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Director Oliver Stone's exploration of former president Richard Nixon's strict Quaker upbringing, his nascent political strivings in law school, and his strangely self-effacing courtship of his wife, Pat. The contradictions in his character are revealed early, in the vicious campaign against Helen G …ahagan Douglas and the oddly masochistic Checkers speech. His defeat at the hands of the hated and envied John F. Kennedy in the 1960 presidential election, followed by the loss of the 1962 California gubernatorial race, seem to signal the end of his career. Yet, although wholly lacking in charisma, Nixon remains a brilliant political operator, seizing the opportunity provided by the backlash against the antiwar movement to take the presidency in 1968. It is only when safely in office, running far ahead in the polls for the 1972 presidential election, that his growing paranoia comes to full flower, triggering the Watergate scandal. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political conspiracypolitical dramapolitical thrillerepicconspiracy |
| Themes: | alcoholismillnessparanoiacorruptionpoliticsmarriage |
| Locations: | chinahospital |
| Characters: | brother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Period: | 1920s1930s1960s1970s |
| Story: | election campaigngovernment corruptionpolitical campaignamerican presidentevil politicianu.s. presidentpolitical corruptionreference to mohammad reza shah pahlavidarwinian struggle for survivalpolitical consultantnixon resignationlincoln memorialfbi chiefquakerpolitical cover up …federal bureau of investigationreference to frankensteinwatergatesteakrepublican partyrise and fallcourtshipoval officefirst ladypolitical candidatecampaigncareerconfrontationscampress conferencevietnam warwoman with glasseswashington d.c.powertrustelectiongovernmentpresidentcover upcontroversyman with glassespoliticiancharacter name in titleone word titleflashback (See All) |
Oliver Stone's biographical take on the life of George W. Bush, one of the most controversial presidents in USA history, chronicling from his wild and carefree days in college, to his military service, to his governorship of Texas and role in the oil business, his 2000 candidacy for president, his f …irst turbulent four years, and his 2004 re-election campaign. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political drama |
| Themes: | alcoholismpolitics |
| Characters: | husband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Period: | 1960s1970s |
| Story: | election campaignamerican presidentu.s. presidentpolitical consultantrepublican partyoval officefirst ladycampaigncareerwashington d.c.powerelectiongovernmentpresidentcontroversy …man with glassespoliticianone word titleflashback (See All) |
On November 22, 1963, president John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas. Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested for the crime and subsequently shot by Jack Ruby, supposedly avenging the president's death. An investigation concludes that Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby acted alone in their respective crimes …, but Louisiana district attorney Jim Garrison is skeptical. Assembling a trusted group of people, Garrison conducts his own investigation, bringing about backlash from powerful government and political figures. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political conspiracypolitical dramapolitical thrillerconspiracy |
| Themes: | paranoiacorruptionpolitics |
| Period: | 1960s |
| Story: | government corruptionamerican presidentu.s. presidentpolitical corruptionpolitical cover upconfrontationwashington d.c.powergovernmentpresidentcover upcontroversyman with glassescharacter name in titleone word title …flashback (See All) |
In the run-up to the 1972 elections, Washington Post reporter 'Bob Woodward (I)' (qv) covers what seems to be a minor break-in at the Democratic Party National headquarters. He is surprised to find top lawyers already on the defense case, and the discovery of names and addresses of Republican fund o …rganizers on the accused further arouses his suspicions. The editor of the Post is prepared to run with the story and assigns Woodward and 'Carl Bernstein (I)' (qv) to it. They find the trail leading higher and higher in the Republican Party, and eventually into the White House itself. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political conspiracypolitical dramapolitical thrillerconspiracy |
| Themes: | paranoiacorruptionpolitics |
| Period: | 1970s |
| Story: | government corruptionpolitical campaignamerican presidentu.s. presidentpolitical corruptionnixon resignationpolitical cover upwatergaterepublican partypolitical candidatewashington d.c.presidentcover uppolitician |
After being caught in a scandalous situation days before the election, the president does not seem to have much of a chance of being re-elected. One of his advisers contacts a top Hollywood producer in order to manufacture a war in Albania that the president can heroically end, all through mass medi …a. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political conspiracyconspiracy |
| Themes: | corruption |
| Story: | election campaignpolitical campaignamerican presidentu.s. presidentpolitical corruptionpolitical consultantpolitical cover uppolitical candidatepress conferencewashington d.c.electionpresidentcover upman with glasses |
When his army unit was ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saved his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, then-Captain Ben Marco, was knocked unconscious. Brokering the incident for political capital, Shaw eventually becomes a vice-presidential nominee, while Marco i …s haunted by dreams of what happened -- or didn't happen -- in Kuwait. As Marco (now a Major) investigates, the story begins to unravel, to the point where he questions if it happened at all. Is it possible the entire unit was kidnapped and brainwashed to believe Shaw is a war hero as part of a plot to seize the White House? Some very powerful people at Manchurian Global corporation appear desperate to stop him from finding out. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political conspiracypolitical thrillerconspiracy |
