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1	Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) more movies like this directed by Stanley Kubrick featuring Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens, James Earl Jones In 1964, with the Cuban Missile Crisis fresh in viewers' minds, the Cold War at its frostiest, and the hydrogen bomb relatively new and frightening, Stanley Kubrick dared to make a film about what could happen if the wrong person pushed the wrong button -- and played the situation for laughs. Dr. Strangelove's jet-black satire (from a script by ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00!
2	Starship Troopers (1997) more movies like this directed by Paul Verhoeven featuring Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris, Clancy Brown, Michael Ironside Director Paul Verhoeven (Showgirls, Total Recall) reunited many from his 1987 Robocop team for this $100-million science fiction adventure, adapted from Robert A. Heinlein's 1959 novel, originally serialized in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (October-November, 1959). After graduation, Johnny Rico (Casper Van Dien) volunteers for the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.85!
3	Wag the Dog (1997) more movies like this directed by Barry Levinson featuring Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Woody Harrelson, Denis Leary In a 29-day shoot, Barry Levinson filmed this $15 million political and media satire, adapted by Hilary Henkin and David Mamet from Larry Beinhart's novel, American Hero. Two weeks prior to re-election, the President (Michael Belson) is accused of cornering an underage girl in the Oval Office. To keep the media from learning of this, Presidential ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.36!
4	Dave (1993) more movies like this directed by Ivan Reitman featuring Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Frank Langella, Kevin Dunn, Ving Rhames, Ben Kingsley, Charles Grodin The ghost of Frank Capra must have smiled when he saw Dave, an amusing and effective update of one of Capra's favorite themes -- the scrupulously honest little guy who becomes a force for good against a corrupt system. Dave Kovic (Kevin Kline) runs an employment agency and seems to genuinely enjoy finding work for people who need it. He also bears ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99!
5	Animal Farm (1999) more movies like this directed by John Stephenson featuring Pete Postlethwaite, Kelsey Grammer, Ian Holm, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Julia Ormond George Orwell's political fable about corruption and betrayal in post-revolutionary Russia gets a new look in this version that employs a cast of real animals alongside digitally manipulated critters and lifelike beasts crafted by Jim Henson's Creature Shop. At the Manor Farm, the alcoholic master Mr. Jones (Pete Postlethwaite) is cruel to his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.34!
6	South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) more movies like this directed by Trey Parker featuring Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mary Kay Bergman, Isaac Hayes, Jesse Howell The most tasteless third graders on television graduate to the big screen, as Trey Parker and Matt Stone expand their animated series with foul-mouthed humor that might breach the boundaries of basic cable. In the small Colorado town of South Park, good-natured Stan Marsh, slightly neurotic Kyle Broflovski, fat and petulant Eric Cartman, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.55!
7	Team America: World Police (2004) more movies like this directed by Trey Parker featuring Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Kristen Miller, Masasa, Daran Norris Directed by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, Team America: World Police is a tongue-in-cheek but nonetheless politically biting send-up of the CGI-laden, big-budget action movies that have taken an almost exclusive hold over mainstream box offices, particularly during the summer months. Inspired by the Thunderbirds, a popular 1960s ... see all copies from $3.95! new only from $8.00!
8	My Fellow Americans (1996) more movies like this directed by Peter Segal featuring Jack Lemmon, James Garner, Dan Aykroyd, John Heard, Everett McGill, Sela Ward In this comedy, Russell P. Kramer (Jack Lemmon) and Matt Douglas (James Garner) are two former U.S. Presidents who sit on opposite sides of the political fence. Kramer is a stuffy Republican reluctant to part with a dollar, while Douglas is a left-leaning Democrat with an eye for the ladies. Douglas succeeded Kramer in office after a single term, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.88!
9	Primary Colors (1998) more movies like this directed by Mike Nichols featuring John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates, Adrian Lester Mike Nichols directed this Elaine May screenplay adapted from the 1996 bestseller by "Anonymous" (Joe Klein), who fictionalized Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign. In the New Hampshire primary, Governor Jack Stanton (John Travolta) convinces Henry Burton (Adrian Lester), grandson of a respected civil rights pioneer, to become his deputy ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.62!
