# 2012 Movie, Arbitrage — was pretty good! (Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Brit Marling)

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**Created:** [April 12, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-movie-arbitrage-was-pretty-good-richard-gere-susan-sarandon-brit-marling/832441 "2019-04-12T14:20:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
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I hadn’t heard of _Arbitrage_ (2012) before. My wife found it and we saw it last night and it was quite good! ([It rates 88% on Rotten Tomatoes’ Tomatometer](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/arbitrage)). I like the main actors, and the plot was intriguing with twists and turns.

Have you seen it? Did you like it? Can you recommend other movies like it?

Google says these other movies are similar to _Arbitrage_:  
_Unfaithful_ (2002)  
_Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer_ (2016)  
_A Perfect Murder_ (1998)  
_Irresistible_ (2006)  
_Primal Fear_ (1996)  
_Someone to Watch Over Me_ (1987)

I’ve only seen _Unfaithful_ and enjoyed that, but I like _Arbitrage_ better.

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-movie-arbitrage-was-pretty-good-richard-gere-susan-sarandon-brit-marling/832441/2 "2019-04-12T14:42:52Z")

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I think Richard Gere stars in some of those movies, so it sounds like that’s why they’re being recommended. But if you want a movie with a similar sort of setting, I’d recommend Wall Street or Margin Call or Too Big To Fail (the last two were about the 2008 crisis).

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-movie-arbitrage-was-pretty-good-richard-gere-susan-sarandon-brit-marling/832441/3 "2019-04-12T19:32:56Z")

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> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> I think Richard Gere stars in some of those movies, so it sounds like that’s why they’re being recommended. But if you want a movie with a similar sort of setting, I’d recommend Wall Street or Margin Call or Too Big To Fail (the last two were about the 2008 crisis).

Thanks. Wall Street is a classic. I haven’t seen Margin Call so I’ll look for that, thanks for the tip. I did see Too Big to Fail. Scary how the few can affect the many.