Top Corrupt Movies & TV Shows

Cast

Yves Montand

Irene Papas

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Jacques Perrin

Z (1969)

7.8 633 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: Algeria, France

Duration: 122 min.

Audience: NR

Story: A prominent politician is murdered during a demonstration. The government and army are trying to suppress the truth, but a tenacious magistrate is determined to not to let them get away with it.

Plot: central intelligence agency (cia), assassination, government, corruption, police, politics, fascism, investigation, ...

Place: greece

Cast

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Leslie Odom Jr.

Renu00e9e Elise Goldsberry

Phillipa Soo

Hamilton (2025)

7.8 125 votes

Genre: Drama, History

Country: United States of America

Duration: 160 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Presenting the tale of American founding father Alexander Hamilton, this filmed version of the original Broadway smash hit is the story of America then, told by America now.

Plot: adultery, immigrant, corruption, upper class, presidential election, blackmail, musical, biography, ...

Time: 18th century, 19th century

Cast

Matt Damon

Bill Ackman

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Jonathan Alpert

Christine Lagarde

Inside Job (2010)

7.7 1.0K votes

Genre: Crime, Documentary

Country: United States of America

Duration: 109 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A film that exposes the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, Inside Job traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation and academia.

Plot: banker, corruption, capitalism, globalization, bank, crisis, fraud, banking, ...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Cast

Daniel Radcliffe

Emma Watson

Rupert Grint

Toby Jones

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)

7.7 20.5K votes

Genre: Adventure, Fantasy

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 146 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore dead and Voldemort's unscrupulous Death Eaters on the loose, the world is more dangerous than ever.

Plot: witch, friendship, london, england, corruption, based on novel or book, escape, teleportation, ...

Athadu (2005)

7.7 76 votes

Genre: Action, Family, Thriller

Country: India

Duration: 175 min.

Audience: 15

Story: A hitman, Nandu, is hired to stage the assassination of a politician. However, when the politician is actually killed and Nandu is framed for the murder, he assumes a dead man's identity to evade the law.

Plot: assassination, corruption, escape, hitman, politics, attempted murder, investigation, redemption, ...

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Anwar Congo

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Herman Koto

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Syamsul Arifin

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Ibrahim Sinik

The Act of Killing (2012)

7.7 760 votes

Genre: Documentary, History

Country: Denmark, Norway

Duration: 117 min.

Audience: NR

Story: In this chilling and groundbreaking documentary, former Indonesian death squad leaders reenact their real-life mass killings in the style of various film genres. As they recreate their past atrocities, the line between reality and performance blurs, exposing the lingering impact of Indonesia's 1965-66 anti-communist purge and the unsettling psychology of its perpetrators.

Plot: corruption, genocide, indonesian genocide, political documentary, social & cultural documentary

Place: indonesia

Cast

Richard Gere

Laura Linney

Edward Norton

John Mahoney

Primal Fear (1996)

7.7 4.0K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 130 min.

Audience: R

Story: Defense attorney Martin Vail takes on jobs for money and prestige rather than any sense of the greater good. His latest case involves an altar boy, accused of brutally murdering the archbishop of Chicago. Vail finds himself up against his ex-pupil and ex-lover, but as the case progresses and the Church's dark secrets are revealed, Vail finds that what appeared a simple case takes on a darker, more dangerous aspect.

Style: suspenseful

Plot: chicago, illinois, death penalty, child abuse, corruption, based on novel or book, court case, court, ...

Cast

Alain Delon

Bourvil

Gian Maria Volontu00e9

Yves Montand

Le Cercle Rouge (1970)

7.6 731 votes

Genre: Crime, Thriller

Country: France, Italy

Duration: 140 min.

Audience: NR

Story: When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a chance encounter with escaped murderer Vogel. Along with former policeman and current alcoholic Jansen, they plot an intricate jewel heist. All the while, quirky Police Commissioner Mattei, who was the one to lose custody of Vogel, is determined to find him.

Plot: prison, corruption, paris, france, escape, police, pimp, ex-cop, ...

Cast

Cu0103tu0103lin Tolontan

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Mirela Neag

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Razvan Lutac

Tedy Ursuleanu

Collective (2019)

7.6 195 votes

Genre: Documentary

Country: Germany, Luxembourg

Duration: 109 min.

Audience: 15

Story: In the aftermath of a tragic fire in a Romanian club, burn victims begin dying in hospitals from wounds that were not life threatening. A team of investigative journalists move into action uncovering the mass corruption of the health system and of the state institutions. Collective follows journalists, whistle blowers, and authorities alike. An immersive and uncompromising look into a dysfunctional system, exposing corruption, propaganda, and manipulation that nowadays affect not only Romania, but societies around the world.