| Themes: | paranoiacorruptionpolitics |
| Characters: | mother son relationship |
| Story: | election campaigngovernment corruptionpolitical campaignpolitical corruptionpolitical cover uppolitical candidatewoman with glassescover upman with glasses |
Andrew Shepherd is approaching the end of his first term as President of the United States. He's a widower with a young daughter and has proved to be popular with the public. His election seems assured. That is until he meets Sydney Ellen Wade, a paid political activist working for an environmental …lobby group. He's immediately smitten with her and after several amusing attempts, they finally manage to go on a date (which happens to be a State dinner for the visiting President of France). His relationship with Wade opens the door for his prime political opponent, Senator Bob Rumson, to launch an attack on the President's character, something he could not do in the previous election as Shepherd's wife had only recently died. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political drama |
| Themes: | politics |
| Story: | election campaignpolitical campaignamerican presidentu.s. presidentpolitical consultantoval officepolitical candidatewashington d.c.electionpresidentpolitician |
Frank Horrigan is a secret service agent who keeps thinking back to November 22, 1963, when, as a hand-picked agent by President Kennedy, he became one of the few agents to have lost a President to an assassin when Kennedy died. Now, former CIA assassin Mitch Leary is stalking the current President, … who is running for re-election. Mitch has spent long hours studying Horrigan, and he taunts Horrigan, telling him of his plans to kill the President. Leary plans to kill the president because Leary feels betrayed by the government -- Leary was removed from the CIA, and the CIA is now trying to have him killed. After talking to Leary, Horrigan makes sure he is assigned to presidential protection duty, working with fellow secret service agent Lilly Raines. Horrigan has no intention of failing his President this time around, and he's more than willing to take a bullet. White House Chief of Staff Harry Sargent refuses to alter the President's itinerary, while Horrigan's boss, Secret Service Director Sam Campagna, is supportive of Horrigan. As the election gets closer, Horrigan begins to doubt his own abilities, especially when Horrigan's colleague Al D'Andrea is killed by Leary. But Horrigan may be the only one who can stop Leary. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political conspiracypolitical thrillerconspiracy |
| Themes: | paranoiacorruptionpolitics |
| Story: | government corruptionpolitical campaignamerican presidentu.s. presidentpolitical corruptionlincoln memorialpolitical cover uppress conferencewashington d.c.electiongovernmentpresidentcover upflashback |
Major Ben Marco ('Frank Sinatra' (qv)) is an intelligence officer in the U.S. Army. He served valiantly as a captain in the Korean war and his Sergeant, Raymond Shaw ('Laurence Harvey (I)' (qv)), even won the Medal of Honor. Marco has a major problem however: he has a recurring nightmare, one where …two members of his squad are killed by Shaw. He's put on indefinite sick leave and visits Shaw in New York. Shaw for his part has established himself well, despite the misgivings of his domineering mother, Mrs. Eleanor Shaw Iselin ('Angela Lansbury' (qv)). She is a red-baiter, accusing anyone who disagrees with her right-wing reactionary views of being a Communist. Raymond hates her, not only for how she's treated him but equally because of his step-father, the ineffectual U.S. Senator John Iselin ('James Gregory (I)' (qv)), who is intent on seeking higher office. When Marco learns that others in his Korean War unit have nightmares similar to his own, he realizes that something happened to all of them in Korea and that Raymond Shaw is the focal point. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political conspiracypolitical thrillerconspiracy |
| Themes: | paranoiacorruptionpoliticsmarriage |
| Locations: | chinahospital |
| Characters: | mother son relationship |
| Story: | election campaigngovernment corruptionpolitical corruptionpolitical cover uprepublican partypress conferencewashington d.c.presidentcover uppoliticianflashback |
Tom Dobbs, comedic host of a political talk show - a la Bill Maher and Jon Stewart - runs for President of the US as an independent candidate who, after an issues-oriented campaign and an explosive performance in the final debate, gets just enough votes to win. Trouble is he owes his victory to a co …mputer glitch in the national touch-screen voting system marketed by Delacroy, a private company with a rising stock price. To protect their fortune, Delacroy executives want to keep the glitch a secret, but one programmer, Eleanor Green, wants Dobbs to know the truth. Can she get to him? (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political thrillerconspiracy |
| Themes: | politics |
| Story: | election campaignpolitical campaignamerican presidentu.s. presidentpolitical candidatecampaignwashington d.c.electionpresidentman with glasses |
Writer Peter Morgan's legendary battle between Richard Nixon, the disgraced president with a legacy to save, and David Frost, a jet-setting television personality with a name to make, in the story of the historic encounter that changed both their lives. For three years after being forced from office …, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman and secure a place in the hearts and minds of Americans (as well as a $600,000 fee). Likewise, Frost's team harbored doubts about their boss' ability to hold his own. But as cameras rolled, a charged battle of wits resulted. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political drama |
| Themes: | paranoiapolitics |
| Locations: | hospital |
| Characters: | brother brother relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1970s |
| Story: | american presidentu.s. presidentpolitical corruptionnixon resignationquakerpolitical cover upwatergaterepublican partyvietnam warwashington d.c.presidentcover upman with glassespoliticiancharacter name in title …flashback (See All) |
