Here we've displayed a list of the best Journalism films : Ace in the Hole(1951), Roman Holiday(1953), The Help(2011), All the President's Men(1976), The Typewriter, the Rifle and the Movie Camera(1996), Bill Cunningham New York(2010), The Killing Fields(1984), An Unlikely Weapon(2008), This Is Not a Movie(2019), Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press(1996), The Big Clock(1948), Breakfast With Hunter(2003) ... ...
Drama
USA
1951
112 Minutes
Kirk Douglas Jan Sterling Porter Hall Bob Arthur Frank Cady Richard Benedict Ray Teal Gene Evans
reporter editor treasure hunter wife sheriff engaging dark albuquerque, n.m. new mexico mine media circus accident exploitation journalism bad behavior regret discovery temptation rescue 1950s
A frustrated former big-city journalist now stuck working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to rekindle his career, but the situation quickly escalates into an out-of-control circus.
Romance
USA
1953
119 Minutes
Gregory Peck Audrey Hepburn Eddie Albert Tullio Carminati Hartley Power Laura Solari Harcourt Williams Margaret Rawlings Paolo Carlini Heinz Hindrich Giacomo Penza
reporter princess photographer editor ambassador countess airy charming spirited rome palace apartment romance secret europe journalism royal life love pursuit adventure
A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.
Drama
USA
2011
146 Minutes
Viola Davis Emma Stone Bryce Dallas Howard Octavia Spencer Jessica Chastain Allison Janney Sissy Spacek Ahna O'Reilly Anna Camp Cicely Tyson Chris Lowell
society girl maid journalist editor rival mother heartwarming inspiring gripping mississippi mansion plantation household newsroom segregation journalism race friendship class distinctions relationships
An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.
Drama
USA
1976
138 Minutes
Robert Redford Dustin Hoffman Jack Warden Martin Balsam Hal Holbrook Jason Robards Jane Alexander Meredith Baxter Ned Beatty Stephen Collins Penny Fuller
reporter editor politician teamwork engaging intricate tense emotional washington, d.c. watergate hotel apartment newsroom parking deck big city journalism political intrigue richard nixon carl bernstein bob woodward scandal
"The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation.
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, Biography, Drama, History
USA
2010
84 Minutes
Bill Cunningham Editta Sherman Patrick McDonald Carmen Dell'Orefice Anna Wintour Iris Apfel
photographer colleague friend editor brash cheery confident creative new york city newsroom street runway fashion clothing industry journalism bill cunningham photography career discovery rise
A profile of the noted and extraordinarily cheerful veteran New York City fashion photographer.
Drama
UK
1984
141 Minutes
Sam Waterston Haing S. Ngor John Malkovich Julian Sands Craig T. Nelson Spalding Gray Bill Paterson Athol Fugard Graham Kennedy Katherine Krapum Chey
journalist interpreter photojournalist wife reporter chilling emotional inspiring cambodia new york city phnom penh journalism war torture friendship genocide khmer rouge escape sacrifice rescue
A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody 'Year Zero' cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million 'undesirable' civilians.
Documentary
USA
2008
85 Minutes
photographer general guerrilla tom brokaw peter jennings kiefer sutherland fascinating chilling vietnam united states eddie adams vietnam war violence journalism regret discovery adventure rise 2000s
In 1968, in 1/500th of a second Eddie Adams photographed a Saigon police chief, General Nygoc Loan, shooting a Vietcong guerrilla point black. Some say that photograph ended the Vietnam war... See full summary »
Documentary
Canada|Germany
2019
106 Minutes
war correspondent journalist british man writer enemy foreigner suspenseful engaging thrilling intense gripping emotional afghanistan war zone iraq syria iraq war war journalism danger
The groundbreaking and often game-changing reporting of legendary foreign correspondent and author Robert Fisk is profiled in the latest from acclaimed documentarian Yung Chang (Up the Yangtze).
