Triad Election (2006), The War Room (1993), ...So Goes the Nation (2006), The Candidate (1972), Ookami kodomo no Ame to Yuki (2012), Random Harvest (1942), Street Fight (2005), Meet John Doe (1941) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Election movies.
Storyline: A violent chain reaction unfolds as a crafty entrepreneur (Louis Koo) wrests power from a veteran Hong Kong crime lord (Simon Yam).
Plot Keywords: crime boss, godson, wife, rival, thug, brutal, frenetic ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Given unprecedented access, documentary filmmakers D.A. Pennebaker Chris Hegedus follow part of the 1992 Clinton campaign for president. During the New Hampshire primary, the campaign hits some stumbling blocks, chief among them the Gennifer Flowers scandal, but nevertheless manages to pull out a second-place finish. From there, strategists George Stephanopoulos and James Carville repair to national campaign headquarters in Little Rock to monitor the remaining duration of the campaign.
Plot Keywords: candidate, strategist, mistress, politician, tense, confident, charming ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Filmmakers examine the role of Ohio in the 2004 presidential election and present the American electoral process through the eyes of voters, politicians and activists. Republican and Democratic campaign strategists and officials all attempt to swing the election their way by pushing hot-button issues to the forefront.
Plot Keywords: dick cheney, george w. bush, john kerry, volunteer, activist, political consultant, fascinating ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: An image maker (Peter Boyle) grooms the son (Robert Redford) of a political boss (Melvyn Douglas) for a token bid in a U.S. Senate race.
Plot Keywords: lawyer, campaign manager, senator, father, disheartening, brash, fascinating ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident while hunting for food for their children, a young woman must find ways to raise the werewolf son and daughter that she had with him while keeping their trait hidden from society.
Plot Keywords: dictator, ad executive, rival, politician, wife, son, tense ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A veteran of World War I marries and settles happily into a tidy, humble life until an accident brings back memories of a former life of wealth and privilege while blocking all recollection of his existence since the war. Thus one man disappears, and another man long missing turns up and claims his vast inheritance. What does his devoted wife, whom he no longer recognizes, do?—Paul Emmons <pemmons@wcupa.edu>
Plot Keywords: veteran, showgirl, fiancée, sibling, doctor, government official, emotional ...
Movie Details Click Here!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: As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement. At last everyone, even Ann, takes her creation seriously...but publisher D.B. Norton has a secret plan.
Plot Keywords: reporter, editor, hobo, charming, patriotic, uplifting, positive ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Finnish hacker and election expert Harri Hursti investigates election-related hacks, uncovering just how unprotected voting systems really are.
Plot Keywords: hacker, national security advisor, politician, political consultant, political candidate, computer, computer expert ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Ken Burns' portrait of Louisiana governor/U.S. senator Huey Long.
Plot Keywords: senator, governor, quirky, engaging, louisiana, politics, shady dealings ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Documentary by Oscar winner Laura Poitras about the war in Iraq.
Plot Keywords: doctor, politician, powerful, profound, iraq, doctor's office, family home ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The filmmakers follow Oliver North's unsuccessful 1994 bid for a Virginia Senate seat, focusing on North's campaign strategist, Mark Goodin, and a Washington Post reporter. Mudslinging ensues.—Mike D'Angelo <mqd8478@is2.nyu.edu>
Plot Keywords: soldier, candidate, governor, senator, president, gripping, intricate ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: John Ford weaves three "Judge Priest" stories together to form a good- natured exploration of honour and small-town politics in the South around the turn of the century. Judge William Priest is involved variously in revealing the real identity of Lucy Lake, reliving his Civil War memories, preventing the lynching of a youth and contesting the elections with Yankee Horace K. Maydew.—Bernard Keane <BKeane2@email.dot.gov.au>
Plot Keywords: judge, wrongly accused, prostitute, brash, mushy, spirited, rousing ...
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: A documentary centered on the union formed by Bolivian farmers in response to their government's effort (urged by the U.S.) to eradicate coca crops, and the man who would come to represent them, Evo Morales.
Plot Keywords: laborer, candidate, president, leader, incredible, spirited, uplifting ...
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