directed by: Barry Levinson, year: 2017
actors: Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Alessandro Nivola

The Wizard of Lies is an HBO biographical drama directed by Barry Levinson that chronicles Bernie Madoff’s decades-long Ponzi scheme and its devastating aftershocks. Through courtroom footage, interviews, and intimate family scenes, the film traces how trust in a revered financier collapsed as investigators closed in, revealing a web of deceit that ruined thousands. Robert De Niro gives a measured, chilling performance as Madoff, with Michelle Pfeiffer as Ruth and Alessandro Nivola as Mark.

Economic Downturn, Drama, Biographical Drama, Crime Drama, Television Film