Political Documentaries
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1. American Psyche (2007)
55 min | Documentary
American Psyche seeks to find the every-day American perspective on social and political life in America following the events of 9/11. Traveling from New York City to Los Angeles, two ... See full summary »
Director: Paul van den Boom | Stars: Katherine J. Eakin, Mahnaz M. Shabbir, Rene Doria, Peter Koper
Votes: 82
2. The Power of Nightmares (2004)
60 min | Documentary, History
A series of three documentaries about the use of fear for political gain.
Stars: Gilles Kepel, William Kristol, Melvin Goodman, Richard Perle
Votes: 4,545
3. McCarthy: Death of a Witch Hunter (1975)
55 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentary of the U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy, who rose to prominence in the early 1950s by trumpeting allegations of a vast conspiracy by alleged Communist agents whom he claimed had ... See full summary »
Director: Emile de Antonio | Stars: Paul Newman, Roy M. Cohn, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Mamie Eisenhower
Votes: 39
4. Karosta: Life After the USSR (2008)
50 min | Documentary, History
A portrait of the demise and fall of the Soviet Empire as seen through the eyes of the people who endured it. The film explores the power of human spirit in its battle against adversity.
Director: Peter King
Votes: 199
5. Matzpen: Anti-Zionists in Israel (2003)
54 min | Documentary
"Matzpen" # the Israeli socialist organization, has never had more than a few dozen active members. Still, at the end of the sixties and beginning of the seventies, it was considered a real... See full summary »
Director: Eran Torbiner
Votes: 19
6. Falsos positivos (2009)
55 min | Documentary
On October 2008 a huge scandal shakes Colombia; Falsos Positivos.
Directors: Simone Bruno, Dado Carillo
Votes: 18
7. Mark Lombardi - Kunst und Konspiration (2012)
84 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
A film about the American artist Mark Lombardi who created graphic artwork laying out the powers and opaque network of the global elites from the economic and finance sectors, as well as ... See full summary »
Director: Mareike Wegener | Stars: Joe Amrhein, James Harithas, Robert Hobbs, Donald Lombardi
Votes: 41
8. Bravehearts (2012)
108 min | Documentary
A documentary about youth politicians changes radically when a terrorist commits Utøya-massacre of 69 party kids while filming.
Director: Kari Anne Moe | Stars: Henrik Wangberg, Sana El Morabit, Johanne Butenschøn Lindheim, Haakon Vedum
Votes: 306
9. The Shock Doctrine (2009)
Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary, History
An investigation of "disaster capitalism", based on Naomi Klein's proposition that neo-liberal capitalism feeds on natural disasters, war and terror to establish its dominance.
Directors: Mat Whitecross, Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Janine Huard, Ewen Cameron, Naomi Klein, Milton Friedman
Votes: 3,116
10. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1970)
G | 100 min | Drama
Ivan Denisovich Shukhov has been sentenced to a camp in the Soviet gulag system. He was accused of becoming a spy after being captured briefly by the Germans as a prisoner of war during ... See full summary »
Director: Casper Wrede | Stars: Tom Courtenay, Espen Skjønberg, Alf Malland, Frimann Falck Clausen
Votes: 626 | Gross: $0.67M
11. 211: Anna (2009)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary
An examination of Russian journalist and human rights activist Anna Politkovskaya's death while covering the Chechen conflict and President Vladimir Putin.
Directors: Giovanna Massimetti, Paolo Serbandini | Star: Anna Politkovskaya
Votes: 51
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