Corrupt politician movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant corrupt politician movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, realistic, captivating, tense, serious and entertaining films and TV shows about / with corrupt politician, corruption, politician, political corruption, politics, murder, gangster, dishonesty, betrayal and gun plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Comedy genres shot in India, USA, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as corrupt politician: The Candidate (2018), Our Kind of Traitor (2016), The Last Minister (2020), Leviathan (2014), The Perfect Dictatorship (2014), Love Strange Love (1982), Clear and Present Danger (1994), Black Sheep (1996), The Godfather Part II (1974), Saguni (2012).
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| Uncle Truther (2025) | 5.0 | |
| Double Speech (2023) | 5.8 | |
| Cleaner (2025) | 5.2 | |
| G20 (2025) | 5.1 | |
| Wicked: For Good (2025) | 6.7 |
List of corrupt politician movies
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Manuel is a crooked politician who enjoys the lifestyle that kickbacks afford. He eats at fancy restaurants, parties with his friends on yachts, and provides a very luxurious lifestyle for his family. Manuel brazenly bribes, extorts, and pays off ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, captivating, political thriller
Plot:
corruption, treason, politician, corrupt politician, politics, journalist, arrest, husband wife relationship, deception, evidence, police, party ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, china, canada
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A young Oxford academic and his attorney girlfriend holiday on Antigua. They bump into a Russian millionaire who owns a peninsula and a diamond watch. He wants a game of tennis. What else he wants propels the lovers on a tortuous journey to the City ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, intense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
assassination, tennis, russian mafia, corrupt politician, espionage, teacher, corruption, birthday party, politician, friendship, informant, bank ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, morocco, alps, london, moscow russia ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
A well-meaning but hapless functionary in grips of mid-life crisis is appointed to run Russia's Ministry of Long-term planning - a small, underfunded, understaffed and generally ignored state agency. With a team consisting of sycophants and ...
Plot:
corrupt politician, political corruption, loser, government, corrupt official, prime minister, corrupt, co worker co worker relationship, police department, corruption, rescue attempt, failed attempt ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.
Style:
depressing, bleak, atmospheric, thought provoking, emotional ...
Plot:
lawyer, adultery, corruption, politics, courtroom, poverty, small town, corrupt mayor, alcohol abuse, drunk, alcoholism, small town life ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place:
russia, soviet union
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
TV MX, the most powerful Mexican Television Corporation, discloses a scandalous story involving Governor Carmelo Vargas in serious crimes and illicit business. Governor Vargas worried about his political future, decides to clean his image and ...
Style:
cynical, semi serious, humorous, realistic, dark comedy ...
Plot:
manipulation, journalism, corrupt politician, media, political corruption, campaign, state affairs, dishonesty, blackmail, television, mafia, politics ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Man remembers 48 crucial hours in his life when, as a teenager, he visited his mother, the favorite woman of an important politician, in a bordello owned by her, right before some important political changes in Brazil, in 1937. In those hours, he ...
Style:
erotic, suspense, rough, suspenseful, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
incest, mother son incest, boy, mother son relationship, coming of age, male nudity, sexual curiosity, sex with a minor, older woman teenage boy sex, puberty, corrupt politician, sex with mother ...
Time:
1930s, year 1937, year 1982, 70s
Place:
brazil
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.
Style:
suspense, political, exciting, suspenseful, political thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, conspiracy, cia, mercenary, politics, assassination, espionage, sniper, covert operation, ambush, violence, drug cartel ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
colombia, washington d.c., langley virginia, usa, iraq ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When dignified Albert Donnelly runs for Governor, his team moves to keep his slow-witted and klutzy younger brother, Mike, out of the eye of the media. To baby-sit Mike, the campaign assigns sarcastic Steve, who gets the experience of a lifetime ...
Style:
humorous, funny, slapstick comedy, political, light ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
political campaign, stupidity, political satire, corrupt politician, politics, road trip, scandal, governor, frame up, clumsiness, embarrassment, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
washington state, washington d.c., usa, seattle
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 202 min.
