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Aaron Sorkin has 13 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 3 rank in the Top 10%, led by The Trial of the Chicago 7.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7
2020 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 6%Netflix · Included

A Few Good Men
1992 · Movie · Writer
Top 8%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

The West Wing
1999 · Series · Creator
Top 9%Max · Included

The Newsroom
2012 · Series · Creator
Top 14%Max · Included

Moneyball
2011 · Movie · Writer
Top 16%Netflix · Included

Molly's Game
2017 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 25%Paramount+ · Included

What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.
Dir. Aaron Sorkin · With Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Rylance

When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such as shady Col. Nathan Jessep.
Dir. Rob Reiner · With Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore

The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.
Dir. Aaron Sorkin · With Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, John Spencer

In 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programmer Mark Zuckerberg begins work on a new concept that eventually turns into the global social network known as Facebook. Six years later, Mark is one of the youngest billionaires ever, but his unprecedented success leads to both personal and legal complications when he ends up on the receiving end of two lawsuits, one involving his former friend.
Dir. David Fincher · With Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Armie Hammer
A behind-the-scenes look at the people who make a nightly cable-news program. Focusing on a network anchor, his new executive producer, the newsroom staff and their boss, the series tracks their quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles-not to mention their own personal entanglements.
Dir. Aaron Sorkin · With Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, John Gallagher Jr.

The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
Dir. Bennett Miller · With Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Molly Bloom, a young skier and former Olympic hopeful becomes a successful entrepreneur (and a target of an FBI investigation) when she establishes a high-stakes, international poker game.
Dir. Aaron Sorkin · With Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner

A Texas congressman sets a series of events in motion when he conspires with a CIA operative to aid Afghan mujahideen rebels fighting the Soviets.
Dir. Mike Nichols · With Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman

A behind-the-scenes look at a fictional sketch-comedy TV show.
Dir. Aaron Sorkin · With Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet, Bradley Whitford

A tale about a happily married couple who would like to have children. Tracy teaches infants, Andy's a college professor. Things are never the same after she is taken to hospital and operated upon by Jed, a "know all" doctor.
Dir. Harold Becker · With Alec Baldwin, Nicole Kidman, Bill Pullman

Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.
Dir. Danny Boyle · With Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen

Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd, one of the world's most powerful men, can have anything he wants -- and what he covets most is Sydney Ellen Wade, a Washington lobbyist. But Shepherd's attempts at courting her spark wild rumors and decimate his approval ratings.
Dir. Rob Reiner · With Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.
Dir. Aaron Sorkin · With Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, J.K. Simmons
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