THE MONEY ISSUE
Buffett. Billionaires. Broken incentives.
Twenty windows into how money really works.
For someone who enjoyed Inside Job, Margin Call and Billions—but wants to learn, not just watch expensive people argue. Investing and business empires come first. Ranked by fit, not simply ratings or recency.
19 picks are from 2010 onward. Enron is the deliberate older exception. These are case studies and viewpoints, not a substitute for learning valuation or financial statements. KinoPub catalog entries were verified; playback and every episode's tracks were not. Succession? My take: it sharpens as season one develops, but remains a family-power drama. Don't force it for a finance education.
Investing / 2017 / Film
The temperament behind Berkshire: patience, independent thinking and a long time horizon.
The useful bit. Separate a repeatable investing process from the charisma of a successful investor. This is a biography, not a valuation class.
kinopub -o "$HOME/Movies/KinoPub" https://kino.watch/item/view/21996Investing / 2022 / Film
An activist investor turns ownership into leverage over corporate decisions.
The useful bit. Watch the relationship between shareholders, managers and incentives. A useful counterpoint to Buffett's approach.
kinopub -o "$HOME/Movies/KinoPub" https://kino.watch/item/view/77800Business empires / 2012 / Series
Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan and Ford build fortunes—and reshape entire industries.
The useful bit. Look for distribution, scale, vertical integration and bargaining power. Reenactments simplify the history.
kinopub -o "$HOME/Movies/KinoPub" https://kino.watch/item/view/9987Business empires / 2021 / Series
Ford, Boeing, Chrysler, Morgan and DuPont compete to build industrial empires.
The useful bit. How manufacturing scale, rivalry and political relationships shape a company's prospects. A dramatized documentary.
kinopub -o "$HOME/Movies/KinoPub" https://kino.watch/item/view/83434Business empires / 2019 / Series
Familiar food brands become case studies in products, distribution and competition.
The useful bit. Ask what customers buy, why they return and how the company reaches them. Strong business-model viewing.
kinopub -o "$HOME/Movies/KinoPub" https://kino.watch/item/view/79243Fraud & markets / 2017 / Film
Investigators challenge the claims of Chinese companies listed on American exchanges.
The useful bit. Reported numbers need independent evidence. Watch incentives throughout the listing, auditing and promotion chain.
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Most-viewed matching trailer foundFraud & markets / 2005 / Film
A celebrated corporation becomes a case study in accounting manipulation and broken incentives.
The useful bit. Understand the gap between reported earnings and economic reality. Our one pre-2010 exception.
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Most-viewed matching trailer foundFraud & markets / 2018 / Series
Investigations into corporate misconduct, financial incentives and the people bearing the cost.
The useful bit. Start with the business model and ask who benefits when the rules are bent. The Netflix series, not the 2011 namesake.
kinopub -o "$HOME/Movies/KinoPub" https://kino.watch/item/view/26878Fraud & markets / 2023 / Series
A giant Ponzi scheme survives on reputation, trust and failed oversight.
The useful bit. Independent custody, verification and skepticism matter more than an impressive reputation. KinoPub labels this 2022; Netflix released it in 2023.
kinopub -o "$HOME/Movies/KinoPub" https://kino.watch/item/view/86062Money & economics / 2021 / Series
Compact lessons on scams, credit cards, student debt, gambling and retirement.
The useful bit. A quick financial-literacy foundation. Useful basics, not advanced security analysis.
kinopub -o "$HOME/Movies/KinoPub" https://kino.watch/item/view/71953Money & economics / 2019 / Film
Ownership, inheritance and the forces behind the concentration of wealth.
The useful bit. Think about asset ownership across generations. An argued macroeconomic perspective rather than a stock-picking manual.
kinopub -o "$HOME/Movies/KinoPub" https://kino.watch/item/view/64312Business empires / 2019 / Series
Gates tackles difficult problems through research, systems thinking and philanthropy.
The useful bit. A window into his problem-solving habits; less a history of Microsoft's competitive advantage.
kinopub -o "$HOME/Movies/KinoPub" https://kino.watch/item/view/55330Business empires / 2020 / Series
Ambitious business empires collide with financial scandal and questions of accountability.
The useful bit. Distinguish brand prestige, political influence and financial substance. A counterweight to billionaire hero stories.
kinopub -o "$HOME/Movies/KinoPub" https://kino.watch/item/view/71242Business empires / 2019 / Film
A Chinese-owned factory in Ohio exposes the realities of labor, management and automation.
The useful bit. Go beyond the earnings narrative to the operational tensions behind margins and productivity.
kinopub -o "$HOME/Movies/KinoPub" https://kino.watch/item/view/54325Fraud & markets / 2019 / Film
Theranos shows what can happen when founder mythology outruns technical evidence.
The useful bit. Prestigious investors and boards do not substitute for independent product validation.
kinopub -o "$HOME/Movies/KinoPub" https://kino.watch/item/view/47767Money & economics / 2025 / Series
A two-part investigation into political fundraising and hidden financial influence.
The useful bit. Follow the movement of money into political power. More institutional analysis than portfolio management.
kinopub -o "$HOME/Movies/KinoPub" https://kino.watch/item/view/111724Business empires / 2024 / Film
The incentives and persuasion techniques behind modern consumer brands.
The useful bit. Consider how demand is manufactured—and where consumer-business models create costs outside the balance sheet.
kinopub -o "$HOME/Movies/KinoPub" https://kino.watch/item/view/106540Fraud & markets / 2024 / Film
Crypto fundraising becomes a vehicle for fabricated credibility and investor deception.
The useful bit. Treat hype, endorsements and impressive-looking partnerships as claims to verify, not evidence.
kinopub -o "$HOME/Movies/KinoPub" https://kino.watch/item/view/98725Money & economics / 2013 / Film
Robert Reich makes the case for understanding wages, inequality and economic demand together.
The useful bit. Watch as an economic argument with a viewpoint—not as a neutral or universally agreed textbook.
kinopub -o "$HOME/Movies/KinoPub" https://kino.watch/item/view/49111Business empires / 2019 / Reality
An edited entrepreneurial challenge centered on sales, relationships and building a business.
The useful bit. Enjoy the tactical ideas, but don't mistake a TV experiment for reproducible evidence that anyone can become wealthy.
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