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10 Best Movies Like Behind the News

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

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#1
Good Sam

Good Sam

2019★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Behind the News for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A news reporter looks into who has been anonymously leaving large cash gifts on random doorsteps in New York....

#2
The Quiller Memorandum

The Quiller Memorandum

1966★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Behind the News for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigat...

#3
Absence of Malice

Absence of Malice

1981★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Behind the News for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected racketeer. He has an alibi for the time his crime was allegedly committed—but it inv...

#4
House of Bamboo

House of Bamboo

1955★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Behind the News for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and Japanese locals....

#5
Each Dawn I Die

Each Dawn I Die

1939★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Behind the News for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in ord...

#6
The Fugitive Kind

The Fugitive Kind

1960★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Behind the News for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Val Xavier, a drifter of obscure origins, arrives at a small town and gets a job in a store run by Lady Torrence. Her husband, Jabe M. Torrance, is dying of cancer. Val is pursued ...

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