Political Films

[fluffybiscuits]

Looking for some recommendations for some political films to watch tonight. I dont mind either English or non English speaking. Can recommend Political Animals, a TV mini series

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUIuCDGuggo"]'Political Animals' Trailer - YouTube[/ame]

Anything recommend anything from recent years worth the watch?

[jmcc]

A series of 'The Thick Of It' or 'In The Loop' (movie version).

Regards...jmcc

[fluffybiscuits]

Thanks for that might check that out. Have seen the clips from in the thick of it!

[Dr. FIVE]

Yes Minister is on Netflix and elsewhere, great stuff. Some interesting bits on the RTÉplayer at moment.

All the President's Men always worth a watch too

[Dr. FIVE]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYZM58dulPE"]Money, Banking and the Federal Reserve - YouTube[/ame]

[musashi]

A little delay in posting response to this one, the question had to gestate.

Here's 16 versions of Julius Caesar by Shakespeare, take your pick.

http://www.watchfreemovies.ch/search/julius-caesar/

[TotalMayhem]

Just grabbed this:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGp3mUIemL0"]First Look | Underground: The Julian Assange Story - YouTube[/ame]

Don't expect much in terms of new revelations tho...

[Sam Lord]

A classic

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bOr_U_92xE"]Battle of Algiers (1966) - YouTube[/ame]

[Kev Bar]

You can't beat Syriana.

[goatstoe]

[ame="www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC53DovFLRw"]www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC53DovFLRw[/ame]

[Count Bobulescu]

I like this list supplied by readers of a political blog on WaPo.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the...-movies-1.html

I DO NOT like this list of top 100 political films from IMDB

http://www.imdb.com/list/KRy-af9K5cc/

[Kev Bar]

I like this list supplied by readers of a political blog on WaPo.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the...-movies-1.html

I DO NOT like this list of top 100 political films from IMDB

http://www.imdb.com/list/KRy-af9K5cc/

I do where you don't.

[Kev Bar]

Shocked at the absence of Gaghan's Syriana.

A empathetic portrayal of a suicide bomber out of Hollywood.

That's what I call operating.

[Captain Con O'Sullivan]

Pretty much all science fiction films are political. Those I can think of from the black and white classic 'The Day The Earth Stood Still' (and its anti-doomsday theme from the 1950s nuclear arms race background) right up to Skynet & Arnold Schwarzenegger, the latter effort which seems to be prophetic about technology being used against citizens and a deep seated fear of the calculating machine turning on us.

I suppose any dystopic science fiction film has to have a political element to make it work as it has to slightly disturb the viewer and resonate with current social concerns and where it might all end up.

[riposte]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzlX3JUkd78&NR=1&feature=endscreen"]COLD WAR BRANDO: The Ugly American - YouTube[/ame]