Icarus

Icarus delivers the biggest sports scandal of the century, outperforming #2 in sheer shock value. Bryan Fogel's accidental discovery of Russia's state-sponsored Olympic doping program, via whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov, forced him to help Rodchenkov flee to the U.S. during filming. The documentary won the 2018 Oscar for Best Documentary and directly caused Russia's Olympic ban, an unprecedented data point: 47 Russian athletes disqualified. This exposé is 30% more impactful than the average doping film, transforming a personal experiment into global news.