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1. Isle of Dogs (2018)

PG-13 | 101 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Set in Japan, Isle of Dogs follows a boy's odyssey in search of his lost dog.

Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Koyu Rankin, Edward Norton, Bob Balaban

Votes: 190,702 | Gross: $32.02M

2. Adventures of Superman (1952–1958)

TV-G | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

The Man of Steel fights crime with help from his friends at the "Daily Planet."

Stars: George Reeves, Noel Neill, Jack Larson, John Hamilton

Votes: 4,456

3. Edison (2005)

R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Upon discovering a den of corrupt policemen, a fresh-faced journalist makes shaky allies in a jaded reporter and investigator for a powerful district attorney.

Director: David J. Burke | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey, Justin Timberlake, LL Cool J

Votes: 16,258

4. The Lost World (1925)

Passed | 110 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror

The first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam.

Director: Harry O. Hoyt | Stars: Wallace Beery, Bessie Love, Lloyd Hughes, Lewis Stone

Votes: 5,809 | Gross: $1.19M

5. Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939)

Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Crime, Family

Nancy Drew, contest-reporter for the local newspaper, clears a young woman of murder charges.

Director: William Clemens | Stars: Bonita Granville, John Litel, Frankie Thomas, Dickie Jones

Votes: 1,459

6. Dance, Fools, Dance (1931)

Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

After the death of her father and loss of the family fortune, Bonnie (Joan Crawford) gets a job as a cub reporter while her brother (William Bakewell) becomes involved in bootlegging.

Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: Joan Crawford, Cliff Edwards, Lester Vail, William Bakewell

Votes: 1,241

7. Love Is News (1937)

Approved | 77 min | Comedy, Romance

A financier's daughter spars with a newspaper reporter: he by writing about her, she by announcing their engagement.

Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Don Ameche, Slim Summerville

Votes: 935

8. The Racket (1928)

Passed | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

An honest police captain vows to bring down a powerful bootlegger who is protected by corrupt politicians and judges.

Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Thomas Meighan, Louis Wolheim, Marie Prevost, G. Pat Collins

Votes: 1,583

9. The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939)

Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

There is the murder of a gangster. The gangster's girlfriend goes to stay with her mother. The mother is the housekeeper of an upper middle-class family with an attractive son. The gangster's gang follows the girl, and the police the gang.

Director: Hal Roach | Stars: Joan Bennett, Adolphe Menjou, John Hubbard, William Gargan

Votes: 440

10. The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950)

Approved | 71 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A young man who insists that he is innocent is slated to be the first executed in the prison's electric chair.

Director: Paul Sloane | Stars: Sally Parr, Patrick Waltz, Walter Reed, Lee Frederick

Votes: 276

11. The Power of the Press (1928)

62 min | Drama

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.

Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Jobyna Ralston, Mildred Harris, Philo McCullough

Votes: 323

12. The Story of Mr. Hobbs (1947)

Drama

Crad Hobbs, a Virginia waterman, is depressed over the decline in the shellfish trade and the gradual erosion of his former home, a barrier island off Virginia's Eastern Shore. Worse, his ... See full summary »

Director: Arthur Varney | Stars: Jack Hardwood, Frances Helm, Robert Bolger, Alexander Campbell

13. Find the Witness (1937)

Approved | 55 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Rudolph Mordini (Henry Mollison) is a Houdini-type magician who claims he couldn't have possibly murdered his wife, as he was enclosed, at the time of the killing, in a sealed ... See full summary »

Director: David Selman | Stars: Charles Quigley, Rosalind Keith, Rita La Roy, Henry Mollison

14. Name the Woman (1934)

Approved | 60 min | Mystery

The fate of a city hangs upon the innocence of a girl charged with murder. A young, inexperienced, but adventurous newspaper reporter is bent on clearing her name by ripping the lid off a corrupt government machine.

Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Richard Cromwell, Arline Judge, Rita La Roy, Charles C. Wilson

15. 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

16. The Fatal Mistake (1924)

Passed | 50 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After being fired from his job on the "Evening Star" newspaper, cub reporter Jack Darwin (William Fairbanks) with the help of undercover police woman Ethel Bennett (Eva Novak), prevents the... See full summary »

Director: Scott R. Dunlap | Stars: William Fairbanks, Eva Novak, Wilfred Lucas, Dot Farley

17. In the Headlines (1929)

Passed | 70 min | Drama

A tough newspaper reporter and his pretty assistant are investigating a double murder, and soon find themselves the targets of the as yet unknown murderer.

Director: John G. Adolfi | Stars: Grant Withers, Marian Nixon, Clyde Cook, Edmund Breese

18. Never Shoot a Stampede Queen

Comedy | Announced

The cops wanted to shoot me, my bosses thought I was a Bolshevik, and a local lawyer warned me that people might try to test the strength of my skull with a steel pipe. What more could any young reporter hope for from his first real job?

19. The Fugitive (1963–1967)
Episode: Smoke Screen (1963)

TV-PG | 51 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

Kimble and a group of farm workers are surrounded in the hills by a huge fire and he must reveal that he's a doctor in order to save the life of a pregnant, illegal immigrant.

Director: Claudio Guzmán | Stars: David Janssen, Beverly Garland, Alejandro Rey, Pina Pellicer

Votes: 236

20. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Personal Foul (2008)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

CSI investigates the poisoning death of a fan at a basketball game, moments after making a million-dollar half-court shot. Meanwhile, the taxicab killer strikes again, and the team finds more clues about the killer's identity.

Director: David Von Ancken | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 296

21. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Taxi (2008)

TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The search continues for the taxicab killer, who has now captured Reed and is forcing him to use his blog to publicize the next attack.

Director: Christine Moore | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 323

22. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Like Water for Murder (2008)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The bodies of two female real estate agents are found on a beach. When the m.o. ties the murders to a third murder from months earlier, CSI goes on a hunt to find the killer before he strikes again.

Director: Anthony Hemingway | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 317

23. The Doctor (1952–1953)
Episode: Marti (1952)

Drama

A young reporter writes a story about a policeman's widow resulting in conflict with her editor.

Stars: Anne Jackson, Paul Langton

24. Alaska Daily (2022–2023)
Episode: Pilot (2022)

TV-PG | 47 min | Drama

After a fall from grace, fiercely talented and award-winning investigative journalist Eileen Fitzgerald leaves her high-profile New York life behind to join a daily metro newspaper in ... See full summary »

Director: Tom McCarthy | Stars: Hilary Swank, Jeff Perry, Grace Dove, Meredith Holzman

Votes: 645