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- DirectorJohn FordStarsSpencer TracyJeffrey HunterDianne FosterFrank Skeffington is an old Irish-American political boss, running for re-election as mayor of a U.S. town for the last time.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsCharles WinningerArleen WhelanJohn RussellWilliam Pittman Priest has to use all his wiles to retain his position as judge in his Kentucky hometown, while continuing to be a voice for the town's underclass and for democratic values.
- DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsHenry FondaCliff RobertsonEdie AdamsThe two front runners for their party's presidential nomination, one principled and the other ruthless, vie for the former president's endorsement.
- DirectorClarence BrownStarsJoan CrawfordRobert TaylorLionel BarrymorePresident Andrew Jackson's friendship with an innkeeper's daughter spells trouble for them both.
- DirectorMelvin FrankNorman PanamaStarsJune AllysonDick PowellDavid WayneHot-tempered Kathleen Maguire enlists the services of a young attorney to help her zookeeper father get his job back after he is fired for political reasons. In the midst of uncovering local political corruption and dealing with a lion that's escaped from the zoo, the two manage to fall in love.
- DirectorChristy CabanneStarsVictor MooreAllan LaneVickie LesterNew York city reporter Bill Terry (Allan Lane and his photographer-assistant "Candid" Perry (Jack Carson) follow an eloping heiress to a small New York town where he hears the marriage license clerk, Jud Holcomb (Victor Moore), give advice to the eloping couple, and he learns that no couple who has received a license from Jud has ever been divorced. Bill writes a story and Jud becomes a celebrity. Bill falls in love with Jud's daughter, Nancy (Vickie Lester), and local attorney Lloyd Wilson (Vinton Hayworth) finds he has become a jilted suitor. Jud is pleased as he dislikes Wilson because he is too friendly with roadhouse owner and political power-holder Joe Selby (Richard Lane), who controls Mayor Frisbee (Frank M. Thomas), Commissioner Perkins (Bryant Washburn) and Police Chief Hardy (Cecil Kellaway). Bill and Candid recognize Selby as a former NY gangster who had framed his partner Frankie Spencer and then gone away with Frankie's girl friend Bella Lawson (Kay Sutton), who is singing in Joe's nightclub. Jud runs for mayor on a reform ticket, but Selby kills Frankie and frames Jud for it.
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsVan HeflinLionel BarrymoreRuth HusseyBiography of Andrew Johnson, who followed Abraham Lincoln into office and became the first President of the United States ever to be impeached.
- DirectorGarson KaninStarsJohn BarrymorePeter HoldenVirginia WeidlerIn 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book-to-bottle. He works, slightly, as a night-watchman and his children, who know him for what he is and what he isn't, are his only admirers. Then, it is discovered that he is the only registered voter in a key precinct and the politicians, from both parties, arrive in droves bearing inducements. What he does about this situation, and the relatives who want to take his children away from him make up the story.
- StarsKevin ZegersAlessandra MastronardiDerek JacobiThe construction of the R.M.S. Titanic at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast against the background of union riots, political and religious conflicts, and a romance between a young ambitious engineer and an Italian immigrant.
- DirectorOtto PremingerStarsFranchot ToneLew AyresHenry FondaThe polarizing search for a new Secretary of State has far-reaching consequences.
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsGary CooperBarbara StanwyckEdward ArnoldA penniless drifter is recruited by an ambitious columnist to impersonate a non-existent person who said he'd be committing suicide as a protest, and a social movement begins.
- DirectorEdward H. GriffithStarsAnn HardingRobert MontgomeryEdward Everett HortonEveryweek Newsmagazine editor Richard Kurt pursues psuedo-portait artist Marion Forsythe on her arrival from Europe after painting (and possibly being involved with) notables all over the continent. He convinces her to write her biography as a feature for his magazine. An old "beau" of hers also looks her up in New York; he is running for U.S. Senator from their home state, and is engaged to an influential publisher's daughter. He is fearful that Marion's tales could embarass him, so he tries to persuade her and Kurt to abandon the idea.
