But when he gets elected, he finds he actually cares about the causes he’s receiving donations for-and that Washington is actually full of con-men (in the guise of politicians) who are preventing real change from happening. The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)Ĭrooked politicians also make for good comedy in this farce about a con man ( Eddie Murphy) who decides to run for Congress in a ploy to get rich. Thrown into scandal coverups, quid pro quo and other questionable dealings, a young junior campaign manager ( Ryan Gosling) loses his innocence-and his morals-on the campaign trail. Directed, co-written and starring George Clooney, the film takes a bleak look at the shady maneuverings behind the scenes of a political primary campaign. With a title referring to the date of Julius Caesar’s assassination by his literally backstabbing senators, you know the events of this political thriller can’t be good. O’Donnell ( Kevin Costner) can’t let the missiles stay there, but they also want to do everything possible to avoid war. President Kennedy ( Bruce Greenwood), his brother Bobby ( Steven Culp) and another close advisor, Kenneth P. This dramatization of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis depicts the tense two weeks the Kennedy administration spent trying to avoid an armed conflict with the Soviet Union over missiles they had sent to Cuba-the closest the Cold War ever got to being an actual war. With nothing left to lose before his imminent death, Bulworth starts speaking his mind and telling the truth about the campaign process, and his constituents, in very un-PC ways-which actually ends up reinvigorating his career as well as his love life. What would happen if a politician just suddenly started being completely, painfully honest? That’s the conceit of this dark comedy written, directed and starring Warren Beatty, in which a has-been Senator arranges a hit on himself. But will Nixon admit to wrongdoing, or actually clear his name instead? In this movie directed by Ron Howard and based on the Broadway play, real-life British journalist David Frost ( Michael Sheen) interviews the ex-president ( Frank Langella) in 1977, in a cat-and-mouse game of trying to get Nixon to confess his crimes three years after his resignation. But given that Watergate was such a watershed moment in recent American history, it’s not exactly a surprise. Frost/Nixon (2008)įilmmakers sure do love the controversial Nixon, who figures prominently in several movies on our list. The movie also explores his relationship with his wife ( Oprah Winfrey) and his sons, one who goes to Vietnam and the other who becomes a civil rights activist. Inspired by a true story, this poignant film looks at the presidents and political events of the 20th century through the eyes of a butler (a moving Forest Whitaker) who serves in the White House for nearly 35 years.
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