Up unto recently it seemed like everything was about politics, and the political landscape of not only the United States, but the world, just seemed to get more and more unbelievable with each year that passed. When real life is that compelling, you can bet there will be some great movies emerging to capture those topics and themes, and politics is no exception.

We hope you enjoy our list of the 40 Top Political Films.

1 The Manchurian Candidate John Frankenheimer 1962
2 Dr. Strangelove Stanley Kubrick 1964
3 The Death of Stalin Armando Iannucci 2017
4 Persepolis Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi 2007
5 Election Alexander Payne 1999
6 Bob Roberts Tim Roberts 1992
7 Milk Gus Van Sant 2008
8 The Crying Game Neil Jordan 1992
9 The Favourite Yorgos Lanthimos 2018
10 In the Loop Armando Iannucci 2009
11 All the President’s Men Alan J. Paklua 1976
12 Wag the Dog Barry Levinson 1997
13 Matewan John Sayles 1987
14 Brazil Terry Gilliam 1985
15 Being There Hal Ashby 1979
16 The Lives of Others Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck 2006
17 Th Battle of Algiers Gillo Pontecorvo 1966
18 Citizen Ruth Alexander Payne 1996
19 The Act of Killing Joshua Oppenheimer, Anonymous,
Christine Cynn		 2012
20 Kandahar (The Sun Behind the Moon) Mohsen Makhmalbaf 2001
21 Ciizen Kane Orson Welles 1941
22 Good Night and Good Luck George Clooney 2005
23 The Conformist Bernardo Bewrtolucci 1970
24 Z Costa-Gavras 1969
25 Foxtrot Samuel Maoz 2017
26 Day Night Day Night Julia Loktev 2006
27 Reds Warren Beatty 1981
28 The Last King of Scotland Kevin Macdonald 2006
29 Control Room Jehane Noujaim 2004
30 Dogville Lars Von Trier 2003
31 Rabbit-Proof Fence Phillip Noyce 2002
32 Running on Empty Sidney Lumet 1988
33 Loving Jeff Nichols 2016
34 Pride Matthew Warchus 2014
35 Before the Rain Milcho Manchevski 1994
36 Gett Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz 2014
37 American History X Tony Kaye 1998
38 The War Room Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker 1993
39 Ikiru Akira Kurosawa 1952
40 Elizabeth Sekhar Kapur 1998