Little sleep makes you paranoid - the insomniacs guide to financial conspiracies, big business going bad and a few feel good stories
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- DirectorMagnus TempleStarsPhil AdamEvgeni Nikolaevich BelikovRandy BroweleitThe story behind the fiendishly addictive game, a tale of high stakes, intimidation and legal feuds set against the backdrop of Cold War tensions between East and West.
- DirectorRobert ConnollyStarsDavid WenhamAnthony LaPagliaSibylla BuddThe Bank is a thriller about banking, corruption and alchemy.
- DirectorBen YoungerStarsGiovanni RibisiVin DieselNia LongA college dropout, attempting to live up to his father's high standards, gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm which puts him on the fast track to success. But the job might not be as legitimate as it first appeared to be.
- StarsJoe DominguezJennifer GailusKalle LasnA look at the rampant materialism consuming America.
- DirectorPenelope SpheerisStarsChristian KaneShannon ElizabethCameron BancroftThe rise and fall of the Enron company, as seen from the perspective of employee Brian Cruver, based on his book.
- DirectorAlex GibneyStarsJohn BeardTim BeldenBarbara BoxerA documentary about the Enron corporation, its faulty and corrupt business practices, and how they led to its fall.
- DirectorRobert GreenwaldStarsDouglas CheekWalter CronkiteBob McChesneyDocumentary on reported Conservative bias of the Rupert Murdoch-owned Fox News Channel (FNC), which promotes itself as "Fair and Balanced". Material includes interviews with former FNC employees and the inter-office memos they provided.
- DirectorCosima DannoritzerStarsRichard JonesMolly MalcolmSteve BunnThis is the story of companies who engineered their products to fail.
- DirectorMike NewmanA look at the destruction caused by mindless mass consumption.
- DirectorStelios KouloglouStarsJohn PerkinsIn front of an angry audience somewhere in Latin America, a North American discloses the secret network that used the World Bank, payoffs, extortion and sex, military coups and political assassinations to create the American empire. The definitive answer to President Bush's question: "why do they hate us?".
- DirectorMark AchbarJennifer AbbottStarsMikela JayRob BeckwermertChristopher GoraDocumentary that looks at the concept of the corporation throughout recent history up to its present-day dominance.
- DirectorMarc ShafferThe meteoric rise and stunning collapse of Enron caused many to question why watchdog system was supposed to protect investors failed to sound any alarms about company's dubious financial underpinnings.
- DirectorMarcela GaviriaStarsGary AckermanMichael BienesKatherine BurtonBernie Madoff was responsible foe the largest financial fraud in history. Frontline correspondent Martin Smith investigates how he managed to steal $65 billion dollars from investors.
- DirectorMichael MooreStarsMichael MooreWilliam BlackJimmy CarterAn examination of the social costs of corporate interests pursuing profits at the expense of the public good.
- DirectorRobert KennerStarsMichael PollanEric SchlosserRichard LobbAn unflattering look inside America's corporate controlled food industry.
- DirectorJosh FoxStarsJosh FoxDick CheneyPete SeegerAn exploration of the fracking petroleum extraction industry and the serious environmental consequences involved.
- DirectorPatrick CreadonStarsRobert BixbyHumphrey BogartWarren BuffettFew are aware that America may be on the brink of a financial meltdown. I.O.U.S.A. explores the country's shocking current fiscal condition and ways to avoid a national economic disaster.
- DirectorDanny SchechterJoel SucherStarsNina AdamsDavid AguilarRoy BarnesJust a few decades ago, owing more money than you had in your bank account was the exception, not the rule.
- DirectorCharles FergusonStarsMatt DamonGylfi ZoegaAndri Snær MagnasonTakes a closer look at what brought about the 2008 financial meltdown.
- DirectorHeidi EwingRachel GradyStarsMike PapantonioLou EngleBecky FischerA documentary on kids who attend a summer camp hoping to become the next Billy Graham.
- DirectorWilliam LewisStarsDavid TrabuccoTodd AkinMark AndersonDid you know that the current Federal Reserve Bank is actually the third in a series of failed banking attempts that have all left an indelible mark on our society? Award winning filmmaker William Lewis Films has produced a documentary of tremendous importance for all Americans. Life On the Edge of a Bubble is a timely exposé that illuminates the unstable history of the American financial system. Beginning with our first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, this thought provoking film leads its viewer through the perpetual cycle of booms and busts that threatens the American Dream. A provocative and often humorous adventure, the film challenges conventional wisdom about the causes of the current crisis and leads the debate about solutions.
- DirectorRobert Kane PappasStarsVincent BugliosiJeff CohenDennis KucinichA documentary analyzing the role of the modern American media and its effects on democracy.
- CreatorRandall MoldaveEric SmallStarsPenn JilletteTellerShera PollinsThe comedy illusionist duo explore various topics and debunk what they consider misconceptions about them.
- DirectorChris AtkinsStarsEllis CashmoreMax CliffordRichard CurtisDocumentary that explores mankind's desire to be famous and its effect on society.
- DirectorRobert GreenwaldStarsLee ScottDon HunterJon HunterA look at the impact of the retail giant on local communities.
- DirectorMarie-Monique RobinStarsDavid BakerKen CookDavid CarpenterYou do not have to believe that God exists, but you will after this movie know that the devil poster! Monsanto is the largest global company that produces agricultural products: pesticides, hormones in raising animals, and genetically modified soybean seeds, corn and other crops. Monsanto has made some of the toxins that are responsible for many diseases, cancer, dementia and the rules are and say Napalm was used in the Vietnam War or PCB oils of which turned out to be a carcinogen as a small atomic bomb.
- DirectorCurtis HansonStarsJames WoodsJohn HeardWilliam HurtChronicles the financial meltdown of 2008 and centers on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.
- DirectorBen LewisInvestigating art prices and their rapid value-loss.