Here we've displayed a list of the best Corruption films : The Shawshank Redemption(1994), Gladiator(2000), Once Upon a Time in America(1984), Scarface(1983), The Shop on Main Street(1965), Casino(1995), L.A. Confidential(1997), Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion(1970), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington(1939), Hotel Rwanda(2004), Sanjuro(1962), Fargo(1996) ... ...
9.3/10
Drama
USA
1994
142 Minutes
Tim Robbins Morgan Freeman Bob Gunton William Sadler Clancy Brown Gil Bellows James Whitmore Mark Rolston Jeffrey DeMunn
innocent man prisoner warden guard banker friend powerful emotional gripping maine prison mexico beach field store murder escape corruption freedom friendship
Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.
8.5/10
Action, Adventure, Drama, History
USA|UK|Malta|Morocco
2000
154 Minutes
Russell Crowe Joaquin Phoenix Connie Nielsen Oliver Reed Derek Jacobi Djimon Hounsou Richard Harris David Schofield Tomas Arana Rolf Muller Spencer Treat Clark
gladiator prince emperor senator gritty thrilling rome colosseum battle slavery murder corruption freedom betrayal revenge transformation roman empire
A former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.
8.4/10
Drama, Crime
Italy|USA
1984
139 Minutes
Robert De Niro James Woods Elizabeth McGovern Treat Williams Tuesday Weld Burt Young Joe Pesci Danny Aiello William Forsythe James Hayden Darlanne Fluegel
mafia boss bootlegger gang member police chief girlfriend mobster bleak intense gripping lower east side brooklyn, n.y. buffalo, n.y. street big city organized crime coming of age prohibition corruption america growth
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
8.3/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1983
170 Minutes
Al Pacino Michelle Pfeiffer Steven Bauer Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Robert Loggia Miriam Colon F. Murray Abraham Paul Shenar Harris Yulin Ángel Salazar Arnaldo Santana
drug lord friend kingpin detective girlfriend dark brutal gory intense miami household restaurant drug trade organized crime drug addiction violence corruption self-destruction rise fall
In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.
8.2/10
Drama
Czechoslovakia
1965
128 Minutes
Elmar Klos Jozef Kroner Ida Kaminska Hana Slivkova Frantisek Zvarik Helena Zvaríková Martin Hollý Martin Gregor Adam Matejka Mikulás Ladizinský Eugen Senaj
nazi storekeeper jew deaf person bleak somber intense czechoslovakia small town nazism anti-semitism holocaust collaboration corruption sacrifice rescue temptation 1940s
A carpenter in the Fascist Slovak State is appointed "Aryan controller" of a Jewish widow's store.
8.2/10
Crime, Drama
USA|France
1995
177 Minutes
Robert De Niro Sharon Stone Joe Pesci James Woods Don Rickles Alan King Kevin Pollak L.Q. Jones Dick Smothers Frank Vincent Joe Bob Briggs
mobster henchman wife ex-lover politician con artist confident gritty las vegas casino hotel restaurant office gambling corruption mafia crime rise fall 1980s
A tale of greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two best friends: a mafia enforcer and a casino executive compete against each other over a gambling empire, and over a fast-living and fast-loving socialite.
8.2/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1997
136 Minutes
Kevin Spacey Russell Crowe Guy Pearce James Cromwell David Strathairn Kim Basinger Danny DeVito Graham Beckel Simon Baker-Denny Matt McCoy John Mahon
police officer detective journalist mobster prostitute actor dark chilling suspenseful emotional coffee shop police station los angeles government building street big city corruption murder prostitution organized crime
As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.
8.1/10
Crime, Drama
Italy
1970
115 Minutes
Gian Maria Volonte Florinda Bolkan Salvo Randone Gianni Santuccio Arturo Dominici Orazio Orlando Sergio Tramonti
police detective mistress police officer murderer victim colleague dark gutsy engaging crime scene italy police station corruption crime police work investigation law enforcement murder wretched excess mystery
A chief of detectives, homicide section, kills his mistress and deliberately leaves clues to prove his own responsibility for the crime.
8.1/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1939
125 Minutes
James Stewart Jean Arthur Claude Rains Edward Arnold Guy Kibbee Thomas Mitchell Eugene Pallette Beulah Bondi H.B. Warner Harry Carey Astrid Allwyn
senator politician secretary uplifting inspiring engaging washington, d.c. courtroom office politics aspirations leadership corruption underdog discovery rise 1930s
A naive man is appointed to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate. His plans promptly collide with political corruption, but he doesn't back down.
