Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of their friend and bank president, Cosmo Topper. When Topper starts to live it up, it strains relations with his stuffy wife.

Banksters

2020

Polish

5.3

♡ 4

husband wife relationship

manipulation

suicide

Marcin Ziebinski Director

Tomasz Karolak as Adam

Mariusz Bonaszewski as Bank President

Jowita Budnik as Krystyna

Magdalena Lamparska as Magda

Karolina works in a bank, she is energetic, self-confident, go-getting. When the latest currency product comes into her hands - a loan in Swiss francs, the woman gets a great chance to prove herself. Having the full consent of his boss - Adam, he unscrupulously starts persuading clients to take the most risky and unfavorable investments. Jan is the gray eminence of the Polish financiers. In his phone, he has contacts to the presidents of the largest banks in Poland. His cynical ideas and decisions affect the economy and the fate of hundreds of thousands of people overnight. Such as Artur - an ambitious head of an IT company who decides to use currency options to develop his business. His partner is Mateusz, who dreams of independence, his own place and the longed-for move away from his in-laws.

Magnet of Doom

1963

French

6.5

♡ 8

new orleans, louisiana

new york city

paris, france

river

Jean-Pierre Melville Director

Stefania Sandrelli as Angie, Hitch-Hiker

Todd Martin as Jeff

Michèle Mercier as Lou

Jean-Paul Belmondo as Michel Maudet

Young boxer Michel Maudet is sacked by his manager after a series of match defeats and is forced to look for a new job. He is engaged as secretary to a millionaire named Ferchaux who is in a hurry to flee the country when he discovers he has been implicated in a high-profile fraud.

Midnight Heat

1996

English

4.6

♡ 7

Allan A. Goldstein Director

Lance LeGault as Agent Jack Daniels

Claire Yarlett as Jenny

Brad Greenquist as Opponent

Brad Dourif as Thomas Payne

John Gray, a mild-mannered banker, gets hit by a car and loses most of his memory. When he gets out of the hospital, he has flashbacks which do not fit with his current life. After a strange telephone call and a murder attempt on his wife, Gray's wife is murdered which he is forced to go to L.A. in order to solve the crime and piece together his mysterious past.

American Madness

1932

English

7.4

♡ 4

80%

Frank Capra Director

Edwin Maxwell as Clark

Pat O'Brien as Matt

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones as Sam

Harry C. Bradley as Sampson

Socially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused of robbing the bank, gossip of the robbery starts a bank run, and evidence suggests Dickson's wife had an affair... all in the same day.

Love at the Top

1974

French

6.7

♡ 11

73%

Action

adultery

banker

based on novel or book

Michel Deville Director

Carlo Nell as Garçon de café

Georges Wilson as Julien Lourceuil

Jane Birkin as Marie-Paule

Romy Schneider as Roberte

A shy bank employee unexpectedly invites a young woman to a café, leading to a one-night stand. When he shares this with his disillusioned friend, the writer helps him navigate a dazzling social ascent.

Azor

2021

French

6.5

♡ 12

98%

military dictatorship

rumors

swiss bank

Thriller

Andreas Fontana Director

Rafael Fernandez as Concierge / Conserje Hotel

Mariano Llinás as Homme du bar / Hombre en la barra

Fabrizio Rongione as Ivan de Wiel

Elli Medeiros as Magdalena Padel-Camón / Alicia Domecq

Yvan De Wiel, a private banker from Geneva, is going to Argentina in the midst of a dictatorship to replace his partner, the object of the most worrying rumors, who disappeared overnight. Between hushed lounges, swimming pools, and gardens under surveillance, a remote duel takes place between two bankers who, despite different methods, are the accomplices of a discreet and merciless form of colonization.

Owning Mahowny

2003

English

7.0

♡ 7

78%

based on a true story

based on novel or book

Richard Kwietniowski Director

Roger Dunn as Bill Gooden

Vince Corazza as Doug

Joe Pingue as Plain Clothes Cop

John Hurt as Victor Foss

Dan Mahowny was a rising star at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. At twenty-four he was assistant manager of a major branch in the heart of Toronto's financial district. To his colleagues he was a workaholic. To his customers, he was astute, decisive and helpful. To his friends, he was a quiet, but humorous man who enjoyed watching sports on television. To his girlfriend, he was shy but engaging. None of them knew the other side of Dan Mahowny--the side that executed the largest single-handed bank fraud in Canadian history, grossing over $10 million in eighteen months to feed his gambling obsession.

