Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Politics: 568 Films to Rent on DVD
Global Haywire (2006)
- Dir. Bruce Petty
- Unruly political doco by celebrated Australian cartoonist and moviemaker Bruce Petty, that seeks to answer why the East and West have reached crisis…
Hacking Democracy (2006)
- Dir. Simon Ardizzone
- Alarming expose of America’s electronic voting system, which was disastrously shown–up in the 2000 US Presidential election.
Casting its…
Hero's Journey, A (2006)
- President Xanana Gusmao presides over this documentary portrait of East Timor, its Resistance war against Indonesian occupation, and its current…
Idiocracy (2006)
- Dir. Mike Judge
Feat. Luke Wilson, Dax Shepard, David Herman…
- A dumb comedy for smart people, this follows the likes of TEAM AMERICA and BORAT as another shrewd post–9/11 satire in which Americans take a…
Infinite Justice (2006)
- Dir. Jamil Dehlavi
Feat. Kevin Collins, Raza Jaffrey
- Following in the footsteps of A MIGHTY HEART, this vigorous political thriller inspired by the Daniel Pearl case follows an investigative journalist…
Jesus Camp (2006)
- Dir. Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady
- A disturbing guided tour of extremist 'Jesus Camps' in the US, run by politically–aligned Evangelical Christian groups intent on indoctrinating…
Journey From the Fall (2006)
- Dir. Ham Tran
Feat. Kieu Chinh
- Emotionally charged, stylishly filmed historical drama follows the twin fortunes of an incarcerated Vietnamese man and his refugee family forced to…
Listening, The (2006)
- Dir. Giacomo Martelli
Feat. Michael Parks
- Visually fetching spy thriller centred on a NSA officer on a mission to disable spy technology that enables the U.S. government to use phones as live…
Lives of Others, The (2006)
- Dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Feat. Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Martina Gedeck…
- Compelling dramatisation of the political tensions between artists and authorities in 80's East Germany, this widely celebrated arthouse hit won the…
Man of the Year (2006)
- Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Robin Williams, Christopher Walken, Laura Linney…
- Played for quick laughs, this political satire suitably casts Robin Williams as an affable, late–night talk show host who runs for President…