The Post

In some cases, casting is everything. A city room is an accumulation of personalities, and the most effective way to convey that in a journalism film - like The Post - is the approach chosen by director Steven Spielberg: bringing together a group of your favorite actors and letting them go for it, with the level of permissible cheesiness set by Meryl Streep, whose performance as Kay Graham is the kind of "bravura" that you never forget even just for a second. Whenever you watch her perform a scenario, you will want to put up a sign reading "10 out of 10"!

Almost every significant character in The Post is portrayed by someone we recognize from elsewhere and are happy to see again. Some examples include Rhys Matthew from The Americans, Jesse Plemons and Bob Odenkirk from Breaking Bad, Tracy Letts from Lady Bird and Homeland, and Carrie Coon, his wife, from Fargo. We cannot disregard Michael Stuhlbarg, either; he seems to be in every movie these days, but his Boardwalk Empire role is the one many audiences will remember most.

Year of Release: 2017

Star: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Bruce Greenwood

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 88%