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Plot Summary:
A popular but naive country singer is elected governor of a southern state and, once in office, decides to dismantle the corrupt political machine that got him elected. Director Daniel Mann's 1961 political drama stars Susan Hayward, Dean Martin, Wilfred Hyde-White, Martin Balsam, Ralph Meeker, Connie Sawyer, William Walker, Ray Teal, Larry Gates and Kathryn Card.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: retro, political, soap opera, independent film
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Peyton Place: The Next Generation (1985)
Plot Summary:
Another attempt to bring the 1960s primetime serial back to network television.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: soap opera
Similar in 77%
Back Street (1961)
Plot Summary:
Ambitious but thwarted, Rae Smith meets handsome Marine Paul Saxon, (of the Saxon department store chain), as he passes through Lincoln, Nebraska, on his way home from World War II. There's a definite spark between them but circumstances intervene and he leaves town without her. Later she learns he's married. Determined to make it as a fashion designer, Rae moves to New York and becomes a great success. One day she happens to meet Paul again and again there's that spark but he's still married so, as a form of escape, Rae moves to Rome to set up shop. Once again she meets Paul and finally they begin an actual affair since Paul's shrewish, drunken wife, Liz, won't give him a divorce. Time passes, the affair continues whenever time and place permit, but then, Paul's young son finds out about Rae and Rae's back-street world begins to crumble.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, soap opera
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The Everlasting Secret Family (1988)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful, if ambitious and amoral, youth is tapped to become the lover of a powerful senator. The young man quickly realizes that he can hold this place, with all its perks, only as long as he is young. He has no other function than being young. With the help of an aged judge, the young man, referred to only as The Lover, contrives a plan to make a change in the way of the world, a plan that will take him years to realize. To succeed, he must manipulate, in subtle and not-so-subtle ways, the senator, his wife, the family chauffeur (who was, when young, a lover), and, by implication, the entire well-planned and controlling everlasting secret family.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 369
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: satanic, psychological, serious, realistic, disturbing, gloomy, sexual, independent film, sexy, queer cinema
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WUSA (1970)
Plot Summary:
Rheinhardt, a cynical drifter, gets a job as an announcer for right-wing radio station WUSA in New Orleans. Rheinhardt is content to parrot WUSA's reactionary editorial stance on the air, even if he doesn't agree with it. Rheinhardt finds his cynical detachment challenged by a lady friend, Geraldine, and by Rainey, a neighbour and troubled idealist who becomes aware of WUSA's sinister, hidden purpose. And when events start spinning out of control, even Rheinhardt finds he must take a stand.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: political, serious, realistic, suspenseful, contemplative, allegory, avant garde
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Oru Indian Pranayakadha (2013)
Plot Summary:
Oru Indian Pranayakatha is about the life of a young political leader and his association with a woman who comes unexpectedly into his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, political
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Affairs of State (2018)
Plot Summary:
A young campaign aide gets in way over his head when he sleeps with the wife of a presidential candidate, sending him into a downward spiral of corruption and blackmail. He is left fighting not only for his career, but also his life.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, political, suspense, political thriller, disturbing, erotic
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A Perfect Stranger (1994)
Plot Summary:
A television movie based on "A Perfect Stranger," Danielle Steel's novel about an attorney who falls in love with the young wife of a wealthy man who is dying.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 632
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, sexual, sexy
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The Runner (2015)
Plot Summary:
In the aftermath of the BP oil spill, an idealistic but imperfect New Orleans politician (Nicolas Cage) finds his plans of restoration unraveling as his own life becomes contaminated with corruption, scandal and deceit.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, enigmatic, realistic, suspenseful, political
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The Carpetbaggers (1964)
Plot Summary:
The Carpetbaggers is a 1964 American film starring George Peppard as a character based largely on Howard Hughes and Alan Ladd as a former western gunslinger turned actor with the pseudonym Nevada Smith, played the following year in a prequel starring Steve McQueen in the part. Carroll Baker portrayed an actress inspired by Jean Harlow, who appeared in Hughes' film epic Hell's Angels. The Carpetbaggers was directed by Edward Dmytryk, filmed in 70mm, and was Alan Ladd's final film; Ladd died some months before its release.In the movie, George Peppard plays a hard-driven industrialist more than a little reminiscent of Howard Hughes. While he builds airplanes, directs movies and breaks hearts, his friends and lovers try to reach his human side, and find that it's an uphill battle. The film's title is a metaphor for self-promoting tycoons who perform quick financial takeovers, impose dictatorial controls for short-term profits, then move on to greener pastures.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: retro, clever, serious, realistic, cynical, stylized
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Storm (1975)
Plot Summary:
J.K. is a hotel Manager in a scenic location in India. One day he gallantly comes to the rescue of a drunk daughter, Aarti, of a politician, and chooses to be discrete about it. When she recovers, she and he fall in love; get married in a small marriage ceremony, have a daughter, and thereafter differences arise to such an extent that they decide to separate. Years pass J.K. and Aarti meet again when she is an established politician, both are still attracted to each other, but she does not want her name to be tarnished and stigmatized as a "separated" woman.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: realistic, retro, touching, serious, banned, banned film
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The Last Debate (2000)
Plot Summary:
Four members of the media are chosen as moderator and panel for the single televised debate of presidential candidates one week before the election. These four use the debate forum as never before, resulting in what critics call a hijacking of the electoral process.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 236
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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The Man (1972)
Plot Summary:
When the President and Speaker of the House are killed in a building collapse, and the Vice-President declines the office due to age and ill-health, Senate President pro tempore Douglas Dilman (James Earl Jones) suddenly becomes the first black man to occupy the Oval Office. The events from that day to the next election when he must decide if he will actually run challenge his skills as a politician and leader.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 402
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Hands Over the City (1963)
Plot Summary:
Rod Steiger is ferocious as a scheming land developer in Francesco Rosi’s Hands over the City, a blistering work of social realism and the winner of the 1963 Venice Film Festival Golden Lion. This expose of the politically driven real-estate speculation that has devastated Naples’s civilian landscape moves breathlessly from a cataclysmic building collapse to the backroom negotiations of civic leaders vying for power in a city council election, laying bare the inner workings of corruption with passion and outrage.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: realistic, tense, suspenseful, clever, serious, political, neo noir, political thriller, art film, poliziottesco
