What is your favorite political film?

[TomClash]

For me, it's "A Very British Coup" with the late great Irish charactoer actor Ray McAnally.

[JimmyJazz]

1. Does Rude Boy count? Does the political discussion Joe and Ray

have qualify?

:hi:

[cavanaghjam]

7. I loved "Rude Boy"

the part where Joe says that revolution just means different people will be riding around in the long black cars. A neglected great film.

[JimmyJazz]

10. So then it does count!

Yes, it is a pretty good movie.

[TomClash]

9. Rudie Can't Fail

:hi:

[Crankie Avalon]

2. The Battle of Algiers...

...very relevant right now.

[TomClash]

12. C'est vrai n/t

[Mistress Quickly]

3. Does this one count?

To Kill a Mockingbird?

[Cocoa]

4. "Nixon"

Oliver Stone, Anthony Hopkins, Paul Sorvino as Kissinger, etc.

[vet_against_Bush]

5. "The Contender" nt

[MissMillie]

15. I really liked this movie

Joan Allen was wonderful

[fertilizeonarbusto]

6. Three

"Battle of Algiers," "Nashville," "Bullworth."

[OldEurope]

8. Wag the Dog

[cavanaghjam]

11. "Secret Honor"

a film no one saw. It's one long monologue by an actor portraying Nixon. Brilliant.

[TomClash]

14. Philip Baker Hall, I think

Pretty good choice

[cavanaghjam]

22. I'd forgotten the actor

his name any way. Thanks. Also, directed by Bob Altman. Surprised anyone else saw it.

[Radical Activist]

13. Waking the Dead

is my favorite movie of all time. It's a romantic drama but with a lot of political themes and issues.

[indigobusiness]

21. I concur

great flick!

[ooglymoogly]

16. lawrence of arabia

dr. shivago maybe next

[Bucky]

17. "The Right Stuff"

Even tho the pols in the movie were shown to be fickle, shallow, and mercernary, their machinations ended up serving a higher national purpose. The point of the movie seemed to be (in part) that petty bureaucratic nitpicking and retail populist stunts is how democracies work to produce great things. We can romanticize things later--right now we have to make the pitch, close the sale, and cross the finish line. Cynical idealism, if you will. I think that's what makes America great.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

31. I love the scene with Ike......

Where his advisors are showing footage of various ridiculous types of people who might make good astronauts. Ike, sounding exactly like Elmer Fudd, says, "No, no, no...I want test pilots!"

[eternalburn]

18. Conspiracy

...with Kenneth Branagh and Stanley Tucci.

[jlayson]

19. Get the popcorn

Inherit the Wind with Spencer Tracey..as Clarence Darrow...Great historical fiction based on the Scopes trial....

[stinkeefresh]

20. Network

see it if you haven't.

[Kid_A]

23. Does "Dr. Strangelove" count?

Because that's my favorite.

[Richardo]

24. "All the President's Men" and "Parallax View"

Alan J. Pakula :thumbsup:

[Richardo]

25. "Bananas"

"Rebels are we
Born to be free
Just like the fish in the sea." ;-)

[devilgrrl]

26. Bulworth

[achtung_circus]

27. Dr. Strangelove

or Lil Abner

"Three rousing rahs,
A few huzzahs
And a hip-hip-hip hoorrah,
What's good for General Bullmoose,
Is good for the USA."

or
The Mouse That Roared.

[Richardo]

28. "Duck Soup", which contains Bush's 2nd Inaugural Address:

(Note: These lyrics USED to be funny)

Firefly: These are the laws of my administration.
No one’s allowed to tell a dirty joke.
And whistling is forbidden
(He whistles and conducts the guests)

Guests: We’re not allowed to tell a dirty joke
Hail, hail Freedonia.

Firefly: If chewing gum is chewed
The chewer is pursued,
And in the hoose-gow hidden.
(He chews)

Guests: If we choose to chew, we’ll be pursued.

Firefly: If any form of pleasure is exhibited.
Report to me and it will prohibited.
I’ll put my foot down,
So shall it be.
This is the land of the Free.

The last man nearly ruined this place,
He didn’t know what to do with it.
If you think this country’s bad enough now,
Just wait till I get through with it.

The country’s taxes must be fixed,
And I know what to do with it.
If you think you’re paying too much now,
Just wait till I get through with it.

I will not stand for anything
That’s crooked or unfair.
I’m strictly on the up and up,
So everyone beware.

If anyone’s caught taking graft
And I don’t get my share,
We stand ‘em up against the wall…
And pop goes the weasel!

(So everyone beware,
Who’s crooked or unfair,
No one must take a bit of graft
Unless he gets his share.)

If any man should come between
A husband and his bride,
We find out which one she prefers
By letting her decide.

If she prefers the other man,
The husband steps outside.
We stand him up against the wall,
And pop goes the weasel!

Guests: The husband steps outside,
Relinquishes his bride.

Firefly: (simultaneously) Ah-ah-ah….

Guests: They stand him up against the wall,
And take him for a ride.

[Modem Butterfly]

29. Bob Roberts

At least it was, until we started living it.

A case of life imitating art if ever there was one.

[Dem_4_Life]

30. All the Presidents Men nt

[gollygee]

32. Manchurian Candidate

The first one. But I really liked the new one too.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

33. My Fellow Americans

James Garner and Jack Lemmon.

This movie was released in 1996, and though it's fiction, it strikes pretty close to home with regard to corruption and vice in government and both good and bad "bad guys". Characters include a doofy Dan Quayle-like VP, the corrupt President Haney, (which interestingly rhymes with Cheney), and a gay Secret Service agent who saves republican ex-president Jack Lemmon's life.