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1. Air Force One (1997)
R | 124 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Communist radicals hijack Air Force One with the U.S. President and his family on board. The Vice President negotiates from Washington D.C., while the President, a veteran, fights to rescue the hostages on board.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Wendy Crewson
Votes: 210,731 | Gross: $172.96M
2. Vice (I) (2018)
R | 132 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The story of Dick Cheney, an unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider, who quietly wielded immense power as Vice President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that are still felt today.
Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell
Votes: 162,871 | Gross: $47.84M
3. Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
R | 102 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A drama based on a Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.
Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams
Votes: 125,109 | Gross: $66.66M
4. The Constant Gardener (2005)
R | 129 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A widower's transcontinental quest to find answers about his wife's death leads him to explosive secrets.
Director: Fernando Meirelles | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Hubert Koundé
Votes: 148,839 | Gross: $33.58M
5. Seven Days in May (1964)
Approved | 118 min | Drama, Thriller
United States military leaders plot to overthrow the President because he supports a nuclear disarmament treaty and they fear a Soviet sneak attack.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March, Ava Gardner
Votes: 17,410 | Gross: $7.96M
6. JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass (2021)
TV-14 | 118 min | Documentary, History
Declassified files related to President Kennedy's assassination in a far larger context, aiming to shine more light on what really happened in 1963.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Whoopi Goldberg, Oliver Stone, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Votes: 4,259
7. Burn! (1969)
R | 112 min | Action, Drama, War
In 1844, a British mercenary helps the revolting slaves of an Antilles island colony gain independence from Portugal, but later returns to hunt down a local rebel leader and former protégé.
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo | Stars: Marlon Brando, Evaristo Márquez, Renato Salvatori, Dana Ghia
Votes: 5,852 | Gross: $0.43M
8. An Acceptable Loss (2018)
R | 102 min | Drama, Thriller
Libby teaches at a university but 4 years ago she was top aide to VP Rachel and was part of a total victory action. Rachel is now US president and worried about Libby keeping quiet. Libby also has a student spying on her.
Director: Joe Chappelle | Stars: Tika Sumpter, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ben Tavassoli, Deanna Dunagan
Votes: 1,616 | Gross: $0.03M
9. State of Siege (1972)
Not Rated | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Using the interrogation of a US counterinsurgency agent as a backdrop, the film explores the consequences of the struggle between Uruguay's government and the leftist Tupamaro guerrillas.
Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Yves Montand, Renato Salvatori, O.E. Hasse, Jacques Weber
Votes: 6,085 | Gross: $1.13M
10. JFK: Destiny Betrayed (2021)
TV-MA | 214 min | Documentary, History
Filmmaker Oliver Stone revisits material used in the making of the film JFK along with additional material that has come to light since.
Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Donald Sutherland, Douglas Horne, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Votes: 508
11. Edward the King (1975)
687 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of Edward VII (1841 - 1910), the King of the United Kingdom. Before becoming the King, he developed a reputation of a playboy, which angered his mother, Queen Victoria. He was a reformer and modernizer, but also an elitist.
Stars: Annette Crosbie, Timothy West, Helen Ryan, Felicity Kendal
Votes: 551
12. Why We Fight (2005)
PG-13 | 98 min | Documentary, History, War
Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions.
Director: Eugene Jarecki | Stars: Gore Vidal, John McCain, Ken Adelman, John Ashcroft
Votes: 10,242 | Gross: $1.44M
13. Hitler: A Career (1977)
Not Rated | 150 min | Documentary, History
This meticulously assembled film dissects the Third Reich with an analytical blade, charting Hitler's improbable rise, his mastery of crowd psychology and his consummate skill in exploiting others' weaknesses.
Directors: Joachim Fest, Christian Herrendoerfer | Stars: Gert Westphal, Stephen Murray, Artur Axmann, General Bergeret
Votes: 3,045
14. Carterland (2021)
122 min | Documentary, Biography
In the mid 1970's, a visionary leader decades ahead of his time is locked in a struggle for the future of America. His name is Jimmy Carter.
Directors: Jim Pattiz, Will Pattiz | Stars: Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale, Andrew Young, Jonathan Alter
Votes: 30
15. iHuman (2019)
99 min | Documentary
The documentary follows the booming artificial intelligence industry, what opportunities and challenges it brings and its impact on the global community.
