5. All the President’s Men (1976)
> IMDb user rating: 8.0/10 (109,442 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 92% (50,360 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 94% (65 reviews)
> Directed by: Alan J. Pakula
Based on a non-fiction book of the same name by journalists Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, this biographical thriller details the investigation of two Washington Post reporters into Watergate and the events that would lead to Richard Nixon’s resignation.
4. His Girl Friday (1940)
> IMDb user rating: 7.9/10 (56,106 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90% (24,333 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 99% (67 reviews)
> Directed by: Howard Hawks
This screwball comedy stars Cary Grant as a newspaper editor who does everything in his power to retain his star reporter (who happens to be his ex-wife), and keep her from squandering her talent by marrying an insurance agent and becoming a housewife.
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3. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
> IMDb user rating: 8.0/10 (30,043 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 92% (6,974 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 98% (53 reviews)
> Directed by: Alexander Mackendrick
When an influential New York reporter finds out that his sister is dating a jazz musician, he enlists a sleazy press agent to ruin his sister’s relationship by publishing unsavory, fabricated stories about her beau.
2. Spotlight (2015)
> IMDb user rating: 8.1/10 (442,521 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 93% (70,627 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 97% (375 reviews)
> Directed by: Tom McCarthy
This biographical drama portrays the true story of a team of journalists at the Boston Globe who investigate numerous allegations of child molestation by local Catholic priests and discover just how deep the corruption and cover-ups go.
1. Citizen Kane (1941)
> IMDb user rating: 8.3/10 (422,500 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90% (159,588 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 99% (117 reviews)
> Directed by: Orson Welles
“Citizen Kane” – often ranked as one of the greatest American films of all time – is the story of a reporter’s quest to decipher the dying words of a millionaire media tycoon, uncovering the details of his fortune, his rise to fame, and his eventual decline.
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