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poster
Criterion Channel
87
8.1
/33621/
78
/555/
77
/598/
4.3
/48088/
94
/51/
93
/387/
86
/19/

Z (1969)
A prominent politician is murdered during a demonstration. The government and army are trying to suppress the truth. But, a tenacious magistrate is determined to not to let them get away with it.
poster
HBO Max
82
7.9
/39498/
79
/1544/
77
/903/
3.8
/27034/
94
/49/
88
/380/
cc age 17+

The Normal Heart (2014)
The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose the truth about the burgeoning epidemic to a city and nation in denial.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
7.1
/8686/
69
/158/
69
/182/
3.6
/24184/
81
/21/
73
/105/
97
/5/

Le Petit Soldat (1963)
Despite his lack of political convictions, photojournalist Bruno Forestier is roped into a paramilitary group waging a shadow war in Geneva against the Algerian independence movement.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
77
6.8
/123794/
69
/4806/
67
/2454/
3.3
/109805/
88
/113/
76
/5208/
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
Kanopy
76
7.2
/7274/
70
/144/
67
/109/
3.8
/7821/
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
The Roku Channel
75
7.3
/17635/
72
/740/
71
/335/
3.8
/25858/
85
/117/
95
/37/
57
/20/
cc age 14+

Our Friend (2019)
After learning that his terminally ill wife has six months to live, a man welcomes the support of his best friend who moves into their home to help out.
poster
75
7.2
/170829/
73
/9130/
70
/4808/
3.5
/222519/
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
Hulu
74
7.4
/954693/
75
/33293/
73
/20231/
3.9
/2200610/
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
Netflix
73
6.7
/22394/
71
/1304/
67
/536/
3.5
/14848/
87
/147/
63
/142/
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
The CW
71
7.1
/41403/
70
/1008/
69
/531/
3.4
/5589/
82
/61/
73
/946/
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
70
6.9
/60972/
71
/1975/
67
/737/
3.4
/41885/
79
/34/
81
/1744/
68
/11/
cc age 12+

Fletch (1985)
When investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug trade at a local beach, he's approached by wealthy businessman Alan Stanwyk, who offers him $50,000 to murder him. With sarcastic wit and a knack for disguises, Fletch sets out to uncover Stanwyk's story.
poster
69
6.9
/16388/
70
/338/
66
/241/
3.4
/10179/
82
/28/
64
/172/
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
Hoopla
69
7.2
/8614/
73
/206/
66
/88/
3.5
/3620/
59
/83/
74
/484/
58
/28/
cc age 13+

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005)
A Midwestern housewife supports her large family by entering contests for ad slogans sponsored by consumer product companies, while dealing with abuse from her alcoholic husband. Based on a true story.
poster
76
67
7.6
/4935/
72
/128/
75
/81/
3.8
/7836/
83

Man Facing Southeast (1987)
A new patient mysteriously appears in a psychiatric ward. He claims to come from another planet to study humans and their behavior. The alien is gentle but criticizes humans for their harsh treatment of each other. The assigned psychiatrist is himself unhappy, and affected by the patient's insight. But he is ordered to treat the patient according to institutional procedure.
poster
72
66
6.9
/7751/
70
/147/
68
/141/
3.6
/7289/
91
/23/
66
/63/

While the City Sleeps (1956)
Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
66
7.1
/860592/
70
/34109/
66
/15887/
3.0
/869228/
57
/341/
75
/27135/
55
/47/
cc age 12+

Man of Steel (2013)
A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.
poster
Hoopla
65
6.8
/22943/
69
/410/
66
/327/
3.3
/9900/
53
/138/
69
/444/
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
82
64
7.7
/3559/
71
/39/
73
/51/
4.1
/3127/
100
/5/
92
/19/

Hunger (1966)
In 1890, Pontus, the starving writer, wanders the streets of Christiania, in search of love and a chance to get his work published. All he meets is defeat and suffering while his sense of reality is withering. One moment he is delighted and the next he curses everybody. All the time he manages to maintain human dignity and pride.
poster
63
6.6
/25994/
67
/511/
62
/343/
3.2
/10927/
52
/25/
58
/332/
50
/18/

Hoffa (1992)
A portrait of union leader James R. Hoffa, as seen through the eyes of his friend, Bobby Ciaro. The film follows Hoffa through his countless battles with the RTA and President Roosevelt.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
63
6.7
/21729/
67
/430/
63
/258/
3.1
/2420/
61
/115/
60
/1237/
55
/28/
cc age 14+

Resurrecting the Champ (2007)
Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.
poster
66
62
6.4
/11633/
74
/1104/
69
/310/
3.2
/7473/
63
/27/
80
/24/
50
/6/
cc age 12+

