The 100 Most Significant Political Movies of All Time
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Not “best.” Not “favorite.” Not “most likable.” Most significant. Some are obvious. Some obscure. A few will be controversial. Let the debate begin.
-The New Republic.
(The list is 103 entries because the source contains Olympia part 1 & 2 and The Battle of Chile 1-3 as single entries.)
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La battaglia di Algeri
1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check -
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The Manchurian Candidate
1962, in 15 top lists Check -
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...
1964, in 37 top lists Check -
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All the President's Men
1976, in 21 top lists Check -
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The Birth of a Nation
1915, in 21 top lists Check -
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Triumph des Willens
1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check -
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Bronenosets Potemkin
1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check -
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Do the Right Thing
1989, in 25 top lists Check -
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Shoah
1985, in 18 top lists Check -
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A Face in the Crowd
1957, in 14 top lists Check -
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939, in 16 top lists Check -
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Harlan County U.S.A.
1976, in 11 top lists Check -
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La chinoise
1967 — a.k.a. The Chinese, in 5 top lists Check -
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Il conformista
1970 — a.k.a. The Conformist, in 20 top lists Check -
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Z
1969, in 17 top lists Check -
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Election
1999, in 7 top lists Check -
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La commune (Paris, 1871)
2000 — a.k.a. La Commune (Paris, 1871), in 5 top lists Check -
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La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin...
1975 — a.k.a. The Battle of Chile: Part I, in 8 top lists Check -
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La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin...
1976 — a.k.a. The Battle of Chile: Part II, in 6 top lists Check -
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La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin...
1979 — a.k.a. The Battle of Chile: Part III, in 6 top lists Check -
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Das Leben der Anderen
2006 — a.k.a. The Lives of Others, in 20 top lists Check -
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The Candidate
1972, in 2 top lists Check -
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Nuit et brouillard
1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check -
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Malcolm X
1992, in 7 top lists Check -
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Advise & Consent
1962, in 3 top lists Check -
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Lincoln
2012, in 5 top lists Check -
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Stachka
1925 — a.k.a. Strike, in 14 top lists Check -
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The Great Dictator
1940, in 25 top lists Check -
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Memorias del subdesarrollo
1968 — a.k.a. Memories of Underdevelopment, in 11 top lists Check -
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Selma
2014, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Great McGinty
1940, in 4 top lists Check -
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Gabriel Over the White House
1933, in 0 top lists Check -
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Salt of the Earth
1954, in 6 top lists Check -
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La hora de los hornos: Notas y testimonios...
1968 — a.k.a. The Hour of the Furnaces, in 9 top lists Check -
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Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 top lists Check -
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JFK
1991, in 13 top lists Check -
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Night of the Living Dead
1968, in 20 top lists Check -
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Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080...
1975, in 12 top lists Check -
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The Murder of Fred Hampton
1971, in 2 top lists Check -
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Primary
1960, in 6 top lists Check -
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Hearts and Minds
1974, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Spook Who Sat by the Door
1973, in 2 top lists Check -
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Reds
1981, in 9 top lists Check -
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Czlowiek z marmuru
1977 — a.k.a. Man of Marble, in 7 top lists Check -
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Born in Flames
1983, in 5 top lists Check -
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Duck Soup
1933, in 24 top lists Check -
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All Quiet on the Western Front
1930, in 19 top lists Check -
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Medium Cool
1969, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Parallax View
1974, in 10 top lists Check -
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Bulworth
1998, in 2 top lists Check
Last updated on Jun 25, 2023; source