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1. The Insider (1999)
R | 157 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora
Votes: 180,326 | Gross: $28.97M
2. Thank You for Smoking (2005)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
Satirical comedy follows the machinations of Big Tobacco's chief spokesman, Nick Naylor, who spins on behalf of cigarettes while trying to remain a role model for his 12-year old son.
Director: Jason Reitman | Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Cameron Bright, Maria Bello, Joan Lunden
Votes: 229,015 | Gross: $24.79M
3. Cigarette Girl (2023– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, History, Romance
Amid the evocative blend of flavorful spices to create the perfect kretek cigarette, two souls embark on an epic romance set in 1960s Indonesia.
Stars: Dian Sastrowardoyo, Ario Bayu, Arya Saloka, Putri Marino
Votes: 1,984
4. C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004)
PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Through the eyes of a British "documentary", this film takes a satirically humorous, and sometimes frightening, look at the history of an America where the South won the Civil War.
Director: Kevin Willmott | Stars: Greg Kirsch, Renee Patrick, Molly Graham, William Willmott
Votes: 5,162 | Gross: $0.67M
5. Une affaire de principe (2024)
95 min | Thriller
Brussels, 2012. After the Health Commissioner's abrupt dismissal shrouded in secrecy, MEP José Bové and his team launch an investigation into the matter.
Director: Antoine Raimbault | Stars: Bouli Lanners, Thomas Vandenberghe, Céleste Brunnquell, Lisa Loven Kongsli
Votes: 39
6. Bernard and Doris (2006)
TV-14 | 102 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The story of the twilight years of tobacco billionairess Doris Duke who develops an unlikely friendship with her butler, Bernard Lafferty.
Director: Bob Balaban | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Ralph Fiennes, Peter Asher, Don Harvey
Votes: 4,480
7. Merchants of Doubt (2014)
PG-13 | 96 min | Documentary
A documentary that looks at pundits-for-hire who present themselves as scientific authorities as they speak about topics like toxic chemicals, pharmaceuticals and climate change.
Director: Robert Kenner | Stars: Frederick Singer, Naomi Oreskes, Jamy Ian Swiss, Sam Roe
Votes: 3,934 | Gross: $0.19M
8. Joe Gould's Secret (2000)
R | 104 min | Drama
Around 1940, The New Yorker staff writer Joe Mitchell meets Joe Gould, a Greenwich Village character, who is writing a voluminous Oral History of the World, a record of twenty thousand conversations he's overheard.
Director: Stanley Tucci | Stars: Ian Holm, Stanley Tucci, Hope Davis, Sarah Hyland
Votes: 1,646 | Gross: $0.64M
9. The Good Fight (1992 TV Movie)
PG | 91 min | Drama
Grace Cragin is a bright young lawyer who has a passion for the fight against injustice. Her ex-husband Henry is a lawyer too, but his passion is only to win. The two were divorced ten ... See full summary »
Director: John David Coles | Stars: Christine Lahti, Terry O'Quinn, Kenneth Welsh, Lawrence Dane
Votes: 80
10. Bright Leaf (1950)
Approved | 110 min | Drama, Romance
In 1894, Brant Royle shocks the aristocratic tobacco growers of Kingsmont by planning to mass-produce cigarettes.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Gary Cooper, Lauren Bacall, Patricia Neal, Jack Carson
Votes: 1,439
11. Bright Leaves (2003)
Not Rated | 107 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
McElwee family legend has it that the Hollywood melodrama "Bright Leaf" starring Gary Cooper as a 19th century tobacco grower, is based on filmmaker Ross McElwee's great-grandfather, who created the Bull Durham brand.
Director: Ross McElwee | Stars: Allan Gurganus, Paula Larke, Marilyn Levine, Emily Madison
Votes: 667 | Gross: $0.08M
12. The Bodyguard (2005 TV Movie)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Attractive uncompromising politician Mona Dengler is investigating the tobacco industry. Tomboyish bodyguard and single mother Johanna Sieber is assigned to protect her. This endangers Johanna's son. Mona unexpectedly falls for her.
Director: Markus Imboden | Stars: Ulrike Folkerts, Barbara Rudnik, Peter Kremer, George Lenz
Votes: 130
13. The John Dalli Mystery (2017)
92 min | Documentary
How John Dalli the EU commissioner of health was accused of being in the pocket of tobacco companies.
