Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "political-manipulation"

1. Oppenheimer (I) (2023)

R | 180 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.

Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr.

Votes: 718,744 | Gross: $326.11M

2. Don't Look Up (2021)

R | 138 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi

Two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn humankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth.

Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett

Votes: 600,547

3. A Clockwork Orange (1971)

R | 136 min | Crime, Sci-Fi

In the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned.

Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke

Votes: 880,442 | Gross: $6.21M

4. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)

PG | 142 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Ten years after initially meeting, Anakin Skywalker shares a forbidden romance with Padmé Amidala, while Obi-Wan Kenobi discovers a secret clone army crafted for the Jedi.

Director: George Lucas | Stars: Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Lee

Votes: 758,148 | Gross: $310.68M

5. 1984 (1984)

R | 113 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

In a totalitarian future society, a man, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.

Director: Michael Radford | Stars: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack

Votes: 78,864 | Gross: $8.40M

6. Carnival Row (2019–2023)

TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

A human detective and a fairy rekindle a dangerous affair in a Victorian fantasy world, where the city's uneasy peace collapses when a string of murders reveals an unimaginable monster.

Stars: Orlando Bloom, Cara Delevingne, Simon McBurney, Tamzin Merchant

Votes: 82,246

7. Snowden (2016)

R | 134 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The NSA's illegal surveillance techniques are leaked to the public by one of the agency's employees, Edward Snowden, in the form of thousands of classified documents distributed to the press.

Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto

Votes: 162,830 | Gross: $21.59M

8. Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

R | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The life stories of the six men who raised the flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima, a turning point in World War II.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Barry Pepper, Joseph Cross, Jesse Bradford

Votes: 129,178 | Gross: $33.60M

9. The Kingdom (2007)

R | 110 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A team of U.S. government agents are sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.

Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman

Votes: 132,209 | Gross: $47.54M

10. The Ghost Writer (2010)

PG-13 | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A ghost writer, hired to complete the memoirs of a former British Prime Minister, uncovers secrets that put his own life in jeopardy.

Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams, Jon Bernthal

Votes: 170,740 | Gross: $15.54M

11. Quo Vadis (1951)

Not Rated | 171 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.

Directors: Mervyn LeRoy, Anthony Mann | Stars: Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn, Peter Ustinov

Votes: 16,721 | Gross: $24.29M

12. Fair Game (I) (2010)

PG-13 | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller

CIA operative Valerie Plame discovers her identity is allegedly leaked by the government as payback for an op-ed article her husband wrote criticizing the Bush administration.

Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Sonya Davison, Vanessa Chong

Votes: 51,029 | Gross: $9.53M

13. House of Cards (1990)

TV-14 | 57 min | Drama

The schemes of a ruthlessly ambitious British politician who will stop at nothing to get to the top.

Stars: Ian Richardson, Susannah Harker, Miles Anderson, Alphonsia Emmanuel

Votes: 15,060

14. Warrior Queen (2003 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 83 min | Action, Drama, History

Boudica, the Warrior Queen on Britain, leads her tribe into rebellion against the Roman Empire and the mad Emperor of Rome Nero.

Director: Bill Anderson | Stars: Alex Kingston, Steven Waddington, Emily Blunt, Leanne Rowe

Votes: 1,360

15. Our Brand Is Crisis (2015)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama

A battle-hardened American political consultant is sent to help re-elect a controversial president in Bolivia, where she must compete with a long-term rival working for another candidate.

Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Billy Bob Thornton, Anthony Mackie, Joaquim de Almeida

Votes: 23,257 | Gross: $7.00M

16. Jesus Camp (2006)

PG-13 | 87 min | Documentary

A documentary on kids who attend a summer camp hoping to become the next Billy Graham.

Directors: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady | Stars: Mike Papantonio, Lou Engle, Becky Fischer, Ted Haggard

Votes: 28,766 | Gross: $0.90M

17. Goliath (I) (2022)

121 min | Drama, Thriller

France, sports teacher by day, worker by night and activist; Patrick, obscure and lonely Parisian lawyer specializing in environmental law; and Mathias, lobbyist and man in a hurry, will ... See full summary »

Director: Frédéric Tellier | Stars: Gilles Lellouche, Pierre Niney, Emmanuelle Bercot, Laurent Stocker

Votes: 2,023

18. Baron noir (2016– )

TV-MA | 55 min | Drama, Thriller

The story of a French president to be and one of his friends, the mayor of a small city in northern France.

Stars: Kad Merad, Anna Mouglalis, Astrid Whettnall, Lubna Gourion

Votes: 1,637

19. Boomerang! (1947)

Passed | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

The true story of a prosecutor's fight to prove the innocence of a man accused of a notorious murder.

Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb, Cara Williams

Votes: 5,054

20. To Play the King (1993)

55 min | Drama

Francis Urquhart, the unscrupulous but cunning Conservative Prime Minister, has his survival threatened by a liberal monarch and an upcoming General Election.

Stars: Ian Richardson, Michael Kitchen, Kitty Aldridge, Colin Jeavons

Votes: 4,450

21. Noir (2001–2002)

TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Crime

Two beautiful female assassins travel the world accepting assignments to kill various culprits, and at the same time, having deadly traps set against them by their own employer.

