Political cover up movies and TV shows – page 2

List of political cover up movies

Labyrinth of Lies (2014)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A young prosecutor in postwar West Germany investigates a massive conspiracy to cover up the Nazi pasts of prominent public figures.
Style: disturbing, serious, realistic, captivating, heartbreaking ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: holocaust, lawyer, nazi, prosecutor, post war germany, ex nazi, nazi war criminal, idealism, world war two, genocide, holocaust survivor, investigation ...
Time: post world war two, 20th century, 1950s, year 1958, year 1963 ...
Place: germany, frankfurt germany, west germany, berlin germany
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 6.3
 33K
Risen (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Clavius, a powerful Roman military tribune, and his aide, Lucius, are tasked with solving the mystery of what happened to Jesus in the weeks following the crucifixion, in order to disprove the rumors of a risen Messiah and prevent an uprising in ...
Style: biblical, christian film, atmospheric, costume drama, historical drama ...
Audience: family friendly, kids
Plot: christianity, apostle, investigation, jesus christ, roman empire, jesus, desert, messiah, resurrection, crucifixion of jesus, religion, religious ...
Time: 1st century, biblical epic, 1930s
Place: jerusalem, china, rome italy, spain, latin america ...
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 7.8
 915K
The Batman (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 176 min.
Story: In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler.
Style: neo noir, gothic, tense, cult classic, action adventure ...
Audience: adult
Plot: superhero, vigilante, organized crime, corruption, gotham city, dark hero, batman, masked superhero, vengeance, psychopath, killing spree, villain ...
Time: 2020s
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 6.8
 185
Blind Ambition (1979)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 480 min.
TV show
Story: Television series docu-drama traces the career of John Dean, special counsel of president Nixon.
Style: serious, period piece, contemplative, suspenseful, reflective ...
Plot: president, u.s. president, cover up, corruption, white house, scandal, political intrigue, nixon, ambition, conspiracy, downfall, biopic ...
Time: 70s
Place: washington d.c.
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Appointment with Death (1988)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Emily Boynton, stepmother to the three Boynton children -- Lennox, Raymond and Carol -- and mother to Ginevra, blackmails the family lawyer, Jefferson Cope, into destroying a second will of her late husband that would have freed the children from ...
Style: talky, independent film, slasher, realistic, serious ...
Plot: private detective, murder mystery, whodunit, passionate kiss, investigation, murder, hercule poirot, dysfunctional family, lawyer, conspiracy, blackmail, ship ...
Time: year 1937, 1930s, 20th century, 80s
Place: new jersey, holy land, italy, europe, jerusalem ...
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 6.2
 4K
Winter Kills (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: 19 years after President Timothy Keegan was assassinated, his brother Nick discovers a dying man claiming to have been the gunman. While trying to avoid his wealthy and domineering father's attempts to control his actions, Nick follows the ...
Style: dark comedy, anamorphic, neo noir, surreal, political ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: conspiracy, assassination of president, assassination, winter, sex scene, bare breasts, female nudity, assassin, chess, cop, basement, paranoid ...
Time: year 1979, 70s, 20th century, year 1959, 60s ...
Place: philadelphia, new york, havana cuba, cleveland ohio, malaysia ...
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Death in Buenos Aires (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Buenos Aires in the 1980s. Detective Chavez, a family man and a tough cop, once again must solve a mysterious crime. To reveal the identity of the murderer, Chavez must clarify the enigma waiting in ambush to capture his own heart. Passion surprises ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, lgbt cinema, tragic ending ...
Plot: homoeroticism, gays and lesbians, gay, lgbt, lgbtq, sexual attraction, gay club, sexual tension, murder investigation, murder, partners against crime, law enforcement ...
Time: 80s, year 1989, 20th century
Place: argentina, buenos aires argentina
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The Parallax View (1974)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: An ambitious reporter, investigating a senator's assassination, realizes witnesses to the shooting are systematically dying and discovers a multi-million dollar corporation which serves as a front for the recruitment of political assassins.
Style: suspenseful, psychological, neo noir, political, intense ...
Plot: politics, conspiracy, reporter, corruption, political conspiracy, journalism, murder, investigation, undercover, paranoia, assassin, media ...
