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

1. Margin Call (2011)

R | 107 min | Drama, Thriller

Follows the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis.

Director: J.C. Chandor | Stars: Zachary Quinto, Stanley Tucci, Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany

Votes: 145,438 | Gross: $5.35M

2. Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)

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

Diana must contend with a 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: 292,707 | Gross: $46.37M

3. Sorcerer (1977)

PG | 121 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Four unfortunate men from different parts of the globe agree to risk their lives transporting gallons of nitroglycerin across dangerous Latin American jungle.

Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, Amidou

Votes: 28,065 | Gross: $12.00M

4. 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: 212,960 | Gross: $33.41M

5. 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: 28,831

6. 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: 733

7. Madoff (2016)

TV-PG | 41 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The rise and fall of Bernie Madoff, whose Ponzi scheme bilked $65 billion from unsuspecting victims; the largest fraud in US history.

Stars: Drew Gregory, Blythe Danner, Richard Dreyfuss, Frank Whaley

Votes: 2,808

8. Death of a Scoundrel (1956)

Approved | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

The New York police investigates the murder of a Czech immigrant whose rags-to-riches story is told by his secretary to homicide detectives.

Director: Charles Martin | Stars: George Sanders, Yvonne De Carlo, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Victor Jory

Votes: 1,181

9. 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: 1,158

10. Boom Bust Boom (2015)

G | 70 min | Documentary, History

Terry Jones guides us through the history and the nature of the economic boom-bust cycle and why people repeatedly ignore it to their sorrow.

Directors: Bill Jones, Terry Jones, Ben Timlett | Stars: Terry Jones, George Magnus, Robert Shiller, Zvi Bodie

Votes: 558

11. Ripped Off: Madoff and the Scamming of America (2009 TV Movie)

Documentary

The story of Bernie Madoff, his colossal confidence scam and how it both reflected and contributed to the 2008 economic crash.

Votes: 30

12. Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode: Forget Selma (1996)

Crime, Drama, Family

Wambaugh hopes to win Miriam over again but her new charming boyfriend Hal stands in his way. Wambaugh gets suspicious of him when Hal suggests Miriam to let him invest her, Selma's and their friends' money.

Director: Michael Lange | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly

Votes: 50

13. Leverage: Redemption (2021– )
Episode: The Great Train Job (2021)

TV-14 | 48 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Two local farmers are targeted by a hate group, but something more poisonous on the farm leads Team Leverage to a crooked green energy innovator and an old-fashioned train heist.

Director: Beth Riesgraf | Stars: Gina Bellman, Christian Kane, Beth Riesgraf, Aleyse Shannon

Votes: 582

14. Longines Chronoscope (1951–1955)
Episode: Episode dated 13 March 1953 (1953)

News, Talk-Show

Huie and Hess interview Donald C. Cook, the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Topics include the role of the SEC, reasons to invest in stocks, controlling stock ... See full summary »

Stars: Donald C. Cook, Karl Hess, William Bradford Huie

15. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: The Warning (2009)

TV-PG | 55 min | Documentary, News

Frontline offers a detailed look at the roots of the 2008 economic crisis by investigating why government officials refused to regulate emerging derivatives markets that later ruined the financial system.

Director: Michael Kirk | Stars: Peter Berkrot, Brooksley Born, Nancy Duff Campbell, Adam Davidson

Votes: 108

16. Crash Canyon (2011–2013)
Episode: The Tees That Bind (2011)

TV-14 | Animation, Comedy

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Director: Greg Lawrence | Stars: Patrick McKenna, Jennifer Irwin, Bryn McAuley, Joanne Vannicola

Votes: 14

17. Charisma on Command (2014– )
Episode: How to Spot a Narcissist (Protect Yourself) (2019)

13 min | Documentary

Beware. The best and brightest have fallen prey to narcissists. Case in point; Elizabeth Holmes.

Star: Charlie Houpert

18. The Mick (2017–2018)
Episode: The City (2018)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy

Chip meets his real dad, a friendly but incompetent strip club owner, Bert. Mick goes to a morgue to identify Jimmy's body. Ben, the ambitious new employee of two shady ex-Wall Street investment bankers, sees the perfect mark in Bert.

Director: Eric Dean Seaton | Stars: Kaitlin Olson, Sofia Black-D'Elia, Thomas Barbusca, Jack Stanton

Votes: 284