Based on the novel by David Baldacci, Absolute Power is about the ruthlessness of people in power. The President believes that everything he does is beyond reproach, including an affair or two. That leads to murder and everyone around him is involved. There is only one witness, a thief named Luther …Whitney. They are sure he'll talk, but when? The Secret Service is determined to keep him quiet, but catching a thief isn't always easy. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political conspiracypolitical thrillerconspiracy |
| Themes: | paranoiacorruptionpolitics |
| Locations: | hospital |
| Story: | government corruptionu.s. presidentpolitical corruptionpolitical cover uppress conferencewashington d.c.powerpresidentcover up |
Tom Farrell is a navy officer who gets posted at the Pentagon and is to report to the secretary of defense David Brice. He starts an affair with Susan Atwell not knowing that she is Brice's mistress. When Susan is found dead, Tom is assigned to the case of finding the killer who is believed to be a …KGB mole! Tom could soon become a suspect when a Polaroid negative of him was found at Susan's place. He now has only a few hours to find the killer before the computer regenerates the photo. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political conspiracypolitical thrillerconspiracy |
| Themes: | paranoiacorruptionpolitics |
| Story: | government corruptionamerican presidentu.s. presidentpolitical corruptionlincoln memorialpolitical cover upwashington d.c.trustpresidentcover uppolitician |
Jack Ryan is back and this time the bad guys are in his own government. When Admiral James Greer becomes sick with cancer, Ryan is appointed acting CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence. Almost before he can draw a breath in his new position, one of the president's closest friends and his family are m …urdered in their sleep by what appears to by drug cartels. Ryan is called in to investigate, but unknown to him the CIA has already sent a secret field operative to lead an illegal paramilitary force in Colombia against cartels. Things get even more complicated when his team is set up and he loses an agent in the field and a friend of his wife's, who was the murdered agent's secretary, is murdered that same day. Ryan must then risk not only his career, but his life to expose the truth behind the mystery. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political conspiracypolitical thrillerconspiracy |
| Themes: | corruptionpolitics |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | government corruptionamerican presidentu.s. presidentpolitical corruptionpolitical cover upoval officecareerpress conferencewashington d.c.governmentcover upman with glassespolitician |
Tracy Flick is running unopposed for this year's high school student election. But school civics teacher Jim McAllister has a different plan. Partly to establish a more democratic election, and partly to satisfy some deep personal anger toward Tracy, Jim talks popular varsity football player Paul Me …tzler to run for president as well. Chaos ensues. (Read More)
| Themes: | corruptionpoliticsmarriage |
| Characters: | husband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | election campaignpolitical campaignpolitical candidatewashington d.c.electionpresidentone word titleflashback |
A 25 year old female White House staffer, Carla Town, is murdered in the White House. D.C. homicide detective Regis is assigned to investigate, only to find evidence suppressed by the Secret Service. After suspecting a cover-up, Regis convinces Secret Service Agent Nina Chance to assist in uncoverin …g the truth. The President's son Kyle Neil is a prime suspect, as he was having sex with Carla within an hour of her murder. While the investigation ensues, the President, Jack Neil, is holding meetings with top military personnel regarding North Korea's holding 23 U.S. military personnel hostage. Regis confronts top Secret Service Agent Spikings at his home shortly after Spikings returns with evidence leading to the murder. The home is attacked and Spikings is killed, but Regis makes it out alive with Agent Chance's assistance, and with the evidence tape. White House adviser Jordan presents false evidence to the President that his son killed Carla and forces the President to say he will announce his resignation at 10 p.m. the following day. Regis and Chance break into the White House via underground tunnels, stop the President from resigning, and arrest Jordan for conspiracy to murder. Jordan pulls a gun, injures Agent Chance, and is killed by multiple Secret Service agents. A news briefing states there were false rumors of the President resigning, and also falsely state that Agent Spikings was killed in the gunfire exchange between Jordan and the Secret Service. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political conspiracypolitical thrillerconspiracy |
| Themes: | corruptionpolitics |
| Story: | government corruptionamerican presidentu.s. presidentpolitical corruptionpolitical cover upwashington d.c.presidentcover up |
Biopic of J. Edgar Hoover told by Hoover as he recalls his career for a biography. Early in his career, Hoover fixated on Communists, anarchists and any other revolutionary taking action against the U.S. government. He slowly builds the agency's reputation, becoming the sole arbiter of who gets hire …d and fired. One of his hires is Clyde Tolson who is quickly promoted to Assistant Director and would be Hoover's confidant and companion for the rest of Hoover's life. Hoover's memories have him playing a greater role in the many high profile cases the FBI was involved in - the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, the arrest of bank robbers like John Dillinger - and also show him to be quite adept at manipulating the various politicians he's worked with over his career, thanks in large part to his secret files. (Read More)
| Themes: | paranoiacorruptionpolitics |
| Characters: | mother son relationship |
| Period: | 1920s1930s1960s1970s |
| Story: | federal bureau of investigationcareerpress conferencewoman with glasseswashington d.c.powergovernmentpresidentman with glassespoliticiancharacter name in titleflashback |