Madea's Witness Protection

2012

English

5.0

♡ 31

Action

african american comedy

Tyler Perry Director

Charlie Sheen as Charlie Sheen

Eugene Levy as George Needleman

Denise Richards as Kate Needleman

John Amos as Pastor Nelson

For years, mild-mannered Wall Street banker George Needleman has meandered through life oblivious to his family's dysfunction and his company's malfeasance, but he's forced to wake up when he learns that he's been framed in a mob-backed Ponzi scheme. Placed under federal protection, George and his family are shipped down South to Madea's house, where the no-nonsense matriarch whips them all into shape using her special brand of tough love.

No More Orchids

1932

English

6.5

♡ 5

44%

parent child relationship

pre-code

Romance

uncle niece relationship

Walter Lang Director

Walter Connolly as Bill Holt

C. Aubrey Smith as Jerome Cedric

Harold Minjir as Modiste

Arthur Housman as Serge

Despite loving another man, a young woman is talked into marrying a wealthy and boorish prince in order to help her financially-strapped father.

Back to the Goode Life

2019

English

5.3

♡ 1

Tamika Miller Director

Brick Jackson as Bartender

London Brown as Bobby

Nadine Ellis as Kandi

Brandon Tyler Moore as Muscle Man

A New York banker loses assets and lavish lifestyle due to false accusations. Forced to return to small Georgia hometown and quirky family.

The Banker

1989

English

5.0

♡ 3

33%

William Webb Director

Robert Forster as Dan

David Fine as Paramedic

Shanna Reed as Sharon

Duncan Regehr as Spaulding Osbourne

High-priced prostitutes are being systematically murdered, their corpses mutilated, and a bizarre South American symbol painted in blood is found at the scene. The cop investigating is out to solve the crime before his ex wife, a reporter, becomes the next victim.

See You Up There

2017

French

7.4

♡ 22

94%

Albert Dupontel Director

Kyan Khojandi as Dupré

Laurent Lafitte as Henri d'Aulnay-Pradelle

Philippe Uchan as Labourdin

Nicolas de Lavergne as Le stomatologue

In November 1918, a few days before the Armistice, when Lieutenant Pradelle orders a senseless attack, he causes a useless disaster; but his outrageous act also binds the lives of two soldiers who have nothing more in common than the battlefield: Édouard saves Albert, although at a high cost. They become companions in misfortune who will attempt to survive in a changing world. Pradelle, in his own way, does the same.

Pack Up Your Troubles

1932

English

7.2

♡ 10

70%

George Marshall Director

Frank Hagney as Doughboy

Charlie Hall as Janitor

Frank Rice as Perkins

Muriel Evans as Relieved Bride

The story begins in 1917 with Stan and Ollie being drafted into the U.S. Army to fight in World War I. While in the Army, the pair befriend a man named Eddie Smith, who is killed by the enemy during a battle. After the war is over, Stan and Ollie venture to New York City, where they begin a quest to reunite Eddie's little daughter with her rightful family. The task proves both monumental and problematic as the boys discover just how many people in New York have the last name Smith.

The Desperadoes

1943

English

6.4

♡ 8

80%

Charles Vidor Director

Bill Patton as Cattleman

Irving Bacon as Dan Walters

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Nitro Rankin

Edgar Buchanan as Uncle Willie McLeod

Popular mailcoach driver Uncle Willie is in fact in league with the town's crooked banker. They plan to have the bank robbed after emptying it, and when Willie's choice for this doesn't show in time, he gets some local boys to do it. When his man does turn up he decides to stick around, as he is pals with the sheriff and also takes a shine to Willie's daughter Allison. This gives the bad men several new problems.

Tobacco Road

1941

English

6.4

♡ 3

37%

John Ford Director

Elizabeth Patterson as Ada Lester

George Chandler as Clerk

Ward Bond as Lov

Irving Bacon as Teller

Shiftless Jeeter Lester and his family of sharecroppers live in rural Georgia where their ancestors were once wealthy planters. Their slapstick existence is threatened by a bank's plans to take over the land for more profitable farming.

Four Horsemen

2012

English

7.7

♡ 3

71%

Ross Ashcroft Director

Dominic Frisby as Narrator

Noam Chomsky as Self

Gillian Tett as Self

Lawrence Wilkerson as Self

Documentary about the modern apocalypse caused by a rapacious banking system. 23 leading thinkers – frustrated at the failure of their respective disciplines – break their silence to explain how the world really works.