| House of Cards (2013) | 8.6 | |
| Invictus (2009) | 7.3 | |
| Amazing Grace (2006) | 7.4 | |
| The Thick of It (2005) | 8.7 | |
| The K2 (2016) | 7.8 |
Politician movies and TV shows – page 2
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53K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Wife and mother Valerie Plame (Naomi Watts) has a double life as a CIA operative, hiding her vocation from family and friends. Her husband, Joseph Wilson (Sean Penn), writes a controversial article in The New York Times, refuting stories about the ...
Style:
political, thought provoking, factual, intense, realistic ...
Plot:
cia, espionage, cia agent, secret service, conspiracy theory, politician, journalism, conspiracy, greed, survival, politics, intelligence agency ...
Time:
year 2010, year 2001, year 2003, year 1995, year 2002 ...
Place:
middle east, iraq, beirut lebanon, cleveland ohio, canada ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Kenya, France, USA, Switzerland, Canada, Brazil
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife Tessa is killed he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a very ...
Style:
political thriller, tense, political, suspense, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
conspiracy, marriage, spy, lovers, death, murder, politics, corruption, passion, investigation, aids, idealism ...
Time:
2000s, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
africa, sudan, germany, london, kenya ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The life of one of the USA's Founding Fathers, its second President, and his role in the nation's first 50 years.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, political, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
american history, president, politics, american revolution, true love, lawyer, u.s. president, independence, colonial america, politician, leader, historical character ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, ancient times, 2000s, year 2008 ...
Place:
usa, boston, massachusetts, america, paris france ...
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55K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The Utopia Experiments is a legendary graphic novel shrouded in mystery. When a group of strangers find themselves in possession of an original manuscript, their lives suddenly and brutally implode.
Style:
surreal, thought provoking, mind bending, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot:
conspiracy, danger, hidden truth, politician, who to trust, mysterious character, epidemic, scientist, twists and turns, graphic violence, violence, virus ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england
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19K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Boss is an American political drama television serial created by Farhad Safinia. The series stars Kelsey Grammer as Tom Kane, the mayor of Chicago, who has recently been diagnosed with dementia with Lewy bodies, a degenerative neurological disorder.
Style:
political, clever, cynical, erotic, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
politics, mayor, boss, political intrigue, career, mental illness, dishonesty, power struggle, ambitious, corruption, ambition, boss and employee ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago, illinois, usa
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Survivors was a British science fiction television series produced by the BBC. It depicts the lives of a group of people who survived a virulent unknown strain of influenza which has wiped out most of the human species. According to the producers, ...
Style:
apocalyptic, serious, tense, captivating, stylized ...
Plot:
apocalypse, virus, survival, deadly virus, politician, pandemic, disaster, post apocalypse, danger, group of strangers, distopia, plague ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An MP's son-in-law and mayoral candidate takes a trip with his girlfriend to a vacation home and meets a mysterious neighborhood boy and his friends.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
politician, corruption, cover up, accusation, intrigue, political intrigue, problem, corrupt official, political corruption, hidden money, secret, money ...
Place:
south korea
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 229 min.
Story:
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Style:
ambiguous ending, melancholic, epic, breathtaking, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, adult
Plot:
gangster, organized crime, mafia, friendship, prohibition, rape, betrayal, childhood friend, gunfight, murder, corruption, flashback ...
Time:
1930s, 60s, 1920s, 20th century, year 1984 ...
Place:
new york, usa, bronx new york city, america, china ...
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174K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
political, serious, captivating, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
usa politics, politics, u.s. vice president, u.s. president, u.s. government, american politics, heart attack, iraq war, war on terror, politician, al qaeda, republican party ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 2010s, year 1963, year 1980, year 2003 ...
Place:
washington d.c., north america, wyoming, cambodia, usa ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story:
Borgen is a drama series about the fight for political power – and about the personal sacrifices and consequences this has for those involved on and behind the political stage. The central figure is the 40-year old political leader Birgitte ...
