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Key Features:
Fraud, Silicon Valley, Documentary, Entrepreneurship, Corporate greed, Deception, Tech-centric, Rise and fall, Scandal, Psychological analysis, Ambition, Hubris, Cult of personality
Tone:
serious, suspense-driven, cynical
Target Audience:
Business enthusiasts, Tech industry followers, True crime fans, Documentary viewers
Emotional Arc:
Intrigue → Anxiety → Disillusionment

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley

2019-01-24
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With a magical new invention that promised to revolutionize blood testing, Elizabeth Holmes became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire, heralded as the next Steve Jobs. Then, overnight, her 10-billion-dollar company dissolved. The rise and fall of Theranos is a window into the psychology of fraud.

Genres
Documentary
Cast
Elizabeth Holmes, Alex Gibney, Dan Ariely, Roger Parloff, Ken Auletta, Erika Cheung, Cheryl Gafner, Dave Philippides, Douglas Matje, Ryan Wistort
Crew
Alex Gibney, Alex Gibney
Rating
7.054(277 votes)
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The Founder
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The China Hustle
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Wick Is Pain
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The Hustle
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The Invention of Lying

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Middle Men
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Money Shot: The Pornhub Story

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Brain on Fire
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Sour Grapes
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The Circle
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Shooting Fish
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6.784

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5.62

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The Scribbler
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Though a childhood bout with polio left him dependent on an iron lung, Mark O'Brien maintains a career as a journalist and poet. A writing assignment dealing with sex and the disabled piques Mark's curiosity, and he decides to investigate the possibility of experiencing sex himself. When his overtures toward a caregiver scare her away, he books an appointment with sex surrogate Cheryl Cohen-Greene to lose his virginity.



The Creator
7.027

Amid a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war—and mankind itself.



Perfect Stranger
5.8

A journalist goes undercover to ferret out businessman Harrison Hill as her best friend's killer. Posing as one of his temps, she enters into a game of online cat-and-mouse.



Bigger Stronger Faster*

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Meet Bill
Meet Bill(2007)
6.1

A mild-mannered bank executive mentors a teenage con artist and tries to make a career change as a doughnut merchant.

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