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89
8.2
/488892/
79
/7362/
79
/5829/
4.2
/578429/
99
/132/
90
/11624/
100
/19/
cc age 12+

Citizen Kane (1941)
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
poster
Kanopy
88
8.0
/39033/
77
/685/
76
/554/
4.2
/57808/
98
/61/
91
/531/
100
/5/

Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.
poster
fuboTV
88
8.1
/87364/
78
/1597/
78
/1231/
4.3
/83458/
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
87
8.4
/438352/
82
/6331/
80
/3939/
4.3
/179798/
92
/162/
96
/11154/
89
/39/
cc age 17+

The Lives of Others (2006)
In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the couple, and faces conflicting loyalties when his superior takes a liking to Christa-Maria.
poster
Kanopy
86
8.1
/528320/
79
/18062/
78
/8561/
4.1
/556857/
97
/379/
93
/2952/
93
/45/
cc age 15+

Spotlight (2015)
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.
poster
85
7.8
/77639/
77
/1257/
76
/933/
4.0
/87443/
100
/104/
92
/2645/
96
/13/
cc age 11+

The Philadelphia Story (1940)
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
poster
85
7.9
/81950/
77
/1561/
75
/1073/
4.1
/71445/
95
/63/
92
/1748/
83
/16/
cc age 14+

Being There (1979)
A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television.
poster
Criterion Channel
85
8.1
/118432/
77
/1876/
78
/1343/
4.2
/118050/
98
/113/
93
/1984/
87
/16/
cc age 10+

It Happened One Night (1934)
A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind.
poster
Hoopla
85
7.7
/54745/
76
/918/
74
/680/
3.9
/25830/
97
/34/
90
/910/
91
/16/

The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
Tired of life as soldiers, Peachy Carnehan and Danny Dravot travel to the isolated land of Kafiristan, where they are ultimately embraced by the people and revered as rulers. After a series of misunderstandings, the natives come to believe that Dravot is a god, but he and Carnehan can't keep up their deception forever.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
7.9
/135529/
78
/3487/
76
/1976/
4.2
/196169/
94
/71/
92
/2245/
84
/18/
cc age 13+

All the President's Men (1976)
During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
8.0
/183814/
80
/4180/
80
/3089/
4.4
/832331/
92
/192/
94
/3481/
87
/28/

In the Mood for Love (2000)
In 1962 Hong Kong, neighbors Su Li-zhen (Mrs. Chan) and Chow Mo-wan (Mr. Chow) discover their spouses are having an affair. As they spend time together, they develop feelings for each other, but their relationship remains chaste and unspoken, reflecting societal constraints and their own moral compass.
poster
83
8.1
/128148/
77
/1729/
78
/1136/
4.1
/67018/
97
/98/
94
/2708/
73
/9/
cc age 8+

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new senator has to battle political corruption.
poster
MGM Plus
82
7.8
/66928/
76
/1358/
74
/890/
4.0
/104285/
99
/104/
90
/1515/
cc age 12+

His Girl Friday (1940)
Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a new beau, but, as Walter knows, she has a weakness: she can’t resist a juicy scoop.
poster
Fandor
81
7.4
/2624/
72
/146/
69
/63/
3.9
/3212/
97
/74/
85
/45/
89
/20/

The Overnighters (2014)
Desperate, broken men chase their dreams and run from their demons in the North Dakota oil fields. A local Pastor's decision to help them has extraordinary and unexpected consequences.
poster
HBO Max
81
7.4
/205311/
74
/7503/
72
/4120/
3.7
/241225/
88
/122/
86
/8463/
82
/21/
cc age 9+

Superman (1978)
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
7.6
/8202/
74
/124/
71
/148/
3.9
/11438/
76
/17/
85
/1/

Veronika Voss (1982)
In Munich 1955, German film star Veronika Voss becomes a drug addict at the mercy of corrupt Dr. Marianne Katz, who keeps her supplied with morphine. After meeting sports writer Robert Krohn, Veronika begins to dream of a return to stardom. As the couple's relationship escalates in intensity, Veronika begins seriously planning her return to the screen -- only to realize how debilitated she has become through her drug habit.
poster
Kanopy
79
7.5
/37675/
78
/2383/
77
/886/
3.7
/93528/
91
/150/
98
/224/
69
/30/
cc age 11+

One Life (2023)
British stockbroker Nicholas Winton visits Czechoslovakia in the 1930s and forms plans to assist in the rescue of Jewish children before the onset of World War II, in an operation that came to be known as the Kindertransport.
poster
The Roku Channel
79
7.4
/25591/
71
/516/
70
/421/
3.7
/25969/
95
/43/
81
/349/
89
/18/