- DirectorStuart HeislerStarsAlan LaddVeronica LakeBrian DonlevyA crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
- DirectorAlexander PayneStarsMatthew BroderickReese WitherspoonLoren NelsonA high school teacher meets his match in an over-achieving student politician.
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsJohn MillsMartha ScottPatricia RocMayor George Boswell recalls events of the previous 25 years in his home town of Browdley. As councilman and newspaper editor George has fought hard to better working and living conditions in the bleak Lancashire mill town.
- DirectorClarence BrownStarsJoan CrawfordClark GableWallace FordAn ambitious factory girl meets a handsome, wealthy lawyer, but he's interested in her as a mistress, not a wife.
- DirectorFrancesco RosiStarsRod SteigerSalvo RandoneGuido AlbertiPrior to a city council election, the collapse of a building leaves a land developer and his political backers defending themselves against a scandal.
- DirectorMichael RitchieStarsRobert RedfordPeter BoyleMelvyn DouglasBill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment.
- DirectorRod LurieStarsJoan AllenGary OldmanJeff BridgesSenator Laine Hanson is a contender for U.S. Vice President, but information and disinformation about her past surfaces that threatens to derail her confirmation.
- DirectorDaniel MannStarsSusan HaywardDean MartinWilfrid Hyde-WhitePolitical drama about a honest but naive gubernatorial candidate who is manipulated by his corrupt campaign manager and is forced to temporarily cede power to his wife, a woman of integrity despite her shameful past.
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsWarren WilliamBette DavisGuy KibbeeJailbird is hired to lead a dimwitted candidate's campaign for governor.
- DirectorDon WeisStarsPatty DukeJim BackusJane GreerA 16-year-old tomboy and high school athlete finds herself caught between being beating boys at sports and having a boyfriend, while her conservative father opposes women's rights in his campaign for mayor.
- DirectorRoy RowlandStarsFrank MorganRichard CarlsonJean RogersIn a small corrupt town, an honest crusading lawyer running for mayor gets unexpected help from a tourist who happens to be a Supreme Court judge.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsEdmund LoweCatherine Dale OwenWilliam HarriganHoping to use the publicity to get re-elected, a judge sentences a notorious gangster to fight in the war.
- DirectorCharles LedererStarsJames CagneyShirley JonesRoger SmithJake MacIllaney will do just about anything to win the presidential election of longshoreman union Local 26. When he encounters young upright attorney Dan Cabot and Cabot's attractive wife, Linda, MacIllaney breaks up their marriage, pursues Linda, and pins a grand larceny rap on Dan. And all set to music!
- DirectorFrank BorzageStarsFrank MorganKathryn GraysonSpring ByingtonBiography of Robert Yancey, long-term district attorney in Lynchburg, Virginia.
- DirectorBille AugustStarsJoseph FiennesDennis HaysbertDiane KrugerGoodbye Bafana is the true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsJames Earl JonesMartin BalsamBurgess MeredithAn African-American senator becomes the designated survivor of a tragic accident that kills the President of the United States. Now the first black President, he attempts to end the bigotry and divide standing in his way.
- DirectorWilliam KeighleyStarsAline MacMahonGuy KibbeeTom BrownSam is a small-town newspaper publisher who suffers from wanderlust. Leaving his family, he thinks well-provided for and packs a suitcase and hits the road. Ten years later he comes back to find the newspaper shuttered and his family gone.
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsJames CagneyBarbara HaleAnne FrancisA charismatic peddler from the bayous finds his true calling in politics. Is he a demagogue in the making?
- CreatorSimon BlockStarsClare CalbraithBrian FletcherSamantha BondA drama following a group of inspirational women in a rural Cheshire community during World War II.
- DirectorDavid AlexanderStarsRobert ReedFlorence HendersonAnn B. DavisGreg and Marcia run against each other for student body president, and their campaigns become very competitive and ugly.
- DirectorBob LaHendroStarsGabe KaplanMarcia StrassmanJohn Sylvester WhiteVinnie runs for class president.
