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  • Sidse Babett Knudsen in Borgen (2010)

    1. Borgen

    2010–202238 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.5 (32K)
    A political drama about a prime minister's rise to power, and how power changes a prime minister.
    CreatorAdam PriceStarsSidse Babett KnudsenBirgitte Hjort SørensenSøren Malling
  • Claire Danes in Homeland (2011)

    2. Homeland

    2011–202096 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.3 (371K)
    A bipolar CIA operative becomes convinced a prisoner of war has been turned by al-Qaeda and is planning to carry out a terrorist attack on American soil.
    CreatorsAlex GansaHoward GordonStarsClaire DanesMandy PatinkinDamian Lewis
  • Gary Oldman in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

    3. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

    20112h 7mR85Metascore
    7.0 (221K)
    In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet Agent within MI6.
    DirectorTomas AlfredsonStarsGary OldmanColin FirthTom Hardy
  • Syriana (2005)

    4. Syriana

    20052h 8mR76Metascore
    6.9 (137K)
    A politically charged epic about the state of the oil industry in the hands of those personally involved in and affected by it.
    DirectorStephen GaghanStarsGeorge ClooneyMatt DamonAmanda Peet
  • Waltz with Bashir (2008)

    5. Waltz with Bashir

    20081h 30mR91Metascore
    8.0 (62K)
    An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.
    DirectorAri FolmanStarsAri FolmanRon Ben-YishaiRonny Dayag
  • Sean Penn and Naomi Watts in Fair Game (2010)

    6. Fair Game

    20101h 48mPG-1369Metascore
    6.8 (52K)
    CIA operative Valerie Plame discovers her identity is allegedly leaked by the government as payback for an op-ed article her husband wrote criticizing the Bush administration.
    DirectorDoug LimanStarsNaomi WattsSean PennSonya Davison
  • Kevin Costner, Steven Culp, and Bruce Greenwood in Thirteen Days (2000)

    7. Thirteen Days

    20002h 25mPG-1367Metascore
    7.3 (65K)
    In October 1962, the Kennedy administration struggles to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis.
    DirectorRoger DonaldsonStarsKevin CostnerBruce GreenwoodShawn Driscoll
  • Nigel Hawthorne, Paul Eddington, and Derek Fowlds in Yes Minister (1980)

    8. Yes Minister

    1980–198422 epsTV-PGTV Series
    8.6 (18K)
    The Right Honorable James Hacker has landed the plum job of Cabinet Minister to the Department of Administration. At last he is in a position of power and can carry out some long-needed reforms, or so he thinks.
    StarsPaul EddingtonNigel HawthorneDerek Fowlds
  • Argo (2012)

    9. Argo

    20122hR86Metascore
    7.7 (655K)
    Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.
    DirectorBen AffleckStarsBen AffleckBryan CranstonJohn Goodman
  • Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford in All the President's Men (1976)

    10. All the President's Men

    19762h 18mPG84Metascore
    7.9 (132K)
    "The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation.
    DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsDustin HoffmanRobert RedfordJack Warden
  • Checkpoint (2003)

    11. Checkpoint

    20031h 20m
    7.8 (559)
    Documentary filmmaker Yoav Shamir's depiction of the checkpoints that the Israel Defense Forces man in the Palestinian Authority.
    DirectorYoav Shamir
  • Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

    12. Zero Dark Thirty

    20122h 37mR95Metascore
    7.4 (332K)
    A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L.s Team 6 in May 2011.
    DirectorKathryn BigelowStarsJessica ChastainJoel EdgertonChris Pratt
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Veep (2012)

    13. Veep

    2012–201965 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.4 (69K)
    Former Senator Selina Meyer finds that being Vice President of the United States is nothing like she hoped and everything that everyone ever warned her about.
    CreatorArmando IannucciStarsJulia Louis-DreyfusTony HaleAnna Chlumsky
  • Wag the Dog (1997)

    14. Wag the Dog

    19971h 37mR74Metascore
    7.1 (91K)
    Shortly before an election, a spin-doctor and a Hollywood producer join efforts to fabricate a war in order to cover up a Presidential sex scandal.
    DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsDustin HoffmanRobert De NiroAnne Heche
  • Dennis Quaid and Michael Sheen in The Special Relationship (2010)

    15. The Special Relationship

    20101h 33mTV-14TV Movie
    6.7 (5.2K)
    A dramatization that traces former UK prime minister Tony Blair's relationships with Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.
    DirectorRichard LoncraineStarsMichael SheenDemetri GoritsasAdam Godley
  • Val Kilmer, Andy Garcia, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Richard Coyle, and Rupert Friend in 5 Days of War (2011)

    16. 5 Days of War

    20111h 53mR31Metascore
    5.6 (15K)
    A drama set centered around the war between Russia and Georgia, and focused on an American journalist, his cameraman, and a Georgian native who become caught in the crossfire.
    DirectorRenny HarlinStarsRupert FriendEmmanuelle ChriquiRichard Coyle
  • George Clooney and Ryan Gosling in The Ides of March (2011)

    17. The Ides of March

    20111h 41mR67Metascore
    7.1 (236K)
    A campaign press secretary becomes involved in a scandal that threatens his candidate's election chances.
    DirectorGeorge ClooneyStarsPaul GiamattiGeorge ClooneyPhilip Seymour Hoffman
  • Kevin Spacey in House of Cards (2013)

    18. House of Cards

    2013–201873 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.6 (549K)
    A Congressman works with his equally conniving wife to exact revenge on the people who betrayed him.
    CreatorBeau WillimonStarsKevin SpaceyMichel GillRobin Wright
  • The Untold History of the United States (2012)

    19. The Untold History of the United States

    2012–201313 epsTV-MATV Mini Series
    8.6 (10K)
    Oliver Stone's re-examination of under-reported events in American history.
    StarsOliver StoneAlan ShearmanJim Ward
  • Rob Lowe, Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, Dulé Hill, Moira Kelly, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, and Bradley Whitford in The West Wing (1999)

    20. The West Wing

    1999–2006155 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.9 (93K)
    Inside the lives of staffers in the West Wing of the White House.
    CreatorAaron SorkinStarsMartin SheenRob LoweAllison Janney
  • Im Schatten der Macht (2003)

    21. Im Schatten der Macht

    20033hTV Movie
    7.2 (125)
    The last days of Willy Brandt as chancellor in Germany.
    DirectorOliver StorzStarsMichael MendlJürgen HentschDieter Pfaff
  • Persepolis (2007)

    22. Persepolis

    20071h 36mPG-1390Metascore
    8.0 (103K)
    A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.
    DirectorsVincent ParonnaudMarjane SatrapiStarsChiara MastroianniCatherine DeneuveGena Rowlands
  • Denzel Washington in The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

    23. The Manchurian Candidate

    20042h 9mR76Metascore
    6.6 (121K)
    In the midst of the Gulf War, soldiers are kidnapped and brainwashed for sinister purposes.
    DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsDenzel WashingtonLiev SchreiberMeryl Streep
  • The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

    24. The Manchurian Candidate

    19622h 6mPG-1394Metascore
    7.9 (83K)
    An American POW in the Korean War is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.
    DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsFrank SinatraLaurence HarveyJanet Leigh
  • Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn in The Interpreter (2005)

    25. The Interpreter

    20052h 8mPG-1362Metascore
    6.4 (113K)
    Political intrigue and deception unfold inside the United Nations, where a U.S. Secret Service agent is assigned to investigate an interpreter who overhears an assassination plot.
    DirectorSydney PollackStarsNicole KidmanSean PennCatherine Keener

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