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The Roku Channel
85
8.2
/9683/
78
/209/
78
/213/
4.2
/20984/
87
/68/
90
/109/

Napoleon (1927)
A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution (where a real storm is intercut with a political storm) and the Terror, culminating in his triumphant invasion of Italy in 1797.
poster
82
7.6
/115596/
75
/2310/
72
/1256/
3.7
/54955/
93
/258/
88
/7711/
80
/38/
cc age 14+

Frost/Nixon (2008)
For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman and secure a place in the hearts and minds of Americans. Likewise, Frost's team harboured doubts about their boss's ability to hold his own. But as the cameras rolled, a charged battle of wits resulted.
poster
82
8.0
/180575/
77
/3953/
76
/2329/
4.1
/134219/
85
/73/
88
/3450/
72
/29/
cc age 16+

JFK (1991)
Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.
poster
fuboTV
81
7.6
/2772/
76
/162/
73
/28/
3.8
/7520/
97
/61/
90
/1/
76
/16/

The Kingmaker (2019)
Documentary centering on the controversial political career of Imelda Marcos, the former first lady of the Philippines whose behind-the-scenes influence of her husband Ferdinand's presidency rocketed her to the global political stage.
poster
80
7.3
/283173/
72
/6749/
68
/3971/
3.6
/210870/
89
/288/
80
/8637/
87
/45/
cc age 13+

Lincoln (2012)
The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
7.4
/8315/
69
/146/
68
/173/
3.7
/7713/
85
/13/
82
/106/

Danton (1983)
Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 Robespierre was France's ruler, determined to wipe out opposition with a series of mass executions that became known as the Reign of Terror. Danton, well known as a spokesman of the people, had been living in relative solitude in the French countryside, but he returned to Paris to challenge Robespierre's violent rule and call for the people to demand their rights. Robespierre, however, could not accept such a challenge, even from a friend and colleague, and he blocked out a plan for the capture and execution of Danton and his allies.
poster
Netflix
79
7.4
/241081/
76
/11330/
73
/5407/
3.5
/254909/
84
/310/
83
/1500/
75
/50/
cc age 13+

Darkest Hour (2017)
In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.
poster
Starz
76
7.2
/176145/
69
/3675/
68
/2379/
3.6
/70514/
84
/206/
70
/4525/
77
/35/
cc age 15+

The Ghost Writer (2010)
A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
79
75
7.2
/6854/
73
/729/
69
/72/
3.6
/62612/
100
/5/
93
/25/

This Place Rules (2022)
Acclaimed for his unfiltered reporting and deadpan humor, Andrew Callaghan brings his gonzo style reporting to the undercurrents that led to the January 6 Capitol Riot. As one of the best-known and hardest working journalists of his generation, the 25-year-old ventures on a wild RV journey through America to take the pulse of a divided nation.
poster
Kanopy
75
7.2
/2199/
71
/34/
67
/35/
3.7
/2211/
81
/59/
83
/48/
78
/22/

Lumumba (2000)
The true story of the rise to power and brutal assassination of the formerly vilified and later redeemed leader of the independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba. Using newly discovered historical evidence, Haitian-born and later Congo-raised writer and director Raoul Peck renders an emotional and tautly woven account of the mail clerk and beer salesman with a flair for oratory and an uncompromising belief in the capacity of his homeland to build a prosperous nation independent of its former Belgian overlords. Lumumba emerges here as the heroic sacrificial lamb dubiously portrayed by the international media and led to slaughter by commercial and political interests in Belgium, the United States, the international community, and Lumumba's own administration; a true story of political intrigue and murder where political entities, captains of commerce, and the military dovetail in their quest for economic and political hegemony.
poster
74
6.8
/98622/
70
/7085/
68
/1307/
3.7
/586768/
89
/306/
81
/255/
70
/48/
cc age 16+

Monkey Man (2024)
Kid is an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.
poster
Kanopy
74
7.5
/134753/
71
/2613/
70
/1486/
3.6
/64255/
82
/235/
70
/7071/
67
/43/
cc age 16+

Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
Michael Moore's view on how the Bush administration allegedly used the tragic events on 9/11 to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
poster
Hoopla
74
7.0
/34408/
69
/534/
68
/386/
3.6
/19178/
76
/63/
74
/691/
66
/22/
cc age 15+

