🏷 Best Corrupt Movies & TV Shows - Page 4 - Full Archive

156 titles with this tag

Shantaram
7.4 190 votes
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 12
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  Escaped convict Lin Ford flees to the teeming streets of 1980s Bombay, looking to disappear. Working as a medic for the city's poor and neglected, Lin finds unexpected love, connection, and courage on the long road to redemption.
Plot:  slum, corruption, based on novel or book, police, love, prison escape, doctor, felon, ...
Time:  1980s
Place:  india
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Irudhi Suttru
Cast
R. Madhavan R. Madhavan
Ritika Singh Ritika Singh
Mumtaz Sorcar Mumtaz Sorcar
Nassar Nassar
7.3 65 votes
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 109 min.
Story:  A grumpy boxing coach takes on a young, rebellious woman under his wings and starts training her for the world championship. But their biggest battle has to be fought outside the ring.
Plot:  corruption, sports, woman director, female boxing
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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Cast
Ian McKellen Ian McKellen
Martin Freeman Martin Freeman
Richard Armitage Richard Armitage
Orlando Bloom Orlando Bloom
7.3 15.5K votes
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, United States of America
Duration: 144 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  Following Smaug's attack on Laketown, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruined Laketown and the elves of Mirkwood. Meanwhile an army of Orcs led by Azog the Defiler is marching on Erebor, fueled by the rise of the dark lord Sauron. Dwarves, elves and men must unite, and the hope for Middle-Earth falls into Bilbo's hands.
Plot:  gold, corruption, based on novel or book, elves, dwarf, mine, mountain, sequel, ...
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Gone Baby Gone
7.3 4.2K votes
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: United States of America
Duration: 113 min.
Audience: R
Story:  When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but the family wants them for two reasons—they're not cops and they know the tough neighborhood in which they all live.
Plot:  robbery, corruption, based on novel or book, police, kidnapping, boston, massachusetts, blackmail, ...
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Doctor Prisoner
7.3 53 votes
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 32
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  An ace doctor in a university hospital is wrongfully accused of a medical malpractice incident and gets ousted from the hospital. He then applies to work at a prison, where he plans to make personal connections with all the big shots in prison with the ultimate goal of getting revenge against the hospital that kicked him out.
Plot:  prison, corruption, surgeon, revenge, hospital, lying, power struggle, scheme
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Bad Banks
Cast
Paula Beer Paula Beer
Barry Atsma Barry Atsma
Du00e9siru00e9e Nosbusch Du00e9siru00e9e Nosbusch
Albrecht Schuch Albrecht Schuch
7.3 93 votes
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 12
Story:  Ambitious Jana is confronted with the unscrupulous machinations of the world of finance. Her working life is determined by egotism, the pressure to succeed and machismo. She soon has to decide how far she is prepared to go for her career.
Plot:  corruption, bank manager, finances, money, family, intrigue, moral, banks
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The Equalizer
Cast
Denzel Washington Denzel Washington
Marton Csokas Marton Csokas
Chlou00eb Grace Moretz Chlou00eb Grace Moretz
David Harbour David Harbour
7.3 10.0K votes
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: United States of America
Duration: 132 min.
Audience: R
Story:  McCall believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand idly by – he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.
Plot:  assassin, corruption, hitman, call girl, sadism, hostage, gangster, fbi, ...
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Suburra
Cast
Pierfrancesco Favino Pierfrancesco Favino
Claudio Amendola Claudio Amendola
Alessandro Borghi Alessandro Borghi
Elio Germano Elio Germano
7.3 1.3K votes
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 130 min.
Audience: 18
Story:  A gangster known as "Samurai" wants to turn the waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. All the local mob bosses have agreed to work for this common goal. But peace is not to last long.
Plot:  corruption, mafia, church
Place:  italy
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Quarry
7.3 195 votes
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 8
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  The story of Mac Conway, a Marine who returns home to Memphis from Vietnam in 1972 and finds himself shunned by those he loves and demonized by the public. As he struggles to cope with his experiences at war, Conway is drawn into a network of killing and corruption that spans the length of the Mississippi River.
Plot:  corruption, vietnam veteran, mississippi river, based on novel or book, hitman, memphis, tennessee, money, ...
Time:  1970s
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ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept.
7.3 62 votes
Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 12
Audience: TV-14
Story:  "ACCA" is a giant unified syndicate residing in a kingdom split into 13 autonomous regions. ACCA was formed back when there was threat of a coup d'etat, and has continued to protect the peace for almost one hundred years. Jean Otus, vice-chairman of the inspections department at ACCA headquarters, wanders through the 13 districts, checking to see if there is any foul play afoot. His quiet everyday life slowly gets swallowed up into the world's conspiracies!
