20 movies like Abacus: Small Enough to Jail, ordered by similarity : Atomic Homefront(2017), I Am Not Your Negro(2016), I Am Evidence(2017), Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer(2010), An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power(2017), Against the Tide(2009), The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show(2020), Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart(2014), Mardi Gras: Made in China(2005), #AnneFrank. Parallel Stories(2019), Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Elections(2020), Birthright: A War Story(2017) ...
Documentary
USA
2016
90 Minutes
banker politician detective prosecutor brooding disturbing emotional gripping bank chinatown new york city scandal corruption bank failure american dream chinese-american culture discovery fall pursuit underdog
A small financial institution called Abacus becomes the only company criminally indicted in the wake of the United States' 2008 mortgage crisis.
Documentary
USA
2017
100 Minutes
Dawn Chapman Douglas Clemens Robbin Ellison Dailey Kay Drey R. William Field Lois Gibbs
documentarian american citizen fascinating gripping eerie disturbing sad united states city corruption earth greed save humanity documentary filmmaking discovery escape quest rescue revenge
A terrifying look at the corruption that's destroying our nation and our planet. This should shake every American citizen. Citizens of an American city fight back against corruption and greed and try to save their own lives.
Documentary
Switzerland|France|Belgium|USA
2016
95 Minutes
writer agent martin luther king jr. disturbing engaging inspiring moving mississippi new york city tennessee american dream social issues racial issues black culture civil rights discovery fall love pursuit quest
Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel, Remember This House.
Documentary
2017
89 Minutes
Geeta Gandbhir Michelle Brettin Rachel Dissell Mariska Hargitay Helena Lazaro Kym Worthy Cy Vance
expert victim sexual predator sex offender police detective investigator bleak emotional frightening gripping disheartening raw sad shocking united states sexual abuse assault investigation criminal justice system discovery
An investigation into the way sexual assault cases are handled by police departments across the United States.
Documentary
USA
2010
117 Minutes
Eliot Spitzer Wrenn Schmidt Roger Stone Kim Allen Karen Finley
politician call girl friend author governor attorney general engaging solemn powerful new york state house office government building prostitution scandal politics eliot spitzer infidelity corruption discovery
An in-depth look at the rise and fall of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, including interviews with the scandalized, former politician.
Documentary
USA
2017
100 Minutes
Bonni Cohen Cory Booker George W. Bush Bill Clinton Al Franken Chris Hayes Anne Hidalgo François Hollande
political activist politician bleak confident frightening solemn theater city small town new york city climate change global warming discovery fall pursuit rescue rise 21st century
A decade after An Inconvenient Truth (2006) brought climate change to the heart of popular culture, the follow-up shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution.
Documentary
USA
2009
102 Minutes
american jew jewish immigrant holocaust survivor historian expert documentarian activist interviewee fascinating gripping moving emotional inspiring united states holocaust world war ii jewish culture jewish identity survival
'Against The Tide' examines the conflict that erupted in the American Jewish community over the best means to rescue the European Jews trying to escape the Holocaust. It tells the little ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2020
75 Minutes
martin luther king jr. civil rights activist entertainer host celebrity aretha franklin inspiring intense emotional engaging united states television studio new york city american south civil rights civil rights movement american culture vietnam war discovery pursuit
For one week in February 1968, Johnny Carson gave up his chair to Harry Belafonte, the first time an African-American had hosted a late night TV show for a whole week.
Documentary
USA
2014
98 Minutes
Nicole Kidman Joaquin Phoenix Helen Hunt Matt Dillon Joyce Maynard Stanley M. Brooks Joyce Chopra
murderer murder victim journalist attorney convict interviewee fascinating engaging chilling disturbing dark intense america murder murder trial media circus justice media manipulation documentaries discovery
A small-town murder in New England became one of the highest-profile cases of the twentieth century. As the first fully televised court case, the Pamela Smart trial rattled the ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2005
78 Minutes
factory worker factory director teenager mardi gras reveler passionate engaging fascinating china fuzhou factory dormitory new orleans new york city globalization child labor china manufacturing mardi gras discovery pursuit
This examination of cultural and economic globalization follows the life-cycle of Mardi Gras beads from a small factory in Fuzhou, China, to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, and to art galleries in New York City.
