# Margin Call

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Margin Call and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend this 2011 film about a financial firm's crisis for its sharp observations and tight cast, and as an excellent take on the financial crisis.

## Why people recommend it

- Sharp, memorable scenes and lines (3 comments): "That whole scene is absolutely full of perfect observations; I refer to it often in different contexts." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50054280)) "Margin Call is a Must-See, if only for that meeting/scene." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48418948)) "A brilliant line from the movie Margin Call" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50053548))
- Tight, powerful cast (2 comments): "cinema that can do that is powerful." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50202754)) "considering how tight its cast is" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50215757))

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- [Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky](https://hackerapproved.com/p/stalker.md): 9 recommend
- [The Lives of Others](https://hackerapproved.com/p/lives-of-others.md): 8 recommend
- [Fight Club (1999 film)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/fight-club.md): 7 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Margin Call", https://hackerapproved.com/p/margin-call/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).