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Lists that rank great movies and TV shows about politics and politicians.

America

American presidents in movies and TV tend to be idealized versions of world leaders: kind, wise, intensely moral, and strong. Think Jed Bartlet from The West Wing or Thomas Whitmore in Independence Day. They&#39;re who we wished could run the country during a global crisis or emergency. But the world isn&#39;t perfect, and neither are most presidents. Sometimes, though, audiences are exposed to <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/comedy-movies-about-politics/ranker-film" target="_blank">fictional presidents</a> who are just as flawed as the real thing, or worse. These are some of&nbsp;the worst <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/greatest-fictional-presidents/ranker-characters" target="_blank">fictional presidents,</a> as ranked by how they handled their biggest crisis.

Several famous actors have played real U.S. presidents in films, either while they were in office and before they became famous politicians. Some of the best times presidents were on screen they were portrayed by Academy Award-winning actors. There are even actors who played the same American president multiple times or different presidents in multiple films.Who has played Presidents? Daniel Day-Lewis won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg's 2012 film, Lincoln. Day-Lewis originally turned down the role but revisited the project after Liam Neeson dropped out. Bill Murray played Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 2012 film, Hyde Park on the Hudson.Jeff Daniels portrayed George Washington in 1999's The Crossing. Other famous actors who played American presidents include Anthony Hopkins and Sam Rockwell.Which actors do you think were the most presidential? You may not be able to vote them into office, but you can vote the best performances up to the top of this list.

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Being There

Political movies can approach the notion of politics and government from numerous perspectives, and with many wildly divergent purposes. Some of the earliest and best-remembered films were essentially propaganda tools being used by a political party or ideological group, hoping that the new media of cinema could be useful in helping to persuade or mollify the masses. (In some cases, as with the Nazi documentary "Triumph of the Will" or Sergei Eisenstein's massively influential "Battleship Potemkin," they were undeniable successful, at least initially.)Political films can also serve the opposite purpose, encouraging people to distrust or even fear their government, or attacking an individual politician or political movement specifically. Some of the best political movies, the paranoia thrillers of the 1970s, for example, reflected America's distrust in its own leaders following the Watergate and other corruption scandals. More recently, George Clooney's "Good Night, and Good Luck" told a true story about journalist Edward R. Murrow facing off against Joseph McCarthy, but as a way of discussing political issues that remained relevant even upon its release in 2005. Good political movies are able to illuminate complicated situations for their viewers.Many Americans' understanding of complex political situations, both in their homeland and in other countries, as well, comes from watching popular films. For example, the satirical take on the politics of war in "Wag the Dog," the insights into Greek politics provided by Costa-Gavras "Z" or the look at Bolivian elections in the documentary "Our Brand is Crisis."This list includes notable and significant political movies from throughout cinema history from all different styles and genres. It is VoteRanked and Open, so be sure to vote up your favorites, vote down the movies you don't think belong on the list and add any other suggestions you have at the bottom of the page. Check out more lists like this <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/list-of-all-political-thriller-movies/reference">awesome collection of political thrillers</a>, <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/well-made-movies-about-slavery/all-genre-movies-lists">slave movies that will make you question the justice of history</a>, and <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-napoleonic-war-movies-ever-made/all-genre-movies-lists">the top napoleon movies ever made</a>.&nbsp;

Comedy

Some of the most highlighted and anticipated events of late-night television are Saturday Night Live&#39;s impressions of politicians. Seen as a staple of the show, impressions of politicians on SNL often happen during the program&#39;s cold open, where the parodied president, member of Congress, or political figure recaptures the week&#39;s top news. The best SNL politician impressions completely embody the person and their given quirks. <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/current-snl-impressions/lisa-waugh" target="_blank">Legendary SNL&nbsp;parodies</a>, including Tina Fey as Sarah Palin, reportedly&nbsp;impacted the 2008 election, while newcomers, such as Kate McKinnon, reach across the political aisle to parody both Republicans and Democrats -&nbsp;and even men and women - alike. Many <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/how-political-figures-feel-about-snl-impressions/genevieve-carlton" target="_blank">politicians react to their SNL impressions</a> with great humor, though some take the jokes better than others.&nbsp;

Politicians compared to their&nbsp;SNL&nbsp;impressions showcase how strong the show can get when it comes to casting. Sometimes even non-cast members debut politician impressions that end up becoming standard skits for the show. Take a look at the politicians versus&nbsp;the&nbsp;SNL&nbsp;actors who played them below - and see if you can tell the difference.

