Here we've displayed a list of the best Oil Business films : There Will Be Blood(2007), Giant(1956), Crude(2009), Local Hero(1983), Boom Town(1940), The Formula(1980), Promised Land(2012), Spoilers of the Plains(1951), Oklahoma Crude(1973), Fear Is the Key(1972), King Kong(1976), Git Along, Little Dogies(1937) ... ...
Drama
USA
2007
158 Minutes
Daniel Day-Lewis Paul Dano Kevin J. O'Connor CiarĂ¡n Hinds Dillon Freasier Sydney McCallister David Willis David Warshofsky Colton Woodward Russell Harvard
businessperson landlord son preacher god twin dark gritty small town california mansion farm oil field greed family religion oil business alcoholism rise fall
A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.
Drama
USA
1956
201 Minutes
Elizabeth Taylor Rock Hudson James Dean Carroll Baker Jane Withers Chill Wills Mercedes McCambridge Dennis Hopper Sal Mineo Rod Taylor Earl Holliman
rancher wife wealthy man emotional passionate texas ranch competition family wealth oil business class distinctions rivalry forbidden love rise fall 1950s
Sprawling epic covering the life of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates.
Documentary
USA
2009
104 Minutes
Pablo Fajardo Kent Robertson Amy Goodman Rafael Correa Hugo Chavez Trudie Styler
native activist executive environmentalist filmmaker bleak emotional ecuador jungle oil refinery south america oil business environmental disaster legal battle activism native people corporate greed wretched excess underdog discovery
The story of lawsuit by tens of thousands of Ecuadorans against Chevron over contamination of the Ecuadorean Amazon.
Comedy
UK
1983
110 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Peter Riegert Denis Lawson Fulton Mackay Norman Chancer Peter Capaldi Rikki Fulton Alex Norton Jenny Seagrove Jennifer Black Christopher Rozycki
businessperson fisherman boss innkeeper marine biologist charming amusing endearing heartwarming scotland small town small-town life culture clash meaning of life friendship oil business love transformation 1980s
An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.
Adventure
USA
1940
119 Minutes
Clark Gable Spencer Tracy Claudette Colbert Hedy Lamarr Frank Morgan Lionel Atwill Chill Wills Marion Martin Minna Gombell Joe Yule Horace Murphy
partner sheriff oil baron love interest engaging emotional texas south america revolution oil business law romance wealth rivalry rise transformation love 1930s
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1980
117 Minutes
George C. Scott Marlon Brando Marthe Keller John Van Dreelen Calvin Jung John Gielgud Beatrice Straight Richard Lynch Robin Clarke Iake Eissinmann Alan North
lieutenant oil baron scientist spy police officer suspenseful intricate los angeles berlin apartment oil business espionage murder investigation secret conspiracy quest pursuit underdog 1980s
An unearthly fog rolls into a small coastal town exactly 100 years after a ship mysteriously sank in its waters.
Drama
USA|United Arab Emirates
2012
106 Minutes
Matt Damon John Krasinski Frances McDormand Rosemarie DeWitt Hal Holbrook Lucas Black Scoot McNairy Titus Welliver Terry Kinney Tim Guinee Dorothy Silver
salesman partner schoolteacher townsperson townspeople mayor somber touching inspiring heartwarming rural community pennsylvania oil business property rights small-town life corporate culture competition financial scheme pursuit underdog
A salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants to tap into the available resources.
Western
USA
1951
68 Minutes
Roy Rogers Penny Edwards Gordon Jones Grant Withers Don Haggerty Fred Kohler Jr. House Peters Jr. George Meeker Keith Richards
cowboy oil baron spy roy rogers partner thrilling frenetic rousing wild west oil rig plains showdown oil business missiles espionage theft heroism rivalry pursuit 1950s
This is an odd one for Roy. There are foreign spies, desert sites for rocket-launching and artificial satellites. The climax is a one-on-one fight on top of an oil derrick.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1973
108 Minutes
George C. Scott Faye Dunaway John Mills Jack Palance Bill Lucking Harvey Jason Ted Gehring Cliff Osmond Rafael Campos Woodrow Parfrey John Hudkins
businessman woman fighter father love interest friend spirited engaging amusing confident offbeat oklahoma oil well abuse of power territorial disputes oil business determination land dispute greed discovery
In 1913, in Oklahoma, oil derrick owner Lena Doyle (Faye Dunaway), aided by her father (Sir John Mills) and a hobo (George C. Scott), is stubbornly drilling for oil despite the pressure from major oil companies to sell her land.
