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Market crises, incentives and decisions told through stories. This selection adds human and institutional context to technical knowledge.
The collection
Dramatisations compress events, and documentaries also offer a selected perspective. Use them to open questions, not as trading instructions. TMDB is a film reference and does not establish streaming availability.
· 2015
An accessible look at the housing bubble, mortgage-backed securities, short positions, and the 2008 financial crisis.
Use the story as an entry point into the links behind a financial crisis.
· 2011
Follows an investment bank during the first hours of a financial crisis and explores risk, leverage, and difficult decisions.
Consider how model risk and time pressure affect decisions.
· 2010
Explains the causes and consequences of the 2008 financial crisis through interviews with economists, executives, and policymakers.
Add institutional context to individual market stories.
· 2011
Dramatizes the government and banking response to the 2008 crisis and the collapse of major financial institutions.
Explore the connections that make financial risk systemic.
· 1987
A classic story about stockbroking, speculation, insider trading, ambition, and ethics in financial markets.
Use the story to question incentives and conflicts of interest.
· 1999
Based on the Nick Leeson story and useful for understanding unauthorized trading, derivatives risk, and failed risk controls.
See why independent risk controls matter.
· 2000
Explores aggressive brokerage sales, market manipulation, conflicts of interest, and unethical financial practices.
Recognise sales pressure and problematic incentives.
· 2005
Examines the collapse of Enron and the role of accounting manipulation, incentives, corporate culture, and governance.
Connect financial reporting with corporate governance.
· 2017
Investigates fraud involving Chinese companies listed on U.S. markets and highlights due diligence and information risk.
Consider the quality of information behind an investment narrative.
· 2016
Follows a major short-selling campaign and raises questions about research, conviction, incentives, and activist investing.
Distinguish the arguments from the interests of the parties involved.
· 2017
A profile of Warren Buffett focused on investing philosophy, long-term thinking, decision-making, and personal discipline.
Add a long-term perspective alongside short-term market moves.
· 2016
A financial drama centered on investment banking, IPOs, information asymmetry, compliance, and conflicts of interest.
Reflect on unequal information and competing incentives.
· 2022
Explores the GameStop phenomenon, retail investors, short interest, online communities, and market dynamics.
Explore the interaction between market positions and online communities.
· 2010
A financial drama set around the 2008 crisis, exploring Wall Street culture, market risk, ambition, and the consequences of financial decisions.
Use the narrative to discuss risk and responsibility.
· 2018
Revisits the 2008 crisis through interviews with key participants involved in the government and financial-system response.
Complement dramatised accounts with participants’ perspectives.
· 2023
Dramatises the GameStop episode through retail investors, social media and the clash with short-selling funds.
Discuss crowd behaviour, short squeezes and the quality of investment information.
· 1983
A comedy about two men whose lives are swapped, with a finale involving commodity futures and an information advantage.
Start a conversation about futures and unequal access to information.
· 2017
A dramatisation of Bernie Madoff’s fraud and the consequences of misplaced trust for investors and his family.
Consider independent verification, transparency and warning signs.
· 2019
Documents the rise and collapse of Theranos and the gap between an appealing investment story and evidence.
Question persuasive narratives and consider what due diligence should establish.
· 2013
Examines the Federal Reserve, monetary policy and its relationship with financial markets and crises.
Put interest-rate and liquidity risk into a broader monetary-policy context.