Foreign Correspondent (1940)
American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a beautiful politician’s daughter and an urbane English journalist to uncover the truth.
poster
78
7.3
/2784/
70
/62/
69
/33/
3.7
/2170/
100
/28/
78
/25/

The Grey Fox (1982)
Old West highwayman Bill Miner, known to Pinkertons as "The Gentleman Bandit," is released in 1901 after 33 years in prison. A genial and charming old man, he re-enters a world unfamiliar to him, and returns to the only thing that gives him purpose — robbery.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
77
6.8
/123277/
70
/4727/
67
/2427/
3.3
/104811/
89
/114/
76
/5205/
83
/16/
cc age 8+

Superman II (1980)
Three Kryptonian criminals led by General Zod team up with Lex Luthor to conquer Earth, forcing a depowered Superman to regain his strength and stop them.
poster
FXNow
77
7.5
/768610/
75
/27667/
72
/15883/
3.9
/1858841/
93
/274/
82
/59410/
83
/41/
cc age 11+

Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still can't act on his feelings for Mary Jane Watson, a girl he's loved since childhood. A certain anger begins to brew in his best friend Harry Osborn as well...
poster
Kanopy
76
7.1
/39648/
69
/618/
69
/456/
3.4
/49673/
92
/163/
79
/1300/
73
/38/
cc age 13+

Shattered Glass (2003)
The true story of fraudulent Washington, D.C. journalist Stephen Glass, who rose to meteoric heights as a young writer in his 20s, becoming a staff writer at The New Republic for three years. Looking for a short cut to fame, Glass concocted sources, quotes and even entire stories, but his deception did not go unnoticed forever, and eventually, his world came crumbling down.
poster
Kanopy
76
7.2
/7250/
70
/142/
67
/108/
3.8
/7376/
90
/49/
89
/181/
72
/21/

Aimée & Jaguar (1999)
In 1943, while the Allies are bombing Berlin and the Gestapo is purging the capital of Jews, a dangerous love affair blossoms between two women – one a Jewish member of the underground, the other an exemplar of Nazi motherhood.
poster
Criterion Channel
83
76
8.1
/7794/
77
/144/
74
/146/
4.2
/15504/
93
/29/
91
/54/

Charulata (1964)
In 1870s India, Charulata is an isolated, artistically inclined woman who sees little of her busy journalist husband, Bhupati. Realizing that his wife is alienated and unhappy, he convinces his cousin, Amal, to spend time with Charulata and nourish her creative impulses. Amal is a fledgling poet himself, and he and Charulata bond over their shared love of art.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
7.1
/7728/
71
/255/
70
/173/
3.5
/4423/
96
/28/
82
/10/
71
/8/
cc age 15+

Becoming Astrid (2018)
When Astrid Lindgren was very young something happened that affected her profoundly, and this combination of both miracle and calamity came to shape her entire life. It was an event that transformed her into one of the most inspiring women of our age and the storyteller a whole world would come to love. This is the story of when a young Astrid, despite the expectations of her time and religious upbringing, decided to break free from society's norms and follow her heart.
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
HBO Max Amazon Channel
74
IMDb 66
7.1
/356931/
72
/19378/
74
/3957/
3.9
/2533425/
83
/498/
90
/4250/
68
/58/
cc age 12+

Superman (2025)
Superman, a journalist in Metropolis, embarks on a journey to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as Clark Kent.
poster
FXNow
74
7.4
/948634/
75
/32682/
73
/20081/
3.9
/2063673/
90
/278/
67
/1692241/
73
/38/
cc age 11+

Spider-Man (2002)
After being bitten by a genetically altered spider at Oscorp, nerdy but endearing high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers to become the superhero known as Spider-Man.
poster
74
7.8
/446937/
77
/19998/
76
/6304/
3.8
/569218/
76
/278/
84
/2664/
51
/44/
cc age 17+

The Gentlemen (2020)
American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.
poster
Kanopy
74
7.4
/16962/
74
/413/
71
/297/
3.6
/3745/
84
/57/
82
/298/
67
/17/

North Face (2008)
North Face tells the story of two German climbers Toni Kurz and Andreas Hinterstoisser and their attempt to scale the deadly North Face of the Eiger.
poster
73
7.2
/21231/
75
/510/
71
/351/
3.6
/10909/
68
/25/
83
/572/
71
/5/
cc age 6+

The Great Race (1965)
Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate's own invention.
poster
Netflix
73
6.7
/22283/
71
/1296/
68
/530/
3.5
/14537/
87
/147/
63
/144/
75
/32/
cc age 15+

A Private War (2018)
One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontlines of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.
poster
MGM Plus
76
73
7.6
/16088/
74
/267/
72
/272/
3.7
/12157/
92
/24/
82
/230/
63
/9/