Time: 70s, year 1974, 20th century
Place: seattle, los angeles, washington state, usa, latin america
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Executive Action (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Rogue intelligence agents, right-wing politicians, greedy capitalists, and free-lance assassins plot and carry out the JFK assassination in this speculative agitprop.
Style: political thriller, political, neo noir, independent film, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: conspiracy, assassination, paranoia, murder, corruption, assassination of president, conspiracy theory, kennedy assassination, cia, intelligence agency, assassin, sniper ...
Time: year 1963
Place: dallas texas
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The Werewolf of Washington (1973)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After being unknowingly inflicted with the bite of a werewolf while on a visit to Europe, White House press secretary Jack Whittier (Dean Stockwell) begins to turn into a deadly beast by night, terrorizing Washington D.C. and presenting a very ...
Style: psychotronic, classic horror, horror comedy, political, independent film ...
Plot: werewolf, macabre, president, wolf, shapeshifter, lycanthropy, swing, paranormal, usa president, racism, blaxploitation, laboratory ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: washington d.c., europe, hungary
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 7.1
 93K
Wag the Dog (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.
Style: black comedy, satirical, dark comedy, political, cynical ...
Plot: politics, satire, political corruption, journalism, election, cia, conspiracy, government, political conspiracy, secret service, president, election campaign ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: washington d.c., albania, persia, usa, middle east ...
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 6.6
 158K
Vantage Point (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, Spain, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The attempted assassination of the American President is told and re-told from several different perspectives.
Style: surprise ending, clever, suspenseful, political, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, kids
Plot: terrorism, secret service, assassination attempt, president, conspiracy, assassination, assassination of president, kidnapping, chase, terrorist, betrayal, multiple perspectives ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: spain, europe
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 5.7
 4K
Power (1986)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country. When his long-time friend and client Ohio senator Sam Hastings decides to quit politics, he is rapidly drafted to help with the campaign of the ...
Style: clever, serious, realistic, cynical, political ...
Plot: politics, political corruption, campaign, cover up, manipulation, fighting the system, state affairs, society, journalism, legal, dishonesty, ambition ...
Time: 80s
Place: usa, seattle, new york, washington d.c.
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The Pelican Brief (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story: Two Supreme Court Justices have been assassinated. One lone law student has stumbled upon the truth. An investigative journalist wants her story. Everybody else wants her dead.
Style: political, suspense, suspenseful, tense, political thriller ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: political conspiracy, politics, investigation, conspiracy, conspiracy theory, lawyer, spy, political corruption, corruption, secret service, fbi, surveillance ...
Time: 90s, future, 20th century
Place: washington d.c., new orleans, southern usa, new york
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 6.8
 128K
Patriot Games (1992)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.
Style: exciting, suspense, political, political thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot: terrorism, revenge, cia, espionage, spy, terrorist, assassination, cia agent, politics, ira, hitman, traitor ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: washington d.c., ireland, north africa, scotland yard, usa ...
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 7.0
 34K
Nixon (1995)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 192 min.
Story: An all-star cast powers this epic look at American President Richard M. Nixon, a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands within. Spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking ...
Style: political, factual, compassionate, talky, intense ...
Plot: politics, vietnam war, government, american politics, political corruption, biopic, nixon, campaign, election, conspiracy, political leader, manipulation ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s, year 1972, year 1973 ...
Place: washington d.c., chile, north america, china, vietnam ...
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My Fellow Americans (1996)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: They used to run the country. Now they're running for their lives! Two on-the-lam former Presidents of the United States. Framed in a scandal by the current President and pursued by armed agents, the two squabbling political foes plunge into a ...
Style: witty, humorous, political, light, entertaining ...
Plot: politics, political corruption, assassination, president, satire, lone hero, happy ending, conspiracy theory, betrayal, assassination attempt, buddies, odd couple ...
Time: 90s, year 1996
Place: washington d.c., usa, west virginia, ohio
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 6.6
 1K
Marie (1985)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A single mother takes a job with the government where she is confronted with corruption.
Style: political, independent film, realistic, serious, thought provoking ...
Plot: biopic, political corruption, women, girl, corruption, politics, violent content, profanity, power relations, blind ambition, workplace, state affairs ...
Time: year 1985, 20th century, 80s
Place: tennessee, nashville tennessee
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The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: The Manchurian Candidate is a political thriller from American director John Frankenheimer. An American soldier is brainwashed into being a killer for the communist Russians during the Korean War.
