Journalism, News, Freedom of Speech, Source Protection
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1. Citizenfour (2014)
R | 114 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.
Director: Laura Poitras | Stars: Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, William Binney, Jacob Appelbaum
Votes: 57,972 | Gross: $2.80M
2. Spotlight (I) (2015)
R | 129 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
Director: Tom McCarthy | Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber
Votes: 502,055 | Gross: $45.06M
3. The Post (2017)
PG-13 | 116 min | Biography, Drama, History
A cover-up spanning four U.S. Presidents pushes the country's first female newspaper publisher and her editor to join an unprecedented battle between press and government.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk
Votes: 162,222 | Gross: $81.90M
4. The Insider (1999)
R | 157 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora
Votes: 180,169 | Gross: $28.97M
5. Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
PG | 93 min | Biography, Drama, History
Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.
Director: George Clooney | Stars: David Strathairn, George Clooney, Patricia Clarkson, Jeff Daniels
Votes: 101,291 | Gross: $31.56M
6. Nightcrawler (2014)
R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When Louis Bloom, a con man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story.
Director: Dan Gilroy | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Bill Paxton, Riz Ahmed
Votes: 604,474 | Gross: $32.38M
7. Nothing But the Truth (I) (2008)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In Washington, D.C., a reporter faces a possible jail sentence for outing a CIA agent and refusing to reveal her source.
Director: Rod Lurie | Stars: Kate Beckinsale, Matt Dillon, Vera Farmiga, Angela Bassett
Votes: 39,848 | Gross: $0.00M
8. Hating Breitbart (2012)
R | 85 min | Documentary
One man with a website who forever changed the media paradigm, upending the traditional press and changing the ground rules of political journalism.
Director: Andrew Marcus | Stars: Andrew Breitbart, Orson Bean, Dick Armey, Michele Bachmann
Votes: 499 | Gross: $0.08M
9. Breaking the News (I) (2011)
53 min | Documentary
Filmed over four years in Australia's most misunderstood neighbor East Timor, Breaking the News explores the high cost of being a truth-seeking journalist in an emerging nation.
Director: Nicholas Hansen | Stars: Filomena Aleixo, Mari Alkatiri, Tom Allard, Victor Alves
10. The Newsroom: Off the Record (2014)
95 min | Documentary, News
A year in the newsroom of Denmark's leading tabloid newspaper, struggling to survive in a changing media climate.
Director: Mikala Krogh | Stars: Poul Madsen, Nasib Farah, Søren Lyngbjørn, Per Mathiesen
Votes: 104
11. To Die For (1995)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A beautiful but naïve aspiring television personality films a documentary on teenagers with a darker ulterior motive.
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillon, Joaquin Phoenix, Casey Affleck
Votes: 52,939 | Gross: $21.28M
12. The Loudest Voice (2019)
TV-MA | 50 min | Biography, Drama
The past decade on the life of Roger Ailes, the founder of Fox News, in which Ailes arguably became the Republican party's de facto leader and was accused of sexual harassment, which brought his Fox News reign to an end.
Stars: Russell Crowe, Sienna Miller, Seth MacFarlane, Annabelle Wallis
Votes: 14,516
13. The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
PG | 115 min | Drama, Romance, War
A young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the rule of President Sukarno with the help of a diminutive photographer.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt, Bembol Roco
Votes: 22,868 | Gross: $10.28M
14. The Odessa File (1974)
PG | 130 min | Drama, Thriller
Following the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, a journalist in possession of the man's diary investigates the alleged sighting of a former S.S. Captain, who commanded a concentration camp during World War II.
Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Jon Voight, Maximilian Schell, Maria Schell, Mary Tamm
Votes: 12,073 | Gross: $1.11M
15. Heartburn (1986)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
She's a magazine writer who gives up her career for love and family. He's a playboy newspaper columnist who can't quite give up his old tricks. And if that combination doesn't give a relationship Heartburn, nothing will.
Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Jeff Daniels, Maureen Stapleton
Votes: 12,555 | Gross: $25.31M
16. True Crime (1999)
R | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Can an over-the-hill journalist uncover the evidence that can prove a death row inmate's innocence just hours before his execution?
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Isaiah Washington, LisaGay Hamilton, James Woods
Votes: 38,511 | Gross: $16.64M
17. The Mean Season (1985)
R | 103 min | Crime, Thriller
When a teenager is shot at the beach, a journalist from The Miami Journal is sent to cover the story. He's called by the murderer and told there'll be four more.
Director: Phillip Borsos | Stars: Kurt Russell, Mariel Hemingway, Richard Jordan, Richard Masur
Votes: 5,036 | Gross: $4.35M
18. Year of the Gun (1991)
R | 111 min | Action, Romance, Thriller
In 1978, a journalist and a photojournalist, both young Americans, had a close encounter with Red Brigades terrorists in Rome.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Sharon Stone, Valeria Golino, John Pankow
Votes: 2,957 | Gross: $1.18M
19. The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama
A young woman's life is scrutinized by police and tabloid press after she spends the night with a suspected terrorist.
Directors: Volker Schlöndorff, Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Angela Winkler, Mario Adorf, Dieter Laser, Jürgen Prochnow
Votes: 4,883
20. Complicity (2000)
R | 99 min | Thriller, Drama
Cameron Colley is a young scottish journalist, with an interest in exposing the wrongs committed by the rich and powerful. Life is comfortable enough but uneventful, until someone starts murdering the people in his articles.
Director: Gavin Millar | Stars: Jonny Lee Miller, Brian Cox, Keeley Hawes, Paul Higgins
Votes: 926
21. The Bitter Stems (1956)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A washed up reporter teams up with an immigrant from Hungary to start a fake journalism by correspondence school.
Director: Fernando Ayala | Stars: Carlos Cores, Julia Sandoval, Vassili Lambrinos, Gilda Lousek
Votes: 676
22. According to Pereira (1995)
104 min | Drama
Portugal 1938. Pereira is the editor of the culture section of the Lisboa, an unaffiliated evening paper. There is civil war in Spain and the fascists are in power in Portugal, but he ... See full summary »
Director: Roberto Faenza | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Joaquim de Almeida, Daniel Auteuil, Stefano Dionisi
Votes: 1,472
23. Why Rock the Boat? (1974)
113 min | Comedy, Romance
A young naive reporter romances a female reporter who is quietly organizing a journalist union and joins her cause.
Director: John Howe | Stars: Stuart Gillard, Tiiu Leek, Ken James, Budd Knapp
Votes: 24
24. Citizen Kane (1941)
PG | 119 min | Drama, Mystery
Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'
Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead
Votes: 465,873 | Gross: $1.59M
25. State of Play (2009)
PG-13 | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.
Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Russell Crowe, Rachel McAdams, Ben Affleck, Helen Mirren
Votes: 160,393 | Gross: $37.02M
26. A Private War (2018)
R | 110 min | Biography, Drama, War
One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontline of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.
Director: Matthew Heineman | Stars: Rosamund Pike, Alexandra Moen, Tom Hollander, Faye Marsay
Votes: 21,001 | Gross: $1.63M
27. His Girl Friday (1940)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart
Votes: 63,135 | Gross: $0.30M
28. Lou Grant (1977–1982)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama
The trials of a former television station manager, turned newspaper city editor, and his journalist staff.
Stars: Edward Asner, Robert Walden, Mason Adams, Jack Bannon
Votes: 2,404
29. The Paper (1994)
R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama
New York City tabloid editor Henry's faced with tough decisions while he faces several serious life challenges, and a tempting job offer.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Michael Keaton, Glenn Close, Robert Duvall, Marisa Tomei
Votes: 15,095 | Gross: $38.82M
30. Press (2018)
60 min | Drama
Press is set in the world of newspapers - its past riven by hacking scandals, its present at the mercy of the digital age and the 24 hour news cycle, its future uncertain.