Nixon (1995)
A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
74
7.1
/170763/
71
/6273/
70
/3413/
3.6
/250963/
85
/71/
77
/3483/
76
/12/
cc age 16+

Escape from New York (1981)
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to bring him back.
poster
Criterion Channel
73
7.3
/5276/
68
/87/
69
/102/
3.7
/5622/
83
/18/
85
/69/

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975)
After a chance encounter with a wanted man, a woman is harassed by the police and press until she takes violent action.
poster
70
7.2
/990/
68
/16/
67
/9/
3.5
/464/
80
/83/
76
/138/
58
/22/

Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains (2007)
A chronicle of the former president's tour recent for his book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid."
poster
Netflix
72
69
7.6
/25402/
72
/302/
67
/104/
3.6
/7487/
67
/15/
78
/61/

Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015)
Byomkesh, fresh out of college, agrees to investigate the disappearance of Bhuvan, a chemist. Assisted by Bhuvan's son Ajit, Byomkesh links the case to a larger conspiracy that will unsettle Calcutta.
poster
MGM Plus
69
6.9
/139625/
70
/5343/
68
/2626/
3.4
/147089/
77
/112/
65
/1846/
65
/21/
cc age 13+

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
Bumbling lieutenant Frank Drebin is out to foil the big boys in the energy industry, who intend to suppress technology that will put them out of business.
poster
81
66
8.2
/16215/
78
/114/
73
/61/
4.0
/7928/
94
/27/

Athadu (2005)
A hitman, Nandu, is hired to stage the assassination of a politician. However, when the politician is actually killed and Nandu is framed for the murder, he assumes a dead man's identity to evade the law.
poster
68
66
7.6
/37649/
71
/368/
65
/158/
3.2
/15317/
64

Raanjhanaa (2013)
A small-town boy needs to break through the class divide to gain acceptance from his childhood sweetheart who is in love with big city ideals.
poster
80
65
8.4
/8874/
80
/78/
74
/51/
4.2
/9481/

Iruvar (1997)
A fictionalized account of the lives of 1980s Tamil Nadu political icons M. G. Ramachandran and M. Karunanidhi, continuing the tryst between Tamil cinema and Dravidian politics.
poster
63
7.2
/173351/
71
/7053/
70
/3521/
3.5
/280852/
64
/366/
61
/1516/
61
/54/
cc age 15+

Vice (2018)
George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive résumé includes stints as White House chief of staff, House Minority Whip and Defense Secretary. When Bush wins by a narrow margin, Cheney begins to use his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world.
poster
Apple TV
72
62
7.5
/4403/
73
/522/
67
/85/
3.5
/4782/
78
/13/

9/11: Inside the President's War Room (2021)
Experience the events of September 11, 2001 through the eyes of President Bush and his closest advisors as they personally detail the crucial hours and key decisions from that historic day.
poster
Netflix
61
7.1
/661853/
69
/25301/
70
/9036/
3.0
/2258614/
56
/304/
78
/69/
49
/52/
cc age 16+

Don't Look Up (2021)
Two astronomers go on a media tour to warn humankind of a planet-killing comet hurtling toward Earth. The response from a distracted world: Meh.
poster
79
60
8.1
/2299/
76
/30/
74
/53/
4.1
/3030/
85

Triumph Over Violence (1965)
Romm pulls out all the stops in its selection of documentary material to draw the viewer not only into absolute horror about fascism and nazism in the 1920s–1940s Europe, but also to a firm conviction that nothing of the sort should be allowed to happen again anywhere in the world.
poster
65
59
5.0
/10636/
71
/457/
58
/46/
2.4
/749/
100
/432/

2000 Mules (2022)
Bestselling author and award-winning filmmaker, Dinesh D’Souza, exposes widespread coordinated voter fraud in the 2020 election sufficient to change the overall outcome. Drawing on research provided by the election integrity group, True the Vote, “2000 Mules” offers two types of evidence: geotracking and video. The geotracking evidence, based on a database of ten trillion cell phone pings, exposes an elaborate network of professional operatives, called mules, delivering fraudulent votes to mail-in boxes in the five key states where the election was decided. Video evidence obtained from official surveillance cameras corroborates the cellular positioning data. The film concludes by exploring ways to assist in the prevention of election fraud in future democratic elections.
poster
58
6.2
/20867/
63
/481/
60
/405/
3.0
/14872/
68
/31/
36
/260/
61
/10/
cc age 13+

