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

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: 162,799 | Gross: $81.90M

2. Superman III (1983)

PG | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Synthetic kryptonite laced with tar splits Superman in two: good Clark Kent and bad Man of Steel.

Director: Richard Lester | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Margot Kidder, Jackie Cooper

Votes: 74,942 | Gross: $59.95M

3. The Phantom (1996)

PG | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The Phantom, descendent of a line of African superheroes, travels to New York City to thwart a wealthy criminal genius from obtaining three magic skulls which would give him the secret to ultimate power.

Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Billy Zane, Kristy Swanson, Treat Williams, Catherine Zeta-Jones

Votes: 35,885 | Gross: $17.30M

4. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

Passed | 129 min | Comedy, Drama

A naive youth leader is appointed to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. His idealistic plans promptly collide with corruption at home and subterfuge from his hero in Washington, but he tries to forge ahead despite attacks on his character.

Director: Frank Capra | Stars: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold

Votes: 121,637 | Gross: $9.60M

5. MotherFatherSon (2019)

TV-MA | 57 min | Drama, Thriller

A fractured family at the heart of politics and power is pulled together under catastrophic circumstances.

Stars: Richard Gere, Billy Howle, Helen McCrory, Paul Ready

Votes: 4,068

6. Ip Man 2 (2010)

R | 108 min | Action, Biography, Drama

Centering on Ip Man's migration to Hong Kong in 1949 as he attempts to propagate his discipline of Wing Chun martial arts.

Director: Wilson Yip | Stars: Donnie Yen, Xiaoming Huang, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Lynn Xiong

Votes: 111,230 | Gross: $0.21M

7. True Crime (1999)

R | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Can an over-the-hill journalist uncover the evidence that can prove a death row inmate's innocence just hours before his execution?

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Isaiah Washington, LisaGay Hamilton, James Woods

Votes: 38,618 | Gross: $16.64M

8. The Last Hurrah (1958)

Approved | 121 min | Drama

Frank Skeffington is an old Irish-American political boss, running for re-election as mayor of a U.S. town for the last time.

Director: John Ford | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Jeffrey Hunter, Dianne Foster, Pat O'Brien

Votes: 4,172

9. Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965)

G | 138 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Hoping to push Britain to the forefront of aviation, a London publisher organizes an international air race across the English Channel, but must contend with two entrants vying for his daughter, as well as national rivalries and cheating.

Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, James Fox, Alberto Sordi

Votes: 9,255 | Gross: $31.11M

10. Libeled Lady (1936)

Passed | 98 min | Comedy, Romance

When a socialite sues a big paper for libel, the editor responsible calls in the help of his ignored fiancée and a former employee to frame her and make the false story seem true.

Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy

Votes: 8,942

11. The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971)

Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

An insurance investigator tries to determine any irregularities in the policy of a heiress' dead husband, but soon finds himself suspected of her murder.

Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: George Hilton, Anita Strindberg, Alberto de Mendoza, Janine Reynaud

Votes: 3,584

12. Cimarron (1960)

Approved | 147 min | Drama, Romance, Western

The Oklahoma Land Run of April 1889 sets the stage for an epic saga of a frontier adventurer, his wife and family and their friends.

Directors: Anthony Mann, Charles Walters | Stars: Glenn Ford, Maria Schell, Anne Baxter, Arthur O'Connell

Votes: 3,437

13. The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)

Not Rated | 112 min | Comedy, Romance

An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family.

Director: William Keighley | Stars: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley, Richard Travis

Votes: 8,989

14. While the City Sleeps (1956)

Approved | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A serial killer has been killing beautiful women in New York and the new owner of a media company offers a high ranking job to the first of his senior executives who can get the earliest scoops on the case.

Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, George Sanders, Howard Duff

Votes: 7,097

15. Boomerang! (1947)

Passed | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

The true story of a prosecutor's fight to prove the innocence of a man accused of a notorious murder.

Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb, Cara Williams

Votes: 5,070

16. State of the Union (1948)

Approved | 124 min | Comedy, Drama

An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.

Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Van Johnson, Angela Lansbury

Votes: 4,175

17. Five Star Final (1931)

Not Rated | 89 min | Crime, Drama

The City Editor of a sleazy tabloid goes against his own journalistic ethics to resurrect a twenty year old murder case... with tragic results.

