How countries go broke: the big cycle

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poster Rich Kids
Rich Kids
90mn - Drama
Privileged teenagers from Copenhagen's wealthiest families try to fill the void of parental neglect with drugs, sex, and dangerous games of power in their elite social circle. Behind the facade of designe…
poster Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers
Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers
(3.5/5)
52mn - Documentary
Swedish documentary film on consumerism and globalization, created by director Erik Gandini and editor Johan Söderberg. It looks at the arguments for capitalism and technology, such as greater efficiency,…
poster The Day the Earth Stopped
The Day the Earth Stopped
89mn - Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Hundreds of massive intergalactic robots appear in all of the world's major capitals with an ultimatum: Prove the value of human civilization or be destroyed.
poster The Great Contemporary Art Bubble
The Great Contemporary Art Bubble
(3.8/5)
90mn - Documentary
On September 15, 2008, as Lehman Brothers collapsed, Damien Hirst sold £111 million worth of art in the most audacious auction in history. Art critic Ben Lewis exposes the shadowy world behind the contemp…
poster Taken for a Ride
Taken for a Ride
(4/5)
52mn - Documentary
How the American auto industry engineered the demise of city public-transit systems.
poster Greedy Humpty Dumpty
Greedy Humpty Dumpty
(3.6/5)
7mn - Animation
Greedy Humpty Dumpty's wall of gold is not enough. He wants all the gold in the sun, too.
poster Snowballing
Snowballing
96mn - Action, Comedy
A group of high school students on a ski vacation discover their resort's corrupt owner has been overcharging guests for years with the local sheriff's help. With only seven days to expose the scam, the t…
poster Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War
Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War
0mn - Documentary
Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War is a documentary short reviewing the role of then-Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) in leading the United States into the most devastating foreign policy b…
poster A Corner in Wheat
A Corner in Wheat
14mn - Drama
On a whim, a greedy tycoon decides to corner the world market in wheat. This doubles the price of bread, forcing grain producers into charity lines and others further into poverty. The film contrasts the …
poster The Corporation
The Corporation
(4/5)
145mn - Documentary
Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant economic, political and social force around the globe. …
poster Marching On
Marching On
118mn - War, Drama
After finding a golden coin, a young orphaned boy's wild spending leads him down a path of materialism and debt, until he escapes to his uncle's countryside retreat where he learns three essential life le…
poster Life After Pi
Life After Pi
(3.8/5)
30mn - Documentary
“Life After Pi” is a short documentary about Rhythm & Hues Studios, the L.A. based Visual Effects company that won an Academy Award for its groundbreaking work on “Life of Pi”– just two weeks after de…
poster Destination Earth
Destination Earth
14mn - Animation
A Martian explorer discovers the secrets behind the USA's prosperity — oil and free enterprise.
poster Pharma Bro
Pharma Bro
(2.6/5)
85mn - Documentary
The story of Martin Shkreli, the pharmaceutical tycoon known for raising the price of an AIDS drug 5500% overnight, buying the sole copy of a Wu-Tang Clan album for $2 million dollars and being convicted …
poster Cohen’s Fire Sale
Cohen’s Fire Sale
13mn - Comedy, Crime
A shopkeeper suffers the loss of some valuable merchandise, and thinks of a way to regain his losses.
poster Meltdown: Days of Destruction
Meltdown: Days of Destruction
90mn - Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
When a reckless experiment to destroy an asteroid goes catastrophically wrong, Earth's orbit shifts dangerously closer to the sun, triggering rapid global heating and chaos as LAPD detective Tom Bracket m…
poster The Deal
The Deal
(2.8/5)
98mn - Comedy
A washed-up Hollywood producer on the brink of suicide gets one last shot at redemption when his nephew brings him a script about Benjamin Disraeli, but desperation drives him to transform the historical …
poster Orwell Rolls in His Grave
Orwell Rolls in His Grave
(4/5)
84mn - Documentary
Has America entered an Orwellian world of doublespeak where outright lies can pass for truth? The country's leading intellectuals discuss and examine the mix of businesses, politics and ideology that is t…
poster Stealing a Nation
Stealing a Nation
(4.2/5)
56mn - Documentary
This tells a story literally 'hidden from history'. In the 1960s and 70s, British governments, conspiring with American officials, tricked into leaving, then expelled the entire population of the Chagos i…
poster Hydra
Hydra
94mn - Short, Horror, Sci-Fi
The Most Dangerous Game formula gets a monstrous twist as the mythical Hydra turns the tables on a group of wealthy human-hunters. Kidnapped along with three ex-convicts, former Marine Tim Nolan is transp…
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