The New Republic's The 100 Most Significant Political Films of All Time

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"We wanted to do something special for this double July-August issue of The New Republic, but we weren’t sure what; then it hit us that summer is movie season, so why not combine that fact with this magazine’s great passion and come up with a list of history’s best political movies? (TNR, by the way, is no stranger to motion pictures. For decades, the magazine published the work of famed twentieth-century critic Stanley Kauffmann, and we continue to run trenchant film analysis today.)

It was that germ of an idea that led us to reach out to J. Hoberman, one of the leading film critics of the last half-century, to curate this project. Hoberman changed it from “best” to “most significant” and led us in assembling a list of around 130 critics to whom we wrote, asking them to participate. We were pleased that 79 wrote back with their lists." (The New Republic)

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  1. 4 new

    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
  2. 24 new

    Malcolm X

    1992, in 7 top lists Check
  3. 26 new

    Lincoln

    2012, in 5 top lists Check
  4. 39 new

    The Murder of Fred Hampton

    1971, in 2 top lists Check
  5. 43 new

    Reds

    1981, in 9 top lists Check
  6. 65 new

    Lumumba: La mort du prophète

    1991, in 1 top list Check
  7. 83 new

    The Times of Harvey Milk

    1984, in 8 top lists Check
  8. 84 new

    American Sniper

    2014, in 4 top lists Check
  9. 87 new

    Ivan Groznyy. Skaz vtoroy: Boyarskiy zagovor

    1958 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot, in 15 top lists Check
  10. 91 new

    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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Last updated on Jun 22, 2023; source