State of Play (2009)

This movie is about a government aide who is killed and triggers a journalistic investigation of a congressman's involvement who he used to go to college. There history and the involvement of his wife complicates things for everyone.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Russell Crowe (Les Miserables, Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind, L.A. Confidential) as Cal McAffrey, Ben Affleck (Argo, Gone Girl, The Town, Armageddon) as Stephen Collins, Rachel McAdams (The Notebook, Mean Girls, Red Eye, The Vow) as Della Frye, Helen Mirren (RED, The Queen, Hitchcock, Godford Park) as Cameron Lynne, Robin Wright (Forrest Gump, Beowulf, The Princess Bride, Unbreakable) as Anne Collins (As Robin Wright Penn), Jason Bateman (Arrest Development, Bad Words, Zootopia, Juno) as Dominic Foy, Jeff Daniels (The Squid and the Whale, Dumb and Dumber movies, Guest Artist, The Martian) as George Fergus, Michael Berresse (A.I. Artificial Intelligence, The Bourne Legacy, Meet Dave, Split) as Robert Bigham, Larry Lennix (Man of Steel/Super Man movies, Ray, The Matrix movies, Revival!) as Detective Bell, Josh Mostel (Billy Madison, The Money Pit, City Slickers, Dead Layer) as Pete, Michael Weston (Pathology, Garden State, The Dukes of Hazzard, Speed Kills) as Hank, Barry Shabaka Henley (The Terminal, Collateral, Rush Hour, Stolen) as Gene Stavitz, Viola Davis (Fences, The Help, Suicide Squad, Doubt) as Dr. Judith Franklin, David Harbour (Revolutionary Road, Suicide Squad, Stranger Things, The Green Hornet) as PointCorp Insider and Sarah Lord (Arranged, Retribution, Backseat, Nurse Jackie) as Mandi.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473705/