Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "election", "political-comedy"

1. The Campaign (2012)

R | 85 min | Comedy

An incumbent Representative embroiled in personal scandal faces a no-holds-barred challenge from a naive newcomer funded by two unscrupulous billionaire lobbyist brothers.

Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Sudeikis, Dylan McDermott

Votes: 137,085 | Gross: $86.91M

2. W. (I) (2008)

PG-13 | 129 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

A chronicle of the life and Presidency of George W. Bush.

Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, Ioan Gruffudd, Colin Hanks

Votes: 50,062 | Gross: $25.53M

3. Head of State (2003)

PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy

When a presidential candidate dies unexpectedly in the middle of the campaign, Washington, D.C. alderman Mays Gilliam is unexpectedly picked as his replacement.

Director: Chris Rock | Stars: Chris Rock, Bernie Mac, Lynn Whitfield, Dylan Baker

Votes: 21,245 | Gross: $37.79M

4. The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)

R | 112 min | Comedy, Crime

A conman discovers during a "job" that US Congress is where the money is. "Name recognition" gets him elected. Will he develop a conscience?

Director: Jonathan Lynn | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Lane Smith, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Joe Don Baker

Votes: 16,938 | Gross: $46.67M

5. My Fellow Americans (1996)

PG-13 | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy

Two former U. S. Presidents, hated rivals, join forces to expose the current, corrupt President at the risk of their lives.

Director: Peter Segal | Stars: Jack Lemmon, James Garner, Dan Aykroyd, John Heard

Votes: 15,920 | Gross: $22.29M

6. Storm in a Teacup (1937)

Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Romance

A local politician in Scotland tries to break the reporter who wrote a negative story about him, and who is also in love with his daughter.

Directors: Ian Dalrymple, Victor Saville | Stars: Vivien Leigh, Rex Harrison, Cecil Parker, Sara Allgood

Votes: 1,119

7. The Great McGinty (1940)

Passed | 82 min | Comedy

Dan McGinty has great success in his chosen field of crooked politics, but he endangers it all in one crazy moment of honesty.

Director: Preston Sturges | Stars: Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus, Akim Tamiroff, Allyn Joslyn

Votes: 4,414

8. Politics (1931)

Passed | 73 min | Comedy, Romance

Middle-aged widow Hattie Burns becomes fed up when local small-town politicians ignore corruption and decides to run for mayor herself.

Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Marie Dressler, Polly Moran, Roscoe Ates, Karen Morley

Votes: 296

9. The Unicorn (I) (2016)

Not Rated | 7 min | Short, Comedy

A TV reporter sent out to interview the public on the street has had it up to here with the people he has to interview. Can he ever find anyone with something intelligent or worthwhile to say?

Director: Scott Mercer | Stars: Dan Klass, Andrea Ridgeway, David Goryl, Raymond-Kym Suttle