All the President's Men

After the 1972 break-in at Democratic National Committee headquarters, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward notices irregularities at the arraignment. Editor Ben Bradlee pairs him with Carl Bernstein, and their calls, records, interviews, and unnamed sources begin linking the burglars to the White House.

Redford and Hoffman make collaboration feel competitive, messy, and exacting. Pakula and cinematographer Gordon Willis dwarf the reporters inside offices, libraries, and Washington architecture, while overlapping dialogue and procedural repetition frame sourcing as action.