They might not always be the lead, but journalists are frequent movie characters. Today, we look at 100 of them.

1. 10 Days ina Madhouse (2015)
2. Absence of Malice (1981)
3. Ace in the Hole
4. Alien Seed (1989)
5. All the President’s Men (1976)
6. Almost Famous (2000)
7. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy (2004)
8. Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice: The Ultimate Edition (2016)
9. Black Like Me (1964)
10. Blacklight (2022)
11. Blondes at Work (1938)
12. Bombshell (2019)
13. Boston Strangler
14. Brenda Starr (1989)
15. Bright LIghts, Big City (1988)
16. Broadcast News (1987)
17. Bruce Almighty (2003)
18. Capricorn One (1978)
19. Citizen Kane (1941)
20. City of Lies (2018)
21. College Confidential (1960)
22. Continental Divide (1981)
23. Dance, Fools, Dance (1931)
24. Eyewitness (1981)
25. Francis Covers the Big Town (1953)
26. Freelance (2023)
27. Front Page Woman (1935)
28. Frost/Nixon (2008)
29. Gaily, Gaily (1969)
30. Good Morning, Vietnam
31. Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
32. Greed (2019)
33. He Said, She Said (1991)
34. Headline Hunters (1955)
35. Helvetica
36. Hero (1992)
37. His Girl Friday (1940)
38. I Love Trouble (1994)
39. In the Navy (1941)
40. Kill the Messenger (2014)
41. Lions for Lambs (2007)
42. Live From Baghdad (2002)
43. Livin’ Large (1991)
44. Mad City (1997)
45. Mary Tyler Moore (TV)
46. Morning Glory
47. Morning Glory (2010)
48. Morning Show (TV)
49. Network (1976)
50. News of the World (2020)
51. Newsroom (TV)
52. Nightcrawler (2014)
53. Perfect (1985)
54. Philomena (2013)
55. Quarantine (2008)
56. Reds (1981)
57. Richard Jewell (2019)
58. Run This Town (2019)
59. Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)
60. Salvador (1986)
61. Scoop (2006)
62. Shattered Glass (2003)
63. Shock and Awe (2017)
64. Spider-Man (2002)
65. Spotlight (2015)
66. State of Play (2009)
67. Still Here (2020)
68. Street Smart (1987)
69. Sweet Smell of Success
70. Teacher’s Pet (1958)
71. The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
72. The China Syndrome (1979)
73. The Escort (2015)
74. The Fifth Estate (2013)
75. The French Dispatch (2021)
76. The Front Page (1974)
77. The Hunting Party (2007)
78. The Insider (1999)
79. The Interview (2014)
80. The Killing Fields (1984)
81. The Last Letter from Your Lover (2021)
82. The Mean Season (1985)
83. The Naked Truth (1957)
84. The Paper
85. The Paper (1994)
86. The Paperboy (2012)
87. The Parallax View (1974)
88. The Pelican Brief (1997)
89. The Photograph (2020)
90. The Pirates of Somalia (2017)
91. The Post (2017)
92. The Shipping News (2001)
93. The Shrine (2010)
94. The Soloist (2009)
95. The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
96. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
97. True Story (2015)
98. Truth (2015)
99. Under Fire (1983)
100. Up Close and Personal (1996)
101. Veronica Guerin (2003)
102. Wag the Dog
103. Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
104. Zodiac (2007)