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List of presidential campaign movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A disgraced political journalist placed in the soccer section, Miss Pove is asked to follow the presidential campaign in progress. The front-runner is a fifty-year-old heir to a powerful French family and a political novice. Troubled by this ...
Plot:
cell phone, flashback, political campaign, television, telephone call, blood, debate, brother brother reunion, presidential election, election campaign, television crew, assassination ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
May 6, 2012. Cable news reporter Laetitia is covering the French presidential elections, while Vincent, her ex-husband, demands to see their two young daughters. It's a manic Sunday in Paris: two agitated girls, a frazzled babysitter, a needy ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, emotional, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
politics, child custody, family relations, parents and children, state affairs, election, journalist, ex husband ex wife relationship, love, rivalry, society, urban ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.
Style:
psychological, neo noir, bleak, atmospheric, cult classic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
loner, vigilante, character study, alienation, vigilantism, violence, obsession, loneliness, psychology, lone wolves, taxi, social decay ...
Time:
70s, year 1976, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, america, harlem ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
After an altercation between Alex, the president's son, and Britain's Prince Henry at a royal event becomes tabloid fodder, their long-running feud now threatens to drive a wedge in U.S./British relations. When the rivals are forced into a ...
Style:
entertaining, funny, captivating, humorous, sex comedy ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, lgbtq, lgbtqi, gay interest, politics, gay relationship, prince, gay erotica, life, president, secret relationship ...
Place:
england, buckingham palace, texas, austin texas, paris france
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Genre: Biography, Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
As Dwayne Johnson runs for president in 2032, he takes a comedic look back at his extraordinary life through the outrageous stories of his family and youth that shaped him into the man he is today. He explores his childhood years living amid ...
Style:
funny, entertaining, light, feel good, captivating
Plot:
wrestling, childhood, actor's life, autobiography, actor, rising to stardom, desire for fame, adolescence vs adulthood, lifestyle, grownups, black cast, muscleman ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 90s, 80s, 2030s ...
Place:
polynesia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself "Booth" threatens the life of the current President, ...
Style:
suspenseful, entertaining, intense, exciting, political ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
secret service, assassination attempt, obsession, hitman, assassination of president, assassination plot, killer, election, conspiracy, assassin, gunfight, president ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century, year 1992
Place:
washington d.c., california, los angeles, usa, phoenix arizona ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
At the beginning of the 20th century an American woman is abducted in Morocco by Berbers. The attempts to free her range from diplomatic pressure to military intervention.
Style:
epic, scenic, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
kidnapping, politics, desert, rescue, boy, battle of the sexes, invasion, cavalry, german soldier, sword fight, u.s. president, sword duel ...
Time:
1900s, 20th century, year 1975, 1930s, 90s
Place:
morocco, north africa, washington d.c., africa, tangier morocco ...
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This black comedy answers the question that has obsessed America and the world since November 08, 2016. How did Donald Trump become President of the United States?
Style:
humorous, captivating, absurd, parody
Plot:
world domination, manipulation, political candidate, usa president, politics, sex scandal, husband wife relationship, money, presidential election, political scandal, crooked businessman, republican party ...
Time:
year 2016, year 2015
Place:
slovenia, miami, las vegas, washington d.c., new york ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A serious health scare ignites John Thomas, an insurance salesman in his 50s, to take a closer look at his life. Motivated by a misguided obsession with getting Barack Obama elected, John takes an overwhelming involvement in the Presidential ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, sentimental
Plot:
family relations, couples, society, unfulfillment, couple relations, parents and children, politics, satire, black, campaign, midlife crisis, barack obama ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 172 min.
TV show
Story:
Favorite Son is a miniseries about political intrigue that aired on NBC in 1988 a week before that year's presidential election. It starred Harry Hamlin, Linda Kozlowski, James Whitmore, Robert Loggia, John Mahoney, Ronny Cox, and a ...
Style:
political thriller
Plot:
u.s. senator, die hard, political conspiracy, usa politics, conspiracy, usa president, vice president, senator, u.s. president, president, presidential election, political campaign ...
Time:
20th century
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
One man show about the presidency of Harry S Truman.
Style:
minimal cast, independent film, political, political comedy, one man show
Plot:
u.s. president, president, korean war, usa president, real life, husband wife relationship, political election, world war, nixon, constitution, biopic, parents ...
Time:
year 1975, 1950s, 1940s, year 1948, 50s
Place:
seattle, japan, washington state, missouri, america ...
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304
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Over a booze-fueled, increasingly hectic five-day shoot in East Hampton, Norman Mailer and his cast and crew spontaneously unloaded onto film the lurid and loony chronicle of U.S. presidential candidate and filmmaker Norman T. Kingsley debating and ...
Style:
political, cult classic, independent film, weird, cinema verite ...
Plot:
usa president, girls' school, presidential campaign, british, filmmaker, actor, memory, civil rights, brothel, male prostitute, political conspiracy, fight ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Andrés Bilbao just wants to be the new associate in the Nevares Sosa law firm. Mariana just wants to clear her father's mysterious death. But they never guessed what was coming.
Plot:
lawyer, abbey, freemasonry, drug use, death, judge, seeing the future, fake kidnapping, presidential campaign, breaking and entering, trial, maid ...
Place:
argentina, patagonia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Lyndon B. Johnson's amazing 11-month journey from taking office after JFK's assassination, through the fight to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and his own presidential campaign, culminating on the night LBJ is actually elected to the ...
Style:
factual, realistic, tense, intense, talky ...
Plot:
politics, racism, closeted homosexual, civil rights, president, u.s. president, african american, propaganda, biopic, election, civil rights movement, usa president ...
