OK, Tomatoes, tax day is here. And though we'll concede that few enjoy forking over their hard-earned riches to Uncle Sam, we at Rotten Tomatoes thought it would be a good time to look on the bright side, and reflect upon how your tax money is allocated. We've compiled a list of movies that proudly display your tax dollars at work -- cinematic portrayals of the hardworking men and women of our federal government working tirelessly in the public interest, or at least those citizens that benefit from our national largess. So send your tax forms off to the IRS, and join us on a tour of your government programs at work on the silver screen!

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Securities and Exchange Commission: Wall Street

Wall Street is one of those perennials that blooms every time a financial scandal (or worse, a recession) hits. Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) certainly embodies the spirit of the get-rich-quick 1980s, but this unapologetic capitalist was evoked when Enron and WorldCom came crashing down. Gekko is so unscrupulous that he's more than willing to utilize inside information and use underling Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen), a go-getting stockbroker, to manipulate the stock price of his father's company. However, Bud has some scruples, and refuses to wholly swallow Gekko's "greed is good" ethos. He eventually decides to play ball with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the independent body that oversees the stock market, bringing the slippery Gekko to justice. Still, greed was good for Douglas, who picked up a Best Actor Oscar for the role, and became an ironic anti-hero to ambitious Wall Street up-and-comers.

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United States Forest Service: Firestorm

Who says tree-huggers are a bunch of wusses? In Firestorm, a gang of prison escapees set large swaths of Wyoming forest ablaze as a cover to retrieve a hidden stash of more than $30 million -- and take an attractive hostage to boot. (Given the large percentage of national forest acreage in Wyoming, this is not an insubstantial problem.) But they didn't count on "smokejumper" Jesse Graves (Howie Long). Profoundly internalizing the words of Smokey the Bear, Graves realizes that only he can prevent these non-eco-friendly thugs from getting away with their nefarious plan - preferably while meting out a rough brand of backwoods justice. In the real world, a greater number of forest fires in recent years has forced the United States Forest Service to utilize a much higher portion of its budget for fire suppression -- which has drawn federal dollars away from the service's other programs.