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

Mike Wallace Is Here (2019), Rogue (2013), All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone (2016), The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947), Sisters (1973), 3 Days in Quiberon (2018), Shadow of the Thin Man (1941), Angels in the Outfield (1951) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Journalism movies.

#1. Mike Wallace Is Here (2019)

Storyline: For over half a century, "60 Minutes" fearsome newsman Mike Wallace went head-to-head with the world's most influential figures. Relying exclusively on archival footage, the film interrogates the interrogator, tracking Mike's storied career and troubled personal life while unpacking how broadcast journalism evolved to today's precarious tipping point.

Plot Keywords: reporter, interviewee, interviewer, politician, celebrity, athlete, engaging ...

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#3. All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone (2016)

Storyline: Giant media conglomerates are increasingly reluctant to investigate or criticize government policies, particularly on defense, security and intelligence issues. They are ceding responsibility for holding governments and corporations accountable to the independent journalists and filmmakers who risk their careers, their freedom and their lives in war zones to expose the truth. With government deception rampant, independent voices are crucially important.

Plot Keywords: journalist, filmmaker, government official, president, corporate stooge, narrator, brash ...

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#4. The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947)

Storyline: Melvin G. Ashton (William Powell) is a crooked U.S. senator embarking on a campaign for the presidency. Ashton is a political buffoon, but he blackmails the party leaders to support his candidacy with his secret diary, which chronicles years of political corruption that, if made public, would destroy the success of his party and the careers of many. Enemies from a variety of sources attempt to steal the diary and prevent Ashton's rise to the nation's highest office.

Plot Keywords: senator, reporter, pr person, cheeky, hilarious, outlandish, united states ...

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#5. Sisters (1973)

Storyline: Inquisitive journalist Grace Collier (Jennifer Salt) is horrified when she witnesses her neighbor, fashion model Danielle Breton (Margot Kidder), violently murder a man. Panicking, she calls the police. But when the detective arrives at the scene and finds nothing amiss, Grace is forced to take matters into her own hands. Her first move is to recruit private investigator Joseph Larch (Charles Durning), who helps her to uncover a secret about Danielle's past that has them both seeing double.

Plot Keywords: reporter, model, police officer, private investigator, man, sister, frightening ...

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#8. Angels in the Outfield (1951)

Storyline: A newspaper reporter, Jennifer Paige (Janet Leigh), is investigating the Pittsburgh Pirates' losing streak. The team is led by manager Guffy McGovern (Paul Douglas), whose swearing and fighting hinder his team's progress. Meanwhile, an orphan named Bridget White (Donna Corcoran) has been praying for the team, and her pleas are answered by an angelic voice. The angel begins urging Guffy to be kinder in return for helping the Pirates win, but the playoffs test the manager's temper.

Plot Keywords: angel, manager, reporter, orphan, baseball player, inspiring, heartwarming ...

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#9. Ace in the Hole (1951)

Storyline: Charles Tatum, a down-on-his-luck reporter, takes a job with a small New Mexico newspaper. The job is pretty boring until he finds a man trapped in an old Indian dwelling. He jumps at the chance to make a name for himself by taking over and prolonging the rescue effort, and feeding stories to major newspapers. He creates a national media sensation and milks it for all it is worth - until things go terribly wrong.

Plot Keywords: reporter, editor, treasure hunter, wife, sheriff, engaging, dark ...

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#10. Nothing but the Truth (2008)

Storyline: When reporter Rachel Armstrong (Kate Beckinsale) 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 (Matt Dillon) and is thrown in jail. Meanwhile, her attorney, Albert Burnside (Alan Alda) argues her case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Plot Keywords: reporter, cia agent, prosecutor, attorney, husband, editor, suspenseful ...

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#11. The Help (2011)

Storyline: Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, Skeeter (Stone) is a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives -- and a Mississippi town -- upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen (Davis), Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first to open up -- to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community. Despite Skeeter's life-long friendships hanging in the balance, she and Aibileen continue their collaboration and soon more women come forward to tell their stories -- and as it turns out, they have a lot to say. Along the way, unlikely friendships are forged and a new sisterhood emerges, but not before everyone in town has a thing or two to say themselves when they become unwittingly -- and unwillingly -- caught up in the changing times.

Plot Keywords: maid, journalist, editor, rival, mother, heartwarming, inspiring ...

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#12. All the President's Men (1976)

Storyline: In the run-up to the 1972 elections, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward covers what seems to be a minor break-in at the Democratic Party National headquarters. He is surprised to find top lawyers already on the defense case, and the discovery of names and addresses of Republican fund organizers on the accused further arouses his suspicions. The editor of the Post is prepared to run with the story and assigns Woodward and Carl Bernstein to it. They find the trail leading higher and higher in the Republican Party, and eventually into the White House itself.

Plot Keywords: reporter, editor, politician, teamwork, engaging, intricate, tense ...

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#13. Roman Holiday (1953)

Storyline: Joe Bradley is a reporter for the American News Service in Rome, a job he doesn't much like as he would rather work for what he considers a real news agency back in the States. He is on the verge of getting fired when he, sleeping in and getting caught in a lie by his boss Hennessy, misses an interview with HRH Princess Ann, who is on a goodwill tour of Europe, Rome only her latest stop. However, he thinks he may have stumbled upon a huge scoop. Princess Ann has officially called off all her Rome engagements due to illness. In reality, he recognizes the photograph of her as being the young well but simply dressed drunk woman he rescued off the street last night (as he didn't want to turn her into the police for being a vagrant), and who is still in his small studio apartment sleeping off her hangover. What Joe doesn't know is that she is really sleeping off the effects of a sedative given to her by her doctor to calm her down after an anxiety attack, that anxiety because she hates her...

Plot Keywords: reporter, princess, photographer, editor, ambassador, countess, airy ...

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#15. Bill Cunningham New York (2010)

Storyline: Chronicles a man who is obsessively interested in only one thing,the pictures he takes that document the way people dress. The 80-year-old New York Times photographer has two columns in the paper's Style section, yet nobody knows who he is.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: photographer, colleague, friend, editor, brash, cheery, confident ...

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