Time:
year 2016, year 1963, 60s
Place:
texas, dallas texas, america, vietnam, usa ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Max Flatow is a precocious, social miscreant who has a way with home-made explosives. When he tires of these, he runs away from home only to emerge seven years later as Max Frost, the world's most popular entertainer. When Congressman John ...
Style:
psychological, independent film, cynical, biting, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
counterculture, hippie, attorney, satire, lsd, juvenile delinquency, politics, concert, organist, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, blonde, singer ...
Time:
60s
Place:
washington d.c., los angeles
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
They were more than Washington wives. They were part of an American dream known as Camelot. With strength and cunning they upheld their public image by concealing their private truths. Jackie, Ethel and Joan had little choice. They were Kennedy ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, political, bleak ...
Plot:
kennedy family, politics, introspection, rise to the top, ambition, state affairs, society, head of state, crumbling marriage, family life, family tradition, relationship vs career ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 80s
Place:
cuba, usa, texas
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Bahia Benmahmoud, a free-spirited young woman, has a particular way of seeing political engagement, as she doesn't hesitate to sleep with those who don't agree with her to convert them to her cause - which is a lot of people, as all ...
Style:
sexy, sincere, sweet, talky, melancholic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
politics, public nudity, sex, bare breasts, cheating girlfriend, love story, nudity, promiscuous woman, coitus, family history, activism, culture clash ...
Time:
year 2010, 2000s, 70s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, algeria, berlin germany
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Political double-talk, dirty tricks, hidden microphones, spy satellites, bugging the Oval Office and a nuclear bomb for sale are all ingredients in this swift, funny and frightening look at the possibilities in today's political arenas. Sean ...
Style:
political, black comedy, fast, cynical, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, reporter, media manipulation, political satire, world war, 007, news, time travel, conspiracy, cold war era, world war three, satire ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s, near future
Place:
new york, san antonio texas, north africa, manhattan new york city, texas
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In a remarkable turn of events, the result of the presidential election comes down to one man's vote.
Style:
humorous, political, touching, light, intense ...
Plot:
politics, election, presidential election, single father, small town, u.s. president, president, american football, political campaign, satire, idealism, state affairs ...
Time:
year 2008, future, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, usa, albuquerque new mexico, mexico, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The irreverent host of a political satire talk show decides to run for president and expose corruption in Washington. His stunt goes further than he expects when he actually wins the election, but a software engineer suspects that a computer glitch ...
Style:
humorous, political, stylized, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
politics, twists and turns, comedian, satire, conspiracy theory, presidential election, election, adaptation, world politics, media, campaign, president ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When a presidential candidate dies unexpectedly in the middle of the campaign, the Democratic party unexpectedly picks a Washington, D.C. alderman, Mays Gilliam (Rock) as his replacement .
Style:
funny, humorous, parody, entertaining, absurd ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
politics, usa president, president, satire, presidential election, farce, stereotypes, black, hip hop, state affairs, ambition, republican ...
Time:
year 2003
Place:
washington d.c., chicago, nashville tennessee, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Samantha MacKenzie, the daughter of the president of the United States, arrives at college with a group of Secret Service agents. Samantha, however, resents their presence and decides she wants to attend school just like a normal student. Her father ...
Style:
teen, romantic, sweet, cute, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
college life, fall in love, usa president, white house, teenager, daughter, president, college, love and romance, couples, cheerleader, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
washington d.c., california, usa, san francisco
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In 1968 the lives of a retired doorman, hotel manager, lounge singer, busboy, beautician and others intersect in the wake of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
Style:
political, light, intense, melancholic, captivating ...
Plot:
politics, hotel, corruption, relationships, brutality, senator, president, american history, racial slur, honest, redemption, reporter ...
Time:
20th century, year 1968, 60s
Place:
los angeles, california, washington d.c., usa, vietnam ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The story of an idealist's rise to power in the world of Louisiana politics and the corruption that leads to his ultimate downfall. Based on the1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel written by Robert Penn Warren.
Style:
political, harsh, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
manipulation, fighting the system, bodyguard, politics, corruption, political corruption, blackmail, mistress, moral ambiguity, journalist, world politics, governor ...
Time:
1930s, year 2006, 20th century, 1950s, 50s
Place:
louisiana, usa, new orleans, southern usa, new jersey
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351
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
K Street is a 2003 HBO television series about lobbyists and politicians in Washington, D.C. It was named for a street that is home to many lobbying and legal firms.
Style:
clever, political, realistic, serious, cynical ...
Plot:
politics, lobbyist, american politics, political satire, state affairs, ambition, dishonesty, rivalry, workplace, realism, campaign, workplace intrigue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The story of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson from his young days in West Texas to the White House.
Style:
political, serious, realistic, suspense, emotional ...
Plot:
civil rights, u.s. president, biopic, husband wife relationship, society, john f. kennedy, black maid, u.s. senator, u.s. vice president, white supremacy, world history, black history ...
Time:
60s, year 1865, year 1968, year 1961, year 1965 ...
Place:
west virginia, dallas texas, georgia, wyoming, texas ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Four criminals from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting gallons of unstable nitroglycerin across dangerous jungle.
Style:
road movie, neo noir, political, existential, tension ...
Plot:
terrorist, survival, jungle adventure, driver, criminal, oil, existentialism, on the road, trucker, politics, expedition, road trip ...
Time:
year 1977, 70s, 20th century
Place:
south america, bolivia, central america, new jersey, paris france ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A television movie based upon the book by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar, about the leveraged buyout (LBO) of RJR Nabisco.
Style:
inspirational, realistic, talky, witty, humorous ...
Plot:
stock market, wall street, business, satire, finance, money, ceo, corporation, greed, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, business and finance ...
Time:
80s
Place:
atlanta georgia, manhattan new york city, new york, california
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