The Distinguished Gentleman

The best political comedies are hilarious films that include both political themes and satire in the same package. Comedies about politics find the humor in real-life situations, regardless of party affiliations. The top political comedy movies feature cutting satire&nbsp;inspired by politicians from all over the world. This is a list of the funniest movies about politics including everything from Team America: World Police to The American President to Wag the Dog.

What films will you find on this list of the best funny politics movies? In Idiocracy,&nbsp;President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho (Terry Crews) rallies the American people with his bombastic speeches. Luke Wilson and Maya Rudolph co-star in this Mike Judge favorite. The Dictator is another funny movie about global politics.&nbsp;In the Loop is a hilarious <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-political-films-ever-made" target="_blank">political movies</a>&nbsp;directed by Armando Iannucci, the creator of the hit TV show Veep. Other good films featured here include Bulworth, Black Sheep, and Head of State.

Do you have a favorite funny movie about politics? Give the best films a thumbs up and please add any great features that are missing.

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The Thick of It

These are very best political drama shows on television, ranked from best to worst. This list of the greatest political drama shows also includes pictures from the shows, when available. Popular political <a href="/crowdranked-list/greatest-television-dramas-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">drama TV shows</a> have been a staple of television for years, so there&#39;s often debate about what the most entertaining political drama show of all time is. Don&#39;t let your favorite political drama television programs fall to the bottom of the list - be sure to vote them up so they have the chance to reach the top spot. The list of political <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-new-tv-dramas-of-the-last-few-years/ranker-tv?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">drama television shows</a> below includes information like the program&#39;s cast and premiere date, when available.

The <a href="/list/full-list-of-the-west-wing-episodes/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">West Wing</a> and House of Cards are included on this list along with many more political dramas. These are without a doubt the best political dramas on TV. Many feature the best fictional politicians to ever grace the small screen, along with other notable characters. Political TV dramas often have intense storylines, win countless awards, and are among the top-rated TV shows in any genre.&nbsp;

What is the best political drama show of all time? What are the greatest political drama shows?&nbsp;And, most importantly, what do YOU think are the best political TV shows? Political television shows are as popular as ever and they aren&#39;t going away any time soon, so be sure to check out the names of political drama shows and series on this list and upvote the best of the best!

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A list of all the best political thriller movies ever made, many of which are streaming on Netflix and Amazon Prime. To see which of your favorites are currently streaming along with other great dramas, check out <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-dramas-on-amazon-prime/ranker-film">The Best Dramas on Amazon Prime</a> and the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-drama-films-on-netflix-instant/polkadotking">The Best Drama Films on Netflix Instant</a>.&nbsp;

This political thriller movie list can be sorted by cast, year, director, and more. This list of political thriller films also contains political thriller movie titles that can be clicked on for more information about the film. This political thriller films list can also be copied to start your own. This list, though, contains the best political thriller movies of all time, as voted on by fans of the films This political thriller movie list can be sorted by alphabetically, by director, by year and more, but is currently ordered from best to worst. What&#39;s your favorite item on this list? Upvote it and a few more you like to see your opinions impact the order.

List of political thriller films includes <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-political-films-ever-made" target="_blank">political movie titles</a> that can be clicked on for more information about the film. Re-rank this entire page then share it to see what your friends think.

These are the top films in the political thriller genre, meaning that each and every one of these is a movie with at least a single element of the political thriller genre in it. Be it the motifs of the political thriller genre or just some of the most common archetypes.

These are definitely all of the political thrillers out there, including some of the worst and best recent political thrillers and some are a great example of a good American political thriller. Though political thrillers are often about America, there are a few fun foreign political thrillers on here too. &nbsp;

List includes choices like Category 7: The End of the World and The Deal so that if you care about this subject, you can vote on at least one thing. If we missed any political thriller movies on this list, please add them to the list yourself, as this is an open list which means you can add any movies whenever you like (choices are subject to moderation). The films on this list cover the most famous political thriller movies of all time and are voted on by people who really care about political thriller movie lists.

You can find the release information for any of the films listed below. It&#39;s often available in the data set, so you can even find the cast of some of these by clicking on the names of the political thriller movies. List includes photos and political thriller movie trailers next to the names of the movies.

These movies, like The Odessa File and The Little Drummer Girl include images when available.

Whether you&#39;re at home and want to watch these political thriller movies on DVD, streaming Blu-ray or streaming, or if you&#39;re seeing them in theatres for the first time, this is a list of good political thriller movies that can be helpful in either situation to see where they all stack up. So from the latest, to the greatest political thriller movies, here is the full political thriller movies list, ordered from best to worst.

Drama

This list contains information on the best <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/list-of-all-political-drama-movies/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">political drama movies</a>, ranked from best to worst by user votes. The best political drama films come in many forms. Some good political dramas take place in the White House while other good political drama movies are set all around the world. Many of the best political drama movies have won awards. 
 