Director: Tonje Hessen Schei | Stars: Max Tegmark, Zeynep Tüfekçi, Elenore Pauwels, Ben Goertzel
Votes: 720
16. Disraeli (1929)
Passed | 90 min | Biography, Drama, History
Prime Minister of Great Britain Benjamin Disraeli outwits the subterfuge of the Russians and chicanery at home in order to secure the purchase of the Suez Canal.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: George Arliss, Doris Lloyd, David Torrence, Joan Bennett
Votes: 1,386
17. Shadow World (2016)
94 min | Documentary
Based on the book of The Shadow World, this feature length documentary is an investigation into the multi-billion dollar international arms trade.
Director: Johan Grimonprez
Votes: 766
18. The Empire Files (2015– )
30 min | Documentary, News, Talk-Show
An independent documentary & interview series hosted by Abby Martin - reporting on war & inequality from the heart of Empire
Stars: Abby Martin, Noam Chomsky, Ralph Nader, Max Blumenthal
Votes: 141
19. The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
A film about the war crimes of the American diplomat, Henry Kissinger.
Director: Eugene Jarecki | Stars: Brian Cox, Henry Kissinger, Anna Chennault, Daniel Davidson
Votes: 2,097 | Gross: $0.52M
20. 1945-1953: From World War to Cold War (2018)
Documentary, History, War
A look back to the end of the second World War, where the world was struggling to recover after the death and destruction caused by the six-year global conflict.
Stars: Curtis Roosevelt, François Kersaudy, André Kaspi, Robert Franck
Votes: 38
21. Our Man in Tehran (2013)
85 min | Documentary, History
The events of the Iranian Hostage Crisis and Canada's involvement, especially concerning Ambassador Ken Taylor, are explored.
Directors: Drew Taylor, Larry Weinstein | Stars: Assadollah Alam, Bob Anders, Jimmy Carter, Joe Clark
Votes: 279 | Gross: $0.00M
22. Spyashchie (2017)
Thriller
The film's plot unfolds in 2013 during a period of aggravation of the situation in the Middle East and North Africa, the complication of the foreign policy situation in Europe and covers ... See full summary »
Stars: Igor Petrenko, Natalya Rogozhkina, Konstantin Strelnikov, Semyon Shkalikov
Votes: 238
23. Queen of Destiny (1938)
Not Rated | 95 min | Biography, Drama
Picking up where Victoria the Great (1937) left off, this sequel has Anna Neagle return to the role of Queen Victoria in another colorful account of the revered British monarch's reign. ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Anton Walbrook, C. Aubrey Smith, Walter Rilla
Votes: 114
24. Brazil (I) (1944)
Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A songwriter struggles to produce another successful hit for the National Brazilian song contest.
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Tito Guízar, Virginia Bruce, Edward Everett Horton, Robert Livingston
Votes: 223
25. JFK: The Final Evidence (2023)
Documentary, Action, Crime
In this two-part series, explore the mystery behind the assassination of President John F Kennedy with Dr David J Hall.
Stars: Emma Long, David J. Hall, Chris Moran
Votes: 26
26. Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial & Depiction (2017)
PG-13 | 115 min | Documentary, History
Filmmaker Joe Berlinger meets with historians and scholars to discuss the Armenian Genocide and the continuing denial by the Turkish government of it ever happening.
Director: Joe Berlinger | Stars: Shohreh Aghdashloo, Taner Akçam, Hagop Asadourian, Peter Balakian
Votes: 546
27. Across the Pacific (2020)
History
This is a 3 part series from PBS, following WW1, airline executive Juan Trippe, pilot Charles Lindbergh
Stars: Christopher Cassarino, Brad Koed, Brian Muller, Sergey Nagorny
Votes: 70
28. The Weight of Chains 2 (2014)
124 min | Documentary, Comedy, History
'The Weight of Chains 2' is a documentary film largely dealing with the effects of the Washington Consensus economic doctrine on the newly established former Yugoslav republics, but also ... See full summary »
Director: Boris Malagurski | Stars: Boris Malagurski, Oliver Stone, Noam Chomsky, Carla Del Ponte
Votes: 1,443
29. The Lobby - USA (2018)
Documentary
Stars: Max Blumenthal, John Mearsheimer, Jacob Baime, Jim Moran
Votes: 22
30. The President's Book of Secrets (2010 TV Movie)
Documentary
Journey inside White House history to unveil fascinating truths behind secrets known only to the President.
Stars: Jonathan Adams, Jonathan Alter, Michael Bohn, Leonid Brezhnev
Votes: 118
31. False Alarm (2021)
53 min | Documentary
The surreal, traumatic, and revelatory fallout from the morning when everyone on Hawai'i thought a nuclear missile strike was imminent.
