Movies like Default
If Default's mix of bank, finances and economy stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Default's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Too Big to Fail
2011 · Directed by Curtis Hanson · 97 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: finances, financial crisis, economic crisis · Also drama and history · From the same decade (2010s)
An intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few weeks.
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Burning
2018 · Directed by Lee Chang-dong · 148 min7.4
Why you'll like itWith Yoo Ah-in · Shares: seoul, south korea · Also a Korean drama · From the same decade (2010s)
Deliveryman Jong-su is out on a job when he runs into Hae-mi, a girl who once lived in his neighborhood. She asks if he'd mind looking after her cat while she's away on a trip to Africa.
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Escape from Mogadishu
2021 · Directed by Ryoo Seung-wan · 121 min7.1
Why you'll like itWith Huh Joon-ho · Shares: 1990s · Also a Korean drama
Diplomats from the North and South Korean embassies in Somalia attempt a daring joint escape from Mogadishu when the outbreak of civil war leaves them stranded.
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The Big Short
2015 · Directed by Adam McKay · 131 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: bank, finances, financial crisis · From the same decade (2010s)
The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.
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Silenced
2011 · Directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk · 125 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: south korea · Also a Korean drama · From the same decade (2010s)
Based on actual events that took place at Gwangju Inhwa School for the hearing-impaired, where young deaf students were the victims of repeated sexual assaults by faculty members over a period of five years in the…
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Memories of Murder
2003 · Directed by Bong Joon Ho · 131 min8.1
Why you'll like itShares: south korea · Also a Korean drama
A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race against time to…
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Pandora
2016 · Directed by Park Jung-woo · 136 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: south korea · Also a Korean drama · From the same decade (2010s)
When an earthquake hits a Korean village housing a run-down nuclear power plant, a man risks his life to save the country from imminent disaster.
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Hard Hit
2021 · Directed by Kim Chang-ju · 94 min7.5
Why you'll like itWith Jo Woo-jin · Also a Korean drama
On his way to work, a bank manager receives an anonymous call claiming there's a bomb under his car seat, and if anyone exits the car, it will explode unless he can pay a ransom.
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Margin Call
2011 · Directed by J.C. Chandor · 107 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: financial crisis, stock market · From the same decade (2010s)
Set in the high-stakes world of the financial industry, involving the key players at an investment firm during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis.
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Wall Street
1987 · Directed by Oliver Stone · 126 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: finances, stock market
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider, who takes the youth under his wing.
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Dog Day Afternoon
1975 · Directed by Sidney Lumet · 124 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: bank
Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the…
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99 Homes
2015 · Directed by Ramin Bahrani · 112 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: finances, financial crisis · From the same decade (2010s)
After his family is evicted from their home, proud and desperate construction worker Dennis Nash tries to win his home back by striking a deal with the devil and working for Rick Carver, the corrupt real estate broker…