- 1959–196326mTV-Y77.8 (29)TV EpisodeDirectorGuy ScarpittaStarsDwayne HickmanBob DenverJean ByronDobie and Maynard agree to volunteer as big brothers at the Settlement House for underprivileged children and in doing so help Dr. Burkhart bridge the gap between sociological theory and practice.
- DirectorCharles ReisnerStarsMarie DresslerPolly MoranRoscoe AtesMiddle-aged widow Hattie Burns becomes fed up when local small-town politicians ignore corruption and decides to run for mayor herself.
- DirectorJohn SaylesStarsChris CooperThora BirchMaria BelloThe discovery of a corpse threatens to unravel a bumbling local politician's campaign for governor of Colorado.
- DirectorChris RockStarsChris RockBernie MacLynn WhitfieldWhen a presidential candidate dies unexpectedly in the middle of the campaign, Washington, D.C. alderman Mays Gilliam is unexpectedly picked as his replacement.
- DirectorGraham LinehanStarsSteve DelaneyZahra AhmadiJonnie BayfieldKept awake by midnight roadworks Arthur tries to persuade local election candidate J. P. Cooling to put a stop to them but gets little joy. As a result he puts himself forward as a candidate with his slogan, We're Listening' - which is something he tends not to do as he goes on the knocker, until he is temporarily deafened and agrees with everybody. This puts him way ahead in the polls but then he is called upon for a photo shoot with his rival with less than happy results.
- DirectorTom CheronesStarsDavid FoleyStephen RootAndy DickMr James announces he's running for President and challenges Lisa to dig up the dirt that will stop him. Beth, Joe, Catherine, and Bill hold an intervention to convince Matthew to shave off his mustache.
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeJack ConwayGeorge CukorStarsClark GableWilliam PowellMyrna LoyThe friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsFrank SinatraLaurence HarveyJanet LeighAn American POW in the Korean War is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.
- CreatorMichelle KingRobert KingStarsJulianna MarguliesChris NothJosh CharlesAlicia Florrick has been a good wife to her husband, a former state's attorney. After a very humiliating sex and corruption scandal, he is behind bars. She must now provide for her family and returns to work as a litigator in a law firm.
- DirectorLee DanielsStarsForest WhitakerOprah WinfreyJohn CusackAs Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man's life, family, and American society.
- StarsHattie MorahanBen MillerDaisy HaggardSatirical political comedy that focuses on the four main British political parties in the run up to the 2015 General Election.
- DirectorLee Shallat ChemelStarsLauren GrahamAlexis BledelMelissa McCarthyJackson decides to run for town selectman; Lorelai and Sookie help him campaign. Rory and Dean struggle to work things out.
- DirectorWalter LangStarsWilliam PowellAnnabellaHelen WestleyA butler gets elected to the Hungarian parliament where he opposes his master's government.
- DirectorTim RobbinsStarsTim RobbinsGiancarlo EspositoAlan RickmanA conservative folk singer turns his hand to politics, running for the US Senate. He is not above dirty tricks and smear campaigns to gain an advantage over his opponent.
- DirectorJohn FortenberryStarsMilo VentimigliaMandy MooreSterling K. BrownKate struggles with Toby's depression; Randall makes time for Kevin, who obsesses about Jack's past.
- DirectorDonald PetrieStarsGene HackmanRay RomanoMaura TierneyA US president who has retired after two terms in office returns to his hometown of Mooseport, Maine and decides to run for Mayor against another local candidate.
- DirectorMarshall CurryStarsJen BluesteinCory BookerBill BradleyThis documentary follows the 2002 mayoral campaign in Newark, New Jersey in which a City Councilman, Cory Booker, attempted to unseat longtime mayor Sharpe James.
- DirectorDavid ModiglianiStarsBeto O'RourkeAmy O'RourkeCynthia CanoA behind-the-scenes documentary following Beto O'Rourke's breakaway campaign to unseat Ted Cruz in the U.S. Senate.
