Movies: Debt

Two friends get tangled up in debt with the local mafia called The Unit. As they look for ways to pay the debt before The Unit comes to collect, they find out there in deeper waters than they thought....

With breathtaking clarity, renowned University of Massachusetts Economics Professor Richard Wolff breaks down the root causes of today's economic crisis, showing how it was decades in the making and in fact reflects seismic failures within the struct...

The film is about a thief, who is arguably the best in the game. He is in debt to the Mafia led by Ringo, so he has to pull off one last big heist to pay them back. He recruits Rocky, a thief who is relatively new in the game with a promising track r...

A single banknote travels through town and clears all debts. Where does it end up?...

Five people talk about how easy it is to build up and how difficult it is to get out of it again. They fall ten prey to the powerful industry. Fines and extra costs make them so aware that they can no longer be solved on their own....

Leandros is a night club owner who is trying to avoid imprisonment by searching for money to pay the insurance contributions. Along with his debts, he has to withstand the pressures of his beloved for marriage....

Finnish telemarketing company founder Miksu has died under mysterious circumstances. He has left behind tens of thousands of debt. Miksu's employees Jere and Henkka has been dragged for questioning. Both of them had a motive to kill their old boss an...

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A group of people are recruited by the brain of a band of robbers to commit the theft of some gold bars. Each character has a particular problem why he needs the money, but all are pretty sloppy....

With the country's debt growing out of control, Americans by and large are unaware of the looming financial crisis. This documentary examines several of the ways America can get its economy back on the right track. In addition to looking at the feder...

Wayward London youth Jason, seduced by the lure of fast money and unlimited cocaine, becomes a gangster's runner who struggles to survive within London's criminal underworld where his only escape hinges on whether he can kill another to save himself....

Elli is a biology student who likes to party and sleep around. Her part-time cleaning job doesn't even cover her rent, but a chance encounter with a wealthy man leads her to discover that she can earn far more from one-night stands. Money trumps cons...

Bailouts, stimulus packages, debt piled upon debt…Where will it all end? How did we get into a situation where there has never been more material wealth & productivity and yet everyone is in debt to bankers? And now, all of a sudden, the bankers ...

An adaptation of Margaret Atwood's book examining the metaphor of indebtedness....

Essam takes a loan from a contractor to buy a house, but the contractor starts blackmailing and threatening him to pay his debt....

Debtocracy seeks the causes of the Greek debt crisis and proposes solutions sidelined by the government and the dominant media. It follows countries like Ecuador that created debt Audit Commissions and tracks this process in Greece....

Karuzela is a four person drama. It is a journey inside the souls of the main characters across the reefs of everyday dilemmas - the merry-go-round of life. An individual approach to the subject, obscure narration and absence of easy answers is what ...

Nearly one in ten Czechs over the age of 15 face some form of distraint, under which their property is seized because of money they owe. Every day, more and more people fall into the debt trap, but Karel is on the other side of the barricade – it is ...

A debt-ridden martial artist is forced to work for a gangster, who then murders his family....

Friends Toro and Victor struggle with drug addiction and male prostitution in a hostile environment. When they lose all their money, their longstanding friendship is put to the test....