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Criterion Channel
85
7.9
/12010/
74
/219/
74
/250/
4.1
/22919/
97
/36/
90
/154/

The Earrings of Madame de... (1953)
In late 19th century France, the Countess Louise, wife of a wealthy general, sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off her secret debts, then claims to have lost them. Her husband quickly learns of the deceit, which is the beginning of many tragic misunderstandings, all involving the earrings, the general, the countess, and her new lover, the Italian Baron Donati.
poster
Kanopy
84
7.7
/16361/
75
/287/
72
/286/
4.1
/25692/
95
/22/
92
/416/

Stroszek (1977)
Bruno Stroszek is released from prison and warned to stop drinking. He has few skills and fewer expectations: with a glockenspiel and an accordion, he ekes out a living as a street musician. He befriends Eva, a prostitute down on her luck and they join his neighbor, Scheitz, an elderly eccentric, when he leaves Germany to live in Wisconsin.
poster
84
8.1
/201618/
79
/3606/
79
/3082/
4.4
/374130/
78
/152/
92
/2591/
89
/21/
cc age 12+

Barry Lyndon (1975)
An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Barry into the noble Barry Lyndon.
poster
82
8.0
/30398/
77
/498/
74
/297/
4.1
/39460/
94
/81/
83
/23/
86
/22/

The Wild Pear Tree (2018)
Fresh out of university, a Turkish young man with literary aspirations returns to his home village and starts scraping together money to publish his book. While trying to reconnect with his old friends and environment; his uncertainty, existential struggle and his father’s gambling addiction bring him grave difficulties.
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Amazon Prime Video
80
7.3
/28702/
74
/749/
71
/503/
4.0
/61918/
100
/11/
85
/246/
78
/8/

Pusher II (2004)
Tonny is released from prison - again. This time he has his mind set on changing his broken down life, but that is easier said than done.
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Kanopy
80
7.6
/27974/
74
/1085/
73
/804/
4.0
/47161/
88
/157/
82
/39/
82
/29/
cc age 14+

Sorry We Missed You (2019)
Ricky and his family have been fighting an uphill struggle against debt since the 2008 financial crash. An opportunity to wrestle back some independence appears with a shiny new van and the chance to run a franchise as a self-employed delivery driver. It's hard work, and his wife's job as a carer is no easier. The family unit is strong but when both are pulled in different directions everything comes to breaking point.
poster
The Roku Channel
79
7.4
/9292/
71
/137/
72
/206/
3.8
/6340/
89
/27/
86
/123/

My Name Is Joe (1998)
Two thirtysomethings, unemployed former alcoholic Joe and community health worker Sarah, start a romantic relationship in one of the toughest Glasgow neighbourhoods.
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Amazon Prime Video
79
7.5
/32688/
73
/575/
73
/365/
3.8
/43638/
97
/187/
82
/57/
82
/39/

A Hero (2021)
Rahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint against the payment of part of the sum. But things don't go as planned. Is he truly a hero?
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
79
7.4
/349213/
73
/14120/
71
/5200/
4.0
/1564490/
91
/351/
52
/2789/
93
/59/
cc age 16+

Uncut Gems (2019)
A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.
poster
81
79
7.7
/7092/
80
/354/
77
/549/
3.8
/14602/
96
/202/

Crooks in Clover (1963)
An aging gangster, Fernand Naudin is hoping for a quiet retirement when he suddenly inherits a fortune from an old friend, a former gangster supremo known as the Mexican. If he is ambivalent about his new found wealth, Fernand is positively nonplussed to discover that he has also inherited his benefactor’s daughter, Patricia. Unfortunately, not only does Fernand have to put up with the thoroughly modern Patricia and her nauseating boyfriend, but he also had to contend with the Mexican’s trigger-happy former employees, who are determined to make a claim.
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MUBI
78
7.9
/123048/
77
/2244/
79
/1933/
4.2
/191129/
69
/120/
91
/4065/
63
/33/

Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life gets too difficult, Selma learns to cope through her love of musicals, dreaming up little numbers to the rhythmic beats of her surroundings.
poster
77
7.4
/1968/
73
/68/
69
/37/
3.5
/321/
87
/63/
86
/207/
70
/18/

I.O.U.S.A. (2008)
With the country's debt growing out of control, Americans by and large are unaware of the looming financial crisis. This documentary examines several of the ways America can get its economy back on the right track. In addition to looking at the federal deficit and trade deficit, the film also closely explores the challenges of funding national entitlement programs such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
poster
75
7.1
/7090/
69
/184/
67
/121/
3.7
/13708/
82
/11/
77
/51/
65
/6/

