All The President's Men (1976)

A new reporter (Robert Redford) on the Washington Post is assigned a story on a break in at the DNC headquarters at the Watergate complex. At first, it's considered a minor story but it slowly builds into a massive cover up that goes all the way up to the White House. Based on the non fiction book by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward (the two reporters who broke the Watergate scandal) and directed by Alan J. Pakula (KLUTE). One of the best political thrillers (and one of the best newspaper related films) ever made. It plays out like a detective story as riveting as anything Agatha Christie ever wrote as Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) and Woodward (Redford) meticulously ferret out the details which leads to one of the biggest political scandals of the 20th century, one that will lead to the downfall of a President. It's a taut suspense filled nail biter that would have done Hitchcock proud. A classic of its kind. David Shire's low key minimalist underscore is an asset to the film as is the huge supporting cast that all deserve mention including Jason Robards (in an Oscar winning performance), Jane Alexander (in an Oscar nominated performance), Jack Warden, Hal Holbrook, Martin Balsam, Ned Beatty, Lindsay Crouse, F. Murray Abraham, Stephen Collins, Meredith Baxter, John McMartin, Allyn Ann McLerie, Penny Fuller, Robert Walden, Valerie Curtin, James Karen and Polly Holliday.