Other movies like Kill The Messenger...
Can anyone give me some other good and inspiring 'based on true story' movies like this.
shareHere are some films I've enjoyed (not all based on true stories) that have similar themes about political corruption, the little man taking on the powers that be etc. Perhaps you will enjoy them too:
Fair Game - The true story of undercover CIA agent Valerie Plane whose identity was leaked by Washington after her husband penned an article in a major newspaper criticizing the Bush administration for their hasty invasion of Iraq.
Changeling - A true story of a 1920s era woman taking on the corrupt LAPD to find out what happened to her son.
Breach - A true story about Robert Hansen, the high ranking F.B.I. traitor who sold thousands of classified documents to the Soviets over a 15 year period, and how he was caught.
The Insider - A true story about Jeffery Wigand, the moral man who blew the whistle on secrets inside major tobacco corporations, and the effect it had on his life afterwards.
Syriana - Clooney film about America's huge oil corporations doing business in the Middle East, and the kinds of things they do to protect their interests overseas.
Enemy of the State - A man accidentally comes into possession of some sensitive and highly damaging information against government officials, and discovers the forces working against him will stop at nothing to ensure the story never gets out.
The International - A good action thriller that deals with corruption inside the world's largest banking organizations.
Hope you enjoy some of these if you haven't seen them already :)
Great call on The Changeling. It certainly isn't one I would have chosen because the emotional punch, and therefor my memory of the film comes from the complete shift in tone during the third act, and I think that's why it really is an underrated film. For fans of cinema who are overly familiar with genre tropes, I think The Changeling really hits you where it hurts because it flips so abruptly from a political thriller to a crime thriller on par with something like Se7en or The Silence of the Lambs. I fondly recall it as such, often forgetting that well over two-thirds of the film act as a political thriller/mystery. In other words, I'm kinda jealous I didn't think to recommend it first.
share