“What are the best movies about Journalists And Investigative Journalism?” We looked at 182 of the top Journalism films, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!

The top 36 films, all appearing on 3 or more “Best Investigative Journalism” movie lists, are ranked below by how many times they appear. The remaining 100+ movies, as well as the sources we used, are in alphabetical order on the bottom of the page.

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Top 36 Investigative Journalism Movies

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36 .) A Mighty Heart (2007)

Lists It Appears On:

• Essay 5w
• IMDB
• Journalistics

Based on Mariane Pearl’s account of the terrifying and unforgettable story of her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl’s life and death.

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35 .) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

Lists It Appears On:

• Den Of Geek
• IMDB
• Press Gazette

Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their hotel room and fear legal repercussions. Duke begins to drive back to L.A., but after an odd run-in with a cop, he returns to Sin City and continues his wild drug binge.

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34 .) Foreign Correspondent (1940)

Lists It Appears On:

• Best Movies By Farr
• Huffington Post
• Press Gazette

The European war was only beginning to erupt across national borders. Its titular hero, Johnny Jones, is an American crime reporter dispatched by his New York publisher to put a fresh spin on the drowsy dispatches emanating from overseas, his nose for a good story promptly leading him to the crime of fascism and Nazi Germany’s designs on European conquest In attempting to learn more about a seemingly noble peace effort, Jones who walks into the middle of an assassination, uncovers a spy ring, and, not entirely coincidentally, falls in love.

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33 .) Live from Baghdad (2002)

Lists It Appears On:

• Essay 5w
• Press Gazette
• PSA Cot

A group of CNN reporters wrestle with journalistic ethics and the life-and-death perils of reporting during the Gulf War.A Directors Guild Award-winning movie for director Mick Jackson, starring Michael Keaton and Helena Bonham Carter. In 1990, CNN was a 24-hour news network in search of a 24-hour story. They were about to find it in Baghdad. Veteran CNN producer Robert Wiener and his longtime producing partner Ingrid Formanek find themselves in Iraq on the eve of war. Up against the big three networks, Weiner and his team are rebels with a cause, willing to take risks to get the biggest stories and – unlike their rivals – take them live at a moment’s notice. As Baghdad becomes an inevitable US target, one by one the networks pull out of the city until only the crew from CNN remains. With a full-scale war soon to be launched all around them, and CNN ready to broadcast whatever happens 24 hours a day, Wiener and Formanek are about to risk their lives for the story of a lifetime.

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32 .) Medium Cool (1969)

Lists It Appears On:

• IMDB
• IMDB
• Scene Stealers

John Cassellis is the toughtest TV-news-reporter around. He becomes an expert in reporting about violence in the ghetto and racial tensions. But he discovers that his network helps the FBI by letting them look at his tapes to find suspects. When he protests he is fired and goes to the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

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31 .) Never Been Kissed

Lists It Appears On:

• AZ Central
• IMDB
• Journalistics

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 popular clique on campus. But she hits a major snag in her investigation — not to mention her own failed love life — when she falls for her dreamy English teacher, Sam Coulson.

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30 .) The China Syndrome (1979)

Lists It Appears On:

• Board Game Geek
• Good Men Project
• Huffington Post

While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicize the incident, but soon finds herself entangled in a sinister conspiracy to keep the full impact of the incident a secret.

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29 .) The Company You Keep (2013)

Lists It Appears On:

• Board Game Geek
• IMDB
• Observer

A former Weather Underground activist goes on the run from a journalist who discovers his identity.

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28 .) The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

Lists It Appears On:

• Journalistics
• News Media Alliance
• Press Gazette

The Devil Wears Prada is about a young journalist who moves to New York to work in the fashion industry. Her boss however is extremely demanding and cruel and won’t let her succeed if she doesn’t fit into the high class elegant look of their magazine when all she really wants to be a good journalist.

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27 .) Capote (2005)

Lists It Appears On:

• IMDB
• Journalistics
• Journalistics
• Scene Stealers

A biopic of the writer, Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book, ‘In Cold Blood’.

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26 .) Page One: Inside the New York Times (2011)

Lists It Appears On:

• Board Game Geek
• Essay 5w
• Journalistics
• Press Gazette

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.

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25 .) Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)

Lists It Appears On:

• Indie Wire
• Journalistics
• News Media Alliance
• Press Gazette
• The Young Folks

It’s the 1970s, and San Diego super-sexist anchorman Ron Burgundy is the top dog in local TV, but that’s all about to change when ambitious reporter Veronica Corningstone arrives as a new employee at his station.

