
25 Movies About Politics to Watch After Inauguration

25. The Manchurian Candidate
An American POW from the Korean War is brainwashed to become an unwitting assassin for a global Communist conspiracy. | © United Artists

24. Marshall
The story of Thurgood Marshall, the crusading lawyer who would become the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases. | © Open Road Films

23. Dave
Dave, an uncanny Presidential lookalike, has been recruited by the Secret Service to temporarily stand in for the President of the United States. | © Warner Bros. Entertainment

22. Nixon
A biography of former U.S. President Richard Nixon, charting from his days as a young boy to the presidency and his eventual fall from grace. | © Disney

21. Malcolm X
The biographical epic of Malcolm X traces his journey from small-time gangster to influential Black Nationalist leader and his assassination. | © Warner Bros. Pictures

20. The Contender
As a contender for U.S. Vice President, Senator Laine Hanson faces threats to her confirmation when both information and disinformation about her past emerge. | © DreamWorks Pictures

19. Milk
The story of Harvey Milk, an activist who championed equality and became California's first openly LGBTQ+ elected official. | © Focus Features

18. On the Basis of Sex
The true story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s fight for equal rights and the landmark cases that paved her path to the U.S. Supreme Court. | © Focus Features

17. Lincoln
During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln battles internal opposition within his cabinet while pushing to emancipate the slaves amidst ongoing battlefield carnage. | © 20th Century Studios

16. Head of State
When a presidential candidate dies unexpectedly in the middle of the campaign, Washington, D.C. alderman Mays Gilliam is unexpectedly picked as his replacement. | © DreamWorks Pictures

15. Game Change
Governor Sarah Palin joins Senator John McCain as his running mate in the 2008 Presidential election. | © HBO Films

14. The Ides of March
A campaign press secretary finds himself entangled in a high-stakes scandal that could derail his candidate’s election and shatter his ideals. | © Sony Pictures Releasing

13. State of the Union
Supporters urge an industrialist to run for President, forcing him to make difficult compromises in both his political career and marriage. | © MGM

12. The Lives of Others
In 1984 East Berlin, a secret police agent assigned to surveil a writer and his lover becomes deeply absorbed in their lives. | © Disney

11. Election
A high school teacher faces off against an ambitious and relentless student determined to win the class president election at any cost. | © Paramount Pictures

10. Bob Roberts
A conservative folk singer enters politics, running for the U.S. Senate and using smear campaigns and dirty tricks to gain an advantage over his opponent. | © Paramount Pictures

9. The Candidate
Bill McKay, a California Senate candidate with no expectation of winning, is unafraid to challenge the political establishment. | © Warner Bros. Entertainment

8. The Best Man
Two contenders for their party’s presidential nomination, one principled and the other ruthless, compete for the crucial endorsement of a former president. | © United Artists

7. The War Room
This documentary follows Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign, focusing on the strategists and staff, including James Carville and George Stephanopoulos. | © October Films

6. Wag the Dog
Shortly before an election, a spin doctor and a Hollywood producer join efforts to fabricate a war to cover up a Presidential sex scandal. | © New Line Cinema

5. Selma
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leads a historic 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to campaign for equal voting rights. | © 20th Century Studios

4. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
A naive youth leader appointed to the U.S. Senate confronts corruption and betrayal but pushes forward with his idealistic vision. | © Columbia Pictures

3. All the President's Men
Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal, exposing a political conspiracy that ultimately forces President Richard Nixon to resign. | © Warner Bros. Entertainment

2. Primary Colors
A man becomes part of the political campaign for a charismatic candidate running for President of the United States. | © Universal Pictures

1. The American President
A widowed U.S. President running for reelection falls for an environmental lobbyist, sparking romance and political challenges as perception shapes reality. | © Columbia Pictures
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