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  1. Succession 2018

    Series

    Follow the lives of the Roy family as they contemplate their future once their aging father begins to step back from the media and entertainment conglomerate they control.

    The sides of Succession

    • Four siblings fighting over their father's empire
    • Logan Roy refusing to step down
    • Tom and Greg at the edges of the family

    Good for you if

    • you like insults sharp enough to cut, from Roman most of all.
    • you like boardroom coups, takeover bids and family votes.
    • you like laughing at very rich people being awful to each other.

    Bad for you if

    • you need at least one Roy to root for.
    • you need action, and here the battles are fought in boardrooms and over the phone.

    About: inheritance · fathers and sons · money · loyalty

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  2. The Big Short 2015

    Film

    The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.

    The sides of The Big Short

    • Outsiders who saw the 2008 crash coming
    • Celebrities explaining finance
    • Betting against the economy

    Good for you if

    • you like angry, fast comedy about real disaster.
    • you like sharp, cynical characters.
    • you like to understand how something really happened.

    Bad for you if

    • you find banks and mortgages dull. The whole film is about money.
    • you need some hope. The bankers walk away and millions lose their homes.

    About: greed · truth · systems

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  3. Generation Wealth 2018

    Documentary

    Over the past 25 years, Lauren Greenfield's documentary photography and film projects have explored youth culture, gender, body image, and affluence. Underscoring the ever-increasing gap between the haves and the have-nots, portraits reveal a focus on cultivating image over substance, where subjects unable to attain actual wealth instead settle for its trappings, no matter their ability to pay for it.

    The sides of Generation Wealth

    • Twenty-five years of Lauren Greenfield's photos
    • People chasing the look of wealth
    • The photographer's own family

    Good for you if

    • you want real people telling how money took over their lives.
    • you like questioning what money and status do to us.
    • you like a filmmaker who also looks at money in her own family.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch debt, addiction and broken families on screen.
    • you lose track when a film jumps between dozens of people over 25 years.

    About: money · image · excess

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  4. A wealthy matriarch tries to maintain her family's facade of perfection after her husband's mistress exposes their dirty secrets.

    The sides of The House of Flowers

    • A wealthy Mexico City family and its flower shop
    • A matriarch keeping up appearances
    • A husband's mistress who exposes everything

    Good for you if

    • you like laughing at a family scandal that should be a tragedy.
    • you like siblings, parents and secrets all tangled under one roof.
    • you like Paulina de la Mora and her slow, unforgettable way of talking.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles for a Spanish-language series.
    • you want every twist to be believable.

    About: appearances · secrets · family · identity

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  5. A documentary about the Enron corporation, its faulty and corrupt business practices, and how they led to its fall.

    The sides of Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

    • Enron's executives and their fake profits
    • Traders and the California blackouts
    • Employees who lost their savings

    Good for you if

    • you like watching executives build a giant on numbers that weren't real.
    • you want to understand how Enron fell in 2001.
    • you can laugh grimly at traders joking on tape about California's blackouts.

    Bad for you if

    • you need more than charts, tapes and interviews.
    • you need some hope, and thousands of employees lose everything here.

    About: greed · deception · money

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  6. Inequality for All 2013

    Documentary

    Based on Reich's 2010 book Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future, the film examines widening income inequality in the United States. U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich tries to raise awareness of the country's widening economic gap. He publicly argued about the issue for decades, and producing a film of his viewpoints was a "final frontier" for him. In addition to being a social issue documentary, Inequality for All is also partially a biopic regarding Reich's early life and his time as Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton's presidency. Warren Buffett and Nick Hanauer, two entrepreneurs and investors in the top 1%, are interviewed in the film, supporting Reich's belief in an economy that benefits all citizens, including those of the middle and lower classes.

    The sides of Inequality for All

    • Robert Reich explaining the income gap
    • A former Labor Secretary's own story
    • Investors from the top 1% who agree with him

    Good for you if

    • you want the American wealth gap explained in plain terms.
    • you like asking who the economy really works for.
    • you enjoy Robert Reich himself, funny and warm in front of his students.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at a lecture with a mission.
    • you need a story that moves, not charts and a classroom.

    About: inequality · the middle class · work

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  7. A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.

    The sides of The Wolf of Wall Street

    • Excess on every level
    • How the con works
    • A very dark comedy

    Good for you if

    • you want to laugh at excess pushed to absurd levels.
    • you like following a crook having the time of his life.
    • you like an actor going all in, like the scene crawling to the car.

