Sometimes the story behind a story can be just as compelling as the actual narrative itself.
Through it all, tales of journalism are ripe for dramatic tension and complex characters.
These are EW’s picks, in no particular order, for the most memorable journalism movies.
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Gibson plays a foreign reporter who falls in love with a British photographer, played bySigourney Weaver.
Eighty-plus years later and the film’s comedy and depiction of the newsroom holds up well.
Patrick Fugit, Kate Hudson in ‘Almost Famous.'.Everett Collection
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‘Citizen Kane’ drops below 100% for its Rotten Tomatoes score.Everett Collection
Al Pacino as Lowell Bergman and Russell Crowe as Jeffrey Wigand in ‘The Insider.'.Everett Collection
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Elisabeth Moss, Owen Wilson, Tilda Swinton, Fisher Stevens, and Griffin Dunne in ‘The French Dispatch’.Searchlight Pictures
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Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan in ‘She Said’.Universal Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