The Case for Christ (2017)
Based on the true story of an award-winning investigative journalist -- and avowed atheist -- who applies his well-honed journalistic and legal skills to disprove the newfound Christian faith of his wife... with unexpected, life-altering results.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
70
62
6.9
/4601/
68
/104/
61
/73/
3.3
/2687/
83
/6/
75
/158/

Hans Christian Andersen (1952)
A small-town shoemaker with a knack for spinning yarns, Hans encounters happiness and heartbreak on his road to becoming a full-fledged writer.
poster
Hoopla
59
6.9
/11923/
69
/379/
65
/174/
3.4
/3769/
49
/49/
60
/177/
48
/15/
cc age 17+

The Bang Bang Club (2011)
In the early to mid '90s, when the South African system of apartheid was in its death throes, four photographers - Greg Marinovich, Kevin Carter, Ken Oosterbroek and João Silva - bonded by their friendship and a sense of purpose, worked together to chronicle the violence and upheaval leading up to the 1994 election of Nelson Mandela as president. Their work is risky and dangerous, potentially fatally so, as they thrust themselves into the middle of chaotic clashes between forces backed by the government (including Inkatha Zulu warriors) and those in support of Mandela's African National Congress.
poster
Hulu
59
6.3
/691071/
65
/25139/
64
/14911/
3.2
/1449253/
63
/259/
51
/271426/
59
/40/
cc age 11+

Spider-Man 3 (2007)
The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains—including the shape-shifting Sandman. While Spider-Man’s superpowers are altered by an alien organism, his alter ego, Peter Parker, deals with nemesis Eddie Brock and also gets caught up in a love triangle.
poster
68
58
6.8
/3958/
69
/115/
65
/74/
3.3
/1530/
85
/13/
59
/51/

Houdini (1953)
By the early 1900s, the extraordinary Houdini earned an international reputation for his theatrical tricks and daring feats of extrication from shackles, ropes, handcuffs and... Scotland Yard's jails.
poster
Netflix
60
58
6.0
/11933/
60
/314/
62
/349/
2.8
/2209/
63
/599/

Bordertown (2007)
American corporations are using the North American Free Trade Agreement by opening large maquiladoras right across the United States–Mexico border. The maquiladoras hire mostly Mexican women to work long hours for little money in order to produce mass quantity products. Lauren Adrian, an impassioned American news reporter for the Chicago Sentinel wants to be assigned to the Iraq front-lines to cover the war. Instead, her editor George Morgan assigns her to investigate a series of slayings involving young maquiladora factory women in a Mexican bordertown.
poster
Hoopla
58
6.7
/34672/
68
/541/
63
/403/
3.1
/7343/
53
/129/
61
/694/
47
/31/
cc age 17+

The Shipping News (2001)
An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.
poster
58
6.4
/37276/
66
/1286/
61
/761/
3.0
/11136/
55
/116/
45
/528/
57
/35/
cc age 16+

The Company You Keep (2012)
A former Weather Underground activist goes on the run from a journalist who discovers his identity.
poster
Disney Plus
57
6.1
/186304/
65
/4817/
64
/3324/
3.4
/548673/
40
/154/
57
/27284/
47
/31/
cc age 13+

27 Dresses (2008)
Altruistic Jane finds herself facing her worst nightmare as her younger sister announces her engagement to the man Jane secretly adores.
poster
Hoopla
62
54
6.4
/5306/
74
/103/
61
/80/
3.1
/2252/
57
/7/
59
/134/

Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)
Drama critic Larry Mackay, his wife Kate and their four sons move from their crowded Manhattan apartment to an old house in the country. While housewife Kate settles into suburban life, Larry continues to enjoy the theater and party scene of New York.
poster
75
53
7.3
/2781/
72
/36/
65
/43/
3.6
/1937/
91
/11/
79
/17/

Five Star Final (1931)
Searching for headlines at any cost, an unscrupulous newspaper owner forces his editor to print a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman involved.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
52
6.2
/56339/
62
/1160/
60
/808/
2.7
/20986/
28
/181/
47
/7368/
47
/36/
cc age 16+

Lions for Lambs (2007)
Three stories told simultaneously in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a skeptical television reporter, detailing a strategy for victory in Afghanistan; two special forces ambushed on an Afghani ridge await rescue as Taliban forces close in; a poli-sci professor at a California college invites a student to re-engage.
poster
The Roku Channel
51
5.5
/4057/
59
/251/
57
/164/
2.6
/3619/
40
/86/
47
/45/
53
/24/
cc age 15+

Flag Day (2021)
A father lives a double life as a counterfeiter, bank robber and con man in order to provide for his daughter.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
51
6.4
/90100/
65
/2428/
63
/1404/
2.8
/23677/
22
/143/
46
/2020/
44
/30/
cc age 18+

The Raven (2012)
A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
47
6.1
/49183/
63
/1634/
59
/1057/
2.6
/8625/
28
/78/
39
/587/
38
/21/
cc age 17+