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Marian Marsh, H.B. Warner, Anthony Bushell

Votes: 2,541

18. Defense of the Realm (1985)

PG | 96 min | Thriller

After a newspaper reporter helps expose a Member of Parliament as a possible spy, he finds that there's much more to the story than that.

Director: David Drury | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Greta Scacchi, Denholm Elliott, Ian Bannen

Votes: 2,528 | Gross: $0.75M

19. Another Man, Another Chance (1977)

Passed | 136 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

The story of gaining the West with dedication of the people that built it. All framed up in a photograph of a couple's legacy.

Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: James Caan, Geneviève Bujold, Francis Huster, Susan Tyrrell

Votes: 639

20. Love Stories in Sunflower Valley (2021 TV Movie)

TV-G | 90 min | Comedy, Romance

Kate works at a Seattle newspaper and her new assignment takes her back to her hometown of Sunflower Valley. Her handsome co-worker comes along and they unravel a series of heart-warming love stories about the local townspeople.

Director: Robert Lieberman | Stars: Erin Cahill, Marcus Rosner, Colleen Wheeler, Brent Stait

Votes: 726

21. 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: 1,279

22. 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: 462

23. It Happens Every Thursday (1953)

Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Drama

A New York couple takes over a small town newspaper.

Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Loretta Young, John Forsythe, Frank McHugh, Edgar Buchanan

Votes: 312

24. High Tide (1947)

Approved | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A fast-moving automobile fails to make a sharp turn of the highway from Malibu to Los Angeles. It overturns and its occupants, Tim Slade, Newspaper man turned private investigator, and Hugh... See full summary »

Director: John Reinhardt | Stars: Lee Tracy, Don Castle, Julie Bishop, Anabel Shaw

Votes: 645

25. Spiked (I) (2021)

91 min | Drama

When the murder of a migrant worker shakes a southwest border town to its core, the feud between a newspaper owner and the chief of police leads to the blurring of the truth and a dirty fight for justice.

Director: Juan Martinez Vera | Stars: Aidan Quinn, Christopher Rich, Wendy Makkena, Deirdre Lovejoy

Votes: 147

26. Press for Time (1966)

98 min | Comedy

The British P.M.'s grandson, Norman, becomes a reporter for a provincial newspaper where he causes hilarious chaos.

Director: Robert Asher | Stars: Norman Wisdom, Derek Bond, Angela Browne, Tracey Crisp

Votes: 635

27. Exclusive (1937)

Approved | 85 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Two newspapers are pitted against each other. One owned by gangster Charles Gillette (Lloyd Nolan), the other by Ralph Houston (Fred MacMurray).

Director: Alexander Hall | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Frances Farmer, Charles Ruggles, Lloyd Nolan

Votes: 95

28. Texas Lady (1955)

Approved | 86 min | Western

A strong-headed woman from the East inherits a newspaper in a small Texas town where the local cattle barons, who control the region, want her out of their hair.

Director: Tim Whelan | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Barry Sullivan, Ray Collins, James Bell

Votes: 334

29. Daughters of Privilege (1991 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama

A Florida newspaper owner's daughter gets involved with her father's archrival who uses this to bring down his business.

Director: Michael Fresco | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Daphne Ashbrook, Kate Vernon, Angela Alvarado

Votes: 181

30. 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: 185

31. Newsboys' Home (1938)

Approved | 73 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A clueless publisher's daughter inherits a newspaper that sponsors a charity home for boys, and proceeds to run the paper to the ground.

Directors: Harold Young, Arthur Lubin | Stars: Jackie Cooper, Edmund Lowe, Wendy Barrie, Samuel S. Hinds

Votes: 43

32. Scattergood Survives a Murder (1942)

Approved | 66 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Scattergood meets the new owner of the local newspaper, Dunker Gillson. One of Gillson's first tasks is to interview the wealthy but reclusive Quentin sisters, Lydia and Cynthia, who have ... See full summary »

Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Guy Kibbee, John Archer, Margaret Hayes, Wallace Ford

Votes: 48

33. Star Reporter (1939)

Approved | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

John Randolph (Warren Hull), an idealistic young newspaper owner who uses his paper as an instrument for the public good, uses a campaign against crime to successfully run grafting ... See full summary »

Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Warren Hull, Marsha Hunt, Wallis Clark, Clay Clement

Votes: 126

34. My Dear Miss Aldrich (1937)

Passed | 74 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

When the owner of the New York Globe-Leader dies without making a will, the paper is inherited by his only living relative, an "old maid schoolteacher" from Nebraska. Martha Aldrich, along ... See full summary »

Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Edna May Oliver, Maureen O'Sullivan, Walter Pidgeon, Rita Johnson

Votes: 418

35. The Arkansas Traveler (1938)

Approved | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A folksy drifter (Bob Burns) helps an old friend's widow (Fay Bainter) and daughter (Jean Parker) save their newspaper.

Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: Bob Burns, Fay Bainter, John Beal, Jean Parker

Votes: 75

36. The Coming of the Law (1919)

Passed | 50 min | Western

Upon his arrival in Dry Bottom, New Mexico, Easterner Kent Hollis beats up the town's crooked boss, then decides to stay and bring law and order to the community. When he discovers that Big... See full summary »

Director: Arthur Rosson | Stars: Tom Mix, Agnes Vernon, George Nichols, Jack Curtis

37. El diario de Agustín (2008)

80 min | Documentary

Exposé of the CIA-financed efforts of the Edwards family of Chile to cover up the human rights abuses of the Pinochet dictatorship through its newspaper 'El Mercurio'.

Director: Ignacio Agüero | Stars: Salvador Allende, Patricio Aylwin, Raquel Correa, John Dinges

Votes: 98

38. A Girl with Ideas (1937)

Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Drama

A rich banker's zany daughter gains control of a large newspaper.

Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Wendy Barrie, Walter Pidgeon, Kent Taylor, Dorothea Kent

Votes: 32

39. Tooi ashita (1979)

95 min | Drama

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Director: Tatsumi Kumashiro | Stars: Tomokazu Miura, Ayumi Ishida, Junko Miyashita, Tomisaburô Wakayama

Votes: 32

40. The Duchess of Duke Street (1976–1977)
Episode: No Letters, No Lawyers (1976)

TV-PG | 52 min | Drama

A wily journalist poses as a temporary porter and gathers information on Louisa that could destroy her personal and professional life.

Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Gemma Jones, James Laurenson, Thorley Walters, Alan MacNaughtan

Votes: 43

41. New Gold Mountain (2021)
Episode: Propriety (2021)

55 min | Drama, History, Western

Chinese headman Wei Shing stumbles across a valuable new gold seam on the frontier,

Director: Corrie Chen | Stars: Yoson An, Alyssa Sutherland, Christopher James Baker, Sam Wang

Votes: 24

42. Manhunt (2024)
Episode: The Secret Line (2024)

TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, History, Thriller

Stanton and Detective Baker investigate ties between Manhattan's most elite Wall Street traders, the Confederacy, and Booth.

Director: John Dahl | Stars: Tobias Menzies, Anthony Boyle, Lovie Simone, Will Harrison

Votes: 248

43. The Way Home (2023– )
Episode: Scar Tissue (2023)

TV-PG | 42 min | Drama

Kat is presented with a book deal that requires her to dredge up terrible memories; Del wants to say goodbye to the past, while Alice yearns to return there.

Director: Grant Harvey | Stars: Chyler Leigh, Evan Williams, Sadie Laflamme-Snow, Andie MacDowell

Votes: 211

44. John Carpenter's Suburban Screams (2023)
Episode: A Killer Comes Home (2023)

TV-MA | 44 min | Horror

The chilling story of an elusive killer who went on a murder spree in his hometown, recounted by the local newspaper editor and publisher who became his targets after covering the story.

Director: Jordan Roberts | Stars: Will O'Donnell, Andrew Buzzeo, Annette Holland, James McVan

Votes: 124

45. Cedar Cove (2013–2015)
Episode: Runaway (2015)

TV-PG | 43 min | Drama, Romance

After the dramatic events at the baseball game, Jack and Olivia resolve to spend more time together while Olivia makes sure to set Liz straight about her relationship status. Meanwhile, ... See full summary »

Director: Neill Fearnley | Stars: Andie MacDowell, Dylan Neal, Teryl Rothery, Sarah Smyth

Votes: 45

46. Stop Susan Williams (1979)
Episode: Chapter Three: Jungle Death Trap (1979)

Action, Adventure, Comedy

Susan drops into a lion pit and finds herself with no way out.

Director: Reza Badiyi | Stars: Susan Anton, Ray Walston, Marj Dusay, Michael Swan