Two Supreme Court Justices have been killed. Now a college professor, who clerked for one of the two men, who's also having an affair with one of his students, is given a brief by her, that states who probably, wanted to see these two men dead. He then gives it to one of his friends, who works for t …he FBI. When the FBI director reads it, he is fascinated by it. One of the president's men who read it, is afraid that if it ever got out, the president could be smeared. So, he advises the president to tell the director to drop it, which he does. But later the professor and the girl were out and he was drunk and when he refused to give her the keys she stepped out of the car. When he started it, it blew up. She then discovers that her place has been burglarized and what was taken were her computer and her disks. Obviously, her brief has someone agitated. She then turns to her boyfriend's friend at the FBI, he agrees to come meet her but before he does someone shoots him and takes his place. At the meeting, he was about to kill her when someone shoots him. She then decides to turn to Gray Grantham, an investigative reporter, who was contacted by someone who says he has info on the killings but backed out at the last minute. He then meets her and tells her what her brief is, and basically, the man she suspects is a good friend of the president, who is trying to manipulate the outcome of a trial that is now before the Supreme Court. Grantham tells her that her brief can harm the pres… (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political conspiracypolitical thrillerconspiracy |
| Themes: | paranoiacorruptionpolitics |
| Locations: | hospital |
| Story: | government corruptionamerican presidentu.s. presidentpolitical corruptionpolitical cover upoval officewashington d.c.presidentcover up |
The naked corpse of Captain Elisabeth Campbell, daughter of Lieutenant General "Fighting Joe" Campbell, is found staked out on the urban warfare range of Fort MacCallum. Army CID detectives and ex-lovers Paul Brenner and Sara Sunhill are called in to investigate, and find themselves wrapped up in a …maelstrom of sexual impropriety and misguided face-saving. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political conspiracypolitical thrillerconspiracy |
| Themes: | paranoiacorruptionpolitics |
| Story: | government corruptionpolitical corruptionpolitical cover upcover upflashback |
Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, wit …h the nation's government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political thrillerconspiracy |
| Themes: | politics |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | american presidentu.s. presidentpolitical corruptionlincoln memorialoval officefirst ladywashington d.c.governmentpresidentpolitician |
The President of the United States is in Salamanca, Spain, about to address the city in a public square. We see a plain-clothes cop, his girlfriend with another man, a mother and child, an American tourist with a video camera, and a Secret Service agent newly returned from medical leave. Shots ring …out and the President falls; a few minutes later, we hear a distant explosion, then a bomb goes off in the square. Those minutes are retold, several times, emphasizing different characters' actions. Gradually, we discover who's behind the plot. Is the Secret Service one step ahead, or have the President's adversaries thought of everything? (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political conspiracypolitical thrillerconspiracy |
| Themes: | corruptionpolitics |
| Characters: | brother brother relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Story: | american presidentu.s. presidentpolitical corruptionpolitical cover uppresidentcover uppoliticianflashback |
Stephen Meyers is a young idealist who's brilliant at communications, is second in command of Governor Mike Morris's presidential campaign, and is a true believer. In the middle of the Ohio primary, the campaign manager of Morris's opponent asks Meyers to meet; he offers him a job. At the same time, … Morris's negotiations for the endorsement of the man in third place, a North Carolina Senator, hit a snag. A young campaign intern, Molly Stearns, gets Stephen's romantic attention. Republicans have a trick up their sleeve; Stephen may be too trusting, and Molly has a secret. What's most important, career, victory, or virtue? (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political thriller |
| Themes: | politics |
| Story: | election campaignpolitical campaignpolitical candidatecampaigncareerwoman with glasseselectionman with glasses |
Thomas Craven is a detective who has spent years working the streets of Boston. When his own daughter is killed outside his own home, Craven soon realizes that her death is only one piece of an intriguing puzzle filled with corruption and conspiracy, and it falls to him to discover who is behind the … crime. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political conspiracypolitical thrillerconspiracy |
| Themes: | paranoiacorruption |
| Locations: | hospital |
| Story: | political corruptiongovernmentcover upflashback |
This stylish Brian De Palma thriller plays off the theme of the unsuspecting witness who discovers a crime and is thereby put in grave danger, but with a novel twist. Jack Terry is a master sound recordist who works on grade-B horror movies. Late one evening, he is recording sounds for use in his mo …vies when he hears something unexpected through his sound equipment and records it. Curiosity gets the better of him when the media become involved, and he begins to unravel the pieces of a nefarious conspiracy. As he struggles to survive against his shadowy enemies and expose the truth, he does not know whom he can trust. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political conspiracypolitical thrillerconspiracy |
| Themes: | paranoiapolitics |
| Locations: | hospital |
| Story: | government corruptionpolitical corruptionpolitical cover uptrustcover uppoliticianflashback |
