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1. Molly's Game (2017)
R | 140 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game and became an FBI target.
Director: Aaron Sorkin | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera
Votes: 187,374 | Gross: $28.78M
2. 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: 483,719 | Gross: $70.26M
3. The Good Fight (2017–2022)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama
When Diane Lockhart's life savings are lost, she must start from scratch at a new firm.
Stars: Christine Baranski, Sarah Steele, Nyambi Nyambi, Michael Boatman
Votes: 32,445
4. The Other Guys (2010)
PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two mismatched New York City detectives seize an opportunity to step up like the city's top cops, whom they idolize, only things don't quite go as planned.
Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Derek Jeter, Eva Mendes
Votes: 288,078 | Gross: $119.22M
5. 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: 291,526 | Gross: $46.37M
6. Tower Heist (2011)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
When a group of hard-working guys find out they've fallen victim to their wealthy employer's Ponzi scheme, they conspire to rob his high-rise residence.
Director: Brett Ratner | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Ben Stiller, Casey Affleck, Alan Alda
Votes: 150,895 | Gross: $78.05M
7. Decision to Leave (2022)
Not Rated | 139 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A detective investigating a man's death in the mountains meets the dead man's mysterious wife in the course of his dogged sleuthing.
Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Park Hae-il, Tang Wei, Lee Jung-hyun, Go Kyung-pyo
Votes: 54,977
8. 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: 78,915 | Gross: $4.31M
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: 28,627
10. Madea's Witness Protection (2012)
PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A Wall Street investment banker who has been set up as the linchpin of his company's mob-backed Ponzi scheme is relocated with his family to Aunt Madea's southern home.
Director: Tyler Perry | Stars: Tyler Perry, Eugene Levy, Denise Richards, Tom Arnold
Votes: 11,365 | Gross: $65.65M
11. Georgetown (2019)
R | 99 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Ulrich Mott, an ambitious social climber, marries a wealthy widow in Washington D.C. in order to mix with powerful political players.
Director: Christoph Waltz | Stars: Christoph Waltz, Vanessa Redgrave, Annette Bening, Corey Hawkins
Votes: 6,140
12. 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: 723
13. The Polka King (2017)
TV-14 | 95 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Local Pennsylvania polka legend Jan Lewan develops a plan to get rich that shocks his fans and lands him in jail.
Director: Maya Forbes | Stars: Jack Black, Jenny Slate, Jason Schwartzman, Jacki Weaver
Votes: 11,960
14. Murder on Middle Beach (2020)
TV-MA | 66 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery
A young man is determined to solve an unspeakable crime and absolve the people he loves, while looking for answers within his fractured family and community.
Stars: Madison Hamburg, Mark E. Safarik
Votes: 4,543
15. Madoff (2016)
TV-PG | 165 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, Richard Dreyfuss, Blythe Danner, Lyne Renée
Votes: 2,793
16. Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King (2022)
TV-MA | 90 min | Documentary, Crime
A group of investors turned sleuths as they try to unlock the suspicious death of cryptocurrency multimillionaire Gerry Cotten and the missing $250 million they believe he stole from them.
Director: Luke Sewell | Star: Alexandra Posadzki
Votes: 6,067
17. Return of the Hero (2018)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, History
1809, France. Captain Neuville is called to the front, leaving his future bride heartbroken. Her sister decides to write letters on his behalf to cheer her up. But it all goes south when Neuville reappears.
Director: Laurent Tirard | Stars: Jean Dujardin, Mélanie Laurent, Noémie Merlant, Christophe Montenez
Votes: 4,483 | Gross: $0.04M
18. 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: 2,489 | Gross: $0.01M
19. Five Golden Hours (1961)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy
A petty crook is doing all right in his chosen profession of gallantly consoling wealthy widows--until he meets and falls in love with a lovely baroness who knows all about get-rich-quick ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Zampi | Stars: Ernie Kovacs, Cyd Charisse, George Sanders, Kay Hammond
Votes: 298
20. Business Ethics (2019)
95 min | Comedy
A young, ambitious businessman gradually loses his friends - and his soul - as he tries to keep his elaborate Ponzi scheme afloat with acts of fraud, deception and even murder.
