Films like Wag the Dog
During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.
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Primary Colors
Film · 1998 · also comedy and dramaIn this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presiden...
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Seven Days in May
Film · 1964 · also dramaA U.S. Marine Corps colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
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Truth
Film · 2015 · also dramaAs a renowned producer and close associate of Dan Rather, Mary Mapes believes she’s broken the biggest story of the 2004 election: revelations of a sitting U.S. President...
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Power
Film · 1986 · also dramaPete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country. When his long-time friend and client Ohio senator Sam Hastings de...
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Charlie Wilson's War
Film · 2007 · also comedy and dramaA Texas congressman sets a series of events in motion when he conspires with a CIA operative to aid Afghan mujahideen rebels fighting the Soviets.
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Fair Game
Film · 2010 · also dramaA devoted wife and mother leads a secret life as a CIA agent until her husband’s article exposes a scandal, putting her identity and loved ones at risk. As her world crum...
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Official Secrets
Film · 2019 · also dramaThe true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun who—prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion—leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint US-UK illegal spying...
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The Fifth Estate
Film · 2013 · also dramaA look at the relationship between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his early supporter and eventual colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and how the website's growth and...
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The Sum of All Fears
Film · 2002 · also dramaWhen the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA of...
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Undercover Brother
Film · 2002 · also comedyAn Afro-American organization, the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D., is in permanent fight against a white organization "The Man" defending the values of the black people in North...
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