Seeking Justice (2011)
After his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score.
poster
Kanopy
64
46
6.6
/1468/
65
/50/
61
/32/
3.6
/2134/
77
/35/
44
/12/
68
/12/

The Kindergarten Teacher (2014)
A teacher discovers in a five year-old child a prodigious gift for poetry. Amazed and inspired by this young boy, she decides to protect his talent in spite of everyone.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
62
42
6.3
/2212/
63
/43/
63
/32/
3.2
/1461/
59
/46/

Dating the Enemy (1996)
Television show host Brett and his laid-back science journalist girlfriend Tash despair that they will ever truly understand each other. On their first anniversary, under a full moon, a frustrated Tash declares her wish that they could swap lives. The next morning, Brett and Tash awaken to find Tash's wish has come true. Forced to confront the unfamiliar sensations of their "new" bodies, both must navigate strange new experiences with friends and co-workers.
poster
41
5.3
/5244/
56
/60/
50
/56/
2.9
/2799/
26
/82/
45
/204/
32
/28/

Masked and Anonymous (2003)
A nation wracked with civil war and social unrest anticipates a giant charity concert, organized by deceptive promoter Uncle Sweetheart, who plans on raking in huge sums for himself from the event. Headlining is legendary musician Jack Fate, whose prison time is cut short with Sweetheart's help. Meanwhile, journalist Tom Friend investigates the corrupt concert and sets out to unmask the truth to the public.
poster
69
40
7.0
/2012/
72
/19/
68
/24/
3.5
/1486/
64
/216/

Picture Snatcher (1933)
An ex-con uses his street smarts to become a successful photojournalist.
poster
58
40
6.0
/2443/
61
/67/
53
/52/
2.8
/1079/
60
/172/

The Parent Trap II (1986)
Two best friends plot to get their single parents together to stop one of them from moving to New York.
poster
YouTube TV
73
37
7.6
/2618/
68
/15/
70
/19/
3.5
/861/
82
/22/

Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945)
Welcome to Fuller Junction, Wisconsin, a friendly small town settled by Norwegian farmers. Here we see the exploits of two young cousins, Selma and Arnold, who learn about their world and experience the ups and downs of life as the season pass.
poster
fuboTV
61
35
6.6
/2526/
65
/156/
63
/48/
3.0
/755/
52
/5/

Hitched for the Holidays (2012)
A couple of single adults agree to pose as each others significant other throughout the holidays to keep their meddling families from harassing them, only to find that their feelings for each other are real.
poster
Hoopla
61
34
6.6
/1661/
57
/20/
61
/18/
3.3
/854/
70
/10/
50
/25/

Lonelyhearts (1959)
Burdened by a family secret, Adam White lands a job as a newspaper advice columnist. Little does he realize that it's all part of a nasty desire by cynical editor William Shrike to crush the souls of his underlings. Adam feels his readers' pain, and eventually, he takes an assignment to meet with Faye Doyle, who is exasperated by her crippled husband. When Faye tries to seduce Adam, he must choose between his job and his girl.
poster
Hoopla
34
4.3
/12941/
49
/785/
46
/365/
1.8
/16087/
10
/10/
25
/328/

Hellraiser: Deader (2005)
When a tough-as-nails reporter is lead to a mysterious cult and the evil Pinhead, any moment could be her last.
poster
60
29
6.5
/1844/
67
/17/
58
/16/
3.1
/747/
80
/5/
33
/5/

Front Page Woman (1935)
Ace reporter Curt Devlin and fellow reporter Ellen Garfield love one another, but Curt believes women are "bum newspapermen". When a murder investigation ensues, the two compete every step of the way, determined to not be scooped by the other.
poster
Criterion Channel
58
24
6.0
/745/
45
/6/
61
/19/
3.2
/392/
80
/5/
38
/5/

Plucking the Daisy (1956)
Due to an urgent need of money, aspiring writer Agnes participates in an amateur striptease contest. Her new boyfriend, Daniel, who is a reporter by profession, covers the contest for his magazine.
poster
60
20
6.4
/1299/
62
/23/
58
/25/
3.1
/583/
59
/7/

The Iron Curtain (1948)
The Iron Curtain is based on the actual 1945 case of Soviet cipher clerk Igor Gouzenko, (Dana Andrews), who, after careful training, was assigned to the U.S.S.R. Embassy in Ottawa, Canada in the midst of World War II. Eventually, Gouzenko defected with 109 pages of material implicating several high level Canadian officials, outlined the steps taken to secure information about the the details of the nuclear bomb via numerous sleeper cells established throughout North America. The scandal that resulted when details of this case were publicized by American columnist Drew Pearson in early 1946 involved Canada, Britain and the United States.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
35
20
3.9
/2934/
39
/83/
41
/61/
2.6
/476/
5
/145/

The Steam Experiment (2009)
A deranged scientist locks 6 people in a steam room and threatens to turn up the heat if the local paper doesn't publish his story about global warming.


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