The Gambler (1974)
New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling addiction that threatens to destroy him.
poster
74
6.1
/32572/
63
/701/
60
/524/
3.1
/8974/
75
/119/
46
/324/
66
/31/
cc age 18+

The Tailor of Panama (2001)
A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The tailor also has a wife, who works for the Panamanian president and a huge debt. The mission is to learn what the President intends to do with the Canal.
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Kanopy
74
7.4
/32958/
74
/514/
71
/363/
3.7
/14413/
70
/74/
89
/1161/
68
/28/

The Edukators (2004)
Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.
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MGM Plus
74
6.9
/96572/
69
/2725/
64
/1174/
3.5
/66092/
89
/57/
70
/1408/
81
/22/
cc age 17+

Get Shorty (1995)
Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent to L.A. to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, the romantic sparks fly. After pitching his own life story as a movie idea, Chili learns that being a mobster and being a Hollywood producer really aren't all that different.
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Kanopy
72
6.9
/6038/
66
/81/
65
/89/
3.6
/3954/
88
/32/
74
/124/
cc age 14+

Save the Tiger (1973)
A businessman's professional struggles begin to conflict with his personal life over the course of two days.
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Hoopla
75
72
7.2
/10012/
70
/233/
71
/273/
3.9
/30738/
85
/13/
81
/97/
74
/5/

Mauvais Sang (1986)
Two aging crooks are given two weeks to repay a debt to a woman named The American. They recruit their recently deceased partner's son to help them break into a laboratory and steal the vaccine against STBO, a sexually transmitted disease that is sweeping the country. It's spread by having sex without emotional involvement, and most of its victims are teenagers who make love out of curiosity rather than commitment.
poster
Kanopy
71
6.9
/19535/
71
/715/
73
/545/
3.5
/9363/
71
/38/
73
/1074/

Chocolate (2008)
Zen, an autistic teenage girl with powerful martial arts skills, gets money to pay for her sick mother Zin's treatment by seeking out all the people who owe Zin money and making them pay.
poster
70
6.4
/27468/
63
/1439/
60
/554/
3.3
/31955/
91
/120/
55
/230/
77
/27/
cc age 16+

Mississippi Grind (2015)
Gerry is a talented but down-on-his-luck gambler whose fortunes begin to change when he meets Curtis, a younger, highly charismatic poker player. The two strike up an immediate friendship and Gerry quickly persuades his new friend to accompany him on a road trip to a legendary high stakes poker game in New Orleans. As they make their way down the Mississippi River, Gerry and Curtis manage to find themselves in just about every bar, racetrack, casino, and pool hall they can find, experiencing both incredible highs and dispiriting lows, but ultimately forging a deep and genuine bond that will stay with them long after their adventure is over.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
69
7.1
/70682/
68
/3846/
68
/878/
3.6
/373023/
82
/250/
84
/115/
64
/54/
cc age 16+

The Apprentice (2024)
A young Donald Trump, eager to make his name as a hungry scion of a wealthy family in 1970s New York, comes under the spell of Roy Cohn, the cutthroat attorney who would help create the Donald Trump we know today. Cohn sees in Trump the perfect protégé—someone with raw ambition, a hunger for success, and a willingness to do whatever it takes to win.
poster
MGM Plus
68
6.4
/35515/
68
/1264/
63
/516/
3.2
/24411/
82
/123/
62
/862/
66
/29/
cc age 13+

Barbershop (2002)
A day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin, who inherited the struggling business from his deceased father, views the shop as nothing but a burden and waste of his time. After selling the shop to a local loan shark, Calvin slowly begins to see his father's vision and legacy and struggles with the notion that he just sold it out.
poster
Kanopy
68
7.0
/21965/
73
/1571/
68
/858/
3.3
/20242/
79
/170/
78
/304/
60
/32/
cc age 8+

The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts his career at a crossroads, until the moment when, struggling with inspiration and confronting reality with his childhood memories, a new character is born in the depths of his troubled mind; an old, lonely, embittered man, so vivid, so human, that a whole world grows around him, a story so inspiring that changed the meaning of Christmas forever.
poster
74
66
7.5
/9680/
69
/105/
67
/122/
3.5
/5860/
91
/22/
75
/136/

Dinner at Eight (1933)
An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver, contends with financial woes, causing a lot of tension between the couple. Meanwhile, their high-society friends and associates, including the gruff Dan Packard and his sultry spouse, Kitty, contend with their own entanglements, leading to revelations at the much-anticipated dinner.
poster
66
65
6.5
/4740/
67
/409/
66
/723/
3.3
/12462/