Documentary
USA
1996
90 Minutes
foreign correspondent dictator civil rights leader sen. joseph mccarthy ralph nader engaging inspiring family home soviet union italy journalism corruption assassination communism social change george seldes quest underdog 1940s
The profile of controversial journalist George Seldes and a piercing examination of America's news media. Narrated by Susan Sarandon, with readings of writings by Ed Asner, this Academy ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
95 Minutes
Ray Milland Charles Laughton Maureen O'Sullivan George Macready Rita Johnson Elsa Lanchester Harold Vermilyea Dan Tobin Harry Morgan Richard Webb Tad Van Brunt
editor boss wife mistress henchman reporter spirited gripping cheeky new york city apartment bar office elevator antique shop disillusionment corporate culture journalism honeymoon cover-up
A magazine tycoon commits a murder and pins it on an innocent man, who then tries to solve the murder himself.
Documentary
USA
2003
91 Minutes
journalist johnny depp george plimpton terry gilliam benicio del toro actor amusing outlandish hollywood, calif. hunter s. thompson filmmaking journalism politics career court battles pursuit discovery 1990s
A documentary on the infamous gonzo journalist, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson.
Drama
Italy|France|Spain
1975
119 Minutes
Jack Nicholson Maria Schneider Jenny Runacre Ian Hendry Steven Berkoff
reporter arms dealer love interest wife police detective tense brooding africa desert barcelona, spain london gun running assumed identity journalism crime on the run romance transformation pursuit 1970s
A frustrated war correspondent, unable to find the war he's been asked to cover, takes the risky path of coopting the identity of a dead arms dealer acquaintance.
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
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.
Drama
Hong Kong
1983
111 Minutes
photojournalist villager peasant government official child mistress disheartening bleak powerful jungle saigon, vietnam village hut postwar vietnam politics poverty travel communism journalism discovery
A Japanese photojournalist revisits Vietnam after the Liberation and learns harsh truths about its regime and its "New Economic Zones".
Drama
USA
1963
101 Minutes
Peter Breck Constance Towers Gene Evans James Best Hari Rhodes Larry Tucker Bill Zuckert Philip Ahn Neyle Morrow John Matthews Chuck Roberson
reporter inmate psychiatrist girlfriend witness thrilling tense solemn insane asylum investigation murder deception insanity pulitzer prize journalism quest mystery transformation 1960s
Bent on winning a Pulitzer Prize, a journalist commits himself to a mental institution to solve a strange and unclear murder.
Adventure
UK|USA
1965
102 Minutes
Richard Widmark Sidney Poitier Martin Balsam James MacArthur Wally Cox Eric Portman Michael Kane Phil Brown Gary Cockrell Brian Davies Warren Stanhope
reporter naval officer medical officer commodore seaman captain tense chilling gripping arctic ocean ship infirmary naval warfare nuclear attack obsession journalism communism military life rivalry pursuit
An American destroyer Captain is determined to confront a Soviet submarine caught violating territorial waters. Perhaps too determined.
Biography
USA
1958
120 Minutes
Susan Hayward Simon Oakland Virginia Vincent Theodore Bikel Wesley Lau Philip Coolidge James Philbrook Joe De Santis
petty criminal journalist thief attorney psychologist raw tense cheeky emotional san francisco los angeles san quentin federal penitentiary crime death row court battles morality murder journalism fall wretched excess
A prostitute, sentenced to death for murder, pleads her innocence.
Drama, History, Biography
USA|France|UK|Japan
2005
93 Minutes
David Strathairn Patricia Clarkson George Clooney Jeff Daniels Robert Downey Jr. Frank Langella Ray Wise Robert John Burke Reed Edward Diamond Tate Donovan Grant Heslov
reporter politician employee television producer cool engaging patriotic washington, d.c. communism mccarthyism journalism adventure underdog quest 1950s
Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.
