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Rental > Politics: 563 Films to Rent on DVD
George W. Bushisms (2004)
- Dir. Elizabeth Reeder
Feat. Brian Unger
- A smirkingly hilarious compilation of some of US President George W. Bush's worst manglings of the English language during speeches and…
Going Upriver - The Long War for John Kerry (2004)
- Dir. George Butler
- Potent, if late–in–the–day study of unsuccessful 2004 US Presidential nominee John Kerry and his Vietnam War experiences.
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Good Night, and Good Luck (2004)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. George Clooney
Feat. George Clooney, Robert Downey Jnr., Patricia Clarkson…
- An astutely–judged freezeframe of an important symbolic moment in 20th century American history, when CBS television presenter Edward Murrow…
Hotel Rwanda (2004)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Terry George
Feat. Don Cheadle, Nick Nolte, Sophie Okonedo…
- A deeply affecting expose of the Rwandan conflict of the early 1990s that matches its political conscience with vivid staging and terrific…
How Arnie Won the West (2004)
- Dir. Alex Cooke
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger
- A beguiling account of Arnold Schwarzenegger's transformation from Hollywood star into Republican Governor of California, through a 2004 state recall…
Hunting Of The President, The (2004)
- Dir. Nikolas Perry
- The amazing story of an attempted political lynching by rich right–wing supporters who never forgave the democrat's for their part in bringing…
In My Country (Country of my Skull) (2004)
- Dir. John Boorman
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Juliette Binoche, Brendan Gleeson
- One of the first stabs at dramatising the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings in South Africa, here used as a grueling backdrop for romance…
Iron Jawed Angels (2004)
- Dir. Katja von Garnier
Feat. Hilary Swank, Anjelica Huston, Frances O’Connor…
- Fairly inventive telemovie concerning the rise of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, which had the aim of gaining voting and other…
John Pilger's Stealing a Nation (2004)
- Dir. John Pilger
- Activist journalist John Pilger relates the alarming story of the deportation of all natives from Diego Garcia – a small island in the Indian…
K Street (TV Series) (2004)
- Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. John Slattery, Mary McCormack, Roger Guenveur Smith
- A cutting–edge political satire from Steven Soderbergh, which attempted to capture the immediacy and unpredictability of current affairs…