Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Wilby Conspiracy, The (1975)- Dir. Ralph Nelson
Feat. Sidney Poitier, Michael Caine, Nicol Williamson… - Activists Poitier and Caine are stalked by a sadistic policeman in this Apartheid–era suspenser, in which thrills take precedence over politics.
Conversation, The (1974)
- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield… - Absorbing account of a bugging–device expert who develops a conscience and slowly uncovers a political scandal in a seemingly normal…
General Idi Amin Dada (A Self Portrait) (1974)- Dir. Barbet Schroeder
- General Idi Amin Dada’s narcissism is serviced willingly by an intrigued Barbet Schroeder, focusing his camera on the lunatic dictator during his…
Parallax View, The (1974)
- Dir. Alan J. Pakula
Feat. Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn, Paula Prentiss - Intelligent, stylish paranoia thriller with Warren Beatty as a renegade reporter investigating an unfolding political conspiracy involving a covert…
Day of the Jackal (1973)- Dir. Fred Zinnemann
Feat. Edward Fox, Terence Alexander, Michel Auclair… - Taut, clinical adaptation of Frederick Forsyth's best–seller with Edward Fox as the icy hit–man who meticulously prepares for the…
Swastika (1973)- Dir. Lutz Becker, Phillipe Mora
- Consisting solely of startling archival footage, this documentary portrait of the era of Adolf Hitler's domination of Nazi Germany, eschews narration…
Wattstax (1973)- Dir. Mel Stuart
- A little–seen yet significant concert film of the 'Wattstax' festival in Los Angeles in 1972, organised to commemorate the 7th anniversary of…
Way We Were, The (1973)- Dir. Sydney Pollack
Feat. Robert Redford, Barbra Streisand - A rich–kid aspiring novelist and a political activist go through the pleasure and pain of courtship and marriage through three decades.…
Candidate, The (1972)- Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. Robert Redford - Incisive political satire sees idealist Robert Redford run for the Senate, but finds his good intentions usurped by the system and the needs of…
State of Siege (1972)- Dir. Costa-Gavras
Feat. Yves Montand, Renato Salvatori, Maurice Teynac - Influenced by the rise to power of Uruguay's 1970s dictatorship, Costa–Gavras's gritty drama follows the kidnapping and interrogation of U.S.…
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