Best movies about corruption

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Discover the best movies about corruption, ranked from best to worst.

Based on 0 votes, the movie All the King's Men, starring John Ireland and Broderick Crawford, came in first as the best movie about corruption of all time, followed by Bad Education and Broken City from 2013. Scroll down for the top 10 movies about corruption, recommended by movie fans in 2026.

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All the King's Men

1949 - John Ireland, Broderick Crawford, Joanne DruDrama

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A man of humble origins and honest intentions rises in the politics of a southern US state, all the way to governor, by increasingly crooked means. Broderick Crawford, John Ireland and •••

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Bad Education

2019 - Hugh Jackman, Allison Janney, Geraldine ViswanathanDrama, Crime, History

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Frank Tassone runs the Roslyn school district on Long Island and makes sure his schools always look their best. Everything starts to crack when a student reporter digs into expense reports •••

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Broken City

2013 - Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe, Catherine Zeta-JonesThriller, Crime, Drama

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The mayor of New York hires Billy Taggart, an ex-cop turned private detective, to find out whether his wife is having an affair. The case uncovers shady deals, and Billy finds himself •••

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Brubaker

1980 - Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto, Jane AlexanderCrime, Drama

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The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas first goes in posing as an inmate, then tries to clean the place of corruption. Robert Redford stars alongside Yaphet Kotto and Jane •••

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Case 137

2025 - Léa Drucker, Jonathan Turnbull, Mathilde Riu, Guslagie Malanda, Stanislas Merhar, Sandra...

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Stéphanie, an investigator at the Paris Police Inspectorate, investigates the case of a young man seriously injured during a demonstration. When she discovers that the young man is from •••

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Colors of Evil: Black

2026 - Jakub Gierszał, Marianna Zydek, Andrzej Chyra, Beata Ścibakówna, Adam Bobik, Robert...

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A boy disappears in a quiet town in Poland. The prosecutor, who has only just moved there, uncovers links to an old missing-person case. Jakub Gierszał stars in the Polish thriller based •••

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Edge of Darkness

2010 - Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny HustonCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

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Detective Thomas Craven has seen the darkest side of humanity, but his hardest case is finding the person who killed his daughter Emma. The investigation leads him to corporate corruption •••

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Gone Baby Gone

2007 - Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, John Ashton, Amy Ryan, Amy...

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Centered on the story of a little girl who disappeared without a trace, the film follows the explosive journey of two private detectives hired to find her, who are thrown into a maze of •••

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Havoc

2025 - Tom Hardy, Jessie Mei Li, Timothy Olyphant, Forest Whitaker, Justin Cornwell, Quelin...

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A drug heist goes awry, and Walker, a jaded cop with a not-so-clean past, must track down a politician's son. To save him, he traverses the underworld of a city where corruption has •••

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Insomnia

2002 - Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, Martin Donovan, Nicky Katt, Maura Tierney, Paul...

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Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.

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What is in this list?

This list includes, for example, Triple 9, Léon: The Professional, RoboCop 2014.

What are the most recent movies in this list?

Among the titles with a known release year, the most recent are: Colors of Evil: Black (2026), The Rip (2026), The Social Reckoning (2026).

Which movies from 2000–2009 are included?

Titles released in this period include State of Play (2009), Pride and Glory (2008), The Bank Job (2008).

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