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The Last Thing He Wanted (2020)

2.15 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller

A veteran D.C. journalist loses the thread of her own narrative when a guilt-propelled errand for her father thrusts her from byline to unwitting subject in the very story she's trying to break. Adapted from Joan Didion's namesake no

Arms Dealer, Journalist, Newspaper, Quitting A Job, Secret Government Agency

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All the President's Men (1976)

3.95 Stars

Biography, Drama, History, Thriller

"The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation.

Similarity: 7.02 (Similar)

Investigative Journalism, Journalist, Newspaper, Washington Post, Watergate

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Ulidavaru Kandanthe (2014)

4.30 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller

A journalist sets out to uncover the truth behind an incident, through the perspectives of different people, unraveling how they and their lives are intertwined with it.

Similarity: 6.68 (Similar)

Journalist

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Kalifornia (1993)

3.35 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller

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.

Similarity: 6.50 (Similar)

Black Comedy, Brutality, Hairy Chest, Journalist, Serial Killer

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The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1962)

3.60 Stars

Drama, Romance, Sci-fi

When the U.S. and Russia unwittingly test atomic bombs at the same time, it alters the nutation (axis of rotation) of the Earth.

Similarity: 6.23 (Similar)

Journalist, Newspaper, Newsroom, Nuclear Bomb, Reporter

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Rafales (1991)

3.35 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller

On Christmas eve a journalist witnesses a theft in a mall and then tracks one of the thieves to later be taken as his hostage in the radio station he works for.

Similarity: 6.13 (Similar)

Christmas Eve, Hostage, Journalist, Radio Station, Theft

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State of Play (2009)

3.55 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.

Similarity: 6.04 (Similar)

Congressman, Conspiracy, Newspaper, Political Conspiracy, Print Journalism

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The Rum Diary (2011)

3.10 Stars

Comedy, Drama

American journalist Paul Kemp takes on a freelance job in Puerto Rico for a local newspaper during the 1960s and struggles to find a balance between island culture and the expatriates who live there.

Similarity: 5.24 (Similar)

Based On Novel, Journalist, Newspaper, Puerto Rico, San Juan Puerto Rico

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Kill the Messenger (2014)

3.45 Stars

Biography, Crime, Drama

Journalist Gary Webb, California 1996, started investigating CIA's role in the 1980s in getting crack cocaine to the black part of LA to get money and weapons to the Contras/freedom fighters in Nicaragua.

Similarity: 5.18 (Similar)

Based On True Story, Cocaine, Journalist, Nicaraguan Contras, Smear Campaign

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À bout de souffle

3.85 Stars

Crime, Drama

A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he reunites with a hip American journalism student and attempts to persuade her to run away with him to Italy.

Similarity: 5.15 (Similar)

Car, Fugitive, Journalist, Love, Stolen Car, Criminal, Paris France, Jump Cut, Murder

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Gukôroku (2017)

3.35 Stars

Drama, Mystery

An investigations on murder didn't reach to any results, until a journalist discover new information that get on the trail of the criminal.

Similarity: 5.15 (Similar)

Journalist, Manipulation, Newspaper, Reporter, Sex With A Coworker

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True Story (2015)

3.15 Stars

Biography, Crime, Drama

When disgraced New York Times reporter Michael Finkel meets accused killer Christian Longo - who has taken on Finkel's identity - his investigation morphs into a game of cat-and-mouse.

Similarity: 5.11 (Similar)

Discredited Reporter, Investigative Journalism, Journalist, Murder Trial, Prison Visit

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Never Been Kissed (1999)

3.00 Stars

Comedy, Drama, Romance

A newspaper reporter enrolls in high school as part of research for a story.

Similarity: 5.10 (Similar)

Female Protagonist, Journalist, Kiss, Newspaper, Undercover Reporter

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His Girl Friday (1940)

3.95 Stars

Comedy, Drama, Romance

A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying.

Similarity: 5.08 (Similar)

Journalist, Mayor, Newspaper, Newspaper Editor, Reporter

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

3.90 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for forty years by Lisbeth Salander, a young computer hacker.

Similarity: 4.94 (Slightly Similar)

Computer Hacker, Hacker, Investigation, Journalist, Punk, Forced Blow Job

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No One Killed Jessica (2011)

3.60 Stars

Biography, Crime, Drama

A journalist, who is more of an activist teams up with the sister of a murdered model, as she gets interested in the case and wants to bring justice to her case.

Similarity: 4.88 (Slightly Similar)

Court, Cover Up, Delhi India, Journalist, Justice

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Män som hatar kvinnor (2009)

3.90 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

A journalist is aided by a young female hacker in his search for the killer of a woman who has been dead for forty years.

Similarity: 4.87 (Slightly Similar)

Disappearance, Female Hacker, Hacker, Journalist, Violence Against Women, Femme Fatale

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In My Father's Den (2004)

3.70 Stars

Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A disillusioned war journalist's return home is blighted when he becomes implicated in the mysterious disappearance of a teenage girl he has befriended.