Director: Nick Wernham | Stars: Larenz Tate, Sarah Carter, Julian De Zotti, Lance Reddick
Votes: 218
21. False Pretenses (2004 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 90 min | Thriller, Drama
Randal 'Randy' Ackers loses his family savings and the company's reserve funds in an 'easy profit scheme' and commits suicide. His widow Dianne hopes to build a new life in California but ... See full summary »
Director: Jason Hreno | Stars: Peta Wilson, Stewart Bick, Melanie Nicholls-King, Conrad Pla
Votes: 401
22. 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
23. The Glass Hotel
Adventure, Drama, Mystery | Announced
It tells the story of Jonathan Alkaitis. His billion-dollar business is really nothing more than a game of smoke and mirrors, and when his scheme collapses, it obliterates countless fortunes and devastates lives.
24. Bodybuilder (2014)
104 min | Drama
Twenty year old Antoine has made enemies of a gang of young thugs, to whom he owes money. Fed up with his scams and petty crimes, his mother and older brother decide to send Antoine to his ... See full summary »
Director: Roschdy Zem | Stars: Vincent Rottiers, Yolin François Gauvin, Marina Foïs, Nicolas Duvauchelle
Votes: 676
25. Backstreet Boys: Show 'Em What You're Made Of (2015)
TV-14 | 101 min | Documentary
A behind-the-scenes look at the popular boy band Backstreet Boys.
Director: Stephen Kijak | Stars: A.J. McLean, Brian Littrell, Howie Dorough, Kevin Scott Richardson
Votes: 1,618
26. 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
27. Le sucre (1978)
104 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Civil servant Adrien Courtois comes to Paris in order to make his money bear fruits.
Director: Jacques Rouffio | Stars: Jean Carmet, Gérard Depardieu, Michel Piccoli, Nelly Borgeaud
Votes: 554
28. The Man Who Would Be Polka King (2009)
69 min | Documentary, Crime, Music
A look at the rise and fall of band leader Jan Lewan, whose international Polka empire led to the greatest polka-related financial crime in history.
Directors: Joshua Brown, John Mikulak | Stars: Michael Byrne, Pete Chacho, Catherine Damavandi, Kent Jackson
Votes: 679
29. The Man Who Bought Cricket (2022)
35 min | Documentary, Crime
Allen Stanford lands his helicopter at Lord's with $20 million and a plan to change cricket forever.
Stars: Stuart Broad, Luke Wright, Vanessa Walther, Nasser Hussain
Votes: 159
30. The Wild Scene (1970)
R | 96 min | Drama
Dr. Virginia Grant is a psychiatrist dealing with five case studies about the misguided, hedonistic, radical and naive youth and the generation gap between their hippie generation and that of their parents. The fifth story is her own.
Director: William Rowland | Stars: Richard Tate, Alberta Nelson, Gary Pillar, Anita Eubank
Votes: 36
31. 30 de ani de democratie (2019)
181 min | Documentary
Two journalists born in the mid '80s decide to take a look back at how their country changed in the last 30 years since the fall of communism. The end product is a documentary containing ... See full summary »
Directors: Cristian Delcea, Mihai Voinea | Stars: Madeleine Albright, Ilie Alexandru, Ioan Amarie, Crin Antonescu
Votes: 502
32. Love & Teleportation (2013)
TV-14 | 92 min | Romance, Sci-Fi
Brian Owens was once a prominent professor of quantum mechanics until an accident stripped him of his credentials; he now teaches at a community college. In order to reclaim his stature, he... See full summary »
Director: Troy McGatlin | Stars: Jan Van Sickle, Robin DeMarco, Adair Jameson, Chuma Gault
Votes: 270
33. The Bear Feed: Michael Malice and Course Corrections (2018 Video)
60 min | News, Talk-Show
Owen Benjamin talks to author and columnist Michael Malice.
Stars: Owen Benjamin, Michael Malice
34. Think! Wouldn't Universal Basic Income Be Great for Society? (2018 Video)
37 min | Short, News
Stars: Stefan Molyneux, Mike M. DeMarco
35. 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
38.