What films will you find on this top political <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/list-of-all-comedy-drama-movies/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">drama movies list</a>? Frost/Nixon has to be near the top. This Ron Howard film examined the Watergate scandal through a series of interviews with David Frost (played by Michael Sheen) and Richard Nixon (Frank Langella). The 2008 movie was nominated for a total of five Academy Awards. All the President&#39;s Men is another good political drama. 
 
Daniel Day Lewis disappeared into the role of the 16th President of the United States when he played the title character in Lincoln. Other good political drama movies featured on this list include Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, JFK, and The Queen. 
 
Do you have a favorite political drama movie? Vote the best films up to the top of this list, then check out our list of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-political-films-ever-made" target="_blank">best political movies</a>.

Fictional Characters

Sure, nobody actually&nbsp;wants&nbsp;to be the vice president. Shows&nbsp;like&nbsp;Veep&nbsp;and&nbsp;House of Cards&nbsp;have entire seasons built around vice presidents hating their job and doing everything they can to ascend to the &quot;real&quot; presidency.

That&#39;s why, on the surface,&nbsp;asking who your favorite&nbsp;fictional vice president is&nbsp;(or honestly real vice president) is kind of like asking who the greatest superhero sidekicks are&nbsp;- it can be hard to remember characters who aren&#39;t the main star. But that doesn&#39;t mean there aren&#39;t dozens of examples of awesome vice presidents&nbsp;in movies and on TV. We already mentioned&nbsp;Veep&nbsp;and&nbsp;House of Cards, but shows like&nbsp;West Wing&nbsp;and&nbsp;24&nbsp;also include complicated, interesting vice presidents. With so many great characters, some funny and some dramatic, it&nbsp;comes as no surprise that this list features many fictional VPs who eventually assume the role&nbsp;of POTUS.

Be sure to vote up the best fictional vice presidents and&nbsp;which characters had the highest approval rating. Don&#39;t see your favorite character? Add them!

Invictus

There are many biopics that look at the lives of politicians and other political figures. But what are the best political biopic movies? This list includes titles such as All the President’s Men, The King’s Speech, Charlie Wilson’s War, and The Queen. The films on this list have been ranked by men and women as the best political biopics.Movies have the ability to make us feel. They make us want to believe, be inspired, and live vicariously through the stories we see on screen. It is for this reason we often feel an emotional connection to films. Politics affects our lives in a variety of ways, so it is natural that filmmakers are drawn to stories about the lives of those who run the world.Political biopics have told <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/private-life-of-queen-elizabeth-ii/setareh-janda?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the story of Queen Elizabeth</a>, John Kennedy, Bill Clinton, and George Patton and with a peek into the lives of these individuals, we can hopefully understand their motives, and thus their politics, all that much better. These movies vary in their genre but they are all equally fascinating.Vote up the greatest political biopic movies ever made below or add one you think is great that isn't already on the list.

Lumumba

Sometimes the truth is more entertaining than fiction, especially when it comes to films inspired by real-life political events, scandals, and personalities. The top true politics movies are typically about a major event that changed the scope of government. This is a list of true <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-political-films-ever-made" target="_blank">political movies</a> featuring everything from All the President&#39;s Men to The Last King of Scotland to Malcolm X.

What classics will you find on this list of movies based on true politics? Maybe you&#39;ll vote&nbsp;Lincoln&nbsp;to the top. Daniel Day-Lewis took home the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the 16th president, in a film examining the time when he abolished slavery. Hyde Park on Hudson,&nbsp;which offers a look at the personal life of Franklin D. Roosevelt, is another good movie about a political figure. Nelson Mandela was the subject of the acclaimed 2013 film&nbsp;Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. Other notable movies featured in this roundup include Patton, The King&#39;s Speech, and The Ides of March.

Which political true stories are the best? Give your favorite films a thumbs up to move them to the number-one spot, and add any great flicks that are missing.

Politics

Glava Ričard Nikson

With the political climate at an all-time high, sometimes it's best to escape the real world by kicking back and watching some good old-fashioned lighthearted entertainment. Of course, fictional TV isn't exactly completely politics-free. Heck, not even cartoons are! There are some seriously sleazy cartoon politicians on TV, but even rarer are the pie-in-the-sky candidates you wish were actually real.This is a list of the best fictional politicians on animated shows. Vote up the politicians you'd actually vote for in real life.&nbsp;

Tom Beck

A list of the greatest fictional presidents. Browse through this list of the greatest fictional presidents <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/fictional-tv-presidents/ranker-tv" target="_blank">from TV</a>, movies, and more to see those characters who served their country well. These presidents are ranked by the community in order from most popular fictional presidents to the least popular.

