20 movies like Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism, ordered by similarity : Knock Down the House(2019), Control Room(2004), Easy Riders, Raging Bulls(2003), Page One: Inside The New York Times(2011), Tickling Giants(2016), Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story(2015), Burden(2016), Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues(2013), The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers(2009), Abacus: Small Enough to Jail(2016), Super Size Me(2004), Icarus(2017) ...
Documentary
USA
2004
77 Minutes
news reporter television star business owner boss politician critic passionate studio newsroom office new york city washington, d.c. fox news channel rupert murdoch television journalism ideologies pursuit 2000s
Documentary on reported Conservative bias of the Rupert Murdoch-owned Fox News Channel (FNC), which promotes itself as "Fair and Balanced". Material includes interviews with former FNC employees and the inter-office memos they provided.
Documentary
USA
2019
86 Minutes
nurse daughter bartender mother candidate politician fascinating confident cool incredible inspiring patriotic television studio new york city washington, d.c. office politics winning social change women
A look at the people involved with various political campaigns during the 2018 U.S. congressional election.
Documentary
USA
2004
85 Minutes
Josh Rushing Hassan Ibrahim Tom Mintier David Shuster
journalist soldier arab donald rumsfeld reporter military official engaging fascinating intense newsroom press conference iraq qatar media iraq war television propaganda invasion journalism quest
A documentary on perception of the United States's war with Iraq, with an emphasis on Al Jazeera's coverage.
Documentary
UK|Canada
2003
119 Minutes
filmmaker film critic film studio executive film editor actor actress confident cool fascinating engaging hollywood, calif. studio new york city film set hollywood cinema history counterculture youth influence changing times
A look at 1970s Hollywood when it was known as New Hollywood, and the director was the star of the movie.
Documentary
USA
2011
88 Minutes
Sarah Ellison Larry Ingrassia David Carr Brian Stelter Nick Denton Jimmy Wales
blogger newspaper reporter editor writer engaging tense emotional fascinating new york city newsroom office newspapers journalism economy media new york times changing times fall rivalry transformation
Unprecedented access to the New York Times newsroom yields a complex view of the transformation of a media landscape fraught with both peril and opportunity.
Documentary
USA
2016
111 Minutes
host president citizen office worker bleak chilling disturbing intense inspiring cairo studio office restaurant street house revolution freedom insurgency authority democracy
While the Egyptian revolution of 2011 is underway, surgeon turned comedian Bassem Youssef airs a television show that makes him popular to his countrymen but disliked by the government.
Documentary
2015
94 Minutes
storyteller artist researcher wife filmmaker touching inspiring engaging passionate los angeles office studio love aspirations hollywood marriage family art adventure love
Storyboard artist Harold Michelson and his wife, film researcher Lillian Michelson, were once considered the heart of Hollywood.
Documentary
2016
88 Minutes
Richard Dewey
artist expert curator critic friend narrator fascinating creative intense museum apartment warehouse office street art gallery art masochism criticism creative process passion
The life of the always provocative artist Chris Burden, whose work consistently challenged ideas about the limits and nature of modern art, from his notorious performances in the 1970s to his later works.
Comedy
USA
2013
119 Minutes
Will Ferrell Steve Carell Paul Rudd David Koechner Christina Applegate Meagan Good James Marsden Josh Lawson Kristen Wiig Dylan Baker Judah Nelson
anchorman anchor person weatherman sports reporter boss amusing campy cheeky san diego television studio house newsroom news relationships office politics rivalry television personalities adventure pursuit temptation
With the 1970s behind them, San Diego's top-rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York City's first twenty-four-hour news channel by storm.
Documentary
USA
2009
92 Minutes
Judith Ehrlich
strategist politician military officer journalist tense engaging washington, d.c. pentagon military secrets daniel ellsberg vietnam war government repression deception leaked information discovery pursuit fall 1970s
"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 ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2016
90 Minutes
banker politician detective prosecutor brooding disturbing emotional gripping bank chinatown new york city scandal corruption bank failure american dream chinese-american culture discovery fall pursuit underdog
A small financial institution called Abacus becomes the only company criminally indicted in the wake of the United States' 2008 mortgage crisis.
Documentary
USA
2004
98 Minutes
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While examining the influence of the fast food industry, Morgan Spurlock personally explores the consequences on his health of a diet of solely McDonald's food for one month.
Documentary
USA
2017
110 Minutes
Bryan Fogel Richard Pound Dave Zabriskie Don Catlin David Howman
filmmaker documentarian mastermind athlete reporter government agent brooding disturbing shocking profound russia united states newsroom office street crime scene sports cheating olympic games cover-up
When Bryan sets out to uncover the truth about doping in sports, a chance meeting with a Russian scientist transforms his story from a personal experiment into a geopolitical thriller.
Documentary
USA
2008
118 Minutes
writer interviewer johnny depp fan critic gripping hedonistic quirky kentucky california new york city highway hunter s. thompson drugs guns gonzo journalism journey adventure discovery rise
A portrait of the late gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.
Documentary
USA
2009
90 Minutes
photographer writer model designer editor documentarian engaging fascinating incredible new york city publishing house newsroom fashion show office fashion publishing modeling vogue leadership success
A documentary chronicling Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour's preparations for the 2007 fall-fashion issue.
Documentary
USA
2004
121 Minutes
president condoleezza rice donald rumsfeld michael moore soldier terrorist fascinating gripping witty passionate washington, d.c. iraq afghanistan terrorism war george w. bush corporate greed political corruption 9/11 attacks pursuit
Michael Moore's view on what happened to the United States after September 11; and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Biography, Documentary
UK|USA
1996
55 Minutes
quentin tarantino martin scorsese writer soldier reporter director creative engaging passionate new york city hollywood, calif. europe samuel fuller journalism film industry world war ii adventure discovery transformation 1980s
In a documentary about Samuel Fuller, the spectator gets different impressions about the Hollywood director and his films. The film is divided into the three sections: The Typewriter, the ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2017
100 Minutes
Bonni Cohen Cory Booker George W. Bush Bill Clinton Al Franken Chris Hayes Anne Hidalgo François Hollande
political activist politician bleak confident frightening solemn theater city small town new york city climate change global warming discovery fall pursuit rescue rise 21st century
A decade after An Inconvenient Truth (2006) brought climate change to the heart of popular culture, the follow-up shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution.
Gay & Lesbian, Documentary
2009
90 Minutes
politician filmmaker homosexual homophobe passionate powerful shocking washington, d.c. deception sexual repression homosexuality politics homophobia media discovery quest transformation forbidden love 2000s
Filmmaker Kirby Dick examines the hypocrisy of certain closeted politicians who actively campaign against the LGBT community to which they secretly belong.
Documentary
USA
2020
75 Minutes
martin luther king jr. civil rights activist entertainer host celebrity aretha franklin inspiring intense emotional engaging united states television studio new york city american south civil rights civil rights movement american culture vietnam war discovery pursuit
For one week in February 1968, Johnny Carson gave up his chair to Harry Belafonte, the first time an African-American had hosted a late night TV show for a whole week.
Documentary
Canada|Netherlands|Finland|Norway|Australia
1992
168 Minutes
Peter Wintonick Kelvin Flook
political activist william f. buckley television producer linguist media personality fascinating passionate mit washington, d.c. university noam chomsky media propaganda genocide conspiracy political activism pursuit discovery 1990s
A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's role in modern propaganda.