Margin Call
Why this pick
Like Default, it turns a looming financial catastrophe into tightly paced workplace suspense, following professionals forced to make morally corrosive decisions under an unforgiving deadline.
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Why this pick
Like Default, it turns a looming financial catastrophe into tightly paced workplace suspense, following professionals forced to make morally corrosive decisions under an unforgiving deadline.
Why this pick
Its portrait of people spotting a systemic collapse echoes Default’s anger at institutional failure, balancing complex economic mechanics with urgent, human-scale consequences.
Why this pick
This incisive documentary complements Default’s institutional perspective, clearly tracing the decisions and incentives behind a financial crisis without losing its sense of outrage.
Why this pick
A tense behind-closed-doors account of policymakers confronting collapse, it shares Default’s procedural momentum and focus on the fraught choices made while markets unravel.
Why this pick
This sober financial thriller shares Default’s escalating dread and its interest in how confidence, denial, and institutional blind spots can magnify a crisis.
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01 / THE STORY
Only one week left until South Korea will go under sovereign default. Han Si-hyun is a leader of the monetary policy team at the Bank of Korea and is assigned to a crisis team.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

Si-hyun

Jung-hak

Gap-su

Vice-Minister of Finance

Managing Director of IMF

New Senior Secretary for Economic Affairs

Senior Secretary for Economic Affairs

The President of the Bank