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- Nightcrawler (2014) Directed by Dan Gilroy. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Bill Paxton. Crime, Drama, Thriller (1h 57m) 7.8 on IMDb — 95% on RT. At one point in Nightcrawler, it feels like Jake Gyllenhaal's eyes are going to pop out of his head as he screams at a mirror and shakes it into pieces.
- Spotlight (2015) Directed by Tom McCarthy. Starring Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams. Biography, Crime, Drama (2h 9m) 8.1 on IMDb — 97% on RT. Tom McCarthy's poignant biopic Spotlight won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2016, and for good reason!
- Zodiac (2007) Directed by David Fincher. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo. Crime, Drama, Mystery (2h 37m) 7.7 on IMDb — 90% on RT.
- The Killing Fields (1984) Directed by Roland Joffé. Starring Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich. Biography, Drama, History (2h 21m) 7.8 on IMDb — 93% on RT.
- Almost Famous
- The Parallax View
- Frost/Nixon
- Kill The Messenger
- Zodiac
- Under Fire
- Salvador
- His Girl Friday
- Live from Baghdad
- State of Play
Teenager William Miller tricks Rolling Stone into believing he’s a veteran rock writerand, after some advice from legendary music writer Lester Bangs, he hits the road with a band called Stillwater and a groupie (sorry, I mean “band-aid”) named Penny Lane — and his career is born. Loosely based on the experience of writer and director Cameron Crowe...
Two years before he directed “All the President’s Men,” Alan J. Pakula released this thriller about a reporter, played by Warren Beatty, investigating a secret organization that specializes in political assassination. Somehow, this movie has gotten better with time.
A fictional look back at the interviews British journalist David Frost didwith disgraced former President Richard Nixon after Watergate. Frost’s final session with Nixon is a masterclass in interviewing.
Based on a true story, this is the film about the late San Jose Mercury-News reporter Gary Webb and his series about CIA involvement in Contra cocaine trafficking. Often overlooked when talking about great films about journalism.
No one knows the case of San Francisco’s Zodiac serial killerbetter than Robert Graysmith, a former cartoonist and true crime author who spent 13 years and wrote two books (and saw his marriage end in divorce) over the case. Jake Gyllenhaal plays Graysmith in this David Fincher thriller.
Set during the last days of the Nicaraguan Revolution in the late 1970s, this filmis based on the murder of ABC reporter Bill Stewart and his translator in 1979. Its all-star cast features great performances from Nick Nolte and Gene Hackman.
There was a time when actors James Woods and Jim Belushi and director Oliver Stone were all really good. They all came together for this better-than-you-think film,which focuses on a hard-drinking and drug-using photojournalist played by Woods, who was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar.
I briefly considered putting “The Philadelphia Story” in this slot, but went with this screwball comedystarring Cary Grant (as a newspaper editor) and Rosalind Russell (as his ace reporter) because it’s more about “journalism” and it’s just, well, better.
This made-for-TV HBO movieshows the pivotal moment in CNN history when the network was in Iraq for the start of the Persian Gulf War in 1991. It showed the power of a 24-hour news network. Actor Michael Keaton (who, by the way, is in three of the movies on this list) is superb as CNN producer Robert Wiener.
Russell Crowe plays a journalist who looks into the suspicious deathof a congressman’s lover. The cast is ridiculous: Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren, Jason Bateman, Robin Wright and Jeff Daniels.
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Dec 21, 2023 · List of Screen Media Films Movies Released | Coming Soon. Screen Media Films has 98 movie releases in the completed production status. This means the films have confirmed release dates; they have been released or are coming soon. Film Title. Genre.
Film TitleGenreRelease DateCrimeJanuary 26, 2024ComedyNovember 3, 2023HorrorOctober 13, 2023AdventureOctober 6, 2023Jul 28, 2021 · The best media movies have vast differences not just in style, themes, but in their own perspective on those behind the newspapers and television screens Americans have set their eyes on. These are the best of the best. 1. A Face in the Crowd (1957) A Face in the Crowd is about media abuse, but it is also about the unpredictability of the media.
Film TitleGenreRelease DateCrimeJanuary 26, 2024ComedyNovember 3, 2023HorrorOctober 13, 2023AdventureOctober 6, 2023Aug 1, 2020 · Aug 1, 2020, 1:54 AM PDT. Steve Carell as Mitch Kessler and Jennifer Aniston as Alex Levy. Apple Inc. Some of the greatest movies and TV shows related to the world of media are available on...
1. Network (1976) R | 121 min | Drama. 8.1. Rate. 83 Metascore. A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit, but finds that his message may be difficult to control. Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall.
