Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "local-newspaper"

1. 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: 82,266

2. Nebraska (2013)

R | 115 min | Drama

An aging, booze-addled father makes the trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim a million-dollar Mega Sweepstakes Marketing prize.

Director: Alexander Payne | Stars: Bruce Dern, Will Forte, June Squibb, Bob Odenkirk

Votes: 123,500 | Gross: $17.65M

3. All About Steve (2009)

PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

Convinced that a CCN cameraman is her true love, an eccentric crossword puzzler trails him as he travels all over the country, hoping to convince him that they belong together.

Director: Phil Traill | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Bradley Cooper, Thomas Haden Church, Ken Jeong

Votes: 44,430 | Gross: $33.86M

4. The Company You Keep (2012)

R | 125 min | Drama, Thriller

After a journalist discovers his identity, a former Weather Underground activist goes on the run.

Director: Robert Redford | Stars: Robert Redford, Brit Marling, Stanley Tucci, Nick Nolte

Votes: 34,978 | Gross: $5.13M

5. Burning Days (2022)

129 min | Drama, Thriller

Emre, a young prosecutor newly appointed to the small town of Yaniklar, finds himself being pulled into a political conflict during his first criminal investigation.

Director: Emin Alper | Stars: Selahattin Pasali, Ekin Koç, Erol Babaoglu, Erdem Senocak

Votes: 12,149

6. Space Oddity (2022)

PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi

A man seeks the help from an insurance company to plan a one-way trip to Mars.

Director: Kyra Sedgwick | Stars: Kyle Allen, Alexandra Shipp, Madeline Brewer, Simon Helberg

Votes: 1,323

7. The Paper (1994)

R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama

New York City tabloid editor Henry's faced with tough decisions while he faces several serious life challenges, and a tempting job offer.

Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Michael Keaton, Glenn Close, Robert Duvall, Marisa Tomei

Votes: 15,094 | Gross: $38.82M

8. Kings of the Road (1976)

Not Rated | 175 min | Drama

A traveling projection-equipment mechanic works in Western Germany along the East-German border, visiting worn-out theatres. He meets with a depressed young man whose marriage has just broken up, and the two decide to travel together.

Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Rüdiger Vogler, Hanns Zischler, Lisa Kreuzer, Rudolf Schündler

Votes: 6,428

9. Hold the Front Page (2023– )

Documentary, Comedy, Reality-TV

In this fun, factual series comedians Josh Widdicombe and Nish Kumar immerse themselves into the world of local newspapers by travelling across the UK working for a different local paper each week on a mission to find real local stories.

Stars: Josh Widdicombe, Nish Kumar, Nicola Wheeler, Charlotte Anne-Tilley

Votes: 90

10. Walking the Dog (2017 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Comedy, Romance

Rival lawyers battle each other in court as their respective dogs fall madly in love, bringing their guardians together at every turn until they reluctantly realize it may not just be the pups who are each other's true Valentine.

Director: Gary Harvey | Stars: Jennifer Finnigan, Sam Page, Lini Evans, Peter Benson

Votes: 1,333

11. Slightly Scarlet (1956)

Passed | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

An urban wheeler-dealer gets involved in organized crime, corrupt city politics and graft while falling in love with the fiancée of the newly elected mayor.

Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, Arlene Dahl, Kent Taylor

Votes: 1,288

12. Love at the Top (1974)

R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama

A cynical tragicomedy focusing on the different ways of love in the times of the sexual revolution.

Director: Michel Deville | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Romy Schneider, Jane Birkin

Votes: 2,076

13. Only Two Can Play (1962)

106 min | Comedy, Drama

A frustrated librarian (Sellers) in Swansea, Wales is torn between his wife Jean (Markell) and a glamorous married woman, Liz (Zetterling), who wants to have an affair.

Director: Sidney Gilliat | Stars: Peter Sellers, Mai Zetterling, Virginia Maskell, Kenneth Griffith

Votes: 1,415

14. Run, Man, Run (1968)

Not Rated | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Western

A knife-wielding Mexican ne'er-do-well is tasked by a scholar with locating $3 million in revolutionary gold, and finds himself working and competing with various parties for it.

