Journalist movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant journalist movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, interesting, intense, dramatic and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with journalist, writers, storytelling, journalism, reporter, suspense, dialogue, mentor, media and brutality plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres shot in USA, Germany, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as journalist: The Newsroom (2012), Nightcrawler (2014), Chasing Life (2014), True Story (2015), The French Dispatch (2021), Long Shot (2019), Sharp Objects (2018), Philomena (2013), Never Been Kissed (1999), Bordertown (2007).
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List of journalist movies
118K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
A behind-the-scenes look at the people who make a nightly cable-news program. Focusing on a network anchor, his new executive producer, the newsroom staff and their boss, the series tracks their quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of ...
Style:
clever, realistic, sincere, political, dramatic ...
Plot:
journalism, politics, tv news, journalist, ethics, news, intelligence, against the rules, power of media, rebellion, workplace, ambitious ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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561K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.
Style:
neo noir, psychological, disturbing, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot:
suspense, character study, journalism, sociopath, cynicism, obsession, journalist, morality, psychopath, ethics, home invasion, graphic violence ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, venice beach california
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
April is a smart aspiring journalist in her 20s who tries to balance her ambitious career with her family, which includes her widowed mom, rebellious little sister, and her grandmother. We meet April at a pivotal moment in her life: she's ...
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, sincere, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
journalist, cancer, dying, family relations, lesbian, life turned upside down, fighting illness, coping, life is a bitch, love and romance, workplace, workplace situations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A drama centered around the relationship between journalist Michael Finkel and Christian Longo, an FBI Most Wanted List murderer who for years lived outside the U.S. under Finkel's name.
Style:
surprise ending, psychological, captivating, serious, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
twists and turns, journalism, journalist, suspense, prison, murder mystery, justice, prison visit, uncover truth, moral dilemma, writers, manipulation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, oregon, montana, mexico
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Norway
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish ...
Style:
tense, intense, atmospheric, suspenseful, gothic ...
Plot:
hacker, investigation, rape, twists and turns, strong female lead, journalist, sexual abuse, age difference, violence against women, missing person, lesbian, serial killer ...
Time:
year 1965, year 2002, year 1958, year 1949, year 1950 ...
Place:
sweden, scandinavia, stockholm sweden, europe, eastern europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The staff of a European publication decides to publish a memorial edition highlighting the three best stories from the last decade: an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.
Style:
funny, sentimental, touching, light, anamorphic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
journalist, painter, magazine, chef, artist, bicycle, police, journalism, pimp, mental illness, hostage, chase ...
Time:
70s, year 1975, 60s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
kansas, france
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114K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada, Colombia
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Fred Flarsky is a gifted and free-spirited journalist who has a knack for getting into trouble. Charlotte Field is one of the most influential women in the world -- a smart, sophisticated and accomplished politician. When Fred unexpectedly runs into ...
Style:
light, entertaining, feel good, humorous, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
journalist, love and romance, friendship, couples, couple relations, politics, fall in love, love, diplomat, rivalry, writers, love affair ...
Place:
new york
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105K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 421 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, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, dark ...
Plot:
murder investigation, murder, suspense, small town, self mutilation, haunted by the past, mother daughter relationship, hometown, journalist, reporter, self harm, serial killer ...
Place:
usa, missouri
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101K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.
Style:
touching, sentimental, captivating, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
adoption, journalist, convent, catholic church, self discovery, journalism, religious intolerance, catholic, faith, nun, golden years, illegitimate son ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, year 1952, 2000s, year 1955 ...
Place:
ireland, england, washington d.c., usa, oxford university
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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:
feel good, sweet, light, romantic, touching ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, date night
Plot:
high school, prom, friendship, journalist, journalism, teacher, popularity, humiliation, teenage girl, reporter, teen romance, teenager ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
chicago illinois, new jersey, usa
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The opening titles explain that American corporations are using the North American Free Trade Agreement by opening large maquiladoras right across the United States–Mexico border. The maquiladoras hire mostly Mexican women to work long hours for ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, disturbing, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
journalist, murder, rapist, u.s. mexico border, corruption, investigation, rape, serial killer, uncover truth, society, protagonist as suspect, police corruption ...
Time:
90s
Place:
mexico, chicago illinois, latin america, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A reporter's dream of becoming a news anchor is compromised after a one-night stand leaves her stranded in downtown L.A. without a phone, car, ID or money - and only 8 hours to make it to the most important job interview of her life.
Style:
funny, humorous, light, romantic, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
one night stand, journalist, blonde, comedy of errors, creativity, mentor, stupidity, stereotypes, life philosophy, destiny, twists and turns, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, new jersey
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126K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Twenty-four-year-old Kara Zor-El, who was taken in by the Danvers family when she was 13 after being sent away from Krypton, must learn to embrace her powers after previously hiding them. The Danvers teach her to be careful with her powers, until ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, humorous, sad, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, heroes, female protagonist, super powers, journalist, superheroine, supernatural power, strong female character, secret identity, superhuman powers, alien race, save the day ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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477K
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, thought provoking, emotional, intellectual, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
journalism, investigation, lawyer, conspiracy, investigative journalism, sexual abuse, catholic church, newspaper, catholicism, child abuse, cover up, journalist ...
Time:
year 2001, 20th century, 70s, 2000s, year 2002 ...
Place:
boston, massachusetts, new england, florida
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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, realistic, serious, thought provoking, cerebral ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
journalism, politics, investigation, newspaper, political conspiracy, conspiracy, political corruption, white house, american politics, journalist, president, media ...
