Maxed Out
Mar 10, 2006 | IMDB 6.8
90 min Watch NowDocumentary
Maxed Out takes us on a journey deep inside the American debt-style, where everything seems okay as long as the minimum monthly payment arrives on time. Sure, most of us may have that sinking feeling that something isn't quite right, but we're told not to worry. After all, there's always more credit!
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Zeitgeist: Addendum
Zeitgeist: The Movie
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I.O.U.S.A.
Flow: For Love of Water
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Inside Job
The Price We Pay
The Debt Addiction
Plunder: The Crime of Our Time
The Ascent of Money
The Money Masters
Capitalism: A Love Story
Money as Debt
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IMDB 7.1 | Sep , 1989
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IMDB 0 | Jul , 2024
Britain feels under-funded and falling apart. On the eve of the election, as politicians debate the causes, economist Tim Harford looks at what the numbers reveal about the broken state we're in.That's the Price
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1970
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IMDB 0 | Jun , 2022
In June 1893, European prospectors unlawfully took claim to ‘The Golden Mile’ on Aboriginal land. In little over a hundred years the natural landscape has been transformed into the industrial hellscape of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. As incumbent Mayor John Bowler starts to campaign for a second term, independent prospector John ‘General Hercules’ Katahanas decides to run against him on an anti-corruption ticket. What starts out as a quirky David-vs-Goliath political battle, unravels into a portrait of a man, a town and a country sent mad by the timeless cycles of exploitation, racism and greed.Fascism Inc.
IMDB 5.6 | Apr , 2014
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IMDB 7.2 | Oct , 2008
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IMDB 7 | Jun , 2007
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IMDB 7.2 | Apr , 2005
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IMDB 7 | Jan , 2008
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IMDB 6.6 | Sep , 2008
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IMDB 7.2 | Sep , 2009
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IMDB 0 | Sep , 2024
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IMDB 7.7 | Oct , 2010
A film that exposes the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, Inside Job traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation and academia.The Price We Pay
IMDB 6.4 | Sep , 2014
A documentary on the history and present-day reality of big-business tax avoidance, which has seen multinationals depriving governments of trillions of dollars in tax revenues by harboring profits in offshore havens.The Debt Addiction
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2025
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IMDB 6 | Jan , 2009
Plunder: The Crime of Our Time is a hard-hitting investigative film by Danny Schechter. The "News Dissector" explores how the financial crisis was built on a foundation of criminal activity uncovering the connection between the collapse of the housing market and the economic catastrophe that followed.The Ascent of Money
IMDB 7.7 | Nov , 2008
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IMDB 7.5 | Jan , 1996
A documentary that traces the origins of the political power structure that rules our nation and the world today. The modern political power structure has its roots in the hidden manipulation and accumulation of gold and other forms of money.Capitalism: A Love Story
IMDB 7.1 | Sep , 2009
Michael Moore comes home to the issue he's been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans (and by default, the rest of the world).Money as Debt
IMDB 7.3 | Jan , 2006
Paul Grignon's 47-minute animated presentation of "Money as Debt" tells in very simple and effective graphic terms what money is and how it is being created