Street Fight (2005), Election (1999), The Dark Horse (1932), Long Shot (2019), Game Change (2012), Where the Buffalo Roam (1980), Brewster's Millions (1985), The First Angry Man (2019) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Campaigning movies.
Storyline: This documentary follows the 2002 mayoral campaign in Newark, New Jersey in which a City Councilman, Cory Booker, attempted to unseat longtime mayor Sharpe James.
Plot Keywords: mayor, attorney, campaign worker, candidate, passionate, gripping, newark, n.j. ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The high school Class President election is approaching and it looks like Tracy Flick is going to win, unopposed. However, teacher Jim McAllister has other plans. He convinces jock Paul Metzler to run, sparking off an interesting chain of events.
Plot Keywords: teacher, student, wife, football player, sister, witty, emotional ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Zachary Hicks is nominated at the Progressive party's convention even though he has little chance of winning the governorship. Kay suggests the party bosses hire Hal Blake (whom she loves) as campaign manager. Hal is in jail for falling behind in his alimony payments to Maybelle, but Kay convinces the politicians to seem him in prison, Impressed with the speech they hear him deliver to a cellmate, the committee pays Hal's fine and back alimony payments. Hal takes on the campaign and several marital arrangements.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: political candidate, political consultant, inmate, opponent, ex-wife, secretary, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Fred Flarsky (Seth Rogen) is a gifted and free-spirited journalist with an affinity for trouble. Charlotte Field (Charlize Theron) is one of the most influential women in the world. Smart, sophisticated, and accomplished, she's a powerhouse diplomat with a talent for...well, mostly everything. The two have nothing in common, except that she was his babysitter and childhood crush. When Fred unexpectedly reconnects with Charlotte, he charms her with his self-deprecating humor and his memories of her youthful idealism. As she prepares to make a run for the Presidency, Charlotte impulsively hires Fred as her speechwriter, much to the dismay of her trusted advisors. A fish out of water on Charlotte's elite team, Fred is unprepared for her glamourous lifestyle in the limelight. However, sparks fly as their unmistakable chemistry leads to a round-the-world romance and a series of unexpected and dangerous incidents.
Plot Keywords: journalist, politician, childhood friend, presidential candidate, rival, secretary of state, hilarious ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Gov. Sarah Palin (Julianne Moore) of Alaska becomes Sen. John McCain's (Ed Harris) running mate in the 2008 presidential election.
Plot Keywords: politician, family member, reporter, daughter, voter, brash, confident ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The deranged adventures of Gonzo journalist Hunter Thompson and his attorney Oscar Acosta, referred to in the movie as "Laslow". Thompson attempts to cover the Super Bowl and the 1972 Presidential election in his typical drug-crazed state, but is continually and comically sidetracked by his even more twisted friend Laslow. Allegedly based on actual events.
Plot Keywords: writer, lawyer, editor, journalist, judge, presidential candidate, dark ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Brewster is a minor league baseball player. Unknown to him, he had a (recently deceased) rich relative. In order to test if Brewster knows the value of money, he is given the task of disposing of $30m in 30 days. Brewster isn't allowed to have any assets to show for the $30m or waste the money in any way. If successful, Brewster gets to inherit $300m. The biggest problem of all however, is that Brewster can't tell anyone what he's doing, so everyone thinks he's crazy. Add to this the fact that if he fails, two scheming trustees will get their hands on the money, Brewster's task is not an easy one.
Plot Keywords: pitcher, best friend, paralegal, lawyer, candidate, trustee, madcap ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Gary Hart, a U.S. senator from Colorado, is the widely accepted front-runner in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. After losing the 1984 nomination to vice-president Walter Mondale, Hart decides to run for President of the United States. At one point during his campaign, against the will of his manager Bill Dixon, Hart challenges the press and public to "follow him around" while he's not campaigning on weekends. This proves to be a mistake when in 1987, photos of him and journalist Donna Rice are published by Miami Herald Reporters. In a desperate attempt to clear his name, Hart tries to fix his reputation at a news event concerning the affair but to no avail. Because of the consequences of his actions, Hart is disgraced, berated by Dixon, and forced to drop out of the campaign while his wife Oletha remains to be close with him. Donna also announces that she has personally denied sleeping with the now former senator..
