[julik]

That movie is absolutely excellent in all too many aspects, but the one I like most (and most relevant for the HN crowd, I think) is the politics in the business. Thanks to amazing script and stellar performances you get it all:

* Unfair blanket layoff precluding a senior person from alerting anyone * One of the senior execs being made the scapegoat, framed by her evident accomplice in the scheming * Engineers who become quants * Locking people up in a room to make sure they do not spill the beans to anyone

I think Margin Call deserves to be on the same rung of the ladder as LA Confidential - a timeless classic, and some of the cast as well!