Disillusioned with the intelligence community, Edward Snowden leaves his job at the NSA. He knows that a virtual mountain of data is being assembled to track all forms of digital communication. When Snowden decides to leak this classified information, he becomes a traitor to some, a hero to others.

With a transformative central performance by Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Oliver Stone in the director’s chair, this rousing biopic turns real-life events into a gripping thriller. Exposing grievous modern misuses of information, Snowden tackles issues of patriotism and privacy with searing urgency.