Movies about journalists

Movies about journalists
List of the best movies about journalists selected by visitors to our site: Minamata, Spotlight, Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer, A Private War, 5 Days of War, Page One: Inside the New York Times, The Unholy, The Last Thing He Wanted, The Last Letter From Your Lover, Nightcrawler.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Genre
Country
Markimdb: 7.3
Genredrama, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, United Arab Emirates, Japan

A movie about reporter W. Eugene Smith and his research on mercury poisoning in Minamata, Japan, resulting in severe neurological symptoms.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genredrama, crime, biography
CountryUSA
Duration02:33

    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 Michael Rezendes, Matt Carroll and Sacha Pfeiffer interview victims and try to unseal sensitive documents. The reporters make it their mission to provide proof of a cover-up of sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryUSA

    The story of the investigation and trial of abortion provider Dr Kermit Gosnell.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genredrama, military, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:34

    One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontlines of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genreaction, drama, military
    CountryGeorgia, USA
    Duration01:48

    An American journalist and his cameraman are caught in the combat zone during the first Russian airstrikes against Georgia. Rescuing Tatia, a young Georgian schoolteacher separated from her family during the attack, the two reporters agree to help reunite her with her family in exchange for serving as their interpreter. As the three attempt to escape to safety, they witness--and document--the devastation from the full-scale crossfire and cold-blooded murder of innocent civilians.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genredocumentary
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:32

    Unprecedented access to the New York Times newsroom yields a complex view of the transformation of a media landscape fraught with both peril and opportunity.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrehorror
    CountryUSA

    Alice, a young hearing-impaired girl who, after a supposed visitation from the Virgin Mary, is inexplicably able to hear, speak and heal the sick. As word spreads and people from near and far flock to witness her miracles, a disgraced journalist hoping to revive his career visits the small New England town to investigate. When terrifying events begin to happen all around, he starts to question if these phenomena are the works of the Virgin Mary or something much more sinister.

    Markimdb: 4.3
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA

    At the turning point of the Iran-Contra affair, Elena McMahon, a fearless investigative journalist covering the 1984 US presidential campaign, puts herself in danger when she abandons her assigned task in order to fulfill the last wish of her ailing father, a mysterious man whose past activities she barely knows.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France

    A young journalist in London becomes obsessed with a series of letters she discovers that recounts an intense star-crossed love affair from the 1960s.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:58

      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.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genrehorror, action
      CountryUSA

      A mysterious VHS tape leads a police S.W.A.T. team to the discovery of a sinister cult whose collection of pre-recorded material reveals a nightmarish conspiracy.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
      CountryUSA

      When a reporter goes undercover as a nanny to get the inside scoop on a playboy prince, she gets tangled in some royal intrigue and ends up finding love - but will she be able to keep up her lie?

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrethriller, drama, military, biography, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:22

      A group of journalists covering George Bush's planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the presidents claim that Saddam Hussein has "weapons of mass destruction."

      Markimdb: 7
      Genredocumentary, biography, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:27

      Data—arguably the world’s most valuable asset—is being weaponized to wage cultural and political wars. The dark world of data exploitation is uncovered through the unpredictable, personal journeys of players on different sides of the explosive Cambridge Analytica/Facebook data story.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, crime, detective
      CountryUSA

      After becoming the prime suspect in multiple murders, Fletch strives to prove his innocence while simultaneously searching for his fiancé's stolen art collection.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrecomedy, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:35

        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.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genredrama, crime, biography
        CountrySpain, Bulgaria, USA
        Duration02:30

        The film chronicles the rise and fall of the world's most feared drug lord Pablo Escobar and his volatile love affair with Colombia's most famous journalist Virginia Vallejo throughout a reign of terror that tore a country apart.

