Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

"Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" is a documentary about Enron Corporation, once a top energy company. It reveals how Enron's executives used complex accounting tricks and deception to hide massive financial losses, creating the illusion of profitability. This fraudulent behavior misled investors and employees, ultimately leading to one of the largest corporate scandals in history when the truth surfaced in 2001. The film highlights issues of corporate greed, ethics, and regulation failure, demonstrating how arrogance and dishonesty in business can have widespread damaging consequences.