Subgenre Sampler
Politics: 623 Films to Buy & Rent
- Lincoln (2012)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn…
- Daniel Day–Lewis portrays the famed U.S. President between 1861 and 1865 as he dealt with personal demons and politics during the Civil War in…
- No (2012)
- Dir. Pablo Larrain
Feat. Gael Garcia Bernal, Alfredo Castro
- Gael Garcia Bernal plays an ad executive who conceives a campaign to defeat Augusto Pinochet in Chile's 1988 referendum in this unique celebration of…
- Political Animals (TV Mini-Series) (2012)
- Feat. Sigourney Weaver, Carla Gugino, James Wolk…
- Meaty White House drama with Sigourney Weaver, in a clear nod to Hillary Clinton, playing a divorced former First Lady now making waves as Secretary…
- Scandal (TV Series) (2012-2016)
- Feat. Kerry Washington, Columbus Short, Tony Goldwyn
- Kerry Washington plays a 'professional fixer' whose former life as a White House staffer draws her back into the world of political…
- Shadow Dancer (2012)
- Dir. James Marsh
Feat. Clive Owen, Andrea Riseborough, Gillian Anderson…
- Andrea Riseborough plays a staunch IRA revolutionary who is apprehended by British intelligence and forced to become a double agent in this…
- Shadow Men, The (Spin; Les Hommes De L'Ombre) (2012)
- Feat. Nathalie Baye, Philippe Magnan, Bruno Wolkowitch…
- Political drama series follows the actions of a group of spin doctors who each advance their own cause after the assassination of the French…
- Shahid (2012)
- Dir. Hansal Mehta
Feat. Rajkummar Rao, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Kay Kay Menon
- Indian biopic about the life of lawyer and human rights activist Shahid Azmi, who was assassinated in 2010 by four right wing assailants.
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- Untold History of the United States, The (TV Series) (2012)
- Dir. Oliver Stone
- Oliver Stone is the voice and reasoning behind this fascinating, if contentious revisionist Cold War history through American foreign…
- Veep (TV Series) (2012)
- Feat. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Anna Chlumsky, Matt Walsh
- THE THICK OF IT creator Armando Iannucci successfully transplants the formula of his hit British political satire to the White House in this winning…
- What Really Happened: Votes for Women (2012)
- Feat. Sara Wiseman, Craig Hall, Stephen Lovatt
- Another edifying take on a key turning point in New Zealand history (following What Really Happened: Waitangi), this Sunday Theatre commission…