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Peter Landesman has 6 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2010s.
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A Texas cop, whose own daughter might have been forced into sexual slavery, joins forces with a Mexican youth to find the boy's sister, who was abducted and forced into prostitution. Meanwhile, a Polish woman who was promised a better life in America also becomes a victim.
Dir. Marco Kreuzpaintner · With Kevin Kline, Cesar Ramos, Paulina Gaitán

A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known. Omalu's emotional quest puts him at dangerous odds with one of the most powerful institutions in the world.
Dir. Peter Landesman · With Will Smith, Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks

A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.
Dir. Michael Cuesta · With Jeremy Renner, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Michael Sheen

An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.
Dir. George C. Wolfe · With Oprah Winfrey, Rose Byrne, Renée Elise Goldsberry

November 22nd, 1963 was a day that changed the world forever — when young American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. This film follows, almost in real time, a handful of individuals forced to make split-second decisions after an event that would change their lives and forever alter the world’s landscape.
Dir. Peter Landesman · With Zac Efron, Marcia Gay Harden, Paul Giamatti

The story of Mark Felt, who under the name "Deep Throat" helped journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal in 1974.
Dir. Peter Landesman · With Liam Neeson, Diane Lane, Maika Monroe