Best Investigative Journalism Movies & TV Series

Looking for the best investigative journalism movies and TV series? These 54 are the highest-rated on 3eyedraven, weighted by vote count so a handful of glowing reviews never beats a proven favourite.

Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal 2024 ★ 6.8

Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World 2018 ★ 6.9

Boston Strangler 2023 ★ 6.6

The Lowdown 2025 ★ 6.7

Kill the Messenger 2014 ★ 6.6

The Panama Papers 2018 ★ 6.7

Citizen K 2019 ★ 6.7

My Scientology Movie 2016 ★ 6.6

Frontline 1983 ★ 6.6

Risk 2017 ★ 6.6

Adrienne 2021 ★ 6.6

Lady in the Lake 2024 ★ 6.6

Rann 2010 ★ 6.6

We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks 2013 ★ 6.5

Dateline 1992 ★ 6.5

Before We Vanish 2017 ★ 6.5

The Mad Miss Manton 1938 ★ 6.4

Is This Reasonable? 1981 ★ 6.2

Freelance 2023 ★ 6.4

The Phenomenon 2020 ★ 6.3

Kingmaker 2024 ★ 6.1

Running with the Devil: The Wild World of John McAfee 2022 ★ 6.2

The Anchor 2022 ★ 6.0

Diana 2018 ★ 5.3