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1. Amazing Grace (2007)
directed by Michael Apted
featuring Ioan Gruffudd, Romola Garai, Benedict Cumberbatch, Albert Finney, Michael Gambon
One man's role in the long battle to outlaw slavery in the United Kingdom sets the stage for this historical drama from director Michael Apted. In ... More
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2. House of Cards (1990)
directed by Paul Seed
featuring Ian Richardson
Based on a novel by Michael Dobbs, the British miniseries House of Cards was the first entry in a darkly satirical trilogy about ruthless, ... More
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3. The Kingdom (2007)
directed by Peter Berg
featuring Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Jeremy Piven, Danny Huston
In the aftermath of a deadly attack on American forces in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, diplomats are slow to act, but meanwhile, FBI special agent Ronald ... More
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4. City Hall (1996)
directed by Harold Becker
featuring Al Pacino, John Cusack, Bridget Fonda, Danny Aiello, Martin Landau
Three A-list screenwriters -- (Nicholas Pileggi, Bo Goldman, and Paul Schrader) -- contributed to the script of this idealistic political drama. John ... More
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5. Nothing But the Truth (2008)
directed by Rod Lurie
featuring Kate Beckinsale, Matt Dillon, Angela Bassett, Alan Alda, Vera Farmiga
A tense political drama ripped straight from the headlines, Rod Lurie's Nothing But the Truth tells the tale of a Washington, D.C. reporter who is ... More
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6. Last Stand at Saber River (1997)
directed by Dick Lowry
featuring Tom Selleck, Keith Carradine, David Carradine, Suzy Amis, David Dukes
Tom Selleck stars as a Confederate soldier who finds himself at a crossroads, in this made-for-television adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel. Paul ... More
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7. State of Play (2009)
directed by Kevin Macdonald
featuring Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren, Robin Wright Penn, Jason Bateman, Jeff Daniels
The Last King of Scotland director Kevin McDonald teams with screenwriter Matthew Michael Carnahan for this American adaptation of the hit British ... More
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8. State of Play (2003)
directed by David Yates
featuring David Morrissey, John Simm, Bill Nighy, Kelly MacDonald, James McAvoy
The government's dangerous penchant for favoring corporate interests is put to the ultimate test after an ambitious politician's research assistant ... More
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9. I Compagni (1963)
directed by Mario Monicelli
featuring Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, Gabriella Giorgetti, Folco Lulli
The Organizer (I Compagni) takes a gritty, near-documentary approach to its subject matter: the exploitation of Italian laborers in the 19th century. ... More
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10. The Walker (2007)
directed by Paul Schrader
featuring Woody Harrelson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lauren Bacall, Lily Tomlin, Ned Beatty
With The Walker, Paul Schrader unofficially updates themes and tropes first explored by his controversial erotic thriller American Gigolo (1980). ... More
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11. Death of a President (2006)
directed by Gabriel Range
featuring Hend Ayoub, Brian Boland, Becky Ann Baker, Robert Mangiardi, Jay Patterson
The assassination of the most powerful leader in the free world is examined in this controversial mockumentary from British filmmaker Gabriel Range. ... More
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12. Red Dust (2004)
directed by Tom Hooper
featuring Hilary Swank, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jamie Bartlett, Marius Weyers, Ian Roberts
A dedicated human rights lawyer and a political activist who suffered at the hands of South African police officer with no regard for human life ... More
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13. The Bang Bang Club (2011)
directed by Steven Silver
featuring Ryan Philippe, Taylor Kitsch, Malin Akerman, Frank Rautenbach, Neels Van Jaarsveld
Four men with cameras put themselves in the middle of the action as a nation struggles to redefine itself in this drama based on a true story. In ... More
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14. Pinochet's Last Stand (2006)
directed by Richard Curson Smith
featuring Derek Jacobi, Peter Capaldi, Phyllida Law, Jessica Stevenson
Derek Jacobi stars as former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet (1915-2006) in this account of his 1998 arrest in England for crimes against humanity. ... More
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15. Island in the Sun (1957)
directed by Robert Rossen
featuring James Mason, Joan Fontaine, Dorothy Dandridge, Joan Collins, Michael Rennie
Political intrigue and romantic gamesmanship send an already torrid Caribbean community to the boiling point in this drama. Maxwell Fleury (James ... More
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16. Path to War (2002)
directed by John Frankenheimer
featuring Michael Gambon
Inspired by author Robert A. Caro's massive biography of President Lyndon Baines Johnson, the made-for-cable Path to War retraces the world-shaking ... More
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17. Daresalam (2001)
directed by Issa Serge Coelo
featuring Haikail Zakaria, Gerard Essomba, Sidiki Bakaba
Political turmoil turns two lifelong friends into enemies in this drama. In the African nation of Tanzania, Dijmi (Haikail Zakaria) and Koni ... More
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18. The Killing Fields (1984)
directed by Roland Joffé
featuring Sam Waterston, Dr. Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich, Julian Sands, Craig T. Nelson, Athol Fugard, Spalding Gray, Bill Paterson
The Killing Fields is a romanticized adaptation of an eyewitness magazine story by New York Times correspondent Sidney Schanberg. Covering the U.S. ... More
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19. An Enemy of the People (1966)
directed by Paul Bogart
featuring James Daly, Kate Reid, Philip Bosco
Arthur Miller's celebrated adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's powerful drama was brought to the small screen in this production staged for television. An ... More
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20. Silencio Roto (2001)
directed by Montxo Armendáriz
featuring Lucia Jimenez, Juan Diego Botto, Mercedes Sampietro, Alvaro de Luna, María Botto
In the wake of the Spanish Civil War, a number of the Republican guerillas who fought against Franco's fascist army went into hiding and continued ... More
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21. The Informer (1935)
directed by John Ford
featuring Victor McLaglen, Heather Angel, Preston S. Foster, Margot Grahame, Wallace Ford
The Informer, Liam O'Flaherty's novel of the the Irish "troubles" of the early 1920s, was first filmed in England in 1929, with Cyril McLaglen in the ... More
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22. Man of Iron (1981)
directed by Andrzej Wajda
featuring Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Krystyna Janda, Marian Opania, Irene Byrska, Boguslaw Linda
Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda's sequel to his immensely well-received Man of Marble covers some of the same ground: the relationship of labor ... More
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23. The Last Hurrah (1958)
directed by John Ford
featuring Spencer Tracy, Jeffrey Hunter, Dianne Foster, Pat O'Brien, Basil Rathbone, John Carradine
Spencer Tracy stars in John Ford's sentimental adaptation of Edwin O'Connor's novel about the final campaign of a big city mayor, loosely based upon ... More
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24. The Chess Players (1977)
directed by Satyajit Ray
featuring Richard Attenborough, Amjad Khan, Sanjeev Kumar, Saeed Jaffrey, Shabana Azmi
Based on a story by Munshi Premchand, and much influenced by Vsevolod Pudovkin's 1925 film Chess Fever, this satirical film by noted Indian director ... More
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25. Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977)
directed by Gary Nelson
This 12-hour TV miniseries (expanded from a 2-hour concept) was based on the political "roman a clef" The Company, by Watergate coconspirator John ... More
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