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10 Best Movies Like The Journalist

If you loved The Journalist, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Held Up

Held Up

1999★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Journalist for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

What should have been a romantic getaway turns into one hilarious debacle after another when Michael's woman dumps him in the desert where he gets carjacked by a teenager and he is...

#2
Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger

Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger

2008★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Journalist for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An HBO special edited from three performances from Chris Rock's 2008 comedy tour: London (dark suit, dark shirt), Johannesburg (black suit, white shirt) and New York (shiny jacket)...

#3
John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid

John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid

2015★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Journalist for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Armed with boyish charm and a sharp wit, the former "SNL" writer offers sly takes on marriage, his beef with babies and the time he met Bill Clinton....

#4
Jim Jefferies: This Is Me Now

Jim Jefferies: This Is Me Now

2018★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Journalist for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The gleefully irreverent Jefferies skewers “grabby” celebrities, political hypocrisy and his own ill-advised career moves in a brash stand-up special....

#5
Jim Jefferies: Bare

Jim Jefferies: Bare

2014★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Journalist for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Smart, crude, and in-your-face, Australian comic/actor/equal-opportunity-offender Jim Jefferies is not for the faint of heart. Whether he is lampooning gun control, auditioning dis...

#6
Bill Burr: Walk Your Way Out

Bill Burr: Walk Your Way Out

2017★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Journalist for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

No-nonsense comic Bill Burr takes the stage in Nashville and riffs on fast food, overpopulation, dictators and gorilla sign language....

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