1.MR SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
An idealistic Boy Rangers leader triumphs over corruption.
2.ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN (1976)
Hollywood’s take on Watergate
3.WAG THEDOG (1997)
A Hollywood producer fakes a war
to boost the President’s ratings.
4.ST ELMOS FIRE (1985)
The Brat Pack moves to Georgetown.
5.CITIZEN KANE (1941)
A media mogul dabbles in politics.
6.THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT (1995)
The President romances a lobbyist.
7.THANK YOU FOR SMOKING (2005)
A lobbyist spins for Big Tobacco.
8.CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR (2007)
Playboy Congressman Charlie Wilson covertlyfunds anti-Russian rebellion in Afghanistan.
9.THE EXORCIST (1973)
Demonic possession on M Street.
10.DR STRANGELOVE OR:HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (1964)
An insane General jump starts a nuclear holocaust.
11. FAHRENHEIT 9/11 (2004)
Someone regrets giving Michael Moore that My Pet Goat footage. |
12.APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
TheVietnam nightmare, along with the Iraq quagmire, shadow today’s politics.
13.NIXON(1995)
The troubled President behind Watergate.
14.AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH (2006)
Al Gore’s Oscar-winning documentary on the threat of global warming.
15.TRAFFIC (2000)
A conservative Drug Czar sees his daughter battle addiction.
16.THE GODFATHER PART II (1974)
A Senate committee tries (and fails) to indict the Corleone clan.
17.JFK(1991)
A New Orleans district attorney uncovers a massive conspiracy behind JFK’s assassination.
18.ADVISE AND CONSENT (1962)
A controversial candidate for Secretary of State
19.ABSOLUTE POWER(1997)
During a break-in, a thief sees the President cover up his mistress’ s murder.
20.BROADCAST NEWS (1987)
This romantic comedy plays journalists’ egos for laughs.
21.THE PELICANBRIEF (1993)
Two Supreme Court Justices are murdered
.22. THE INSIDER (1999)
Blowing the whistle on Big Tobacco.
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