8.1/10
Drama
UK|South Africa|Italy|USA
2004
121 Minutes
Don Cheadle Sophie Okonedo Joaquin Phoenix Nick Nolte Desmond Dube David O'Hara Fana Mokoena Mothusi Magano Leleti Khumalo Cara Seymour Hakeem Kae-Kazim
hotel manager wife child journalist general rebel brutal moving suspenseful hôtel des mille collines kigali, rwanda swimming pool family home genocide marriage bribery corruption refugees ethnic cleansing sacrifice
Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, houses over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda, Africa.
8.1/10
Adventure, Action
Japan
1962
96 Minutes
Toshirô Mifune Tatsuya Nakadai Takashi Shimura Yûzô Kayama Reiko Dan Masao Shimizu Yunosuke Ito Takako Irie Kamatari Fujiwara Keiju Kobayashi
samurai uncle warrior anti-hero gang member intricate suspenseful small town barn japan corruption revenge rescue disillusionment loyalty tradition fall rise 19th century
A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.
8.1/10
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|UK
1996
97 Minutes
Frances McDormand Steve Buscemi William H. Macy Peter Stormare Harve Presnell John Carroll Lynch Kristin Rudrüd Steve Reevis Stephen Park
salesman wife wealthy man thug police officer quirky witty dark minnesota car motel kidnapping deception money violence crime corruption quest rescue 1980s
Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.
8.1/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1974
131 Minutes
Jack Nicholson Faye Dunaway John Huston Perry Lopez John Hillerman Darryl Zwerling Diane Ladd Roy Jenson Roman Polanski Richard Bakalyan Joe Mantell
detective widow father sister private investigator wife disturbing sultry suspenseful gritty los angeles chinatown household car construction site corruption murder adultery redemption set-up
A private detective hired to expose an adulterer finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.
8.1/10
Drama
USA
1954
108 Minutes
Marlon Brando Eva Marie Saint Karl Malden Lee J. Cobb Rod Steiger Leif Erickson Pat Henning James Westerfield Tony Galento Tami Mauriello John Hamilton
dockworker mobster lawyer priest sister brooding gritty powerful port hoboken, n.j. organized crime corruption justice transformation underdog rivalry 1950s
An ex-prize fighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses.
8.1/10
Drama
Spain|Mexico
1961
90 Minutes
Silvia Pinal Francisco Rabal Fernando Rey Margarita Lozano Victoria Zinny Teresa Rabal Jose Manuel Martin Luis Heredia
nun mother superior uncle beggar benefactor shocking raw unrestrained disheartening spain estate seduction corruption religion guilt sex temptation fall forbidden love transformation
Viridiana, a young nun about to take her final vows, pays a visit to her widowed uncle at the request of her Mother Superior.
8.0/10
Drama
Italy
1946
93 Minutes
Rinaldo Smordoni Franco Interlenghi Annielo Mele Bruno Ortenzi Emilio Cigoli Pacifico Astrologo Maria Campi Enrico De Silva Antonio Lo Nigro Anna Pedoni
shoeshine boy orphan brother con artist police officer bleak emotional racetrack rome juvenile detention boat troubled youth corruption poverty freedom friendship underdog fall escape 1940s
Two shoeshine boys in postwar Rome, Italy, save up to buy a horse, but their involvement as dupes in a burglary lands them in juvenile prison where the experience take a devastating toll on their friendship.
8.0/10
Documentary
USA
1988
106 Minutes
drifter murderer petty criminal judge psychiatrist cop dark disturbing shocking powerful texas prison courtroom injustice murder corruption death row mystery underdog quest
A film that successfully argued that a man was wrongly convicted for murder by a corrupt justice system in Dallas County, Texas.
7.9/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1938
97 Minutes
James Cagney Pat O'Brien Humphrey Bogart Ann Sheridan George Bancroft William Pawley John Hamilton Earle Dwire William Worthington
gangster priest child lawyer gritty emotional hell's kitchen street friendship crime corruption gangs sacrifice growing up rise 1930s
A priest tries to stop a gangster from corrupting a group of street kids.
7.9/10
Fantasy, Comedy
UK|USA
1985
142 Minutes
Jonathan Pryce Robert De Niro Katherine Helmond Ian Holm Bob Hoskins Michael Palin Ian Richardson Peter Vaughan Kim Greist Jim Broadbent
bureaucrat terrorist mother activist friend creative disturbing offbeat apartment office family home subconscious mind corruption politics terrorism mother/son relationship daunting task pursuit quest underdog
A bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams.
7.9/10
Adventure, Action
USA
1938
102 Minutes
Michael Curtiz Errol Flynn Olivia de Havilland Basil Rathbone Claude Rains Patric Knowles Eugene Pallette Alan Hale Herbert Mundin Una O'Connor Melville Cooper
robin hood prince king sheriff of nottingham pretty woman outlaw thrilling cheery rousing forest england castle rebellion corruption royalty wealth quest adventure rescue middle ages
When Prince John and the Norman Lords begin oppressing the Saxon masses in King Richard's absence, a Saxon lord fights back as the outlaw leader of a rebel guerrilla army.
