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Vice(2018)

R
| 2h 12min | Comedy, Drama
3.5/5 (with 1,482 votes)

George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive résumé includes stints as White House chief of staff, House Minority Whip and Defense Secretary. When Bush wins by a narrow margin, Cheney begins to use his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world.

Directed by Adam McKay - With Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Alison Pill, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Bill Pullman, ...
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Irresistible(2020)

R
| 1h 41min | Comedy, Drama
3.0/5 (with 171 votes)

A Democratic political consultant helps a retired Marine colonel run for mayor in a small, conservative Wisconsin town.

Directed by Jon Stewart - With Steve Carell, Rose Byrne, Chris Cooper, Mackenzie Davis, Topher Grace, Natasha Lyonne, ...
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Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House(2017)

PG-13
| 1h 43min | Drama, History, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 220 votes)

The story of Mark Felt, who under the name "Deep Throat" helped journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal in 1974.

Directed by Peter Landesman - With Diane Lane, Tony Goldwyn, Stephanie, Kate Walsh, Josh Lucas, Michael C. Hall, ...
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Chinese Puzzle(2013)

R
| 1h 57min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 299 votes)

Xavier is a 40-year-old father of two who still finds life very complicated. When the mother of his children moves to New York, he can't bear them growing up far away from him and so he decides to move there as well.

Directed by Cédric Klapisch - With Romain Duris, Kelly Reilly, Audrey Tautou, Cécile de France, Sandrine Holt, Flore Bonaventura, ...

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington(1939)

NR
| 2h 9min | Comedy, Drama
4.0/5 (with 437 votes)

Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United States Senate by the puppet governor of his state. He soon discovers, upon going to Washington, many shortcomings of the political process as his earnest goal of a national boys' camp leads to a conflict with the state political boss.

Directed by Frank Capra - With James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Charles Lane, Thomas Mitchell, ...
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Shock and Awe(2018)

R
| 1h 30min | History, Drama, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 68 votes)

A group of journalists covering George Bush's planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the presidents claim that Saddam Hussein has "weapons of mass destruction.".

Directed by Rob Reiner - With Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, James Marsden, Milla Jovovich, Jessica Biel, Rob Reiner, ...
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Guilty by Suspicion(1991)

1h 40min | Drama, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 60 votes)

This compelling story vividly recreates Hollywood's infamous 'Blacklist Era'. The witch-hunt has begun and director David Merrill can revive his stalled career by testifying against friends who are suspected communists. Merrill's ex wife shares a whirlpool of scandals that draws them closer together while his chances for ever making movies again slips further away...

Directed by Irwin Winkler - With Robert De Niro, Annette Bening, George Wendt, Sam Wanamaker, Martin Scorsese, Patricia Wettig, ...
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HyperNormalisation(2016)

2h 47min | Documentary
3.8/5 (with 49 votes)

We live in a world where the powerful deceive us. We know they lie. They know we know they lie. They do not care. We say we care, but we do nothing, and nothing ever changes. It is normal. Welcome to the post-truth world. How we got to where we are now….

Directed by Adam Curtis

The Corporation(2003)

2h 25min | Documentary
3.9/5 (with 112 votes)

Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant economic, political and social force around the globe. This film takes an in-depth psychological examination of the organization model through various case studies. What the study illustrates is that in the its behaviour, this type of "person" typically acts like a dangerously destructive psychopath without conscience. Furthermore, we see the profound threat this psychopath has for our world and our future, but also how the people with courage, intelligence and determination can do to stop it.

Directed by Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott - With Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Michael Moore, Milton Friedman, Naomi Klein, Jeremy Rifkin, ...
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Recount(2008)

1h 56min | Drama, History, TV Movie
3.5/5 (with 75 votes)

In 2000, the election of the U.S. Presidential boiled down to a few precious votes in the state of Florida — and a recount that would add "hanging chad" to every American's vocabulary.

