Documentary series · Netflix
Dirty Money
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Elizabeth Warren
Self
1 eps
Alberto Ayala
Self - Deputy Executive Officer, CARB
1 eps
Joe Barton
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
George W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Jack Ewing
Self - New York Times Reporter
1 eps
John German
Self - Senior Fellow, ICCT
1 eps
Alex Gibney
Self
1 eps
Walter Groth
Self - VW Employee
1 eps
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Michael Horn
Self - CEO, VW of America (archive footage)
1 eps
Stuart Johnson
Self - Head of Eng. & Env. Office, VW America (archive footage)
1 eps
Hans Koberstein
Self - Editor, Frontal21
1 eps
James Liang
Self - Eng., Diesel Competence, VW America (archive footage)
1 eps
Loretta Lynch
Self - US Attorney General (archive footage)
1 eps
Jacob McDonald
Self - Lovelace Research Institute (archive footage)
1 eps
Michael Melkersen
Self - Attorney
1 eps
Tim Murphy
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Barack Obama
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Ferdinand Piëch
Self - CEO of Volkswagen Group (1993-2002) (archive footage)
1 eps
Oliver Schmidt
Self - General Manager, VW of America (archive footage)
1 eps
Bertel Schmitt
Self - Former VW Advertising Exec
1 eps
Eric Schneiderman
Self - New York Attorney General
1 eps
Arvind Thiruvengadam
Self - Assistant Professor, WVU
1 eps
Frank Tuch
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Martin Winterkorn
Self
1 eps
Sally Yates
Self - Former US Deputy Attorney General (archive footage)
1 eps
Fred Trump
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Larry King
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Jay Leno
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Jared Kushner
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Donald Trump
Self (archive footage)
3 eps
Ivanka Trump
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Sherrod Brown
Self
1 eps
Carl Levin
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Jeff Merkley
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Dirty Money actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Dirty Money reads strongest on Character Depth, Tension and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The story
What it's about
From crippling payday loans to cars that cheat emissions tests, this investigative series exposes brazen acts of corporate greed and corruption.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
Hard NOx
Volkswagen's "clean diesel" cars seemed like a dream come true for carbon-conscious drivers -- until a fraud of staggering proportions came to light.
- Directed by Alex Gibney
S02E03
Slumlord Millionaire
As Jared Kushner rose from real estate heir to White House adviser, reporters and housing advocates uncovered disturbing patterns at his properties.
- Directed by Daniel DiMauro, Morgan Pehme
S01E05
The Maple Syrup Heist
An unusual heist that made headlines around the world highlights a bitter feud over one of Canada's most precious resources: maple syrup.
- Directed by Brian McGinn
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Alex GibneyExecutive Producer
- Alex GibneyProducer
- Nizar AssadProducer
Direction
- Daniel DiMauroDirector
- Kristi JacobsonDirector
- Zachary HeinzerlingDirector
- Stephen T. MaingDirector
- Fisher StevensDirector
- Kyoko MiyakeDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- NetflixStreaming
- Netflix Standard with AdsStreaming
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