Meet John Doe (1941)
As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
73
7.6
/7048/
75
/116/
73
/142/
4.0
/11560/
100
/7/
87
/44/

Kings of the Road (1976)
Itinerant projection-equipment repairman Bruno Winter and depressed hitchhiker Robert Lander - a doctor who has just been through a break-up with his wife and a half-hearted suicide attempt - travel along the Western side of the East-German border in a repair truck, visiting worn-out movie theaters, learning to communicate across their differences.
poster
MGM Plus
73
7.1
/24109/
70
/629/
68
/341/
3.8
/51916/
87
/46/
77
/400/
65
/12/

The Parallax View (1974)
An ambitious reporter gets in trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
73
7.6
/605732/
76
/23848/
73
/9670/
3.7
/537805/
64
/304/
71
/47708/
56
/39/
cc age 18+

Watchmen (2009)
In a gritty and alternate 1985, the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown. But after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so they uncover a sinister plot that puts all of humanity in grave danger.
poster
72
5.9
/734/
73
/107/
66
/17/
3.3
/412/
75
/24/
89
/26/
63
/7/
cc age 15+

Words of War (2025)
World-renowned journalist and human rights activist Anna Politkovskaya went from being a local print journalist to braving the Chechen killing fields and exposing Russian state corruption under Vladimir Putin. She refused to give up reporting on the war in Chechnya despite numerous acts of intimidation and violence, including being poisoned. She was ultimately murdered in the elevator of her block of flats and it remains unclear who paid for the contract killing.
poster
78
72
7.8
/9510/
72
/164/
73
/125/
3.8
/7486/
86
/14/
87
/124/

Libeled Lady (1936)
When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty, must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty's harried fiancée, Gladys Benton, and his dashing friend Bill Chandler are in on a scheme that aims to discredit Connie, with amusing and unexpected results.
poster
Kanopy
75
72
7.2
/6777/
71
/256/
68
/162/
3.7
/5104/
86
/14/
84
/113/

The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right. Hysterical panic has engulfed the world after the United States and the Soviet Union simultaneously detonate nuclear devices and have caused the orbit of the Earth to alter, sending it hurtling towards the sun.
poster
Kanopy
81
72
8.1
/5089/
82
/113/
75
/92/
3.9
/2644/
78
/9/
94
/177/

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)
A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's role in modern propaganda.
poster
72
6.7
/17036/
68
/369/
66
/225/
3.4
/12261/
86
/37/
67
/235/
70
/30/

The Paper (1994)
Henry Hackett is the workaholic editor of a New York City tabloid. He loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, publisher Bernie White faces financial straits, and has hatchet-man Alicia Clark—Henry's nemesis—impose unpopular cutbacks.
poster
72
6.5
/14549/
70
/1370/
66
/448/
3.0
/10970/
100
/5/
75
/219/
cc age 14+

Superman: Unbound (2013)
Superman and Supergirl take on the cybernetic being known as Brainiac, who boasts that he possesses "the knowledge and strength of 10,000 worlds."
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
72
6.2
/42376/
73
/5456/
68
/1542/
3.1
/73020/
91
/175/
78
/1161/
71
/35/
cc age 17+

Girls Trip (2017)
Four girlfriends take a trip to New Orleans for an annual festival and, along the way, rediscover their wild sides and strengthen the bonds of sisterhood.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
72
7.2
/533886/
75
/50011/
73
/19361/
3.2
/999967/
74
/343/
79
/3997/
66
/50/
cc age 12+

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from the briefcase, it sends the American wizarding authorities after Newt, and threatens to strain even further the state of magical and non-magical relations.
poster
71
6.5
/2740/
62
/47/
64
/39/
3.4
/1160/
100
/5/
70
/34/

Defence of the Realm (1986)
A reporter named Mullen 'stumbles' onto a story linking a prominent Member of Parliament to a KGB agent and a near-nuclear disaster involving a teenage runaway and a U.S. Air Force base. Has there been a Government cover-up? Mullen teams up with Vernon Bayliss, an old hack, and Nina Beckam, the MP's assistant, to find out the truth.
poster
Criterion Channel
71
6.8
/23041/
67
/469/
66
/427/
3.6
/57219/
86
/50/
71
/380/
70
/16/

Sisters (1973)
Inquisitive journalist Grace Collier is horrified when she witnesses her neighbor, fashion model Danielle Breton, violently murder a man. Panicking, she calls the police. But when the detective arrives at the scene and finds nothing amiss, Grace is forced to take matters into her own hands. Her first move is to recruit private investigator Joseph Larch, who helps her to uncover a secret about Danielle's past that has them both seeing double.
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
71
7.1
/165327/
71
/4049/
67
/2059/
3.3
/48840/
84
/213/
73
/6318/
64
/36/
cc age 15+

State of Play (2009)
When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.


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