<p>Princes of the Yen is a documentary that springs to mind.</p>

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2015-12-14T12:14:24.530Z
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Stinky
<p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2215151/" rel="nofollow">Inequality for All (2013)</a> is a good movie, although it is focused more on labor economics.</p>

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2015-12-15T03:17:54.327Z
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Arthur Tarasov
<p><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/stockmarket/" rel="nofollow">Nova's Trillion Dollar Bet</a> episode (documentary) </p>

<p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1596363/" rel="nofollow">The Big Short</a> (fictionalized movie about true events)</p>

<p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032551/" rel="nofollow">Grapes of Wrath</a> might be considered a fictional story about the macroeconomics of the great depression. </p>

<p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094291/" rel="nofollow">Wall Street</a> might be considered a fictional story about the economic dislocations of the reforms of the US economy in the 1970s and 1980s and how these reforms raised productivity while increasing inequality and supporting a popular perception of amoral finance. </p>

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2015-12-14T12:40:52.193Z
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BKay
<p>I would like to know a few movies / documentaries that are based on macroeconomics</p>

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2015-12-14T11:15:46.617Z
I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is not about economic science.
VicAche
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2015-12-14T12:08:05.033Z
How is it different from a book recommendation?
Thorst
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2015-12-17T02:13:36.437Z
The Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy / 'traces the rise of free markets during the last century, as well as the process of globalization and presents a condemnation of the corruption and failure of centrally planned economies' ?
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2015-12-17T02:13:54.177Z
@VicAche what Lasse said
BCLC
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2015-12-17T10:21:45.300Z
@Lasse very. A book *on/about* economics can be (marginally, IMO) on topic, a book "*based on*" macroeconomics is not.
VicAche
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What are some exceptional movies / documentaries on macroeconomics?
WorldGov
# What are some exceptional movies / documentaries on macroeconomics?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-12-14)

I would like to know a few movies / documentaries that are based on macroeconomics

**Tags:** macroeconomics

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is not about economic science.  
> **username_2**: How is it different from a book recommendation?  
> **username_3**: The Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy / 'traces the rise of free markets during the last century, as well as the process of globalization and presents a condemnation of the corruption and failure of centrally planned economies' ?  
> **username_3**: @username_1 what Lasse said  
> **username_1**: @Lasse very. A book *on/about* economics can be (marginally, IMO) on topic, a book "*based on*" macroeconomics is not.  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2015-12-14. Score: 2

Princes of the Yen is a documentary that springs to mind.


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### Answer by username_5 on 2015-12-15. Score: 1

[Inequality for All (2013)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2215151/) is a good movie, although it is focused more on labor economics.


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### Answer by username_6 on 2015-12-14. Score: 1

[Nova's Trillion Dollar Bet](http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/stockmarket/) episode (documentary)

[The Big Short](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1596363/) (fictionalized movie about true events)

[Grapes of Wrath](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032551/) might be considered a fictional story about the macroeconomics of the great depression.

[Wall Street](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094291/) might be considered a fictional story about the economic dislocations of the reforms of the US economy in the 1970s and 1980s and how these reforms raised productivity while increasing inequality and supporting a popular perception of amoral finance.


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