i need a movie that involves economics...????

Question

i need to do a movie review for an economics class but i need a movie that pertains to economics. any suggestions???

Answer 1

The connection between economics and Spike Lee's "Do The Right Thing" is not as obvious as some of the other movies mentioned above. However, when I first watched Lee's film, I was struck by how prominent the theme of property rights, which is central to economics, is in that movie.

Answer 2

Trading Places

Answer 3

Fun with Dick and Jane (with Jim Carrey). The company goes out of business and the local economy basically crashes. It's fun because there are also a lot of accounting scandals that lead to the economic crash.

Answer 4

It's fairly old but I'm sure someone has put "The Grapes of Wrath" on DVD by now- It's a study of a family on the move during the depression. Really good stuff. You may also try "Roger & Me" by Michael Moore. Both are ulitmately about the modern economy's exploitation of the worker. Never saw it, but heard good things about "Barbarians at the Gate"

Answer 5

Here are some old classics
Citizen Kane
Mad Max
It's a Wonderful Life
The Grapes of Wrath

Answer 6

Rogue Trader (1999, with Ewan McGregor),
it's about futures fraud which is kinda under economics.

Can try to find Fountainhead, a 1949 movie based on Ayn Rand novel, which advocates extreme free-market views.

Answer 7

Wallstreet deals with insider trading
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094291/

Trading Places would be the comedy version of Wallstreet
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086465/

Answer 8

Other People's Money