Print Media's Glory Days on the Big Screen
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Print Media's Glory Days on the Big Screen

Which picture about the papers packs the most powerful punch?

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1 Citizen Kane
Orson Welles' brilliantly cynical debut was inspired by the life of print baron William Randolph Hearst. (Hearst wasn't flattered.) 35 69
2 All the President's Men
Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford play the real-life Washington Post reporters who broke the Watergate scandal. 29 73
3 His Girl Friday
This fast-paced Front Page remake adds romance between editor Cary Grant and star reporter Rosalind Russell to the newsroom mix. 12 58
4 Zodiac
San Francisco Chronicle writers Robert Downey, Jr. and Jake Gyllenhaal pursue the "Zodiac Killer," regardless of the cost. 6 60
5 Absence of Malice
Naive reporter Sally Field is tricked into ruining an innocent man (Paul Newman) in this complex drama about print and principles. -1 53
6 Fletch
Chevy Chase cracks wise as investigative reporter Irwin Fletcher in this witty crime comedy. -3 61
7 The Front Page
Former newspapermen Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur wrote a crackling play that became a crackling movie about newsroom machinations. -6 44
8 The Paper
In this Ron Howard dramedy, tabloid editor Michael Keaton is torn between journalism and his family: Which will he choose? -7 47
9 Ace in the Hole
Disgraced big-city newspaperman Kirk Douglas callously manipulates a small-town human interest story in hopes of reviving his career. -12 38
10 Shock Corridor
Former New York Journal reporter Sam Fuller wrote and directed this outrageous movie about a writer who gets himself committed to an asylum to solve a murder. -17 35