Inside Job (2010)

Inside Job (2010) — Crime, Documentary Inside Job is a clear, tightly argued documentary by Charles Ferguson that investigates the causes and consequences of the 2008 global financial collapse. Narrated by Matt Damon, the film combines exhaustive research, archival footage, on-screen graphics, and candid interviews with bankers, regulators, politicians, journalists, and academics to explain how deregulation, risky financial products, conflicts of interest, and regulatory capture turned a complex banking system into a near-catastrophe. Shot on location in the United States, Iceland, England, France, Singapore, and China, it traces the crisis from Wall Street’s trading floors to the political halls that failed to rein it in. Watching Inside Job, you’ll move from clear, step-by-step explanations of subjects like subprime mortgages, credit default swaps, and rating-agency failures to firsthand testimony from the people who shaped — and profited from — the collapse. The film balances forensic detail (charts, data, and legal and economic context) with human consequences: mass unemployment, home foreclosures, and the political fallout that followed. Its tone is investigative, often damning, and deliberately designed to make complex finance understandable and infuriating. The experience is equal parts educational and emotional: you’ll gain a far deeper understanding of how seemingly abstract financial instruments and policy choices created real-world devastation, and you’ll likely come away informed, outraged, and better equipped to follow or debate issues of finance and regulation. Inside Job is essential viewing for anyone who wants a concise, well-documented account of how the 2008 crisis happened and why accountability proved so elusive.

Actors: Matt Damon, Gylfi Zoega, Andri Snær Magnason

Director: Charles Ferguson

Runtime: 109 min

Genres: Crime, Documentary

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