    Bad for you if

    • lots of nudity, sex and drugs isn't for you tonight.
    • three hours is too much for one evening.

    About: greed · excess · money

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  8. Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview's motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.

    The sides of There Will Be Blood

    • An oil man who wants everything
    • A young preacher he hates
    • I drink your milkshake

    Good for you if

    • you like watching Daniel Day-Lewis disappear into a ruthless oil man.
    • you like a slow, heavy story of ambition.
    • you like a strange, unsettling score.

    Bad for you if

    • over two and a half hours at this pace is too much.
    • you need someone to root for. Plainview cons and crushes everyone in his way.

    About: greed · faith · loneliness

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  9. Steve Jobs 2015

    Film

    Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.

    The sides of Steve Jobs

    • Backstage before three product launches
    • Steve Jobs and the daughter he denied
    • Arguments with Wozniak and Sculley

    Good for you if

    • you love Aaron Sorkin's fast, talky arguments in corridors.
    • you can't look away from Michael Fassbender as Jobs.
    • you want a portrait of a man more than the story of a company.

    Bad for you if

    • you came for the keynotes on stage. The film stays in the wings before the curtain rises.
    • you can't spend two hours with a man who denies his own daughter.

    About: ambition · fatherhood · control

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  10. When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel the family legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately… murder.

    The sides of House of Gucci

    • An outsider marrying into the Gucci family
    • A fashion empire torn apart
    • A murder ordered by a wife

    Good for you if

    • you like true stories about a famous family and a real crime.
    • you like Lady Gaga as Patrizia Reggiani.
    • you like a family fighting over who owns a fashion house.

    Bad for you if

    • two hours and forty minutes is too much for you.
    • you'd rather not watch sex scenes with others in the room.

    About: ambition · betrayal · money

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  11. The White Lotus 2021

    Series

    Follow the exploits of various guests and employees at an exclusive tropical resort over the span of a week as with each passing day, a darker complexity emerges in these picture-perfect travelers, the hotel’s cheerful employees and the idyllic locale itself.

    The sides of The White Lotus

    • A body found as a holiday ends
    • Rich guests at a luxury resort
    • Staff smiling through other people's money

    Good for you if

    • you like laughing at people who would never laugh at themselves.
    • you like following a dozen guests over one week.
    • you watch for the people, not for what happens.

    Bad for you if

    • you need momentum. This is a week of lunches and small cruelties.
    • you'd rather not have sex scenes with the family in the room.

    About: class · money · self-deception

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  12. Weiner 2016

    Documentary

    Documentary featuring a jaw-dropping, behind-the-scenes look at the attempted comeback of Anthony Weiner in 2013 as he mounts a campaign for New York City mayor in the wake of his sexting scandal. Featuring unfettered access to the candidate and his campaign.

    The sides of Weiner

    • Anthony Weiner running for New York mayor in 2013
    • A new sexting scandal breaking mid-campaign
    • Huma Abedin watching from the campaign office

    Good for you if

    • you like a camera that keeps rolling while a campaign falls apart.
    • you want to see a New York mayoral race from the inside.
    • you can laugh at a candidate digging himself deeper on live television.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't root for a candidate who keeps hiding the truth from his own team.
    • you need something light, and watching a marriage strain in public isn't.

    About: ambition · shame · the media

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  13. Cuba and the Cameraman 2017

    Documentary

    This revealing portrait of Cuba follows the lives of Fidel Castro and three Cuban families affected by his policies over the last four decades.

    The sides of Cuba and the Cameraman

    • An American filmmaker returning to Cuba for decades
    • Three Cuban families growing old
    • Fidel Castro seen up close

    Good for you if

    • you want ordinary Cuban lives filmed over more than forty years.
    • you like history seen from a farm and a city street.
    • you like watching the same people age on camera.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take poverty and loss up close.
    • you need a story that moves faster than decades of slow change.

    About: time · poverty · revolution · family

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  14. The Founder 2016

    Film

    The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.

    The sides of The Founder

    • A milkshake mixer salesman in the 1950s
    • The McDonald brothers and their fast kitchen
    • A franchise taken from its founders

    Good for you if

    • you like following Ray Kroc as he pushes the brothers aside.
    • you want the true story behind the golden arches.
    • you like Michael Keaton as a salesman who never gives up.

    Bad for you if

    • you need the decent people to win in the end.
    • you want more happening than contracts and phone calls.