Director: Sergio Sollima | Stars: Tomas Milian, Donald O'Brien, Linda Veras, Marco Guglielmi

Votes: 2,011

15. The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966)

115 min | Comedy

Three stories, all set in Treviso. Various couple experience adultery at a party, a bank clerk abandons his wife for his mistress and all the men in the end are prosecuted for having intercourse with an underage girl.

Director: Pietro Germi | Stars: Virna Lisi, Gastone Moschin, Alberto Lionello, Olga Villi

Votes: 1,736

16. The Christmas Ring (2020 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Drama, Romance

A website writer tries to locate the owner of an antique engagement ring for her latest human interest story.

Director: Troy Scott | Stars: Nazneen Contractor, David Alpay, Kazumi Evans, Chelsey Reist

Votes: 1,259

17. Home for Harvest (2019 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 86 min | Romance

A travel writer is surprised to be sent back to the home town she left, heartbroken, years before. She meets a new man, and also her ex.

Director: Andrew Cymek | Stars: Brigitte Kingsley, Landy Cannon, Troy Blundell, Alys Crocker

Votes: 460

18. Dear Viola (2014 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Romance

Romantic drama centered around "Dear Viola," a small-town newspaper advice column.

Director: Laurie Lynd | Stars: Kellie Martin, Jefferson Brown, Jackie Richardson, Kira Gelineau

Votes: 666

19. You Belong to Me (2014)

88 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama

Over sixty years ago, a murder rocked Live Oak, Florida, and awakened the nation. Today, the ghosts still remain.

Director: John Cork | Stars: Gleene Harrell, Tameka Bradley Hobbs, Eric Musgrove, Edna Hindson

Votes: 186

20. So Well Remembered (1947)

Passed | 114 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Mayor George Boswell recalls events of the previous 25 years in his home town of Browdley. As councilman and newspaper editor George has fought hard to better working and living conditions in the bleak Lancashire mill town.

Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: John Mills, Martha Scott, Patricia Roc, Trevor Howard

Votes: 582

21. Motives 2 (2007 Video)

R | 94 min | Drama, Thriller

It's been three years since Emery Simms was wrongfully imprisoned for a murder he didn't commit. Emery's best friend Brandon (Blakemore) and ex-wife Connie (Fox) are now married, running a ... See full summary »

Director: Aaron Courseault | Stars: Brian White, Vivica A. Fox, Sean Blakemore, John Jason Bailey

Votes: 532

22. Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case (1959)

101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

The Countess de Saint-Fiacre, having received a terrible anonymous letter predicting her imminent death, summons Commissioner Maigret in the hope that he can protect her and save her from a secret ill-wisher.

Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Jean Gabin, Michel Auclair, Valentine Tessier, Jacques Morel

Votes: 1,508

23. The Mimic (2020)

81 min | Comedy

A man suspects his friend may be a sociopath and goes to extreme lengths to uncover the truth about him and his wife, who he eventually begins to fancy.

Director: Thomas F. Mazziotti | Stars: Jake Robinson, Olaf, Jessica Walter, Tammy Blanchard

Votes: 244

24. A Family Affair (1937)

Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Judge Hardy faces problems at work and at home. Powerful men in town are upset with his decisions and want to see him impeached; his daughters, Joan and Marion, have romantic problems; and ... See full summary »

Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Cecilia Parker, Eric Linden, Mickey Rooney

Votes: 779

25. Fort Apache Napoli (2009)

108 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The story of Giancarlo Siani, a journalist killed by the Neapolitan Mafia in 1985.

Director: Marco Risi | Stars: Libero De Rienzo, Valentina Lodovini, Michele Riondino, Massimiliano Gallo

Votes: 1,159

26. Christmas She Wrote (2020 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Drama, Romance

Kaleigh is fired as popular column writer by the new editor at The Globe in NYC. She heads to her sister near Tahoe, CA, and helps in her bakery the weeks before Xmas. The single editor shows up - to right a wrong.

