Syriana

The 2005 film "Syriana" is set against the backdrop of the Middle Eastern oil industry and weaves together multiple storylines. George Clooney plays Bob Barnes, a veteran CIA agent tasked with uncovering an assassination plot involving Prince Nasir, the Emir of Persia. Matt Damon stars as Bryan Woodman, an American energy analyst who becomes entangled in the Emir's personal tragedy after his son's electrocution accident. Meanwhile, Jeffrey Wright plays Bennett Holiday, an associate at a law firm involved in facilitating a dubious merger of oil companies, which threatens to destabilize the region.