Journalism Movies, Movies about Journalism

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) ... ...

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Ace in the Hole

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.

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Roman Holiday

A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.

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The Help

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.

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All the President's Men

"The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation.

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The Typewriter, the Rifle and the Movie Camera

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 »

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Bill Cunningham New York

A profile of the noted and extraordinarily cheerful veteran New York City fashion photographer.

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The Killing Fields

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.

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An Unlikely Weapon

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 »

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This Is Not a Movie

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).

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Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press

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 »

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The Big Clock

A magazine tycoon commits a murder and pins it on an innocent man, who then tries to solve the murder himself.

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Breakfast With Hunter

A documentary on the infamous gonzo journalist, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson.

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The Passenger

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.

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Control Room

A documentary on perception of the United States's war with Iraq, with an emphasis on Al Jazeera's coverage.

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Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

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.

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Boat People

A Japanese photojournalist revisits Vietnam after the Liberation and learns harsh truths about its regime and its "New Economic Zones".

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Shock Corridor

Bent on winning a Pulitzer Prize, a journalist commits himself to a mental institution to solve a strange and unclear murder.

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The Bedford Incident

An American destroyer Captain is determined to confront a Soviet submarine caught violating territorial waters. Perhaps too determined.

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I Want to Live!

A prostitute, sentenced to death for murder, pleads her innocence.

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Good Night, and Good Luck.

Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.

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Who Will Write Our History

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 »

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The Captive City

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.

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The Front Page

A ruthless editor tries to get his top reporter to cover one more crime story before retirement.

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The Hudsucker Proxy

A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.

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Five Star Final

The City Editor of a sleazy tabloid goes against his own journalistic ethics to resurrect a twenty year old murder case... with tragic results.

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Nothing but the Truth

In Washington, D.C., a reporter faces a possible jail sentence for outing a CIA agent and refusing to reveal her source.

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The Day the Earth Caught Fire

When the U.S. and Russia unwittingly test atomic bombs at the same time, it alters the nutation (axis of rotation) of the Earth.

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Family Diary

A man recollects the life of his late younger brother.

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Deadline U.S.A.

With his newspaper about to be sold, crusading editor Ed Hutcheson tries to complete an exposé on gangster Rienzi.

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Shattered Glass

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.

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