Oscar winner Julia Roberts as a sassy, low-level law-office worker who becomes obsessed with a case involving a California utility company that's accused of polluting the drinking water in a small town. The real-life Erin Brockovich has a cameo as a waitress named Julia.

R, 131 mins., 2000.

Director: Steven Soderbergh

Stars: Julia Roberts, Aaron Eckhart, Albert Finney, Marg Helgenberger, Cherry Jones