Political
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    All The King's Men (2006)

    A Southern politician's (Sean Penn) idealism and good intentions give way to corruption after he...

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    Evita (1996)

    President Juan Peron's (Jonathan Pryce) wife (Madonna) achieves cult-figure status in Argentina...

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    Protocol (1984)

    A Washington waitress (Goldie Hawn) saves the Emir of Ohtar's (Richard Romanus) life, launching her...

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    Assassination (1987)

    A Secret Service agent (Charles Bronson) and the president's wife (Jill Ireland) flee from a...

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    Bananas (1971)

    Rejected by his radical girlfriend (Louise Lasser), a wimpy New Yorker (Woody Allen) heads for San...

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    The Contender (2000)

    A vice presidential nominee (Joan Allen) refuses to testify at her confirmation hearing after an...

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    Bayou

    A New York architect meets a Cajun beauty in a remote bayou village.

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    Going Upriver--The Long War of John Kerry (2004)

    A documentary on Senator John Kerry's Navy tour of duty in Vietnam, his contributions to the peace...

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    Being There (1980)

    The president (Jack Warden) and a power broker heed the utterings of a simple gardener (Peter...

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    Amazing Grace (1974)

    A feisty old woman (Moms Mabley) forces moral support on a big-city candidate (Moses Gunn) for...

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    Reds (1981)

    U.S. journalist John Reed (Warren Beatty) and wife Louise Bryant (Diane Keaton) witness the Russian...

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    Striptease (1996)

    A stripper (Demi Moore) seeking custody of her daughter becomes involved with a libidinous...

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    The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)

    A presidential candidate's daughter (Merle Oberon) poses as her own maid and dates a rodeo cowboy...

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    The Tailor of Panama (2001)

    In Panama an unprincipled spy (Pierce Brosnan) enlists a tailor (Geoffrey Rush) to gather...

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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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    Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)

    In a Latin American prison, an emotional relationship evolves between a homosexual and his cellmate,...

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    There's One Born Every Minute (1942)

    A nine-year-old Elizabeth Taylor made her film debut in this lively comedy. She plays the...

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    Hoffa (1992)

    Teamsters union boss Jimmy Hoffa (Jack Nicholson) makes mob deals, organizes a bitter strike, faces...

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    Etat de siege (1973)

    Like most of Costa-Gavras' political thrillers, the French State of Siege is based on a true story....

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    Balkan Spy

    In this black satire flashing back to the 1950s Yugoslavia under Tito, when relations with the...

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    Jinnah (1998)

    The story of Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan.

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    Barocco (1976)

    A crook murders his double and takes his place and his girlfriend. Together, they blackmail a...

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    Don's Party (1976)

    Don and his wife throw a party to watch the televised returns of Australia's general election. As...

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    Totally Baked: A Pot-u-mentary (2007)

    Following the largest marijuana bust in the history of Los Angeles, all hell breaks loose as...

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    Speechless (1994)

    Opposing speechwriters (Michael Keaton, Geena Davis) fall in love on the campaign trail for senator...

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    Chinese Box (1998)

    A British financial reporter (Jeremy Irons) with six months to live pursues his true love (Gong Li)...

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    Song Jia Huang Chao

    A melodrama that tells the tale of China's troubled history in the first half of the 20th century,...

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    Hidden Agenda (1990)

    A U.S. activist (Frances McDormand) and a British inspector (Brian Cox) link Belfast slayings to a...

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    Power Play (1978)

    After years of an oppressive dictatorship, a group of army officers in a tiny, vaguely delineated...

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    The Mouse on the Moon (1962)

    The duchess (Margaret Rutherford) and prime minister (Ron Moody) of Fenwick enter the space race...

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    Liberty Bound

    In the wake of 9/11 and the controversial policies of the Bush administration, filmmaker Christine...

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    The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

    A ruthless opportunist (Peter Cook) lands a job at an advertising agency, manipulates polls and...

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    Harlequin (1980)

    A faith healer (Robert Powell) turns his supernatural powers on a hostile PR man (Broderick...

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    Godmother

    After her crime lord husband is assassinated, Rambhi is elected to take over his position. More...

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    Signore e Signori, Buonanotte (1976)

    In this episodic anthology, written and directed by assorted Italian filmmakers, the political and...

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    True Colors (1991)

    Two 1980s law-school buddies (John Cusack, James Spader) are divided by a senator's daughter (Imogen...

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    Bob Roberts (1992)

    British television follows a right-wing millionaire folk singer's (Tim Robbins) campaign for U.S....

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    A Miniszter Felrelep

    A Minister and the Secretary of the Opposition party go to a 5 star hotel to conduct a secret...

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    Murder At 1600 (1997)

    A homicide detective (Wesley Snipes) and a Secret Service agent (Diane Lane) investigate a...

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    Gie

    Soe Hok Gie is an activist who lived in the sixties. Set in the darkest era of Indonesian modern...

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    Dev

    A young Muslim (Fardeen Khan) seeks vengeance against a lawman (Amitabh Bachchan) after his father...

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    Foreign Intrigue (1956)

    A press agent (Robert Mitchum) goes to Europe to probe a dead client's mysterious past.

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    Wild in the Streets (1968)

    A teen vote puts a rock star (Christopher Jones) in the White House, and he puts anyone over 35 in...

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    Shut Up & Sing (2006)

    Controversy follows the Dixie Chicks after singer Natalie Maines makes a negative comment about...

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    The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)

    National politics and a Southern labor lawyer (Meryl Streep) seduce a U.S. senator (Alan Alda) with...

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    Kisses For My President

    The first woman is elected President, and her husband must cope with being "First Man".

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    Get on the Bus (1996)

    Black Los Angeleans tell their stories during a bus trip to Washington, D.C., and the Million Man...

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    One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

    Alexander Solzhenitsyn's novel about brutal individual survival in a Russian labor camp in the 1950s...

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    Tycoon: A New Russian (2003)

    During the Gorbachev years, Platon Makovski and his four buddies are university students who jump on...

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    Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)

    Soured on America by his experiences as a POW in Vietnam, General Lawrence Dell (Burt Lancaster)...