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Why do businesses fall? What are the dark practices followed by companies to remain at the top of their game?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Today, I will share the top 20 finance documentaries\/movies that will answer these questions by venturing into the not-so-cool side of major businesses and economies.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s dive into it!<\/p>\n
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The documentary reveals the life and investing journey of the world\u2019s greatest investor, Warren Buffett. <\/p>\n
The makers interview Buffett discussing his life journey and how he learned the principles of value investing through his mentors and colleagues. The film also interviews his business partners and family members.<\/p>\n
You can watch the movie on HBO and Disney+Hotstar.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Released in 2019, The Inventor is based on the life of Elizabeth Holmes and her startup Theranos. It highlights how she defrauded and convinced investors to invest in her idea that promised to revolutionize blood testing. <\/p>\n
She became the youngest self-made billionaire in the world. However, within 2 years, the company went to ashes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
You can watch the documentary on Disney+Hotstar and HBO.<\/p>\n
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Narrated by Matt Damon, Inside Job covers the socio-economic ramifications of the 2008 financial crisis in the US and around the world.<\/p>\n
Divided into 5 parts, it focuses on the role of big businesses and corruption within the financial system in the eventual fallout and how they flounder the liability for their illegal practices. It further shows the power of these MNCs to lobby the US government and avoid the penalty.<\/p>\n
You can watch the documentary on Amazon Prime, YouTube, and Apple TV.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Directed by Curtis Hanson, the movie is based on the non-fiction book by Andrew Ross Sorkin in 2009, \u201cToo Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System\u2014and Themselves.\u201d<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n
The movie shows the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis from the US government\u2019s lens and highlights the action taken by the former US Secretary of Treasury, Henry Paulson. He took a controversial decision to save the top 10 financial institutions, which were partly responsible for the 2008 global economic meltdown.\u00a0<\/p>\n
You can watch the documentary on Disney+Hotstar.<\/p>\n
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Released in 2017, Saving Capitalism is a documentary that follows former Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich. He talks about the frailties of the American economy and what stakeholders can do to \u201csave capitalism.\u201d<\/p>\n
The film is based on the book by Robert Reich, \u201cSaving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
You can watch the documentary on Netflix.<\/p>\n
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Dirty Money is an investigative series spread over 2 seasons and 11 episodes, covering several dark facets of money, such as drugs, cartels, payday, credit cards<\/a>, banking scandals, and corruption. Each episode covers one of the facets in detail.\u00a0<\/p>\n You can watch the series on Netflix.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Released in 2009, this American documentary goes in-depth into the highs and lows of the American capitalist system, where the top 1% of the population holds 95% of the wealth. It delves into a system that masquerades as a champion of a free market economy but fosters greed and corruption.\u00a0<\/p>\n You can watch the documentary on Netflix.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The movie is based on the non-fiction book \u201cThe Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine,\u201d featuring a group of investors who discovered the irregularities in the US housing market. <\/p>\nCapitalism: A Love Story (2009)<\/h2>\n
The Big Short (2015)<\/h2>\n