Action
UK|USA
1972
105 Minutes
Barry Newman Suzy Kendall John Vernon Dolph Sweet Ben Kingsley Ray McAnally Peter Marinker Elliot Sullivan
man young woman heiress oil baron employee confident creative gripping lighthearted intricate louisiana oil drilling platform car court bar house violence betrayal revenge kidnapping
A man is in radio contact with his family when their airplane is shot down. He wants those responsible and becomes a criminal to get a job as deep sea diver with those salvaging the plane's cargo.
Adventure, Fantasy
USA
1976
134 Minutes
Jeff Bridges Jessica Lange Charles Grodin John Randolph Rene Auberjonois Julius Harris Jack O'Halloran Ed Lauter
paleontologist actress oil baron ship captain native king kong incredible thrilling tense indian ocean ship island new york city village oil business exploration exploitation romance abduction discovery
A petroleum exploration expedition comes to an isolated island and encounters a colossal giant gorilla.
Western
USA
1937
60 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Judith Allen Weldon Heyburn William Farnum Willie Fung Carleton Young
gene autry rancher oil driller businessman villain banker rousing engaging gutsy ranch oil well bank radio station town ranchers oil business attempted robbery deception schemes railroad
When war breaks out between oilmen and cattle ranchers, Gene sides with the ranchers until he learns that oil will bring a railroad to town.
Drama
1995
110 Minutes
Robert Duvall Aidan Quinn Frances Fisher Brian Dennehy Lexi Randall Kaytlyn Knowles Francesca Eastwood
oil baron husband wife daughter friend prospector moving emotional uplifting texas farmhouse small town oil business great depression partnership family discovery transformation underdog 1930s
A down-and-out wildcatter (Robert Duvall) smells oil beneath a struggling farmer's (Aidan Quinn) land in Depression-era Texas.
Adventure, Western
1964
87 Minutes
Lex Barker Pierre Brice Karin Dor Klaus Kinski Anthony Steel Terence Hill Renato Baldini Klaus Schichan
native american outlaw intense thrilling wild west oil business interracial relationship rivalry unknown era
Old Shatterhand, Winnetou and Castlepool battle a ruthless oil baron trying to create a war between Native Americans and white settlers.
Adventure
1947
80 Minutes
Pat O'Brien Walter Slezak Anne Jeffreys Percy Kilbride Jerome Cowan George Givot Jason Robards Sr. Marc Krah Bonnie Blair Drew Miller
private investigator oil merchant singer tourist murder victim taxi driver intense brooding tense dark engaging uneasy panama oil business panama canal undiscovered lands private detective murder double-cross quest
A trouble-shooter (Pat O'Brien) woos a singer and foils a crook (Walter Slezak) while searching Panama for an oil map.
Crime, Drama
1956
79 Minutes
oil driller gangster murderer thief girlfriend federal agent dark gripping thrilling galveston, texas oil field nightclub theft scam oil business gangsters crime investigation quest pursuit
Having discovered a way to steal huge amounts of fuel, oil worker Frank Duncan (Gene Barry) links up with mobster Paul Atlas (Edward Arnold) in the hope that they can sell the oil without arousing suspicion.
Drama
2004
110 Minutes
Anson Mount Erica Leerhsen Jake Weber Jamey Sheridan Robert Vaughn Dan Hedaya Pedro Barreira Sage Doviak Mark Blum Keith Randolph Smith Tracie Thoms
lawyer estranged wife mafia boss ceo psychopath offbeat tense emotional manhattan, n.y. bronx, n.y. crack house office courtroom lawsuit scam affair drug addiction oil business death threat forbidden love
A young lawyer (Anson Mount) gets mixed up with a gangster (Jake Weber) and a drug-addicted witness (Erica Leerhsen).