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

1. Up in the Air (I) (2009)

R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Ryan's job is to travel around the country firing off people. When his boss hires Natalie, who proposes firing people via video conference, he tries to convince her that her method is a mistake.

Director: Jason Reitman | Stars: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman

Votes: 349,465 | Gross: $83.82M

2. Hung (2009–2011)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

A former high school sports legend, turned middle-aged high school basketball coach, finds a way to benefit from his biggest asset.

Stars: Thomas Jane, Jane Adams, Charlie Saxton, Sianoa Smit-McPhee

Votes: 23,100

3. Killing Them Softly (2012)

R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.

Director: Andrew Dominik | Stars: Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, Richard Jenkins, Scoot McNairy

Votes: 153,215 | Gross: $15.03M

4. 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: 78,995 | Gross: $4.31M

5. Get Him to the Greek (2010)

R | 109 min | Comedy, Music

A record company intern is hired to accompany out-of-control British rock star Aldous Snow to a concert at L.A.'s Greek Theater.

Director: Nicholas Stoller | Stars: Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Elisabeth Moss, Rose Byrne

Votes: 185,679 | Gross: $60.97M

6. Too Big to Fail (2011 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 99 min | Biography, Drama, History

Chronicles the financial meltdown of 2008 and centers on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.

Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: James Woods, John Heard, William Hurt, Erin Dilly

Votes: 19,105

7. Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011)

PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Railroad executive Dagny Taggart and steel mogul Henry Rearden form an alliance to fight the increasingly authoritarian government of the United States.

Director: Paul Johansson | Stars: Taylor Schilling, Grant Bowler, Matthew Marsden, Edi Gathegi

Votes: 14,323 | Gross: $4.75M

8. Fireworks (1997)

103 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions.

Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Ôsugi, Susumu Terajima

Votes: 33,206 | Gross: $0.23M

9. Infinitely Polar Bear (2014)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A father struggling with bipolar disorder tries to win back his wife by attempting to take full responsibility of their two young, spirited daughters, who don't make the overwhelming task any easier.

Director: Maya Forbes | Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, Imogene Wolodarsky, Ashley Aufderheide

Votes: 17,044 | Gross: $1.43M

10. The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (2009)

R | 90 min | Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Sam Reide uses his power to time travel to solve the mystery of his girlfriend's death.

Director: Seth Grossman | Stars: Chris Carmack, Rachel Miner, Melissa Jones, Kevin Yon

Votes: 20,703

11. Distant (2002)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama

After his wife leaves him, a photographer has an existential crisis and tries to cope with his cousin's visit.

Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Stars: Muzaffer Özdemir, Mehmet Emin Toprak, Zuhal Gencer, Nazan Kesal

Votes: 22,904 | Gross: $0.10M

12. Assault on Wall Street (2013)

R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Jim, an average New Yorker, lives with a sick but loving wife. Suddenly, everything changes when the economy crashes and causes him to lose everything. Filled with anger and rage, Jim goes to seek revenge for the life taken from him.

Director: Uwe Boll | Stars: Dominic Purcell, Erin Karpluk, Edward Furlong, John Heard

Votes: 21,735

13. Wrong Is Right (1982)

R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller

A TV reporter finds himself in the middle of an Arab leader buying two portable nukes, terrorists, arms dealer, a reporter/CIA spy killed, a US president ordering a K-I-L-L etc.

Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Sean Connery, George Grizzard, Robert Conrad, Katharine Ross

Votes: 2,265 | Gross: $3.38M

14. All We Had (2016)

Not Rated | 105 min | Drama

A mother struggles to make a better life for her daughter.

Director: Katie Holmes | Stars: Katie Holmes, Stefania LaVie Owen, Eve Lindley, Richard Kind

Votes: 3,072

15. Human Capital (2013)

Not Rated | 111 min | Crime, Drama

The destinies of two families are irrevocably tied together after a cyclist is hit off the road by a jeep in the night before Christmas Eve.