Style:
political, serious, tense, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
politics, prime minister, female politician, marriage, journalism, nordic, media coverage, politician, state affairs, ambition, power struggle, family life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, greenland, europe, copenhagen, scandinavia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, Japan, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The story of journalist, Edward R Murrow's stand against Senator McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.
Style:
political, tense, period piece, factual, melancholic ...
Plot:
politics, media, television, mccarthyism, journalist, reporter, fighting the system, cold war, propaganda, terrorist, patriotism, communism ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 50s, year 2005, 90s ...
Place:
new york, washington d.c., california, usa, soviet union ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A follow up to NTR: Kathanayakudu which was based on N.T. Rama Rao's life and acting career. This movie will focus on his political career.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, period piece, inspirational ...
Plot:
politician, biopic, politics, life story, actor, relationship vs career, life is a bitch, legacy, election campaign, leadership, charisma, power struggle ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
india
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Estonia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Politician Aadu Kägu goes to the mushroom forest with his wife Viivi to rest his nerves from the reputation campaign. They are joined by a voter, penniless rock star Zäk. In order to avoid common mushroom forests, they drive to some countryside at ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, tense, tension ...
Plot:
corruption, satire, politician, dark humor, media sensation, couple relations, journalist, mushroom, forest, scandal, investigative journalism, reputation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
estonia, europe
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110
Genre: Comedy
Country: Israel
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Polishuk is an Israeli political comedy television series. It tells the story of politician Rubi Polishuk, a member of MELEL Party (National Liberal Center) who unexpectedly was appointed as the Minister for Social Advancement.
Style:
satirical, political, funny, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political satire, satire, politician, prime minister, politics, humour, bureaucracy, irony, office politics, government, minister, fish out of water ...
Time:
2000s
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4K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A young politician finds himself in a position where he has to contest against his girlfriend, who is ambitious. Circumstances force his look-alike twin to also get involved in this political battle.
Style:
political thriller, political
Plot:
politician, protest, politics, professor, chase, student, violence, betrayal, murder, police, election, twins ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Belgium, Germany, Haiti
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The true story of the rise to power and brutal assassination of the formerly vilified and later redeemed leader of the independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba. Using newly discovered historical evidence, Haitian-born and later Congo-raised writer and ...
Style:
political, realistic, serious, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Plot:
imperialism, politics, assassination, intrigue, colonialism, capitalism, politician, greed, revolution, scapegoat, betrayal, political corruption ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 1950s, 50s
Place:
africa, congo, belgium, south africa, tokyo ...
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7K
Genre: Action, Musical, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The movie opens with a scene of a bank robbery in progress. The actions of the robbers during the gateway is photographed by Ashwin (Jeeva). After a chase, the injured Ashwin loses his camera to the robbers but managed to retrieve the memory card. ...
Style:
political thriller, tense, suspense, emotional, twisted ...
Plot:
terrorist, election campaign, politician, assassination, political campaign, political corruption, terrorism, election, journalism, journalist, bomb, murder ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Biographic movie of the witty, overachieving, hot-tempered Rudy Giuliani, spanning from his rising days as a New York district attorney in the early 1980s to his marriage to part-time actress Donna Hanover, to his candidacy for mayor of New York ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, uplifting
Plot:
politician, politics, infidelity, relationship vs career, rise to the top, ambition, couples, crumbling marriage, society, state affairs, city life, 9/11 ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Bulgaria, India
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In London for the Prime Minister's funeral, Mike Banning discovers a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders.
Style:
exciting, intense, serious, saga, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, manly, chick flick
Plot:
terrorism, secret service, hostage, terrorist, president, conspiracy, one man army, terrorist attack, save the day, danger, u.s. president, propaganda ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, europe, tokyo, united kingdom ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, UK, Belgium, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident. In director Roman ...
Style:
political thriller, atmospheric, suspense thriller, political, tricky ...
Plot:
writers, twists and turns, political conspiracy, politics, investigation, writer's life, betrayal, espionage, desert island, conspiracy, suspicion, uncover truth ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new england, new york, oxford university, massachusetts, britain ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in present day Washington, D.C., House of Cards is the story of Frank Underwood, a ruthless and cunning politician, and his wife Claire who will stop at nothing to conquer everything. This wicked political drama penetrates the shadowy world of ...