Similarity: 4.79 (Slightly Similar)

Bath, Female Nudity, Journalist, Prodigal Son, Whodunit

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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

3.45 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

A novelist aided by his future father-in-law conspires to frame himself for the murder of a burlesque dancer as part of an effort to ban capital punishment.

Similarity: 4.78 (Slightly Similar)

Capital Punishment, Circumstantial Evidence, Father In Law, Newspaper, Trial

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El cártel (2009)

2.80 Stars

Drama, Thriller

Mexico's most notorious drug lord schools a naïve journalist as to the principles behind The Cartel's success.

Similarity: 4.76 (Slightly Similar)

Business, Drugs, Journalist, Mexico, Reporter

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The Cedar's Tears

4.00 Stars

Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A Washington journalist travels to Montreal to investigate on an amateur film footage left by a contract killer who claims to be responsible for the assassination of a powerful Middle Eastern businessman back in 2005.

Similarity: 4.76 (Slightly Similar)

Journalist

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Flickan som lekte med elden (2009)

3.55 Stars

Action, Crime, Drama

As computer hacker Lisbeth and journalist Mikael investigate a sex-trafficking ring, Lisbeth is accused of three murders, causing her to go on the run while Mikael works to clear her name.

Similarity: 4.74 (Slightly Similar)

Journalist, Murder, Strong Female Character, Strong Female Lead, Woman's Bare Butt

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Zanahoria (2014)

3.40 Stars

Drama, Thriller

Two Uruguayan journalists embark on a journey of secrets, simulations, furtive encounters and paranoia when a mysterious informant contact them with the intention to reveal evidence of crimes by the military dictatorship that have ne

Similarity: 4.73 (Slightly Similar)

Cigarette Smoking, Election, Journalist, Magazine

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Psy 2: Ostatnia krew (1994)

3.35 Stars

Action, Crime, Drama

Franz Maurer, a compromised cop, former officer of the criminal department of the Warsaw's police, is released from prison where he was doing time for his brutality and murders. He is awaited by the New, his fellow-policeman. Franz t

Similarity: 4.69 (Slightly Similar)

Arms, Arms Dealer, Jumping Onto A Train, Police, Shot In The Leg

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Ghayal Once Again (2016)

3.25 Stars

Action, Crime, Drama

When a video of his mentor's murder surfaces, an investigative journalist takes action to find those responsible.

Similarity: 4.63 (Slightly Similar)

Chase, Fistfight, Journalist, Mall, One Against Many

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Dead Time: Kala (2007)

3.50 Stars

Crime, Fantasy, Thriller

A jaded cop. A narcoleptic journalist. A nation divided. A Fantasy you'd wish never come true.

Similarity: 4.62 (Slightly Similar)

Journalist, Murder, Narcolepsy, Police Detective, Secret

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The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

4.30 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller, Horror

A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.

Similarity: 4.59 (Slightly Similar)

Bad Guy Wins, Psycho Thriller, Psychopath, Serial Killer, Stuck In A Well

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The Usual Suspects (1995)

4.25 Stars

Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Drama

A sole survivor tells of the twisty events leading up to a horrific gun battle on a boat, which began when five criminals met at a seemingly random police lineup.

Similarity: 4.53 (Slightly Similar)

Criminal, Criminal Mastermind, Surprise Ending, Suspect, Unreliable Narrator

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Killers (2014)

3.20 Stars

Action, Crime, Drama

A psychopathic Japanese executive accidentally triggers a journalist's 'dark side'. They begin to connect over the Internet and make a complicated bond.

Similarity: 4.51 (Slightly Similar)

Burnt Man, Divorced Man, Journalist, Politician, Webcam

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The Houston Story

3.05 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

In Houston, a man working as an oil driller comes up with a scheme for stealing millions of dollars worth of oil from the fields. He insinuates himself with a local mobster in order to get financing for his scheme.

Similarity: 4.51 (Slightly Similar)

Newspaper, Newspaper Headline, Prologue, Scene During Opening Credits, Taxi

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The Departed (2006)

4.25 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller, Action

An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.

Similarity: 4.50 (Slightly Similar)

Irish American, Irish Mafia, Mobster, Organized Crime, Police, Scene Of The Crime

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Det som ingen ved (2008)

3.05 Stars

Drama, Thriller

Thomas' sister is a journalist and wants to talk to him but "drowns" just before. In her apartment he finds papers about biochemical weapons and the Danish intelligence agency their dead dad was in. Thomas investigates.

Similarity: 4.50 (Slightly Similar)

Brother Sister, Journalist, Military Intelligence, Political Thriller, Woman Drowned

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Joker (2019)

4.20 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller

A mentally troubled stand-up comedian embarks on a downward spiral that leads to the creation of an iconic villain.

Similarity: 4.44 (Slightly Similar)

Evil Clown, Laughing, Mental Illness, Nihilism, Stand Up Comedian, Clown

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Incendiary (2008)

2.90 Stars

Drama, Romance, Thriller

A woman's life is forever changed when tragedy strikes at a soccer match.

Similarity: 4.44 (Slightly Similar)

Beach, Caravan, Grief, Guilt, Journalist

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No Country for Old Men (2007)

4.10 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.

