Highest-Rated Movies about 'Political Corruption', Sort by Popularity

No End in Sight (2007), Z (1969), The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947), Citizen X (1995), Waco: The Rules of Engagement (1997), Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of the American Empire (2004), The President's Last Bang (2005), Infernal Affairs (2002) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Political Corruption movies.

#1. No End in Sight (2007)

Storyline: This documentary film takes a critical look at the American invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the war that followed. The film includes extensive interviews with various military and government officials, many of whom worked under President George W. Bush during the beginning of the Iraq war. Filmmaker Charles Ferguson uses these first-hand accounts to suggest that the Bush administration, as well as the provisional government they instated in Iraq, have made crucial, irresponsible errors.

Plot Keywords: george w. bush, donald rumsfeld, politician, dick cheney, soldier, fascinating, uneasy ...

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#3. The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947)

Storyline: Melvin G. Ashton (William Powell) is a crooked U.S. senator embarking on a campaign for the presidency. Ashton is a political buffoon, but he blackmails the party leaders to support his candidacy with his secret diary, which chronicles years of political corruption that, if made public, would destroy the success of his party and the careers of many. Enemies from a variety of sources attempt to steal the diary and prevent Ashton's rise to the nation's highest office.

Plot Keywords: senator, reporter, pr person, cheeky, hilarious, outlandish, united states ...

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#5. Waco: The Rules of Engagement (1997)

Storyline: This documentary about the 1993 showdown between the FBI and the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas, presents an alternate theory about the tragedy. The government has long contended that this fringe Christian group was a danger, and that the siege on its compound, which resulted in the death of 70 people, was necessary. Director William Gazecki, using footage from the siege and the Congressional hearings that followed it, asserts that American forces may have attacked a peaceful religious group.

Plot Keywords: narrator, cult member, government official, shocking, intense, profound, waco, texas ...

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#6. Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of the American Empire (2004)

Storyline: Left-leaning documentary filmmakers Jeremy Earp and Sut Jhally present their case that the neo-conservative members of President George W. Bush's administration, including Vice-President Dick Cheney, saw in the 9/11 terrorist attacks an opportunity to force their ideological beliefs on a frightened nation. Interviews with leftist thinkers like Noam Chomsky, Michael Franti and Daniel Ellsberg buttress the central thesis that the Bush administration used the crisis for their own political ends.

Plot Keywords: philosopher, activist, journalist, politician, somber, washington, d.c., white house ...

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#7. The President's Last Bang (2005)

Storyline: In the late 1970s, South Korean president Park Chung-hee (Song Jae-ho) leads a life of leisure and excess. Heavily insulated from his citizens and enjoying lavish surroundings, Chung feasts on the finest foods and constantly finds himself in the company of women. When Kim Jae-kyu (Han Suk-kyu), the disillusioned head of the South Korean secret service, finds out that he is suffering from a terminal disease, he resolves to assassinate Chung-hee for the good of his country.

Plot Keywords: president, intelligence officer, pop star, prostitute, secret agent, bodyguard, gutsy ...

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#8. Infernal Affairs (2002)

Storyline: Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming, respectively, race against time to expose the mole within their midst.

Plot Keywords: undercover cop, mole, crime boss, police chief, love interest, gangster, melodramatic ...

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#9. The Fool (2014)

Storyline: The Fool is a movie about a simple plumber. An honest man, he is up against an entire system of corrupted bureaucrats. At stake are the lives of 800 inhabitants of an old dorm that is at risk of collapsing within the span of the night. Dima Nikitin is a simple and honest guy, a foreman of a repair team at a provincial housing service. Nothing really makes him stand out among the rest. It's only the unusual combination of honesty and integrity that makes others perceive him as somewhat weird.In the little town there is a notorious dorm, inhabited mainly by drunkards and outcasts. One night the pipes burst at the dorm. After arriving at the scene, Nikitin discovers that things are way more serious - the building will not stand through the night. People need to be evacuated immediately. Fighting the red tape, Nikitin sets off on a night Odyssey around the town authorities.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: mayor, parent, wife, inspector, resident, plumber, tense ...

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#12. Nayak: The Real Hero (2001)

Storyline: Employed as a camera-man at a popular television station QTV; Shivaji Rao Gaekwad work his way up and is eventually promoted as a reporter. One of his job involve interviewing the Chief Minister Balraj Chauhan. During the course of the interview he brings to light the true facts of Chauhan to the general public. Agrivated at this Chauhan decides that he will challenge him to become the Chief Minister for a day which he accepts. During his tenure Shivaji attempts to make the wrong right by punishing dishonest people while at the same time ensure that the masses get what they aspire for. But when his life return to normal he will find that nothing is the same anymore as he and his loved ones are made targets by Chauhan's goons this pushes Shivaji to enter politics and eventually elect as the Chief Minister - a Chief Minister who wants to continue the remaining of his day's work.

Plot Keywords: journalist, beautiful woman, personal assistant, chief minister, assassin, thug, frenetic ...

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#13. An American Story (1992)

Storyline: A group of decorated World War II heroes, including George (Brad Johnson) and Jesse (Tom Sizemore), come back to their sleepy Texas home town after their tour of duty to find that crooked politicians have taken control of the local government. Appalled, George, Jesse and their fellow soldiers unite their friends and family in a battle against the town mayor and his administration, who care more about their own personal finances than for the well-being of those they were elected to serve.

Plot Keywords: war hero, veteran, friend, wife, father, mayor, emotional ...

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#14. Sharkwater Extinction (2018)

Storyline: Discovering that sharks are being hunted to extinction, and with them the destruction of our life support system - activist and filmmaker Rob Stewart embarks on a dangerous quest to stop the slaughter. Following the sharks - and the money - into the elusive pirate fishing industry, Stewart uncovers a multi-billion dollar scandal that makes us all accomplices in the greatest wildlife massacre ever known.

Plot Keywords: shark, fisherman, intricate, shocking, sea, sharks, illegal activity ...

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