- DirectorMike NicholsStarsJohn TravoltaEmma ThompsonKathy BatesA man joins the political campaign of a smooth-operator candidate for President of the United States of America.
- DirectorDaniel AdamsStarsJudd NelsonRichard JordanSally KirklandIn this political thriller, an ambitious press secretary discovers that the opposing political candidate has feathered the nest of his campaigns with terrible lies.
- DirectorRachel LearsStarsAlexandria Ocasio-CortezCori BushJoe CrowleyA look at the people involved with various political campaigns during the 2018 U.S. congressional election.
- DirectorRobert DrewStarsRobert DrewHubert H. HumphreyMuriel Buck HumphreyCinéma vérité feature that follows presidential hopefuls John F. Kennedy and Hubert H. Humphrey during the 1960 Wisconsin primary.
- DirectorKen WhittinghamStarsAnthony AndersonTracee Ellis RossYara ShahidiJunior runs for class president with Dre as his campaign manager.
- DirectorKenya BarrisStarsAnthony AndersonTracee Ellis RossYara ShahidiTensions are particularly high at Dre's work as the nation continues to reel from the results of the presidential election.
- DirectorJames DeMonacoStarsFrank GrilloElizabeth MitchellMykelti WilliamsonFormer Police Sergeant Barnes becomes head of security for Senator Charlie Roan, a Presidential candidate targeted for death on Purge night due to her vow to eliminate the Purge.
- DirectorJulien RambaldiStarsMarc ZingaAïssa MaïgaBayron LebliThe story of Seyolo Zantoko, who as a freshly graduated doctor of Congolese descent in France, struggled with his family to integrate in a small rural village, and ended up being considered as one of the most respected doctors in the area.
- DirectorEric BrossStarsDavid CorenswetThora BirchAdrian GrenierA young campaign aide gets in way over his head when he sleeps with the wife and daughter of a presidential candidate only to end up bleeding out on the side of an empty road at night.
- DirectorBill GuttentagStarsRob LoweJamie ChungJulie BowenA political strategist juggling three clients questions whether or not to take the high road as the ugly side of his work begins to haunt him.
- DirectorNelson McCormickStarsRob LoweWill RothhaarJack NoseworthyBased on Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard's best seller comes this shocking thriller starring Rob Lowe and Ginnifer Goodwin. As John F. Kennedy (Lowe) rises to become U.S. president, a former Marine grows disillusioned with America. When their paths ultimately cross, the course of history is changed forever as seen in this mesmerizing film about the assassination of JFK - and its chilling aftermath.
- DirectorJason ReitmanStarsHugh JackmanVera FarmigaJ.K. SimmonsIn 1987, U.S. Senator Gary Hart's presidential campaign is derailed when he's caught in a scandalous love affair.
- DirectorPatrick McGoohanStarsPatrick McGoohanEric PortmanRachel HerbertNumber Six runs for the office of Number Two.
- DirectorBoris SagalStarsPeter FalkJackie CooperJoanne LinvilleSenatorial candidate Nelson Hayward murders his domineering campaign manager, staging it to appear that Hayward himself was the intended victim of a mob hit gone wrong.
- DirectorThomas KailStarsLin-Manuel MirandaPhillipa SooLeslie Odom Jr.The real life of one of America's foremost founding fathers and first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. Captured live on Broadway from the Richard Rodgers Theater with the original Broadway cast.
- DirectorTucker GatesStarsAmy PoehlerRashida JonesAziz AnsariLeslie appoints Ann as her new campaign manager, but her attempt to relaunch the campaign goes off to a horrendous start, while Chris discovers that Ben is depressed after leaving his job.
- DirectorDean HollandStarsAmy PoehlerRashida JonesAziz AnsariLeslie tries to keep Ben from making a negative campaign ad against a popular new candidate, Andy takes a visit to the doctor, and Ron becomes uncomfortable when Chris suddenly starts trying to hang out with him.
- DirectorStan DanielsStarsJudd HirschJere BurnsJane CarrKate is volunteering for Eleanor Guthrie running for congress. Louise, John, and Ralph join her. Kirk invites himself to the party.
