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fuboTV
88
8.1
/87364/
78
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78
/1231/
4.3
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95
/56/
92
/1200/
94
/10/

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed up by a crew of outlaws terrorizing the town, led by Liberty Valance. As the territory's safety hung in the balance, Doniphon and Stoddard, two of the only people standing up to him, proved to be very important, but different, foes to Valance.
poster
Kanopy
85
7.7
/11568/
79
/261/
74
/196/
4.0
/27530/
100
/13/
89
/128/

The Official Story (1985)
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1983. In the last and turbulent days of the military dictatorship, Alicia, a high school history teacher, begins to ask uncomfortable questions about the dark origins of Gaby, her adopted daughter.
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Hulu
83
7.8
/189896/
76
/3280/
74
/1963/
4.1
/122531/
96
/135/
90
/2578/
85
/34/
cc age 16+

The Insider (1999)
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
poster
80
8.2
/1985/
79
/163/
78
/32/
3.8
/2256/
85
/71/
93
/16/
67
/18/
cc age 11+

The Way I See It (2020)
Former Chief Official White House Photographer Pete Souza's journey as a person with top secret clearance and total access to the President.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
7.4
/8266/
70
/143/
68
/171/
3.7
/7373/
85
/13/
82
/106/

Danton (1983)
Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 Robespierre was France's ruler, determined to wipe out opposition with a series of mass executions that became known as the Reign of Terror. Danton, well known as a spokesman of the people, had been living in relative solitude in the French countryside, but he returned to Paris to challenge Robespierre's violent rule and call for the people to demand their rights. Robespierre, however, could not accept such a challenge, even from a friend and colleague, and he blocked out a plan for the capture and execution of Danton and his allies.
poster
79
7.3
/104746/
72
/2049/
69
/1185/
3.6
/47787/
88
/58/
80
/1196/
79
/24/
cc age 17+

The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his girlie magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for all people.
poster
79
7.7
/158294/
77
/3331/
75
/2532/
3.9
/147039/
91
/108/
93
/2986/
68
/32/
cc age 14+

Good Bye, Lenin! (2003)
Alex Kerner's mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell. When she wakes up he must try to keep her from learning what happened (as she was an avid communist supporter) to avoid shocking her which could lead to another heart attack.
poster
78
7.2
/40305/
70
/567/
68
/491/
3.7
/22497/
86
/29/
84
/944/
73
/17/

The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to learn that Tomas is already having an affair with the bohemian Sabina, but when the Soviet invasion occurs, all three flee to Switzerland. Sabina begins an affair, Tom continues womanizing, and Tereza, disgusted, returns to Czechoslovakia. Realizing his mistake, Tomas decides to chase after her.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.7
/2493/
72
/69/
72
/44/
3.6
/957/
96
/56/
90
/135/
75
/18/

The Most Dangerous Man in America (2009)
"The Most Dangerous Man in America" is the story of what happens when a former Pentagon insider, armed only with his conscience, steadfast determination, and a file cabinet full of classified documents, decides to challenge an "imperial" presidency – answerable to neither Congress, the press, nor the people – in order to help end the Vietnam War.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
77
7.4
/1041/
68
/18/
59
/16/
3.5
/430/
94
/70/
88
/62/
82
/29/

The Agronomist (2004)
Documentary on Jean Dominique, Haitian radio personality and human rights activist.
poster
Hulu
76
7.6
/15517/
77
/790/
75
/302/
3.8
/26962/
93
/179/
78
/299/
71
/32/
cc age 10+

RBG (2018)
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg now 84, and still inspired by the lawyers who defended free speech during the Red Scare, Ginsburg refuses to relinquish her passionate duty, steadily fighting for equal rights for all citizens under the law. Through intimate interviews and unprecedented access to Ginsburg’s life outside the court, RBG tells the electric story of Ginsburg’s consuming love affairs with both the Constitution and her beloved husband Marty—and of a life’s work that led her to become an icon of justice in the highest court in the land.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
76
7.4
/1055/
73
/67/
65
/12/
3.6
/1596/
95
/91/
86
/1/
72
/24/

