journalism

Bardo, falsa crónica de unas cuantas verdades | Mexico
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IMDB
6.9 (7158 votes)
A renowned Mexican journalist and documentary filmmaker living in Los Angeles, after being named the recipient of a prestigious international award, is compelled to return to his native country, unaware that this simple trip will push him to an existential limit.

Genre
IMDB
7.2 (14580 votes)
Budget
32,000,000.00$
New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood. At its heart, She Said is an inspiring true story about people, many of them women, many of them mothers, who summoned the courage to speak out and seek justice, not just for themselves but for those in the future around the globe.

The Kentucky Fried Movie | United States of America
Genre
IMDB
6.5 (16916 votes)
Budget
600,000.00$
A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films, mafia films, and the fear that somebody is watching you on the other side of the TV.

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IMDB
6.8 (13059 votes)
After falling out with his editor, a fading political journalist is forced to interview America's most popular soap actress.

Genre
IMDB
6.7 (49181 votes)
Budget
9,000,000.00$
A journalist duo go on a tour of serial killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself.

The Insider | United States of America
Genre
IMDB
7.8 (153967 votes)
Budget
90,000,000.00$
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.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | United States of America
Genre
IMDB
6.6 (47654 votes)
Budget
35,000,000.00$
In 2002, cable news producer Kim Barker decides to shake up her routine by taking a daring new assignment in Kabul, Afghanistan. Dislodged from her comfortable American lifestyle, Barker finds herself in the middle of an out-of-control war zone. Luckily, she meets Tanya Vanderpoel, a fellow journalist who takes the shell-shocked reporter under her wing. Amid the militants, warlords and nighttime partying, Barker discovers the key to becoming a successful correspondent.

Genre
IMDB
6.6 (26391 votes)
Budget
16,000,000.00$
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.

Genre
IMDB
6.9 (18564 votes)
Budget
17,000,000.00$
In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then gets in touch with John Traynor, a paranoid informant. Not without some prodding, Traynor leads her to John Gilligan, the ruthless head of the operation, who does not take kindly to Guerin's nosing.

The French Dispatch | Germany| United States of America
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Budget
23,500,000.00$
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.

Live from Baghdad | United States of America
Genre
IMDB
7.2 (4683 votes)
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.

Country of My Skull | United Kingdom| South Africa| Ireland
Genre
IMDB
6.0 (2461 votes)
Budget
12,000,000.00$
An American reporter and an Afrikaans poet meet and fall in love while covering South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings.

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