    About: ambition · greed · persistence

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  15. Capitalism: A Love Story 2009

    Documentary

    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).

    The sides of Capitalism: A Love Story

    • Families evicted from their homes
    • Wall Street after the 2008 crash
    • Michael Moore walking into bank lobbies with a camera

    Good for you if

    • you want to hear from the families who lost their houses.
    • you like a film about who owns what and who decides.
    • you like the nerve of crime-scene tape strung across a bank.

    Bad for you if

    • two hours of archive and interviews is too much for one evening.
    • you can't watch families carried out of their homes.

    About: money · inequality · power

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  16. Roger & Me 1989

    Documentary

    A documentary about the closure of General Motors' plant at Flint, Michigan, which resulted in the loss of 30,000 jobs. Details the attempts of filmmaker Michael Moore to get an interview with GM CEO Roger Smith.

    The sides of Roger & Me

    • Michael Moore chasing the head of General Motors
    • Flint, Michigan after the plant closures
    • Evictions at Christmas

    Good for you if

    • you like laughing at a town's collapse to keep from crying.
    • you like seeing who pays when a giant company leaves.
    • you want the real people of Flint telling their own story.

    Bad for you if

    • you need some hope, and Flint keeps losing.
    • you can't watch families being evicted from their homes on camera.

    About: unemployment · corporate power · a hometown

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  17. Grey Gardens 1976

    Documentary

    Edie Bouvier Beale and her mother, Edith, two aging, eccentric relatives of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, are the sole inhabitants of a Long Island estate. The women reveal themselves to be misfits with outsized, engaging personalities. Much of the conversation is centered on their pasts, as mother and daughter now rarely leave home.

    The sides of Grey Gardens

    • A mother and daughter in a decaying mansion
    • Little Edie's improvised outfits and songs
    • Cats and raccoons in the house

    Good for you if

    • you like spending time with Big Edie and Little Edie as they are.
    • you like a mother and daughter who bicker and can't leave each other.
    • you like a strange, closed world on a Long Island estate.

    Bad for you if

    • you need a story that goes somewhere.
    • you find 1970s handheld footage dated.

    About: mother and daughter · solitude · the past

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  18. The Crown 2016

    Series

    The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.

    The sides of The Crown

    • Elizabeth II from her young reign to old age
    • Weekly meetings with her Prime Ministers
    • A royal family torn between duty and love

    Good for you if

    • you like the second half of the 20th century seen from inside Buckingham Palace.
    • you like a family drama where a sister, a husband and children all come second to the Crown.
    • you like who really decides things between the palace and Downing Street.

    Bad for you if

    • you need momentum, and many episodes are quiet conversations in palace rooms.
    • six seasons of royal life is too much for you.

    About: duty · family · the monarchy

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  19. Thanks Boss! 2016

    Documentary

    A family fired by a company owned by LVMH (Group owned by French billionaire, Bernard Arnault) seeks reparation from their previous employer with the help of the movie director.

    The sides of Thanks Boss!

    • A laid-off couple in northern France
    • A prank on the LVMH group
    • A director playing the go-between

    Good for you if

    • you like a documentary run like a prank, with fake names and hidden cameras.
    • you enjoy watching a small family take on Bernard Arnault's empire.
    • you want real people from a closed factory telling their own story.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles for a film in French.
    • you want a documentary with composed, polished images. This one is shot like a hidden camera prank.

    About: work · money · revenge

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  20. Salesman 1969

    Documentary

    This documentary from Albert and David Maysles follows the bitter rivalry of four door-to-door salesmen working for the Mid-American Bible Company: Paul "The Badger" Brennan, Charles "The Gipper" McDevitt, James "The Rabbit" Baker and Raymond "The Bull" Martos. Times are tough for this hard-living quartet, who spend their days traveling through small-town America, trying their best to peddle gold-leaf Bibles to an apathetic crowd of lower-middle-class housewives and elderly couples.

    The sides of Salesman

    • Four Bible salesmen on the road
    • Sales pitches in working-class living rooms
    • Motel rooms between visits

    Good for you if

    • you like watching real door-to-door salesmen at work in 1960s America.
    • you like following Paul Brennan as his pitch stops working.
    • you enjoy black and white documentaries from the sixties.

    Bad for you if

    • you need more happening than sales pitches in living rooms.
    • you need music to carry a film. There's no score and no narrator, just the salesmen talking.

    About: work · failure · the American dream

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