        Markimdb: 4.9
        Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:25

        Travel writer Lemuel Gulliver takes an assignment in Bermuda, but ends up on the island of Liliput, where he towers over its tiny citizens.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrehorror, thriller, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA

        When a father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia, at their holiday home in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace. Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them inside the lodge as terrifying events summon specters from Grace's dark past.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, music
        CountryUSA, Canada
        Duration02:21

        A young woman struggles to move on with her life after the death of her husband, an acclaimed folk singer, when a brash New York writer forces her to confront her loss and the ambiguous circumstances of his death.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrethriller, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:34

        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.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:09

        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.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA, Hungary, Italy
        Duration01:54

        Seminary student Michael Kovak (Colin O'Donoghue) reluctantly attends exorcism school at the Vatican. While he’s in Rome, Michael meets an unorthodox priest, Father Lucas (Anthony Hopkins), who introduces him to the darker side of his faith, uncovering the devil’s reach even to one of the holiest places on Earth.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:35

        Follows a variety of New York characters as they navigate personal relationships and unexpected problems over the course of one day.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genreaction, drama, adventure, military, history
        CountrySpain, USA
        Duration02:29

        Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, a love triangle develops between Mikael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated artist Ana, and Chris, a renowned American journalist based in Paris.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:46

          Milo Boyd is a bounty hunter whose latest gig is rather satisfying, as he finds out that the bail-skipper he must chase down is his own ex-wife, Nicole -- but she has no intention of getting nabbed without a fight. Complicating matters, Nicole's wannabe-boyfriend, Stewart, joins the chase.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genrethriller, detective
          CountryRussia, USA, United Kingdom, Cyprus

          Looking to investigate recruitment techniques of ISIS to lure women into Syria, Amy Whitaker, a journalist, creates a Facebook profile of a Muslim convert. When an ISIS recruiter contacts her online character, she experiences the process first hand.

          Markimdb: 5.1
          Genrethriller
          CountryUSA

          A reporter finds her life in danger when the story she has published results in several murders that come closer to her.

          Markimdb: 7.4
          Genredocumentary, crime, history
          CountryUSA

          The bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in April 1995 is the worst act of domestic terrorism in American history. This documentary explores how a series of deadly encounters between American citizens and federal law enforcement—including the standoffs at Ruby Ridge and Waco—led to it.

          Markimdb: 3.2
          Genrecomedy
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:23

          The women of a remote Latin American town are forced to pick up the pieces and remake their world when all the town's men are forcibly recruited by communist guerrillas.

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genredrama, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:41

          An unlikely friendship evolves over one wild night in LA between a struggling journalist and actor Hervé Villechaize, the world's most famous gun-tothing dwarf, resulting in life-changing consequences for both

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genrecomedy, drama
          CountrySpain, France, USA
          Duration01:38

          Roberto is an unemployed publicist who achieved success when he thought of a famous slogan: "Coca-Cola, the spark of life." Now he is a desperate man, trying to remember the happy days, back to the hotel where he spent the honeymoon with his wife. However, instead of the hotel, he finds a museum built around the Roman theater in the city. While walking through the ruins, he has an accident, an iron rod sticks into his head and leaves him completely paralyzed. If he tries to move he would die. Roberto becomes the focus of the media, which will change his life ...

          Markimdb: 5.9
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryMexico, Spain, Denmark, USA
          Duration01:30

          To celebrate his 90th birthday, an old single journalist, Sabio, who accustomed to intimacy with whores since childhood, decides to gift himself with an intense night of love with a virgin teenager. Rosa Cabarcas, his old friend as a brothel madam arranges him the ideal young woman, Delgadina, a factory worker, who sells her virginity to support her family, but when he sees her sleeping angelically, he loses interest in pure pleasure and falls in love with her. That love was not meant to be true, but fate changes, and that hope is born of an opportunity for unbridled love.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA, Canada

          Charity, an ambitious reporter, learns the true meaning of Christmas when she investigates Erik Gallagher, a beloved member of the town who insists all the gifts he provides every Christmas are from none-other than Santa himself.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genredrama, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:27

            A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who distracts her with magical stories to keep her mind off the family's dire state, and her selfish, nonconformist mother who has no intention of raising a family, along with her younger brother and sister, and her other older sister. Together, they fend for each other as they mature in an unorthodox journey that is their family life.

            Markimdb: 5.8
            Genremelodrama, military
            CountrySpain, USA

            The fates of Henry - an American correspondent - and Teresa, one of the Republic's censors during the Spanish Civil War.

            Markimdb: 7.4
            Genredrama
            CountryUSA

            Johnny and his young nephew forge a tenuous but transformational relationship when they embark on a cross-country trip to see life away from Los Angeles.

