Whistleblower Movies - American Heroes and Heroines!
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1. Serpico (1973)
R | 130 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe, Biff McGuire
Votes: 134,248 | Gross: $29.80M
2. Norma Rae (1979)
PG | 114 min | Drama
A young single mother and textile worker agrees to help unionize her mill despite the problems and dangers involved.
Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Sally Field, Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman, Pat Hingle
Votes: 12,771 | Gross: $22.23M
3. Silkwood (1983)
R | 131 min | Biography, Drama, History
A worker at a plutonium processing plant is purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing worker safety violations at the plant.
Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson
Votes: 22,106 | Gross: $35.62M
4. Erin Brockovich (2000)
R | 131 min | Biography, Drama
An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, David Brisbin, Dawn Didawick
Votes: 220,108 | Gross: $125.60M
5. The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary
An exploration of the life and work of Dr. Daniel Ellsberg, former Marine and military strategist, who was responsible for the publication of secret government documents that revealed the truth behind America's involvement in Vietnam.
Directors: Judith Ehrlich, Rick Goldsmith | Stars: Peter Arnett, Ben Bagdikian, Ann Beeson, John Dean
Votes: 2,417 | Gross: $0.45M
6. Top Priority: The Terror Within (2012)
98 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
"One generally tags a doc, a doc, but the chills swim upstream, my spine argues that some factual films deserve a second tag. In this case, there's no more fitting a second category than horror, the scariest bit of celluloid you'll watch."
Director: Asif Akbar | Stars: Julia Davis, BJ Davis, Mykola Kot, Galyna Kovalska
Votes: 133
7. North Country (2005)
R | 126 min | Drama
A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States, Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.
Director: Niki Caro | Stars: Charlize Theron, Jeremy Renner, Frances McDormand, Thomas Curtis
Votes: 44,853 | Gross: $18.32M
8. The Informant! (2009)
R | 108 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
The U.S. government decides to go after an agro-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president-turned-informant Mark Whitacre.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Matt Damon, Tony Hale, Patton Oswalt, Lucas McHugh Carroll
Votes: 67,326 | Gross: $33.31M
9. The Insider (1999)
R | 157 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora
Votes: 179,743 | Gross: $28.97M
10. The Whistleblower (2010)
R | 112 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A drama based on the experiences of Kathryn Bolkovac, a Nebraska cop who served as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia and outed the U.N. for covering up a sex trafficking scandal.
Director: Larysa Kondracki | Stars: Rachel Weisz, Monica Bellucci, Vanessa Redgrave, David Strathairn
Votes: 35,688 | Gross: $1.12M
11. Whistleblowers: The Untold Stories (2011–2013)
Action, Crime, Drama
"Often the best source of information about waste, fraud, and abuse in government is an existing government employee committed to public integrity and willing to speak out. Such acts of ... See full summary »
Stars: Julia Davis, BJ Davis, Jackie Lacey, Jeffrey J. Deal
Votes: 24
12. Secrets Through the Smoke (2001)
55 min | Documentary
An educational video designed for health teachers, this movie has former tobacco scientist Jeffrey Wigand talking to teens about smoking. The movie has several skits in-between the ... See full summary »
Director: Jeremy London | Stars: Jeffrey Wigand, Giselle Fernandez, Rosie O'Donnell
Votes: 16
13. The Whistleblower of My Lai (2018)
64 min | Documentary
An examination of one incident in one man's life: Army helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson and his discovery and exposure of the My Lai massacre in Vietnam.
Director: Connie Field
14. Rogues in Robes (2016)
Documentary
A clinical review of judicial corruption, the good and the bad guys showcased. The need for complete, federal and state judicial reform, term limits, with no immunities.
Director: Julia Davis | Stars: Robert P. Aguilar, Slyvia G. Ash, Charlie Beck, Andre Birotte Jr.
15. Corrupted Justice (2015)
Documentary, Drama, History
Stars: Edward Asner, Lee Baca, Jerry Brown, Steve Cooley
16. Whistleblower (2018–2019)
60 min | Crime
Features real-life stories of heroic people who put everything on the line in order to expose illegal and dangerous wrongdoing when major corporations rip off U.S. taxpayers.
Stars: Alex Ferrer, George Karadsheh, Soe Maunglay
Votes: 74
17. Thank You for Smoking (2005)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
Satirical comedy follows the machinations of Big Tobacco's chief spokesman, Nick Naylor, who spins on behalf of cigarettes while trying to remain a role model for his 12-year old son.
Director: Jason Reitman | Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Cameron Bright, Maria Bello, Joan Lunden
Votes: 228,593 | Gross: $24.79M
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