Directed by Jay Roach - With Kevin Spacey, Tom Wilkinson, Laura Dern

Advise & Consent(1962)

2h 19min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 41 votes)

Proposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert Leffingwell appears before a Senate committee, chaired by the idealistic Senator Brig Anderson, which must decide whether he is the right person for the job.

Directed by Otto Preminger - With Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray, Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lawford, Gene Tierney, ...

Knock Down the House(2019)

1h 26min | Documentary
3.7/5 (with 74 votes)

In 2018, a young bartender in the Bronx, a coal miner’s daughter in West Virginia, a grieving mother in Nevada and a registered nurse in Missouri join a movement of insurgent candidates challenging powerful incumbents in Congress. Without political experience or corporate money, these four women are attempting to do what many consider impossible.

Directed by Rachel Lears - With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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The Last Hurrah(1958)

NR
| 2h 1min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 21 votes)

In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.

Directed by John Ford - With Spencer Tracy, Basil Rathbone, Jeffrey Hunter, Pat O'Brien, Donald Crisp, James Gleason, ...

Hearts and Minds(1974)

1h 52min | Documentary, War
4.0/5 (with 36 votes)

Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam War depended upon the U.S. military winning the "hearts and minds" of the Vietnamese people. Filmmaker Peter Davis uses Johnson's phrase in an ironic context in this anti-war documentary, filmed and released while the Vietnam War was still under way, juxtaposing interviews with military figures like U.S. Army Chief of Staff William C. Westmoreland with shocking scenes of violence and brutality.

Directed by Peter Davis
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All In: The Fight for Democracy(2020)

PG-13
| 1h 42min | Documentary
3.8/5 (with 9 votes)

Examines the often overlooked, yet insidious issue of voter suppression in the United States in anticipation of the 2020 presidential election. With the perspective and expertise of Stacey Abrams, the former Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives, the film offers an insider’s look into laws and barriers to voting that most people don’t even know is a threat to their basic rights as citizens of the United States.

Directed by Liz Garbus, Lisa Cortes - With Stacey Abrams

Watergate(2018)

4h 30min | Documentary, History
4.5/5 (with 1 vote)

A comprehensive chronicle of the Watergate case, one of the greatest criminal conspiracies of modern politics; from the break-in of the Democratic Party National Committee headquarters at the Watergate hotel complex in Washington, the center of power in the United States of America, on January 17th, 1972; to the resignation of the Republican President Richard Nixon (1913-1994), on August 8th, 1974; and even far beyond the best-known facts.

Directed by Charles Ferguson

Dirty Computer(2018)

49min | Music, Drama, Romance / Love, Science Fiction
3.6/5 (with 19 votes)

The story of a young woman named Jane 57821, who is living in a totalitarian near-future society where citizens are referred to as 'computers.' 'Dirty Computer' explores humanity and what truly happens to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness when mind and machines merge, and when the government chooses fear over freedom.

Wedding Wars(2006)

1h 28min | Drama, Comedy, Romance / Love
2.8/5 (with 12 votes)

In the midst of organizing his brother Ben's wedding, Shel, a gay party planner, decides to go on strike for equal rights when he learns that Ben is behind a political speech against gay marriage.

Directed by Jim Fall - With John Stamos, Eric Dane, Bonnie Somerville, Sean Maher, James Brolin, Rosemary Dunsmore, ...
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Shadow World(2016)

1h 34min | Documentary, History
3.6/5 (with 6 votes)

A detailed investigation into the political and economic interests that, since the beginning of the 20th century, have pulled the strings of the arms trade, hidden in the shadows, feeding the shameful corruption of politicians and government officials and promoting a state of permanent war throughout the world, while they cynically asked for a lasting and universal peace.

Directed by Johan Grimonprez

537 Votes(2020)

1h 49min | Documentary
3.8/5 (with 3 votes)

Documentary chronicling the political machinations that led to the unprecedented, contested outcome of the 2000 presidential election, including the chaotic voter recount in Florida that ended with George W. Bush winning by a razor-thin margin.

