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Poll: Favorite Real-Life Whistleblower Movie?

A poll by urbanemovies
A movie tribute poll saluting those who courageously act to stop illegal acts, corruption, fraud or other types of injustice. According to Wikipedia, a whistleblower movie portrays a person who exposes any kind of information or activity that is deemed illegal, unethical, or not correct within an organization that is either private or public. The information of alleged wrongdoing can be classified in many ways: violations of company policy/rules, law, regulation, or threat to public interest/national security, as well as, outright fraud and corruption.

Which of these movies that tells the story of a real-life whistle blower is your favorite film? *fictionalized real-life whistleblowers have been classified as fictional for poll

Vote in the companion poll: Favorite Fictional Whistleblower Movie?

Discuss the topic here.

Results of 347 votes:

  1. 1.

    All the President's Men (1976)

     
    Real-life whistleblower: "Deep Throat", later to be revealed as FBI Deputy Director William Mark Felt Sr. Case: U.S. President Richard "Dick" Nixon's Watergate scandal
  2. 2.

    Snowden (2016)

     
    Real-life whistleblower: Edward Snowden Case: U.S. National Security Agency's use of illegal mass surveillance programs
  3. 3.

    Serpico (1973)

     
    Real-life whistleblower: Frank Serpico Case: N.Y.C. Police Department police corruption
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