Topaz (1969)
Copenhagen, Denmark, 1962. When a high-ranking Soviet official decides to change sides, a French intelligence agent is caught up in a cold, silent and bloody spy war in which his own family will play a decisive role.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
67
58
6.9
/4562/
68
/151/
65
/62/
3.2
/1644/
73
/63/

By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
A nuclear warhead launched by Soviet insurgents protesting the waning Cold War destroys the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The destruction sets off a race between American and Soviet politicians to prevent a nuclear holocaust. While the U.S. president feverishly works to keep the military and political machine from going into overdrive, various subordinates panic. When the president is believed to be killed in a helicopter crash, zealous advisers take over.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
66
58
7.0
/6406/
69
/177/
63
/85/
3.3
/1750/
63
/115/

Into the Storm (2009)
This powerful follow-up to “The Gathering Storm” follows Churchill from 1940 to 1945 as he guided his beleaguered nation through the crucible of the war years--even as his marriage was encountering its own struggles.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
83
56
8.2
/1754/
80
/64/
76
/37/
3.8
/1082/
100
/24/
91
/15/
78
/11/
cc age 13+

Tickling Giants (2017)
The Arab Spring in Egypt: From a dictator to free elections, back to a dictatorship. One comedy show united the country and tested the limits of free press. This is the story of Bassem Youssef, a cardiologist turned comedian, the Jon Stewart of Egypt, and his show "The Show".
poster
Amazon Prime Video
56
6.4
/116487/
65
/2282/
63
/1835/
2.9
/50880/
51
/231/
51
/3209/
52
/41/
cc age 13+

The Iron Lady (2011)
A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.
poster
68
53
6.9
/3968/
67
/49/
64
/44/
3.5
/1152/
67
/12/
73
/57/

Comandante (2003)
Oliver Stone spends three days filming with Fidel Castro in Cuba, discussing an array of subjects with the president such as his rise to power, fellow revolutionary Che Guevara, the Cuban Missile crisis, and the present state of the country.
poster
53
6.0
/118122/
66
/12850/
63
/5418/
2.7
/225540/
55
/163/
48
/1116/
55
/31/
cc age 17+

The Purge: Election Year (2016)
Two years after choosing not to kill the man who killed his son, former police sergeant Leo Barnes has become head of security for Senator Charlene Roan, the front runner in the next Presidential election due to her vow to eliminate the Purge. On the night of what should be the final Purge, a betrayal from within the government forces Barnes and Roan out onto the street where they must fight to survive the night.
poster
Kanopy
76
49
7.5
/1697/
69
/30/
77
/27/
3.7
/892/
89
/18/
67
/16/
87
/8/

The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu (2010)
The three-hour-long documentary covers 25 years in the life of Nicolae Ceaușescu and was made using 1,000 hours of original footage from the National Archives of Romania.
poster
73
47
7.7
/3330/
68
/42/
66
/24/
3.5
/833/
84
/46/

Jinnah (1998)
Biography of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the founder of modern Pakistan is told through flashbacks as his soul tries to find eternal rest. The flashbacks start in 1947 as Jinnah pleads for a separate nation for the Muslim minority, infuriating Lord Mountbatten. Mountbatten then tries to enlist Gandhi & Nehru to persuade Jinnah to stop his efforts. Gandhi sides with Jinnah, which upsets Nehru. However, Jinnah turns down the offer to become prime minister and the film takes another slide back to 1916, which reveals all of the political implications that have occurred.
poster
fuboTV
45
5.9
/179271/
68
/18815/
62
/5005/
2.6
/115631/
28
/196/
51
/1737/
28
/35/
cc age 17+

London Has Fallen (2016)
In London for the Prime Minister's funeral, Mike Banning discovers a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders.
poster
67
44
6.8
/2066/
64
/49/
67
/125/
3.5
/1722/

The French Detective (1975)
When political thugs murder an opponent's volunteer and also kill a cop, chief inspector Verjeat believes the politician who hired them is as guilty as the murderous goon. Verjeat's pursuit of the councilman, Lardatte, gets him a warning from his superiors. When he embarrasses Lardatte while disarming a hostage (the dead volunteer's father), Verjeat is told he's being transferred within a week. He speeds up his hunt for the goon and, with Lefévre, one of his young detectives, he engineers a complicated scheme to buy more time before the transfer. How should Verjeat play out his values of honor and duty?
poster
Kanopy
62
39
6.4
/1255/
60
/81/
58
/132/
3.1
/1319/
73
/11/
56
/1/
61
/8/