7.9/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1987
119 Minutes
Kevin Costner Sean Connery Robert De Niro Andy Garcia Charles Martin Smith Billy Drago Richard Bradford Jack Kehoe
al capone eliot ness cop gangster accountant bootlegger engaging gutsy spirited suspenseful gritty chicago office train station courtroom police station border crooked cops corruption organized crime
During the era of Prohibition in the United States, Federal Agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop ruthless Chicago gangster Al Capone and, because of rampant corruption, assembles a small, hand-picked team to help him.
7.8/10
Documentary, Crime, Drama, History
USA
2006
116 Minutes
Kelly Hughes Alfred Spellman Jenna Reeves Billy Corben
drug lord drug enforcement agent drug addict drug dealer gritty miami courtroom drug trafficking crime corruption rivalry wretched excess 1970s
In the 1980s, ruthless Colombian cocaine barons invaded Miami with a brand of violence unseen in this country since Prohibition-era Chicago - and it put the city on the map. "Cocaine ... See full summary »
7.8/10
Comedy, Action
UK|France
2007
121 Minutes
Simon Pegg Nick Frost Jim Broadbent Paddy Considine Timothy Dalton Billie Whitelaw Edward Woodward Rafe Spall Olivia Colman Paul Freeman Martin Freeman
cop villager partner father actor dark hilarious london police station small town shop sandford, england conspiracy murder deception corruption accident death mystery pursuit
A skilled London police officer is transferred to a small town with a dark secret.
7.8/10
Drama
USA
1939
116 Minutes
Charles Laughton Maureen O'Hara Cedric Hardwicke Thomas Mitchell Edmond O'Brien Alan Marshal Walter Hampden Harry Davenport Katharine Alexander George Zucco Fritz Leiber
gypsy bishop beautiful woman monster hunchback deacon suspenseful passionate heartwarming touching paris church courtroom notre dame cathedral cathedral jail love corruption rescue framed
In 15th-century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.
7.8/10
Crime, Biography, Drama
USA|UK
2007
157 Minutes
Denzel Washington Russell Crowe Chiwetel Ejiofor Cuba Gooding Jr. Josh Brolin Ted Levine Armand Assante RZA John Ortiz John Hawkes Roger Guenveur Smith
detective mobster gangster police officer gritty dark new york city restaurant police station nightclub drug trafficking organized crime ambition murder mafia corruption pursuit revenge 1990s
An outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.
7.8/10
Drama, History
UK|USA
1964
148 Minutes
Richard Burton Peter O'Toole John Gielgud Gino Cervi Paolo Stoppa Donald Wolfit David Weston Martita Hunt Pamela Brown Sian Phillips
king henry ii archbishop priest courtier brooding dark palace england royal court rome corruption alcoholism royalty salvation religion rivalry revenge 12th century
King Henry II of England comes to terms with his affection for his close friend and confidant Thomas Becket, who finds his true honor by observing God's divine will rather than the King's.
7.7/10
Comedy
USA|UK
1988
104 Minutes
Bob Hoskins Christopher Lloyd Joanna Cassidy Stubby Kaye Alan Tilvern Richard LeParmentier Joel Silver Betsy Brantley Paul Springer Richard Ridings Edwin Craig
detective judge roger rabbit rabbit businessperson studio head amusing creative cheeky spectacular hollywood movie set toontown bar murder infidelity actors corruption cartoons mystery
A toon-hating detective is a cartoon rabbit's only hope to prove his innocence when he is accused of murder.
7.7/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
1986
120 Minutes
Kyle MacLachlan Isabella Rossellini Dennis Hopper Laura Dern Hope Lange Dean Stockwell Priscilla Pointer Frances Bay
lounge singer girlfriend student psychopath drug addict dark creepy disturbing car abandoned building lounge apartment field suburbia desire vice blackmail drugs corruption sex
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.
7.7/10
Drama
India
2013
126 Minutes
young man friend childhood friend neighbor girlfriend sister emotional gripping engaging heartwarming intense powerful india city house cricket match violence friendship chasing dreams community
Three friends growing up in India at the turn of the millennium set out to open a training academy to produce the country's next cricket stars.
7.7/10
Crime, Biography, Drama
Italy|USA
1973
129 Minutes
Al Pacino John Randolph Jack Kehoe Biff McGuire Barbara Eda-Young Cornelia Sharpe Tony Roberts Allan Rich Norman Ornellas Edward Grover Gene Gross
police officer police chief criminal investigator gritty fiery dark raw suspenseful new york city police station street corruption crime culture clash honor police work pursuit sacrifice underdog
An honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.
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