Little White Lies 2 (2019)
The result of the small handkerchiefs "Petits mouchoirs", 7 years later. The band, which erupted, is found on the occasion of the anniversary surprise organized for Max.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
64
6.7
/3156/
66
/44/
59
/45/
3.4
/981/
68
/28/
72
/62/
64
/23/
cc age 17+

Joe the King (1999)
A destitute 14-year-old struggles to keep his life together despite harsh abuse at his mother's hands, harsher abuse at his father's, and a growing separation from his slightly older brother.
poster
71
64
6.7
/10111/
70
/178/
67
/117/
3.4
/2424/
83
/83/

Old Men in New Cars: In China They Eat Dogs II (2002)
The last wish of the dying "Monk" is for his foster child, Harald, to find his real son, Ludvig. But the latter is currently in a Swedish prison cell...
poster
Amazon Prime Video
62
6.8
/11465/
74
/376/
63
/89/
3.1
/3894/
33
/43/
87
/1155/
36
/15/

Poolhall Junkies (2002)
A retired pool hustler is forced to pick up the stick again when his brother starts a game he can't finish.
poster
Plex
82
59
7.6
/2623/
72
/61/
75
/56/
3.9
/3897/
100
/9/
93
/12/

A Geisha (1953)
Fleeing a distressing family situation, Eiko, a very young girl, becomes an apprentice to Miyoharu, a veteran geisha. Both, determined to preserve their professional integrity, must face the selfishness and ambition of several petty people.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
59
5.6
/2952/
58
/192/
57
/55/
3.0
/3587/
93
/40/
51
/40/
61
/7/

The Oak Room (2020)
During a raging snowstorm, a drifter returns home to the blue-collar bar located in the remote Canadian town where he was born. When he offers to settle an old debt with a grizzled bartender by telling him a story, the night's events quickly spin into a dark tale of mistaken identities, double-crosses and shocking violence.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
59
6.4
/24121/
67
/1528/
62
/2131/
3.1
/42602/
41
/27/
54
/109/
39
/10/

Beauty and the Beast (2014)
Forced to face the cruel side of life, a devastated, bankrupt merchant chances upon the enchanted castle of a hideous creature, the mere sight of it chills the bone to the marrow. There, a fate worse than death awaits the poor father-of-six, who, after plucking a sweet-scented rose from the repulsive master's verdant garden, must do the impossible: permit his compassionate daughter, Belle, to take his place and pay for the sins of her parent. Now, an impenetrable mystery shrouds the haunted mansion, and, as repugnance gradually turns into affection, only true love could break the spell.
poster
Plex
64
58
6.7
/6694/
64
/189/
64
/158/
3.3
/3855/
61
/286/

13: Game of Death (2006)
After losing his job, his car and his money, Phuchit, races against time to complete 13 tasks ordered by an anonymous caller who promised 100 million Baht upon completion.
poster
71
57
7.2
/2375/
72
/187/
73
/252/
3.5
/22698/

The Braid (2023)
India. Smita is an untouchable. She dreams of seeing her daughter escape her miserable condition and enter school. Italy. Giulia works in her father’s workshop. When he has an accident, she discovers that the family business is ruined. Canada. Sarah, a successful lawyer, is about to be promoted to the head of her firm when she learns that she is ill. Three lives, three women, three continents. Three battles to fight. Although they don’t know each other, Smita, Giulia and Sarah are unknowingly linked by their most intimate and singular bond.
poster
75
57
7.2
/2263/
71
/138/
68
/30/
3.4
/550/
91
/438/
92
/414/
65
/20/

Maxed Out (2006)
Maxed Out takes us on a journey deep inside the American debt-style, where everything seems okay as long as the minimum monthly payment arrives on time. Sure, most of us may have that sinking feeling that something isn't quite right, but we're told not to worry. After all, there's always more credit!
poster
64
56
6.4
/4948/
63
/170/
64
/138/
3.3
/4054/

Otto - The Movie (1985)
East Friesian Otto moves to the big city Hamburg. There he gets into trouble with a loan shark and needs to find a way to impress his love interest Silvia.
poster
Kanopy
56
5.7
/14379/
61
/1041/
58
/361/
2.7
/9244/
30
/27/
79
/52/
cc age 15+

