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The best films about photojournalism

by olgaosorio • Created 12 years ago • Modified 12 years ago
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  • James Woods in Salvador (1986)

    1. Salvador

    19862h 2mR69Metascore
    7.3 (24K)
    A burnt-out photojournalist becomes involved in a Central American revolution.
    DirectorOliver StoneStarsJames WoodsJim BelushiMichael Murphy
  • Under Fire (1983)

    2. Under Fire

    19832h 8mR72Metascore
    7.0 (9.3K)
    Three journalists in a romantic triangle are involved in political intrigue during the last days of the corrupt Somoza regime in Nicaragua before it falls to a popular revolution in 1979.
    DirectorRoger SpottiswoodeStarsNick NolteEd HarrisGene Hackman
  • Sam Waterston in The Killing Fields (1984)

    3. The Killing Fields

    19842h 21mR76Metascore
    7.8 (62K)
    A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during Pol Pot's bloody Year Zero cleansing campaign.
    DirectorRoland JofféStarsSam WaterstonHaing S. NgorJohn Malkovich
  • Ryan Phillippe, Malin Akerman, Frank Rautenbach, Taylor Kitsch, and Neels van Jaarsveld in The Bang Bang Club (2010)

    4. The Bang Bang Club

    20101h 46mR48Metascore
    6.9 (12K)
    A drama based on the true-life experiences of four combat photographers capturing the final days of apartheid in South Africa.
    DirectorSteven SilverStarsRyan PhillippeMalin AkermanTaylor Kitsch
  • Katrin Cartlidge and Rade Serbedzija in Before the Rain (1994)

    5. Before the Rain

    19941h 53mNot Rated
    7.8 (16K)
    Three interconnected stories of love under the threat of civil war in Macedonia and London.
    DirectorMilcho ManchevskiStarsKatrin CartlidgeRade SerbedzijaGrégoire Colin
  • Year of the Gun (1991)

    6. Year of the Gun

    19911h 51mR
    5.6 (3.2K)
    In 1978, a journalist and a photojournalist, both young Americans, had a close encounter with Red Brigades terrorists in Rome.
    DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsAndrew McCarthySharon StoneValeria Golino
  • Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)

    7. Welcome to Sarajevo

    19971h 43mR72Metascore
    6.7 (8K)
    American and British journalists Flynn and Michael Henderson, along with their respective news teams, meet at the beginning of the Bosnian war in Sarajevo. During their reports, the group find an orphanage run by the devoted Mrs. Savic near the frontline. Feeling sympathy, Henderson decides to take one of the children, Emira, illegally back to England.
    DirectorMichael WinterbottomStarsStephen DillaneWoody HarrelsonMarisa Tomei
  • Triage (2009)

    8. Triage

    20091h 39mR
    6.5 (11K)
    The wife of a photojournalist sets out to discover why he came home from a recent assignment without his colleague.
    DirectorDanis TanovicStarsColin FarrellJamie SivesPaz Vega
  • Elias Koteas, Andie MacDowell, and Adrien Brody in Harrison's Flowers (2000)

    9. Harrison's Flowers

    20002h 1mR49Metascore
    7.0 (7K)
    When a Newsweek photojournalist disappears in war-torn Yugoslavia, his wife travels to Europe to find him.
    DirectorÉlie ChouraquiStarsAndie MacDowellScott AntonElias Koteas
  • Marlon Brando and Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now (1979)

    10. Apocalypse Now

    19792h 27mR94Metascore
    8.4 (746K)
    A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.
    DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMartin SheenMarlon BrandoRobert Duvall
  • Full Metal Jacket (1987)

    11. Full Metal Jacket

    19871h 56mR78Metascore
    8.2 (826K)
    A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsMatthew ModineR. Lee ErmeyVincent D'Onofrio
  • Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver in The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)

    12. The Year of Living Dangerously

    19821h 55mPG65Metascore
    7.1 (24K)
    A young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the rule of President Sukarno with the help of a diminutive photographer.
    DirectorPeter WeirStarsMel GibsonSigourney WeaverLinda Hunt
  • Mel Gibson in We Were Soldiers (2002)

    13. We Were Soldiers

    20022h 18mR65Metascore
    7.2 (156K)
    The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War, and the soldiers on both sides that fought it, while their wives wait nervously and anxiously at home for the good news or the bad news.
    DirectorRandall WallaceStarsMel GibsonMadeleine StoweGreg Kinnear
  • Joe Pesci and Barbara Hershey in The Public Eye (1992)

