Back to trending
Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food

Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food

Documentary · Crime · 2023

Through revealing interviews with experts and victims' families, this gripping documentary examines the problem of deadly foodborne illness in the US.

Movie details

Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food

2023 Documentary · Crime 1h 23m

Critical arithmetic

One number, for now.

TMDB

7.0 / 10

Community rating

Through revealing interviews with experts and victims' families, this gripping documentary examines the problem of deadly foodborne illness in the US.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

Taste neighbourhood

Nearby on the taste map.

TMDB supplies the candidates. CriticWise reorders them by craft, strangeness, prestige, emotion, and pace.

Stolen: Heist of the Century

Stolen: Heist of the Century

Documentary · 2025

Antwerp, 2003. A gang of thieves rob the impenetrable Diamond Center. Who was behind one of the world's biggest heists - and how did they pull it off?

The Truth and Tragedy of Moriah Wilson

The Truth and Tragedy of Moriah Wilson

Documentary · 2026

An intimate, arresting portrait of cyclist Moriah Wilson—raised by a fierce, loving family—whose singular drive becomes her superpower, carrying her to athletic brilliance and, devastatingly, toward a life cut short by murder.

Inside Job

Inside Job

Documentary · 2010

A film that exposes the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, Inside Job traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation and academia.

Super Size Me

Super Size Me

Documentary · 2004

Morgan Spurlock subjects himself to a diet based only on McDonald's fast food three times a day for thirty days without exercising to try to prove why so many Americans are fat or obese. He submits himself to a complete check-up by three doctors, comparing his weight along the way, resulting in a scary conclusion.

Predators

Predators

Documentary · 2025

In the mid-aughts, Dateline NBC's To Catch a Predator drew millions of weekly viewers to watch sting operations: men planning to meet minors for sex would instead be confronted by polished host Chris Hansen, then by the police — all on hidden camera.

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley

Documentary · 2019

With a magical new invention that promised to revolutionize blood testing, Elizabeth Holmes became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire, heralded as the next Steve Jobs. Then, overnight, her 10-billion-dollar company dissolved. The rise and fall of Theranos is a window into the psychology of fraud.

Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!

Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!

Documentary · 2019

Muckraking filmmaker Morgan Spurlock reignites his battle with the food industry — this time from behind the register — as he opens his own fast food restaurant.

O.J.: Made in America

O.J.: Made in America

Documentary · 2016

A chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.

Forks Over Knives

Forks Over Knives

Documentary · 2011

Examines the profound claim that most; if not all; of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled; or even reversed; by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods. The idea of food as medicine is put to the test. Cameras follow "reality patients" who have chronic conditions from heart disease to diabetes. Doctors teach these patients how to adopt a whole-foods, plant-based diet as the primary approach to treat their ailments - while the challenges and triumphs of their journeys are revealed.

The Investigation of Lucy Letby

The Investigation of Lucy Letby

Documentary · 2026

An engaging and thought-provoking look at Lucy Letby, the former nurse serving life in prison after being convicted of the murders of seven infants and the attempted murders of seven others.

Where it lives

Watch in your region.

Cinema release signals and current streaming, rental, and purchase options for your region.

Streaming availability data supplied by JustWatch.

Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Stephanie Soechtig

Written by

Jeff Benedict

B

Bill Marler

Self - Food Safety Lawyer

D

Darin Detwiler

Self - Father, Food Safety Advocate, Professor

D

Dr. John Kobayashi

Self - Public Health Official

L

Lance Price, Ph.D.

Self - Environmental Health Microbiologist

R

Robert Nugent

Self - President, Jack in the Box

V

Vicki Detwiler

Self - Mother

M

Marion Nestle

Self - Food Policy Expert, Author

Court is in session

Put Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Auteur Devotee

“Form is the argument.”

Every composed frame and deliberate cut is evidence that control can be thrilling in its own right.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Technique in search of a pulse.”

Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.