Tuesday, June 4, 1968: the California presidential primary. As day breaks 'Robert F. Kennedy' (qv) arrives at the Ambassador Hotel; he'll campaign, then speak to supporters at midnight. To capture the texture of the late 1960s, we see vignettes at the hotel: a couple marries so he can avoid Vietnam, … kitchen staff discuss race and baseball, a man cheats on his wife, another is fired for racism, a retired hotel doorman plays chess in the lobby with an old friend, a campaign strategist's wife needs a pair of black shoes, two campaign staff trip on LSD, a lounge singer is on the downhill slide. Through it all, we see and hear RFK calling for a better society and a better nation. (Read More)
| Themes: | corruptionpoliticsmarriage |
| Characters: | brother brother relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1960s |
| Story: | political corruptionrise and fallcampaignvietnam warcharacter name in titleone word title |
Biograpical epic of Malcolm X, the legendary African American leader. Born Malcolm Little, his father (a Garveyite Baptist minister) was killed by the Ku Klux Klan. Malcolm became a gangster, and while in jail discovered the Nation of Islam writings of Elijah Muhammad. He preaches the teachings when … let out of jail, but later on goes on a pilgrimage to the city of Mecca, there he converts to the original Islamic religion and becomes a Sunni Muslim and changes his name to El-Hajj Malik Al-Shabazz. He is assassinated on February 21, 1965 and dies a Muslim martyr. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political dramaepicconspiracy |
| Themes: | politics |
| Characters: | husband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Period: | 1920s1930s1960s |
| Story: | controversyman with glassescharacter name in titleflashback |
A group of reporters are trying to decipher the last word ever spoken by Charles Foster Kane, the millionaire newspaper tycoon: "Rosebud." The film begins with a news reel detailing Kane's life for the masses, and then from there, we are shown flashbacks from Kane's life. As the reporters investigat …e further, the viewers see a display of a fascinating man's rise to fame, and how he eventually fell off the top of the world. (Read More)
| Themes: | politicsmarriage |
| Locations: | hospital |
| Characters: | husband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Period: | 1920s1930s |
| Story: | election campaignpolitical campaignu.s. presidentpolitical candidatecampaigncareerpowertrustelectionpoliticiancharacter name in titleflashback |
Jackie is a portrait of one of the most important and tragic moments in American history, seen through the eyes of the iconic First Lady, then 'Jacqueline Kennedy (I)' (qv). Jackie places us in her world during the days immediately following her husband's assassination. Known for her extraordinary d …ignity and poise, here we see a portrait of the First Lady as she fights to establish her husband's legacy and the world of "Camelot" that she created and loved so well. (Read More)
| Themes: | politics |
| Locations: | hospital |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1960s |
| Story: | american presidentu.s. presidentoval officefirst ladywashington d.c.presidentcharacter name in titleone word titleflashback |
JJ 'Jake' Gittes is a private detective who seems to specialize in matrimonial cases. He is hired by Evelyn Mulwray when she suspects her husband Hollis, builder of the city's water supply system, of having an affair. Gittes does what he does best and photographs him with a young girl but in the ens …uing scandal, it seems he was hired by an impersonator and not the real Mrs. Mulwray. When Mr. Mulwray is found dead, Jake is plunged into a complex web of deceit involving murder, incest, and municipal corruption all related to the city's water supply. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political conspiracyconspiracy |
| Themes: | paranoiacorruptionpolitics |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1930s |
| Story: | government corruptionpolitical corruptionpolitical cover upscamcover upone word title |
Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed on a lark by the spineless governor of his state. He is reunited with the state's senior senator--presidential hopeful and childhood hero, Senator Joseph Paine. In Washington, however, Smith discovers many of the shortcomi …ngs of the political process as his earnest goal of a national boys' camp leads to a conflict with the state political boss, Jim Taylor. Taylor first tries to corrupt Smith and then later attempts to destroy Smith through a scandal. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political drama |
| Themes: | corruptionpolitics |
| Characters: | mother son relationship |
| Period: | 1930s |
| Story: | government corruptionpolitical corruptionlincoln memorialwashington d.c.character name in title |
A petty thief is gunned down in an alley and a Congressman's assistant falls in front of a subway - two seemingly unrelated deaths. But not to wisecracking, brash newspaper reporter Cal McAffrey who spies a conspiracy waiting to be uncovered. With a turbulent past connected to the Congressman and th …e aid of ambitious young rookie writer Della Frye, Cal begins uprooting clues that lead him to a corporate cover-up full of insiders, informants, and assassins. But as he draws closer to the truth, the relentless journalist must decide if it's worth risking his life and selling his soul to get the ultimate story. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political conspiracypolitical thrillerconspiracy |
| Themes: | corruption |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | political corruptionwatergatepress conferencewashington d.c.politician |
In the early 1950's, the threat of Communism created an air of paranoia in the United States and exploiting those fears was Senator 'Joseph McCarthy (II)' (qv) of Wisconsin. However, CBS reporter 'Edward R. Murrow' (qv) and his producer 'Fred W. Friendly' (qv) decided to take a stand and challenge M …cCarthy and expose him for the fear monger he was. However, their actions took a great personal toll on both men, but they stood by their convictions and helped to bring down one of the most controversial senators in American history. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political drama |
| Themes: | paranoiapoliticsmarriage |
| Characters: | husband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | republican partywashington d.c.governmentcover upcontroversyman with glassespoliticianflashback |
