Margin Call

About Margin Call

Set in the high-stakes world of the financial industry, involving the key players at an investment firm during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis. An entry-level analyst unlocks information that could prove to be the downfall of the firm.

Margin Call is a 2011 thriller film directed by J.C. Chandor. At 107 minutes long, it arrived in September 2011.

Its themes are capitalism, morality, wall street, and financial crisis. It is adapted from real events.

Kevin Spacey appears as Sam Rogers, Zachary Quinto as Peter Sullivan, Paul Bettany as Will Emerson, and Jeremy Irons as John Tuld. The screenplay is by J.C. Chandor.

Inside Job, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, and Rogue Trader make useful companions to Margin Call, all filed under economics. TMDB voters put it at 6.9 out of 10 across 2,208 votes and it carries a R rating.