Directed by Billy Corben

Planet of the Humans(2019)

1h 40min | Documentary
3.3/5 (with 25 votes)

Forget all you have heard about how “Renewable Energy” is our salvation. It is all a myth that is very lucrative for some. Feel-good stuff like electric cars, etc. Such vehicles are actually powered by coal, natural gas… or dead salmon in the Northwest.

Directed by Jeff Gibbs - With Jeff Gibbs, Michael Bloomberg, Rachel Carson, Al Gore, Richard Heinberg, Van Jones, ...

Democracy for $ale(2020)

1h 25min | Documentary
3.6/5 (with 2 votes)

In the United States of America, lobbyists, corporations and billionaires invest millions of dollars to ensure that a suitable candidate, one inclined to support their personal ambitions and economic projects, wins an election, which inevitably affects everything, from the selection of local officials to presidential elections, creates countless conflicts of interest and undermines what supposedly used to be a model democracy.

Directed by Sylvain Pak

A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote(2020)

1h 4min | Drama
4.2/5 (with 6 votes)

Taped at Los Angeles’ iconic Orpheum Theatre, this staged presentation of The West Wing’s “Hartsfield’s Landing” episode stars core cast members along with special guest stars. Act Breaks feature commentary from former First Lady Michelle Obama, President Bill Clinton and Lin-Manuel Miranda who share messages about the vital importance of making our voices heard in every election.

The Reagan Show(2017)

1h 15min | Documentary
3.2/5 (with 7 votes)

Comprised entirely of archival footage taken during those pre-reality-television years, The Reagan Show looks at how Ronald Reagan redefined the look and feel of what it means to be the POTUS.

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Running with Beto(2019)

1h 35min | Documentary
3.4/5 (with 8 votes)

This behind-the-scenes documentary follows Beto O'Rourke's rise from virtual unknown to national political figure through his bold attempt to unseat Ted Cruz in the US Senate.

Directed by David Modigliani

Frenemies: Putin and Trump(2020)

1h 30min | Documentary, History, TV Movie
4.0/5 (with 2 votes)

Russian President Vladimir Putin was one of the first politicians to congratulate Donald Trump on his election as president of the United States in 2016, but over time the relationship between the two heads of state has had its ups and downs. Are they friends or enemies? Has their mutual admiration turned into mutual distrust?

American Chaos(2018)

R
| 1h 30min | Documentary
3.3/5 (with 7 votes)

A documentary focused on the 2016 United States presidential election and then-candidate Donald Trump's supporters.

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The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts(2019)

1h 20min | Drama
3.9/5 (with 2 votes)

A live reading of passages from the Mueller report for “The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts,” Robert Schenkkan’s stage adaptation of the Mueller Report. Robert Schenkkan is a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning screenwriter and playwright, and the live cast includes Annette Bening, Kevin Kline, John Lithgow, Frederick Weller, Ben Mckenzie, Michael Shannon, Noah Emmerich, Justin Long, Jason Alexander, Gina Gershon, Wilson Cruz, Joel Grey, Alyssa Milano, Kyra Sedgwick, Alfre Woodard, Piper Perabo, Zachary Quinto, and Aidan Quinn, with additional participation by Sigourney Weaver, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Mark Hamill and more.

The Motivation Factor: to Become Smart, Productive & Mentally Stable(2017)

1h 29min | Documentary
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

This award-winning documentary shows the irreplaceable role classical Physical Education plays to develop smart, productive and mentally stable citizens, and the out-of-control consequences we face today with its absence in our society.

On the Trail: Inside the 2020 Primaries(2020)

1h 34min | Documentary
2.9/5 (with 2 votes)

CNN's team of female journalists and embeds pack up and leave their families to fan out across the country and report on the president and his would-be rivals as the candidates launch campaigns and contend for voters.

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