The Constant Gardener (2005)
Fictional whistleblowers: Tessa Quayle and Justin Quayle
Case: Karel Vita Hudson Pharmaceutical's unethical Dypraxa drug trial on impoverished African test subjects
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Poll: 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?
Make Your Choice
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The Ghost Writer (2010)
Fictional whistleblower: Mike McAra and The Ghost, an unnamed ghostwriterCase: CIA's manipulation of British Prime , Adam Lang by his wife, Ruth Lang (a foreign intelligence agent)
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Michael Clayton (2007)
Fictional whistleblower: Michael ClaytonCase: U-North's toxic agrochemicals, murder and attempted murder
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Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Fictional whistleblower: Joe Turner , code name "Condor"Case: CIA's rogue operation to seize Middle Eastern oil fields
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The China Syndrome (1979)
Fictional whistleblower: Jack GodellCase: California Gas & Electric's Ventana nuclear power plant (nuclear power safety/contruction)
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Dick (1999)
Fictional whistleblowers: Betsy Jobs and Arlene Lorenzo, aka "Deep Throat"Case: U.S. President Richard "Dick" Nixon's Watergate scandal
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The Harder They Fall (1956)
Fictional whistleblower: Eddie WillisCase: Boxing Promoter Nick Benko's fixing of professional boxing matches
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The Nasty Girl (1990)
Whistleblower: Sonja (based on real-life Anna Rosmus)Case: Bavarian Village's Third Reich connections
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The Whistle Blower (1986)
Fictional whistleblower: Frank JonesCase: U.K. Government Communications Headquarters' cover-up of Russian infiltration of British intelligence operations and related murders
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On the Waterfront (1954)
Fictional whistleblower: Terry MalloyCase: 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
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Fictional whistleblower: Jefferson SmithCase: U.S. Congress and Jackson City's Jim Taylor Willet Creek Dam Project (graft and political corruption)
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The Firm (1993)
Fictional whistleblower: Mitch McDeereCase: Bendini, Lambert & Locke's tax fraud, money-laundering and mob connections
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Prince of the City (1981)
Whistleblower: Daniel Ciello (based on real-life Robert Leuci)Case: N.Y.C. Police Department police corruption
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Whistle Blower (2014)
Whistleblower: 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.
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North Country (2005)
Whistleblower: Josey Aimes (based on real-life Lois Jenson)Case: Pearson Taconite and Steel female verbal/sexual harassment and physical abuse
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Casualties of War (1989)
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)
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The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Fictional whistleblower: Jason BourneCase: CIA's "Operation Blackbriar", a targeted assassination program
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District 9 (2009)
Fictional whistleblower: Wikus Van De MerweCase: MNU's barbarous alien experimentation
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Charlie's Angels (2019)
Fictional whistleblower: Elena HoughlinCase: 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.
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A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)
Fictional whistleblower: Yuri KomarovCase: Russia's government corruption via Viktor Chagarin
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Not Safe for Work (2014)
Fictional whistleblower: Thomas Miller , as well as, John FergusonCase: a major pharmaceutical company's illegal business practices and its pending legal case
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The Caller (2008)
Fictional whistleblower: Jimmy StevensCase: an international energy consulting firm's criminal practices
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The International (2009)
Fictional whistleblower: Louis Salinger and Eleanor WhitmanCase: International Bank of Business and Credit's (IBBC) role in money laundering, terrorism, arms trading, and the destabilization of governments.
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Edge of Darkness (2010)
Fictional whistleblower: Thomas CravensCase: Northmoor and U.S. government's deniability conspiracy to secretly manufacture nuclear weapons aka dirty bombs using foreign material.
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Fateful Findings (2013)
Fictional whistleblower: DylanCase: 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.
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The Manhattan Project (1986)
Fictional whistleblower: Paul StephensCase: U.S. nuclear weapons lab's covert concealment as a nuclear medicine research institute.
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The Deadly Affair (1967)
Fictional whistleblower: Charles DobbsCase: a communist spy network is embedded into U.K. Foreign Office's and various facets of the British government.
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Don't Look Up (2021)
Fictional whistleblower: Kate Dibiasky and to a lesser extent, Dr. Randall MindyCase: U.S government officials and technology giant, BASH corporation conspire to suppress public knowledge of an extinction level comet that threatens all life on earth for political and commercial gain.
Added 25 January 2022
