Political Film Society Award for Exposé

The Political Film Society Award for exposé is given out each year to a film that has an investigative depth into a subject matter and often exposes surprising information on the subject. This award has been handed out by the Society since 1988. Depending on the number of movies that qualify, as few as one films has been nominated for this award before but as many as fourteen have been nominated in years past.

The film that first won this award was "A Cry in the Dark" in 1988 that was directed by Fred Schepisi. The award, as with any other Political Film Society Award, can go to a mainstream film, independent film, or even an international film. The Political Film Society looks at a broad selection of movies before it nominates them for an award.

1980s

*"'1988 "A Cry in the Dark"
** "The Milagro Beanfield War"
** "Patty Hearst

*1989 "Scandal"
** "Blaze"

1990s

*"'1990 "Roger & Me"
** "Air America"
** "Reversal of Fortune"
** "Romero"

*1991 "Guilty by Suspicion"
** "Boyz N the Hood"
** "JFK"
** "Paris Is Burning"

*"'1992 "Hoffa"
** "Malcolm X"
** "Thunderheart"

*"'1993 "In the Name of the Father"
** "Rising Sun"
** "Schindler's List"
** "Short Cuts"

*"'1994 "Quiz Show"

*"'1995 "Nixon"
** "Beyond Rangoon"
** "Panther"

*"'1996 "Dead Man Walking"
** "Basquiat"
** "The People Vs. Larry Flynt"

*"'1997 "Rosewood"
** "The Peacemaker"
** "Amistad"
** "Seven Years in Tibet"

*"'1998 "Bulworth"
**"A Civil Action"
**"Four Days in September"
**"Regeneration"

*"'1999 "Boys Don't Cry"
**"Bastards"
**"Cabaret Balkan"
**"Three Kings"
**"East of Hope Street"
**"The Insider"
**"Naturally Native"
**"One Man's Hero"
**"Three Seasons"

2000s

*2000 "Before Night Falls"
**"But I'm a Cheerleader"
**"Catfish in Blackbean Sauce"
**"Erin Brockovich"
**"From the Edge of the City"
**"The Hurricane"
**"It All Starts Today"
**"Luminarias"
**"Remember the Titans"
**"Steal This Movie!"
**"Thirteen Days"
**"Tigerland"
**"Titanic Town"
**"Traffic"

*2001 "Uprising"
**"Ali"
**"Baby Boy"
**"Behind Enemy Lines"
**"Born Under Libra"
**"Bread and Roses"
**"Greenfingers"
**"The Hidden Half"
**"The Iron Ladies"
**"Journey to the Sun"
**"Lumumba"
**"Our Lady of the Assassins"

*2002 "Antwone Fisher"
**"Ararat"
**"Circuit"
**"Enigma"
**"Evelyn"
**"Green Dragon"
**"The Grey Zone"
**"John Q"
**""
**"Kandahar"
**"Max"
**"Rabbit-Proof Fence"
**"To End All Wars"
**"Tricky Life"
**"Y Tu Mamá También"

*2003 "Veronica Guerin"
**"Dark Blue"
**"Dirty Pretty Things"
**"The Magdalene Sisters"
**"Shattered Glass"

*2004 "Kinsey"
**"Hotel Rwanda"
**"Osama"
**""
**"The Yes Men"