Favorite Fictional Whistleblower Movie?
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 is 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 fictional whistle blower is your favorite film? *fictionalized real-life whistleblowers have been classified as fictional for poll
Vote in the companion poll: Favorite Real-Life Whistleblower Movie?
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Which of these movies that tells the story of a fictional whistle blower is your favorite film? *fictionalized real-life whistleblowers have been classified as fictional for poll
Vote in the companion poll: Favorite Real-Life Whistleblower Movie?
Discuss the topic here.
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- DirectorFernando MeirellesStarsRalph FiennesRachel WeiszDanny HustonA widower's transcontinental quest to find answers about his wife's death leads him to explosive secrets.Fictional whistleblowers: Tessa Quayle and Justin Quayle
Case: Karel Vita Hudson Pharmaceutical's unethical Dypraxa drug trial on impoverished African test subjects - DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsEwan McGregorPierce BrosnanOlivia WilliamsA ghost writer, hired to complete the memoirs of a former British Prime Minister, uncovers secrets that put his own life in jeopardy.Fictional whistleblower: Mike McAra and The Ghost, an unnamed ghostwriter
Case: CIA's manipulation of British Prime , Adam Lang by his wife, Ruth Lang (a foreign intelligence agent) - DirectorTony GilroyStarsGeorge ClooneyTilda SwintonTom WilkinsonA law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multibillion-dollar class action suit.Fictional whistleblower: Michael Clayton
Case: U-North's toxic agrochemicals, murder and attempted murder - DirectorSydney PollackStarsRobert RedfordFaye DunawayCliff RobertsonA bookish CIA researcher in Manhattan finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.Fictional whistleblower: Joe Turner , code name "Condor"
Case: CIA's rogue operation to seize Middle Eastern oil fields - DirectorJames BridgesStarsJane FondaJack LemmonMichael DouglasA reporter finds what appears to be a cover-up of safety hazards at a nuclear power plant.Fictional whistleblower: Jack Godell
Case: California Gas & Electric's Ventana nuclear power plant (nuclear power safety/contruction) - DirectorAndrew FlemingStarsKirsten DunstMichelle WilliamsDan HedayaAfter wandering off during a White House tour, two high school girls inadvertently become Richard Nixon's top secret advisers at the height of the Watergate scandal.Fictional whistleblowers: Betsy Jobs and Arlene Lorenzo, aka "Deep Throat"
Case: U.S. President Richard "Dick" Nixon's Watergate scandal - DirectorMark RobsonStarsHumphrey BogartRod SteigerJan SterlingAn ex-sportswriter is hired by a shady fight promoter to promote his latest find, an unknown but easily exploitable rising star from Argentina.Fictional whistleblower: Eddie Willis
Case: Boxing Promoter Nick Benko's fixing of professional boxing matches - DirectorMichael VerhoevenStarsLena StolzeHans-Reinhard MüllerMonika BaumgartnerWhen a young woman investigates her town's Nazi past, the community turns against her.Whistleblower: Sonja (based on real-life Anna Rosmus)
Case: Bavarian Village's Third Reich connections - DirectorSimon LangtonStarsMichael CaineJames FoxNigel HaversA war veteran tries to investigate the murder of his son who was working as a Russian translator for the British intelligence service during the Cold War. He meets a web of deception and paranoia that seems to be impenetrable.Fictional whistleblower: Frank Jones
Case: U.K. Government Communications Headquarters' cover-up of Russian infiltration of British intelligence operations and related murders - DirectorElia KazanStarsMarlon BrandoKarl MaldenLee J. CobbAn ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, including his older brother, as he starts to connect with the grieving sister of one of the syndicate's victims.Fictional whistleblower: Terry Malloy
Case: New York Harbor Longshoreman's Union Malloy gave testimony to the New York Harbor Waterfront Commission against union boss Johnny Friendly for murder and other illegal racketeering activities - DirectorFrank CapraStarsJames StewartJean ArthurClaude RainsA naive youth leader is appointed to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. His idealistic plans promptly collide with corruption at home and subterfuge from his hero in Washington, but he tries to forge ahead despite attacks on his character.Fictional whistleblower: Jefferson Smith
Case: U.S. Congress and Jackson City's Jim Taylor Willet Creek Dam Project (graft and political corruption) - DirectorSydney PollackStarsTom CruiseJeanne TripplehornGene HackmanA young lawyer joins a prestigious law firm only to discover that it has a sinister dark side.Fictional whistleblower: Mitch McDeere
