Snowden

About Snowden

CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.

Snowden (2016) is a crime history film directed by Oliver Stone. The film is filed under political thriller, investigative journalism, whistleblower, and idealism.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt takes the lead as Edward Snowden, Shailene Woodley as Lindsay Mills, Melissa Leo as Laura Poitras, and Zachary Quinto as Glenn Greenwald. It runs 135 minutes and was released in September 2016.

The screenplay is by Kieran Fitzgerald and Oliver Stone. Production companies include Endgame Entertainment, KrautPack Entertainment, and Open Road Films. It streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads, and Starz Apple TV channel in the United States.

Citizenfour, Serpico, and Gandhi make useful companions to Snowden, all filed under biography and mass surveillance. TMDB voters put it at 7.1 out of 10 across 4,834 votes and it carries a R rating.