Everyone Is Lying to You for Money

Name: Everyone Is Lying to You for Money
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2026-04-17
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Ben McKenzie, Morena Baccarin, Sam Bankman-Fried, Alex Mashinksy, Gerard Butler

2026·Documentary·1h 30m

7.1

★

With any and all things crypto being pushed by celebrities, influencers, and politicians alike, actor-turned-author and director Ben McKenzie decides to investigate. Leveraging his celebrity status to gain access to eager prospectors, McKenzie finds himself unraveling the loosely regulated world of cryptocurrency. This skeptical but evenhanded take on the present and future of what we consider money gives a firsthand account of the chaotic financial frontier of our time.

Directed by Ben McKenzie and Giorgio Angelini

based on novel or book

crypto-currencies

social & cultural documentary

financial hardship

crypto

Trailer

IMDB

N/A

Cast

Ben McKenzie

Self

Morena Baccarin

Self

Gerard Butler

Self

Nayib Bukele

Self (archive footage)

Crew

Ben McKenzie

Director

Giorgio Angelini

Director

Ben McKenzie

Writer

Ben McKenzie

Producer

Giorgio Angelini

Producer

Giorgio Angelini

Cinematography

Matthew Akers

Cinematography

David Usui

Cinematography

Popular Reviews

3 reviews

tommycallag

7.0★ · 04/28/26

Fun documentary that is good and educated but focuses a little much on narrative aspects.

Stevie Mallia

8.0★ · 05/14/26

Just an incredible "inshallah" in this

Milo Farnell

Went to see this at AFS and was very pleasantly surprised. For being a self funded documentary about cryptocurrency I was so entertained the entire time. This film was very informative, thought provoking and ridiculously funny. Highly recommend this documentary if you have any interest in crypto, large scale fraud or just Ben McKenzie.

Ciara

8.0★ · 04/22/26