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24 .) Kill The Messenger (2014)

Lists It Appears On:

• Board Game Geek
• Den Of Geek
• IMDB
• News Media Alliance
• Observer

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 Gary Webb.

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23 .) Nightcrawler (2014)

Lists It Appears On:

• BFI
• Board Game Geek
• IMDB
• News Media Alliance
• The Young Folks

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.

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22 .) The Year Of Living Dangerously (1982)

Lists It Appears On:

• Best Movies By Farr
• Den Of Geek
• Essay 5w
• Huffington Post
• Press Gazette

Australian journalist Guy Hamilton travels to Indonesia to cover civil strife in 1965. There, on the eve of an attempted coup, he befriends a Chinese Australian photographer with a deep connection to and vast knowledge of the Indonesian people and also falls in love with a British national.

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21 .) Deadline USA (1952)

Lists It Appears On:

• Film Buff Online
• Journalistics
• Press Gazette
• PSA Cot
• The Cinemaholic
• Variety

With three days before his paper folds, a crusading editor tries to expose a vicious gangster.

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20 .) Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Lists It Appears On:

• AP News
• BFI
• CNN
• IMDB
• Press Gazette
• PSA Cot

New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can’t control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.

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19 .) The Parallax View (1974)

Lists It Appears On:

• AP News
• Best Movies By Farr
• Board Game Geek
• CNN
• Huffington Post
• The Cinemaholic

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.

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18 .) The Front Page (1974)

Lists It Appears On:

• CNN
• Good Men Project
• IMDB
• Journalistics
• Press Gazette
• PSA Cot
• Variety

A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.

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17 .) The Killing Fields (1984)

Lists It Appears On:

• Best Movies By Farr
• Essay 5w
• Good Men Project
• Huffington Post
• IMDB
• Journalistics
• Washington Post

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 years, until Pol Pot’s regime was toppled by the intervening Vietnamese in 1979.

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16 .) The Paper (1994)

Lists It Appears On:

• CJR
• CNN
• IMDB
• Indie Wire
• Journalistics
• Press Gazette
• Variety

Henry Hackett is the editor of a New York City tabloid. He is a workaholic who loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, publisher Bernie White faces financial straits, and has hatchetman Alicia Clark, Henry’s nemesis, impose unpopular cutbacks.

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15 .) Absence of Malice (1981)

Lists It Appears On:

• AZ Central
• CJR
• CNN
• Film Buff Online
• Journalistics
• Press Gazette
• PSA Cot
• Variety

Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected racketeer. He has an alibi for the time his supposed crime was committed but it involves an innocent party. When she tells Carter the truth and the newspaper runs it, tragedy follows, forcing Carter to face up to the responsibilities of her job when she is confronted by Gallagher.

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14 .) Almost Famous (2000)

Lists It Appears On:

• AZ Central
• CJR
• IMDB
• Journalistics
• News Media Alliance
• Press Gazette
• Real Simple
• The Young Folks

In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller’s unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band Stillwater—fronted by lead guitar Russell Hammond, and lead singer Jeff Bebe William. A semi-autobiographical film based on director Cameron Crowe’s time as a teenage writer for Rolling Stone.

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13 .) Frost/Nixon (2008)

Lists It Appears On:

• Board Game Geek
• CJR
• CNN
• Essay 5w
• IMDB
• Press Gazette
• Rain Dance
• Washington Post

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 scandal that ended his presidency. Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman and secure a place in the hearts and minds of Americans. Likewise, Frost’s team harboured doubts about their boss’s ability to hold his own. But as the cameras rolled, a charged battle of wits resulted.

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12 .) State of Play (2009)

Lists It Appears On:

• AP News
• Board Game Geek
• Essay 5w
• IMDB
• Indie Wire
• Journalistics
• Press Gazette
• Scene Stealers
• Variety

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 contender for the upcoming presidential race. Until his research assistant/mistress is brutally murdered and buried secrets come tumbling out.

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11 .) Network (1976)

Lists It Appears On:

• BFI
• CNN
• Den Of Geek
• Good Men Project
• IMDB
• Indie Wire
• Journalistics
• Press Gazette
• The Young Folks
• USA Today
• Washington Post

A TV network cynically exploits a deranged ex-TV anchor’s ravings and revelations about the media for their own profit.