Mike Wallace Is Here (2019)
For over half a century, 60 Minutes' fearsome newsman Mike Wallace went head-to-head with the world's most influential figures. Relying exclusively on archival footage, the film interrogates the interrogator, tracking Wallace's storied career and troubled personal life while unpacking how broadcast journalism evolved to today’s precarious tipping point.
poster
75
7.2
/170112/
73
/9051/
70
/4785/
3.5
/218177/
88
/401/
74
/1418/
83
/51/
cc age 13+

The Post (2017)
A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.
poster
Criterion Channel
73
7.3
/5252/
68
/86/
69
/102/
3.7
/5330/
83
/18/
84
/68/

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975)
After a chance encounter with a wanted man, a woman is harassed by the police and press until she takes violent action.
poster
The Roku Channel
72
7.0
/36205/
70
/941/
67
/659/
3.4
/36200/
87
/69/
73
/569/

The Thing from Another World (1951)
Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.
poster
The CW
71
7.1
/41302/
70
/1002/
69
/521/
3.4
/5420/
82
/61/
73
/947/
64
/12/
cc age 14+

Nothing But the Truth (2008)
When reporter Rachel Armstrong writes a story that reveals the identity of a covert CIA operative, the government demands that Rachel reveal her source. She defies the special prosecutor and is thrown in jail. Meanwhile, her attorney, Albert Burnside argues her case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
poster
69
6.9
/16277/
70
/334/
66
/237/
3.4
/9732/
82
/28/
64
/171/
64
/12/

Absence of Malice (1981)
Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected racketeer. He has an alibi for the time his crime was allegedly committed—but it involves an innocent party. When he tells Carter the truth and the newspaper runs it, tragedy follows, forcing Carter to face up to the responsibilities of her job when she is confronted by Gallagher.
poster
Paramount+ Amazon Channel
69
7.1
/346398/
71
/11858/
69
/6869/
3.6
/454714/
82
/94/
73
/18878/
68
/24/
cc age 14+

Batman Returns (1992)
The monstrous Penguin, who dwells in the sewers beneath Gotham, joins up with corrupt mayoral candidate Max Shreck to topple the Batman once and for all. But when Shreck's timid assistant Selina Kyle finds out, and Shreck tries to kill her, she's transformed into the sexy Catwoman. She teams up with the Penguin and Shreck to destroy Batman, but sparks fly unexpectedly when she confronts the caped crusader.
poster
69
7.4
/6232/
74
/165/
75
/130/
3.8
/27518/
59
/17/
76
/47/

Four Days in September (1997)
Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties. César, however, is wounded and captured during a bank hold up. Fernando then decides to kidnap the American ambassador in Brazil and ask for the release of fifteen political prisoners in exchange for his life.
poster
Kanopy
65
6.6
/13635/
66
/314/
64
/188/
3.2
/9704/
64
/107/
58
/585/
63
/24/

Howl (2010)
It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, society's reaction (the obscenity trial), and mind-expanding animation that echoes the startling originality of the poem itself. All three coalesce in a genre-bending hybrid that brilliantly captures a pivotal moment-the birth of a counterculture.
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77
64
7.8
/2348/
80
/229/
74
/51/
3.9
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Waves (2024)
At the end of the 1960s, when the air is filled with rock-and-roll and student rebellions are changing the world, the older of two brothers joins a prestigious newsroom of the public radio broadcaster. Not long after, he finds himself in the middle of a dangerous conflict between journalists and the secret service.
poster
Hoopla
64
6.8
/22875/
69
/407/
66
/325/
3.2
/9467/
53
/138/
69
/445/
55
/33/
cc age 17+

Veronica Guerin (2003)
In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then gets in touch with John Traynor, a paranoid informant. Not without some prodding, Traynor leads her to John Gilligan, the ruthless head of the operation, who does not take kindly to Guerin's nosing.
poster
71
58
7.2
/4734/
71
/110/
68
/73/
3.5
/2867/
78
/9/
69
/19/

Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)
With three days before his paper folds, a crusading editor tries to expose a vicious gangster.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
83
56
8.2
/1749/
80
/64/
76
/37/
3.8
/1061/
100
/24/
91
/15/
78
/11/
cc age 13+

Tickling Giants (2017)
The Arab Spring in Egypt: From a dictator to free elections, back to a dictatorship. One comedy show united the country and tested the limits of free press. This is the story of Bassem Youssef, a cardiologist turned comedian, the Jon Stewart of Egypt, and his show "The Show".
poster
MGM Plus
65
48
7.0
/2550/
62
/81/
64
/71/
3.2
/2372/

