It has been over three years since Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer became a masterpiece and the highest-grossing biographical film of all time; a title it held until Michael overtook it this year. The multi-Oscar-winning biopic dramatizes the titular scientist’s studies, his leadership of the Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II, and his 1954 security hearing. As you already know, the hearing resulted in Oppenheimer’s Q clearance being revoked, a decision that negatively affected his life and career. Cillian Murphy led the film’s star-studded ensemble, which also included Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., and Florence Pugh.
The story of Oppenheimer doesn’t end on a high note, seeing as the country turns against a man who just served it. A similar biopic shares that unsettling premise and was released years before Nolan’s hit thriller, also earning critical acclaim. Directed by Clint Eastwood, the film debuted in theaters in 2019 and tells the unfortunate story of the security guard Richard Jewell. Jewell discovered a bomb during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and alerted authorities to evacuate, only to later be wrongly accused of having placed the device himself.
Richard Jewell is regarded today as one of the best films of 2019 and, starting November 1, 2026, it begins streaming on Netflix, where it will certainly find new audiences who will find it a worthy biopic. The underrated drama stars Paul Walter Hauser in his breakout performance as the title character and Kathy Bates in an Oscar-worthy performance as his mother, Barbara “Bobi” Jewell, alongside Sam Rockwell, Jon Hamm, and Olivia Wilde.
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What kind of film experience do you actually want?
The best movies don’t just entertain — they leave something behind.
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Which idea grabs you most in a film?
Great films are driven by a central obsession. What’s yours?
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How do you like your story told?
Form is content. The way a story is shaped changes what it means.
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What makes a truly great antagonist?
The opposition defines the protagonist. What kind of opposition fascinates you?
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What do you want from a film’s ending?
The final note is the one that lingers. What do you want it to sound like?
B A shock that recontextualizes everything that came before it.
C A shock that recontextualizes everything that came before it.
D A shock that recontextualizes everything that came before it.
E A shock that recontextualizes everything that came before it.
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The setting pulls you in most?
The setting shapes everything—mood, stakes—what’s even possible.
(B) A collapsing suburban life that opens onto something infinite—the multiverse of a single ordinary person.
(C) The corridors of power at a world-historical turning point—where decisions echo for decades.
(D) The grimy chaos of New York—fame as both destination and trap.
(E) A vast landscape—desert where violence arrives without warning or reason.
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