These stories were once discussed by the whole world, and now they will forever remain in the memory of the audience, thanks to high-profile adaptations of no less high-profile scandals. In our selection – the 10 best representatives of the genre.
“Erin Brockovich” (2000)
Julia Roberts won an Oscar for her role as a single woman with three children who fights for the rights of residents of California’s Hinckley community against the cancer-causing Pacific Gas and Electric Company, which pollutes the city’s groundwater with the carcinogenic hexavalent chromium. in the townspeople. The case of the century he won while working at a small law firm.
“Ides of March” (2011)
From the creator of “House of Cards” with George Clooney and Ryan Gosling, a drama-thriller about the election campaign of Mike Morris, whose personal secrets almost cost him his career.
“Lincoln” (2012)
Daniel Day-Lewis in Steven Spielberg’s war drama. 1865, 16th President of the United States Abraham Lincoln is at the height of his popularity, but he has serious tasks ahead of him: passing a constitutional amendment outlawing slavery in the House of Representatives and ending the civil war.
“Agenda” (2015)
Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton and Rachel McAdams star in an Oscar-winning crime drama about a journalistic investigation into one of the biggest sex scandals in US history. Correspondents of the Boston newspaper disclose cases of pedophilia accused of representatives of the Roman Catholic Church.
“Spy Bridge” (2015)
Drama thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks. Events unfold against the background of the Cold War and tell about Brooklyn lawyer James Donovan, who will have to negotiate the release of an American pilot captured in the USSR.
“All against Tonya” (2017)
It’s one of the most dramatic encounters in figure skating, peaking at the U.S. Championships before the Olympics. The strongest single skaters in the country competed – Tonya Harding and Nancy Carrigan. However, the fight unfolded outside the ice: the latter was attacked, as a result of which Nancy was hit on the knee with a telescopic pipe, losing to her opponent in the competition. Later it turned out that her disciplinary colleague foreshadowed the upcoming attack (in addition, it turned out that her ex-husband and bodyguard were the organizers). The local federation later initiated the process of expelling Tony Harding from the Olympic team, but Harding threatened to sue. This story is the basis of the movie “Tonya vs. Everyone” starring Margot Robbie.
“How Not to Be President” (2018)
In the 1988 US presidential election, Senator Gary Hart (Hugh Jackman) had a chance to win a seat in the White House, but a crime – adultery – derailed his political career.
“Scandal” (2019)
Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie in a drama about Fox News employees who accuse the boss of harassment. The events unfold in 2016, and Fox News CEO Roger Ailes talks about the start of a high-profile case in his case.
“Dark Waters” (2019)
Attorney Robert Bilott (Mark Ruffalo) argues in court against the company Du Pont, which has cynically poisoned people for decades by contaminating drinking water with chemicals. He’s been in this business for 19 years.
“The Case of Richard Jewell” (2019)
Clint Eastwood’s drama about Richard Jewell, who was working as a security guard at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and noticing a backpack with a bomb, managed to evacuate people in time. True, universal gratitude did not last long: a few days later the main suspect in the case was made.
Source: People Talk
