I would like to know a few movies / documentaries that are based on macroeconomics
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6$\begingroup$ I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is not about economic science. $\endgroup$ – VicAche Dec 14 '15 at 11:15
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4$\begingroup$ How is it different from a book recommendation? $\endgroup$ – Thorst Dec 14 '15 at 12:08
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$\begingroup$ 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' ? $\endgroup$ – BCLC Dec 17 '15 at 2:13
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$\begingroup$ @VicAche what Lasse said $\endgroup$ – BCLC Dec 17 '15 at 2:13
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$\begingroup$ @Lasse very. A book on/about economics can be (marginally, IMO) on topic, a book "based on" macroeconomics is not. $\endgroup$ – VicAche Dec 17 '15 at 10:21
Princes of the Yen is a documentary that springs to mind.
Nova's Trillion Dollar Bet episode (documentary)
The Big Short (fictionalized movie about true events)
Grapes of Wrath might be considered a fictional story about the macroeconomics of the great depression.
Wall Street 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.
Inequality for All (2013) is a good movie, although it is focused more on labor economics.