Style: political thriller, psychological, political, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: date night
Plot: conspiracy, cold war, political conspiracy, brainwashing, assassin, manipulation, nightmare, senator, cold war era, communism, korean war, election ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century, year 1962, 50s, year 1952
Place: new york, north korea, china, washington d.c., korea ...
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The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: When his army unit was ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saved his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, then-Captain Ben Marco, was knocked unconscious. Brokering the incident for political capital, Shaw eventually ...
Style: suspense, political thriller, clever, tense, political ...
Plot: conspiracy, gulf war, political conspiracy, brainwashing, mind control, political corruption, assassin, politics, covert operation, senator, corporation, sniper ...
Time: 20th century, 2000s, year 2004, future, 90s ...
Place: iraq, usa, new york, washington d.c.
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In the Line of Fire (1993)
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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 7.6
 116K
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 122 min.
Story: For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate ...
Style: clever, tense, political, period piece, tricky ...
Plot: journalism, politics, president, reporter, journalist, biopic, american politics, nixon, corruption, conspiracy, power struggle, scandal ...
Time: 70s, year 2008, 90s, 2000s, year 1977 ...
Place: california, new york, washington d.c., north america, usa ...
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Executive Power (1997)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: While protecting the U.S. President, Secret Service agent Nick Sager helps him to dispose of the body of a young girl, who accidentally died during an adulterous encounter. Some time later, a few weeks before the elections, the disillusioned ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, political thriller
Audience: boys' night
Plot: political conspiracy, die hard, torture, usa president, political corruption, conspiracy, extramarital affair, cover-up, secret agent, campaign, political intrigue, who done it ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa
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 6.9
 60K
Dave (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Bill Mitchell is the philandering and distant President of the United States. Dave Kovic is a sweet-natured and caring Temp Agency operator, who by a staggering coincidence looks exactly like the President. As such, when Mitchell wants to escape an ...
Style: feel good, political, sexy, sweet, touching ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: president, u.s. president, politics, conspiracy, lookalikes, political corruption, usa president, congress, secret service, head of state, white house, state affairs ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place: usa, washington d.c., california
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Conspiracy Theory (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is.
Style: tense, political thriller, suspense, psychological, exciting ...
Audience: adult
Plot: conspiracy, political conspiracy, cia, chase, surveillance, conspiracy theory, mind control, paranoia, amnesia, obsession, taxi driver, twists and turns ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Clear and Present Danger (1994)
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 ...
Is relevant?
 6.2
 24K
City Hall (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The accidental shooting of a boy in New York leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.
Style: tense, political, thought provoking, suspense, realistic ...
Plot: conspiracy, political corruption, corruption, mafia, murder, lawyer, mayor, uncover truth, society, american politics, judge, politics ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new york, usa, harlem, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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 8.1
 374K
Chinatown (1974)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double ...
Style: neo noir, detective, atmospheric, cult classic, clever ...
Audience: date night
Plot: private detective, corruption, femme fatale, investigation, police, whodunit, murder, twists and turns, conspiracy, murder mystery, father daughter incest, domestic violence ...
Time: 20th century, year 1937, 1930s, year 1974
Place: los angeles, california, usa, eastern europe, pacific ocean ...
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 5.9
 19K
Canadian Bacon (1995)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Canadian Bacon is the only fictitious film from Director Michael Moore. This comedy is about an American president who decides to go to war to bring the public’s opinion of him up during election time. Canadian Bacon is actor John Candy’s last ...
Style: humorous, political, satirical, light, talky ...
Audience: kids
Plot: satire, president, political satire, conspiracy, politics, cold war, political conspiracy, farce, culture clash, dishonesty, world politics, head of state ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: canada, washington d.c., usa, iraq, california
Is relevant?
 6.7
 65K
Absolute Power (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder in which the President of The United States is involved occurs in front of his eyes. He is forced to run yet may hold evidence that could convict the President. A political thriller ...
Style: suspense, political thriller, tense, suspenseful, political ...
Plot: murder mystery, secret service, politics, usa president, political corruption, father daughter relationship, political conspiracy, president, conspiracy, justice, witnessing a crime, white house ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: washington d.c., usa
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