Margin Call
Directed by J.C. Chandor
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. From TMDB
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Margin Call grossed $5.4 million domestically (United States and Canada), and $14.2 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $19.5 million, against a budget of $3.5 million. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 87% of 170 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.2/10. The website's consensus reads: "Smart, tightly wound, and solidly acted, Margin Call turns the convoluted financial meltdown of '08 into gripping, thought-provoking drama." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 76 out of 100, based on 38 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. The New Yorker film critic David Denby said it was "easily the…
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60 of 201 · most liked firstthere’s a scene in the movie Margin Call, where Zach quinto’s character is in a cab and he looks out the window and is like “look at all these people, walking around with absolutely no idea what’s about to happen.” I think about that a lot these days.
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight’s movie: “Margin Call” (2011), directed by JC Chandor
neutral · AI labelView post →Add a tariff, ruin a movie. Rules of Origin of Engagement GATT On a Hot Tin Roof The Da Vinci HS Code Dumping Margin Call etc
neutral · AI labelView post →I’ve seen Margin Call mentioned a few times today, so I’m just going to say it’s a perfect movie about bad people choosing to be even worse. It moves fast, looks great, and every choice works.
positive · AI labelView post →Best heist movie of my generation is Margin Call
positive · AI labelView post →Margin Call is by far the better movie
positive · AI labelView post →Great old movie viewing so far this Christmas: when Harry Met Sally, Margin Call and of course, Velocipastor.
neutral · AI labelView post →Margin Call, a film I love but which is definitely about dudes who suck
positive · AI labelView post →Margin Call is an incredible movie, and this post is well worth your time.
positive · AI labelView post →Margin Call (2011) is my absolute favorite movie that describes the subprime mortgage crisis of 2007-2010. Its greatest scene (IMHO) is here where Spock explains the extent of the crisis to Scar. The most accurate part being that the deck Spock meticulously spent days preparing is ignored. #filmsky
positive · AI labelView post →there's a scene in the movie Margin Call where Zachary Quinto's character is looking out the window of a cab and he says "Look at all these people, walking around with absolutely no idea what is about to happen." Been thinking about that a lot lately.
neutral · AI labelView post →Margin Call is the best finance movie of the last quarter century, no contest
positive · AI labelView post →Margin Call is the perfect movie because it’s just a chain of “sir you’re going to want to see this”
positive · AI labelView post →What makes Margin Call the most unrealistic finance movie is the risk team actually tried to solve the problem in a timely fashion.
positive · AI labelView post →There is a scene in the movie “Margin Call” where a character tells his boss he needs to get back to the office to see something. Boss says just email it. Subordinate says I don’t think that would be a good idea. Boss says I’ll be right there. Knew instantly.
neutral · AI labelView post →Side bar, but have you ever had a movie that you’ve never seen but you have absolutely seen because of clips on YouTube? That is Margin Call for me
neutral · AI labelView post →The depiction in the movie "Margin Call" is pretty accurate (for a fictional drama)
positive · AI labelView post →You could set your watch by the next US financial collapse; Trump-Epstein just found a way to dump the ethics section of FNMA, and if you saw Margin Call or The Big Short, you know what’s next. 1981’s Rollover called it right; concentrated wealth = corruption 3/5. film-authority.com/2025/11/21/r...
neutral · AI labelView post →the scene from Margin Call where Paul Bettany is explaining how he spent $75k on hookers and booze, but it’s me explaining my film photography “you learn to shoot what’s in your pocket”
neutral · AI labelView post →Great scene, this. In a very good film. Margin Call. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margin_...
neutral · AI labelView post →Rewatched "Margin Call" today, and it remains a really wonderful movie about the financial crisis. While it does a lot of explaining of the mechanics of the collapse, Chandor is very effective in his visual storytelling. It's a world of screens, windows and flags. Abstracted.
positive · AI labelView post →we had our dear @matt-levine.bsky.social on @planetmoney.bsky.social PLUS (our subscription platform) to talk about why Margin Call is the greatest finance movie ever made: www.npr.org/2025/11/18/n...
neutral · AI labelView post →Martha Stewart too; one of the most true-to-life things about the movie MARGIN CALL is the firm sells Demi Moore down the river
neutral · AI labelView post →“The villains in Margin Call are the HR ladies who fired Eric Dale at the beginning of the movie.” Matt Stoller, probably
neutral · AI labelView post →Your reminder, if you haven't already done so, to go and watch the film 'Margin Call'. If you can ignore the fact Spacey is in it (please try) it is a great ensemble cast and does a very good job of explaining the shitstorm that was 2008.
positive · AI labelView post →Apropos of nothing Margin Call is a great film!🍌
positive · AI labelView post →My dad uncovered a recommendations list I wrote & sent into a newspaper when I was like 16. 16yo me recommended the movie "Margin Call", which current-me has no memory of ever watching. But now I'm watching it and it's actually very good.
positive · AI labelView post →I don’t know that I agree with the argument here, but there’s never a bad reason to revisit Margin Call - the better movie about the genesis of The Great Recession.
positive · AI labelView post →#letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched #letterboxd #filmsky #moviesky -Margin Call, The Big Short: Went back to Wall Street last week with some favorites… -Dark Angel/I Come in Peace: solid, goofy B movie -Moneyball: fun rewatch
neutral · AI labelView post →I recently watched “Inside Job” (2010), “Margin Call” (2011) & “The Big Short” (2015) like a triple feature… Remember when they were giving away “Boiler Room” DVDs? That film suggested we watch “Wall Street” and “Glengarry Glen Ross” as companion pieces… Spring 2000 was a wild time…
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm pleased: two posts about A Most Violent Year (2014) in a single day. Great movie, directed by J. C. Chandor (Margin Call, All Is Lost), with Oscar Isaac and Her. Watch it if you haven't seen it yet! As usual: I see mommy Jess, I repost.