Director: Terry Ingram | Stars: Danica McKellar, Dylan Neal, April Telek, Andrew Francis

Votes: 1,276

27. The Famous Ferguson Case (1932)

Passed | 74 min | Crime, Drama

Reporters at a scandal sheet dwell on a murder case, with tragic results.

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Joan Blondell, Grant Mitchell, Vivienne Osborne, Adrienne Dore

Votes: 464

28. How I Caught the Killer (2018– )

60 min | Documentary, Crime

Former police officer turned television presenter Rav Wilding narrates this true crime documentary series focusing on the police investigation into murder cases.

Stars: Rav Wilding, Helen Meadows, David Holmes, Keri Nixon

Votes: 38

29. His and Her Christmas (2005 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Tom Lane is the star columnist for the media conglomerate owned San Francisco Sun newspaper. The company is thinking about increasing Tom's exposure by producing a new television show ... See full summary »

Director: Farhad Mann | Stars: Dina Meyer, David Sutcliffe, April Telek, Kyle Cassie

Votes: 737

30. WTC View (2005)

Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Romance

After placing an ad on September 10th, a young man living in SoHo struggles to find a new roommate and keep his emotional balance in the weeks following 9/11.

Director: Brian Sloan | Stars: Michael Urie, Jeremy Beazlie, Lucas Papaelias, Elizabeth Kapplow

Votes: 446

31. One Night (2012)

104 min | Drama

A young woman is stabbed, sexually assaulted and murdered in public as her neighbors ignore her cries for help.

Director: Lucas Belvaux | Stars: Yvan Attal, Sophie Quinton, Nicole Garcia, François Feroleto

Votes: 1,435

32. Systrar 1968 (2018)

177 min | Drama

Karin, a young journalist in the politically charged time of 1968, gets a job at a local paper. Little does she know the true extent of her connections to the community.

Stars: Mikaela Knapp, Maja Rung, Anna Åström, Hannes Fohlin

Votes: 436

33. Out in the Silence (2009)

Not Rated | 56 min | Documentary, Comedy, Family

The announcement of filmmaker Joe Wilson's wedding to another man ignites a firestorm of controversy in his small hometown and a plea for help from the mother of a gay teen being tormented at school.

Directors: Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson | Stars: C.J. Bills, Diane Granley, Linda Henderson, Roxanne Hitchcock

Votes: 545

34. Judith Therpauve (1978)

125 min | Drama

The widow of a resistance leader, Judith Therpauve, agrees to take over a large daily, established after the liberation of France. But she is soon under pressure from dirty dealings, on the one hand, and labor demands, on the other.

Director: Patrice Chéreau | Stars: Simone Signoret, Philippe Léotard, Robert Manuel, François Simon

Votes: 184

35. Much Too Shy (1942)

92 min | Comedy

A handyman and amateur artist gets into trouble when nude female bodies are added to the heads he has drawn of prominent ladies, and are sold as soap adverts.

Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: George Formby, Kathleen Harrison, Hilda Bayley, Eileen Bennett

Votes: 205

36. All Over the Town (1949)

Approved | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

On the south west coast of England, two crusading reporters revive a failing newspaper and expose local corruption.

Director: Derek N. Twist | Stars: Norman Wooland, Sarah Churchill, Cyril Cusack, Ronald Adam

Votes: 213

37. The Spirit of Stanford (1942)

Approved | 73 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

The Spirit of Stanford finds high school quarterback Frankie Albert, cocky because of his football abilities, heading for Stanford while his teammate, Cliff Bernard, opts for the University... See full summary »

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Frankie Albert, Marguerite Chapman, Matt Willis, Shirley Patterson

Votes: 52

38. Dieu vomit les tièdes (1991)

100 min | Drama

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Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Ariane Ascaride, Pierre Banderet, Gérard Meylan

