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What is the best Aaron Sorkin movie?

By YPB Team5 votes

Rapid-fire dialogue, electric courtroom moments, and careers dissected in real time — his screenplays range from political comedy to corporate drama. Which one hits hardest?

  1. The Social Network — ranked #11
    The Social Network
    Oscar-winning screenplay about the founding of Facebook, widely regarded as one of the best films of the 21st century.
    1000pts
  2. Steve Jobs — ranked #22
    Steve Jobs
    Three real-time scenes set backstage at product launches, dissecting Jobs through relentless, electric dialogue.
    492pts
  3. Malice — ranked #33
    Malice
    An early Sorkin thriller with Alec Baldwin and Nicole Kidman — twisty, talkative and full of signature Sorkin gambits.
    440pts
  4. Moneyball — ranked #44
    Moneyball
    The story of how data revolutionised baseball, driven by a sharp Brad Pitt performance and Sorkin's fastest-talking screenplay.
    440pts
  5. A Few Good Men — ranked #55
    A Few Good Men
    Iconic military courtroom drama built around one of cinema's most quoted lines — starring Cruise, Nicholson and Demi Moore.
    372pts
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  6. Being the Ricardos — ranked #66
    Being the Ricardos
    Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem as Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz facing a week that could end their careers.
    314pts
  7. The American President — ranked #77
    The American President
    A charming romantic comedy about a widowed president who falls for a lobbyist, a dry run for The West Wing.
    314pts
  8. Molly's Game — ranked #88
    Molly's Game
    His directorial debut — Jessica Chastain is electrifying as Molly Bloom, the Olympic skier who ran the world's most exclusive poker game.
    237pts
  9. Charlie Wilson's War — ranked #99
    Charlie Wilson's War
    Tom Hanks as the Texas congressman who secretly funded the Afghan mujahideen — witty, sharp and darker than it looks.
    237pts
  10. The Trial of the Chicago 7 — ranked #1010
    The Trial of the Chicago 7
    Sorkin's own directorial take on the 1969 trial of anti-war protestors, packed with blistering ensemble performances.
    147pts

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