Stars: Houko Kuwashima, Kotono Mitsuishi, Shelley Calene-Black, Monica Rial

Votes: 2,050

22. Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot (2001 TV Movie)

163 min | Biography, Drama

They were more than Washington wives. They were part of an American dream known as Camelot. With strength and cunning they upheld their public image by concealing their private truths. ... See full summary »

Director: Larry Shaw | Stars: Jill Hennessy, Lauren Holly, Leslie Stefanson, Daniel Hugh Kelly

Votes: 462

23. Spin (2012–2016)

TV-PG | 52 min | Drama, Thriller

After the assassination of the president, the electoral campaign begins again. The president's former advisor, is trying to promote his foals. The Secretary of State, is also in the running. The dirty tricks multiply.

Stars: Bruno Wolkowitch, Grégory Fitoussi, Philippe Magnan, Yves Pignot

Votes: 798

24. Plandemic (2020– )

99 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Documentary series that shows the connections and conflicts of interest between the media, the medical industry, politics and the financial industry during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Stars: David Martin, Judy Mikovits

Votes: 1,876

25. The Minister (2011)

115 min | Drama

Transport Minister Bertrand Saint-Jean is awoken in the middle of the night by his head of staff. A bus has gone off the road into a gully. He has no choice but to go to the scene of the ... See full summary »

Director: Pierre Schoeller | Stars: Olivier Gourmet, Michel Blanc, Zabou Breitman, Laurent Stocker

Votes: 2,908

26. This is Our Land (2017)

PG | 117 min | Drama

An engaged but apolitical nurse gets involved in a far-right political party. Based on numerous recent events in France, it becomes about how Front National operates and how it is perceived by the French.

Director: Lucas Belvaux | Stars: Émilie Dequenne, André Dussollier, Guillaume Gouix, Catherine Jacob

Votes: 1,153 | Gross: $0.01M

27. 2009: Lost Memories (2002)

R | 136 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

A failed assassination attempt in Harbin, China in 1909 changes the course of history. Now two JBI agents must find the connections between it and an ancient Korean artifact.

Directors: Lee Dong-Joon, Si-myung Lee | Stars: Jang Dong-Gun, Tôru Nakamura, Jin-ho Seo, Shin Goo

Votes: 3,426

28. Congress Dances (1931)

85 min | Comedy, History, Musical

Vienna glove-sales-lady Christl falls in love to Czar Alexander. Metternich tries to use this to keep him out of the conferences of the Vienna Congress from 1815.

Director: Erik Charell | Stars: Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch, Otto Wallburg, Conrad Veidt

Votes: 597

29. Nada (1974)

110 min | Thriller

A group of anarchist leftist called "Nada" and led by the terrorist Buenaventura Diaz abducts American ambassador Richard Poindexter in a brothel in Paris and takes him to a farm in the ... See full summary »

Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Fabio Testi, Maurice Garrel, Lou Castel, Mariangela Melato

Votes: 1,125

30. A Place Called Today (1972)

X | 103 min | Drama

Racial tensions arise when a black lawyer runs for mayor of a racially divided town.

Director: Don Schain | Stars: J. Herbert Kerr Jr., Lana Wood, Cheri Caffaro, Richard Smedley

Votes: 80

31. Rabin, the Last Day (2015)

Not Rated | 153 min | Drama, History, Thriller

Itzhak Rabin's murder ended all efforts of peace, and with him the whole left wing of Israel died. The movie shows the last of his days as prime minister, and what led to his murder.

Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Ischac Hiskiya, Yitzhak Hizkiya, Pini Mittelman, Michael Warshaviak

Votes: 446 | Gross: $0.03M

32. Le grand jeu (I) (2015)

99 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Ostensible puppet master is an affable white-haired gentleman named Joseph Paskin casually approaches the sullen Pierre Blum outside a French casino. Joseph pretends not to recognize the 40... See full summary »

Director: Nicolas Pariser | Stars: Melvil Poupaud, André Dussollier, Clémence Poésy, Sophie Cattani

Votes: 441

33. Free Rainer (2007)

130 min | Comedy, Drama

Frustrated, because he is forced to produce bad TV-shows, a manager of a TV-station, enters the station and manipulates the ratings, to initiate a TV-revolution.

Director: Hans Weingartner | Stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Elsa Sophie Gambard, Milan Peschel, Gregor Bloéb

Votes: 4,680

34. The Palermo Connection (1990)

PG-13 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A candidate for the Mayor of New York City promises to legalize drugs. The mafia, making insane money on illegal drug trade, is about to dissuade him - at all cost.

Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Jim Belushi, Mimi Rogers, Joss Ackland, Philippe Noiret

Votes: 570

35. Videobook: A Clockwork Orange (2023)

396 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A Clockwork Orange videobook.

Directors: George Zhuzikasio Ali, Ivan Prokopovich | Stars: George Zhuzikasio Ali, Ivan Prokopovich

36. Skinhead Attitude (2003)

PG | 90 min | Documentary

A fascinating road movie tracing history and origin of a subculture of youth that is known as one of the most radical and contradictory of our time.

