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35 titles, A–Z. Summaries are neutral; links go to IMDb pages matched via Wikidata.

• 97% Owned · search IMDb (details not checked yet)
• American Greed · search IMDb (details not checked yet)
• Banking on Bitcoin · 2016 · Christopher Cannucciari
  A documentary about the early history of Bitcoin and its supporters.
  bitcoinhistory
• Becoming Warren Buffett · 2017 · Peter Kunhardt
  HBO portrait of Warren Buffett.
  Buffettbiography
• Betting on Zero · 2016 · Ted Braun
  Follows Bill Ackman's short position against Herbalife and the debate over whether it is a pyramid scheme.
  short sellingherbalife
• Bitcoin: The End of Money as We Know It · search IMDb (details not checked yet)
• Boom Bust Boom · 2015 · Terry Jones
  A documentary with puppets and economists on why economies go through booms and busts.
  economicscycles
• Born Rich · 2003 · Jamie Johnson
  Documentary in which heirs to large fortunes talk about inherited wealth.
  wealth
• Capitalism: A Love Story · 2009 · Michael Moore
  Michael Moore's critical look at US capitalism and the 2008 bank bailout. Presented from a clear point of view.
  capitalism2008 crisis
• Chasing Madoff · 2010 · Jeff Prosserman
  Follows Harry Markopolos and his team as they try to warn regulators about Madoff.
  madoffwhistleblower
• Cryptopia: Bitcoin, Blockchains and the Future of the Internet · search IMDb (details not checked yet)
• Dirty Money · search IMDb (details not checked yet)
• Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room · 2005 · Alex Gibney
  Based on the book by McLean and Elkind, the film shows how Enron used accounting tricks and energy trading before its collapse.
  enronfraud
• Floored · 2009 · James Allen Smith
  A documentary about traders in Chicago's open-outcry futures pits as electronic trading replaced them.
  futurespit trading
• Frontline: Inside the Meltdown · search IMDb (details not checked yet)
• Frontline: Money, Power and Wall Street · search IMDb (details not checked yet)
• Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened · search IMDb (details not checked yet)
• Generation Wealth · 2018 · Lauren Greenfield
  Documentary on materialism, wealth and status culture.
  wealthculture
• I.O.U.S.A. · 2008 · Patrick Creadon
  Documentary on US government debt and deficits.
  debtUS
• Inside Job · 2010 · Charles Ferguson
  An Academy Award-winning documentary on the causes of the 2008 financial crisis, including deregulation, conflicts of interest and rating agencies.
  2008 crisis
• Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street · search IMDb (details not checked yet)
• Money as Debt · 2006 · Paul Grignon
  Animated documentary arguing a critical view of debt-based money creation; contested by economists.
  money creationcontested
• Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery · 2024 · Cullen Hoback
  An HBO documentary investigating who created Bitcoin.
  bitcoinsatoshi
• Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis · search IMDb (details not checked yet)
• Plunder: The Crime of Our Time · search IMDb (details not checked yet)
• Quants: The Alchemists of Wall Street · search IMDb (details not checked yet)
• The China Hustle · 2017 · Jed Rothstein
  Documentary on reverse-merger frauds of Chinese companies listed in the US.
  fraudshort sellers
• The Crash of 1929 · search IMDb (details not checked yet)
• The Flaw · search IMDb (details not checked yet)
• The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley · 2019 · Alex Gibney
  An HBO documentary about Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos.
  theranosfraud
• The Queen of Versailles · 2012 · Lauren Greenfield
  A wealthy family's fortunes during the 2008 crisis, built on timeshare sales.
  2008 crisisreal estate
• The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin · 2014 · Nicholas Mross
  Follows an early bitcoin enthusiast and the growth of the bitcoin ecosystem.
  crypto
• The Warning · search IMDb (details not checked yet)
• Trillion Dollar Bet · search IMDb (details not checked yet)
• Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King · 2022 · Luke Sewell
  A Netflix documentary about the Canadian exchange QuadrigaCX, whose founder died and left customers unable to access funds.
  cryptoQuadrigaCX

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