Films about whistleblowing

1954 film by Elia Kazan

2022 American film directed by Colin Trevorrow

2017 film directed by Steven Spielberg

1999 film directed by Michael Mann

Serpico is a 1973 American crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Al Pacino in the title role. The screenplay was adapted by Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler from the book written by Peter Maas, with the assistance of its subject Frank Serpico. The story details Serpico's struggle with corruption within the New York City Police Department during his eleven years of service, and his work as a whistleblower which led to the investigation by the Knapp Commission.

Silkwood is a 1983 American biographical drama film directed by Mike Nichols, and starring Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, and Cher. The screenplay by Nora Ephron and Alice Arlen was adapted from the book Who Killed Karen Silkwood? by Rolling Stone writer and activist Howard Kohn, which detailed the life of Karen Silkwood, a nuclear whistle-blower and a labor union activist who investigated alleged wrongdoing at the Kerr-McGee plutonium plant where she worked. In real life, her death in a car crash gave rise to a 1979 lawsuit, Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee, led by attorney Gerry Spence. The jury rendered

2016 film directed by Oliver Stone

1979 film by James Bridges

1981 film by Brian De Palma

Citizenfour is a 2014 documentary film directed by Laura Poitras, concerning Edward Snowden and the NSA spying scandal. The film had its US premiere on October 10, 2014, at the New York Film Festival and its UK premiere on October 17, 2014, at the BFI London Film Festival. The film features Snowden and Glenn Greenwald, and was co-produced by Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy, and Dirk Wilutzky, with Steven Soderbergh and others serving as executive producers. Citizenfour received critical acclaim upon release, and was the recipient of numerous accolades, including Best Documentary Feature at the 87th

2010 film directed by Larysa Kondracki

2019 film directed by Gavin Hood

2022 film directed by Mark Williams

1981 film directed by Sidney Lumet

2023 film directed by Tina Satter

1980 film directed by Ronald Neame

2005 documentary film on the rise and fall of the company directed by Alex Gibney

2017 documentary film by Bryan Fogel

2020 film by Kiyoshi Kurosawa

2024 American film directed by David Mackenzie

1985 film by Roger Donaldson

2013 film by Alex Gibney

2009 film by Rick Goldsmith

2014 film by Joe Johnston

2019 film by Michihito Fujii

2024 film by Susanna Fogel

2016 film by Puri Jagannadh

1986 film by Simon Langton

2020 film directed by Lee Jong-pil

2003 film