Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "financial-fraud"

1. The Big Short (2015)

R | 130 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

In 2006-2007 a group of investors bet against the United States mortgage market. In their research, they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is.

Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt

Votes: 485,073 | Gross: $70.26M

2. The Other Woman (2014)

PG-13 | 109 min | Comedy, Romance

After discovering that her boyfriend is married, Carly meets the wife he's been betraying; when yet another affair is discovered, all three women team up to plot revenge on the three-timing S.O.B.

Director: Nick Cassavetes | Stars: Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Kate Upton, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Votes: 150,159 | Gross: $83.91M

3. Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)

PG-13 | 151 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Diana must contend with a work colleague, and with a businessman whose desire for extreme wealth sends the world down a path of destruction, after an ancient artifact that grants wishes goes missing.

Director: Patty Jenkins | Stars: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal

Votes: 291,920 | Gross: $46.37M

4. Wall Street (1987)

R | 126 min | Crime, Drama

An impatient young stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless, greedy corporate raider who takes the youth under his wing.

Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Michael Douglas, Tamara Tunie, Franklin Cover

Votes: 165,249 | Gross: $43.85M

5. Inside Job (2010)

PG-13 | 109 min | Documentary, Crime

Takes a closer look at what brought about the 2008 financial meltdown.

Director: Charles Ferguson | Stars: Matt Damon, Gylfi Zoega, Andri Snær Magnason, Sigridur Benediktsdottir

Votes: 78,999 | Gross: $4.31M

6. Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story (2020)

TV-14 | 55 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The rise and fall of Harshad Mehta, a stockbroker who single-handedly took the stock market to great heights, is depicted.

Stars: Pratik Gandhi, Shreya Dhanwanthary, Hemant Kher, Anjali Barot

Votes: 157,458

7. Blue Jasmine (2013)

PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A New York socialite, deeply troubled and in denial, arrives in San Francisco to impose upon her sister. She looks like a million dollars but isn't bringing money, peace or love.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Peter Sarsgaard, Sally Hawkins

Votes: 212,624 | Gross: $33.41M

8. Boiler Room (2000)

R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A college dropout, attempting to live up to his father's high standards, gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm which puts him on the fast track to success. But the job might not be as legitimate as it first appeared to be.

Director: Ben Younger | Stars: Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Nia Long, Nicky Katt

Votes: 56,469 | Gross: $16.94M

9. The Wizard of Lies (2017 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 133 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The fall of Bernie Madoff, whose Ponzi scheme robbed $65 billion from unsuspecting victims; the largest fraud in U.S. history.

Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Alessandro Nivola, Nathan Darrow

Votes: 28,686

10. I Love You Phillip Morris (2009)

R | 98 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime

A cop turns con man once he comes out of the closet. Once imprisoned, he meets the second love of his life, whom he'll stop at nothing to be with.

Directors: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa | Stars: Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro

Votes: 99,811 | Gross: $2.04M

11. The Laundromat (I) (2019)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A widow investigates an insurance fraud, chasing leads to a pair of Panama City law partners exploiting the world's financial system.

Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Gary Oldman, Antonio Banderas, AJ Meijer, Arsenio Castellanos

Votes: 54,943

12. She-Devil (1989)

PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy

A surprisingly resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist.

Director: Susan Seidelman | Stars: Meryl Streep, Roseanne Barr, Ed Begley Jr., Linda Hunt

Votes: 19,085 | Gross: $15.35M

13. Mommy Dead and Dearest (2017)

TV-MA | 82 min | Documentary, Crime

In this documentary, the murder of Deedee Blanchard by her daughter Gypsy Rose is explored, as well as the circumstances leading up to the event.

Director: Erin Lee Carr | Stars: Jessica Thomas, Jim Arnott, David Blanchard, Dee Dee Blanchard

Votes: 11,914

14. American Greed (2007–2023)

TV-PG | Documentary, Crime

Documentary series focusing on history's largest financial crimes ranging from Ponzi schemes, murder, card counting, generating fake currency and goods, extortion, online dating, identity theft, drug distribution, and insider trading.

Stars: Stacy Keach, Scott Cohn, Kristin Reyer, Katharin 'Ladie K' Mraz

Votes: 726

15. Larceny (1948)

Approved | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A con man sets out to swindle a widow out of the money she's received to build a memorial to her war-hero husband, but winds up falling in love with her instead.

Director: George Sherman | Stars: John Payne, Joan Caulfield, Dan Duryea, Shelley Winters

Votes: 926

16. 13 Bombs (2023)

TV-MA | 143 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

An organization races against time to uncover the mastermind behind the placement of 13 bombs in Jakarta before the city falls into chaos.