If you don&rsquo;t agree with the rankings below, vote up the presidents that you think were the greatest, and see them rise on the list. If you don&rsquo;t see the great fictional president you love on the list, go ahead and add him or her below. Some presidents are strong leaders and really help their people and country, while other presidents are so horrible that they don&rsquo;t need to be doing any sort of leading.&nbsp;

The great presidential leaders are the ones that you will find on this list. Cast your votes below - there&#39;s no electoral college to get in the way in this election!

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Josiah Bartlet

Josiah Edward "Jed" Bartlet, PhD., is a fictional character from the American television serial drama The West Wing, portrayed by Martin Sheen. The role earned Sheen a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama in 2001, as well as two SAG Awards. Bartlet's tenure as a Democratic President of the United States is a preeminent aspect of the series. His origin as a recurring character evolved due to Sheen's acting finesse; creator Aaron Sorkin and fellow West Wing writers shaped Bartlet's role within the show accordingly. The first season depicts his second year in office and subsequent seasons flesh out the details of his administration, including friction between his policies and those of the Republican-dominated Congress, his tribulations with multiple sclerosis, his reelection, and the campaign of his successor. Characterized by manifest integrity, quick witticisms, a fierce intellect, and compassionate stoicism, Bartlet is widely acclaimed by critics and political commentators alike as the "most popular Democratic president in recent memory."

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President James Marshall

President James Marshall is a fictional character from the 1997 film Air Force One.

Thomas J. Whitmore

President Thomas J. Whitmore

President Thomas J. Whitmore is a fictional character from Independence Day.

David Palmer

David Palmer, J.D. is a fictional President of the United States played by Dennis Haysbert as part of the television series 24. Palmer served as the show's second-most prominent protagonist, after Jack Bauer. Throughout the series, Palmer's ex-wife Sherry and brother Wayne are both key figures in his administration. He has two children: a son, Keith, and a daughter, Nicole. Palmer was a member of the Democratic Party. He is in the fourth highest number of episodes of any character in the series behind Tony Almeida, Chloe O'Brian and main character Jack Bauer, portrayed by Carlos Bernard, Mary Lynn Rajskub and Kiefer Sutherland, respectively.

Andrew Shepherd

Andrew Shepherd is a fictional character from the 1995 film The American President.

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Laura Roslin

Laura Roslin is a fictional character in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series, portrayed by Mary McDonnell. She is the President of the Twelve Colonies and one of the primary characters in the show.

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Speaker Trumbull

Speaker Trumbull is a fictional character from the 2013 action thriller Olympus has Fallen.

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Francis Underwood

Francis Joseph "Frank" Underwood is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Netflix web television series House of Cards, played by Kevin Spacey. He is a variation of Francis Urquhart, the protagonist of the British novel and television series House of Cards, from which the American Netflix series is adapted. He is married to Claire Underwood, but also had a sexual relationship with Zoe Barnes in season 1. He made his first appearance in the series' pilot episode, "Chapter 1".
Underwood is from Gaffney, South Carolina. He graduated from The Sentinel, a fictionalized version of The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, and Harvard Law School. Some of Underwood's dialogue throughout the series is presented in a direct address to the audience, a narrative technique that breaks the fourth wall. The character speaks in a Southern dialect. During season 1, he is the Democratic Majority Whip in the United States House of Representatives. In season 2, he is the newly appointed Vice President of the United States, before becoming President of the United States in the season finale.

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President James Foster

President James Foster is a fictional character from the 2004 film Chasing Liberty.

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Joe Bauers

Joe Bauers is a fictional character from the 2006 film Idiocracy.

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President Camacho

President Camacho is a fictional character from the 2006 film Idiocracy.

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President Thomas Wilson

President Thomas Wilson is a fictional character in the 2009 science fiction doomsday film 2012.

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President Baxter Harris

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Selina Meyer

Selina Catherine Meyer is a fictional character portrayed by Julia Louis-Dreyfus on the HBO television comedy series Veep. Louis-Dreyfus has been critically acclaimed for the role, earning three consecutive Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series awards and two Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy nominations.
Meyer is a former United States Senator and Vice President of the United States following an unsuccessful run for President. During the first season, as Vice President she was powerless and disregarded by most other important officials, leading to various humiliations and indignities. During the second season she begins to amass some power and influence. In the third season, she contemplates challenging the incumbent president for their unnamed party's nomination in light of his political weakness, but the issue is mooted when he abruptly resigns, allowing her to become the president. As the currently-running fourth season begins, she has assumed office but is facing strong primary challengers of her own.
The role garnered Louis-Dreyfus milestone awards.

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