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100 Best Washington Movies Ever

33.PRIMARY COLORS(1998)
A thinly fictionalized look at Bill Clinton’s first White House campaign.

34.BOB ROBERTS (1992)
A conservative folk singer-turned-politician and his corrupt election tactics.

35.DAVE (1993) A Presidental lookalike enters the White House for real.

36.NO END IN SIGHT(2007)
An exploration of the U.S. - Iraq quagmire.

37.EARTH VS HE FLYING SAUCERS(1956)
Hollywood agrees: Washington’s monuments were not built to repel Martian weaponry.

38.FORREST GUMP (1994)
Movie magic lets Forrest Gump and Tricky Dick share the screen.

39.THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (1990)
Sean Connery is riveting as a Russian nuclearsubmarine commander trying to defect.

40.LEGALLY BLONDE (2003)
Elle Woods takes on Washington and Bruiser comes out of the closet.

41.THE WAR ROOM (1994)
A documentary look at the hard-ball tactics of Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign.

42.BREACH (2007)
The F.B.I. uncovers a damaging leak.

43.ENEMY OF THE STATE (1998)The N.S.A. pursues a Georgetown lawyer who uncovers a murder conspiracy.

44.STRANGERS ON A TRAIN(1951)
Murder, socialites and trains: Hitchcock.

45. SYRIANA (2005)
Power brokers make deals with Big Oil.

46.THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951)
Aliens Klaatu and Gort visit the Lincoln Memorial and threaten to destroy Earth.

47.NO WAY OUT (1987)
A murder, a political cover-up, and a chase through the “Georgetown Metro stop” – what more could you want?
48.TRUE LIES (1994)
An undercover agent uses his career to boost his marriage.

49.A FEW GOOD MEN (1992)
A novice Navy lawyer defends two Marines.

50.AIR FORCE ONE (1997)
A strong female VP leads the nation.

51.GLORY(1989)
The story of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the first all-black unit in the U.S. Army.

52.THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
This politically-incorrect silent film depicts a Southern clan during and after the Civil War.

53.THE FRENCH CONNECTION(1970)
New York City cops chase a shipment of “Freedom” heroin to Washington.

54.BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE(2007)
Senator Henry Dawes strips the Sioux of their sacred lands.

55.CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER (1994)
When a Colombian drug cartel murders the President’s friend, Harrison Ford acts.

56.ARMAGEDDON (1998)
NASA recruits oil-drillers to destroy an asteroid.
57.MARS ATTACKS! (1996)
Martians come to Earth to vaporize the President’s dog (along with the rest of the planet).

58.BULWORTH(1998)
A Senator running for reelection arranges a hit on himself.

59.GARDENS OF STONE (1987)
A Vietnam veteran guards Arlington National Cemetery.

60.GUARDING TESS(1994) A difficult former First Lady torments the head of her security team.

61.INDEPENDENCE DAY (1996)
Extraterrestrials in the White House.

62.LIONS FOR LAMBS (2007)
A reporter talks Middle Eastern foreign policy with a Republican senator.

63.FAIL SAFE (1964)
American pilots bomb Moscow.

64.THE PEOPLE VS LARRY FLINT (1996)
The players behind the U.S. Supreme Court Case, Hustler Magazine v. Falwell.

65.THE FOG OF WAR (2005)
Former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara reflects on Vietnam and the state of modern warfare.

66.BOBBY(2006)
A recreation of the day when RFKwas assassinated.

67.MINORITY REPORT(2002)
In 2054, a D.C. cop must stop himself from committing a future crime.

 



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