Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Politics: 605 Films to Rent
- Reality (2023)
- Dir. Tina Satter
Feat. Sydney Sweeney, Josh Hamilton, Marchánt Davis
- A potent chamber drama that re–enacts true events surrounding a government security breach related to Russian interference in the 2016 US…
- Merkel (2022)
- Dir. Eva Weber
- A fittingly admirable portrait of the one of the great diplomats of modern times, Angela Merkel, chancellor of Germany for sixteen years, and most…
- Belfast (2021)
- Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Caitriona Balfe, Judi Dench, Jamie Dornan…
- Richly evocative cine–memoir from director Kenneth Branagh, depicting a young boy's childhood in late 60's Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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- Big Deal (2021)
- Dir. Craig Reucassel
- Documentary presented by Craig Reucassel, who investigates Australia's billion–dollar political lobbying industry and how it corrupts…
- Breaking Bread (2020)
- Dir. Beth Elise Hawk
- Inspiring documentary set around the A–Sham Arabic Food Festival in Haifa, Israel, where Arab and Jewish chefs combine their cultures and food…
- Dissident, The (2020)
- Dir. Bryan Fogel
- A documentary about Jamal Khashoggi, Washington Post journalist and dissident who was murdered by agents of the Saudi government while working in…
- I Am Greta (2020)
- Dir. Nathan Grossman
- A portrait of teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg, which starts with her one–person school strike outside Swedish parliament, and…
- Irresistible (2020)
- Dir. Jon Stewart
Feat. Steve Carell, Chris Cooper, Mackenzie Davis…
- Political satire directed by The Daily Show's Jon Stewart (ROSEWATER), with Steve Carrell playing a retired veteran who runs for mayor in a…
- Plot Against America, The (TV Mini-series) (2020)
- Dir. Thomas Schlamme
Feat. Winona Ryder, Anthony Boyle, Zoe Kazan…
- Created by David Simon (THE WIRE) and Ed Burns, this HBO mini–series adapts Philip Roth's 2004 prescient novel of the same name imagining an…
- Roadkill (TV Mini-series) (2020)
- Feat. Hugh Laurie, Millie Brady, Helen McCrory…
- Four part British political thriller starring Hugh Laurie as a charismatic Justice Minister on the cusp of a major promotion when a secret in his…