Stars: Charlotte Riley, Priyanga Burford, Al Weaver, Paapa Essiedu
Votes: 2,771
31. The Front Page (1974)
PG | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A ruthless editor tries to get his top reporter to cover one more crime story before retirement.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Susan Sarandon, Vincent Gardenia
Votes: 15,294 | Gross: $17.30M
32. Call Northside 777 (1948)
Approved | 112 min | Drama, Film-Noir
Chicago reporter P.J. McNeal re-opens a decade-old murder case.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb, Helen Walker
Votes: 10,236
33. Teacher's Pet (1958)
Approved | 120 min | Comedy, Romance
A hard-nosed newspaper editor poses as a night-school student in order to woo a journalism teacher who cannot stand him.
Director: George Seaton | Stars: Clark Gable, Doris Day, Gig Young, Mamie Van Doren
Votes: 4,852
34. Libeled Lady (1936)
Passed | 98 min | Comedy, Romance
When a socialite sues a big paper for libel, the editor responsible calls in the help of his ignored fiancée and a former employee to frame her and make the false story seem true.
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy
Votes: 8,911
35. Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)
Not Rated | 167 min | Documentary, Biography, War
A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's role in modern propaganda.
Directors: Mark Achbar, Peter Wintonick | Stars: Noam Chomsky, Mark Achbar, Karin Aguilar-San Juan, Paul Andrews
Votes: 4,935
36. Mashaal (1984)
Not Rated | 162 min | Action, Drama, Family
A chain of events changes Vinod's life - from honest journalist to black marketer to an underworld Don and a Racketeer in order to combat Vardhan.
Director: Yash Chopra | Stars: Anil Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Waheeda Rehman, Rati Agnihotri
Votes: 947
37. Winchell (1998 TV Movie)
R | 105 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The true story of the influential and controversial columnist, Walter Winchell.
Director: Paul Mazursky | Stars: Stanley Tucci, Glenne Headly, Paul Giamatti, Christopher Plummer
Votes: 631
38. New Delhi Times (1986)
123 min | Drama, Mystery
When a politician is killed, a journalist discovers that a member of parliament had the man assassinated. As his editor digs deeper, the complicity of higher-placed politicians comes to the... See full summary »
Directors: Ramesh Sharma, Romesh Sharma | Stars: Shashi Kapoor, Sharmila Tagore, Om Puri, Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Votes: 209
39. Exclusive (1937)
Approved | 85 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two newspapers are pitted against each other. One owned by gangster Charles Gillette (Lloyd Nolan), the other by Ralph Houston (Fred MacMurray).
Director: Alexander Hall | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Frances Farmer, Charles Ruggles, Lloyd Nolan
Votes: 95
40. Important News (1936)
Passed | 10 min | Drama, Short
A small-town newspaper editor has to decide which is more important to his readers - seemingly mundane local events, or a sensational crime story with a passing local connection.
Director: Edwin Lawrence | Stars: Charles 'Chic' Sale, Granville Bates, Billy Dooley, Al Herman
Votes: 277
41. They Wanted to Marry (1937)
Approved | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Newspaper photographer Jim Tyler sneaks into a society girl's wedding, and the bride's sister (mad-cap heiress Sheila Hunter) decides she prefers him to her upper-crust suitors. She even likes his pigeon, who travels everywhere with him.
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Betty Furness, Gordon Jones, E.E. Clive, Patsy Parsons
Votes: 146
42. El diario de Agustín (2008)
80 min | Documentary
Exposé of the CIA-financed efforts of the Edwards family of Chile to cover up the human rights abuses of the Pinochet dictatorship through its newspaper 'El Mercurio'.
