Highest-Rated Movies about 'White House', Sort by Popularity

No End in Sight (2007), All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone (2016), Wilson (1944), Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of the American Empire (2004), Inside Job (2010), Hacksaw Ridge (2016), John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums (1965) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best White House movies.

#1. No End in Sight (2007)

  • Rating: 9.6/10
  • Length: 102 mins
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Director: Charles Ferguson

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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#2. All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone (2016)

  • Rating: 9.3/10
  • Length: 91 mins
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Director: Fred Peabody

Storyline: Giant media conglomerates are increasingly reluctant to investigate or criticize government policies, particularly on defense, security and intelligence issues. They are ceding responsibility for holding governments and corporations accountable to the independent journalists and filmmakers who risk their careers, their freedom and their lives in war zones to expose the truth. With government deception rampant, independent voices are crucially important.

Plot Keywords: journalist, filmmaker, government official, president, corporate stooge, narrator, brash ...

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#4. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

  • Rating: 8.4/10
  • Length: 1h 35min
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Director: Stanley Kubrick

Storyline: Paranoid Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper of Burpelson Air Force Base, believing that fluoridation of the American water supply is a Soviet plot to poison the U.S. populace, is able to deploy through a back door mechanism a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union without the knowledge of his superiors, including the Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Buck Turgidson, and President Merkin Muffley. Only Ripper knows the code to recall the B-52 bombers and he has shut down communication in and out of Burpelson as a measure to protect this attack. Ripper's executive officer, RAF Group Captain Lionel Mandrake (on exchange from Britain), who is being held at Burpelson by Ripper, believes he knows the recall codes if he can only get a message to the outside world. Meanwhile at the Pentagon War Room, key persons including Muffley, Turgidson and nuclear scientist and adviser, a former Nazi named Dr. Strangelove, are discussing measures to stop the attack or mitigate its blow-up into an all ...

Plot Keywords: military officer, russian general, president, pilot, scientist, witty, creative ...

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

  • Rating: 8.3/10
  • Length: 60 mins
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Director: Jeremy Earp,Sut Jhally

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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#6. Inside Job (2010)

  • Rating: 8.2/10
  • Length: 108 mins
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Director: Charles Ferguson

Storyline: 'Inside Job' provides a comprehensive analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008, which at a cost over $20 trillion, caused millions of people to lose their jobs and homes in the worst recession since the Great Depression, and nearly resulted in a global financial collapse. Through exhaustive research and extensive interviews with key financial insiders, politicians, journalists, and academics, the film traces the rise of a rogue industry which has corrupted politics, regulation, and academia. It was made on location in the United States, Iceland, England, France, Singapore, and China.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: banker, government official, academic, economist, media personality, corrupt businessman, disheartening ...

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#7. Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

  • Rating: 8.1/10
  • Length: 2h 19min
  • Genre: War, Drama, Biography, History
  • Director: Mel Gibson

Storyline: The true story of Desmond T. Doss, the conscientious objector who, at the Battle of Okinawa, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his incredible bravery and regard for his fellow soldiers. We see his upbringing and how this shaped his views, especially his religious view and anti-killing stance. We see Doss's trials and tribulations after enlisting in the US Army and trying to become a medic. Finally, we see the hell on Earth that was Hacksaw Ridge.

Plot Keywords: private, soldier, commander, enemy, president, confident, emotional ...

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#9. Seven Days in May (1964)

  • Rating: 7.9/10
  • Length: 1h 58min
  • Genre: Thriller, Drama
  • Director: John Frankenheimer

Storyline: An unpopular U.S. President manages to get a nuclear disarmament treaty through the Senate, but finds that the nation is turning against him. Jiggs Casey, a Marine Colonel, finds evidence that General Scott, the wildly popular head of the Joint Chiefs and certain Presidential Candidate in 2 years is not planning to wait. Casey goes to the president with the information and a web of intrigue begins with each side unsure of who can be trusted.

Plot Keywords: president, military officer, assistant, mistress, tense, intricate, suspenseful ...

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#10. Uncovered: The War on Iraq (2004)

  • Rating: 7.8/10
  • Length: 86 mins
  • Genre: Drama, War, History, Documentary
  • Director: Robert Greenwald

Storyline: Using a wealth of different sources, Robert Greenwald investigates the motives and pretexts of the administration of former President George W. Bush for going to war in Iraq after 9/11. Greenwald's film dissects the different catalysts leading to the war, from the media's treatment of the issue to the practice of "data mining." A panel of experts lend their voices to this examination, including CIA analysts, a former CIA director, previous ambassadors and a weapons inspector.

Plot Keywords: politician, scientist, intelligence officer, magazine editor, inspector, ambassador, fascinating ...

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#11. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

  • Rating: 7.7/10
  • Length: 2h 6min
  • Genre: Drama, Biography, Musical
  • Director: Michael Curtiz

Storyline: A musical portrait of composer/singer/dancer George M. Cohan. From his early days as a child-star in his family's vaudeville show up to the time of his comeback at which he received a medal from the president for his special contributions to the US, this is the life- story of George M. Cohan, who produced, directed, wrote and starred in his own musical shows for which he composed his famous songs.

Plot Keywords: father, mother, sister, theatrical producer, songwriter, patriotic, spirited ...

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#13. Selma (2014)

  • Rating: 7.5/10
  • Length: 2h 8min
  • Genre: Drama, Biography, History
  • Director: Ava DuVernay

Storyline: The unforgettable true story chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The epic march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in President Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement. Director Ava DuVernay's "Selma" tells the story of how the revered leader and visionary Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and his brothers and sisters in the movement prompted change that forever altered history.

Plot Keywords: martin luther king jr., lyndon baines johnson, protester, police officer, southerner, racist, brooding ...

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#14. X2 (2003)

  • Rating: 7.4/10
  • Length: 2h 14min
  • Genre: Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
  • Director: Bryan Singer

Storyline: Several months have passed since the X-Men defeated Magneto and imprisoned him in a seemingly impregnable plastic chamber. One day, a mutant by the name of Nightcrawler infiltrates the White House and attempts to assassinate the President, setting off a chain reaction of anti-mutant measures by the government. Meanwhile, Logan is trying to discover his past. As scientist named William Stryker discovers Professor X's secret school and Cerebro, Magneto's partner, Mystique, is planning to break her leader out of prison. But when Professor X's school is attacked by Stryker's forces, Logan, Rogue, Iceman, and a few are lucky to escape. Those who remain meet in Boston, where they form an uneasy alliance with Magneto to stop Stryker and rescue Professor X.

Plot Keywords: wolverine, president, scientist, mutant, superhero, friend, gripping ...

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#15. X-Men (2000)

  • Rating: 7.4/10
  • Length: 1h 44min
  • Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
  • Director: Bryan Singer

Storyline: In a world where both Mutants and Humans fear each other, Marie, better known as Rogue, runs away from home and hitches a ride with another mutant, known as Logan, a.k.a. Wolverine. Professor Charles Xavier, who owns a school for young mutants, sends Storm and Cyclops to bring them back before it is too late. Magneto, who believes a war is approaching, has an evil plan in mind, and needs young Rogue to help him.

Plot Keywords: mutant, professor x, magneto, villain, raven, president, brooding ...

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