Story:
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
Style:
epic, captivating, neo noir, saga, retro ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, revenge, murder, gangster, cosa nostra, sicilian mafia, literary, immigration, crime boss, assassination, melancholy ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 1940s, 20th century, 1920s ...
Place:
cuba, sicily, new york, las vegas, italy ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Saguni is a Tamil political satire film directed by Shankar Dayal. The film features Karthi and Pranitha in the lead roles, while Santhanam, Roja, Prakash Raj, Raadhika Sarathkumar and Nassar appear in supporting roles. The film along with its ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, psychological, captivating, satirical ...
Plot:
corruption, corrupt politician, state affairs, politician, political satire, fight, problem, corrupt official, fighting the system, life is a bitch, battles, police corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
An investigative journalist gets into trouble when he publishes an article that exposes bitter truths about a corrupt politician.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, political thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigative journalism, corrupt politician, corruption, journalist, investigative reporter, fight, political corruption, fighting the system, corrupt official, organized crime, cover up, whistleblower ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
An influential politician on his deathbed reveals the whereabouts of an illegal money stash to his trusted aide, a local MLA who becomes amnesiac after meeting with an accident.
Style:
entertaining, semi serious, satirical, captivating, slapstick ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
corrupt politician, hidden money, political corruption, memory loss, amnesia, satire, money, escapades, memory lapse, politician, amnesiac, repressed memory ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Mason Storm, a 'go it alone' cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they've killed both Mason and his son too. Mason is secretly taken to a hospital where he spends several years in a coma. His son ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
hospital, revenge, vigilante, martial arts, vengeance, violence, hitman, one man army, coma, conspiracy, mixed martial arts, police corruption ...
Time:
year 1990, year 1983, 90s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, chicago, california
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 188 min.
Story:
Corrupt police and politicians target a computer engineer for trying to better the lives of less privileged citizens.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspense, tense, masala ...
Plot:
corrupt politician, politics, hospital, fighting the system, rivalry, vengeance, cons and scams, fall in love, architect, jail, entertainment, superstar ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, india
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After a bloody invasion of the BOPE in the High-Security Penitentiary Bangu 1 in Rio de Janeiro to control a rebellion of interns, the Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Nascimento and the second in command Captain André Matias are accused by the Human ...
Style:
political, cerebral, stylized, intense, brutal ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
favela, organized crime, politics, corruption, police corruption, gangster, political corruption, gunfight, poverty, police investigation, justice, corrupt politician ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, y2k, 21st century
Place:
brazil, latin america, south america, rio de janeiro
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Disowned by his father as a boy, Surya is taken in by a crime boss. When his brother Shiv is wrongly imprisoned, his father pleads for Surya's help.
Style:
sexy, exciting, realistic, semi serious, stylized ...
Plot:
cheerleader, corrupt cop, father son reunion, bully, police brutality, father figure, bad cop, corrupt politician, showdown, criminal's revenge, one man army, good versus evil ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
india, asia, delhi
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the front-runners begin to decide how badly they want the job.
Style:
serious, realistic, cynical, political, rough ...
Plot:
politics, election, political intrigue, election campaign, american politics, corrupt politician, rise to the top, rivalry, head of state, media, state affairs, opponent ...
Time:
60s
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Only one man can stop a villain who, backed by his father, brutally murders anyone who gets in the way of his unscrupulous real estate deals.
Style:
tense, serious, captivating, exciting, telegu
Plot:
murder, conspiracy, villain, violence, courage, ex soldier, corrupt politician, heroes, politician, woman in danger, female politician, brutality ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Set in a small Michigan town where the only industry remaining are federal, state, and private prisons, the story follows the McClusky family, the power brokers between the police, criminals, inmates, prison guards and politicians, in a city ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
prison, organized crime, corruption, sex scene, strip club, pole dancer, business, corrupt politician, racism, political corruption, inequality, corrupt mayor ...
Place:
michigan
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Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
Nene Raju Nene Mantri is the story of Radha Jogendra and the love of his life, Radha. His whole world revolves around her and he can go to any lengths to make her happy. But what happens when such profound love takes the shape of cavernous ambition?