    14. The Public Eye

    19921h 39mR
    6.5 (4.7K)
    In the early 1940s, an infamous New York paparazzo gets an assignment from a club owner to do a background search on a mysterious gangster, which leads him down a very dangerous path.
    DirectorHoward FranklinStarsJoe PesciBarbara HersheyRichard Riehle
  • Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray in No Time for Love (1943)

    15. No Time for Love

    19431h 23mApproved
    6.7 (1.1K)
    An upper-class female reporter is (despite herself) attracted to a hulking laborer digging a tunnel under the Hudson River.
    DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsClaudette ColbertFred MacMurrayIlka Chase
  • James Cagney and Alice White in Picture Snatcher (1933)

    16. Picture Snatcher

    19331h 17mNot Rated
    7.0 (1.9K)
    Danny Kean, a former inmate, pursues photography and romance with Patricia, whose father initially disapproves. A ethical dilemma strains their bond until Kean confronts his criminal past.
    DirectorLloyd BaconStarsJames CagneyRalph BellamyPatricia Ellis
  • Buster Keaton and Harry Gribbon in The Cameraman (1928)

    17. The Cameraman

    19281h 16mPassed
    8.0 (14K)
    Hopelessly in love with a woman working at MGM Studios, a clumsy man attempts to become a motion-picture cameraman to be close to the object of his desire.
    DirectorsEdward SedgwickBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonMarceline DayHarold Goodwin
  • Comanche Territory (1997)

    18. Comanche Territory

    19971h 28m
    6.4 (407)
    Spanish TV reporters covering the War in Bosnia. Based on true experience.
    DirectorGerardo HerreroStarsImanol AriasCarmelo GómezCecilia Dopazo
  • The China Syndrome (1979)

    19. The China Syndrome

    19792h 2mPG81Metascore
    7.4 (35K)
    A reporter finds what appears to be a cover-up of safety hazards at a nuclear power plant.
    DirectorJames BridgesStarsJane FondaJack LemmonMichael Douglas
  • The Hunting Party (2007)

    20. The Hunting Party

    20071h 41mR54Metascore
    6.7 (27K)
    A young journalist, a seasoned cameraman and a discredited war correspondent embark on an unauthorized mission to find the No.1 war criminal in Bosnia. However, their extremely dangerous target decides to come after them.
    DirectorRichard ShepardStarsRichard GereTerrence HowardJesse Eisenberg
  • Martin Balsam, Sidney Poitier, Richard Widmark, Wally Cox, James MacArthur, and Eric Portman in The Bedford Incident (1965)

    21. The Bedford Incident

    19651h 42mApproved
    7.3 (6.3K)
    An American destroyer Captain is determined to confront a Soviet submarine caught violating territorial waters. Perhaps too determined.
    DirectorJames B. HarrisStarsRichard WidmarkSidney PoitierJames MacArthur
  • Clark Gable and Myrna Loy in Too Hot to Handle (1938)

    22. Too Hot to Handle

    19381h 47mApproved
    6.6 (1.7K)
    Two rival newsreel photographers join forces to find an aviatrix's missing brother, who has disappeared in the Amazon rainforest.
    DirectorJack ConwayStarsClark GableMyrna LoyWalter Pidgeon
  • Inhabitants of Belo Vale Boa Morte and Cidade de Congonhas and Paige Ellens in City of God (2002)

    23. City of God

    20022h 10mR79Metascore
    8.6 (842K)
    In the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.
    DirectorsFernando MeirellesKátia LundStarsAlexandre RodriguesLeandro FirminoMatheus Nachtergaele
  • Gene Hackman, Terence Stamp, Ned Beatty, Christopher Reeve, Jackie Cooper, Sarah Douglas, Jeff East, Margot Kidder, Jack O'Halloran, Valerie Perrine, and Susannah York in Superman (1978)

    24. Superman

    19782h 23mPG82Metascore
    7.4 (198K)
    An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.
    DirectorRichard DonnerStarsChristopher ReeveMargot KidderGene Hackman
  • Tobey Maguire in Spider-Man (2002)

    25. Spider-Man

    20022h 1mPG-1373Metascore
    7.4 (929K)
    After being bitten by a genetically-modified spider, a shy teenager gains spider-like abilities that he uses to fight injustice as a masked superhero and face a vengeful enemy.
    DirectorSam RaimiStarsTobey MaguireKirsten DunstWillem Dafoe

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