The Last Thing He Wanted
At the turning point of the Iran-Contra affair, Elena McMahon, a fearless investigative journalist covering the 1984 US presidential campaign, puts herself in danger when she abandons her assigned task in order to fulfill the last wish of her ailing father, a mysterious man whose past activities she barely knows.
- Year: 2020
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Genre: Drama, Thriller
- Studio: Elevated Films, Little Red Hen, The Fyzz
- Keyword: based on novel or book, sandinism, el salvador, co-workers relationship, woman director, investigative journalism, costa rica, 1980s, political thriller, weapons trafficking, iran–contra affair, father daughter relationship
- Director: Dee Rees
- Cast: Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck, Rosie Perez, Willem Dafoe, Edi Gathegi, Mel Rodriguez