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy #LetterboxdFriday! No film has given me anywhere near as much anxiety as Margin Call in ages, yes this includes all the horror I have been watching. #LastFourWatched
positive · AI labelView post →"what American event would you make in the style of Chernobyl" they already made it, it's called Margin Call, and no movie so poignantly illustrates how capitalism is designed to devour itself whole
neutral · AI labelView post →"Margin Call" is a movie based on Lehman Brothers. I haven't seen it yet. Lol Thank you so much🙏☺️
neutral · AI labelView post →The movie they're going to make about this crisis is going to look less like Margin Call and a lot more like Burn After Reading.
neutral · AI labelView post →January 25, 2011 Margin Call debuts at the Sundance Film Festival #MaryMcDonnell as Mary Rogers Raise your hand if you watched a 1hr and 47 minute movie for the 2 1/2 minute scene at the end. 🙋🏻♀️
neutral · AI labelView post →From the (criminally underrated) movie Margin Call
neutral · AI labelView post →MARGIN CALL is a christmas movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Here’s a fun game, what was the first movie you ever reviewed on @letterboxd.social and when was it! I’ll go first… MARGIN CALL (2011) Reviewed: January 2012
neutral · AI labelView post →"Margin Call" is an *amazing* film. The scene where the traders get told "this will set your career on fire, but you'll get this big bonus if you unload your quota" was something else. For The Big Short, I did like the vignettes with Margot Robbie et al that tried to explain the concepts.
positive · AI labelView post →THIS is the scene -from Margin Call, brilliant film -that makes Tom's point. (Set as the MBS bubble busts) youtu.be/2f2kGHcdJYU?... Tom, you HAVE to watch this movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Margin Call and the Big Short are great movies bc you can watch all of their important scenes on YouTube, but then if you actually watch the movie you get little bonus Easter eggs
neutral · AI labelView post →I think a very topical movie to watch right now is the 2011 film Margin Call.
neutral · AI labelView post →Margin Call was a fine movie but its politics were a bit iffy. wouldve been way better if at the end the Kevin Spacey turned to the camera & said "i am capitalist now" & then specified hes the exact kind of capitalist i am
neutral · AI labelView post →I enjoyed the film, "Margin Call" the plot centers around a company facing imminent bankruptcy due to toxic mortgage-backed securities (MBSs) and the desperate decision to sell those assets off immediately. They have a scene at the end worth watching in a dining room. great write up. 🙏
positive · AI labelView post →There is a scene in the movie "Margin Call" where one executive calls his boss to get him to return to the office at 11pm. Boss says "put it in an email". Exec says "I don't think that would be a good idea". Boss says "I'll be right in".
neutral · AI labelView post →If movie theaters still exist, I'm going to be going to see the Margin Call: Data Center Edition premiere in 2030, aren't I?
neutral · AI labelView post →I almost made an edit of Jeremy Irons in Margin Call saying “We are reporting important news to the people who need to hear it SO THAT WE. MAY. SURVIVE.” but the movie wants you to see him as kind of villainous there, so
neutral · AI labelView post →One of the most chilling films I watched. Superb cast and all the calm, controlled empire destruction, unleashed; destroying livelihoods everywhere! #MarginCall
positive · AI labelView post →The movie "The Margin Call" is probably taking place at a hedge fund somewhere right now
neutral · AI labelView post →There is a movie to be made along the lines of Margin Call or The Big Short about education corruption in Texas with twin poles of textbooks and standardized testing.
neutral · AI labelView post →you know perfectly well what I mean, but let's be clearer: Margin Call is a decent film for capturing the mounting horror that the party has ground to a halt, and the chickens have come home to roost. plus it's endlessly giffable:
positive · AI labelView post →Catching up on a couple of movies this weekend and got to enjoy #margincall again before it leaves #Netflix. Just a couple of #SimonBaker scenes to remember it by. #movies https://www.youtube.com/shorts/x6JqadIjVtM
neutral · AI labelView post →Margin Call (2011) A movie about an investment bank that figures out the 2008 crash is going to happen and decides to start it The most effective horror is real, has happened, and can happen again
neutral · AI labelView post →'Margin Call' is a Christmas movie, don't @ me.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ten movies to get to know me: Ghostbusters Real Genius The Blues Brothers Demolition Man Mission: Impossible MST3K: The Movie Anchorman Down Periscope Chasing Amy Margin Call
neutral · AI labelView post →The best thing about Margin Call is that it's shot and presented like a horror movie
neutral · AI labelView post →I saw this! It’s like the movie “Margin Call.” Get out early.
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie: "Margin Call" #moviesky 🎬
neutral · AI labelView post →There a film Margin Call about a trading house that discovers the start of the housing crash and sells up to get out. It's an interesting, well-made piece but I often rewatch it bc it's calmly told and I enjoy the fantasy that management actually HEARS their mathematician when he brings bad news. 😹
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