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001–2007)
Episode:
The Seed of Cunning
(2005)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Lynley and Havers investigate the beating death of a doorkeeper at Parliament.
Director: Jeremy Silberston | Stars: James Pearse, Sophie Bould, Glyn Williams, Paul Hickey
Votes: 293
39.
PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode:
Force Majeure
(2000)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Lindsay and Peter give contradictory accounts of why a man they were investigating went up in flames. Peter believes he was a drunk swinger who spontaneously combusted, while Lindsay believes he was a demon trying to take Peter's soul.
Director: John Bell | Stars: Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Joanne Vannicola, Colin Fox
Votes: 12
40.
Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode:
Summer Obsession
(2005)
TV-14 | 22 min | Documentary, Crime
In an affluent suburb of Philadelphia, police were called to the scene of what appeared to be an accidental drowning. The investigation gradually focused on one person, a suspect who had ... See full summary »
Stars: Peter Thomas, Mitchell Bach, Miss Bunny, Bruce Castor
Votes: 86
41.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode:
Bedfellows
(2006)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a prominent historian is found dead, the prime suspects include his unfaithful wife and her lover, and his deadbeat brother who owes millions of dollars in crooked financial schemes.
Director: Frank Prinzi | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Eric Bogosian, Carrie Preston
Votes: 325
42.
The Public Space (2018– )
A Look at the Media Coverage
(2019 Podcast Episode)
News
Stars: Jean-François Gariépy, Ice Poseidon
43.
Queen of the South (2016–2021)
Episode:
Lo Que Más Temes
(2019)
TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Teresa quells tensions between her business partners after discovering someone stole from her.
Director: Rebecca Rodriguez | Stars: Alice Braga, Hemky Madera, Alfonso Herrera, David Andrews
Votes: 321
44.
The Peter Schiff Show Podcast (2014– )
CNBC Dismisses Citi's $2k Gold Call and Pumps Bitcoin Instead
(2020 Podcast Episode)
News
Star: Peter Schiff
45.
Leverage (2008–2012)
Episode:
The Fairy Godparents Job
(2009)
TV-PG | 44 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
To recover funds from an incarcerated investment banker, the team tries to help his introverted stepson.
Director: Jonathan Frakes | Stars: Timothy Hutton, Gina Bellman, Christian Kane, Beth Riesgraf
Votes: 715
46.
Psych (2006–2014)
Episode:
He Dead
(2009)
TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Shawn and Gus arrive at the scene of a plane crash in time to find that the pilot wants the duo to avenge his death - and the two proceed to investigate the man's pretentiously wealthy family.
Director: Michael McMurray | Stars: James Roday Rodriguez, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson, Maggie Lawson
Votes: 943
47.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005– )
Episode:
The Great Recession
(2009)
TV-MA | 22 min | Comedy
Mac and Dennis try to cut back Paddy's expenses by firing Dee and Charlie, and Frank figures out a clever way to keep the bar afloat.
Director: Fred Savage | Stars: Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson
Votes: 2,737
48.
The Border (2008–2010)
Episode:
Killer Debt
(2009)
44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When wealthy philanthropist Benjamin Herzog is murdered, the prime suspect is his financial advisor Cyrus Church. Church has engineered a massive Ponzi scheme to defraud his investors of ... See full summary »
Director: T.W. Peacocke | Stars: James McGowan, Graham Abbey, Jonas Chernick, Mark Wilson
Votes: 24
49.
Republic of Doyle (2010–2014)
Episode:
The Fall of the Republic
(2010)
TV-14 | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When Jake receives a mysterious late night call from Christian, he's not prepared for the scary crime scene he finds at the other end of the line; Mal is suddenly and seriously sidelined ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Lieberman | Stars: Allan Hawco, Sean McGinley, Lynda Boyd, Rachel Wilson
Votes: 93
50.
The Good Wife (2009–2016)
Episode:
Bang
(2010)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Peter returns home and discovers the secret photos that his children have been keeping from Alicia. At Alicia's firm, Will removes her from a case involving a bodyguard accused of killing his boss, a dishonest financial planner.
Director: Rod Holcomb | Stars: Julianna Margulies, Matt Czuchry, Archie Panjabi, Graham Phillips
Votes: 743