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News Movie Summaries & Endings Explained
17 news movies, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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This Is Not a Movie
2020 · Action
Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World
2020 · Documentary
The Age of Consequences
2017 · War
Blood on the Mountain
2016 · History
The Russian Woodpecker
2015 · History
Every Last Child
2015 · Documentary
Levitated Mass
2014 · Biography
Underwater Dreams
2014 · History
Kids for Cash
2014 · Drama
Narco Cultura
2013 · Documentary
Elemental
2013 · Documentary
16 Acres
2012 · History
Switch
2012 · Adventure
How to Survive a Plague
2012 · History
Farmageddon
2011 · Documentary
The Lottery
2010 · Drama
Labor Day
2009 · Documentary
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