Why We Fight: Prelude to War (1942)
Prelude to War was the first film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, commissioned by the Pentagon and George C. Marshall. It was made to convince American troops of the necessity of combating the Axis Powers during World War II. This film examines the differences between democratic and fascist states.
poster
Kanopy
51
47
5.6
/7220/
56
/205/
57
/174/
3.0
/8757/
40
/5/
40
/186/

Nightmare City (1980)
In a nameless European city, a local reporter and his doctor wife try to escape from hordes of blood thirsty zombies, undead people exposed to nuclear radioactivity, while the military leaders fight a losing war of attrition against the relentless atomic zombies.
poster
Kanopy
68
46
6.9
/988/
63
/37/
69
/26/
3.4
/865/
78
/23/
63
/45/
68
/10/

Smash His Camera (2010)
A film centering on the life and work of Ron Galella that examines the nature and effect of paparazzi.
poster
Criterion Channel
67
46
6.9
/2066/
67
/54/
66
/53/
3.6
/2535/
80
/10/
54
/5/

Rosa Luxemburg (1986)
Polish socialist and Marxist Rosa Luxemburg works tirelessly in the service of revolution in early 20th century Poland and Germany. While Luxemburg campaigns for her beliefs, she is repeatedly imprisoned as she forms the Spartacist League offering a new vision for Germany.
poster
60
43
5.8
/2607/
64
/197/
57
/120/
3.0
/825/
86
/7/
38
/6/

Guernica (2016)
The fates of Henry - an American correspondent - and Teresa, one of the Republic's censors during the Spanish Civil War.
poster
67
38
6.5
/1462/
65
/55/
60
/37/
3.5
/1038/
79
/14/
64
/6/

Goltzius & the Pelican Company (2014)
Goltzius and the Pelican Company tells the story of Hendrik Goltzius, a late 16th century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints. A contemporary of Rembrandt and, indeed, more celebrated during his life, Goltzius seduces the Margrave of Alsace into paying for a printing press to make and publish illustrated books. In return, he promises him an extraordinary book of pictures of illustrating the Old Testament’s biblical stories. Erotic tales of Lot and his daughters, David and Bathsheba, Samson and Deliah and John the Baptist and Salome. To tempt the Margrave further, Goltzius and his printing company will offer to perform dramatisations of these erotic stories for his court.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
37
7.2
/152/
70
/4/
3.7
/1055/
100
/37/

Bad Press (2023)
When the Muscogee Nation suddenly begins censoring its free press, a rogue reporter fights to expose her government's corruption in a historic battle that will have ramifications for all of Indian country.
poster
Kanopy
80
35
7.4
/599/
75
/21/
81
/14/
3.5
/565/
100
/5/

F@ck This Job (2022)
In 2008, Natasha, a newly rich woman, decides to open an independent TV station in Russia and builds an open-minded team of outcasts. By 2020, Natasha has lost everything to Russia's war between Propaganda and Truth.
poster
69
32
7.0
/1027/
64
/12/
64
/19/
3.5
/590/
77
/193/

Mayerling (1936)
Rudolf, the only heir to Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary, is trapped in a loveless marriage to a Belgian princess. As he seeks to flee his stifling environment, he meets the beautiful Maria, and the two enter into a scandalous affair. Despite the interference of the Emperor, the couple refuse to give each other up.
poster
80
31
8.0
/680/
70
/37/
77
/17/
3.6
/414/
100
/9/
84
/3/

Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime (2014)
Before the internet. Before social media. Before breaking news. The victims of Thalidomide had to rely on something even more extraordinary to fight their corner: Investigative journalism. This is the story of how Harold Evans fought and won the battle of his and many other lives.
poster
46
25
5.4
/565/
54
/14/
44
/18/
18
/11/
70
/38/
36
/8/

This Revolution (2005)
A news cameraman befriends a widow while covering activists during the Republican National Convention.
poster
59
22
5.8
/3714/
57
/4/
60
/2/
3.2
/797/