Director: Ignacio Agüero | Stars: Salvador Allende, Patricio Aylwin, Raquel Correa, John Dinges
Votes: 97
43. The Fourth Estate: A Film of a British Newspaper (1940)
Documentary
Director: Paul Rotha | Stars: Dennis Arundell, Geoffrey Bell, Nicholas Hannen
44. It Happened One Night (1934)
Passed | 105 min | Comedy, Romance
A rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops along the way.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns
Votes: 112,240 | Gross: $4.36M
45. Ace in the Hole (1951)
Approved | 111 min | Drama, Film-Noir
A frustrated former big-city journalist now stuck working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to rekindle his career, but the situation quickly escalates into an out-of-control circus.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur, Porter Hall
Votes: 39,104 | Gross: $3.97M
46. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Approved | 96 min | Drama, Film-Noir
Powerful but unethical Broadway columnist J.J. Hunsecker coerces unscrupulous press agent Sidney Falco into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician.
Director: Alexander Mackendrick | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Martin Milner
Votes: 35,686
47. State of Play (2003)
TV-14 | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Journalists uncover a government conspiracy when a young politician's assistant and mistress is killed.
Stars: John Simm, David Morrissey, Kelly Macdonald, Bill Nighy
Votes: 10,522
48. When the Sky Falls (2000)
R | 107 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Irish crime-investigating reporter Sinead Hamilton invades the Irish underworld and attempts to expose the illegitimate activities that she has found. Hampered by the system, a police ... See full summary »
Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Joan Allen, Patrick Bergin, Liam Cunningham, Kevin McNally
Votes: 781
49. All the President's Men (1976)
PG | 138 min | Drama, History, Thriller
"The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation.
Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam
Votes: 126,016 | Gross: $70.60M
50. Snowden (2016)
R | 134 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The NSA's illegal surveillance techniques are leaked to the public by one of the agency's employees, Edward Snowden, in the form of thousands of classified documents distributed to the press.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto
Votes: 162,940 | Gross: $21.59M
51. Collective (2019)
Not Rated | 109 min | Documentary, Crime
Director Alexander Nanau follows a crack team of investigators at the Romanian newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor as they try to uncover a vast health-care fraud that enriched moguls and politicians and led to the deaths of innocent citizens.
Director: Alexander Nanau | Stars: Dan Alexandru Condrea, Liviu Iolu, Razvan Lutac, Mirela Neag
Votes: 13,436
52. The Quiet American (2002)
R | 101 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
An old British reporter vies with a young U.S. doctor for the affections of a beautiful Vietnamese woman.
Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, Do Thi Hai Yen, Rade Serbedzija
Votes: 29,732 | Gross: $12.99M
53. Veronica Guerin (2003)
R | 98 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An Irish journalist writes a series of stories about drug dealers.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Colin Farrell, Brenda Fricker, Ciarán Hinds
Votes: 21,890 | Gross: $1.57M
54. Slap the Monster on Page One (1972)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A populist right-wing tabloid newspaper tries to derail the official police investigation of a brutal murder of a young girl in order to help the fascist and right-wing candidates it supports in the upcoming elections.
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Fabio Garriba, Carla Tatò, Jacques Herlin
Votes: 1,513
55. Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press (1996)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The profile of controversial journalist George Seldes and a piercing examination of America's news media. Narrated by Susan Sarandon, with readings of writings by Ed Asner, this Academy ... See full summary »
Director: Rick Goldsmith | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Edward Asner, Ben Bagdikian, Jeff Cohen
Votes: 149
56. Spin (1995)
57 min | Documentary
Pirated satellite feeds revealing U. S. media personalities' contempt for their viewers.
Director: Brian Springer | Stars: Larry Agran, Jim Bakker, Bill Beutel, Tom Brokaw
Votes: 523
57. Reporters (I) (2007– )
52 min | Drama, Thriller
The editorial teams of a newspaper and a television channel.