Director: Angga Dwimas Sasongko | Stars: Ardhito Pramono, Lutesha, Chicco Kurniawan, Rio Dewanto

Votes: 1,141

17. Framing John DeLorean (2019)

Unrated | 109 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

Who was the real John DeLorean? To some, he was a renegade visionary who revolutionized the automobile industry. To others, he was the ultimate con man.

Directors: Don Argott, Sheena M. Joyce | Stars: John DeLorean, Alec Baldwin, Josh Charles, Morena Baccarin

Votes: 2,551 | Gross: $0.15M

18. Skandal! Bringing Down Wirecard (2022)

TV-14 | 92 min | Documentary, Crime

Upstart payment firm Wirecard wowed the financial industry with its runaway success — until a tenacious team of journalists exposed massive fraud.

Director: James Erskine | Stars: Florian Toncar, Lena Kampf, Martin Osterloh, Cansel Kiziltepe

Votes: 2,338

19. Stavisky (1974)

PG | 120 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A swindler's activity indirectly caused a political crisis in France in the last years before World War II.

Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, François Périer, Anny Duperey

Votes: 2,503 | Gross: $0.01M

20. The Cheat (1915)

Not Rated | 59 min | Drama, Romance

A venal, spoiled stockbroker's wife impulsively embezzles $10,000 from the charity she chairs and desperately turns to a Burmese ivory trader to replace the stolen money.

Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Fannie Ward, Sessue Hayakawa, Jack Dean, James Neill

Votes: 2,763 | Gross: $0.21M

21. Client 9 (2010)

R | 117 min | Documentary

An in-depth look at the rise and fall of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, including interviews with the scandalized, former politician.

Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Eliot Spitzer, Alex Gibney, Hulbert Waldroup, Lloyd Constantine

Votes: 2,593 | Gross: $0.19M

22. Donovan's Brain (1953)

Approved | 84 min | Sci-Fi, Horror

Three scientists unlawfully remove the still living brain of a dead tycoon and experiment with it but the evil brain begins to telepathically control the lead scientist.

Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Lew Ayres, Gene Evans, Nancy Reagan, Steve Brodie

Votes: 1,720

23. 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

24. The Other (1999)

105 min | Drama, Romance

Egyptian director Youssef Chahine exposes the links between power and fanaticism and denounces intolerance in this bitter portrait of the Egyptian business world, where unconditional drive ... See full summary »

Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Hanan Turk, Hani Salama, Nabila Ebeid, Mahmoud Hemida

Votes: 1,084

25. Unraveled (III) (2011)

Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary

A documentary on Marc Dreier, the once-prominent Manhattan attorney who was arrested for orchestrating a massive fraud scheme that netted over 700 million dollars from hedge funds.

Directors: Marc H. Simon, Bobby Leigh | Stars: Marc Dreier, Bobby Leigh

Votes: 403

26. The Clearstream Affair (2014)

Not Rated | 106 min | Thriller

In this French thriller, journalist Denis Robert sets the world of finance ablaze when he exposes a major European bank's opaque operations. In his search for the truth, he uncovers a dark political financial machine of bribes and threats.

Director: Vincent Garenq | Stars: Gilles Lellouche, Charles Berling, Laurent Capelluto, Florence Loiret Caille

Votes: 1,008

27. Keiser Report (2009– )

26 min | News, Talk-Show

Markets. Finance. Scandal. Keiser Report is a no holds barred look at the shocking scandals behind the global financial headlines. The series has been running for over 1500 episodes, for over 10 years, and broadcast all over the globe.

Stars: Max Keiser, Stacy Herbert, Brian Rose, Michael Pento

Votes: 52

28. Laboratory Greece (2019)

165 min | Documentary

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.

Director: Jacopo Brogi | Stars: Filippo Abbate, Konrad Adenauer, Salvador Allende, Rania Antonopoulos

Votes: 32

29. Stolen Holiday (1937)

Approved | 80 min | Drama, Romance

Nicole Picot is working as a model in a Paris dress salon when she is picked by Stefan Orloff to help him convince a wealthy investor that he is well connected. She is to wear an expensive ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Kay Francis, Claude Rains, Ian Hunter, Alison Skipworth

Votes: 621

30. Bailout (2012)

Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary, Comedy

Fed up with corrupt "bail-out" banks five Chicagoans drive to Vegas with stacks of cash to give themselves a long-overdue bailout of their own! Along the way the discover first hand how hard the foreclosure crisis is on American people.