In a remote area of Northern Kenya, activist Tessa Quayle is found brutally murdered. Tessa's companion, a doctor, appears to have fled the scene, and the evidence points to a crime of passion. Members of the British High Commission in Nairobi assume that Tessa's widower, their mild-mannered and una …mbitious colleague Justin Quayle, will leave the matter to them. They could not be more wrong. Haunted by remorse and jarred by rumors of his late wife's infidelities, Quayle surprises everyone by embarking on a personal odyssey that will take him across three continents. Using his privileged access to diplomatic secrets, he will risk his own life, stopping at nothing to uncover and expose the truth - a conspiracy more far-reaching and deadly than Quayle could ever have imagined. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political thrillerconspiracy |
| Themes: | paranoiacorruptionpoliticsmarriage |
| Locations: | hospital |
| Characters: | husband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | government corruptionpolitical corruptiongovernmentcover upflashback |
The unforgettable true story chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The epic march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in President Johnson signing the Voting Rig …hts Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement. Director Ava DuVernay's "Selma" tells the story of how the revered leader and visionary Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and his brothers and sisters in the movement prompted change that forever altered history. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | politics |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1960s |
| Story: | american presidentu.s. presidentcampaignpresidentone word title |
Using flashbacks from a statement recorded late in life and archival footage for atmosphere, this film traces Harvey Milk's career from his 40th birthday to his death. He leaves the closet and New York, opens a camera shop that becomes the salon for San Francisco's growing gay community, and organiz …es gays' purchasing power to build political alliances. He runs for office with lover Scott Smith as his campaign manager. Victory finally comes on the same day Dan White wins in the city's conservative district. The rest of the film sketches Milk's relationship with White and the 1978 fight against a statewide initiative to bar gays and their supporters from public school jobs. (Read More)
| Themes: | paranoiapolitics |
| Period: | 1970s |
| Story: | political campaignrepublican partypolitical candidatecampaigncareerpowerelectiongovernmentpoliticiancharacter name in titleone word titleflashback |
The President of the USA goes to Moscow and gives a stirring speech outlining the USA's new "Zero-tolerance" policy with respect to terrorism. On the flight home, terrorists take over Air Force One (the President's official plane) and take the passengers (including his wife and daughter) hostage. Th …e terrorists plan to execute one hostage every half-hour unless/until their demands are met. However, the President is a former Medal of Honor winner, so the terrorists may be in for a surprise... (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political conspiracypolitical thrillerconspiracy |
| Themes: | corruptionpolitics |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | american presidentu.s. presidentpolitical corruptionfirst ladycampaignpress conferencepresident |
In 1865, as the American Civil War winds inexorably toward conclusion, U.S. president Abraham Lincoln endeavors to achieve passage of the landmark constitutional amendment which will forever ban slavery from the United States. However, his task is a race against time, for peace may come at any time, … and if it comes before the amendment is passed, the returning southern states will stop it before it can become law. Lincoln must, by almost any means possible, obtain enough votes from a recalcitrant Congress before peace arrives and it is too late. Yet the president is torn, as an early peace would save thousands of lives. As the nation confronts its conscience over the freedom of its entire population, Lincoln faces his own crisis of conscience -- end slavery or end the war. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political drama |
| Themes: | politics |
| Story: | american presidentu.s. presidentwashington d.c.presidentcharacter name in titleone word title |
In a gritty and alternate 1985 the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown, but after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in d …oing so discover a deeper and far more diabolical plot. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epicconspiracy |
| Characters: | mother son relationship |
| Period: | 1960s1970s |
| Story: | american presidentu.s. presidentpress conferencevietnam wargovernmentpresidentcontroversyone word titleflashback |
Gene Watson is a public accountant who arrives on a train at Union Station in Los Angeles, accompanied by his 6-year-old daughter Lynn. Because of his ordinary looks, he is approached by a pair of sinister people named Smith and Jones. Pretending to be cops, Smith and Jones kidnap Lynn and confront …Gene with a simple choice -- kill California governor Eleanor Grant in 90 minutes or less, or Lynn will die. Watson is given a gun, six bullets, and a name tag, and he is told to go to the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and kill Eleanor, who is giving an afternoon speech. While Jones is watching Lynn in a van, Smith watches Watson in order to prevent Watson from alerting the authorities. Watson must quickly find some way to get himself and Lynn out of this seemingly impossible situation. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political conspiracypolitical thrillerconspiracy |
| Themes: | paranoiacorruptionpolitics |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | government corruptionpolitical corruptioncampaignpress conferenceman with glassespoliticianflashback |
Plame's status as a CIA agent was revealed by White House officials allegedly out to discredit her husband after he wrote a 2003 New York Times op-ed piece saying that the Bush administration had manipulated intelligence about weapons of mass destruction to justify the invasion of Iraq.
