Movies: Newspaper editor

  • 1987
    Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

    Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)

    Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

    4.51987HD

    With global superpowers engaged in an increasingly hostile arms race, Superman leads a crusade to rid the world of nuclear weapons. But Lex Luthor, recently sprung from jail, is declaring war on the Man of Steel and his quest to save the planet. Usin...

    Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
  • 1940
    His Girl Friday

    His Girl Friday (1940)

    His Girl Friday

    7.31940HD

    Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a new beau, but, as Walter knows, she has a weakn...

    His Girl Friday
  • 1994
    The Paper

    The Paper (1994)

    The Paper

    6.51994HD

    Henry Hackett is the workaholic editor of a New York City tabloid. He loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, publisher Bernie White faces financial straits, and has hatchet-man Alicia Clark—Henry's nemesis—impo...

    The Paper
  • 1964
    Charulata

    Charulata (1964)

    Charulata

    7.61964HD

    In 1870s India, Charulata is an isolated, artistically inclined woman who sees little of her busy journalist husband, Bhupati. Realizing that his wife is alienated and unhappy, he convinces his cousin, Amal, to spend time with Charulata and nourish h...

    Charulata
  • 1931
    The Front Page

    The Front Page (1931)

    The Front Page

    6.41931HD

    Hildy Johnson is an investigative reporter looking for a bigger paycheck. When an accused murderer escapes from custody, Hildy sees an opportunity for the story of a lifetime. But when he finds the criminal, he learns that the man may not be guilty. ...

    The Front Page
  • 1987
    Cry Freedom

    Cry Freedom (1987)

    Cry Freedom

    7.01987HD

    A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods is a white liberal journalist in South Africa who begins to follow the activities of Stephen Biko, ...

    Cry Freedom
  • 1931
    Cimarron

    Cimarron (1931)

    Cimarron

    5.61931HD

    When the government opens up the Oklahoma territory for settlement, restless Yancey Cravat claims a plot of the free land for himself and moves his family there from Wichita. A newspaperman, lawyer, and just about everything else, Cravat soon becomes...

    Cimarron
  • 1928
    The Power of the Press

    The Power of the Press (1928)

    The Power of the Press

    6.21928HD

    The naive newspaper cub Clem lands a scoop when he's sent out to cover a murder. In his enthusiasm he writes that the main suspect is Jane. When she confronts Clem, she convinces him to help her prove her innocence....

    The Power of the Press
  • 1953
    Francis Covers the Big Town

    Francis Covers the Big Town (1953)

    Francis Covers the Big Town

    5.11953HD

    A man who has a talking mule gets a job on a newspaper, and both get mixed up in a murder trial....

    Francis Covers the Big Town
  • 2017
    The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee

    The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee (2017)

    The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee

    7.72017HD

    An intimate portrait of Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee, tracing his remarkable ascent from a young Boston boy stricken with polio to the one of the most pioneering and consequential journalistic figures of the 20th century....

    The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
  • 1931
    Dance, Fools, Dance

    Dance, Fools, Dance (1931)

    Dance, Fools, Dance

    6.41931HD

    When misfortune hits hard on the Jordan family of Chicago's upper class, Bonnie Jordan, a dazzling and witty girl, finds a job as an aspiring reporter; however, his naive younger brother Rodney takes a twisted path and gets involved with the wrong pe...

    Dance, Fools, Dance
  • 1957
    The Monolith Monsters

    The Monolith Monsters (1957)

    The Monolith Monsters

    6.51957HD

    Rocks from a meteor which grow when in contact with water threaten a sleepy Southwestern desert community....

    The Monolith Monsters
  • 1952
    Deadline - U.S.A.

    Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)

    Deadline - U.S.A.

    6.81952HD

    With three days before his paper folds, a crusading editor tries to expose a vicious gangster....

    Deadline - U.S.A.
  • 2013
    The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan

    The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan (2013)

    The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan

    8.22013HD

    In 1953, Horace Carter earned a Pulitzer Prize for Meritorious Public Service for his reporting on the Ku Klux Klan. Carter persevered in the face of death threats, including those against his family, and used the editorial authority of North Caroli...

    The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan
  • 1942
    The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

    The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942)

    The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

    61942HD

    A New York radio personality travels to the small town of Fernville to oversee a contest to identify retired safecracker Jimmy Valentine, believed to be living there under an assumed name. The close-knit town of upstanding citizens is understandably ...

    The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
  • 2023
    Frankie Meets Jack

    Frankie Meets Jack (2023)

    Frankie Meets Jack

    4.42023HD

    Perpetually single Frankie decides to give up on men in favor of going all-in as a “dog mom" to her adopted dog, Tucker. But sparks fly when Frankie meets Jack, the veterinarian who rescues her dog from near death. They seem destined to be together, ...

    Frankie Meets Jack
  • 1931
    Five Star Final

    Five Star Final (1931)

    Five Star Final

    6.61931HD

    Searching for headlines at any cost, an unscrupulous newspaper owner forces his editor to print a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman involved....

    Five Star Final
  • 1939
    Everybody's Hobby

    Everybody's Hobby (1939)

    Everybody's Hobby

    5.71939HD

    A hobby-mad family makes their obsessions pay off....

    Everybody's Hobby
  • 1950
    Unmasked

    Unmasked (1950)

    Unmasked

    5.21950HD

    The editor of a sleazy tabloid newspaper has been borrowing money from his lover, the wife of a rich theatrical producer, and promises to marry her when she gets a divorce. However, the husband refuses to grant her a divorce, and takes back all the m...

    Unmasked
  • 1938
    Quadrille

    Quadrille (1938)

    Quadrille

    61938HD

    The battle of the sexes as drawing room social satire. Philippe, a middle-aged newspaper editor, has lived for six years with Paulette, a successful stage actress. He tells her friend Claudine, a realistic and enterprising reporter, that he's thinkin...

    Quadrille