Similarity: 4.41 (Slightly Similar)

Cold Blooded Murder, Contemporary Western, Desert, Sheriff, Texas, Neo Western

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Reservoir Dogs (1992)

4.15 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller

When a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.

Similarity: 4.40 (Slightly Similar)

Graphic Violence, Heist Gone Wrong, Mexican Standoff, Nonlinear Timeline, Robbery

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Blood Diamond (2006)

4.00 Stars

Adventure, Drama, Thriller

A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.

Similarity: 4.39 (Slightly Similar)

Civil War, Diamond, Journalist, Rebel, Sierra Leone

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Lord of War (2005)

3.80 Stars

Action, Crime, Drama

An arms dealer confronts the morality of his work as he is being chased by an INTERPOL Agent.

Similarity: 4.37 (Slightly Similar)

Arms Dealer, Drug Addiction, Gunrunner, Prostitution, Rehab

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While the City Sleeps (1956)

3.45 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

A serial killer has been killing beautiful women in New York and the new owner of a media company offers a high ranking job to the first of his senior executives who can get the earliest scoops on the case.

Similarity: 4.36 (Slightly Similar)

Based On Novel, Homosexual Subtext, Journalist, Newspaper Editor, Serial Killer

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Professione: reporter (1975)

3.75 Stars

Drama, Thriller

Unable to find the war he's been asked to cover, a frustrated war correspondent takes the risky path of co-opting the identity of a dead arms-deal acquaintance.

Similarity: 4.33 (Slightly Similar)

Africa, Desert, Journalist, Reporter, Sahara Desert

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Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

3.45 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter leads to a fight between them, leading to the older man's death due to a weak heart.

Similarity: 4.32 (Slightly Similar)

Bank Robbery, Editor, Newspaper, Orchestral Music Score, Trial

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The Lawless (1950)

3.35 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

A newspaper editor in a small agricultural town finds himself going against the people in the town when he gets involved in the plight of the area's fruit pickers, who are mostly Mexican.

Similarity: 4.29 (Slightly Similar)

Editor, Mexican, Newspaper, Small Town, Small Town Newspaper

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The Murder Man (1935)

3.40 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a crooked businessman is fatally shot, a hotshot New York newspaper reporter specializing in murder stories narrows in on the dead man's associate.

Similarity: 4.27 (Slightly Similar)

Execution, Murder, Newspaper, Police, Reporter

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Omar m'a tuer (2011)

3.35 Stars

Biography, Crime, Drama

In the summer of 1991 an elderly woman Ghislaine Marchal is found murdered in the basement of her home with the message "Omar M'a Tuer" (Omar has kill me) written beside in her own blood. Despite a lack of forensic or DNA evidence, h

Similarity: 4.16 (Slightly Similar)

Controversy, Criminal Investigation, France, Journalist, Prison

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Spy Sorge (2003)

3.10 Stars

Action, Drama, Thriller

A foreign spy using the Sorge alias is assigned to Tokyo the capital of Japan just prior to the outbreak of World War II and in the midst of the Japanese imperial ambitions in Eastern Asia. The spy becomes acquainted with a sympathet

Similarity: 4.14 (Slightly Similar)

Foreigner In Japan, Military, Newspaper, Newspaper Columnist, Spy

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Slander (1957)

3.20 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

In an effort to improve the circulation of his notorious scandal magazine, unscrupulous owner, editor and publisher H. R. Manley spares nobody.

Similarity: 4.12 (Slightly Similar)

1950s, Editor, Newspaper, Scandal Sheet, Tabloid

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Smolensk (2016)

0.60 Stars

Drama, Thriller

Inspired by true events of 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 mysterious crash in Smolensk, the film tells the fictional story of various people affected by the tragedy. The protagonist is a journalist Nina, who refuses to accept the offic

Similarity: 4.11 (Slightly Similar)

Airplane Crash, Conspiracy Theory, Crash, Journalist, Propaganda

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A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)

3.65 Stars

Biography, Drama

Based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Lloyd Vogel.

Similarity: 3.74 (Slightly Similar)

Based On Real Person, Father Son Relationship, Fred Rogers Character, Journalist, Television Host

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Dag II (2016)

4.50 Stars

Action, Drama, War

In a desolate war zone where screams of the innocent echo, seven Maroon Berets will dance with death on the very line between disaster and valor.

Similarity: 3.66 (Slightly Similar)

Iraqi Turks, Journalist, Special Forces, Turkish Military, Waterboarding

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Le jouet (1976)

3.70 Stars

Comedy, Drama

A poor journalist finds himself as a toy of a boss' son. Making friends with a naughty child, he tries to save him from the cruel power of his father.

Similarity: 3.58 (Slightly Similar)

Billionaire, Job, Journalist, Neo Screwball Comedy, Toy

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The Old Ways

2.70 Stars

Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Cristina, a journalist of Mexican origin, travels to her ancestral home in Veracruz to investigate a story of sorcery and healing. There, she is kidnapped by a group of locals who claim she's the devil incarnated.

Similarity: 3.54 (Slightly Similar)

Journalist, Captive, Exorcism, Shaman, Witch