Style:
clever, serious, political, cynical, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
politics, political intrigue, political corruption, state affairs, manipulation, intrigue, strategy, usa politics, lobbyist, u.s. president, journalism, media ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, syria
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16K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A ticking-clock thriller following Winston Churchill in the 24 hours before D-Day.
Style:
factual, disturbing, political, independent film, educational ...
Plot:
winston churchill, world war two, politician, prime minister, biopic, husband wife relationship, invasion, courage, world war, world politics, mind game, life risking ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 2017, year 1944
Place:
normandy, england, britain, united kingdom
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303
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 177 min.
TV show
Story:
When Canada's Prime Minister drowns in what appears to be a boating accident, his son takes office and is drawn into a deceptive world of power and corruption.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, political
Plot:
politician, politics, government conspiracy, national security, conspiracy, prime minister, drowning, problem, political unrest, political intrigue, corrupt politician, corruption ...
Place:
canada
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1.0M
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
Style:
period piece, epic, exciting, captivating, dramatic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
nuclear, scientist, world war two, atomic bomb, american politics, physics, laboratory, arizona desert, top secret, husband wife relationship, moral dilemma, desert ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, 1950s, year 1954, year 1943 ...
Place:
new mexico, england, zurich switzerland, north america, soviet union ...
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8K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
Internationally released Director's Cut of "Loro 1" and "Loro 2", which were released separately as two movies in Italy. The film talks about the group of businessmen and politicians – the Loro (Them) from the title – ...
Style:
realistic, disturbing, atmospheric, serious, absurd ...
Plot:
sex scene, politician, scandal, rise to the top, society, head of state, rivalry, storytelling, political corruption, greed, interview, blackmail ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
rome italy, italy
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two gay men living in St. Tropez have their lives turned upside down when the son of one of the men announces he is getting married. They try conceal their lifestyle and their ownership of the transvestite club downstairs when the fiancée and her ...
Style:
sex comedy, funny, cult classic, witty, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
lgbtq, gay parent, homosexuality, father son relationship, gay couple, gay, transvestite, gay relationship, comedy of manners, glbt, farce, gay stereotype ...
Time:
70s, year 1978, 20th century
Place:
france, cote d'azur, french riviera, saint tropez, provence ...
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216K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary, Austria
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Prima ballerina, Dominika Egorova faces a bleak and uncertain future after she suffers an injury that ends her career. She soon turns to Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people to use their minds and bodies ...
Style:
sexy, surprise ending, suspense, erotic, satanic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
spy, female spy, female agent, uncle niece relationship, secret agent, deception, russian spy, female assassin, femme fatale, secret mission, female secret agent, strong female character ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
russia, budapest, hungary, ussr, chechnya ...
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34K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Algeria
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Repression is the rule of the day in this film that skewers Greek governance of the 1960s. Z, a leftist rabble rouser, is killed in what appears to be a traffic accident. But given the political climate, the death of such a prominent activist raises ...
Style:
political thriller, political, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
conspiracy, politics, military, investigation, corruption, police, government, government corruption, justice, political corruption, politician, violence ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
greece, france, africa, europe
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193K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Xander Cage is your standard adrenaline junkie with no fear and a lousy attitude. When the US Government "recruits" him to go on a mission, he's not exactly thrilled. His mission: to gather information on an organization that may just ...
Style:
sexy, action packed, spy action, suspense, predictable ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, kids, girls' night, teens
Plot:
undercover, secret agent, chase, gunfight, heroic mission, extreme sport, spy hero, avenger, espionage, agent, terrorist plot, tough heroes ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
prague, washington d.c., europe, california, czech republic ...
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed.
Style:
melancholic, suspense, atmospheric, serious, meditative ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
politics, lawyer, funeral, wild west, old west, small town, senator, cowboy, friendship, bully, romantic rivalry, election ...
Time:
19th century, year 1962, 1910s, 1880s, 1800s ...
Place:
america
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