Syriana

Jeffrey Wright portrays an ambitious attorney tasked with performing "due diligence" on a shady merger between two U.S. oil giants, Connex and Killen. His job is to provide the Department of Justice with "sacrificial lambs" to ensure the merger is approved despite evidence of bribery in Kazakhstan.

Matt Damon plays a Geneva-based analyst who experiences a personal tragedy when his son is electrocuted at the Emir's estate. In reparation, Prince Nasir invites Woodman to become his economic advisor, where Woodman helps the reform-minded prince plan to modernize his country's economy. Syriana

Released in 2005, Syriana is a complex, hyper-realistic geopolitical thriller that explores the global oil industry's corruption, power struggles, and human consequences. Directed by Stephen Gaghan and inspired by former CIA agent Robert Baer’s memoir See No Evil , the film uses a "mosaic" storytelling style—similar to Traffic —to interweave multiple parallel plotlines across the Middle East, Washington D.C., and Europe. Jeffrey Wright portrays an ambitious attorney tasked with