Director: Daniel Schweizer | Stars: Laurel Aitken, Buster Bloodvessel, Jimmy Pursey, Ian Stuart

Votes: 628

37. The Living Dead (1995)

176 min | Documentary

Investigating the way politicians erase, rewrite and interpret the past to their own interest.

Star: Adam Curtis

Votes: 357

38. Videocracy (2009)

Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary

A look at segments of the Italian population who are consumed with celebrity worship.

Director: Erik Gandini | Stars: Silvio Berlusconi, Flavio Briatore, Fabio Calvi, Riccardo Canevali

Votes: 1,905 | Gross: $0.02M

39. The Revisionaries (2012)

Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary, History, News

The theory of evolution and a re-write of American history are caught in the crosshairs when an unabashed Creationist seeks re-election as chairman of America's most influential Board of Education.

Director: Scott Thurman | Stars: Don McLeroy, Kathy Miller, Jonathan Saenz, Stephanie Klenzendorf

Votes: 697 | Gross: $0.02M

40. Coluche (2008)

100 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

October 1980. Michel Colucci, better known as Coluche, is the French people's favorite comedian. He performs every night to a packed house at the Théâtre du Gymnase. One day, always ... See full summary »

Director: Antoine de Caunes | Stars: François-Xavier Demaison, Léa Drucker, Olivier Gourmet, Laurent Bateau

Votes: 729

41. Snake Tales (1998)

91 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance

A woman who accidentally runs over and kills an endangered snake is put on trial by a misogynist judge. She then tries to save herself by spinning an impossibly tall, "Arabian Nights"-esque... See full summary »

Director: Francesca Talenti | Stars: Amalia Stifter, Buddy Sosthand, Janine de Luna-Azul, Fred Ellis

Votes: 32

42. Your Next Governor (2014)

27 min | Documentary, Short

Arizona Secretary of State's are infamous for taking over the position of Governor. In the last few decades four Secretary of State's have taken over and left the state in political turmoil... See full summary »

Director: Nick Prete | Stars: Betsey Bayless, Mike Broomhead, Joel Brotherton, Douglas Cole

43. On the Line (2007)

Not Rated | 55 min | Documentary

An act of civil disobedience at America's largest ongoing protest brings graduate student Brian DeRouen face-to-face with the pressing constitutional issues of today. His non-violent action... See full summary »

Directors: Peter Glenn, Jason A. Schmidt | Stars: Roy Bourgeois, Brian DeRouen, John Perkins, Helen Prejean

Votes: 34

44. Call It Democracy (2005)

85 min | Documentary

Explores the controversial 2000 U.S. presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore. Voters and experts weigh in underscoring the complex and sometimes puzzling forces that create the culture of U.S. elections.

Director: Matthew Kohn | Stars: Alan Dershowitz, David Greenberg, David Brinkley, Birch Bayh

Votes: 15

45. Král Ubu (1996)

88 min | Comedy, Drama

Cinematographer F.A. Brabec's directorial debut adapts Alfred Jarry's absurd drama in a manner emphasizing artistic stylization. With the help of a legendary screenwriter Milos Macourek and... See full summary »

Director: F.A. Brabec | Stars: Marián Labuda, Lucie Bílá, Karel Roden, Ivan Zachariás

Votes: 146

46. Infokrieger - Die neuen rechten Medienmacher (2019 TV Movie)

63 min | Documentary

The Internet is an important medium for disseminating information and maintaining interpersonal relationships. But who determines the political discourse that takes place in social networks... See full summary »

Directors: Anna Breithausen, Dennis Leiffels, Marvin Milatz, Alexander Tieg, Uwe Wichert | Stars: Dennis Leiffels, Uwe Wichert, Alexander Tieg, Marvin Milatz

Votes: 11

47. The Death of the Horse (1992)

80 min | Drama

Set during the sweeping purges in 1980s Albania, a military regiment raising horses is disbanded under suspicion of being involved in a coup against dictator Enver Hoxha. One man, Agroni, ... See full summary »

Director: Saimir Kumbaro | Stars: Timo Flloko, Raimonda Bulku, Niko Kanxheri, Fitim Makashi

Votes: 124

48. El señor presidente (1983)

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Director: Manuel Octavio Gómez | Stars: Michel Auclair, Bruno Garcin, Reynaldo Miravalles, Florence Jaugey

49. Le président (2010)

98 min | Documentary

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Director: Yves Jeuland | Stars: Georges Frêche, Laurent Blondiau, Frédéric Bort, Gilles Cohen-Solal

Votes: 87

50. Croisade américaine en Afrique (2019 TV Movie)

59 min | Documentary

So gigantic the success, so reprehensible the backgrounds. The video of the social campaign 'KONY 2012' of the NPO 'Invisible Children, Inc.' was clicked one hundred million times within a ... See full summary »

Director: Jean-Baptiste Renaud | Stars: Milton Allimadi, Joseph Bowo, Guillaume Cailleaux, Colonel W.

Votes: 6