Documentary
USA
2018
95 Minutes
Jowita Budnik Piotr Glowacki Piotr Jankowski Wojciech Zielinski Karolina Gruszka
nazi jew journalist scholar historian brooding brutal gripping emotional fascinating warsaw ghetto journalism historical events nazi occupation nazis propaganda quest adventure discovery rivalry
Who Will Write Our History tells the story of Emanuel Ringelblum and the Oyneg Shabes Archive, the secret archive he created and led in the Warsaw Ghetto. With 30,000 pages of writing, ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA|UK
1952
91 Minutes
John Forsythe Joan Camden Harold J. Kennedy Ray Teal Marjorie Crossland Victor Sutherland Hal K. Dawson Geraldine Hall Martin Milner Gladys Hurlbut Ian Wolfe
editor mobster crime boss senator private investigator engaging thrilling inspiring rousing senate newsroom crime ring mafia police corruption political activism journalism sacrifice underdog revenge 1950s
During the 1700s, pirate Captain Vallo seizes a British warship and gets involved in various money-making schemes involving Caribbean rebels led by El Libre, British envoy Baron Jose Gruda, and a beautiful courtesan named Consuelo.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1974
105 Minutes
Jack Lemmon Walter Matthau Carol Burnett Susan Sarandon Vincent Gardenia David Wayne Allen Goorwitz Austin Pendleton Charles Durning Harold Gould Herbert Edelman
editor journalist fugitive girlfriend prostitute bumbler amusing cheeky madcap offbeat witty intense chicago newsroom prison train station newspapers journalism deception set-up
A ruthless editor tries to get his top reporter to cover one more crime story before retirement.
Comedy
UK|Germany|USA
1994
111 Minutes
Tim Robbins Ethan Coen Jennifer Jason Leigh Paul Newman Charles Durning John Mahoney Jim True-Frost Bill Cobbs Bruce Campbell Joe Grifasi John Seitz
executive naïve person undercover reporter janitor concierge board member lighthearted amusing new york city tower office street restaurant apartment business inventions corporate culture corruption journalism rags to riches
A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
89 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson H.B. Warner Marian Marsh Anthony Bushell George E. Stone Frances Starr Ona Munson Boris Karloff Robert Elliott Aline MacMahon Purnell Pratt
editor news reporter murderer publisher secretary love interest melodramatic dark new york city journalism ethics suicide deception family love fall wretched excess 1930s
The City Editor of a sleazy tabloid goes against his own journalistic ethics to resurrect a twenty year old murder case... with tragic results.
Drama
USA
2008
107 Minutes
Kate Beckinsale Matt Dillon Angela Bassett Vera Farmiga Alan Alda David Schwimmer Courtney B. Vance Noah Wyle Floyd Abrams Preston Bailey Kristen Bough
reporter cia agent prosecutor attorney husband editor suspenseful profound melodramatic washington, d.c. courtroom newsroom restaurant prison cemetery journalism court battles espionage undercover operations marriage
In Washington, D.C., a reporter faces a possible jail sentence for outing a CIA agent and refusing to reveal her source.
Sci-Fi
UK
1961
99 Minutes
Janet Munro Leo McKern Edward Judd Michael Goodliffe Bernard Braden Reginald Beckwith Gene Anderson Renee Asherson
journalist government official russian general weather forecaster president friend bleak powerful chilling london united states destroyed city office abandoned building nuclear weapons testing apocalypse natural disasters journalism race against time epidemic
When the U.S. and Russia unwittingly test atomic bombs at the same time, it alters the nutation (axis of rotation) of the Earth.
Drama
Italy
1962
113 Minutes
Marcello Mastroianni Jacques Perrin Sylvie Salvo Randone Valeria Ciangottini Liliana Campa Capodaglio Serena Vergano Marco Guglielmi
journalist man grandmother nun butler italian emotional bleak somber engaging heartwarming endearing florence, italy rome italy italian neighborhood brotherhood death family journalism
A man recollects the life of his late younger brother.
Drama
USA
1952
87 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart Ethel Barrymore Kim Hunter Ed Begley Warren Stevens Paul Stewart Martin Gabel Joe De Santis Audrey Christie Jim Backus
reporter gangster editor ex-wife publisher widow gritty tense new york city newsroom journalism crime quest 1950s
With his newspaper about to be sold, crusading editor Ed Hutcheson tries to complete an exposé on gangster Rienzi.
Drama
USA|Canada
2003
95 Minutes
Hayden Christensen Peter Sarsgaard Chloë Sevigny Rosario Dawson Melanie Lynskey Steve Zahn Hank Azaria Cas Anvar Ted Kotcheff Mark Blum Simone-Elise Girard
reporter editor love interest rival incredible confident washington, d.c. newsroom office scandal ambition journalism deception desperation rise fall underdog 1990s
The story of a young journalist who fell from grace when it was discovered he fabricated over half of his articles from the publication The New Republic magazine.