| Subgenre: | political conspiracypolitical thriller |
| Themes: | paranoiacorruptionpoliticsmarriage |
| Characters: | brother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | u.s. presidentpolitical corruptionwashington d.c.powertrust |
Following up on 'Bowling for Columbine', film-maker Michael Moore provides deep and though-provoking insights on the American security system, the level of paranoia, fear, uncertainty, false values and patriotism, which all combined together to set a stage for George W. Bush to launch a war on Iraq …instead of focusing on getting the real culprit(s) behind the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. This documentary also focuses on how some Saudis were safely and secretly flown out of America while planes were ostensibly grounded after the attacks. Archived film footage, candid interviews with politicians, and an overall waste of public funds for a war that was initiated on false pretension to wit: a weapon of mass distraction - to take the focus away from the real enemy and get Americans glued to their TV sets to watch innocent Iraqis and Afghans getting killed. And a war that would eventually alienate the U.S.A. and it's citizens from almost every country on Earth. (Read More)
| Themes: | paranoiacorruptionpolitics |
| Story: | american presidentu.s. presidentpolitical corruptionelectionpresidentcover upcontroversy |
In suburban Reston, Virginia, George Washington University American History professor Michael Faraday is still mourning the death of his wife, FBI agent Leah Faraday, after three years. His inside knowledge of the agency colors what he teaches in his classes. Although on good terms with Leah's ex-pa …rtner, Whit Carver, and the agency in general, Michael wants the agency at least to acknowledge their responsibility in her death in the line of duty. Michael is moving on with his personal life, he being in a serious relationship with his former teaching assistant Brooke Wolfe. Although he likes Brooke, Michael and Leah's nine year old son, Grant Faraday, may not yet be quite ready for Brooke to be a permanent part of their lives. It is only in helping adolescent Brady Lang who he sees in medical distress that Michael meets his new neighbors, Oliver and Cheryl Lang, Brady's parents. In the process, Michael and Brooke becomes friends with the Langs, as Grant and Brady become friends. However, the more time that he spends with them and catches discrepancies in their stories, Michael becomes suspicious that the Langs may not be everything they appear on the surface. As such, Michael, against Brooke's concerns of invasion of the Lang's privacy, begins his own investigation of Oliver in particular. What Michael discovers has serious national security implications, as well as possible life threatening dangers to him, Brooke and Grant. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political conspiracypolitical thrillerconspiracy |
| Themes: | paranoiacorruptionpolitics |
| Locations: | hospital |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | political corruptionpolitical cover upwashington d.c.governmentcover upflashback |
Biopic of billionaire 'Howard Hughes (I)' (qv), starting with his early filmmaking years as owner of RKO studios but mostly focusing on his role in designing and promoting new aircraft. Hughes was a risk-taker spending several fortunes on designing experimental aircraft and eventually founding TWA a …s a rival to Pan AM airlines owned by his great rival Juan Trippe. When Trippe's politico Senator Ralph 'Owen Brewster (I)' (qv) accuses Hughes of being a war profiteer, it's Hughes who gains the upper hand. Hughes also had many women in his life including a long relationship with actress 'Katharine Hepburn' (qv). From an early age however, Hughes was also germophobic and would have severe bouts of mental illness. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | illnessparanoiacorruptionpolitics |
| Locations: | hospital |
| Characters: | mother son relationship |
| Period: | 1920s1930s |
| Story: | political corruptionrise and fallwashington d.c.flashback |
In New York City, detective Billy Taggart goes to court for the murder of the rapist Mikey Tavarez, but the Mayor Nicholas Hostetler and the Chief of Police Carl Fairbanks vanish with important evidence and Billy is declared not guilty by the judge; however, he leaves the police department. Seven ye …ars later, Billy is a private detective and lives with his girlfriend Natalie Barrow, who is an aspiring actress and the sister of Mikey's victim. His secretary Katy Bradshaw (Alona Tal) is trying to collect part of the debts to save their business. In the week of the elections, Hostetler summons Billy and offers $25,000 to investigate his wife, Cathleen Hostetler, whom he believes is having a love affair. Billy discovers that Cathleen is meeting Paul Andrews, who is the coordinator of the campaign of Jack Valliant, the opponent of Hostetler and favorite in the election. When Paul is found dead on the street, Billy finds that he had been double-crossed by Hostetler and he decides to investigate the truth behind Paul's murder. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | conspiracy |
| Themes: | paranoiacorruptionpolitics |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | political campaignpolitical candidatecampaignelectioncover uppoliticianflashback |