Stars: Anne Coesens, Jérôme Robart, Patrick Bouchitey, Christine Boisson
Votes: 76
58. The Media Project (1991)
120 min | Documentary
A film that criticises and discussed the Australian media coverage of the first gulf war.
Director: Peter Watkins | Stars: Neal Blewett, Annette Blonski, George Bush, Alida Chase
Votes: 28
59. City of God (2002)
R | 130 min | Crime, Drama
In the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.
Directors: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund | Stars: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Matheus Nachtergaele, Phellipe Haagensen
Votes: 800,856 | Gross: $7.56M
60. The Onion Movie (2008)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy
Satirical interpretations of world events and curious human behavior.
Directors: Tom Kuntz, Mike Maguire | Stars: Len Cariou, Sarah McElligott, Amir Talai, Daniel Chacón
Votes: 16,548
61. Outrage (1993)
R | 103 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Ana is an equestrian sharpshooter for a one ring circus in Madrid for a week. Marcos is a reporter doing a Sunday supplement piece. He interviews her and she invites him to dinner with the ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Francesca Neri, Antonio Banderas, Eulàlia Ramon, Walter Vidarte
Votes: 1,015
62. Project Censored the Movie (2013)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
'Project Censored: The Movie' explores media censorship in our society by exposing important stories that corporate media fails to report/under report. Using the media watchdog group, ... See full summary »
Directors: Doug Hecker, Christopher Oscar | Stars: Nora Barrows-Friedman, Khalil Bendib, Noam Chomsky, Kevin Danaher
Votes: 48
63. The China Syndrome (1979)
PG | 122 min | Drama, Thriller
A reporter finds what appears to be a cover-up of safety hazards at a nuclear power plant.
Director: James Bridges | Stars: Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, Scott Brady
Votes: 33,024 | Gross: $51.72M
64. Witness in the War Zone (1987)
R | 100 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
An American journalist is set up and fed false information after the Lebanon war.
Director: Nathaniel Gutman | Stars: Christopher Walken, Hywel Bennett, Marita Marschall, Arnon Zadok
Votes: 558 | Gross: $0.14M
65. Tricky Dick (2019)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Tricky Dick is a four-part CNN Original Series, produced by Left/Right, that explores Richard Nixon's life and times; tracking his rise, fall, incredible comeback and political destruction.... See full summary »
Stars: Dwight Chapin, Richard Nixon
Votes: 290
66. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014– )
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show
Former Daily Show host and correspondent John Oliver brings his persona to this weekly news satire program.
Stars: John Oliver, David Kaye, Ryan Barger, Noel MacNeal
Votes: 95,737
67. The Cost of Deception (2021)
125 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When a young, ambitious market researcher finds out her boss is involved in the leaking of a scandalous Prime Minister speech, she decides to investigate the case to gain a position among the big-shots. Based on actual events.
Director: Keith English | Stars: Vivianne Bánovits, András Mózes, Barna Bokor, Gabriella Gubás
Votes: 40,539
68. The Onion News Network (2011)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, News
Satirical coverage from the most trusted news network in the world.
Stars: Suzanne Sena, Brian Huskey, Todd Alan Crain, Jill Dobson
Votes: 838
69. The Colbert Report (2005–2014)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show
Satirical newscaster Stephen Colbert provides humorous commentary on the big issues going on in the United States and the rest of the world, with his larger-than-life ego and overly-patriotic spirit along with him every step of the way.
Stars: Stephen Colbert, Jay Katsir, Jon Stewart, Paul Dinello
Votes: 39,170
70. Carte Blanche (1988– )
News
Neil Shaw has produced 13 investigative inserts for Carte Blanche.
Stars: Derek Watts, Devi Sankaree Govender, Bongani Bingwa, John Webb
Votes: 29
71. Larry King Live (1985–2010)
TV-14 | 60 min | News, Talk-Show
Popular and controversial journalist Larry King hosts this CNN call-in talk show.
