| Zodiac (2007) | 7.7 | |
| Kill the Messenger (2014) | 6.9 | |
| Network (1976) | 8.1 | |
| The Hour (2011) | 8.0 | |
| Die Hard (1988) | 8.2 |
Reporter movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant reporter movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, realistic, intense, clever, serious and interesting films and TV shows about / with reporter, journalism, mentor, dialogue, journalist, storytelling, media, runaway, catastrophe and newspaper plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as reporter: The China Syndrome (1979), Kill the Messenger (2014), The Life of David Gale (2003), Zodiac (2007), The Parallax View (1974), Moonlight (2007), The Paperboy (2012), The Adventures of Tintin (2011), Salvador (1986), The Killing Fields (1984).
Best films
New films
| Informa (2023) | 6.8 | |
| Joyeux Noel (2023) | 6.1 | |
| Surely Tomorrow (2025) | 7.0 | |
| Scream VI (2023) | 6.4 | |
| State of Emergency (2024) | 5.3 |
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A modern nightmare nearly becomes reality in this tension-filled story about an "incident" at a nuclear power plant. Jane Fonda stars as Kimberly Wells, an ambitious TV reporter covering a story on energy sources, who is present at the ...
Style:
suspense, tension, suspenseful, political, tense ...
Plot:
reporter, conspiracy, investigation, power plant, radiation, politics, journalism, nuclear power, whistleblower, disaster, murder, corruption ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1979
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, southern california, pennsylvania
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist ...
Style:
political, clever, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
journalism, reporter, journalist, conspiracy, u.s. government, investigative journalism, politics, drug smuggling, investigative reporter, media manipulation, media, cia ...
Time:
80s, year 2014, 70s, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
latin america, california, los angeles, nicaragua, usa ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
Style:
surprise ending, suspense, thought provoking, twist ending, disturbing ...
Plot:
death penalty, suicide, death, death row, death sentence, fighting the system, murder, professor, reporter, activist, investigation, journalism ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 20th century, 90s, year 1994 ...
Place:
texas, austin texas, houston texas, usa, new york ...
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665K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
The true story of the investigation of the "Zodiac Killer", a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, suspense, neo noir, stylized ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, journalism, maniac, murder mystery, mind game, journalist, true crime, paranoia, killer, uncover truth ...
Time:
70s, year 2007, year 1971, year 1969, year 1979 ...
Place:
san francisco, california, bay area, usa, oakland california ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An ambitious reporter, investigating a senator's assassination, realizes witnesses to the shooting are systematically dying and discovers a multi-million dollar corporation which serves as a front for the recruitment of political assassins.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, neo noir, political, intense ...
Plot:
politics, conspiracy, reporter, corruption, political conspiracy, journalism, murder, investigation, undercover, paranoia, assassin, media ...
Time:
70s, year 1974, 20th century
Place:
seattle, los angeles, washington state, usa, latin america
Is relevant?
26K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Mick St. John is a captivating, charming and immortal private investigator from Los Angeles, who defies the traditional blood-sucking norms of his vampire tendencies by using his wit and powerful supernatural abilities to help the living.
Style:
light, witty, suspenseful, gothic, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, fall in love, reporter, investigation, dangerous attraction, supernatural ability, immortality, imaginary, vampire human love, impossible love, supernatural romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
As investigative reporter Ward Jansen and his partner Yardley Acheman chase a sensational, career-making story with the help of Ward's younger brother Jack and sultry death-row groupie Charlotte Bless, the pair tries to prove violent ...
Style:
sexy, gothic, erotic, atmospheric, sexual ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
reporter, prison, small town, paperboy, journalism, dangerous attraction, american south, violent sex, injustice, police investigation, newspaper man, deep south ...
Time:
60s, year 2012, 20th century, year 1969, 21st century
Place:
florida, everglades, usa, miami
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Mystery
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Intrepid young reporter, Tintin, and his loyal dog, Snowy, are thrust into a world of high adventure when they discover a ship carrying an explosive secret. As Tintin is drawn into a centuries-old mystery, Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine suspects him of ...
Style:
computer animated, 3d animation, exciting, motion capture, colorful ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, family friendly, date night ...
Plot:
treasure, treasure hunt, reporter, dog, adventurer, journalist, childhood, ship, escapades, riddles and clues, danger, captain ...
Time:
year 2011, 1940s, 1950s, 20th century, year 1949 ...
Place:
ethiopia, morocco, belgium, iran, europe ...
Is relevant?
25K
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Mexico, UK
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A second rated journalist from the US tries his luck in El Salvador during the military dictatorship in the 1980s.
Style:
suspense, political, thought provoking, factual, harsh ...
