Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  1. Corruption is a 1968 British horror film directed by Robert Hartford-Davis and starring Peter Cushing, Sue Lloyd, Noel Trevarthen, Kate O'Mara, David Lodge, and Antony Booth. The screenplay is by Derek Ford and Donald Ford,

    • The Parallax View (1974) Sitting squarely in the middle of the Vietnam War and sandwiched between the assassinations of the 1960s and Watergate, director Alan J. Pakula created a masterpiece of political paranoia that conveys a sense of mounting dread with each and every noir-inspired frame.
    • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) What became Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove began life as a drama: Based on the thriller novel Red Alert, Kubrick intended to play it straight.
    • Shin Godzilla (2016) The Godzilla series has always had more to say, despite its reputation as a series of monster smash-ups (well, OK, not always—sometimes they’re just monster smash-ups).
    • A Face in the Crowd (1957) Andy Griffith’s greatest performance is his most chilling, and prescient. Here, he plays a one-time alcoholic drifter whose folksy good humor and facility for the guitar land him a radio deal with the help of a journalist who becomes his promoter and girlfriend, ultimately steering him into the world of politics—discovering much too late that she’s created a monster.
  2. Jan 1, 2010 · African exchange student, Stan Rohamba arrives in the U.S., excited to be a part of the "model democratic system". While campaigning for a powerful American senator, Stan uncovers a host of dishonest activity leading directly back to his home country of Mombaire.

    • Serpico (1973)
    • The Laundromat (2019)
    • The Insider (1999)
    • Erin Brockovich (2000)
    • On the Waterfront (1954) On the Waterfront tells the tale of Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando), a boxer-turned-longshoreman whose guilty conscience slowly turns him against the mob-connected union leader who rules the docks.
    • Serpico (1973) In between playing a mafia boss in The Godfather and its sequel, Al Pacino took on the titular role based on Frank Serpico, an NYPD officer who became determined to expose the widespread corruption within the force.
    • All the President's Men (1976) Still the journalism movie all others aspire toward, All the President's Men tracks Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) as their diligent work steadily uncovers the full breadth and depth of the Watergate scandal with the help of an anonymous source, Deep Throat.
    • Silkwood (1983) Legendary director Mike Nichols (The Graduate) helmed this drama based on the life of Karen Silkwood (played by Meryl Streep), who died in a mysterious car crash while investigating harmful practices at the nuclear plant where she worked.
  3. In the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin mutiny against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre. Director Sergei Eisenstein Stars Aleksandr Antonov Vladimir Barskiy Grigoriy Aleksandrov.

  4. Jun 5, 2020 · Culture. The 13 Best Movies About Why You Shouldn’t Trust the Government. Hollywood has a rich tradition of paranoid thrillers and conspiratorial dramas that are outrageous but have a hint of...