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Prince Jack (1984)
Plot Summary:
A dramatic look at the inner workings of the Kennedy administration.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: political, independent film
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The Big Brass Ring (1999)
Plot Summary:
Blake Pellarin is on the campaign trail to become president of the United States. While making a stop in St. Louis, a chance encounter brings his past back to haunt him.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 831
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychological, serious, realistic
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Knife Fight (2012)
Plot Summary:
A political strategist juggling three clients questions whether or not to take the high road as the ugly side of his work begins to haunt him.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious, talky, independent film, biting, suspense
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True Colors (1991)
Plot Summary:
Two law school friends find themselves at odds when one becomes a Justice Department lawyer and the other goes into politics.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: political, talky, intense, realistic, serious, captivating, clever, tense, sincere, crime drama
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The Reagans (2003)
Plot Summary:
The miniseries featured James Brolin as Ronald Reagan and Judy Davis as Nancy Reagan, and covers the period in time from 1949 when Reagan was still in Hollywood, through his governorship of California until Reagan's last day in office as President in 1989.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 780
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 171 min
Plot tags: realistic, sincere, thought provoking, serious, controversial
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The Best Man (1964)
Plot Summary:
The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the front-runners begin to decide how badly they want the job.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, cynical, political, rough, clever, witty, contemplative, biting, suspense
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Advise & Consent (1962)
Plot Summary:
A Senate investigation into the President's newly-nominated Secretary of State gives light to a secret from the past, which may not only ruin the candidate, but the President's character as well.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: political, black and white, clever, realistic, sincere, thought provoking, serious, disturbing, contemplative, tense
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Running Mates (1992)
Plot Summary:
A story of longtime love finally coming to fruition, former captain of the high school football team Ed Harris meets up with his high school crush Diane Keaton years after high school. He is a successful U.S. senator running for president and she's an award-winning children's author. After reconnecting, they clash on political issues, but Keaton is so smitten by the smiling senator that she agrees to marry him. Unfortunately, his political adversary has compromising photos of Keaton from her sordid past. With the election clock ticking, will opposing forces steal the victory, or will love conquer all? "Running Mates" (1992) is a hilarious, good-nature political satire featuring an A-list cast.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 347
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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The American President (1995)
Plot Summary:
Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd, one of the world's most powerful men, can have anything he wants -- and what he covets most is Sydney Ellen Wade, a Washington lobbyist. But Shepherd's attempts at courting her spark wild rumors and decimate his approval ratings.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: political, romantic, touching, witty, suspense, romantic comedy, realistic, semi serious, clever, feel good
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The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)
Plot Summary:
Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment. It means losing an old friend and fudging principles to make the necessary deals, as well as further straining his already part-time family life. But it could be a big boost to his career, so he takes it on. Helping him prepare the case is pretty southern researcher Karen Traynor, and their developing relationship further complicates and compromises his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: realistic, clever, serious, suspenseful, political, cynical, gloomy, biting, suspense
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Primary Colors (1998)
Plot Summary:
In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton. Burton is pulled into the politician's colorful world and looks on as Stanton -- who has a wandering eye that could be his downfall -- contends with his ambitious wife, Susan, and an outspoken adviser, Richard Jemmons.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA, France, Germany, Japan
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: political, intense, witty, talky, semi serious, thought provoking, humorous, realistic, clever, satirical
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RFK (2002)
Plot Summary:
Following the death of his brother John, Robert Kennedy is forced to rise to the challenge of leading his country and carrying on his brother's vision of what America could be.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 443
Genere: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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The Candidate (1972)
Plot Summary:
Bill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: political, witty, realistic, cynical, thought provoking, clever, talky, biting, entertaining, funny
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The Contender (2000)
Plot Summary:
Political thriller about Laine Hanson's nomination and confirmation as Vice President. An allegation that she was involved in a sexual orgy at the age of 19 is leaked to the press. As pressure mounts on Laine, she's torn between fighting back or sticking to her principles and refusing to comment on the allegations.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: political, clever, thought provoking, serious, sincere, suspense, realistic, talky, dark, independent film
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Power (1986)
Plot Summary:
Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country. When his long-time friend and client Ohio senator Sam Hastings decides to quit politics, he is rapidly drafted to help with the campaign of the man destined to succeed him, unknown and mysterious businessman Jerome Cade.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, clever, cynical, political, retro, talky
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Bulworth (1998)
Plot Summary:
A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecting the rhythms and speech of hip-hop music and culture.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: political, humorous, witty, funny, thought provoking, controversial, clever, biting, dark comedy, spiritual
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The Front Runner (2018)
Plot Summary:
Gary Hart, former Senator of Colorado, becomes the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1987. Hart's intelligence, charisma and idealism makes him popular with young voters, leaving him with a seemingly clear path to the White House. All that comes crashing down when allegations of an extramarital affair surface in the media, forcing the candidate to address a scandal that threatens to derail his campaign and personal life.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: political, psychological, sentimental, thought provoking, captivating, social, cult classic, political drama