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1. The Escort (2015)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Desperate for a good story, a sex-addicted journalist throws himself into the world of high-class escorts when he starts following a Stanford-educated prostitute.
Director: Will Slocombe | Stars: Lyndsy Fonseca, Michael Doneger, Tommy Dewey, Bruce Campbell
Votes: 14,208
2. The Last Word (2017)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
Harriet is a retired businesswoman who tries to control everything around her. When she decides to write her own obituary, a young journalist takes up the task of finding out the truth, resulting in a life-altering friendship.
Director: Mark Pellington | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Amanda Seyfried, AnnJewel Lee Dixon, Thomas Sadoski
Votes: 8,846 | Gross: $1.78M
3. Nothing Sacred (1937)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
An eccentric woman learns she is not dying of radium poisoning as earlier assumed, but when she meets a reporter looking for a story, she feigns sickness again for her own profit.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Charles Winninger, Walter Connolly
Votes: 7,249
4. The Green Room (1978)
PG | 94 min | Drama
A French little town, at the end of the twenties. Julien Davenne is a journalist whose wife Julie died a decade ago. He gathered in the green room all Julie's objects. When a fire destroys ... See full summary »
Director: François Truffaut | Stars: François Truffaut, Nathalie Baye, Jean Dasté, Patrick Maléon
Votes: 3,302
5. Obit. (2016)
93 min | Documentary
Writers and editors from the New York Times discuss their unique approach to writing the obituaries of public figures.
Director: Vanessa Gould | Stars: Bruce Weber, William McDonald, Margalit Fox, William Grimes
Votes: 786 | Gross: $0.30M
6. Antigone (2017)
13 min | Short
A filmmaker is asked by his dying mother to write her obituary. A twelve minute meditation on life, death, presence, religion, family, emptiness and light.
Director: George Nicholas | Stars: Marie McNicholas, Antigone Antonis Nicholas, George Nicholas, Peter Nicholas
7.
The John Larroquette Show (1993–1996)
Episode:
Intern Writer
(1996)
Comedy
John gets an internship at a newspaper which doesn't turn out to be the dream job he pictured until he's tasked with the obits that turns into an investigation of the paper's publisher's death. And Gene struggles to comfort his newborn
Director: John Whitesell | Stars: John Larroquette, Liz Torres, Gigi Rice, Daryl Mitchell
Votes: 36
8.
Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996–2003)
Episode:
Free Sabrina
(2002)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Sabrina's plan to catch a light fingered diva in the act lands Sabrina in jail.
Director: Brian K. Roberts | Stars: Melissa Joan Hart, Elisa Donovan, Nick Bakay, Soleil Moon Frye
Votes: 173