Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Politics: 605 Films to Rent
- An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (An Inconvenient Truth 2) (2017)
- Dir. Jon Shenk, Bonni Cohen
- The heroic and haggard Al Gore continues his crusade to make the world stop destroying itself in this timely update of his seminal 2006 climate…
- Beatriz at Dinner (2017)
- Dir. Miguel Arteta
Feat. John Early, Salma Hayek, John Lithgow…
- A holistic healer (Salma Hayeck) is an unplanned guest at a dinner party for members of California's privileged elite, in this Trump–era satire…
- Chappaquiddick (2017)
- Dir. John Curran
Feat. Jason Clarke, Kate Mara, Ed Helms…
- Sombre drama exploring the incident known as the Chappaquiddick incident, in which Senator Ted Kennedy drove his car into a lake in 1969, killing his…
- Darkest Hour (2017)
- Dir. Joe Wright
Feat. Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ben Mendelsohn…
- Gary Oldman embodies Winston Churchill to Oscar–winning effect in this rousing and roundly effective historical drama set during the early days…
- Death of Stalin, The (2017)
- Dir. Armando Iannucci
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Paddy Considine…
- Outrageous "comedy of terrors" from the creator of IN THE LOOP and VEEP, set in Moscow in 1953, where Stalin has just dropped dead and his cronies…
- Final Year, The (2017)
- Dir. Greg Barker
- A detailed insiders' account of President Barack Obama's foreign policy team throughout 2016, their last year in office. Director Greg Barker has…
- Guerrilla (TV Mini-series) (2017)
- Feat. Idris Elba, Freida Pinto, Babou Ceesay…
- 6–part Miniseries set in 1970's London, where a politically active couple have their relationship and values tested after forming a radical…
- House of Cards - Season 5 (TV Series, US) (2017)
- Feat. Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright, Patricia Clarkson…
- The Emmy and Golden Globe winning political drama returns for its anticipated fifth season. Frank and Claire Underwood continue to juggle their…
- Insult, The (2017)
- Dir. Ziad Doueiri
Feat. Adel Karam, Kamel El Basha
- An exchange on a Beirut street between a Palestinian construction worker and a Lebanese Christian escalates into a passionate dispute that opens…
- My Year With Helen (2017)
- Dir. Gaylene Preston
- With unique access to high–ranking candidate Helen Clark, filmmaker Gaylene Preston casts a wry eye on proceedings as the United Nations turns…