            Markimdb: 7.6
            Genrecomedy, drama
            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, France
            Duration01:38

            A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.

            Markimdb: 6.4
            Genrecomedy, melodrama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:42

            A comedian tries to make it as a serious actor when his reality-TV star fiancé talks him into broadcasting their wedding on her TV show.

            Markimdb: 4.4
            Genredrama, western
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:28

            Wyatt Earp is approached by a journalist for an interview about how he became a famous sheriff. Earp told the story of how he was a fearless U.S. Marshall. If 27-year old Wyatt Earp comes out that his first girlfriend Dora Hand was murdered. Together with his friend Doc Holliday, Bat Masterson, Bill Tilghman and Charlie Bassett he goes hunting for the perpetrator ...

            Markimdb: 5.1
            Genrehorror, thriller, detective
            CountryUnited Kingdom, Romania, USA
            Duration02:54

            When a priest is jailed for the murder of a nun on whom he was performing an exorcism, an investigative journalist strives to determine whether he in fact murdered a mentally ill person, or if he lost the battle with a demonic presence.

            Markimdb: 6.7
            Genredocumentary, crime, detective, biography, history
            CountryUSA, Ecuador, Germany, Norway
            Duration02:00

            Darwin meets Hitchcock in this documentary. Directors Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine have created a parable about the search for paradise, set in the brutal yet alluring landscape of the Galapagos Islands, which interweaves an unsolved 1930s murder mystery with stories of present day Galapagos pioneers. A gripping tale of idealistic dreams gone awry, featuring voice-over performances by Cate Blanchett, Diane Kruger, and Gustaf Skarsgard.

            Markimdb: 6.1
            Genrecomedy, drama
            CountryUSA

            More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock journalist Ellie Klug has one last chance to prove her value to her magazine’s editor: a no-stone-unturned search to discover what really happened to long lost rock god, Matt Smith, who also happens to be her ex-boyfriend. Teaming up with an eccentric amateur documentary filmmaker, Ellie hits the road in search of answers.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genrecomedy, drama
            CountrySweden, Germany, France, Denmark, USA
            Duration02:04

            A satirical drama reflecting our times — about the sense of community, moral courage and the affluent person’s need for egocentricity in an increasingly uncertain world.

            Markimdb: 5.1
            Genrethriller, drama, crime
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:34

            A rookie cop is assigned to the 118 Precinct in the same district where he grew up. The Precinct Captain starts receiving letters about two unsolved murders that happened many years ago in the housing projects when the rookie cop was just a kid. These letters bring back bad memories and old secrets that begin to threaten his career and break up his family.

            Markimdb: 7.5
            Genrethriller, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:55

              Disconnect interweaves multiple storylines about people searching for human connection in today’s wired world. Through poignant turns that are both harrowing and touching, the stories intersect with surprising twists that expose a shocking reality into our daily use of technology that mediates and defines our relationships and ultimately our lives.

              Markimdb: 6.8
              Genremelodrama, drama, biography
              CountryUSA

              In the 1970s and ’80s, Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker rose from humble beginnings to create the world’s largest religious broadcasting network and a theme park, and were revered for their message of love, acceptance, and prosperity.

              Markimdb: 7.5
              Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
              CountryUSA, Germany

              The quirky staff of an American magazine based in 1970s France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.

              Markimdb: 5.7
              Genredrama, military, biography
              CountrySpain, USA, Argentina
              Duration02:02

              Arising out of the horror of the Spanish Civil War, a candidate for canonization is investigated by a journalist who discovers his own estranged father had a deep, dark and devastating connection to the saint's life.While researching the life of Josemaria Escriva, the controversial founder of Opus Dei, the young journalist Robert uncovers hidden stories of his estranged father Manolo, and is taken on a journey through the dark, terrible secrets of his family’s past.

              Markimdb: 6
              Genremelodrama, drama
              CountryUSA, China

              When famed photographer Christina Eames dies unexpectedly, she leaves her estranged daughter, Mae, hurt, angry and full of questions. When Mae finds a photograph tucked away in a safe-deposit box, she soon finds herself delving into her mother's early life -- an investigation that leads to an unexpected romance with a rising journalist.




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