Then, finally, it arrived on Hulu on October 1.

This riveting true-crime entry remains vastly underrated, but continues to be one of Nichols’s best.

Streep plays Karen, a single mother of three who works at a plant in small-town Oklahoma.

Meryl Streep as Karen wearing her white working uniform and white hat in the plant in ‘Silkwood’

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Streep is devastating but fearless in vulnerability.

Streep received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, but lost toShirley MacLaineinTerms of Endearment.

For those who lovedChernobyl,Silkwoodportrays radioactive poisoningwith the same frankness and horrific franknessas the HBO series.

Kurt Russell and Meryl Streep as Drew and Karen on set of ‘Silkwood’

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Its a brilliant, true-crime thriller that pulses with paranoia and terror.

Silkwoodis available to stream on Hulu in the U.S.

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