Director: Paolo Virzì | Stars: Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Matilde Gioli, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Guglielmo Pinelli

Votes: 13,435 | Gross: $0.16M

16. The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness (2013)

Not Rated | 118 min | Documentary

Follows the routines of those employed at Studio Ghibli, including filmmakers Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Toshio Suzuki as they work to release two films simultaneously, The Wind Rises and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya.

Director: Mami Sunada | Stars: Hayao Miyazaki, Yumiko Miyoshi, Toshio Suzuki, Shinsuke Nonaka

Votes: 5,663

17. The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)

PG | 98 min | Comedy

A suddenly-unemployed company executive suffers a nervous breakdown, and his supporting wife tries everything to console him and pick up the slack.

Director: Melvin Frank | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Anne Bancroft, Gene Saks, Elizabeth Wilson

Votes: 3,855

18. Ilo Ilo (2013)

Not Rated | 99 min | Drama

In 90s Singapore, the friendship between Filipino nursemaid Teresa and her young charge Jiale makes waves in a family, while the Asian recession hits the region.

Director: Anthony Chen | Stars: Yann Yann Yeo, Tian Wen Chen, Angeli Bayani, Jia Ler Koh

Votes: 4,997 | Gross: $0.05M

19. Duffle Bag Boy (2024)

Action, Adventure, Crime

Lost and forgotten, a homeless veteran hitchhikes his way into becoming an outlaw and goes to war with the kingpin of a criminal empire.

Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Alexander Raye Pimentel, James Anthony Perez, Cheryce Livingston, Don Tempesta

Votes: 21

20. Arabian Nights: Volume 1 - The Restless One (2015)

Not Rated | 125 min | Drama

Some of the chapters from Arabian Nights are adapted to a modern Portugal in this epic.

Director: Miguel Gomes | Stars: Crista Alfaiate, Miguel Gomes, Martinho Cerqueira, Miguel Cerqueira

Votes: 2,413 | Gross: $0.01M

21. Collapse (II) (2009)

Unrated | 82 min | Documentary

A documentary on Michael Ruppert, a police officer turned independent reporter who predicted the current financial crisis in his self-published newsletter, From the Wilderness.

Director: Chris Smith | Star: Michael Ruppert

Votes: 6,845 | Gross: $0.05M

22. 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

23. American Dream (1990)

PG-13 | 98 min | Documentary

Recounts the 1985-86 strike against the Hormel Foods Corporation in Minnesota after its employees' wages and benefits were cut.

Directors: Barbara Kopple, Cathy Caplan, Thomas Haneke, Lawrence Silk | Stars: Lewie Anderson, R.J. Bergstrom, Ron Bergstrom, Wayne Goodnature

Votes: 1,012 | Gross: $0.27M

24. Killing Mad Dogs (2001)

135 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

While the post-revolution frenzy is at its peak in Iran, a woman attempts to help her secretive husband out of jail by settling his debts for him on her own.

Director: Bahram Beyzaie | Stars: Mozhdeh Shamsai, Majid Mozaffari, Reza Kianian, Mitra Hajjar

Votes: 2,947

25. Bewakoofiyaan (2014)

Not Rated | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Bewakoofiyaan is a slice-of life comedy when recession strikes and the lack of money tests love. Is living on love and fresh air really possible?

Director: Nupur Asthana | Stars: Ayushmann Khurrana, Sonam Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Swedha Singh

Votes: 4,572

26. Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve (2013)

Not Rated | 104 min | Documentary, History, News

Nearly 100 years after its creation, the power of the U.S. Federal Reserve has never been greater. Markets and governments around the world hold their breath in anticipation of the Fed ... See full summary »

Director: Jim Bruce | Stars: Liev Schreiber, Paul Volcker, Janet Yellen, Peter Atwater

Votes: 1,158

27. After (II) (2014)

R | 99 min | Drama, Mystery

A story centered around the Valentinos, a struggling family whose delicate balance is threatened by a carefully concealed secret that, if revealed, will change their lives forever.