This Is Our Land (2017)
Pauline, a devoted and generous home help nurse, raises her two children alone, while also looking after her father, a former steelworker. Taking advantage of her popularity, the directors of an extremist political party suggest she become their candidate at the mayoral elections.
poster
75
37
7.8
/3762/
70
/24/
74
/15/
3.5
/483/
85
/25/

Zakhm (1998)
Amidst religious riots, a son deals with his mother's life-threatening injuries, and her last request.
poster
Hoopla
45
37
4.8
/11103/
63
/139/
40
/54/
2.2
/916/
27
/33/
73
/2546/
26
/14/
cc age 14+

2016: Obama's America (2012)
"If Obama wins a second term, where will we be in 2016?" Across the globe and in America, people in 2008 hungered for a leader who would unite and lift us from economic turmoil and war. True to Americas ideals, they invested their hope in a new kind of president, Barack Obama. What they didn't know is that Obama is a man with a past, and in powerful ways that past defines him--who he is, how he thinks, and where he intends to take America and the world.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
37
5.3
/59481/
56
/1703/
52
/1068/
2.2
/15090/
9
/93/
26
/3744/
24
/16/
cc age 16+

Bangkok Dangerous (2008)
When carrying out a hit, assassin Joe always makes use of the knowledge of the local population. On arriving in Bangkok, Joe meets street kid Kong and he becomes his primary aide. But when Kong is nearly killed, he asks Joe to train him up in the deadly arts and unwittingly becomes a target of a band of killers.
poster
72
35
7.7
/1888/
73
/70/
70
/18/
3.5
/1160/

The Long Road to War (2018)
We all learned in schools that the WWI began with the assasination of Franz Ferdinand done by a young Bosnian Gavrilo Princip. In fact, the war was brewing much longer.
poster
65
35
7.0
/2995/
67
/45/
51
/36/
3.2
/840/
73
/16/

Stalin (1992)
The life and career of the brutal Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin. Through the eyes and memories of Anna Aliluyeva, Stalin’s granddaughter, the film traces the rise of the Bolshevik tyrant from Lenin’s return from exile to his brutal struggle with Trotsky, the creation of his feared secret police and the merciless inner workings of his regime. As Anna recounts her grandfather’s life, viewers gain an intimate, personal perspective on the paranoia and purges that left even his closest circles living in constant fear.
poster
48
34
4.9
/4028/
51
/77/
52
/64/
2.8
/892/
33
/57/

The Founding of a Republic (2009)
The tale of one man who fought against the tyranny of a ruler and led his people in battle in the ultimate sacrifice for his country.
poster
Hoopla
76
33
7.6
/801/
74
/26/
67
/14/
3.7
/807/
85
/13/
84
/11/

Salvador Allende (2004)
A leftist revolutionary or a reformist democrat? A committed Marxist or a constitutionalist politician? An ethical and moral man or, as Richard Nixon called him, a "son of a bitch"? In SALVADOR ALLENDE, acclaimed Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzmán (The Battle of Chile and Chile, Obstinate Memory) returns to his native country thirty years after the 1973 military coup that overthrew Chile's Popular Unity government to examine the life of its leader, Salvador Allende, both as a politician and a man.
poster
HBO Max
68
31
6.3
/675/
70
/50/
63
/15/
3.5
/577/
100
/7/
46
/9/

January 6th (2022)
Rage. Anger. Shock. Fear. As the nation watched in disbelief, throngs of rioters descended on the capitol, and the people on the ground, mired in chaos, suddenly found their lives in jeopardy. From Nancy Pelosi, to Liz Cheney, to Steven Sund, D.C. Police Chief, more than 50 senators, representatives, staffers and police officers share their firsthand experience, in a minute-by-minute account of the infamous January 6th insurrection.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
71
31
7.3
/924/
66
/29/
61
/20/
3.5
/212/
88
/46/

Reagan (2011)
Based on the story of Americas enigmatic career of one of the revered architects of the modern world - icon, screen star, and two-term president, Ronald Reagan.
poster
71
30
7.6
/3305/
71
/20/
70
/14/
3.5
/576/
69
/13/

Haasil (2003)
Anirudhh, a law-abiding college student, in love with Niharika, gets caught up in college politics and crime, and must fight it out for himself, when friends turn into foes.


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