Style:
tense, suspense, political, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
power struggle, ambition, corrupt politician, rise to power, politics, political intrigue, political campaign, minister, fight for supremacy, power, politician, male female relationship ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Serbia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Bela lađa is a comedy TV series, that is started broadcasting from the end of 2006, on Radio Television of Serbia. The series are in production of Radio-television of Serbia and in executive production of Košutnjak film. Siniša Pavić is ...
Style:
parody, satirical, captivating, semi serious, feel good ...
Plot:
political satire, satire, corrupt politician, corrupt official, humour, political intrigue, politician, political humor, bureaucracy, farce, ambition, social commentary ...
Place:
serbia, balkan, eastern europe, belgrade
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A man cannot tolerate injustice and opposes it in any form; this earns him the wrath of a local goon, who plans to get rid of him at all costs.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot:
fight for justice, social injustice, corrupt politician, fight, politics, fighting crime, gang, political intrigue, political unrest, male female relationship, relationships, communism ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Dominican Republic
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Employees of a wealthy home look for a chance of revenge against the unfair way they are treated.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot:
greedy man, dysfunctional family, greed, dysfunctional marriage, whodunit, corrupt politician, treason, mansion, mischievous children, coworker, humour, hidden money ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia, France, Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
During the Gorbachev years, Platon Makovski and his four buddies are university students who jump on the private capitalism movement. Fast-forward 20 years, Platon finds himself the richest man in Russia, having sacrificed his friends to get to the ...
Style:
serious, cynical, suspenseful, realistic, political thriller ...
Plot:
rise to the top, society, politics, betrayal, rise and fall, campaign, state affairs, life is a bitch, political corruption, student life, assassination, gangster ...
Place:
russia
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Il Capo dei Capi (The Boss of the Bosses) is a six-part Italian miniseries which debuted on Canale 5 between October and November 2007. It tells the story of Salvatore Riina, alias Totò u Curtu, a mafioso boss from Corleone, Sicily. Riina is played ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, cosa nostra, criminal heroes, gangster, organized crime, sicilian mafia, italian mafia, bribery, notoriety, cat and mouse, corrupt politician, mobster ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s, 60s, 50s ...
Place:
italy, sicily, palermo italy, southern italy
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
An image consultant helps a corrupt politician form a romantic attachment with a journalist who despises him.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, funny, exciting, political ...
Plot:
politics, political corruption, divorced father, political satire, corrupt politician, political campaign, social commentary, moral ambiguity, corruption, persuasion, media manipulation, political candidate ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Brazil
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After a botched scam, Clóvis bumps into Lohane, his estranged foster sister. In a bind, they soon realize the only way out is to band together.
Style:
captivating, light, humorous, feel good
Plot:
con woman, cons and scams, brother sister relationship, corrupt politician, money, sister, escapades, fraud, adventuress, opportunist, police corruption, deception ...
Place:
rio de janeiro, brazil
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Germany, Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Twelve-year-old Mia and her classmate Benny take a class trip to the Gruber Family's mountain ranch, where they begin to suspect something's fishy: Mysterious witching symbols appear, the Gruber's cattle falls sick, the well water ...
Style:
educational
Plot:
school trip, corrupt politician, sister sister relationship, corporate crime, private investigation, corporate conspiracy, uncover truth, evil plot, corporation, investigation, crime investigation, curse ...
Place:
hamburg germany
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Australia, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Set in 1960's Sydney, this is the story of an Australian gangster whose booming business, buoyed by the influx of U.S. soldiers in town for R&R during their tours in Vietnam, attracts the attention of first the Chicago mafia, and then their ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
gangster, hitman, soldier, dishonesty, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, rivalry, law enforcement, criminal's revenge, chase, drug dealing, corrupt politician ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 70s, year 1969
Place:
australia, sydney australia, chicago, asia, vietnam ...
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When a kidnapping goes wrong, a desperate father risks everything to save his daughter from the men who hold her captive.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
child prostitution, kidnapping, rescue, crime gone awry, mistaken identity, coming of age, confined, race against time, danger, police investigation, police corruption, corrupt politician ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
the philippines, south america, manila philippines
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