Director: Pieter Gaspersz | Stars: Kathleen Quinlan, John Doman, Pablo Schreiber, Sabrina Gennarino

Votes: 218

28. The Glass Man (2011)

Not Rated | 108 min | Thriller

The chilling story of a middle class man whose desperate weathering of the current economic crisis ends with the arrival one night of a debt collector with an offer that surely cannot be turned down.

Director: Cristian Solimeno | Stars: Andy Nyman, James Cosmo, Neve Campbell, Brett Allen

Votes: 423

29. Rosvopankki (2023– )

45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Inspired by the true events of Finland's banking crisis in the early 1990s. The story follows the young idealist economist Salla Nurminen (Amanda Pilke) from the Bank Inspectorate, who vows to fight corrupt bankers.

Stars: Jan Gebruk, Paul S. Tracey, Pekka Strang, Mikko Kauppila

Votes: 106

30. The Street Where We Live (2019)

TV-PG | 100 min | Drama

A woman struggles to hold her family together in the aftermath of the national financial crisis. Winner: Best Feature, Glass City Film Festival.

Director: John Whitney | Stars: Kristina Kopf, Dino Tripodis, Katie Stottlemire, Dylan Koski

Votes: 159

31. Bonobo (II) (2014)

103 min | Drama

A happily married young couple must carefully evaluate their relationship and trust in one another, plus own moral standing when a potentially seedy yet highly financial offer is presented to them in a time of recession.

Director: Mark Withers | Stars: Caroline Langrishe, Christopher Hatherall, Greg Barnett, Elena Harding

Votes: 23

32. 3:13 Three Thirteen (2014)

Not Rated | 85 min | Drama

Based on real life events drama of the homeless situation during the late 2000s US recession.

Director: David Jaure | Stars: Paul Alexandro, Marina Vidal, Julio Lourido, Giselle Torres

Votes: 81

33. Born in Heinola (2016)

111 min | Biography, Drama, Music

The story of Finnish punk rock band Apulanta.

Director: Tuukka Temonen | Stars: Tatu Sinisalo, Teppo Manner, Iiro Panula, Roope Salminen

Votes: 1,466

34. Ayn Rand & the Prophecy of Atlas Shrugged (2011)

Unrated | 87 min | Documentary

'Ayn Rand & the Prophecy of Atlas Shrugged is a feature length documentary film that examines the resurging interest in Ayn Rand's epic and controversial 1957 novel and the validity of its dire prediction for America.

Director: Chris Mortensen | Stars: John Allison, Clifford Asness, Rajia Baroudi, Mike Berliner

Votes: 495

35. Detropia (2012)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary

A documentary on the city of Detroit and its woes, which are emblematic of the collapse of the U.S. manufacturing base.

Directors: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady | Stars: Noah Stewart, Rachele Gilmnore, Michael Wanko, Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra

Votes: 1,626 | Gross: $0.36M

36. The Entrepreneur (2011)

94 min | Drama

Strangled by debt and the banks, the owner of a factory that is on the brink of closing will go to any lengths to solve his financial and marital problems.

Director: Giuliano Montaldo | Stars: Pierfrancesco Favino, Carolina Crescentini, Eduard Gabia, Francesco Scianna

Votes: 459

37. Pets or Meat: The Return to Flint (1992 TV Movie)

23 min | Documentary

A 30-minute follow-up piece for Roger & Me, this was first shown when that film was broadcast as part of the PBS series P.O.V. Moore briefly re-examines the economic collapse of Flint and ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Rhonda Britton, Michael Moore, Janet K. Rauch, Fred Ross

Votes: 618

38. Posti in piedi in paradiso (2012)

120 min | Comedy, Drama

Three divorced fathers are forced to live together.

