11. Hank: 5 Years from the Brink
Site rank 2, IMDb rank 4; Overall Score = 6
Directed by Joe Berlinger
Despite having serious moral qualms about the origin of 2008 financial crisis and its perpetrators, Henry “Hank” Paulson did his best to save the US economy from a complete collapse. The crisis that sent a fiscal hurricane across the planet, threatening to swallow the global economy, was curbed by his efforts and success in persuading the government and presidential candidates to sign off on until then an unheard of $1 trillion relief package that succeeded into bringing down the crisis to manageable levels. Paulson’s previous experience as the CEO of Goldman Sachs was instrumental in achieving this.
