled farming destroyed the soil and led to the Dust Bowl.
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55
16
6.3
/979/
60
/13/
50
/10/
3.3
/336/
33
/109/

The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
Torch singer Helen Morgan rises from sordid beginnings to fame and fortune only to lose it all to alcohol and poor personal choices.
poster
55
16
6.2
/741/
60
/5/
58
/12/
3.1
/316/
36
/182/

Kentucky (1938)
Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but during the Civil War, her family sided with the South while his sided with the North--and her Uncle Peter will have nothing to do with Jack's family.
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MGM Plus
46
13
5.4
/531/
32
/5/
54
/12/
3.1
/205/
31
/339/

Reaching for the Moon (1930)
Wall Street wizard, Larry Day, new to the ways of love, is coached by his valet. He follows Vivian Benton on an ocean liner, where cocktails, laced with a "love potion," work their magic. He then loses his fortune in the market crash and feels he has also lost his girl.
poster
?
8.9
/42/
80
/3/

Laboratory Greece (2019)
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
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?
10
/1/

Irohanihoheto (1960)
The anonymous partnership Investment Economic Association, led by its president Ryuichi Amano, collected money from many ordinary people and paid out large dividends, making it famous as "Japan's only investment bank for ordinary people." On the other hand, Detective Muneharu Matsumoto of the Metropolitan Police Department's Second Investigative Division has suspicions about this organization, and has been spying on the business association for many years. However, Matsumoto was having a hard time getting any solid proof of the nature of the incident...
poster
?
6.7
/18/
60
/1/

Seven Days That Made the Fuhrer (2013)
We identify the seven key events that shaped Hitler's mind and ultimately culminated in his plans for world domination as he became one of the most powerful and deranged leaders the world has ever known.
poster
61
?
6.3
/175/
65
/2/
55
/2/

Secrets of a Secretary (1931)
Society girl becomes a social secretary when her father dies penniless. From a story by Charles Brackett.
poster
55
?
6.0
/269/
60
/1/
47
/3/

Tarnished Lady (1931)
Nancy Courtney, a once wealthy socialite, has had to struggle to maintain a facade of prosperity ever since her father's death. Although she loves writer DeWitt Taylor, who is indifferent to amassing a fortune, her mother urges her to marry stockbroker Norman Cravath instead. Nancy acquiesces to her mother's wishes but, despite the fact her new husband does everything he can to please her, she is miserable in her marriage.
poster
?
7.2
/68/
10
/1/
20
/1/

The Day the Bubble Burst (1982)
A fictionalized account of how the 1929 stock market crash hurt the elite and the struggling, and the forces that may have caused the crash to occur.
poster
?
7.0
/78/
100
/1/
20
/1/

The Panic Is On (1931)
Charley's in love with the daughter of a financier who wants her to insist that Chas have a pile of cash before she marries him. But, the Depression is everywhere: Charley's behind on his rent and nearly everyone he meets is down on their luck. After reading a "how to" book on the power of a forceful will, Charley applies the lessons with mixed results, but he does land a job that includes delivering a shake-down letter to his girlfriend's father. Is the naïve Charley going to end up in jail?
poster
55
?
6.2
/124/
40
/1/
65
/4/

The American Clock (1993)
Moe, Rose and Lee Baumler are members of an upper class family who find the world completely changed when they lose everything in the stock market crash of 1929. Lee, a college-age young man, who now faces no possibility of entering college, decides to go on the road to see what is happening to the rest of the country.
poster
65
?
7.6
/130/
55
/4/

Taryanche Bait (2011)
Shreedhar works as a clerk, lives a happy, content life with his family in a beautiful Konkan village. His troubles begin when he takes his wife, son and daughter with him on an official tour to Mumbai. Dazzled by the sights, Omkar, Sreedhar’s son insists on visiting a five star hotel that Shreedhar can’t even dream of affording. Unable to placate the son, the father wagers a night’s stay at the hotel if the son can stand first in his school exams. The father-son duo’s attempts to win the bet and the extent to which they are pushed by harsh realities makes for the funny and emotional journey of this bitter-sweet tale.
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?
4.8
/75/
60
/1/
48
/4/

Born to Gamble (1935)
A wealthy man relates how gambling had tragic consequences for his family.
poster
?
5.3
/89/
50
/1/

In Love with Life (1934)
Professor John Sylvestus Applegate has been dismissed from his college teaching position for objecting too loudly to the predominant part that football and other sports play in the curriculum, and soon finds himself dead broke when publishers show no interest in the dry material he brings to them. He meets a young boy, Laury and his mother, Sharon in the park and is quite taken with them. He gets a job-prospect letter, as a private tutor, and applies at once. His employer is Mr. Morley, a surly, sour, mean-tempered old man who informs John he is to act as a tutor for his grandson, who turns out to be Laury. Sharon, Morleys daughter had eloped against her father's wishes and was abandoned by her husband after Laury's birth.
poster
58
?
5.9
/377/
65
/2/
52
/4/

The Crash (1932)
Linda Gault is a luxury loving wife who casually seduces other men while getting investment tips from one of her lovers.
poster
50
?
5.5
/370/
65
/23/
57
/8/
25
/3/

Prime Risk (1985)
While siphoning bank funds, computer-wise lovers spot a plot to sink the Federal Reserve.
poster
55
?
6.3
/181/
70
/8/
43
/5/
45
/3/

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)
Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines the rampant sexuality of early Hollywood through movie clips and reminiscences by stars of the era. Gloria Swanson, Mary Pickford, Marlene Dietrich and others relate tales of the artistic freedom that led to the draconian Production Code, which governed content from 1934 to 1968. Diane Lane narrates.
poster
67
?
6.3
/286/
61
/5/
70
/3/

A Modern Hero (1934)
A 1920s circus performer uses every means at his disposal to achieve fame and fortune at the expense of others.


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