Director: Carlo Verdone | Stars: Pierfrancesco Favino, Micaela Ramazzotti, Marco Giallini, Carlo Verdone

Votes: 1,452

39. 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

40. The Secret of Oz (2009)

Not Rated | 104 min | Documentary, History

What's going on with the world's economy? Foreclosures are everywhere, unemployment is skyrocketing - and this may only be the beginning. Could it be that solutions to the world's economic ... See full summary »

Director: William T. Still | Stars: Andrew Nance, Brent Robinson, William T. Still

Votes: 248

41. Bridge and Tunnel (2014)

TV-PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A group of twenty-somethings struggle to cope with break ups, student debt, and the transition to adulthood while living with their parents in the suburbs of New York City.

Director: Jason Michael Brescia | Stars: Arjun Gupta, Joe Murphy, Mary Kate Wiles, Annet Mahendru

Votes: 103

42. Mind the Gap (2019)

86 min | Documentary

The crisis of western democracies is ubiquitous and recovery not on the horizon. Accompanying people from various European countries, the film is on the search for the reasons behind the alarming situation.

Director: Robert Schabus | Stars: David van Reybrouck, Paul Magnette, Günter Verheugen, Harald Schumann

Votes: 29

43. Boxing Day (2012)

94 min | Drama

Basil, a businessman and Chauffeur, Nick, drive into the heart of the rocky mountains in the midst of perilous weather. When the journey becomes potentially fatal, Basil must decide whether he's prepared to sacrifice his life for another.

Director: Bernard Rose | Stars: Edie Dakota, Lisa Enos, Jo Farkas, Danny Huston

Votes: 202

44. Taste It: A Comedy About the Recession (2012)

Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Romance

Scintillating, salacious and, made-in-Miami 'Taste It: A Comedy About the Recession' is an outrageous indie feature about putting passion before the plan and living it up in a down economy.

Director: Zachary Weil | Stars: John McGlothlin, Francesca Frigo, Adam Chefitz, Andres Lefevre

Votes: 28

45. The Happiest Place on Earth (I) (2015)

Not Rated | 81 min | Drama, Mystery

A daycare teacher's dreams of a home and family of her own are threatened by the loss of her husband's newspaper job and his subsequent disappearance.

Director: John Goshorn | Stars: Jennifer Faith Ward, Tom Kemnitz Jr., Marco DiGeorge, Peg O'Keef

Votes: 111

46. Pölynimurikauppiaat (1993)

58 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama

In this Finnish cinema classic, three vacuum cleaner salesmen go door-to-door selling dreams of dust-free homes and personal ambitions in a bleak Finland hit by the worst recession in history.

Director: John Webster | Stars: Kimmo Sädeaho, Sami Ahtola, Kristiina Marin, John Webster

Votes: 361

47. Dakota Road (1991)

88 min | Drama

A sensitive drama about a farm labourer's abused daughter who fantasises about the officers of the local U.S. Air Base to escape the guilt and hypocrisy of everyday life. But her dreams of ... See full summary »

Director: Nick Ward | Stars: David Bamber, Amelda Brown, Jason Carter, Charlotte Chatton

Votes: 55

48. Autobonus (2001)

Not Rated | 59 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama

An American dream in Finland - a brand new car and a monthly income of 150,000 Euros. The worst recession period of Finnish history is over but unemployment is decreasing slowly. The ... See full summary »

Director: Mika Ronkainen | Stars: Kaisu Mikkonen, Viljo Mikkonen

Votes: 259

49. Feed Me (2013)

Not Rated | 100 min | Horror, Thriller

Feed Me is a story about a young American family who lives in a suburban area in Southern California. The father, Jason (Cameron Graham), is an ambitious executive who keeps getting ... See full summary »

Director: Claudia Damasceno | Stars: Duna DiVito, Mitra Avani, Cameron Graham, Maria Olsen

50. The Bigger Bubble

195 min | Documentary, History, News | Announced

The sequel to the award winning documentary that looked back at how we got to The Housing Bubble, The Bigger Bubble asks those same people that predicted the crash, what will be the ... See full summary »

Director: Jimmy Morrison | Stars: Ron Paul, Peter Schiff, Jim Grant, David Stockman