Katips (2021)
A musical-drama film about the struggles of common people who became victims of Martial Law in the '70s. Based on the 2016 musical play of the same name, Katips is a tale of the young, in their fight for their ideals, how big can one get against a force too much bigger than yourself.
poster
53
21
5.9
/1063/
50
/13/
65
/40/
3.1
/206/
30
/17/

Return to Peyton Place (1961)
Residents of the small town of Peyton Place aren't pleased when they realize they're the characters in local writer Allison MacKenzie's controversial first novel. A sequel to the hit 1957 film.
poster
66
18
7.5
/288/
60
/10/
55
/10/
76
/22/

Larry Flynt: The Right to Be Left Alone (2007)
A documentary that celebrates and examines an unabashed vulgarian.
poster
59
10
5.7
/356/
63
/6/
55
/12/
3.2
/360/

Sweden: Heaven and Hell (1968)
Nine scenes about sexuality and morals in Sweden in the late sixties.
poster
77
?
7.9
/13/
80
/1/
3.6
/215/

The Ban (2024)
In 1988, following a wave of IRA atrocities, the British Government introduced a Broadcasting Ban, silencing Sinn Féin and other loyalist and republican paramilitary groups by forbidding broadcasters to allow anyone affiliated with these bodies to speak on television or radio. Bizarrely, however, a legal loophole allowed broadcasters to circumvent the ban by simply employing actors to re-voice the original sequences. Using unseen archive footage and present-day interviews with key figures such as Gerry Adams and Stephen Rea, The Ban reflects on the British government’s use of the threat of ‘terrorism’ to justify censorship, drawing inevitable comparisons with the present.
poster
?
5.9
/93/
30
/2/
54
/6/

Les Dents longues (1953)
A young, talented and ambitious journalist, Louis heads off to try his luck in Paris. He's spotted by Walter, editor-in-chief for a major daily newspaper, who takes to him and furthers his career. What he doesn't realise is that Louis is ready to betray anyone to achieve his ends...
poster
?
6.7
/98/
60
/4/

Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris (1948)
The story of Jean Valjean, still pursued by Javert, continues with a love developing between Cosette and radical student Marius, a blackmailing attempt by suspicious innkeeper Thenardier, and a climax on the barricades of Paris.
poster
Kanopy
69
?
7.3
/220/
63
/14/
78
/8/
60
/5/
71
/4/

War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State (2013)
War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State highlights four cases where whistleblowers noticed government wrong-doing and took to the media to expose the fraud and abuse. It exposes the surprisingly worsening and threatening reality for whistleblowers and the press. The film includes interviews with whistleblowers Michael DeKort, Thomas Drake, Franz Gayl and Thomas Tamm and award-winning journalists like David Carr, Lucy Dalglish, Glenn Greenwald, Seymour Hersh, Michael Isikoff, Bill Keller, Eric Lipton, Jane Mayer, Dana Priest, Tom Vanden Brook and Sharon Weinberger.
poster
67
?
6.9
/303/
40
/2/
64
/13/

The Devil Who Limped (1948)
The film is a 125-minute, black-and-white biography of French priest and diplomat Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754–1838), who served for 50 years under five different French regimes: the Absolute Monarchy, the Revolution, the Consulate, the Empire, and the Constitutional Monarchy. Its title comes from one of the main historical nicknames for Talleyrand, that he shares with demon king Asmodeus and English poet Lord Byron.
poster
Kanopy
58
?
7.7
/153/
20
/1/
77
/6/

Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press (1996)
This documentary examines the 80 year career of journalist George Seldes, his encounters with Lenin and J. Edgar Hoover, his long battle against press censorship, the tobacco lobby, and his eventual blacklisting.With Ben Bagdikian, Jeff Cohen, Daliel Ellsberg, Ralph Nader, and Marian Seldes
poster
?
6.8
/74/
70
/1/
40
/1/

The Story That Couldn't Be Printed (1939)
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of John Peter Zenger, who in Colonial New York was tried for sedition based on what he printed in his newspaper.
poster
?
8.3
/71/
70
/3/
87
/8/

Derrick J's Victimless Crime Spree (2012)
This moving and amusing story is narrated by Derrick J himself and includes plenty of exciting activist footage that makes it clear who the real criminals are - the people calling themselves "government".
poster
63
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6.9
/776/
65
/2/
57
/11/

A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)
German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.


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