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Documentaries like Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

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The 3 reasons people love Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

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  1. You like watching executives build a giant on numbers that weren't real.

  2. You want to understand how Enron fell in 2001.

  3. You can laugh grimly at traders joking on tape about California's blackouts.

Picks that share your reasons

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  • Inside Job2010

    • watching executives build a giant on numbers that weren't real
    • you want to understand how Enron fell in 2001

    Good for you if you want to know who made money from the crash and who paid.

  • Betting on Zero2016

    • watching executives build a giant on numbers that weren't real
    • you want to understand how Enron fell in 2001

    Good for you if you like watching billionaires fight over money and influence.

  • The Big Short2015

    • you want to understand how Enron fell in 2001

    Good for you if you like to understand how something really happened.

  • Dirty Money2018

    • watching executives build a giant on numbers that weren't real
    • you want to understand how Enron fell in 2001

    Good for you if you like real scandals told by the people who lived them.

  • The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley2019

    • watching executives build a giant on numbers that weren't real
    • you want to understand how Enron fell in 2001

    Good for you if you want the true story of Theranos and its blood test.

  • Downfall: The Case Against Boeing2022

    • watching executives build a giant on numbers that weren't real
    • you want to understand how Enron fell in 2001

    Good for you if you want to understand what led to two real crashes.

  • The Corporation2003

    • watching executives build a giant on numbers that weren't real
    • you want to understand how Enron fell in 2001

    Good for you if you want to understand how companies came to hold so much power.

  • Roger & Me1989

    • 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

    Good for you if you like laughing at a town's collapse to keep from crying.

  • Bus 1742002

    • you want to understand how Enron fell in 2001

    Good for you if you want to understand a real hostage crisis that Brazil watched live.

  • The Dissident2020

    • watching executives build a giant on numbers that weren't real
    • you want to understand how Enron fell in 2001

    Good for you if you want the facts of the Jamal Khashoggi case laid out piece by piece.

  • The Yes Men Fix the World2009

    • watching executives build a giant on numbers that weren't real
    • you want to understand how Enron fell in 2001

    Good for you if you like seeing big corporations caught off guard.

  • Zeitgeist: Addendum2008

    • watching executives build a giant on numbers that weren't real
    • you want to understand how Enron fell in 2001

    Good for you if you like asking who really controls money and banks.

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