Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "freedom-of-the-press"

1. The Post (2017)

PG-13 | 116 min | Biography, Drama, History

A cover-up spanning four U.S. Presidents pushes the country's first female newspaper publisher and her editor to join an unprecedented battle between press and government.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk

Votes: 162,361 | Gross: $81.90M

2. Batman Returns (1992)

PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy

While Batman deals with a deformed man calling himself the Penguin wreaking havoc across Gotham with the help of a cruel businessman, a female employee of the latter becomes the Catwoman with her own vendetta.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken

Votes: 327,595 | Gross: $162.83M

3. The Insider (1999)

R | 157 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller

A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.

Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora

Votes: 180,271 | Gross: $28.97M

4. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)

R | 171 min | Drama, Romance

Central Europe, 1968: A Czech doctor with an active sex life meets a woman who wants monogamy, and then the Soviet invasion further disrupts their lives.

Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin, Derek de Lint

Votes: 38,653 | Gross: $10.01M

5. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

Approved | 123 min | Drama, Western

A senator returns to a Western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins.

Director: John Ford | Stars: James Stewart, John Wayne, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin

Votes: 82,329

6. Good Bye Lenin! (2003)

R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

In 1990, to protect his fragile mother from a fatal shock after a long coma, a young man must keep her from learning that her beloved nation of East Germany as she knew it has disappeared.

Director: Wolfgang Becker | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova, Florian Lukas

Votes: 152,679 | Gross: $4.06M

7. The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)

R | 130 min | Biography, Drama

The story of controversial pornography publisher Larry Flynt, and how he became a defender of free speech.

Director: Milos Forman | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, Edward Norton, Brett Harrelson

Votes: 100,754 | Gross: $20.19M

8. The Thing from Another World (1951)

Approved | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Scientists and American Air Force officials fend off a bloodthirsty alien organism while at a remote arctic outpost.

Directors: Christian Nyby, Howard Hawks | Stars: Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, James Arness, Robert Cornthwaite

Votes: 33,396

9. Nothing But the Truth (I) (2008)

R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In Washington, D.C., a reporter faces a possible jail sentence for outing a CIA agent and refusing to reveal her source.

Director: Rod Lurie | Stars: Kate Beckinsale, Matt Dillon, Vera Farmiga, Angela Bassett

Votes: 39,864 | Gross: $0.00M

10. Absence of Malice (1981)

PG | 116 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

When a prosecutor leaks to a Miami reporter that a liquor wholesaler is suspected in the murder of a union head, the man's life begins to unravel.

Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Paul Newman, Sally Field, Bob Balaban, Melinda Dillon

Votes: 14,764 | Gross: $40.72M

11. Lost Illusions (2021)

149 min | Drama, Romance

Lucien de Rubempré, a young, lower-class poet, leaves his family's printing house for Paris. Soon, he learns the dark side of the arts business as he tries to stay true to his dreams.

Director: Xavier Giannoli | Stars: Benjamin Voisin, Cécile de France, Vincent Lacoste, Xavier Dolan

Votes: 6,362

12. Veronica Guerin (2003)

R | 98 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

An Irish journalist writes a series of stories about drug dealers.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Colin Farrell, Brenda Fricker, Ciarán Hinds

Votes: 21,898 | Gross: $1.57M

13. The Official Story (1985)

Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, History

During the final months of Argentinian Military Dictatorship in 1983, a high school teacher sets out to find out who the mother of her adopted daughter is.

Director: Luis Puenzo | Stars: Norma Aleandro, Héctor Alterio, Chunchuna Villafañe, Hugo Arana

Votes: 10,868 | Gross: $0.03M

14. Nightmare City (1980)

R | 88 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

An airplane exposed to radiation lands, and blood drinking zombies emerge armed with knives, guns and teeth! They go on a rampage slicing, dicing, and biting their way across the Italian countryside.

Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Hugo Stiglitz, Laura Trotter, Maria Rosaria Omaggio, Francisco Rabal

Votes: 6,734

15. The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975)

R | 106 min | Crime, Drama

A young woman's life is scrutinized by police and tabloid press after she spends the night with a suspected terrorist.

Directors: Volker Schlöndorff, Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Angela Winkler, Mario Adorf, Dieter Laser, Jürgen Prochnow

Votes: 4,896

16. Danton (1983)

PG | 136 min | Biography, Drama, History

In 1793, as the Terror begins in France, Georges Danton, a champion-of-the-people, returns to clash against Maximilien Robespierre and his extremist party.

Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Anne Alvaro, Roland Blanche

Votes: 7,777

17. RBG (2018)

PG | 98 min | Documentary, Biography

The exceptional life and career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon.

Directors: Julie Cohen, Betsy West | Stars: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Ann Kittner, Harryette Helsel, Nina Totenberg

Votes: 15,067 | Gross: $14.02M

18. Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)

Passed | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

With his newspaper about to be sold, crusading editor Ed Hutcheson tries to complete an exposé on gangster Rienzi.

Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Ethel Barrymore, Kim Hunter, Ed Begley

Votes: 4,104

19. Guernica (2016)

R | 110 min | Drama, History, Romance

The fates of Henry - a cynical American correspondent who has lost his soul - and Teresa, one of the Republic's censors and in charge of overseeing the news that journalists can send abroad, cross in Gernika.

Director: Koldo Serra | Stars: James D'Arcy, María Valverde, Jack Davenport, Ingrid García Jonsson

Votes: 2,499

20. Howl (2010)

R | 84 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

As Allen Ginsberg talks about his life and art, his most famous poem is illustrated in animation while the obscenity trial of the work is dramatized.

Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Stars: James Franco, Todd Rotondi, Jon Prescott, Aaron Tveit

Votes: 13,407 | Gross: $0.62M

21. Four Days in September (1997)

R | 110 min | Action, Drama, History

Brazillian urban guerrilla fighters kidnap the American Ambassador. Now, the diplomat's life hangs in the balance - helplessly caught between a government unwilling to cooperate - and his fear of the captors themselves.

Director: Bruno Barreto | Stars: Alan Arkin, Pedro Cardoso, Fernanda Torres, Luiz Fernando Guimarães

Votes: 5,369 | Gross: $0.31M

22. Rosa Luxemburg (1986)

Not Rated | 122 min | Biography, Drama, History

After years of political agitation, Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht, and Leo Jogiches form a revolutionary German party, the Spartacists.

Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Barbara Sukowa, Daniel Olbrychski, Otto Sander, Adelheid Arndt

Votes: 1,922

23. Goltzius and The Pelican Company (2012)

Not Rated | 128 min | Biography, Comedy, History

Hendrik Goltzius, a late-16th-century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints, seduces the Margrave of Alsace into paying for a printing press to make and publish illustrated books.

Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Ramsey Nasr, F. Murray Abraham, Hendrik Aerts, Boris Bakal

Votes: 1,378

24. Sweden: Heaven and Hell (1968)

X | 90 min | Documentary

It shows contraceptives for teen girls, lesbian nightclubs, wife swapping, porno movies, biker gangs, and Walpurgis Night celebrations. It also examines Sweden's purported drug, drinking and suicide problems.

Director: Luigi Scattini | Stars: Edmund Purdom, Enrico Maria Salerno, Jean Topart, Marie Liljedahl

Votes: 333

25. Return to Peyton Place (1961)

Approved | 123 min | Drama

The residents of Peyton Place are not happy when its most famous resident, Alison Mackenzie, writes a "shocking" novel detailing the sinful secrets of the town.

Director: José Ferrer | Stars: Carol Lynley, Jeff Chandler, Eleanor Parker, Mary Astor

Votes: 1,006

26. Un linceul n'a pas de poches (1974)

125 min | Crime, Drama

Michel Dolannes resigns from a major newspaper as a journalist to launch a new journal 'Le Cosmopolite' which reveals all kinds of shady deals. One day, he is killed but who is the killer?

Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky | Stars: Jean Carmet, Michel Constantin, Michel Galabru, Daniel Gélin

Votes: 246

27. Mayerling (1936)

Approved | 96 min | Drama, Romance

Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, is fettered on all sides. He's bored; his father, the emperor, is domineering; his politics are more liberal than his father's, but he knows his views carry... See full summary »

Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Marthe Régnier, Yolande Laffon

Votes: 955 | Gross: $0.24M

28. The Way I See It (2020)

PG-13 | 100 min | Documentary

Former Chief Official White House Photographer Pete Souza's journey as a person with top secret clearance and total access to the President.

Director: Dawn Porter | Stars: Pete Souza, Barack Obama, Ben Rhodes, Patti Lease

Votes: 1,913 | Gross: $0.05M

29. Tickling Giants (2016)

TV-14 | 111 min | Documentary

While the Egyptian revolution of 2011 is underway, surgeon turned comedian Bassem Youssef airs a television show that makes him popular to his countrymen but disliked by the government.

Director: Sara Taksler | Stars: Bassem Youssef, Jon Stewart, Shadi Alfons, Injy Abou El So'oud

Votes: 1,687 | Gross: $0.04M

30. Mike Wallace Is Here (2019)

PG-13 | 90 min | Documentary, Biography

A look at the career of 60 Minutes (1968) newsman, Mike Wallace.

Director: Avi Belkin | Stars: Mike Wallace, Spiro Agnew, Jonathan Alter, Yasser Arafat

Votes: 994 | Gross: $0.27M

31. Why We Fight (1942)

Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary, War

The official World War II US Government film statement defining the various enemies of the Allies and why they must be fought.

Directors: Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak | Stars: Walter Huston, Victor Bulwer-Lytton, Kai-Shek Chiang, Walter Darré

Votes: 2,409

32. The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009)

Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary

An exploration of the life and work of Dr. Daniel Ellsberg, former Marine and military strategist, who was responsible for the publication of secret government documents that revealed the truth behind America's involvement in Vietnam.

Directors: Judith Ehrlich, Rick Goldsmith | Stars: Peter Arnett, Ben Bagdikian, Ann Beeson, John Dean

Votes: 2,421 | Gross: $0.45M

33. A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)

Approved | 90 min | Biography, Drama

Starting with a small flock of carrier pigeons, nineteenth-century entrepreneur Julius Reuter turns his small company into Europe's most respected news wire service.

Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Edna Best, Eddie Albert, Albert Bassermann

Votes: 670

34. The Agronomist (2003)

PG-13 | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The true story of Jean Dominique, a Haitian radio journalist and human rights activist.

Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Jean Dominique, Aboudja, Ronald Reagan

Votes: 1,010 | Gross: $0.23M

35. F@ck This Job (2021)

104 min | Documentary, News

In 2008, Natasha, a newly rich woman, decides to open an independent TV station in Russia and builds an open-minded team of outcasts. By 2020, Natasha has lost everything to Russia's war between Propaganda and Truth.

Director: Vera Krichevskaya | Stars: Natalia Sindeeva, Aleksandr Vinokurov, Vera Krichevskaya, Anna Forshtreter

Votes: 568

36. This Revolution (2005)

R | 95 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

In this politically charged homage to Medium Cool, a photographer covers the urban guerrilla war on New York streets during the RNC.

Director: Stephen Marshall | Stars: Rosario Dawson, Nathan Crooker, Amy Redford, Brett DelBuono

Votes: 558

37. Larry Flynt: The Right to Be Left Alone (2007)

74 min | Documentary

A documentary that celebrates and examines an unabashed vulgarian.

Director: Joan Brooker-Marks | Stars: Larry Flynt, Al van Schaik, Simon L. Leis Jr., Robert Scheer

Votes: 282

38. Les dents longues (1953)

105 min | Drama, Romance

A young journalist makes his debut in Lyon where he meets a young girl he falls in love with.He has big ambitions , nevertheless he hesitates to go to Paris.

