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Kane and Abel are born on the same day the same year on each side of the Atlantic. William Kane is born in one of the richest families of Boston and grows up to be a banker on Wall Street. Abel Rosnovski is born in the Polish countryside and has to spend many years in Siberian prison camps before he travels to New York and eventually creates one of the world's largest chains of hotels. The confrontation between these two men, both striving for power and success, will make the finance capital of the world tremble.

An unsettling and eye-opening Wall Street horror story about Chinese companies, the American stock market, and the opportunistic greed behind the biggest heist you've never heard of.

Capitalism: A Love Story examines the impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans (and by default, the rest of the world). The film moves from Middle America, to the halls of power in Washington, to the global financial epicenter in Manhattan. With both humor and outrage, the film explores the question: What is the price that America pays for its love of capitalism? Families pay the price with their jobs, their homes and their savings. Moore goes into the homes of ordinary people whose lives have been turned upside down; and he goes looking for explanations in Washington, DC and elsewhere. What he finds are the all-too-familiar symptoms of a love affair gone astray: lies, abuse, betrayal...and 14,000 jobs being lost every day. Capitalism: A Love Story also presents what a more hopeful future could look like. Who are we and why do we behave the way that we do?

Hidden stories from people connected to and working on Wall Street.

A gripping financial drama depicting the 2008 global financial crisis which follows key figures from Wall Street and Washington, as they battle to prevent an economic collapse. The film provides a behind-the-scenes look at the tense negotiations and high-stakes decisions that shaped the subsequent bailout of major banks. With a stellar ensemble cast, it's a compelling portrayal of the financial turmoil that rocked the world. It is perfect for anyone interested in the complex web of finance and politics that contributed to the crisis.

The story starts just before the Civil War, showing Fisk, Boyd, and Luke conning Southern townsfolk into buying bars of soap that, might, have a $10 gold piece inside. Found out, they're chased out of town and escape across the Mason-Dixon Line just as the war starts. Fisk hatches a plan for him and Boyd to return to the South and buy cotton then smuggle it to the North where Luke is to sell it to the Northern textile mills. By the end of the war they have made millions, only to find out that Luke had been re-investing their money into Confederate Bonds. This fact-based movie shows Jim Fisk as one of the greatest con-men and entrepreneurs in history. It concludes with his involvement in "Black Friday", the Financial Panic of 1869, with fellow financier Jay Gould (who's not represented in the movie) and their attempt to corner the U.S. gold market. There's a love triangle between Fisk, Boyd and Mansfield, which is also based on historical accounts.

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 major pi turning point he is predicting.

Embark on a gripping journey into the heart of the late-2000s financial crisis with a thought-provoking documentary that exposes systemic corruption and its far reaching consequences. Directed by Charles Ferguson, this acclaimed film explores conflicts of interest within academic research and unveils the complex web of policy changes and banking practices that led to the devastating collapse. With meticulous research and compelling storytelling, it offers an eye opening perspective on a critical moment in history, leaving viewers enlightened and inspired to question the status quo.

Amos Bullerton, son of an old Boston family, has chosen for twenty years to remain a "black sheep" rather than submit to the dictation of his staid family. Jane Bullerton, his daughter, finds herself in the same quandary, ordered by her crotchety grandfather, Noble Bullerton, to marry a man she doesn't love.

The film focuses on the financial industry in the days leading up to the 2008 economic crisis. When analyst Peter Sullivan uncovers valuable but compromising information, a spiral of financial and moral decisions is precipitated, revealing the gravity of the situation for those involved and for those indirectly affected. Director J.C. Chandor's feature debut is a suspenseful, sharp drama with a formidable cast and an Oscar-nominated screenplay. Be sure to see it.

Alex and Erica Boyer's marriage is in a crisis: Alex is bored by his job and his wife. When Erica has an accident that lands her in a wheelchair for some time, Alex meets Erica's young therapy assistant Lisa and wonders if she would be the end of his boredom and he could start over with her. But Lisa's boyfriend senses what's going on and goes after Alex.

Demoted back to his hometown, a young Wall Street banker is drawn into investigating a tangled web of corruption and fraud in Upstate New York, affecting both his personal life and business career.

Gordon Gekko, a relentless figure in the world of finance, completes his prison sentence and is released. However, he finds himself disoriented in the world while trying to mend his relationship with his daughter. Simultaneously, he strikes a deal with Jake, her fiancé, involving mutual assistance for different purposes. Don't miss this captivating sequel to the iconic "Wall Street" (1987), also directed by Oliver Stone, with a stellar cast. Don't miss this must-watch drama.

Based on true events, the film centers on a group of eccentric financiers who foresee the imminent collapse of the real estate market that will lead to the economic crisis of 2008 and decide to profit from the upcoming disaster. Led by a bold hedge fund manager, Michael Burry, these investors meticulously piece together the complex puzzle of toxic mortgages and financial fraud. Directed by Adam McKay, the film relies on dark humor, fast-paced editing and successive breaks of the fourth wall to explain complex concepts of the financial world. Its adapted screenplay won an Oscar, based on the best-selling book by Michael Lewis.

Explores the stock market frenzy of GameStop, and how a group of armchair investors and online vigilantes ultimately helped expose the dark underbelly of Wall Street.

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.