From this very helpful website:
Movie Segments to Assess Grammar Goals
... there is a very nice little exercise on transferring direct speech as we hear it into indirect speech as we would report it, using a clip from this movie:
while you were sleeping - YouTube
Movie Segments to Assess Grammar Goals: While You Were Sleeping: Reported Speech
Here's another:
the purple rose of cairo - YouTube
Movie Segments to Assess Grammar Goals: reported speech
And another:
love actually - YouTube
Movie Segments to Assess Grammar Goals: reported x direct speach
There are some lovely animations from Story Corps - where ordinary Americans record their real-life stories, which are then made into little cartoons. Great for using in reported speech exercises!
StoryCorps | To R.P. Salazar, with Love
A nice piece from the British Council: Can you report it back?
LearnEnglish | British Council | How to tell if your boyfriend is a slob
More ideas on what to do with reported speech:
Reported Speech activities, ideas and links : A Journey in TEFL
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