Stars: Larry King, Bob Woodward, Ryan Seacrest, Bill Maher
Votes: 1,266
72. The Weekly (2019– )
26 min | News
The Weekly is a new documentary TV series from The New York Times, bringing unparalleled journalism to the screen.
Stars: Maggie Haberman, Azam Ahmed, Bernie Sanders, Jessica Silver-Greenberg
Votes: 312
73. Reliable Sources (1992–2022)
TV-PG | 60 min | News, Talk-Show
"Reliable Sources" is CNN's weekly program that examines how journalists do their jobs and how the media affect the stories they cover.
Stars: Brian Stelter, Howard Kurtz, Oliver Darcy, David Zurawik
Votes: 226
74. Channel 4 News (I) (1982– )
55 min | News
Britain's most in-depth and probing national evening news bulletin, with political reports, interviews with prominent public figures and arts features.
Stars: Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Liam Dutton, Matt Frei, Cathy Newman
Votes: 235
75. Dobar, los, zao (2017– )
60 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show
Journalist Nenad Kulacin and author Marko Vidojkovic host "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," their weekly uncompromisingly opinionated talk and news satire show that fights for political and media freedoms in Serbia.
Stars: Marko Vidojkovic, Nenad Kulacin, Dragoljub Draza Petrovic, Dragan Djilas
Votes: 102
76. NOS Journaal (1956– )
News
A Dutch daily news broadcast.
Stars: Philip Freriks, Gerrit Hiemstra, Rien Huizing, Erwin Kroll
Votes: 63
77. This Week (1956–1992)
News
Public affairs series probing the news behind the headlines.
Stars: Jonathan Dimbleby, Denis Tuohy, Richard Lindley, Bryan Magee
Votes: 35
78. Bom Dia Brasil (1983– )
News
Presented by Carlos Monforte, Bom Dia Brasil appeared in 1983 as a news program of about 30 minutes in length, essentially political and economic, carried out and broadcast on national ... See full summary »
Stars: Carlos Monforte, Álvaro Pereira, Antônio Britto, Marcelo Netto
Votes: 34
79. The Roast (2012–2014)
2 min | Comedy, News
The Roast is a daily ten minute comedy news show that promises to destroy every bastion of journalism known to man.
Stars: Seaton Kay-Smith, Mark Humphries, Clarke Richards, Jazz Twemlow
Votes: 36
80. Globo Repórter (1973– )
60 min | News
Stars: Sérgio Chapelin, Ayrton Senna, Sandra Annenberg, Glória Maria
Votes: 106
81. The Paper (2008– )
Reality-TV
A look at how students with an interest in journalism and how they prepare their high school newspaper.
Votes: 116
82. Online Censorship Backfires on Democrats, Party Being Fractured by Far Left (2019 Video)
14 min | Short, News
Star: Tim Pool
83. Tactical Talk (2014– )
30 min | Talk-Show
Tactical Talk continues to lead media innovation despite being one of the pioneer digital media outlets. Tactical Talk Network has been presenting global foreign policy since 2014, through ... See full summary »
Star: Zain Khan
84. Red by James Hogan (2017)
Talk-Show
Exploration of the madness of modern communications and TV deploying the metaphor of the madness of King George the Third.
Stars: James Hogan, Alien Virtual, Trevor McDonald, Michael Grade
85. Network (1976)
R | 121 min | Drama
A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit, but finds that his message may be difficult to control.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall
Votes: 170,594
86. Your Past Is Showing (1957)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy
A very British comedy about a blackmailer and his victims.
