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poster
Netflix
76
7.5
/2766/
77
/174/
68
/26/
3.8
/15829/
86
/19/

Cover-Up (2025)
He's devoted his career to uncovering stories the powerful want buried. From My Lai to Abu Ghraib, dig into the life's work of journalist Seymour Hersh.
poster
fuboTV
71
6.8
/127854/
71
/9076/
67
/2818/
3.2
/165430/
82
/307/
74
/1564/
67
/45/
cc age 15+

Long Shot (2019)
Journalist Fred Flarsky reunites with his childhood crush, Charlotte Field, now one of the most influential women in the world. As she prepares to make a run for the Presidency, Charlotte hires Fred as her speechwriter — much to the dismay of her trusted advisers.
poster
78
67
7.3
/4749/
73
/137/
67
/79/
3.5
/4285/
100
/6/
87
/27/

The Night Strangler (1973)
After being run out of Las Vegas, reporter Carl Kolchak heads for Seattle and another reporting job with the local paper. It's not long before he’s on the trail of another string of bizarre murders. It seems that every 21 years, for the past century, a killer murders a certain number of people, drains them of their blood, and then disappears into the night. Kolchak is on his trail, but can he stop him?
poster
64
63
5.8
/4935/
70
/467/
70
/270/
2.8
/2774/
66
/64/

An Interview with God (2018)
An up-and-coming journalist finds his world and faith increasingly challenged when he's granted the interview of a lifetime – with someone who claims to be God.
poster
Kanopy
76
59
7.1
/1836/
75
/245/
66
/63/
3.4
/1334/
100
/7/
78
/14/
76
/4/

The Panama Papers (2018)
A documentary feature film about the biggest global corruption scandal in history, and the hundreds of journalists who risked their lives to break the story.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
69
58
6.8
/4844/
66
/353/
59
/29/
3.1
/1791/
91
/24/

Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery (2024)
A deep dive into one of the most enduring and high-stakes mysteries in technology and finance: the origins of Bitcoin and the identity of its anonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
58
6.2
/5967/
66
/439/
62
/131/
3.0
/1789/
68
/38/
47
/18/
62
/7/
cc age 16+

Target Number One (2020)
Ex heroin junkie, Daniel Léger, gets involved in a drug deal with the wrong people for the wrong reasons. When the deal goes sour, Daniel gets thrown into a Thai prison and slapped with a 100-year sentence. While he tries to survive his Bangkok incarceration, the news of his conviction captures the attention of Globe and Mail journalist Victor Malarek, who decides to go after the shady undercover cops responsible for wrongly accusing Daniel.
poster
Netflix
69
52
7.2
/7491/
71
/181/
73
/35/
3.3
/4541/
50
/16/
85
/9/
cc age 14+

Bhakshak (2024)
A struggling local journalist begins a dogged investigation into harrowing cases of abuse being covered up at a shelter for young girls.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
43
5.3
/16901/
58
/473/
53
/355/
2.5
/2777/
11
/9/
36
/585/
cc age 15+

Edison (2005)
In the troubled city of Edison, a young journalist, his jaded editor, and an honest investigator from the district attorney's office join forces to gather evidence against corrupt members of an elite police unit.
poster
75
40
7.3
/810/
75
/47/
69
/26/
3.4
/490/
100
/6/
64
/1/
79
/4/

Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World (2018)
A first-hand look into the revolutionary rise of the “citizen investigative journalist” collective known as Bellingcat. Comprised of various distinct personalities from around the globe, Bellingcat is an online association of talented and dedicated truth-seekers utilizing advanced digital research techniques to upend the world of journalism. De facto leader Eliot and his fellow researchers give us exclusive access into their tight-knit world as they demonstrate the unlimited power of open source investigation. In cases ranging from the MH17 disaster to the hidden crimes of the Syrian regime, the group’s power and growing global influence is examined and explored.
poster
Kanopy
75
37
7.3
/613/
73
/39/
72
/18/
3.4
/345/
93
/15/
78
/2/
63
/5/

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone (2016)
Vancouver-based filmmaker and TV news veteran Fred Peabody explores the life and legacy of the maverick American journalist I.F. Stone, whose long one-man crusade against government deception lives on in the work of such contemporary filmmakers and journalists as Laura Poitras, Glenn Greenwald, David Corn, and Matt Taibbi.
poster
81
31
7.7
/707/
82
/22/
81
/17/
3.6
/354/
85
/27/
94
/9/

Under the Wire (2018)
On 12 February 2012, two journalists entered war-ravaged Syria. One of them was celebrated Sunday Times war correspondent, Marie Colvin. The other was photographer, Paul Conroy. Their aim was to cover the plight of Syrian civilians trapped in Homs, a city under siege and relentless military attack from the Syrian army. Only one of them returned.
poster
49
14
5.2
/621/
58
/45/
46
/19/
41
/11/

GAL (2006)
Two journalists investigate the criminal activities of the GAL (Grupos Antiterroristas de Liberación), a secret terrorist organization founded in the eighties and financed by leading figures in the Spanish government and security forces to hunt down and exterminate both members and collaborators of the terrorist gang ETA.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
41
8
3.5
/468/
39
/14/
34
/14/
2.9
/335/

Splatter Beach (2007)
Splatter Beach is a 2007 low-budget horror comedy film made by the prolific Polonia brothers. It was released on DVD by Camp Motion Pictures.Starring Erin Brown, Erika Smith, Alison Whitney, Brice Kennedy, Ken Van Sant and Dave Fife, Splatter Beach concerns a reporter who hopes to write a story on a series of disappearances that have plagued a local beach, and who finds instead a sea monster in full rubbery attire.
poster
65
?
6.7
/407/
66
/36/
65
/51/

