Up the Yangtze (2007), Mon oncle (1958), Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011), The Price of Everything (2018), One Magic Christmas (1985), 100 Things (2018), The Electric Horseman (1979), In Fabric (2018) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Consumerism movies.
Storyline: This documentary examine China's rapidly changing economy by focusing on the construction of the Three Gorges Dam. For the government, the dam stands as a symbol of progress; but it displaces hundreds of families during its creation. Following local teenagers Chen Bo Yu and Yu Shi, who work on one of the Western cruise lines that sails up the Yangtze near the dam, the film details the friction in Chinese society as its citizens struggle with the realities of its new consumer capitalism.
Plot Keywords: cruise employee, tourist, mother, father, teenager, intense, emotional ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Monsieur Hulot's brother-in-law is the manager of a factory where plastics are manufactured. His nephew grows up in a house where everything is fully automated and the boy is raised in a similar fashion. To take away the influence of the uncle on his son, his brother-in-law gets Hulot a job in his factory.
Plot Keywords: monsieur hulot, nephew, executive, housewife, neighbor, dog, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Branding, advertising and product placement provide the funds for a movie that covers those same topics.
Plot Keywords: documentarian, noam chomsky, professor, lawyer, director, cheeky, engaging ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: With unprecedented access to pivotal artists and the white-hot market surrounding them, this film dives deep into the contemporary art world, holding a fun-house mirror up to our values and our times -- where everything can be bought and sold.—lisa remington
Plot Keywords: artist, art collector, art critic, art dealer, intellectual, critic, creative ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Gideon, a Christmas angel, is sent, by Santa, to help Ginny Grainger. Ginny is a cynic, and she hates Christmas. She and her family (husband, Jack and two kids, Cal and Abbie) have fallen on hard times, making it even harder to believe in anything that can't be seen. With help from Abbie, and a trip to see Santa Claus himself, can Gideon find a way to make Ginny believe again?—jwhale9382
Plot Keywords: wife, husband, child, angel, bank robber, grandfather, endearing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Best friends Toni and Paul decide to relinquish all of their belongings for 100 days, whereby they receive one of their items back on each day. During this challenge the two realize, that the only thing they cannot be without is their friendship. A story about contemporary materialism and the quest for the truely important things in life.
Plot Keywords: man, best friend, woman, capitalist, airy, amusing, hilarious ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Sonny Steele used to be a rodeo star, but his next appearance is to be on a Las Vegas stage, wearing a suit covered in lights, advertising a breakfast cereal. When he finds out they are going drug the horse in case its too frisky, he rides off into the desert...—Colin Tinto <cst@imdb.com>
Plot Keywords: rodeo rider, reporter, farmer, old flame, corporate stooge, spirited, brash ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In Fabric is a haunting ghost story set against the backdrop of a busy winter sales period in a department store and follows the life of a cursed dress as it passes from person to person, with devastating consequences.
Plot Keywords: customer, store clerk, stranger, boss, man, brooding, disturbing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Middle aged George F. Babbitt is a leading citizen in the town of Zenith, the fastest growing community in America according to its town sign. George is a large part of that growth as a property developer and realtor. He is lovingly married to his wife Myra, the two who have two children, Ted and Verona who are approaching adulthood. George has always had a fearless attitude, much like that of a naive child, which has led to his business success. He encounters some personal stresses when he faces what he believes is a potential home-wrecking issue, and when his oldest friend Paul and his wife Zilla deal with domestic problems. These stresses make George want to provide even more to his own family, leading to George agreeing to participate in a less than scrupulous but lucrative business dealing. George's bravura gets him into a potential scandal. This situation makes him question his general behavior, especially toward his family.—Huggo
Plot Keywords: husband, father, businessman, wife, child, gripping, somber ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: After moving in together in an impossibly beautiful New York apartment, Carrie Bradshaw and Mr. Big make a rather arbitrary decision to get married. The wedding itself proves to be anything but a hasty affair--the guest list quickly blooms from 75 to 200 guests, and Carrie's simple, label-less wedding gown gives way to an enormous creation that makes her look like a gigantic cream puff. An upcoming photo spread in Vogue puts the event--which will take place at the New York Public Library--squarely in the public eye. Meanwhile, Carrie's girlfriends--Samantha, the sexpot; Charlotte, the sweet naïf; and Miranda, the rigid perfectionist--could not be happier. At least, they couldn't be happier for Carrie. Charlotte still has the unrealized hope of getting pregnant. Samantha is finding a loving, committed relationship more grueling than she could have imagined. Miranda unwittingly lets her own unhappiness--created when Steve admits to cheating on her just once--spoil Carrie's. After a ...
Plot Keywords: husband, writer, publicist, lawyer, curator, spirited, lighthearted ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A biplane pilot's (Brad Davis) Bavarian bride (Marianne Sagebrecht) juggles computer credit creatively for her Arkansas family.
Plot Keywords: german, husband, son, daughter, bank manager, mother, cheeky ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: After being exposed to a bizarre mixture of household chemicals, Pat Kramer begins to shrink. This baffles scientists, makes parenting difficult, warms the hearts of Americans, and captures the attention of a group of people who want to take over the world. This evil group plots to kidnap Pat and perform experiments on her so that they can eventually shrink everyone.—Dave Smith <dave@stat.colostate.edu>
Plot Keywords: housewife, husband, son, daughter, businessman, lab worker, cheeky ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Ricky Hayman, right hand of Good Buy Shopping Network's owner John McBainbridge, is responsible for over two years of very bad sales numbers. He gets a last chance. Accidentally, he and Kate Newell nearly run over G with his car and decide to take him with them. What they never could guess was that G really is the one good man around. Being on the search for enlightenment, G offers his help generously to save Ricky's job. His natural, uncontrollable behaviour soon gets Ricky into really big trouble, but the sales numbers now go up for the first time in months...
Plot Keywords: television producer, boss, beautiful woman, co-worker, mysterious drifter, good samaritan, charming ...
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