The Post (2017)

Most people think so. 75% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 86%.

A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events. Wikipedia ↗

The Post is a 2017 American political thriller directed by Steven Spielberg, depicting the Washington Post's 1971 decision to publish the Pentagon Papers. Meryl Streep stars as Katharine Graham, the first female publisher of a major American newspaper who must decide whether to risk criminal prosecution and the financial destruction of her company by publishing classified documents that reveal decades of government lies about the Vietnam War. Tom Hanks co-stars as editor Ben Bradlee, whose determination to publish drives the newsroom while Graham navigates the political and business consequences.

Steven Spielberg produced the film with remarkable speed — from conception to theatrical release in less than a year — motivated by contemporary concerns about press freedom and government transparency. Meryl Streep's Graham, a woman finding her voice in a boardroom full of men who patronize her while she makes the most consequential decision of her career, was one of her most nuanced performances. The Post earned $175 million worldwide on a $50 million budget.