Director: Sean Patrick Fahey | Stars: Aaron Auxier, Ruben Castillo, Karl Denninger, Nicole Erhardt

Votes: 44

31. Es begann bei Tiffany (1979 TV Movie)

95 min | Comedy, Crime

Brooklyn-born Ryder (Rutger Hauer) is a successful criminal, but his efforts to rob the Armbruster armored transports have always failed. When he travels to Germany to visit an old friend, ... See full summary »

Director: Wolfgang Becker | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Siegfried Wischnewski, Katerina Jacob, Hans Clarin

Votes: 62

32. Natural Selection (III) (2009)

17 min | Short, Drama, Thriller

Charley, a young stockbroker, is haunted by terrifying visions of wandering aimlessly through the forest. He is yearning to improve his life when a tycoon makes him an offer that compromises everything he holds dear.

Director: Keith Adam Johnson | Stars: Matt Edgerton, Catherine Terracini, Leof Kingsford-Smith, Chum Ehelepola

33. Rockernes pengemænd (2003 TV Movie)

Documentary

About how wealthy businessmen help biker organizations financially.

Directors: Steen Jensen, Jacob Adrian Mikkelsen | Stars: Børge Fransen, Torsten Hesselbjerg, Martin Hillerup, Troels Ørting Jørgensen

34. Evasion fiscale: Le hold-up du siècle (2013 TV Movie)

91 min | Documentary

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Directors: Xavier Harel, Rémy Burkel | Stars: Xavier Harel, Mathilde Dupré, Lionel Verrière, Michel Bouvignies

Votes: 25

35. Il leone di Orvieto (2012)

75 min | Documentary

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Director: Aureliano Amadei | Stars: Gianni De Michelis, Giancarlo Parretti

Votes: 8

36. Creating a Transparent Trading World: SPECTRE & Ethereum (2017 Video)

20 min | Short, News

The Warski boys talk with Kay Khemani, CEO of SPECTRE, financial prediction market platform backed by a tokenized liquidity pool.

Stars: Andy Warski, Chris Warski, Kay Khemani

37. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: Rage (1995)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A smug African American stock broker who resents other people of his own race is accused of murder. However, he hires a high-profile civil rights attorney, who presents a "black rage" defense.

Director: Arthur W. Forney | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Chris Noth, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston

Votes: 335

38. Taxi (1978–1983)
Episode: A Full House for Christmas (1978)

TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy

Louie's gambling brother, Nick from Las Vegas, comes to visit the garage. Irritated that Nick refuses to spend time with their mother, Louie bankrolls Alex in a card game to try and get back at him.

Director: James Burrows | Stars: Judd Hirsch, Jeff Conaway, Danny DeVito, Marilu Henner

Votes: 236

39. Cutting Edge (1990–2017)
Episode: Crooked Tarts and Coronets (2003)

Documentary

The story of two Australian brothel madams who arrived in England in 1996 and began passing themselves off as aristocratic ladies before being caught by the police.

Director: Gabi Kent | Stars: John Hannah, Evelyn Burton, Laila Andre, Jill Biggs

Votes: 9

40. Money Mafia (2021– )
Episode: Kerala's Unpopular Saga (2021)

26 min | Documentary, Crime

When Popular Finance, a Non-Banking Financial Company in Kerala, abruptly halted operations, thousands of depositors lost their lives' savings in a Ponzi scheme valued at Rs 2,000 Cr. As ... See full summary »

Directors: Shawn Sebastain, Sajeed A | Stars: Wazim Hyder, Sanket Kunde

41. Moyers & Company (2012–2015)
Episode: How Big Banks Victimize Our Democracy (2012)

TV-G | 57 min | News, Talk-Show

For how long and in how many ways are average Americans going to pay the price for big bank hubris, with our own government acting as accomplice?

Stars: Peter Edelman, Bill Moyers, Yves Smith, Matt Taibbi

42. Days of Revolt (2015–2016)
Episode: The Making of Global Capitalism (2015)

News, Talk-Show

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Stars: Chris Hedges, Leo Panitch

43. Riviera (2017–2020)
Episode: Faussaires / Counterfeiters (2017)

TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Thriller

Georgina is informed that Constantine's dealings are under investigation by Interpol; Irina makes a deal with a prominent figure in the Riviera underworld.

Director: Philipp Kadelbach | Stars: Julia Stiles, Lena Olin, Adrian Lester, Iwan Rheon

Votes: 323

44. News at Ten (1967–2024)
Episode: Episode dated 20 June 2017 (2017)

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Director: Daniel Wright | Stars: Tom Bradby, Emily Morgan, Philip Hammond, Robert Peston