Time:
70s, year 1972, year 1973, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, miami, florida
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101K
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, light, feel good, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, family outing, date night
Plot:
wedding, small town, love and romance, fiance fiancee relationship, journalist, battle of the sexes, unlikely couple, reporter, relationships, stereotypes, runaway bride, happy ending ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, maryland, san francisco
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Desperate for a good story, a sex-addicted journalist throws himself into the world of high-class escorts when he starts following a Stanford-educated prostitute.
Style:
humorous, captivating, realistic, intense, sexual ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
escort, call girl, journalist, prostitution, woman, parent child relationship, love interest, love and romance, sex addict, chase, society, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
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Genre: Crime, Drama, 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, serious, tense, thought provoking, suspenseful ...
Plot:
journalism, cia, reporter, lawyer, suspense, courtroom drama, media, investigation, corruption, journalist, courtroom, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Sweden, Norway
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
This English-language adaptation of the Swedish novel by Stieg Larsson follows a disgraced journalist, Mikael Blomkvist, as he investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, rough, clever, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, rape, hacker, missing person, sexual abuse, twists and turns, strong female character, murder mystery, vengeance, uncover truth, journalist ...
Time:
year 1966, 2010s, year 2011, 60s, 21st century
Place:
stockholm sweden, scandinavia, sweden, europe, eastern europe ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Spain, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
Style:
thought provoking, surprise ending, twist ending, rough, serious ...
Plot:
suspense, investigation, suicide, death row, death sentence, fighting the system, death, reporter, activist, murder, professor, twists and turns ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, austin texas, houston texas, usa, spain ...
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14K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland, UK, Ukraine
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In 1933, Welsh journalist Gareth Jones travels to Ukraine, where he experiences the horrors of a famine. Everywhere he goes he meets henchmen of the Soviet secret service who are determined to prevent news about the catastrophe from getting out. ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
cannibalism, journalist, journalism, communism, hunger, genocide, reporter, world war two, spy, writers, russian, kidnapping ...
Time:
year 1933, year 1935, year 1957, 1930s, pre world war two
Place:
ukraine, russia, berlin germany, london, germany ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: China, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
An award-winning cynical journalist, Lloyd Vogel, begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an Esquire profile piece on the beloved television icon Fred Rogers. After his encounter with Rogers, Vogel's perspective on life is transformed.
Style:
motivational, sad, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids
Plot:
journalist, friendship, friendship between men, writers, celebrity, magazine editor, life philosophy, cynicism, tv star, teaching the ways of the world, adaptation, character change ...
Time:
90s, year 1998
Place:
new york, pittsburgh
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Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany, France, Czech Republic
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex depicts the political turmoil in the period from 1967 to the bloody "Deutschen Herbst" in 1977. The movie approaches the events based on Stefan Aust's standard work on Die Rote Armee Fraktion (RAF). The ...
Style:
political, bleak, realistic, harsh, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
terrorism, revolution, politics, anti war, bomb, revolutionary, journalist, prison, idealism, protest, rebellion, court ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century, year 1972, year 1977 ...
Place:
germany, berlin germany, west berlin west germany, east germany, israel ...
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When reporter Jean Craddock interviews Bad Blake -- an alcoholic, seen-better-days country music legend -- they connect, and the hard-living crooner sees a possible saving grace in a life with Jean and her young son. But can he leave behind an ...
Style:
touching, romantic, depressing, emotional, sincere ...
Plot:
musician, country music, loneliness, alcohol abuse, addiction, music, journalist, country singer, redemption, love and romance, love, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new mexico, austin texas, california, usa, phoenix arizona ...
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147K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in the present, the series offers a bold, subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica and their friends, exploring the surreality of small-town life, the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome facade.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, tense, biting, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school, murder, investigation, small town, teenager, friendship, youth, school, friends, teenage life, love and romance, family secret ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
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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, tense, suspenseful, thought provoking, clever ...
Plot:
journalism, reporter, u.s. government, conspiracy, journalist, drug smuggling, media manipulation, politics, investigation, media, secrets, brainwashing ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 90s, 20th century, year 1996
Place:
california, los angeles, iran, usa, latin america ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Denmark, Finland
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The story about the people working on July 22 2011, when a terror attack happened in Norway.
Style:
suspenseful, bad ending, thought provoking
Plot:
terrorism, police, journalist, teacher, counter terrorism, politics, terrorist attack, terrorist group, suspense, police corruption, right wing extremist, newspaper ...
Time:
year 2011
Place:
oslo norway, norway
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155K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, UK, India
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.
Style:
political, tense, inspirational, thought provoking, factual ...
Plot:
journalism, expose, newspaper office, newspaper, cover up, truth, lie, wartime, journalist, freedom of the press, u.s. government, new york times ...
Time:
70s, year 1965, year 1971, year 1966, year 1949 ...
Place:
washington d.c., usa, vietnam
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.
Style:
philosophical, art house, stylized, breathtaking, visually appealing ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
art, stripper, party, artist, aging, surrealism, friendship, high society, journalist, magic realism, male nudity, existentialism ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
rome italy, italy, vatican
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94K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A supernatural thriller centered on three people -- a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy -- who are touched by death in different ways.
Style:
sad, psychological, touching, emotional, thought provoking ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
afterlife, natural disaster, psychic, disaster, journalist, supernatural ability, supernatural, suspense, destiny, survival, death, dealing with death ...
Time:
2000s, year 2004, 21st century
Place:
france, london, san francisco, paris france, england ...
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