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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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...
1964, in 37 top lists Check -
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Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 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 Great Dictator
1940, in 25 top lists Check -
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Ladri di biciclette
1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check -
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Night of the Living Dead
1968, in 20 top lists Check -
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939, in 15 top lists Check -
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The Manchurian Candidate
1962, in 15 top lists Check -
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All Quiet on the Western Front
1930, in 19 top lists Check -
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962, in 16 top lists Check -
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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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Dogville
2003, in 14 top lists Check -
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All the President's Men
1976, in 21 top lists Check -
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Bronenosets Potemkin
1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check -
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Duck Soup
1933, in 24 top lists Check -
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Starship Troopers
1997, in 9 top lists Check -
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Tengoku to jigoku
1963 — a.k.a. High and Low, in 16 top lists Check -
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La grande illusion
1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check -
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Do the Right Thing
1989, in 25 top lists Check -
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La passion de Jeanne d'Arc
1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check -
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JFK
1991, in 13 top lists Check -
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Idi i smotri
1985 — a.k.a. Come and See, in 27 top lists Check -
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Zero Dark Thirty
2012, in 8 top lists Check -
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Lincoln
2012, in 5 top lists Check -
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Being There
1979, in 15 top lists Check -
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They Live
1988, in 7 top lists Check -
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Week End
1967 — a.k.a. Weekend, in 14 top lists Check -
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Il conformista
1970 — a.k.a. The Conformist, in 20 top lists Check -
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The Birth of a Nation
1915, in 21 top lists Check -
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Die Blechtrommel
1979 — a.k.a. The Tin Drum, in 14 top lists Check -
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Election
1999, in 7 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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Shoah
1985, in 18 top lists Check -
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Three Days of the Condor
1975, in 4 top lists Check -
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Malcolm X
1992, in 7 top lists Check -
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American Sniper
2014, in 4 top lists Check -
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Germania anno zero
1948 — a.k.a. Germany Year Zero, in 11 top lists Check -
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All the King's Men
1949, in 8 top lists Check -
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Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080...
1975, in 12 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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A Face in the Crowd
1957, in 14 top lists Check -
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Krótki film o zabijaniu
1988 — a.k.a. A Short Film About Killing, in 12 top lists Check -
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Syriana
2005, in 1 top list Check -
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Punishment Park
1971, in 5 top lists Check -
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Reds
1981, in 9 top lists Check -
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Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni...
1970 — a.k.a. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, in 12 top lists Check -
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Z
1969, in 17 top lists Check -
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Stachka
1925 — a.k.a. Strike, in 14 top lists Check -
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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932, in 14 top lists Check -
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Fail Safe
1964, in 6 top lists Check
Last updated on Jun 25, 2023; source