Plot:  corruption, detective, espionage, politics, government, police, flashback, royalty, ...
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Seven Seconds
7.3 162 votes
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 10
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  Tensions run high between African American citizens and Caucasian cops in Jersey City when a teenage African American boy is critically injured by a cop.
Style:  dark, gritty
Plot:  corruption, new jersey, hit-and-run, cover-up, miniseries, rogue cop, racial tension, social issues
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City on a Hill
Cast
Kevin Bacon Kevin Bacon
Aldis Hodge Aldis Hodge
Jill Hennessy Jill Hennessy
Lauren E. Banks Lauren E. Banks
7.3 185 votes
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 26
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  In early 90s Boston, an African-American District Attorney comes in from Brooklyn advocating change and forms an unlikely alliance with a corrupt yet venerated FBI veteran invested in maintaining the status quo. Together they take on a family of armored car robbers from Charlestown in a case that grows to encompass and eventually upend Boston’s city-wide criminal justice system.
Plot:  corruption, boston, massachusetts, dirty cop, criminal, criminal justice system
Time:  1990s
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Ghost
Cast
Patrick Swayze Patrick Swayze
Demi Moore Demi Moore
Whoopi Goldberg Whoopi Goldberg
Tony Goldwyn Tony Goldwyn
7.2 6.1K votes
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: United States of America
Duration: 127 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.
Plot:  fortune teller, corruption, soulmates, afterlife, money transfer, money laundering, pottery, hell, ...
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Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Cast
Peter Coyote Peter Coyote
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John Beard
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Jim Chanos
Dick Cheney Dick Cheney
7.2 299 votes
Genre: Documentary
Country: United States of America
Duration: 110 min.
Audience: R
Story:  A documentary about the Enron corporation, its faulty and corrupt business practices, and how they led to its fall.
Plot:  corruption, capitalism, bankrupt, wall street, scandal, securities, stocks and bonds, economics, ...
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El Presidente
7.2 427 votes
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Chile
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 16
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  Sergio Jadue, a lowly director of a small-town soccer club in Chile, unexpectedly finds himself at the head of the Chilean soccer association. Drunk with power, he becomes the protégé of soccer godfather Julio Grondona, as well as the FBI’s key to undoing the largest corruption scheme in the world of soccer.
Plot:  corruption, based on true story, bribery, football (soccer) team
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An Inspector Calls
Cast
Alastair Sim Alastair Sim
Olga Lindo Olga Lindo
Arthur Young Arthur Young
Brian Worth Brian Worth
7.2 109 votes
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: United Kingdom
Duration: 80 min.
Audience: PG
Story:  An upper-crust family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to everyone present has died in suspicious circumstances. It seems that any or all of them could have had a hand in her death. But who is the mysterious Inspector and what can he want of them?
Plot:  prostitute, corruption, department store, fiancé, based on play or musical, scandal, alcoholism, engagement, ...
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Businessman
Cast
Mahesh Babu Mahesh Babu
Kajal Aggarwal Kajal Aggarwal
Prakash Raj Prakash Raj
Sayaji Shinde Sayaji Shinde
7.2 62 votes
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: India
Duration: 133 min.
Story:  Just as the cops have declared the end of Mafia in Mumbai, a man named Surya arrives in the city with the intentions of conquering it.
Style:  intense
Plot:  corruption, loss of loved one, gangster, anti hero, murder, vigilante, organized crime, extortion, ...
Place:  mumbai
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1992
Cast
Stefano Accorsi Stefano Accorsi
Guido Caprino Guido Caprino
Miriam Leone Miriam Leone
Domenico Diele Domenico Diele
7.1 76 votes
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 10
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  As a major criminal investigation tries to stem the flow of corruption, Italy is poised on the brink of collapse.
Plot:  corruption, investigation, politics, parliament, politician, government corruption, berlusconi, italian history
Place:  italy
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Dirty Money
7.1 197 votes
Genre: Crime, Documentary
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 12
Audience: TV-14
Story:  From crippling payday loans to cars that cheat emissions tests, this investigative series exposes brazen acts of corporate greed and corruption.
Plot:  corruption, corporate greed
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The Negotiator
7.1 2.4K votes
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, United States of America
Duration: 140 min.
Audience: R
Story:  The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that might clear him, he takes everyone in the office hostage and demands that another well-known negotiator be brought in to handle the situation and secretly investigate the conspiracy.
Plot:  chicago, illinois, corruption, police, hostage, innocence, pension, hostage-taking, ...
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