212 Movies about Journalism
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(or a little about journalism)
2024
Black Box Diaries - A Japanese journalist investigates her own rape leading to accusations against a prominent TV executive, triggering Japan’s #MeToo movement. Personal and compelling.
Civil War - In a dystopian future America, a team of military-embedded journalists race against time to reach DC before rebel factions descend upon the White House.
Impulse - A journalist uncovers a cult and shadow government. Low production, poor acting, and not much in the way of journalism.
Lee - (Kate Winslet) A fashion model becomes an acclaimed war correspondent during World War II. Based on a true story. Conventional and melodramatic but well-acted.
Monolith - A disgraced Australian journalist starts a podcast and follows a conspiracy theory that leads to herself. A slow-burn sci-fi flick set in one location.
Players - A group of single Brooklyn reporters spend their evenings scheming for short-lived hookups until one of them falls for one of his targets. Predictable.
2023
Boston Strangler - Two underestimated female journalists battle sexism as they are the first to connect the 1960s Boston Strangler murders.
Freelance - An ex-special forces operative hired to protect a journalist becomes involved in a coup in South America.
The Good Mother - (Hilary Swank) A journalist works with her murdered son’s pregnant girlfriend Paige to track down the killers. A talented cast with an underwhelming script.
Line of Fire (aka Darklands) - An Australian blogger and amateur journalist pursues her relentlessly for an interview, unwittingly endangering her family.
Origins - The personal and professional journey of Pulitzer Prize-winner Isabel Wilkerson
The Night Doctrine - When an Afghan journalist tries to discover who murdered her family 30 years ago, she uncover hundreds of civilians killed in a secretive American-backed program. This short animated documentary was produced by ProPublica.