Trumbo is a biographical drama directed by Jay Roach that stars Bryan Cranston as Dalton Trumbo, a successful screenwriter who faces blacklisting in Hollywood during the Red Scare. The film examines Trumbo’s fight against the anti-communist sentiment of the time and his efforts to continue working under pseudonyms. Helen Mirren, Diane Lane, and John Goodman co-star in this exploration of artistic perseverance and political paranoia.