Political Drama
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    Fame Is the Spur

    A British politician (Michael Redgrave) changes from rabble-rouser of the working class to stodgy...

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    The Blind Goddess

    The blind goddess is justice, which may or may not be served in this British second feature. Eric...

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    Milk (2008)

    In San Francisco, Harvey Milk (Sean Penn) becomes the first openly gay man elected to a notable U.S....

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    Looking for Cheyenne (2007)

    Former lovers (Mila Dekker, Aurélia Petit) still desire each other but lead different lifestyles;...

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    Nixon (1995)

    Insecurities haunt the 37th president (Anthony Hopkins) as he wins two terms, ends the Vietnam War...

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    Beyond the Gates (2007)

    In 1994 Rwanda, a priest (John Hurt) and a teacher (Hugh Dancy) at a secondary school get caught up...

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    Paradise Now (2005)

    Two Palestinian men (Kais Nashef, Ali Suliman) are chosen to commit a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv,...

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    W. (2008)

    George W. Bush (Josh Brolin) transforms himself from a ne'er-do-well son of privilege to president...

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    All the President's Men (1976)

    The Washington Post's Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) tie the...

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    Cradle Will Rock (1999)

    Orson Welles and John Houseman struggle in 1936 to open the play ``The Cradle Will Rock'' after U.S....

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    The F Word

    A radio-talk-show host (Josh Hamilton) marches through Manhattan, N.Y., when the Federal...

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    The War Within (2005)

    A Pakistani (Ayad Akhtar) stays in the home of his longtime friend (Firdous Bamji) while planning a...

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    Before Night Falls (2000)

    Writer Reinaldo Arenas (Javier Bardem), a homosexual, sees revolution in Cuba and lives as an exile...

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    Queimada! (1969)

    A British colonist is sent to instigate a revolution on a Caribbean island instrumental to the sugar...

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    Prisoners of the Sun (1991)

    An Australian captain (Bryan Brown) tries to prosecute a Japanese baron (George Takei) for POW-camp...

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    Malcolm X (1992)

    The civil-rights leader (Denzel Washington) rises from criminal to crusader, undergoing a religious...

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    Charlie Wilson's War (2007)

    A congressman (Tom Hanks), a socialite (Julia Roberts) and a CIA agent (Philip Seymour Hoffman) are...

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    Choose Connor (2008)

    Fifteen-year-old Owen Norris is at the top of his graduating middle-school class, and wants to know...

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    Nothing But the Truth (2008)

    After writing an article that reveals the name of a covert CIA operative, a reporter (Kate...

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    Rosewood (1997)

    Spurred by a white woman's lie, vigilantes destroy a black Florida town and slay inhabitants in...

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    Waking the Dead (2000)

    Haunted by the loss of his first love (Jennifer Connelly), a man (Billy Crudup) begins to question...

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    Poster Boy (2006)

    A right-wing senator (Michael Lerner) clashes with his gay son (Matt Newton) during his campaign for...

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    In the Name of the Father (1993)

    An Irishman (Daniel Day-Lewis) and his father (Pete Postlethwaite) share a British prison cell for a...

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    The Assisi Underground (1985)

    This film sheds light on the role of the Catholic Church and the people of Assisi in rescuing...

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    Rocky IV (1985)

    Champ Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) trains in Siberia for a bout against a lab-tested Soviet...

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    All the King's Men

    Power and ambition corrupt an idealistic Southern politician. Winner of three Oscars, including best...

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    The Year of Living Dangerously (1983)

    An Australian reporter (Mel Gibson) betrays his friend (Linda Hunt) and his lover (Sigourney Weaver)...

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    Exodus (1960)

    An Israeli nationalist (Paul Newman), a U.S. nurse (Eva Marie Saint) and 611 Jewish refugees break a...

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    Island in the Sun (1957)

    A planter (James Mason) runs for office against a labor leader (Harry Belafonte) in the British West...

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    The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)

    In 1968, a Czech doctor with an active sex life meets a woman who wants monogamy, and then the...