My Top 22 Political Themed Movies

Combining my interest in both politics and movies, I list the top 22 Political Themed Movies of my lifetime.  The first seven on this list I would  categorize as “classics.” Some movies are serious, some are satire, a few comedic.

1. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, Joseph Cotton) 1941
2. The Candidate (Robert Redford), Peter Boyle ) 1972
3. Nicholas and Alexandra ( Michael Jayson, Lawrence Olivier) 1971
4. The Best Man (Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson) 1964
5. All The Kings Men (Broderick Crawford) 1949
6. Advise and Consent (Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton) 1962
7. The Last Hurrah (Spenser Tracy) 1958
8. The Ides of March (George Clooney, Ryan Gosling) 2011
9. Downfall (Hitler’s last days) (Alexandra Lara, Bruno Ganz) 2004
10. Nixon (Anthony Hopkins) 1995
11. Game Change (Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson) 2012
12. The Contender (Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges) 2000
13. Seven Days in May (Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas) 1964
14. Failsafe (Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau) 1964
15. City Hall (Al Pacino, John Cusack) 1996
16. Primary Colors (John Travolta, Emma Thompson) 1998
17. The American President (Michael Douglas, Annette Bening) 1995
18. Duck Soup (Marx Brothers) 1933
19. V for Vendetta (Natalie Portman ) 2005
20. Frost/Nixon (Frank Langella, Michael Sheen) 2008
21. Vice (Christian Bale) 2018
22. The Seduction of Joe Tynan (Alan Alda, Meryl Streep) 1979