The modern era is defined by high-production-value biographical and investigative pieces: Release Year Focus / Significance

The shift began with documentaries like Overnight (2003), which destroyed the career of a brash filmmaker in real-time, and escalated with An Open Secret (2014), which exposed systemic child abuse in Hollywood. The genre has snowballed because audiences have realized that the entertainment industry is one of the most unregulated, high-stakes environments in the world.