Director: Daniel Gélin | Stars: Danièle Delorme, Daniel Gélin, Jean Chevrier, Jean Debucourt

Votes: 88

39. Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime (2014)

102 min | Documentary

Before the Internet. Before Social Media. Before Breaking News. The victims of Thalidomide had to rely on something even more extraordinary to fight their corner: Investigative Journalism. ... See full summary »

Directors: David Morris, Jacqui Morris | Stars: Harold Evans, Ralph Nader, Michael Sheen

Votes: 666

40. The Lame Devil (1948)

125 min | Biography, Drama, History

From the late 18th thru the early 19th century Talleyrand, known for his skill at compromise, serves 6 regimes.A George Arliss style vehicle gave Guitry, accused of opportunism during the Occupation, a chance to defend himself.

Director: Sacha Guitry | Stars: Sacha Guitry, Lana Marconi, Émile Drain, Henry Laverne

Votes: 289

41. Smash His Camera (2010)

PG-13 | 87 min | Documentary

A film centering on the life and work of Ron Galella that examines the nature and effect of paparazzi.

Director: Leon Gast | Stars: Floyd Abrams, Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, Joseph Basile, Harry Benson

Votes: 964 | Gross: $0.00M

42. Katips (2021)

142 min | Crime, Drama, History

A tale of the young, in their fight for their ideals, how big can one get against a force too much bigger than yourself?

Director: Vince Tañada | Stars: Afi Africa, OJ Arci, Joshua Bulot, Mon Confiado

Votes: 3,686

43. Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press (1996)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The profile of controversial journalist George Seldes and a piercing examination of America's news media. Narrated by Susan Sarandon, with readings of writings by Ed Asner, this Academy ... See full summary »

Director: Rick Goldsmith | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Edward Asner, Ben Bagdikian, Jeff Cohen

Votes: 150

44. War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State (2013)

Not Rated | 67 min | Documentary

War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State highlights four cases where whistleblowers noticed government wrong-doing and took to the media to expose the fraud and abuse.

Director: Robert Greenwald | Stars: Daniel Ellsberg, Franz Gayl, Seymour Hersh, David Carr

Votes: 216

45. Dobar, los, zao (2017– )

60 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show

Journalist Nenad Kulacin and author Marko Vidojkovic host "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," their weekly uncompromisingly opinionated talk and news satire show that fights for political and media freedoms in Serbia.

Stars: Marko Vidojkovic, Nenad Kulacin, Dragoljub Draza Petrovic, Dragan Djilas

Votes: 102

46. Tempesta su Parigi (1948)

92 min | Drama

The story of Jean Valjean, still pursued by Javert, continues with a love developing between Cosette and radical student Marius, a blackmailing attempt by suspicious innkeeper Thenardier, and a climax on the barricades of Paris.

Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Gino Cervi, Valentina Cortese, Hans Hinrich, Aldo Nicodemi

Votes: 80

47. The Story That Couldn't Be Printed (1939)

Passed | 10 min | Short, Biography, History

The story of John Peter Zenger, who was tried for sedition based on what he printed in his newspaper. His subsequent acquittal established the concept of freedom of the press.

Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: John Nesbitt, Naomi Childers, Mary Gordon, Edward Hearn

Votes: 68

48. Taylor Lorenz of the Daily Beast Thinks YouTubers Need the Lamestream Media (2018 Video)

13 min | Short, News

Taylor Lorenz of the Daily Beast expresses her disdain for YouTubers who demand money when she asks them for interviews. Styx counterpunches.

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Episode: The First Rumblings of Trump's Major Comeback (2017)

18 min | News

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50. Derrick J's Victimless Crime Spree (2012)

Unrated | 88 min | Documentary, Crime

A documentary chronicling liberty activist Derrick J Freeman's exciting first year of activism in The Shire.

Director: Derrick J. Freeman | Stars: Kate Ager, Rich Angell, Ed Burke, Jed Butterfield

Votes: 71