The Comeback Trail (2020)
Two movie producers who owe money to the mob set up their aging movie star for an insurance scam to try and save themselves. But they wind up getting more than they ever imagined.
poster
fuboTV
56
5.8
/34620/
64
/4179/
64
/1012/
2.6
/24183/
45
/87/
72
/64/
52
/19/
cc age 15+

The Contractor (2022)
After being involuntarily discharged from the U.S. Special Forces, James Harper decides to support his family by joining a private contracting organization alongside his best friend and under the command of a fellow veteran. Overseas on a covert mission, Harper must evade those trying to kill him while making his way back home.
poster
Kanopy
56
6.6
/3554/
67
/120/
58
/42/
3.3
/1141/
59
/37/
55
/39/
43
/7/

Jackpot (2011)
Terrified and bloody, Oscar Svendsen awakes clinched to a shotgun in a strippers joint. Around him 8 dead men, and police aiming at him. To Oscar it's clear that he is innocent. It all started when four chaps won 1,7 million on the pools.
poster
66
55
5.5
/9812/
61
/422/
63
/100/
2.8
/1193/
70
/10/
96
/17/
cc age 15+

Rumble Through the Dark (2023)
In the dark landscape of the Mississippi Delta, a former bare-knuckle fighter must win one last fight to pay off his debts to the local mob boss and save his childhood home—the stakes nothing less than life or death.
poster
71
54
6.7
/2853/
68
/39/
65
/60/
3.7
/3439/
83
/6/
72
/20/

Gonin (1995)
Five men plot to steal a large sum of money from the local yakuza, but everything does not go as planned and the men find themselves hunted down by contract killers.
poster
Hoopla
53
5.7
/4283/
57
/50/
57
/50/
2.9
/2025/
56
/16/
40
/66/
52
/21/

Betsy's Wedding (1990)
Offbeat fashion student Betsy Hopper and her straight-laced investment-banker fiancé Jake Lovell just want an intimate little wedding reception, but Betsy's father Eddie, a Long Island construction contractor, feels so threatened by Jake's rich WASP parents that he blows the ceremony up into a bank-breaking showpiece, sending his wife Lola into a financial panic.
poster
Disney Plus
53
5.9
/88173/
65
/3270/
65
/2712/
3.2
/293333/
26
/168/
49
/9411/
38
/30/
cc age 11+

Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)
In the glamorous world of New York City, Rebecca Bloomwood is a fun-loving girl who is really good at shopping – a little too good, perhaps. She dreams of working for her favorite fashion magazine, but can't quite get her foot in the door – until ironically, she snags a job as an advice columnist for a financial magazine published by the same company.
poster
59
52
6.2
/7639/
62
/153/
61
/54/
2.9
/2791/
52
/89/

All the Best: Fun Begins (2009)
In order to increase his monthly allowance, Veer lies to his stepbrother Dharm about being married. When Dharm unexpectedly arrives in Goa, he mistakes Prem's wife for Veer's. This case of mistaken identities leads to chaotic and hilarious situations.
poster
54
52
5.5
/11593/
62
/306/
55
/173/
2.7
/6985/
67
/12/
33
/157/
55
/8/

Volunteers (1985)
After graduating from Yale in 1962, womanizing Lawrence flees a gambling debt that his rich dad won't pay and takes his roomie's place as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Thai Golden Triangle with two other PCVs. Will he survive two years?
poster
Amazon Prime Video
51
6.3
/78827/
66
/2727/
66
/1608/
3.0
/86319/
30
/77/
48
/2490/
29
/11/
cc age 18+

The Collector (2009)
Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer's country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
50
5.8
/24514/
65
/806/
59
/487/
3.5
/40106/
15
/20/
45
/704/
39
/10/
cc age 14+

St Trinian's (2007)
When their beloved school is threatened with closure should the powers that be fail to raise the proper funds, the girls scheme to steal a priceless painting and use the profits to pull St. Trinian's out of the red.
poster
Hulu
50
5.8
/9525/
63
/911/
54
/216/
2.9
/9350/
43
/37/
45
/66/
41
/11/
cc age 16+

Arizona (2018)
Set in the midst of the 2009 housing crisis, the life of Cassie Fowler, a single mother and struggling realtor, goes off the rails when she witnesses a murder.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
64
49
6.6
/3313/
69
/92/
65
/102/
58
/47/

A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991)
Set 100 years after the events of A Chinese Ghost Story, Buddhist Bai Yun and his disciple Fong journey through a small town to transport a golden idol of Buddha. However, local thieves thwart their journey, sending them to take shelter at the ghostly Orchid Temple.


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