Official Secrets

About Official Secrets

The true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun who—prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion—leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint US-UK illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. The memo proposed blackmailing member states into voting for war.

Official Secrets is a 2019 history thriller film directed by Gavin Hood. Released in August 2019, it runs 112 minutes.

The film is filed under 2000s, calm, iraq war, and whistleblower. It is adapted from real events.

Keira Knightley appears as Katharine Gun, Matt Smith as Martin Bright, Ralph Fiennes as Ben Emmerson, and Adam Bakri as Yasar Gun. The screenplay is by Gavin Hood and Gregory Bernstein. It comes from Classified Films, Clear Pictures Entertainment, and Entertainment One. It streams on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, and AMC Plus Apple TV channel in the United States.

The Post, Vice, and The Duchess make useful companions to Official Secrets, all filed under biography and politics. TMDB voters put it at 7.2 out of 10 across 1,160 votes and it carries a R rating.