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. 3 new

    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  2. 8 new

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  3. 11 new

    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    1939, in 15 top lists Check
  4. 13 new

    La chinoise

    1967 — a.k.a. The Chinese, in 5 top lists Check
  5. 16 new

    Election

    1999, in 7 top lists Check
  6. 22 new

    The Candidate

    1972, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 28 new

    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
  8. 31 new

    The Great McGinty

    1940, in 4 top lists Check
  9. 45 new

    Born in Flames

    1983, in 5 top lists Check
  10. 46 new

    Duck Soup

    1933, in 24 top lists Check
  11. 50 new

    Bulworth

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 56 new

    Wag the Dog

    1997, in 2 top lists Check
  13. 62 new

    Film d'amore e d'anarchia, ovvero 'stamattina...

    1973 — a.k.a. Love & Anarchy, in 1 top list Check
  14. 64 new

    Khrustalyov, mashinu!

    1998 — a.k.a. Khrustalyov, My Car!, in 6 top lists Check
  15. 66 new

    The American President

    1995, in 1 top list Check
  16. 73 new

    Being There

    1979, in 15 top lists Check
  17. 78 new

    They Live

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  18. 97 new

    Week End

    1967 — a.k.a. Weekend, in 14 top lists Check
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Last updated on Jun 22, 2023; source