Best Movies About Consumerism
The best films tackling consumerism make audiences reflect on the impacts of a consumer society. These films present stories that critique and thoughtfully question consumption habits. They provoke thought and doubt in the viewer. The power of these films lies in their ability to prevent us from succumbing blindly to consumerist desires, allowing us to see true values and priorities.
Osamu Lily Franky and his wife Nobuyo Shibata Sakura Ando, living in Tokyo, struggle with financial hardship due to a lack of steady jobs. To keep their family afloat, relying on their grandmother's pension and odd jobs, Osamu resorts to petty theft in s
In an alternate present, a Black telemarketer struggling with self-doubt in his job takes the advice of a fellow Black coworker, "On the phone, act white!" The resulting events spiral wildly out of control.
An unemployed young man starts tutoring the daughters of a wealthy family in English. When the family needs an art teacher for their young son, the young man, using a false identity, gets his sister, who he knows is an art teacher, the job. The parents ar
Rachel Chu, a New Yorker, has been dating Nick Young for a long time. Rachel travels to Singapore to accompany her boyfriend to his best friend's wedding. The young woman is very excited about her first trip to Asia, but also under a lot of stress. Worr
Two Philadelphia special police officers, Peter and Roger, along with Ken Foree and H. Reiniger, take refuge in a nearby television station after clearing an apartment overrun by brain-eating zombies. They take two television employees with them and esca
Left alone for many years after being abandoned by humans who left Earth, WALL-E, a robot programmed to compact trash, lives a solitary existence. His life takes an unexpected turn when he encounters EVE, a sleek and beautiful probe robot. Discovering th
Patrick Bateman, a young and handsome man working at his father's Wall Street firm, appears outwardly normal. However, Bateman secretly engages in senseless killings and collects body parts from his female victims at home.
Truman lives on a beautiful island... but this island is an environment where everything except Truman is fake, and he has been constantly watched by an audience since the day he was born. Truman remains unaware of this, until he sees his father, whom he
Thomas Anderson, a computer programmer, is also Neo, a highly skilled hacker. However, he is closely pursued by men in black suits and glasses. He will learn the reason for this pursuit from Morpheus, whom he is about to meet. Neo finds himself thrust int
An insomniac office worker and a carefree soapmaker secretly establish a fight club. This club soon becomes much more than they ever anticipated.
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