Plot:
civil war, photojournalist, revolution, dictator, war correspondent, politics, journalism, war, dictatorship, reporter, assassination, cold war ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1986, 70s
Place:
latin america, central america, san francisco, south america
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
The Killing Fields tells the real-life story of a friendship between two journalists, an American and a Cambodian, during the bloody Khmer Rouge takeover of Cambodia in 1975, which led to the death of 2-3 million Cambodians during the next four ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, rough, political, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
genocide, journalism, vietnam war, civil war, photographer, war, violence, reporter, photograph, brutality, khmer rouge, mass murder ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1973, 80s, year 1984 ...
Place:
cambodia, vietnam, east asia, asia, new york ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
political thriller, political, cerebral, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
journalism, newspaper, political conspiracy, politics, conspiracy, political corruption, investigation, american politics, white house, investigative journalism, whistleblower, president ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973, year 1972, year 1976
Place:
washington d.c., usa, north america, miami, florida
Is relevant?
14K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Kim Moon Ho is a successful reporter at a mainstream news station, but when he stumbles upon a 10-year-old mystery, he's forced to dive into a subversive underground news agency. On his journey to break open the case, Moon Ho teams up with Chae ...
Style:
exciting, dorama, romantic, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
reporter, hidden identity, investigation, hacker, false accusation, masked hero, dating, rescue, lost child, protective male, tragic event, parkour ...
Place:
thailand, seoul, korea
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two investigative reporters for a tabloid magazine track down across country "The Night Flier", a serial killer who travels by private plane stalking victims in rural airports. One of the reporters, Richard Dees, begins to suspect that ...
Style:
scary, suspense, splatter, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Plot:
vampire, reporter, stephen king, supernatural, airplane, evil wins, professional rivalry, airport, investigation, monster, serial killer, macabre ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york state, maryland
Is relevant?
531K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In 2001, editor Marty Baron of The Boston Globe assigns a team of journalists to investigate allegations against John Geoghan, an unfrocked priest accused of molesting more than 80 boys. Led by editor Walter "Robby" Robinson, reporters ...
Style:
factual, tense, suspense, clever, cerebral ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
journalism, investigative journalism, conspiracy, newspaper, lawyer, investigation, sexual abuse, catholic church, cover up, child abuse, journalist, expose ...
Time:
year 2001, year 2015, year 2016, 70s, 2000s ...
Place:
boston, massachusetts, new england, nova scotia, florida
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When reporter Rachel Armstrong 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 and is thrown in jail. Meanwhile, her attorney, Albert ...
Style:
psychological, political, suspenseful, twisted, emotional ...
Plot:
journalism, cia, courtroom drama, reporter, lawyer, media, courtroom, corruption, espionage, murder, conspiracy, assassination attempt ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., persia
Is relevant?
136K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Reporter Camille Preaker confronts the psychological demons from her past when she returns to her hometown to investigate the murders of two young girls.
Style:
psychological, suspense, bleak, southern gothic, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
murder, murder investigation, haunted by the past, small town, mother daughter relationship, hometown, alcoholic, reporter, self harm, self mutilation, journalist, investigative reporter ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
syria, missouri, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Nick Naylor is a charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who'll fight to protect America's right to smoke -- even if it kills him -- while still remaining a role model for his 12-year old son. When he incurs the wrath of a senator bent on ...
Style:
satirical, black comedy, entertaining, dark comedy, witty ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
marketing, advertising, business, lobbyist, satire, social satire, tobacco, reporter, lung cancer, politics, journalism, political satire ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., vermont, usa, los angeles, japan ...
Is relevant?
116K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate ...
Style:
clever, tense, political, period piece, tricky ...
Plot:
journalism, politics, president, reporter, journalist, biopic, american politics, nixon, corruption, conspiracy, power struggle, scandal ...
Time:
70s, year 2008, 90s, 2000s, year 1977 ...
Place:
california, new york, washington d.c., north america, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Reporter John Klein is plunged into a world of impossible terror and unthinkable chaos when fate draws him to a sleepy West Virginia town whose residents are being visited by a great winged shape that sows hideous nightmares and fevered visions.
Style:
scary, mind bending, atmospheric, psychological, creepy ...
Plot:
urban legend, hallucination, warning, psychic, death of wife, twists and turns, nightmare, supernatural power, telephone call, fantasy world, destiny, conspiracy ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2002, 20th century, 70s
Place:
west virginia, washington d.c., pittsburgh, ecuador, virginia ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, Japan, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The story of journalist, Edward R Murrow's stand against Senator McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.
Style:
political, tense, period piece, factual, melancholic ...
