This is from one of the insurance sites that sends me daily updates. I've spoilerized it for those that want to guess, but if you're like me, you probably didn't even know there were 25 movies total about insurance. Actually, you've probably heard of nearly all of these, but the connection to insurance might not be so obvious. Movies make the list if any of the main characters are in the insurance industry or if the plot in some way hinges on insurance. The Number 1 selection is pretty obvious.
25. The Rainmaker
24. Alias Jesse James
23. The Killers
22. Along Came Polly
21. Evil Under the Sun
20. John Q
19. The Fortune Cookie
18. Ossessione
17. Fletch
16. To Catch a Thief
15. Kafka
14. Lloyd's of London
13. Save the Tiger
12. Sleuth (original)
11. Memento
10. The Truman Show
9. Death of a Salesman (Dustin Hoffman version)
8. About Schmidt
7. Groundhog Day
6. The Thomas Crown Affair (original)
5. Cedar Rapids
4. The Wrong Man
3. The Apartment
2. The Incredibles
1. Double Indemnity
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Fargo
Before the devil knows your dead
The Rainmaker
Airport (the original one centered around the bomber comitting suicide for an insurance payout to his wife)
The Producers? was that about insurance? Maybe not. It was a scam, but can't recall if it was insurance.
Groundhog Day may not count, but Ned Rierson plays a pretty remeberable part.
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..what country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? let them take arms.
~~ Thomas Jefferson
War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
-- Benjamin Franklin (maybe)
But I can't believe they didn't have Before the Devil Knows Your Dead. I loved that movie.
..what country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? let them take arms.
~~ Thomas Jefferson
War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
-- Benjamin Franklin (maybe)
So I guess the ranking doesn't take into account the significance that insurance plays in the movie.
yes it does. Spoiler
the Rainmaker 80%
Groundhog day 3% .... 35 times
..what country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? let them take arms.
~~ Thomas Jefferson
War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
-- Benjamin Franklin (maybe)
silverscreenselect wrote:This is from one of the insurance sites that sends me daily updates. I've spoilerized it for those that want to guess, but if you're like me, you probably didn't even know there were 25 movies total about insurance. Actually, you've probably heard of nearly all of these, but the connection to insurance might not be so obvious. Movies make the list if any of the main characters are in the insurance industry or if the plot in some way hinges on insurance. The Number 1 selection is pretty obvious.
25. The Rainmaker
24. Alias Jesse James
23. The Killers
22. Along Came Polly
21. Evil Under the Sun
20. John Q
19. The Fortune Cookie
18. Ossessione
17. Fletch
16. To Catch a Thief
15. Kafka
14. Lloyd's of London
13. Save the Tiger
12. Sleuth (original)
11. Memento
10. The Truman Show
9. Death of a Salesman (Dustin Hoffman version)
8. About Schmidt
7. Groundhog Day
6. The Thomas Crown Affair (original)
5. Cedar Rapids
4. The Wrong Man
3. The Apartment
2. The Incredibles
1. Double Indemnity
The first one that came to me was the cult movie Gone in 60 Seconds -- the original, not the Nick Cage remake (it might apply there, too, but I've never watched it). The basic plotline was a car theft ring was to steal a list of expensive sport cars. The leader of the ring (himself an insurance investigator by day) had a requirement that the stolen cars be insured so that the victims could at least get their money back. If fact, one sequence has a car stolen, but returned when the thief discovers it's uninsured.
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