Director: Jeppe Rønde | Stars: Mikael Bertelsen, Michael Brady, Mads Brügger, John Dalli
Votes: 183
14. Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press (1996)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The profile of controversial journalist George Seldes and a piercing examination of America's news media. Narrated by Susan Sarandon, with readings of writings by Ed Asner, this Academy ... See full summary »
Director: Rick Goldsmith | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Edward Asner, Ben Bagdikian, Jeff Cohen
Votes: 150
15. Social Decay (1932)
62 min | Drama
Stelios Tatasopoulos directs the first film of social realism in Athens of the 1930s. Drugs, gangs, prisons, strikes, and also clashes with the police.
Director: Stelios Tatasopoulos | Stars: Stelios Tatasopoulos, Danai Grizou, Tasos Kefalas, Joly Garbi
Votes: 116
16. Chavit (2003)
Action
This movie is about the story of Luis "Chavit" Singson, a Philippine politician, and the then-governor of the Ilocos Sur province in the Philippines.
Director: Carlo J. Caparas | Stars: Cesar Montano, Eddie Garcia, Tirso Cruz III, Pinky De Leon
Votes: 15
17. The Last Cigarette (I) (1999)
82 min | Documentary
In 1994, the Health and Environment Subcommittee of the US Congress, chaired by Henry Waxman (D-California), held a hearing on tobacco products and health. Excerpts from the hearing, where ... See full summary »
Directors: Frank Keraudren, Kevin Rafferty
Votes: 128 | Gross: $0.00M
18. Tabac, retenez votre souffle! (2006 TV Movie)
92 min | Documentary
The tobacco industry's conspiratorial efforts to market their products in the face of public health facts and public opposition.
Director: Nadia Collot | Star: Joe Eszterhas
Votes: 71
19. Dying for a Smoke (1992 Video)
60 min | Documentary
This incisive documentary points out the appalling effects of tobacco addiction: premature death, devastating diseases and deformities, and the grief of loved ones.
Director: William Riead | Stars: Rick Dees, Debbie Gibson, Charlton Heston, Gregory Hines
Votes: 34
20. Tobacco Culture (1909)
6 min | Documentary, Short
The island of Sumatra is famous for its tobacco, as all lovers of the weed know. Its preparation, its growth and the various stages through which the fragrant leaves must pass, before they ... See full summary »
Votes: 16
21.
The Candid Eye (1958–1961)
Episode:
The Back-Breaking Leaf
(1959)
30 min | Documentary
Director: Terence Macartney-Filgate
Votes: 24
23. Smoke and Mirrors: A History of Denial (2000)
Documentary, History
In the early 20th Century, tobacco merchants were unaware of the danger of their increasingly popular product. Smoke & Mirrors documents the rise of the cigarette, and the tobacco ... See full summary »
Director: Torrie Rosenzweig | Stars: Sharon Gless, Lauren Bacall, Yul Brynner, Bette Davis
Votes: 129
25. Life to Ashes (2019)
3 min | Short
The short film, lives in a space somewhere fiction meets documentary. Its an artistic response to what tobacco industry has made over the years, by portraying cool commercials and role ... See full summary »
Director: Fede Mohr | Stars: Samuel Armstrong, Riley Lee
26. How They Get Us to Screw Ourselves (2002)
9 min | Documentary, Short
An expose of how the tobacco companies target the LGBT market.
Director: Bob Gordon
27. Tobacco Blues (1998)
55 min | Documentary
The story of the small tobacco farmer.
Director: Christine Fugate | Star: Harry Dean Stanton
Votes: 10
29.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Search for a Safe Cigarette
(2001)
TV-PG | Documentary
Director: Carl Charlson | Stars: Greg Connolly, Jack Henningfield, Philip J. Hilts, Bennett Lebow
Votes: 14
30.
South Park (1997– )
Episode:
Butt Out
(2003)
TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Comedy
Rob Reiner comes to town to lead an anti tobacco crusade after the boys briefly take up smoking.
Director: Trey Parker | Stars: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mona Marshall, Eliza Schneider
Votes: 2,849
31.
Panorama (1953– )
Episode:
Dirty Secrets of the Cigarette Business
(2021)
29 min | Documentary, News
Panorama unveils new revelations about the corrupt practices deployed by one of Britain's biggest companies.
Directors: Richard Cookson, Hannah O'Grady | Star: Richard Bilton
Votes: 5
32.
Burning Desire: The Seduction of Smoking (2014– )
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2014)
Documentary
Director: Chris Alcock | Stars: Peter Taylor, Lily Allen, Selva Andreoli, John Ashcroft