My Top 10 Favorite Journalism Movies
Looking for good media movies to watch? Here are ten of them I propose you won't regret spending an approximate two hours absorbing.
10 - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
(Directed by: Terry Gilliam ; Release date: May 22, 1998)
Gonzo journalism at its best... or worst, depending on one's point of view.
9 - To Die For
(Directed by: Gus Van Sant ; Release date: October 6, 1995)
Climbing the television news ladder turned bad.
8 - Eyewitness
(Directed by: Peter Yates ; Release date: February 13, 1981)
Romance, murder and media: all-in-one.
7 - How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
(Directed by: Robert B. Weide ; Release date: October 3, 2008)
Sexy and glamorous comedy.
6 - Spotlight
(Directed by: Tom McCarthy ; Release date: November 6, 2015)
Meet The Boston Globe's Spotligh team which revealed widespread child sex abuse done by Roman Catholic priests.
5 - Broadcast News
(Directed by: James L. Brooks ; Release date: December 16, 1987)
A film about journalistic ethics, featuring a love triangle.
4 - Nightcrawler
(Directed by: Dan Gilroy ; Release date: October 31, 2014)
Where does getting exclusive footage ends?
3 - Nothing but the Truth
(Directed by: Rod Lurie ; Release date: December 19, 2008)
This is a fictionnal story looosely based on the imprisonment of Judith Miller, a journalist who refused to reveal the source of a leak exposing Valerie Palame as a covert CIA agent.
2 - Shattered Glass
(Directed by: Billy Ray ; Release date: November 26, 2003)
The story of Stephen Glass, a serial Fake news reporter who wrote for The New Republic.
1 - Kill the Messenger
(Directed by: Michael Cuesta ; Release date: October 10, 2014)
Gary Webb's uncovering of CIA's role in importing cocaine to the United States.
A couple of other films on the subject, I wish to see:
- All the President's Men
- Good Night, and Good Luck
- Network
- Salvador
- Truth