Case: Bendini, Lambert & Locke's tax fraud, money-laundering and mob connections - DirectorSidney LumetStarsTreat WilliamsJerry OrbachRichard ForonjyA New York City narcotics detective reluctantly agrees to cooperate with a special commission investigating police corruption, and soon realises he's in over his head, and nobody can be trusted.Whistleblower: Daniel Ciello (based on real-life Robert Leuci)
Case: N.Y.C. Police Department police corruption - DirectorSoon-rye YimStarsPark Hae-ilLee Kyoung-youngYoo Yeon-seok"This film is based on the true story of disgraced Korean researcher whose unethical practices were exposed after he received critical alarm for good work." -- Screen RedWhistleblower: Shim Min-Ho (based on real-life Ryu Young-joon)
Case: Korean researcher's fabricated and unethical medical research are exposed and undermine what were thought to be groundbreaking experiments cloning human embryonic stem cells. - DirectorNiki CaroStarsCharlize TheronJeremy RennerFrances McDormandA 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.Whistleblower: Josey Aimes (based on real-life Lois Jenson)
Case: Pearson Taconite and Steel female verbal/sexual harassment and physical abuse - DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsMichael J. FoxSean PennDon HarveyDuring the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.Whistleblower: PFC Max Eriksson (based on real-life PFC Robert M. Storeby)
Case: U.S. Army's kidnap, gang rape and murder (Incident on Hill 192) - DirectorPaul GreengrassStarsMatt DamonEdgar RamírezJoan AllenJason Bourne dodges a ruthless C.I.A. official and his Agents from a new assassination program while searching for the origins of his life as a trained killer.Fictional whistleblower: Jason Bourne
Case: CIA's "Operation Blackbriar", a targeted assassination program - DirectorNeill BlomkampStarsSharlto CopleyDavid JamesJason CopeViolence ensues after an extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth finds a kindred spirit in a government agent exposed to their biotechnology.Fictional whistleblower: Wikus Van De Merwe
Case: MNU's barbarous alien experimentation - DirectorElizabeth BanksStarsKristen StewartNaomi ScottElla BalinskaWhen a young systems engineer blows the whistle on a dangerous technology, Charlie's Angels are called into action, putting their lives on the line to protect us all.Fictional whistleblower: Elena Houghlin
Case: Brock Industries' head of development, Peter Fleming covers up a dangerous flaw in Calypso, an energy conservation product that can be weaponized and used to trigger fatal seizures in humans. - DirectorJohn MooreStarsBruce WillisJai CourtneySebastian KochJohn McClane travels to Russia to help out his seemingly wayward son, Jack, only to discover that Jack is a CIA operative working undercover, causing the father and son to team up against underworld forces.Fictional whistleblower: Yuri Komarov
Case: Russia's government corruption via Viktor Chagarin - DirectorJoe JohnstonStarsMichael GladisDan BakkedahlMax MinghellaAn office worker is trapped inside the building where a killer is on the loose.Fictional whistleblower: Thomas Miller , as well as, John Ferguson
Case: a major pharmaceutical company's illegal business practices and its pending legal case - DirectorRichard LedesStarsAxel FeldmannGrégory Ravary EllisJean BrassardAn energy business exec is assisted by a private investigator in his effort to expose his corporation's corrupt practices.Fictional whistleblower: Jimmy Stevens
Case: an international energy consulting firm's criminal practices - DirectorTom TykwerStarsClive OwenNaomi WattsArmin Mueller-StahlAn Interpol agent attempts to expose a high-profile financial institution's role in an international arms dealing ring.Fictional whistleblower: Louis Salinger and Eleanor Whitman
Case: International Bank of Business and Credit's (IBBC) role in money laundering, terrorism, arms trading, and the destabilization of governments. - DirectorMartin CampbellStarsMel GibsonRay WinstoneDanny HustonAs homicide detective Thomas Craven investigates the murder of his activist daughter, he uncovers a corporate cover-up and government conspiracy that attracts an agent tasked with cleaning up the evidence.Fictional whistleblower: Thomas Cravens
Case: Northmoor and U.S. government's deniability conspiracy to secretly manufacture nuclear weapons aka dirty bombs using foreign material. - DirectorNeil BreenStarsNeil BreenKlara LandratJennifer AutryA computer-scientist/novelist reunites with his childhood friend, hacks into government databases, and faces the dire and fateful consequences of the mystical actions he obtained as a child.Fictional whistleblower: Dylan
Case: Dylan, publishes a tell-all book exposing "the most secret government and corporate secrets" in world are discovered and exposed by hacking into their computer systems.