Plot Keywords: senator, candidate, wife, reporter, mistress, uneasy, tense ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: 'How Arnold won the West' is a hilarious political satire on the most bizarre American election to date. In true Hollywood-style and after much media speculation, Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his candidacy for Governor of California on The Jay Leno Show in August 2003. The world was watching. But as Schwarzenegger hit the campaign trail, were we just witnessing the cult of celebrity?
Plot Keywords: governor, republican, politician, george w. bush, porn star, bill clinton, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: One candidate for the presidency dies in an accident a couple of weeks before the election. Meanwhile the alderman Mays Gilliam becomes a hero when he rescues a woman and her cat from an old house that would blow up. However his fiancee Kim does not pay his bills and dumps him, and Gilliam loses everything including his fancy car. When Senator Bill Arnot sees the news on television, he plots a scheme with the party advisors Martin Geller and Debra Lassiter to invite Mays to be the party nominee and lose the election for the other candidate, Vice-President Brian Lewis. Four years later, he would be the candidate and would have the chance of winning the election. Mays has a terrible beginning of campaign but when his older brother Mitch Gilliam meets him in Chicago, he advises Mays to be himself. Will he have the chance to be the first African American President of the USA?
Plot Keywords: political candidate, president, presidential candidate, senator, republican, hilarious, charming ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Monroe "Eagle" Cole is a former U.S. President ready to settle into a quaint little town named Mooseport. He's ready to take in the lion's share of endorsement deals and speaking engagements while developing his own presidential library. Meanwhile, Handy Harrison is a local hardware store owner with a girlfriend ready to throw in the towel on their relationship. Just as Monroe is offered the local mayor's position, he's found an unlikely opponent in Handy. But ultimately, both men have a lot to lose when the stakes are raised and a simple competition turns into an all out war.
Plot Keywords: political candidate, store owner, girlfriend, plumber, townsperson, amusing, cheeky ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: After a successful treatment of cancer of the girl Jaime Roland, the former hacker Stephen Roland is convinced by Dr. Caine to let her be submitted to a MRI scanner by the specialist Dr. Colleen O'Brian to check that she is totally cured. During the examination, Jaime has seizure and dies. Stephen has a meeting with the Director Dr. Jamison and requests explanations about the death of his daughter. He claims malpractice or malfunction of the equipment and Dr. Jamison tells that only after the autopsy it would be possible to know the true cause. Further, he introduces the responsible for the experimental MRI equipment Al Bercovicci that explains that the equipment is working perfectly. After the autopsy, Dr. Jamison accuses Dr. Caine of malpractice and tells that the girl had several tumors in her head. However Stephen does not buy the story and teams-up with Colleen. He uses his computer knowledge to investigate and finds a complex of power and economical interests involved to approve the scanner and buy it.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Plot Keywords: fiancé, lawyer, ghost, mother, widower, chilling, eerie ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: An original political satire about a naive small town waitress who accidentally gets a nail buried in her head, causing erratic and outrageous behavior that leads her to Washington DC. There she falls for a dashing, but clueless, Congressman who searches for the courage to save her.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: waitress, congressman, cheeky, crafty, washington, d.c., brain disorder, injury ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: High-school student Duane Balfour (Douglas Smith) has a long history of defeat and humiliation at the hands of classmate Chad Milton (Nicholas Carella) and his family. After losing a student election to Chad, Duane decides the only way to restore his family honor is to topple the Milton matriarch from her mayoral seat. With help from his brother (Devon Bostick) and uncle (Donal Logue), the teen hits the campaign trail.
Plot Keywords: high-school student, bully, teacher, uncle, mayor, brother, offbeat ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: This documentary features scenes of various presidential candidates -- Bill Clinton, Jerry Brown, Ross Perot and Pat Buchanan, among others -- attending the 1992 New Hampshire primary. Although there is plenty of footage of candidates glad-handing voters and kissing babies, the meat of the film is satellite footage of candidates, and then-President George H.W. Bush, preparing for TV interviews before the cameras go public and saying various obscene, funny or inappropriate things.
Plot Keywords: journalist, bill clinton, hilarious, fascinating, playful, new hampshire, television studio ...
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