J. Edgar

J. Edgar is a 2011 American biographical drama film about J. Edgar Hoover's life from the 1919 Palmer Raids onward, as he establishes the Federal Bureau of Investigation and navigates his personal relationships, including with his mother, Clyde Tolson, and Helen Gandy, who becomes his personal secretary and confidant. As Hoover grows older, he faces challenges to his reputation and uses covert methods to protect himself and increase the FBI's power. The film follows Hoover's story through a nonlinear narrative, featuring a frame story in which an aging Hoover narrates his life story to a series of agents.