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10 .) The Insider (1999)

Lists It Appears On:

• Best Movies By Farr
• Board Game Geek
• Essay 5w
• Good Men Project
• Huffington Post
• IMDB
• Indie Wire
• Press Gazette
• PSA Cot
• The Cinemaholic
• USA Today

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.

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9 .) Broadcast News (1987)

Lists It Appears On:

• AZ Central
• BFI
• CJR
• CNN
• Good Men Project
• Indie Wire
• Journalistics
• Press Gazette
• PSA Cot
• The Young Folks
• USA Today
• Washington Post

Basket-case network news producer Jane Craig falls for new reporter Tom Grunnick, a pretty boy who represents the trend towards entertainment news she despises. Aaron Altman, a talented but plain correspondent, carries an unrequited torch for Jane. Sparks fly between the three as the network prepares for big changes, and both the news and Jane must decide between style and substance.

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8 .) Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)

Lists It Appears On:

• Board Game Geek
• CNN
• Essay 5w
• Good Men Project
• IMDB
• Indie Wire
• Journalistics
• Observer
• Press Gazette
• Rain Dance
• The Young Folks
• Washington Post

The story of journalist, Edward R Murrow’s stand against Senator McCarthy’s anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.

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7 .) His Girl Friday (1940)

Lists It Appears On:

• AP News
• AZ Central
• BFI
• Den Of Geek
• IMDB
• Indie Wire
• Journalistics
• Press Gazette
• Scene Stealers
• The Young Folks
• USA Today
• Variety
• Washington Post

Hildy, the journalist former wife of newspaper editor Walter Burns, visits his office to inform him that she’s engaged and will be getting remarried the next day. Walter can’t let that happen and frames the fiancé, Bruce Baldwin, for one thing after another, to keep him temporarily held in prison, while trying to steer Hildy into returning to her old job as his employee.

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6 .) Spotlight (2015)

Lists It Appears On:

• AP News
• Board Game Geek
• Board Game Geek
• CJR
• CNN
• Film Buff Online
• IMDB
• News Media Alliance
• Rain Dance
• The Cinemaholic
• The Young Folks
• USA Today
• Washington Post

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.

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5 .) Zodiac (2007)

Lists It Appears On:

• AP News
• Board Game Geek
• Film Buff Online
• IMDB
• Indie Wire
• News Media Alliance
• Press Gazette
• Real Simple
• Scene Stealers
• The Cinemaholic
• The Young Folks
• USA Today
• Variety

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 built and destroyed by the endless trail of clues.

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4 .) Ace In The Hole (1951)

Lists It Appears On:

• AP News
• AZ Central
• Best Movies By Farr
• BFI
• CNN
• Film Buff Online
• Huffington Post
• Indie Wire
• Journalistics
• Press Gazette
• PSA Cot
• Scene Stealers
• The Cinemaholic
• Variety

A frustrated former big-city journalist now stuck working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career, but the situation quickly escalates into an out-of-control media circus.

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3 .) Citizen Kane (1941)

Lists It Appears On:

• Board Game Geek
• CNN
• Den Of Geek
• Huffington Post
• IMDB
• Journalistics
• Observer
• Press Gazette
• PSA Cot
• Scene Stealers
• The Cinemaholic
• USA Today
• Variety
• Washington Post

Newspaper magnate, Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.

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2 .) Shattered Glass (2003)

Lists It Appears On:

• AP News
• AZ Central
• Best Movies By Farr
• Board Game Geek
• CNN
• Huffington Post
• IMDB
• Indie Wire
• Journalistics
• News Media Alliance
• Observer
• Press Gazette
• PSA Cot
• Scene Stealers
• The Cinemaholic
• USA Today
• Washington Post

Fact-based 2003 drama about the young journalist Stephen Glass, who got a job at The New Republic in 1995 and for three years fabricated at least half of the stories he wrote.

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1 .) All the President’s Men (1976)

Lists It Appears On:

• AP News
• AZ Central
• Best Movies By Farr
• BFI
• Board Game Geek
• CJR
• CNN
• Den Of Geek
• Essay 5w
• Film Buff Online
• Good Men Project
• Huffington Post
• IMDB
• Indie Wire
• Journalistics
• Journalistics
• News Media Alliance
• Observer
• Press Gazette
• PSA Cot
• Rain Dance
• Scene Stealers
• The Cinemaholic
• The Young Folks
• USA Today
• Variety
• Washington Post

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.

