
Erin Brockovich
Rank#939Erin Brockovich is a 2000 American biographical legal drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh. It portrays the true story of Erin Brockovich, played...

The Insider
Rank#1,661The Insider is a 1999 American drama film directed by Michael Mann, based on the true story of Jeffrey Wigand, a chemist who becomes a whistleblower...

All the President's Men
Rank#1,853All the President's Men is a 1976 American biographical political drama thriller film based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporting of...

Michael Clayton
Rank#2,087Michael Clayton is a 2007 American legal thriller film about lawyer Michael Clayton, who is tasked with fixing a crisis at his firm involving a...

The Constant Gardener
Rank#2,762The Constant Gardener is a 2005 drama thriller film directed by Fernando Meirelles. The story follows Justin Quayle, a British diplomat in Kenya, as...

Silkwood
Rank#3,570Silkwood is a 1983 American biographical drama film depicting the life of Karen Silkwood, a nuclear whistle-blower and labor union activist who...
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A Civil Action
Rank#3,705A Civil Action is a 1998 American legal drama film that follows a lawyer's journey as he becomes obsessed with a high-stakes environmental pollution...

Dr. Strangelove is a 1964 political satire black comedy film directed by Stanley Kubrick, depicting the chaos that ensues when a deranged general...

The Post
Rank#1,269The Post is an American historical political thriller film centered around The Washington Post and the publication of the Pentagon Papers. Directed...

The Hunt for Red October
Rank#1,301The Hunt for Red October is a 1990 American submarine spy thriller film based on Tom Clancy's novel. It follows CIA analyst Jack Ryan's race against...

The Conversation
Rank#1,457The Conversation is a 1974 American mystery thriller film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, revolving around a surveillance expert who uncovers a...
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Spotlight
Rank#1,469Spotlight is a 2015 American biographical crime drama film directed by Tom McCarthy. It tells the true story of a team of journalists at The Boston...

Norma Rae
Rank#2,175Norma Rae is a 1979 American drama film following the journey of a factory worker in North Carolina who joins trade union activities to address poor...

The Pelican Brief
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K-19: The Widowmaker
Rank#2,251K-19: The Widowmaker is a 2002 historical submarine film directed and produced by Kathryn Bigelow. The story revolves around the Soviet Hotel-class...

The Sum of All Fears
Rank#3,030The Sum of All Fears is a 2002 American spy thriller film based on Tom Clancy's novel. It is part of the Jack Ryan film series and features a younger...
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State of Play
Rank#3,823State of Play is a 2009 political thriller film directed by Kevin Macdonald, based on the 2003 British television serial of the same name. The movie...

Absence of Malice
Rank#4,497Absence of Malice is a 1981 American drama neo-noir thriller film revolving around reporter Megan Carter who unwittingly publishes a false story...

Fail Safe
Rank#7,769Fail Safe is a 2000 televised broadcast play, based on the Cold War novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler. The intense drama unfolds as a U.S....

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