political
118 movies and shows
Jawan
Thu, 07 Sep 2023
An emotional journey of a prison warden, driven by a personal vendetta while keeping up to a promise made years ago, recruits inmates to commit outrageous crimes that shed light on corruption and injustice, in an attempt to get even with his past, and that leads him to an unexpected reunion.
Autobiography
Thu, 19 Jan 2023
A young man is working as a housekeeper in an empty mansion. When its owner returns to start his mayoral election campaign, the young man bonds with him and defends him when his campaign is vandalized, setting off a chain of violence.
Habibie & Ainun
Wed, 12 Dec 2012
Habibie wanted to unite Indonesia by designing airplanes. He met his soulmate and underwent his struggle to become the 3rd president of Indonesia.
Apocalypse in the Tropics
Thu, 03 Jul 2025
When does a democracy end and a theocracy begin? In Apocalypse in the Tropics, Petra Costa investigates the increasingly powerful grip Christian evangelical leaders hold over politics in Brazil. She gains extraordinary access to the country’s top political leaders, including President Lula and former president Bolsonaro, as well as to Brazil’s most famous televangelist: a magnetic pastor who aspires to play puppet master to the far-right leader.
Casi divas
Thu, 21 Aug 2008
Four ambitious and beautiful young women. From four very different corners of Mexico. Just like hundreds of others, they are caught up in the frenzy that sweeps the nation when Alejandro Mateos, one of the country's most powerful producers, dreams up a nationwide talent search to cast the lead in his next big movie. But all this is news to Alejandro's on-again, off-again lover, Eva Gallardo, a diva of epic proportions, who expected to get the part. While Eva schemes to nail down the role, our four leads begin their own journey on the road to fame.
Soekarno
Wed, 11 Dec 2013
This biographical drama about Indonesia's first president recounts his nationalist crusade to seize independence from Dutch colonial rule.
The Plot Against the President
Fri, 16 Oct 2020
Based on Lee Smith's book of the same name, this documentary follows the story of the biggest political scandal in U.S. history.
The Eve
Thu, 07 Oct 1982
Aging politicians who have faded from the public eye hold a cocktail party to celebrate one friend's appointment to the President's Cabinet. Illusions are indulged, illusions are shattered.
Hammer und Flamme
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Struggle in Italy
Thu, 29 Apr 1971
The film reveals how and why a supposedly revolutionary Italian girl has in fact fallen prey to bourgeois ideology.
G.I. Jane
Tue, 19 Aug 1997
In response to political pressure from Senator Lillian DeHaven, the U.S. Navy begins a program that would allow for the eventual integration of women into its combat services. The program begins with a single trial candidate, Lieutenant Jordan O'Neil, who is chosen specifically for her femininity. O'Neil enters the grueling Navy SEAL training program under the command of Master Chief John James Urgayle, who unfairly pushes O'Neil until her determination wins his respect.
The Truth Beneath
Thu, 23 Jun 2016
For 15 days, a politician and his wife navigate a scandal after their daughter goes missing on the eve of the national elections.
Vindicating Trump
Tue, 27 Aug 2024
Character assassination. Political assassination. Legal assassination. An actual assassination attempt. They will try anything to stop Trump. We can’t let them!
Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea
Sat, 24 Feb 2024
During a cannibalistic bath salts epidemic in Hemet, California, a tyrannical landlady lords it over her tenants, pitting them against each other in a web of paranoia spun for deadly results.
Day of Rage: How Trump Supporters Took the U.S. Capitol
Thu, 01 Jul 2021
As part of a six-month investigation, The Times synchronized and mapped thousands of videos and police audio of the U.S. Capitol riot to provide the most complete picture to date of what happened - and why.
Don't They Know It's the End of the World?
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Two people on a date realize their circumstances prevent them from ever having a serious relationship. They create a fantasy that they're married, leading to existential consequences.
Al Franken: God Spoke
Sun, 01 Jan 2006
Join filmmaking duo Chris Hegedus and Nick Doob as their cameras follow Franken to book signings, campaign rallies and the launch of Air America Radio, documenting his transformation from irreverent funnyman to political pundit.
Girls State
Thu, 18 Jan 2024
What would American democracy look like in the hands of teenage girls? In this documentary, young female leaders from wildly different backgrounds in Missouri navigate an immersive experiment to build a government from the ground up.
Lost Cause
Sun, 27 Jul 2025
Actors workshop an allegorical and fictional new musical for an audience of one, who holds the fate of the play in her hands.