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The 100+ Additional Best Journalism Movies

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#	Movies	Lists
(Films Appear On 2 Lists Each)
37	-30- (1959)	AZ Central
		PSA Cot
38	Balibo (2009)	Essay 5w
		Journalistics
39	Black Butterfly	IMDB
		IMDB
40	Call Northside 777 (1948)	Film Buff Online
		Press Gazette
41	Defence of the Realm (1986)	IMDB
		Press Gazette
42	Going the Distance (2010)	Journalistics
		Journalistics
43	Informant (2009)	Board Game Geek
		IMDB
44	La dolce vita (1960)	BFI
		IMDB
45	Morning Glory (2010)	IMDB
		Journalistics
46	Newsies (1992)	Journalistics
		News Media Alliance
47	Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974	IMDB
		Journalistics
48	Reds (1981)	CJR
		Den Of Geek
49	Roman Holiday (1953)	Essay 5w
		Press Gazette
50	Salvador (1986)	Den Of Geek
		Press Gazette
51	The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)	BFI
		Press Gazette
52	The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011)	IMDB
		Journalistics
53	The Pelican Brief (1993)	Essay 5w
		News Media Alliance
54	The Post (2017)	IMDB
		USA Today
55	The Quiet American (2002)	IMDB
		Press Gazette
56	The Rum Diaries (2011)	IMDB
		Press Gazette
57	The Wire, season five (2008)	Board Game Geek
		Good Men Project
58	True Story	IMDB
		Observer
59	Truth (2015)	IMDB
		Rain Dance
60	Under Fire (1983)	Board Game Geek
		Press Gazette
61	Up Close and Personal (1996)	IMDB
		PSA Cot
62	Veronica Guerin (2003)	Essay 5w
		IMDB
63	Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)	IMDB
		Press Gazette
64	Where The Buffalo Roam (1980)	Den Of Geek
		Good Men Project
65	Whiskey Tango Foxtrot	IMDB
		News Media Alliance
(Films Appear On 1 Lists Each)
66	15 Minutes	IMDB
67	27 Dresses	News Media Alliance
68	America Undercover	IMDB
69	Argo	Real Simple
70	Attack on Darfur	IMDB
71	Bernie	Real Simple
72	Blessed Event (1932)	PSA Cot
73	Breathless	IMDB
74	Burn It All Down	CJR
75	Chicago	Film Buff Online
76	Circle of Deceit	IMDB
77	Citizenfour (2014)	Rain Dance
78	Comandante	IMDB
79	Concussion	Real Simple
80	Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)	Press Gazette
81	Continental Divide’	CNN
82	Dear White People (2014)	BFI
83	Dirty Wars	IMDB
84	Down with Love	News Media Alliance
85	Five Came Back	CJR
86	Fletch” (1985)	Scene Stealers
87	Forbidden Lie$	IMDB
88	Fort Apache Napoli	IMDB
89	Frontline (Australian tv series)	Board Game Geek
90	Heartburn	IMDB
91	Helvetica (2007)	Journalistics
92	How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days	News Media Alliance
93	I Love Trouble (1994)	PSA Cot
94	Idealisten	IMDB
95	In My Father’s Den	IMDB
96	Interview	IMDB
97	It Happened One Night” (1934)	Variety
98	It’s What I Do	IMDB
99	Justice	IMDB
100	Key Largo (1948)	Journalistics
101	Killing Fields (1984)	Press Gazette
102	Letters to Juliet	News Media Alliance
103	Libeled Lady	IMDB
104	Lions for Lambs	IMDB
105	Lucky Them	IMDB
106	Meet John Doe (1941)	Journalistics
107	Michael	IMDB
108	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	IMDB
109	Missing (1982)	Journalistics
110	Morgan Pålsson – världsreporter	IMDB
111	Newsfront	IMDB
112	Outrage	IMDB
113	Page One,	Journalistics
114	Page One: Inside The New York Times	Observer
115	Parallax View (1974)	Den Of Geek
116	Park Row	Indie Wire
117	Philomena	IMDB
118	Picture Snatcher (1933)	Den Of Geek
119	Pictures at a Revolution	CJR
120	Press for Time (1966)	Press Gazette
121	Problem of Evil	IMDB
122	Rosewater	IMDB
123	S1M0NE (2002)	PSA Cot
124	Safety Not Guaranteed	IMDB
125	Shock and Awe	IMDB
126	Shock Corridor	AP News
127	Small Cuts	IMDB
128	Sound of My Voice (2011)	Den Of Geek
129	Spider-Man (2002) and Superman (1978)	Journalistics
130	Superman?	Journalistics
131	Switching Channels	IMDB
132	Talk Radio (1988)	Good Men Project
133	Teacher’s Pet,	AZ Central
134	The Adventures of Nellie Bly	CJR
135	The Adventures of Tintin	IMDB
136	The Bang Bang Club (2010)	Press Gazette
137	The Basketball Diaries	CJR
138	The Big Clock (1948)	PSA Cot
139	The Big Short (2015)	Board Game Geek
140	The Bling Ring	Real Simple
141	The Butler	Real Simple
142	The Case for Christ	IMDB
143	The Circle	News Media Alliance
144	The Crush	IMDB
145	The Escort	IMDB
146	The Face of an Angel	IMDB
147	The Ghost Writer	IMDB
148	The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest	IMDB
149	The Girl Who Played with Fire	IMDB
150	The Good German	IMDB
151	The Help (2011)	Journalistics
152	The Informant! (2009)	The Cinemaholic
153	The Interview	IMDB
154	The Lawless	IMDB
155	The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum	IMDB
156	The Odessa File	IMDB
157	The Paper (2007)	Journalistics
158	The Passenger	IMDB
159	The Pirates of Somalia	IMDB
160	The Program	IMDB
161	The Putin Interviews	IMDB
162	The Ring	IMDB
163	The Sacrament	IMDB
164	The Secret Life of the Lonely Doll	IMDB
165	The Shrine	IMDB
166	The Social Network	News Media Alliance
167	The Soloist (2009)	Good Men Project
168	The Story Of G.I. Joe (1945)-	Huffington Post
169	The Sweet Smell of Success” (1957)	Scene Stealers
170	The Third Man	IMDB
171	The War Photographer (2001)	Press Gazette
172	Tomorrow Never Dies	News Media Alliance
173	Trumbo	IMDB
174	Veronic Guerin (2003)	Press Gazette
175	Wag the Dog’	CNN
176	We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (2013)	Rain Dance
177	What Women Want	News Media Alliance
178	When the Sky Falls	IMDB
179	While The City Sleeps	Film Buff Online
180	Witness in the War Zone	IMDB
181	Woman of the Year	IMDB
182	Year of the Gun	IMDB