Plot: corruption, health care, human rights

Cast

Kim Nam-gil

Kim Joo-hyun

Kim Myung-min

Lee Kyung-young

Pandora (2016)

7.5 510 votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller

Country: South Korea

Duration: 136 min.

Audience: R

Story: When an earthquake hits a Korean village housing a run-down nuclear power plant, a man risks his life to save the country from imminent disaster.

Plot: small town, corruption, panic, earthquake, nuclear power plant, tragedy, disaster, explosion, ...

Place: south korea

Cast

Al Pacino

John Randolph

Jack Kehoe

Biff McGuire

Serpico (1973)

7.5 2.2K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, History

Country: United States of America, Italy

Duration: 129 min.

Audience: R

Story: New York cop Frank Serpico blows the whistle on the rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.

Style: tense, intense

Plot: new york city, corruption, hippie, police, biography, idealism, based on true story, idealist, ...

Cast

Mahesh Babu

Ileana D'Cruz

Prakash Raj

Nassar

Pokiri (2006)

7.5 72 votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Country: India

Duration: 163 min.

Story: Pandu is a contract killer and will accept any contract provided the amount is right. The police want him for questioning, while the underworld needs him to silence their opponents. No one really knows this assassin's background. It is only Pandu who knows his real identity, and he has no intention of sharing it with anyone.

Plot: corruption, undercover, gangster, anti hero, gang war, crime boss, mafia boss, rivalry, ...

City Hunter (2011) TV Show

7.5 104 votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Country: South Korea

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 20

Audience: TV-Y

Story: The story takes place in Seoul, 2011. Lee Yoon-sung is a talented MIT-graduate who's working on the international communications team at the Blue House. He encounters dangerous situations while solving a variety of cases, both big and small, for people who need his help, and eventually becomes a "city hunter."

Plot: corruption, crime fighter, secret identity, politics, vigilante, revenge, car accident, based on manga, ...

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Abbie Schaub

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Gemma Hoskins

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Jean Hargadon Wehner

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Tom Nugent

The Keepers (2017) TV Show

7.5 199 votes

Genre: Crime, Documentary, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 7

Audience: TV-MA

Story: This docuseries examines the decades-old murder of Sister Catherine Cesnik and its suspected link to a priest accused of abuse.

Plot: corruption, nun, cover-up, murder, miniseries, baltimore, maryland

Miller's Crossing (1990)

7.4 1.9K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 115 min.

Audience: R

Story: Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.

Plot: street gang, corruption, gun, gambling debt, gangster, loyalty, irish-american, irish mob, ...

Time: prohibition era, 1920s

Cast

Matt Damon

Julia Stiles

David Strathairn

Scott Glenn

The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

7.4 8.4K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery

Country: United States of America, United Kingdom

Duration: 115 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally uncover his dark past while dodging The Company's best efforts to eradicate him.

Plot: assassin, central intelligence agency (cia), corruption, paris, france, based on novel or book, madrid, spain, ...

Cast

Emily Blunt

Benicio del Toro

Josh Brolin

Victor Garber

Sicario (2015)

7.4 9.6K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 122 min.

Audience: R

Story: An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.

Plot: mission, assassin, central intelligence agency (cia), corruption, bomb, fbi, smoking, border, ...

Place: mexico, texas

Cast

Elliott Gould

Nina van Pallandt

Sterling Hayden

Mark Rydell

The Long Goodbye (1973)

7.4 777 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 112 min.

Audience: R

Story: In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.

Plot: infidelity, suicide, corruption, police, cat, detective, greed, mission of murder, ...

La Doña (2016) TV Show

7.4 640 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Mexico, United States of America

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 200

Audience: TV-14

Story: A story of revenge and ambition, seduction and betrayal; all told from the perspective of an offended and abused woman named Altagracia. Altagracia represents the hundreds of thousands of Mexican women who have been victims of the violence by faceless men who are protected by impunity. But Altagracia, transformed into a strong-willed, ruthless man-eater known as La Doña, will seek out each and every one of these men to bring them to justice.

Plot: corruption, business woman, violence against women, alcoholism, femme fatale, revenge, murder, romance, ...

Cast

Michael Moore

Tony Benn

Tucker Albrizzi

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Reggie Cervantes

Sicko (2007)

7.4 790 votes

Genre: Comedy, Documentary, Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 123 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A documentary about the corrupt health care system in The United States whose main goal is to make profit even if it means losing people’s lives. "The more people you deny health insurance, the more money we make" is the business model for health care providers in America.

Plot: corruption, bureaucracy, medicine, guantanamo bay, health care reform, health care, assurance, money, ...

Place: cuba

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