10	The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming! (1966) more movies like this directed by Norman Jewison featuring Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, Alan Arkin, Brian Keith, Jonathan Winters Just because The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming was vastly overrated by contemporary critics does not make it any less amusing. The story gets under way when a Soviet submarine accidently gets lodged in a sandbar on the coast of a New England town. In his feature film debut, Alan Arkin plays the sub's second-in-command, who is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.19!
11 view cover	Being There (1979) more movies like this directed by Hal Ashby featuring Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard Basehart, Richard Dysart Having lived his life as the gardener on a millionaire's estate, Chance (Peter Sellers) knows of the real world only what he has seen on TV. When his benefactor dies, Chance walks aimlessly into the streets of Washington D.C., where he is struck by a car owned by wealthy Eve Rand (Shirley MacLaine). Identifying himself, the confused man mutters ... see all copies from $7.99! new only from $13.99!
12 view cover	They Live (1988) more movies like this directed by John Carpenter featuring Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, George "Buck" Flower, Peter Jason John Carpenter wrote and directed this science fiction thriller about a group of aliens who try to take over the world by disguising themselves as Young Republicans. Wrestler Roddy Piper stars as John Nada, a drifted who makes his way into an immense encampment for the homeless. There he stumbles upon a conspiracy concerning aliens who have ... see all copies from $4.74! new only from $10.66!
13 view cover	One, Two, Three (1961) more movies like this directed by Billy Wilder featuring James Cagney, Horst Buchholz, Pamela Tiffin, Arlene Francis, Liselotte Pulver In his last starring film (it was supposed to be his last film, but Ragtime came along in 1981), James Cagney plays Coca-Cola executive C.R. MacNamara. Assigned to manage Coke's West Berlin office, MacNamara dreams of being transferred to London, and to do this he must curry favor with his Atlanta-based boss, Hazeltine (Howard St. John). Thus, ... see all copies from $4.95! new only from $4.95!
14 view cover	The Mouse That Roared (1959) more movies like this directed by Jack Arnold featuring Peter Sellers, Jean Seberg, David Kossoff, William Hartnell, Leo McKern, Timothy Bateson The economy of the teeny-tiny European duchy of Grand Fenwick is threatened when an American manufacturer comes up with an imitation of Fenwick's sole export, its fabled wine. Crafty prime minister Count Mountjoy (Peter Sellers) comes up with a plan: Grand Fenwick will declare war on the United States. Grand Duchess Gloriana (Peter Sellers again) ... see all copies from $15.14! new only from $15.14!
15 view cover	The Candidate (1972) more movies like this directed by Michael Ritchie featuring Robert Redford, Peter Boyle, Don Porter, Allen Garfield, Karen Carlson "What do we do now?" Director Michael Ritchie and executive producer/star Robert Redford satirically explore the machinations and manipulations of media-age political campaigns in this cynical political drama. Rumpled left-wing California lawyer Bill McKay (Redford), the son of a former governor (Melvyn Douglas), is enlisted by campaign maestro ... see all copies from $13.99! new only from $13.99!
16 view cover	PCU (1994) more movies like this directed by Hart Bochner, Martin Walters featuring Jeremy Piven, Chris Young, Jon Favreau, David Spade, Sarah Trigger Is it possible to be politically correct and unified? Find out in this satire set on a fictional eastern university. Port Chester University espouses pc thinking. From the Womynists to the Republicans, everyone there is involved in a cause; many of them are militant. So involved are they, that there is no time to go to class. Much of the story ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.19!
17 view cover	Man of the Year (2006) more movies like this directed by Barry Levinson featuring Robin Williams, Laura Linney, Christopher Walken, Lewis Black, Jeff Goldblum Good Morning, Vietnam duo Barry Levinson and Robin Williams re-team to tell the tale of a quick-witted radio talk-show host whose fanciful bid for the presidency becomes a surprising reality in the one political comedy that truly speaks for the people. When talk show host Tom Dobbs (Robin Williams) makes an offhand comment that he would be a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.88!
