Political Film Series

Written By Theodore

  • A Face in the Crowd (1957, Elia Kazan): Media manipulation

  • All the King's Men (1949, Robert Rossen): Power corrupts

  • Election (1999, Alexander Payne): High school politics

  • Gandhi (1982, Richard Attenborough): Nonviolent resistance

  • Lincoln (2012, Steven Spielberg): Presidential politics

  • No (2012, Pablo Larraín): Advertising revolution

  • Parallax View (1974, Alan J. Pakula): Conspiracy unraveled

  • Seven Days in May (1964, John Frankenheimer): Military coup

  • The Death of Stalin

  • The Last Emperor (1987, Bernardo Bertolucci): Imperial decline

  • The Manchurian Candidate (1962, John Frankenheimer): Brainwashing thriller

  • Wag the Dog (1997, Barry Levinson): Fake war for political distraction

  • Z (1969, Costa-Gavras): Political assassination

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