Cecil Gaines was a sharecropper's son who grew up in the 1920s as a domestic servant for the white family who casually destroyed his. Eventually striking out on his own, Cecil becomes a hotel valet of such efficiency and discreteness in the 1950s that he becomes a butler in the White House itself. T …here, Cecil would serve numerous US Presidents over the decades as a passive witness of history with the American Civil Rights Movement gaining momentum even as his family has troubles of its own. As his wife, Gloria, struggles with her addictions and his defiant eldest son, Louis, strives for a just world, Cecil must decide whether he should take action in his own way. (Read More)
| Themes: | marriage |
| Period: | 1920s1960s1970s |
| Story: | american presidentu.s. presidentvietnam warwashington d.c.president |
In October, 1962, U-2 surveillance photos reveal that the Soviet Union is in the process of placing nuclear weapons in Cuba. These weapons have the capability of wiping out most of the Eastern and Southern United States in minutes if they become operational. President John F. Kennedy and his advisor …s must come up with a plan of action against the Soviets. Kennedy is determined to show that he is strong enough to stand up to the threat, and the Pentagon advises U.S. military strikes against Cuba--which could lead the way to another U.S. invasion of the island. However, Kennedy is reluctant to follow through, because a U.S. invasion could cause the Soviets to retaliate in Europe. A nuclear showdown appears to be almost inevitable. Can it be prevented? (Read More)
| Themes: | politics |
| Characters: | brother brother relationshipmother son relationship |
| Period: | 1960s |
| Story: | american presidentu.s. presidentoval officewashington d.c.president |
Elderly and a virtual prisoner in her own home due to her concerned staff and daughter Carol, 'Margaret Thatcher (I)' (qv), Britain's first woman prime minister, looks back on her life as she clears out her late husband Denis's clothes for the Oxfam shop. Denis is seen as being her rock as she first … enters parliament and then runs for the leadership of the Conservative Party, culminating in her eventual premiership. Now his ghost joins her to comment on her successes and failures, sometimes to her annoyance, generally to her comfort until ultimately, as the clothes are sent to the charity shop, Denis departs from Margaret's life forever. (Read More)
| Themes: | politics |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1960s1970s |
| Story: | political campaignelectionpresidentpoliticianflashback |
Journalist Jenny Lerner is assigned to look into the background of Secretary Alan Rittenhouse who abruptly resigned from government citing his wife's ill health. She learns from his secretary that Rittenhouse was having an affair with someone named Ellie but when she confronts him, his strange react …ion leads her to reconsider her story. In fact, a comet, discovered the previous year by high school student Leo Biederman and astronomer Dr. Marcus Wolf, is on a collision course with the Earth, an Extinction Level Event. A joint US-Russian team is sent to destroy the comet but should it fail, special measures are to be put in place to secure the future of mankind. As the space mission progresses, many individuals deal with their fears and ponder their future. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Story: | american presidentu.s. presidentpress conferencewashington d.c.governmentpresidentcover up |
Romantic comedy: Will Hayes, a 30-something Manhattan dad is in the midst of a divorce when his 10 year old daughter, Maya, starts to question him about his life before marriage. Maya wants to know absolutely everything about how her parents met and fell in love. Will's story begins in 1992, as a yo …ung, starry-eyed aspiring politician who moves to New York from Wisconsin in order to work on the Clinton campaign. For Maya, Will relives his past as a idealistic young man learning the ins and outs of big city politics, and recounts the history of his romantic relationships with three very different women. On the campaign, Will's best buddy is Russell McCormack. They not only have similar political aspirations, they share the same type of girl problems, too. Will hopelessly attempts a "PG" version of his story for his daughter ad changes the names so Maya has to guess who he finally married. Is her mother Will's college sweetheart, the dependable girl next-door Emily? Is she his longtime best friend and confidante, the apolitical April? Or is she the free-spirited but ambitious journalist? As Maya puts together the pieces of her dad's romantic puzzle, she begins to understand that love is not so simple or easy. And as Will tells her his tale, Maya helps him to understand that it's definitely never too late to go back...and maybe even possible to find a happy ending. (Read More)
| Themes: | politicsmarriage |
| Locations: | hospital |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | political campaignu.s. presidentpolitical consultantcampaignelectionpoliticianflashback |
Serpico is a cop in the 1960s-early 1970s. Unlike all his colleagues, he refuses a share of the money that the cops routinely extort from local criminals. Nobody wants to work with Serpico, and he's in constant danger of being placed in life threatening positions by his "partners". Nothing seems to …get done even when he goes to the highest of authorities. Despite the dangers he finds himself in, he still refuses to 'go with the flow', in the hope that one day, the truth will be known. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | conspiracy |
| Themes: | corruptionpolitics |
| Locations: | hospital |
| Characters: | brother brother relationshipmother son relationship |
| Period: | 1960s1970s |
| Story: | press conferencecharacter name in titleone word titleflashback |
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