Votes: 56

39. Onnellinen mies (1979 TV Movie)

89 min | Comedy, Drama

A satirical story based on Arto Paasilinna's novel about the bridge engineer Jaatinen and his activities in the municipality of Kuusmäki. Jaatinen gets along with the workers, but he is at ... See full summary »

Director: Hannu Kahakorpi | Stars: Harri Tirkkonen, Liisamaija Laaksonen, Maija-Leena Soinne, Keijo Lindroos

Votes: 248

40. The Woman Who Buys the Local Newspaper (2016 TV Movie)

108 min | Crime, Mystery

Ryuji becomes suspicious when Yoshiko subscribes to a local newspaper which is serializing his novel and then suddenly cancels her subscription saying the novel has become boring. He investigates and finds a connection to a double suicide.

Director: Meiji Fujita | Stars: Asami Mizukawa, Ryôko Hirosue, Masakazu Tamura, Isao Hashizume

Votes: 23

41. A Fitting Tribute (2007)

13 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

When Mrs. Wright loses her beloved son in a car accident, the experienced and cynical journalist, Tammy, trains her rookie colleague, Niall, on how to approach Mrs. Wright for an interview ... See full summary »

Director: Daniel Cormack | Stars: Sally Bretton, Thomas Nelstrop, April Nicholson

Votes: 100

42. Torrella, una vida pel cinema (1997)

110 min | Documentary, Biography, History

A brief and revealing account of the life and work of Catalonian filmmaker Josep Torrella. It examines his career as a filmmaker and writer, and also his personal life as a friend, husband, confidant and patriarch.

Director: Sergi Rubió | Stars: Josep Torrella, Josep Ache, Victorio Aguado, Juan Ainaud de Lasarte

43. Granica (1938)

Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Romance

Zenon Ziembiewicz comes back to his hometown after graduating from the university in Paris. He gets entangled in a love triangle with educated young lady Elzbieta and a common country girl Justyna who gets pregnant.

Director: Joseph Lejtes | Stars: Elzbieta Barszczewska, Lena Zelichowska, Jerzy Pichelski, Aleksander Zelwerowicz

Votes: 45

44. For lang og tro tjeneste (1990)

33 min | Documentary

Jytte Dreyer portrays Danes who have worked in the same job position their entire lives.

Stars: Jytte Dreyer, Rigmor Berthelsen

45. Cars and Coffee Movie (2025)

Not Rated | Documentary, Short, Action | Announced

People gather to celebrate cars and coffee.

Director: Kathy Jean | Star: Kathy Jean

46. EastEnders (1985– )
Episode: Episode #1.1971 (2000)

TV-PG | 28 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

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Director: Jon East | Stars: Marc Bannerman, Michael Greco, Forbes Masson, Louise Jameson

47. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode: Harriet's Happenings (1978)

TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Family, Romance

Sterling Murdoch arrives in Walnut Grove planning to found a newspaper. The fledgling newspaper is The Pen and the Plow, and its star reporter is none other than one Harriet Olesen. At ... See full summary »

Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, Melissa Sue Anderson

Votes: 302

48. M*A*S*H (1972–1983)
Episode: Depressing News (1981)

TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, War

When a supply snafu brings too many tongue depressors to camp, Hawkeye uses the extras to erect a monument to the wounded who have passed through camp. Klinger starts his own camp newspaper.

Director: Alan Alda | Stars: Alan Alda, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan, Loretta Swit

Votes: 459

49. Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1956–1960)
Episode: The Dark Horse (1958)

30 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Richard Diamond is hired by a newspaper editor to protect their party candidate from murder or abduction by a corrupt syndicate.

Director: Leigh Jason | Stars: David Janssen, Frances Mercer, Russ Conway, Jack Elam

Votes: 19

50. EastEnders (1985– )
Episode: Episode #1.2449 (2003)

TV-PG | 28 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

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Director: Karl Neilson | Stars: Jessie Wallace, Nicholas R. Bailey, Michelle Ryan, Brooke Kinsella

Votes: 7