Director: Mario Zampi | Stars: Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Peggy Mount, Shirley Eaton
Votes: 2,044
87. Continental Divide (1981)
PG | 103 min | Comedy, Romance
A hard-nosed Chicago journalist has an unlikely love affair with an eagle researcher.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: John Belushi, Blair Brown, Allen Garfield, Carlin Glynn
Votes: 5,641 | Gross: $15.58M
88. Medium Cool (1969)
R | 111 min | Drama
A TV news reporter finds himself becoming personally involved in the violence that erupts around the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
Director: Haskell Wexler | Stars: Robert Forster, Verna Bloom, Peter Bonerz, Marianna Hill
Votes: 4,711 | Gross: $1.48M
89. Fort Apache Napoli (2009)
108 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of Giancarlo Siani, a journalist killed by the Neapolitan Mafia in 1985.
Director: Marco Risi | Stars: Libero De Rienzo, Valentina Lodovini, Michele Riondino, Massimiliano Gallo
Votes: 1,159
90. The Caviar Connection (2021)
86 min | Documentary, Thriller
How do dictatorships like Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan launder their reputations from despotic to democratic? This investigative series exposes how Lady Gaga, luxury gifts and ... See full summary »
Director: Benoit Bringer | Stars: Sunna Aevarsdóttir, Heydar Aliyev, Ilham Aliyev, Daniel Freund
Votes: 88
91. Tinta roja (2000)
121 min | Crime, Drama
Alfonso wants to be a writer, but he decides to practice as a journalist. When he is assigned to the crime section of a newspaper, he will witness the dirty world of Peruvian tabloids.
Director: Francisco J. Lombardi | Stars: Gianfranco Brero, Giovanni Ciccia, Fele Martínez, Lucía Jiménez
Votes: 634
92. The Agronomist (2003)
PG-13 | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The true story of Jean Dominique, a Haitian radio journalist and human rights activist.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Jean Dominique, Aboudja, Ronald Reagan
Votes: 1,009 | Gross: $0.23M
93. The Adventures of Nellie Bly (1981 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
Follows pioneer nineteenth-century female journalist Nellie Bly and her exposes of corruption in New York City.
Director: Henning Schellerup | Stars: Linda Purl, Gene Barry, Ray Buktenica, John Randolph
Votes: 33
94. Newsbreak (2000)
R | 94 min | Action, Drama
A reporter risks his life to get to the bottom of a stack of lies, corruption and murder surrounding the opening of a local power plant.
Director: Serge Rodnunsky | Stars: Michael Rooker, Judge Reinhold, Robert Culp, Kelly Miracco
Votes: 154
95. The Newspaper (2015)
90 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
The Newspaper, is a British feature film about an entrepreneur who after first hand negative experience with the media industry decides together with his friend to launch a brand new ... See full summary »
Director: Jordan Kensington | Stars: Jordan Kensington, Ric Renton, Jessica Bayly, Sarah Parker Britain
Votes: 14
96. Orwell Rolls in His Grave (2003)
Unrated | 84 min | Documentary
A documentary analyzing the role of the modern American media and its effects on democracy.
Director: Robert Kane Pappas | Stars: Vincent Bugliosi, Jeff Cohen, Dennis Kucinich, Charles Lewis
Votes: 1,148 | Gross: $0.02M
97. The Network (2013)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary, History, News
The Network is a documentary set behind the scenes at the largest television network in one of the most unstable and dangerous places on earth, Afghanistan.
Director: Eva Orner
Votes: 90
98. The Network (2018– )
Drama
After losing his job Chris Hardy agrees to help his father start a television network despite their lack of experience, but when viewers don't come and friends don't support their cause the two of them must find a reason to continue on.
Stars: Grant Davis, Cassie Laing, Chason Laing, Theo Bray
99. Broadcast News (1987)
R | 133 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Take two rival television reporters: one handsome, one talented, both male. Add one producer, female. Mix well, and watch the sparks fly.
Director: James L. Brooks | Stars: William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter, Robert Prosky
Votes: 34,108 | Gross: $51.25M
100. The Newsroom (2012–2014)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama
A newsroom undergoes some changes in its workings and morals as a new team is brought in, bringing unexpected results for its existing news anchor.
Stars: Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, John Gallagher Jr., Alison Pill
Votes: 124,639
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