18 view cover	The Distinguished Gentleman (1992) more movies like this directed by Jonathan Lynn featuring Eddie Murphy, Lane Smith, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Joe Don Baker, Victoria Rowell A smooth-talking confidence trickster makes his way into congress (where the cynical would suggest he'd have plenty of company) in this comedy. Thomas Jefferson Johnson (Eddie Murphy) is a con man from Florida who gets the bright idea that a scam artist could make a tidy sum if he was able to get inside the political arena. When a Florida ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.86!
19 view cover	Bob Roberts (1992) more movies like this directed by Tim Robbins featuring Tim Robbins, Giancarlo Esposito, Alan Rickman, Ray Wise, Brian Doyle-Murray, Gore Vidal In the tradition of This Is Spinal Tap, producer/ director/ star Tim Robbins' Bob Roberts is a satire disguised as a documentary. Robbins plays the titular Roberts, a wealthy, well-connected young man running for a senatorial seat in Pennsylvania. On the surface, Roberts is an ingratiating glad-hander, a sincere believer in the restoration of such ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.53!
20 view cover	Good Bye Lenin! (2004) more movies like this directed by Wolfgang Becker featuring Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova, Maria Simon, Florian Lukas, Alexander Beyer, Burghart Klaußner, Michael Gwisdek A dedicated young German boy pulls off an elaborate scheme to keep his mother in good health in this comedy drama from director Wolfgang Becker. Suffering a heart attack and falling into a coma after seeing her son arrested during a protest, Alex's (Daniel Brühl) socialist mother, Christiane (Katrin Sass), remains comatose through the fall of the ... see all copies from $7.99!
21 view cover	Tito and Me (1993) more movies like this directed by Goran Markovic featuring Dimitrie Vojnov, Lazar Ristovski, Anica Dobra Goran Markovic's semi-autobiographical Tito and Me is the story of a 10-year-old named Zoran (Dimitrie Vojnov), who is growing up in Belgrade in 1954. Zoran is obsessed with Yugoslavia's dictatorial leader, "Comrade Tito," and over the course of the film, the young boy learns that worshipping idols is a naive, foolhardy practice. Tito and Me is ... see all copies from $5.41! new only from $10.49!
22 view cover	Citizen Ruth (1996) more movies like this directed by Alexander Payne featuring Laura Dern, Swoosie Kurtz, Kurtwood Smith, Mary Kay Place, Kelly Preston The divisive issue of abortion is at the center of Citizen Ruth, a political satire that attempts to subject both pro-choice and pro-life forces to equal ridicule. Laura Dern portrays Ruth Stoops, an irresponsible, unemployed woman who's addicted to inhaling household chemicals and has becomes pregnant, for the fifth time. After she is arrested ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.80!
23 view cover	Bananas (1971) more movies like this directed by Woody Allen featuring Woody Allen, Louise Lasser, Carlos Montalban, Natividad Abascal, Jacobo Morales One of Woody Allen's earlier, more slapstick-oriented efforts, Bananas tells the story of Fielding Mellish (Allen), a neurotic New Yorker who follows the object of his affections, Nancy (Louise Lasser), to the fictional Central American country of San Marcos, where she is involved in a revolution. Nancy wants nothing to do with Fielding, but he ... see all copies from $4.74! new only from $7.59!
24 view cover	Animal Farm (1955) more movies like this directed by John Halas, Joy Batchelor The British animation firm of John Halas and Joy Batchelor perform yeoman service in adapting George Orwell's allegorical novel Animal Farm to the screen. As any high-school English student can tell you,the original 1945 novel was Orwell's spin on the rise and fall of the Communist myth. A group of intelligent animals overthrow their corrupt human ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.99!
25 view cover	Bulworth (1998) more movies like this directed by Warren Beatty featuring Warren Beatty, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, Oliver Platt, Paul Sorvino Warren Beatty directed, co-produced (with Pieter Jan Brugge), co-scripted (with Jeremy Pikser), and stars in this political satire, a comedy-drama about a U.S. senator who decides to start speaking the truth. Despondent California Sen. Jay Bulworth (Beatty), up for re-election, is disillusioned by the usual campaign banalities; his marriage to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.49!

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