Highest-Rated Movies about 'Columnist', Sort by Popularity

RKO 281 (1999), Ask the Sexpert (2017), Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935), Crime of Passion (1957), How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), Washington Story (1952), Heartburn (1986), Beloved Infidel (1959) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Columnist movies.

#1. RKO 281 (1999)

Storyline: Orson Welles (Liev Schreiber), all charisma and stubborn vision, is signed to direct films for RKO Pictures with a startling amount of creative freedom. Welles decides to make production number 281 a disguised biopic of media tycoon William Randolph Hearst (James Cromwell), a film which would come to be known as "Citizen Kane." But Welles doesn't understand just how much clout Hearst yields. When he gets word of the unflattering production, Hearst does everything in his power to stop it.

Plot Keywords: filmmaker, screenwriter, columnist, director, publisher, fiery, thrilling ...

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#3. Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)

Storyline: Bob Gordon is staging a new Broadway Show, but he is short of money. He gets an offer of money by the young widow Lillian, if she can dance in his new show. Bert Keeler, a newspaper man, gets this information and is writing about this in his column in an slightly unfriendly way. Gordon's old class mate Irene Forster, a tap dancer from Albany also tries to get the leading role in this show, but Lillian insists in getting this part herself. So Irene Forster, Bert Keeler and Gordon's secretary Kitty start a little game to get Irene the leading role.—Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>

Plot Keywords: singer, dancer, producer, widow, columnist, secretary, amusing ...

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#4. Crime of Passion (1957)

Storyline: Kathy is a smart and tough 1950's advice columnist at a San Francisco newspaper, with her name plastered on billboards all over the city. One day, Bill Doyle, a Los Angeles detective, walks into her office - it is instant attraction. After marrying Bill, Kathy gives up her career and becomes a homemaker. However, she is not your typical 1950's homemaker. After hosting several cocktail parties in their San Fernando Valley home, she realizes that Bill is content with his position, and shows no ambition in furthering himself. Kathy will not sit idly by while everyone around her is "moving up in the world". She personally takes upon herself the task of pushing Bill's career along, even if it comes down to murder.—Kelly

Plot Keywords: columnist, police detective, police chief, wife, reporter, friend, tense ...

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#5. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)

Storyline: Benjamin Barry is an advertising executive competing with two female co-workers for a major campaign for a diamond merchant. He cuts a deal with his competitors that the account is his if he can make a woman of their choice fall in love with him in 10 days. In comes Andie Anderson who, in turn, is writing a story on how to lose a guy in 10 days as a bet with her boss to be allowed to write more substantial stories. With a hidden agenda in each camp, will either party be able to complete their mission?

Plot Keywords: journalist, executive, co-worker, editor, boss, columnist, lighthearted ...

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#6. Washington Story (1952)

Storyline: Joe Gresham is a hard-working but reticent congressman from Massachusetts. Reporter Alice Kingsley arrives in Washington, DC hired by Gilbert Nunnally, a tabloid columnist and cynic who wants Alice to uncover a ripe political scandal. They target "No Comment Joe" Gresham, and she begins developing a story on him, telling him it will be a benign "profile." Gresham is struggling with a genuine legislative dilemma, weighing the funding of a ship building facility which would favor his own district against broader national defense requirements. To get to know him better-and to dig up some appropriate dirt, Alice agrees to travel with Joe to his home district, where she meets his mother and observes him in his local context. She finds Gresham's wholesome image appears unfeigned and becomes torn between her commission to write a "tell-all" story and her growing attraction to Joe.—Mike Canning (mpcanning04@gmail.com

Plot Keywords: congressman, columnist, journalist, lobbyist, secretary, boss, emotional ...

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#7. Heartburn (1986)

Storyline: An autobiographical look at the break-up of Screenwriter Nora Ephron's marriage to Carl "All the President's Men" Bernstein that was also a best-selling novel. The Ephron character, Rachel Samstat (Meryl Streep), is a food writer at a New York City magazine who meets Washington, D.C. columnist Mark Forman (Jack Nicholson) at a wedding and ends up falling in love with him despite her reservations about marriage. They buy a house, have a daughter, and Rachel thinks they are living happily ever after until she discovers that Mark is having an affair while she is waddling around with a second pregnancy.—Lisa Todorovich

Plot Keywords: food critic, columnist, daughter, journalist, cheeky, emotional, sad ...

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#8. Beloved Infidel (1959)

Storyline: In 1936, the witty columnist Sheilah Graham leaves her noble British fiancé and travels in the Queen Mary from Southampton, England, to New York. She seeks out the editor of the North American Newspaper Alliance, John Wheeler, offering her services but he sends her to the Daily Mirror. Sheilah becomes successful and John offers a job in Hollywood to write a gossip column about the stars. When Sheilah meets the decadent writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, they immediately fall in love. Sheilah discovers that Scott accepts any job to financially support his wife Zelda that is in asylum, and his daughter at a boarding school. She opens her heart to him and tells the truth about her origins; but their relationship is affected by his drinking problem.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Plot Keywords: author, columnist, editor, actress, producer, doctor, melodramatic ...

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#9. Cupid's Proxy (2017)

Storyline: Rebecca Murphy is a cynical, down-on-love widow whose whole world revolves around her son, Justin, 12, a budding musician who can't remember his late father. Rebecca has no desire to date despite efforts by her feisty neighbor, Olive, who has a love advice column called Call Me Cupid. When Olive is pressured by her editor to get with the times, she enlists Justin to help her answer a letter. Unbeknownst to Justin, she publishes his advice under the alter ego, Cupid's Proxy. Justin goes ballistic until Olive makes him a deal he can't refuse. When Call Me Cupid receives a letter from someone who can only be Justin's guitar teacher, Stewart, Justin springs into action. He creates yet another alter ego even Olive doesn't know about in an attempt to get Stewart together with his mother. When his plans come crashing down, Justin has to come clean to both his mother and Stewart. Will all his efforts be in vain or will Rebecca finally decide to take another chance on love?

Plot Keywords: son, mother, neighbor, boy, guitarist, teacher, love interest ...

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