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Top 10 Shocking Political Thriller Movies

Top 10 Shocking Political Thriller Movies

You spend a good part of your morning poring over all the dirty politics being played out in the country and your favorite investigative journalist on TV tells you there is more than meets the eye in every story. If you really want to know what goes on behind those closed doors where the all-powerful meet, you could grab one of our top shocking political thrillers of all times and yes, be prepared to get shocked!

10. The Constant Gardener


Combining a moving love story with a scathing look at the way big pharmaceutical companies work, The Constant Gardener is a gripping political thriller from Brazilian filmmaker Fernando Meirelles and bound to leave you with a troubled conscience.



9. Frost/Nixon


This movie, adapted by Mr. Peter Morgan and directed by Ron Howard, takes a second look at the highly publicized face-off between British personality David Frost and the disgraced former president Mr. Nixon. This television event took place in 1977 and though it is merely armchair conversation, the movie manages to reveal a lot about the way politics is being run.



8. Dr. Strangelove


Though the movie was made at a time when the Cuban crisis was still fresh in the viewer’s mind and the Cold War at its peak, superb comic performances by all the lead actors including stellar ones from Peter Sellers, have managed to keep this film entertaining and the political satire still relevant.



7. All the President’s Men


When Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein’s best-selling book was made into a film by conspiracy movie specialist Alan J. Pakula, the success of the movie was a foregone conclusion. And despite knowing how the film turns out, the explosive nature of the entire political drama still manages to grip the viewer.



6 The Hunt for Red October


Based on the first of Tom Clancy’s technothrillers, this movie is masterfully directed and keeps the audience guessing till the very end. This ‘thinking person’s movie’ was the trendsetter for many post-Cold War political thrillers to follow.

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