Tintin in America (1992)
In order to assassinate the inquisitive Belgian reporter Tintin, the evil gangster Al Capone orders Smiles, an executive under his command, to lure him to a meeting to be held in Chicago…
poster
?
7.6
/24/
90
/1/

Relatively Free (2016)
A short film following the release of journalist and activist Barrett Brown from prison, and his drive across Texas to a halfway house. 'Relatively Free' is an examination of Brown's return to a very different world, post the election.
poster
?
5.9
/40/
40
/2/
70
/1/

The Curse (1984)
Journalist Hamdi enters the mental hospital, claiming that he is mentally disturbed to investigate a journalistic precedent by discovering the secret of the killing of a patient, who shows some changes as a result of his integration, but he reaches the killer.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
?
6.7
/82/
25
/2/
40
/1/

Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust (2011)
The true story of the notorious paedophile priest Brendan Smyth, and how one family in Belfast, aided by journalist Chris Moore, uncovered the true extent of the clerical abuse scandal.
poster
70
?
7.8
/474/
65
/46/
71
/10/
3.7
/816/

The Killing of a Journalist (2022)
A young investigative journalist and his fiancée are brutally murdered in their home in Slovakia. Their deaths inspire the biggest protests in Slovakia since the fall of communism. The story takes an unexpected turn when a source leaks the secret murder case file to the murdered journalist’s colleagues. It includes the computers and encrypted communications of the assassination’s alleged mastermind, a businessman closely connected to the country’s ruling party. Trawling these encrypted messages, journalists discover that their country has been captured by corrupt oligarchs, judges, and law enforcement officials. A reckoning awaits.
poster
?
7.6
/12/

The Secret Policeman (2003)
Undercover reporter Mark Daly reveals racism among police recruits in Manchester, England.
poster
?
5.8
/123/

Thursday the 12th (2003)
In this two-part Rashomon-esque mini-series, a TV journalist investigates a rich politician and his family after a dead body is found on their property and they all have different story about the day of the incident.
poster
35
?
3.4
/464/
31
/8/
40
/4/

Anyway, He's Definitely Dead (2000)
Two men meet in a detached house in the Stockholm archipelago to write a play, hunt roe dear and relax in a sauna. But a tabloid got a news story about the authors and sends a journalist to take photographs and bug their conversations.
poster
?
6.2
/92/
70
/1/

The Crooked Man (2003)
Harry Fielding is an investigative reporter with a brief to covertly document the compromising exploits of public figures. Incriminating evidence captured on his camera is used by his unscrupulous boss, Hamilton, to blackmail the very people they are supposed to be protecting. The tables are turned when Fielding and Hamilton themselves become the subject of scrutiny and are plunged into a world of Subterfuge, Intrigue, blackmail and murder.
poster
Criterion Channel
46
?
5.0
/200/
42
/4/
40
/5/

Barrios altos (1987)
Veronica, recently divorced with a son, begins to organize her life and adapt to the new situation. Her problems are soon relegated to the back ground when Carlos, her masseuse, is murdered. Knowing himself in danger, Carlos left a final message on her answering machine: she had to retrieve a package hidden in a railway station toilet. From that moment, Veronica will not know peace.
poster
59
?
6.7
/132/
43
/3/
67
/3/

The Criminal Who Stole a Crime (1969)
A retired police captain, Siwy, tells a reporter about his latest action, carrying on his own investigation into the mysterious death of a Ewa Salm, a.k.a. Princess. She was a witness in a case where the defendant pled guilty and was sentenced to eight years in prison. Siwy doubts the defendant's guilt and risks his life to apprehend the real killer.
poster
59
?
5.9
/142/
60
/2/

Kennedy's Brain (2010)
A young Swedish freelance investigative journalist dies under mysterious circumstances in South Africa, and his mother sets off in a relentless pursuit of the truth behind his death.
poster
62
?
5.8
/447/
66
/34/
56
/21/
3.2
/419/

The Island of Lies (2020)
Galicia, northern Spain, January 2, 1921. The steamship Santa Isabel, sailing towards Argentina with more than two hundred emigrants on board, sinks off the coast of Sálvora Island. Three island women, María, Josefa and Cipriana, who have bravely set sail aboard a fragile skiff to save the shipwrecked, are treated as heroes by the cynical authorities; but León, an inquisitive and tenacious Argentinean journalist, starts asking uncomfortable questions.
poster
?

Stay With Me (2025)
Set against the backdrop of political unrest in Haiti, investigative journalist Margaret Goodman’s reporting on corruption has put her family at risk. Over a simple meal, mother and son grapple with fear, duty and the weight of violence that shadows their lives.
poster
?

Static (2015)
A freelance investigative journalist makes an insidious discovery.
poster
?

Die Akte Dschihad (1989)
For years, Belga Chemical was used by the most powerful arms corporations as a transshipment point for international arms trafficking. Even before this scandal is uncovered, Daniel Rousseu is able to go into hiding with all the evidence. In his hiding place, he creates a documentary to which he gives the name Jihad. Daniel Rousseu is no longer willing to cover up for the real backers, the powerful bosses of the arms mafia, and wants to turn himself in to the police, testify before the investigating committee and present the Jihad file - The death sentence for Daniel Rousseu! When he hires private detective Claude Garonne to hand over part of the file to a well-known journalist, he is lured into a trap. Badly wounded, the private detective initially manages to escape. Even before his murderers kill him, he hands over the documents to journalism student Samantha. He also reveals the whereabouts of Daniel Rousseu to her - a murderous hunt begins!
poster
?

Vanished
An investigative journalist researches the biggest case of his life - the sudden disappearance of his wife.


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