Plot:
politics, media, television, mccarthyism, journalist, reporter, fighting the system, cold war, propaganda, terrorist, patriotism, communism ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 50s, year 2005, 90s ...
Place:
new york, washington d.c., california, usa, soviet union ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Two Supreme Court Justices have been assassinated. One lone law student has stumbled upon the truth. An investigative journalist wants her story. Everybody else wants her dead.
Style:
political, suspense, suspenseful, tense, political thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
political conspiracy, politics, investigation, conspiracy, conspiracy theory, lawyer, spy, political corruption, corruption, secret service, fbi, surveillance ...
Time:
90s, future, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., new orleans, southern usa, new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Bruce Nolan toils as a "human interest" television reporter in Buffalo, N.Y. Despite his high ratings and the love of his beautiful girlfriend, Grace, Bruce remains unfulfilled. At the end of the worst day in his life, he angrily ridicules ...
Style:
funny, humorous, feel good, light, inspirational ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, chick flick, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
god, religion, wish come true, chosen one, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, supernatural power, divine intervention, selfishness, deal, niagara falls, reporter, job promotion ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
north america, mount everest
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.
Style:
talky, light, humorous, hilarious, period piece ...
Plot:
newspaper, journalist, journalism, reporter, workplace, satire, media, friends, media satire, workplace situations, writers, scoop ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, year 1974, 1930s, 70s
Place:
chicago, usa, philadelphia
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Ike Graham, New York columnist, writes his text always at the last minute. This time, a drunken man in his favourite bar tells Ike about Maggie Carpenter, a woman who always flees from her grooms in the last possible moment. Ike, who does not have ...
Style:
romantic, rom com, light, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, family outing, teens, date night ...
Plot:
wedding, small town, fiance fiancee relationship, love and romance, journalist, battle of the sexes, unlikely couple, enemies to lovers, fear of commitment, reporter, breakup, canceled wedding ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, maryland, san francisco
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Josie Geller, a baby-faced junior copywriter at the Chicago Sun-Times, must pose as a student at her former high school to research contemporary teenage culture. With the help of her brother, Rob, Josie infiltrates the inner circle of the most ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, rom com, light, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, date night ...
Plot:
high school, prom, friendship, journalism, love and romance, teenage girl, popularity, bullying, journalist, high school life, teen romance, humiliation ...
Time:
90s, y2k, 80s
Place:
chicago, usa, new jersey
Is relevant?
191K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
Tells the true story of a 60 Minutes television series exposé of the tobacco industry, as seen through the eyes of a real tobacco executive, Jeffrey Wigand
Style:
cerebral, political, sexy, suspense, clever ...
Plot:
journalism, whistleblower, courtroom, politics, corruption, reporter, corporate crime, journalist, conspiracy, terrorist, tobacco, lawyer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999
Place:
new york, washington d.c., kentucky, south carolina, mississippi ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Rival Chicago reporters Sabrina Peterson (Roberts) and Peter Brackett (Nolte) reluctantly join forces to uncover a train wreck conspiracy and bite off more than they can chew while pursuing the story and bickering along the way - and falling in ...
Style:
witty, melancholic, light, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
love story, destiny, journalism, reporter, media, whistleblower, fall in love, uncover truth, love and romance, unlikely couple, conspiracy, rivalry ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, 1930s
Place:
chicago, wisconsin, las vegas, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France, Netherlands
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An American soldier who had been killed during the Vietnam War is revived 25 years later by the military as a semi-android, UniSols, a high-tech soldier of the future. After the failure of the initiative to erase all the soldier's memories, he ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, cult classic, intense, rough ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
martial arts, androids and robots, one man army, cyberpunk, vietnam war, soldier, rescue mission, amnesia, mind control, reporter, cyborgs, top secret ...
Time:
year 1969, 90s, 20th century, 60s, 80s ...
Place:
vietnam, louisiana, new orleans, nevada, arizona ...
Is relevant?
47K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Tabloid reporters are sent by their editor to investigate after the paper recieves a letter from a woman claiming an angel is living with her.
Style:
feel good, uplifting, humorous, romantic, entertaining ...
Audience:
date night, kids, family friendly, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
angel, road trip, happy ending, fish out of water, love, death, god, dog, reporter, on the road, dancing, small town ...
Place:
iowa, chicago, illinois, usa, texas
Is relevant?
166K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Handsome, unflappable U.S. Congressman Stephen Collins is the future of his political party: an honorable appointee who serves as the chairman of a committee overseeing defense spending. All eyes are upon the rising star to be his party's ...
Style:
political thriller, clever, political, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
political conspiracy, conspiracy, journalism, corruption, journalist, investigation, reporter, murder, congress, espionage, world politics, assassination ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
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