Movies and TvShows featuring "espionage-act" theme.

Kay Graham, the first female newspaper publisher, and her editor Ben Bradlee find themselves in a battle between press and government after uncovering a cover-up that spans four U.S. Presidents.

In 2013, Edward Snowden leaks classified information about illegal mass spying by the NSA. The story follows his journey from enlisting in the U.S. Army to working for the CIA and later the NSA, where he becomes disillusioned with the government's actions. Snowden's relationship with his girlfriend Lindsay Mills is also depicted. Eventually, he smuggles classified information out of his office and shares it with the press. Snowden is then forced to seek asylum in Moscow.

Reality Winner, a former American intelligence specialist, leaks classified government documents to the media, revealing evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. She is arrested, denied bail, and charged under the Espionage Act. After serving four years in jail, she remains on supervised release.

War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State highlights four cases where whistleblowers noticed government wrong-doing and took to the media to expose the fraud and abuse. It exposes the surprisingly worsening and threatening reality for whistleblowers and the press. The film includes interviews with whistleblowers Michael DeKort, Thomas Drake, Franz Gayl and Thomas Tamm and award-winning journalists like David Carr, Lucy Dalglish, Glenn Greenwald, Seymour Hersh, Michael Isikoff, Bill Keller, Eric Lipton, Jane Mayer, Dana Priest, Tom Vanden Brook and Sharon Weinberger.

A riveting documentary about Daniel Ellsberg, a military analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers, revealing the U.S. government's deception during the Vietnam War. This captivating film explores Ellsberg's moral courage, the consequences he faced, and the impact of his actions on the government and the public.

Upstart payment firm Wirecard wowed the financial industry with its runaway success, but journalists exposed massive fraud, leading to its downfall. The documentary explores the rise and fall of Wirecard, the involvement of high-profile individuals, and the money-laundering operations behind the company.