Subgenre Sampler
Politics: 627 Films to Buy & Rent
House I Live In, The (2012)
- Dir. Eugene Jarecki
- The definitive documentary on the 'war on drugs' to date, this canvases the people and the stories on both sides of the law to reveal the profound…
Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)
- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Olivia Colman…
- Pleasant chronicle of the affair between President Roosevelt (Bill Murray) and his distant cousin, Daisy (Laura Linney), which comes to light during…
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…