- DirectorMichael TrimStarsAmy PoehlerRashida JonesAziz AnsariLeslie unsuccessfully tries to win over a focus group member who made a negative comment by going bowling with him, and Chris gets some bad relationship news while calling for campaign donations.
- DirectorRobert B. WeideStarsAmy PoehlerRashida JonesAziz AnsariWhile Leslie tries to get an endorsement from the police chief, Dave returns to tell Leslie that he's still in love with her. Meanwhile, Andy tries to put together a campaign theme song.
- DirectorMichael SchurStarsAmy PoehlerRashida JonesAziz AnsariLeslie's attempts to balance her campaign with her job results in major blunders on both fronts, Chris becomes attached to Andy's dog Champion, and April gets fed up with Tom and Ann coming to her for relationship advice.
- DirectorDan GoorStarsAmy PoehlerRashida JonesAziz AnsariLeslie and Ben have their work cut out for them when Bobby Newport hires a Washington professional as his campaign manager, while Ron gets the department to tackle a project in Leslie's absence to get Chris off his back.
- DirectorTroy MillerStarsAmy PoehlerRashida JonesAziz AnsariLeslie's campaign could be in big trouble when she records a TV interview after a couple of drinks. Meanwhile, April tries to set Chris up with Andy's women's studies professor, but things go unexpectedly.
- DirectorAmy PoehlerStarsAmy PoehlerRashida JonesAziz AnsariThe candidates debate on television; Chris, Anne, and Tom act as Leslie's "spin team" for the media. Meanwhile, Ron, April, Donna, and Andy throw a party for Leslie's campaign supporters, but experience a few set backs in the process.
- DirectorTom TrbovichStarsPenny MarshallDavid L. LanderEddie MekkaFrank decides to run for a city councilman's position when his restaurant, Cowboy Bill's, is threatened to be closed up and torn down to make way for a high rise. Can Frank foil this foul political plot?
- 2016–202244mTV-148.8 (1.7K)TV EpisodeDirectorKen OlinStarsMilo VentimigliaMandy MooreSterling K. BrownKevin arrives at the village his father served in; Kate pursues a new opportunity; Randall debates Councilman Solomon Brown; Jack struggles to get through to his brother.
- DirectorRoxann DawsonStarsMilo VentimigliaMandy MooreSterling K. BrownRandall's campaign comes to a close. Kevin meets someone from Zoe's past. Kate and Toby get ready for the baby.
- DirectorStan LathanStarsMoms MableySlappy WhiteRosalind CashAn elderly woman in a Baltimore neighborhood finds out that a somewhat slow-witted neighbor is being put up for local office by some shady politicians who have no interest in their neighborhood but are interested in getting their hands on the money that comes into it. She gets some neighborhood people together and together they plan to thwart the politicians' schemes.
- DirectorNorman AbbottStarsRedd FoxxDemond WilsonWhitman MayoPraise for Lamont's impassioned call into a radio political program sparks him to run for the state assembly. Will it be Mr. Sanford goes to Sacramento?
- 1971–197925mTV-PG8.0 (185)TV EpisodeDirectorWes KenneyStarsCarroll O'ConnorJean StapletonRob ReinerArchie becomes suspicious when political office-seeker George is suddenly very nice to him.
- DirectorHerbert KenwithStarsEsther RolleJohn AmosJa'net DuBoisFlorida and James are on opposite sides of the political fence, which causes problems and discussions within the family.
- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsRichard ThomasRalph WaiteMichael LearnedAs the Waltons prepare their entries for the local fair, an old suitor of Olivia's visits.
- DirectorMichael KatlemanStarsRob MorrowBarry CorbinJanine TurnerWhen a new candidate signs up for the upcoming mayoral election in Cicely, this triggers a large amount of activity among the residents.
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsDenzel WashingtonLiev SchreiberMeryl StreepIn the midst of the Gulf War, soldiers are kidnapped and brainwashed for sinister purposes.