Director: Nick Lyell
Votes: 12
32. Pod Save the World (2017 Podcast Series)
News
Tommy Vietor thought foreign policy was boring and complicated until he got the education of a lifetime working for President Obama's National Security Council. He and former deputy ... See full summary »
Stars: Tommy Vietor, Ben Rhodes, Kelly Magsamen, David Lammy
Votes: 13
33. Kissinger (2011 TV Movie)
120 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Over the past two years, Chimerica Media have been given exclusive and unparalleled access to conduct a series of interviews with Henry Kissinger and to film him on a series of foreign ... See full summary »
Director: Adrian Pennink | Star: Henry Kissinger
Votes: 113
34. The Secret Government: The Constitution in Crisis (1987 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary, History, War
This special report by Bill Moyers illustrates and evidences about the contradictions revolving U.S. government when it comes to actually follow and obey the Constitution and its rulings. ... See full summary »
Stars: Scott Armstrong, Richard Bissell, Jackson Browne, Carl Channel
Votes: 39
35. CIA: America's Secret Warriors (1997)
Documentary, Action, Crime
Hard-eyed look at unstable mix of idealism, adventurism, careerism and casual criminality of field agents who began as best and brightest and became tarnished and faded.
Director: Marc Levin | Stars: Richard Di Sabatino, Liev Schreiber
Votes: 27
36. Home on the Range (1982)
53 min | Documentary
Australian independent political documentary about the US installations in Australia at Pine Gap near Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. Covers the the Loans Affair and the sacking of... See full summary »
Director: Gil Scrine
37. Thank You, Mr. President: The Press Conferences of JFK (1983 Video)
32 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Arthur J. Bressan Jr. | Stars: John F. Kennedy, E.G. Marshall, Pierre Salinger
Votes: 6
38. Free to Rock (2017)
61 min | Documentary, History, Music
FREE TO ROCK is a 60 minute documentary film directed by 4 time Emmy winning filmmaker Jim Brown and narrated by Kiefer Sutherland. Ten years in the making, the film explores the soft power... See full summary »
Director: Jim Brown | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Tsvety, Jimmy Carter, Yuri Valov
Votes: 104
39. Iran-Contra Investigation (2007 Video)
Not Rated | 64 min | Documentary, History, War
Experience the American Journey through our country's visual heritage in this historical recording provided by the National Archives of the United States. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON SECRET ... See full summary »
Stars: George Bush, Oliver North, Ronald Reagan, Brendan Sullivan
40. Valentino's Ghost (2012)
93 min | Documentary, History, News
The documentary exposes the ways in which America's foreign policy agenda in the Middle East drives the U.S. media's portrayals of Arabs and Muslims. The film lays bare the truths behind ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Singh | Stars: Ahmed Ahmed, Hillary Clinton, Walter Cronkite, Mike Farrell
Votes: 63
41. PBS NewsHour Special Presentation (2022– )
News
Joe Biden addresses the 2022 State of the Union.
Stars: Adam Schiff, Jamie Raskin, Adam Kinzinger, Liz Cheney
43. JFK: The Road to Camelot (2015 Video)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
John F. Kennedy's journey from the Senate to the White House is detailed in this collection of vintage documentaries. The John F. Kennedy Story (1958): Produced in conjunction with ... See full summary »
Stars: John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Jimmy Hoffa, Caroline Kennedy
44. Valentino's Ghost: Why We Hate Arabs (2015)
100 min | Documentary
VALENTINO'S GHOST: WHY WE HATE ARABS (2015) exposes how U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East is the driving force behind the mainstream media's portrayals of that region and its people, resulting in injustice, bigotry, hatred and wars.
Director: Michael Singh
Votes: 19
46. The Defence of Canada (1985– )
History
A documentary about the history and contemporary state of Canadian military and foreign policy.
Stars: Gwynne Dyer, Robert Borden, John Buchan, Arthur Currie
47. Disarm (2005)
67 min | Documentary, History, War
Disarm filmmakers Mary Wareham (Next Step Productions) and Brian Liu (Toolbox DC) present a contemporary and provocative view of the forces challenging the achievement of a mine-free world.... See full summary »
Directors: Brian Liu, Mary Wareham
Votes: 34
48. Qatar: A Dangerous Alliance (2017)
39 min | Documentary, Short
Qatar: A Dangerous Alliance is a chaptered educational documentary featuring some of the world's leading experts on Middle East policy, international terrorism, and finance. Presented in a ... See full summary »
Director: William Nixon
50. Casa Libre/Freedom House (2008)
Not Rated | 56 min | Documentary
Shows the lives of teen residents of Casa Libre/Freedom House in Los Angeles, CA.
Director: Roberto S. Oregel | Stars: Carlos Aleman, Silvia Lorena Beltran, Luis Bocaletti, Al Brown