Economics Movies

Emmy-winning journalist Danny Schechter investigates America's mounting debt crisis in this latest hard-hitting expose. The film reveals the unknown c...

After starting a painting business right before the housing crash, a filmmaker drives over 35,000 miles to track down the people who saw it coming and...

This documentary from 1987 looks at the serious malaise that plagued the US manufacturing sector at the time. No longer competitive in the world marke...

For three weeks in September 2008, one person was charged with preventing the collapse of the global economy. No one understood the financial markets...

Diving deep into the true causes of the Great Recession, the financial crisis of the 2010s, renowned economists, investors and business leaders explai...

A film essay contrasting the modern metropolis with its "golden age" from 1830-1930, with the participation of some of New York's leading political an...

“I don’t think most people really understood that they were in a casino” says award-winning financial reporter Mark Pittman. “When you’re in the Stree...

This documentary focuses on boom-and-bust economic cycles, most notably that of Alberta oil during the '70s and early '80s. When the bust hit after a...

A documentary on the history and present-day reality of big-business tax avoidance, which has seen multinationals depriving governments of trillions o...

The Real Adam Smith: A Personal Exploration by Johan Norberg, takes an intriguing, two-part look at Smith and the evolution and relevance of his ideas...

Documentary feature film that follows the personal stories of families struggling in the aftermath of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depres...

Drawing surprising connections between market methods and CIA torture techniques developed in the 1950s, the film explores how well-known events of th...

This documentary profiles economist and writer Marilyn Waring. In extensive interviews, Waring details her feminist approach to finances and challenge...

The story of the credit bubble that caused the financial crash. Through interviews with some of the world's leading economists, including housing exp...

Set in 20th Century Japan the documentary explores the role and power of Central Banks and how they can be used to change a country's economic politic...

It is well known in economics academia that The Wonderful Wizard of Oz written by L. Frank Baum in 1900 is loaded with powerful symbols of monetary re...

With breathtaking clarity, renowned University of Massachusetts Economics Professor Richard Wolff breaks down the root causes of today's economic cris...

An adaptation of Margaret Atwood's book examining the metaphor of indebtedness.

An overview of the lobster fishing industry in Nova Scotia.