- DirectorVincent J. DonehueStarsRalph BellamyGreer GarsonHume CronynAfter a bout with polio, future president Franklin D. Roosevelt fights to save his political career.
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsWoody HarrelsonMichael Stahl-DavidRichard JenkinsLyndon B. Johnson aligns himself with John F. Kennedy, rises to the Presidency, and deals with the civil rights struggles of the 1960s.
- 2005–200921mTV-PG7.4 (246)TV EpisodeDirectorJerry LevineStarsTerry CrewsTichina ArnoldTequan RichmondChris runs for 8th grade class president, and Julius is diagnosed with high blood pressure.
- DirectorMichael ZinbergStarsJerrod CarmichaelAmber Stevens WestLil Rel HoweryJoe decides to vote for Trump after meeting him, much to Maxine's dismay, and each family member takes up for his or her candidate; Jerrod attempts to hear all sides of the election debate and attends a Trump rally with Joe.
- 1990–199423mTV-146.9 (52)TV EpisodeDirectorTerri McCoyStarsKeenen Ivory WayansJim CarreyKelly Coffield ParkFireman Bob shows up at a grocery store and things take a bad turn. Miss Lattrell takes front seat at a looting and shares her gossip about everyone. David and Jim are Rodney King plus Reginald Denny do a public service announcement.
- DirectorSam PillsburyStarsDonna MillsTrevor EveJohn KidwellJames Guthrie is a candidate for the presidency of the United States. Eight years ago he fell in love with Elizabeth Hemming, nowadays a famous hostess/reporter. Guthrie doesn't know Jason, her kid, is his son. When his unscrupulous campaign-leader finds out about Jason, he goes all out to keep it a secret from the public.
- CreatorIan BrennanBrad FalchukRyan MurphyStarsBen PlattZoey DeutchLucy BoyntonPayton Hobart, a student from Santa Barbara, has known since age seven that he's going to be President of the United States. But first he'll have to navigate the most treacherous political landscape of all: Saint Sebastian High School.
- DirectorRobert DornhelmStarsLinus RoacheJames CromwellDavid PaymerFollowing the death of his brother John, Robert Kennedy is forced to rise to the challenge of leading his country and carrying on his brother's vision of what America could be.
- DirectorShane O'SullivanStarsBradley AyersWilliam A. BaileyH. Rap BrownA new investigative documentary exploring the controversies surrounding the assassination of Bobby Kennedy on June 5, 1968 as he looked set to challenge Nixon for the White House. Munir Sirhan tells how his brother Sirhan has never been able to remember the shooting. Sandra Serrano speaks for the first time in forty years about the girl in the polka-dot dress fleeing the scene, yelling "We shot him! We shot him!" And Dr. Herbert Spiegel of Columbia University describes how Sirhan was hypnotically programmed to kill Robert Kennedy.
- DirectorJay RoachStarsWill FerrellZach GalifianakisJason SudeikisAn incumbent Representative embroiled in personal scandal faces a no-holds-barred challenge from a naive newcomer funded by two unscrupulous billionaire lobbyist brothers.
- DirectorGene ReynoldsStarsFred MacMurrayWilliam FrawleyTim ConsidineRobbie is running for a position on the student council. His opponent is another popular boy in school.
- DirectorRobert BerlingerStarsJohn LithgowKristen JohnstonFrench StewartHarry runs for city council after he's mistaken for an activist.
- DirectorAndrew McCulloughStarsDonna ReedCarl BetzShelley FabaresAfter Donna is asked to run for city council the household suffers from her absence. Alex dreams what it might be like if Donna becomes President of the U.S.
- DirectorShelley JensenStarsWill SmithJames AveryJanet HubertA plain girl at school starts giving Will expensive gifts; Will pretends to like her because he likes the gifts. Philip enters the political race to become a judge, running against his mentor.
- StarsHillary ClintonJennifer PalmieriAmy ChozickA look at the life and work of Hillary Rodham Clinton, interweaving biographical chapters of her life with behind-the-scenes footage from her 2016 U.S. presidential campaign.