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27 Best Investigative Journalism Film Sources/Lists

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Source	Article
AP News	In honor of ‘The Post,’ the top 10 newspaper movies – AP News
AZ Central	10 journalism movies that journalists love – AZCentral.com
Best Movies By Farr	Get the Scoop: 8 Great Movies about Journalism | Best Movies by Farr
BFI	10 great films about journalists | BFI
Board Game Geek	What good “investigative journalism” movies would you recommend …
CJR	As The Post opens, journalists share their favorite journalism movies …
CNN	All the President’s Men’ and great journalism movies – CNN – CNN.com
Den Of Geek	13 Movies That Make People Think Twice About A Career In Journalism
Essay 5w	Movies about investigative journalism | Essay 5 w
Film Buff Online	Nine Best Movies About Newspapers And Journalists – FilmBuffOnline
Good Men Project	12 Films about News Journalism to Watch with Your High School or …
Huffington Post	The Ten Best Movies About Journalism by Farr | HuffPost
IMDB	Ultimate Journalism Movies – IMDb
Indie Wire	Stop The Presses: The 13 Best Newsroom Movies | IndieWire
Journalistics	The Journalism Movies Post – Journalistics
News Media Alliance	Journalism Movies to Binge Watch This Winter | News Media Alliance
Observer	Eight Great Movies About Journalists | Observer
Press Gazette	The best journalism films – as voted for by Press Gazette readers …
PSA Cot	P.S. A Column On Things: Journalism Movies
Rain Dance	7 Essential Investigative Journalism Films – Raindance
Real Simple	7 Movies Based on Amazing Journalism | Real Simple
Scene Stealers	Top 10 Movie Journalists – Scene-Stealers
The Cinemaholic	10 Best Movies About Investigative Journalism – The Cinemaholic
The Young Folks	Our Top 10 Favorite Journalism Movies | The Young Folks
USA Today	Ranked: The 10 best journalism movies (including ‘The Post’)
Variety	Best Newspaper Movies: ‘All the President’s Men’ to ‘Zodiac’ – Variety
Washington Post	The 10 best journalism movies, in the words of Katie Couric …