What are your top 5 favorite political films?

[BigmanPigman]

They can be old/new, color/B&W, fiction/non fiction, documentary, comedy, etc. (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Dr. Strangelove, The Manchurian Candidate, All the President's Men...).

[Alice11111]

1. Manchurian & President's Men. All are good. Casablanca

was political too.

[longship]

2. "Seven Days in May"

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Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Ava Gardner, Fredric March, Edmond O'Brien. Wonderful acting by all.

And yes, All the President's Men is the top of the heap.

Also The Manchurian Candidate is on the list.

(Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, also with a stellar cast.) Nope! Replace that one with Z by Costa-Gavras. A gripping film. (Thanks catbyte! )

I round it out with All the King's Men, with an incredible Broderick Crawford and a well deserved Oscar.

Those are my five.

[bench scientist]

3. The Parallax View

Agree Manchurian Candidate, and All the President's Men.

[Sedona]

4. Primary Colors.

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[no_hypocrisy]

5. The Candidate

Manchurian Candidate
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
State of the Union

[catbyte]

6. Z; A Face in the Crowd; All the President's Men; Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy;

The Great Dictator

[longship]

7. Oh yes! Z! By Costa Gavras!

An incredible film. A great cast!

Replace Mr. Smith Goes to Washington on my list with Z!

I had forgotten about Z. It's about the Greek counter-revolution in the 60's.