Documentary, Drama, History
Italy
2019
92 Minutes
Helen Mirren Anna Migotto Anne Frank
anne frank jew nazi nazi collaborator holocaust survivor bleak chilling dark disheartening disturbing emotional engaging gripping incredible melancholy moving amsterdam concentration camp hideout holocaust
It is based on five women who did survive the Holocaust but shared her same fate of "deportation, suffering and being denied their childhood and adolescence," according to promotional materials.
Documentary
USA
2020
91 Minutes
Russell Michaels
hacker national security advisor politician political consultant political candidate computer computer expert computer programmer bleak brooding chilling confident dark disheartening disturbing engaging fascinating gripping intense powerful
Finnish hacker and election expert Harri Hursti investigates election-related hacks, uncovering just how unprotected voting systems really are.
Documentary
USA
2017
105 Minutes
Michele Goodwin Lynn Paltrow Dr. David Grimes Carole Joffe Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas Andrea F. Friedman
woman doctor police detective politician priest shocking rousing brooding united states hospital jail office birth reproduction civil rights government policy rivalry pursuit underdog 2010s
Women are being jailed, physically violated and at risk of dying as a radical movement tightens its grip across America.
Documentary
2019
90 Minutes
bishop leader police detective journalist investigator bleak disturbing emotional fascinating patriotic thrilling church guatemala home murder civil war law murder case murder investigation murder accusation
An investigation into the truth behind the murder of Guatemalan Bishop Juan Gerardi, who was killed in 1998 just days after trying to hold the country's military accountable for the atrocities committed during its civil war.
Documentary
2018
95 Minutes
Sue Bailey Bucky Bailey Mike Papantonio Rob Bilott Ken Cook
speaker chemist lawyer expert environmentalist brooding intricate profound disturbing disheartening virginia industrial town interview room environment chemistry toxic chemicals informing documentary filmmaking rise fall
Citizens in West Virginia take on a powerful corporation after they discover it has knowingly been dumping a toxic chemical -- now found in the blood of 99.7 percent of Americans -- into the local drinking water supply.
Documentary
USA
2017
99 Minutes
Nick Quested
host terrorist warlord expert politician journalist bleak confident disheartening fascinating syria iraq battlefield city town desert war terrorism global society political unrest
A look at the current state of Syria amidst war and chaos in 2017, featuring stories of survival and observations by political experts from around the world.
Mystery & Thriller
Spain
2015
95 Minutes
Luis Tosar Goya Toledo Javier Gutiérrez Pedro Alonso Fernando Cayo Elvira Mínguez Antonio Mourelos María Mera Ricardo de Barreiro Luis Zahera
banker father child blackmailer psychopath son suspenseful thrilling intense gory brooding car street city helicopter docks bank blackmail bomb police pursuit
Breakfast, kiss to his wife, take the children to the school, a bomb under the car, one neverending day ahead.
Documentary
USA
2010
108 Minutes
banker government official academic economist media personality corrupt businessman disheartening disturbing suspenseful shocking white house wall street federal repository china iceland money greed financial crisis stocks abuse of power
Takes a closer look at what brought about the 2008 financial meltdown.
Documentary
USA
2005
113 Minutes
businessperson boss trader creepy disturbing intense new york city california corruption scandal money fall wretched excess mystery 1990s
A documentary about the Enron corporation, its faulty and corrupt business practices, and how they led to its fall.
Documentary
USA|Canada|Germany
2002
120 Minutes
michael moore student activist rock star striking engaging amusing disturbing colorado michigan canada bank high school guns violence politics activism law quest discovery
Filmmaker Michael Moore explores the roots of America's predilection for gun violence.
Documentary
USA
2008
94 Minutes
activist author farmer businessman politician mother disturbing gripping slaughterhouse farm office family home food agriculture corporate greed illness animal cruelty wretched excess discovery 2000s
An unflattering look inside America's corporate controlled food industry.