Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939). Jimmy Stuart learns about the ugly side of the Senate.

All the King's Men (1939). Broderick Crawford plays a character based on the flamboyant Louisiana Governor Huey Long.

The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941). Edward Arnold plays a Senator who takes on Old Scratch to save the soul of a constituent.

Meet John Doe (1941). Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwick star in a film about a reporter’s hoax that turns into a political movement.

State of the Union (1948). Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn are an industrialist who runs for President and his wife.

Primary (1960). Documentary featuring John F. Kennedy.

The Manchurian Candidate (1962). Frank Sinatra is a brainwashed prisoner of war.

Advise and Consent (1962). Henry Fonda is nominated for Secretary of State, but runs into difficulties when the Senate investigates his past.

The Best Man (1964). Henry Fonda and Cliff Robertson vie for their party’s presidential nomination.

The Candidate (1972). Robert Redford loses his principles in the quest for power.

Nashville (1975). An independent candidate running under the banner of the Replacement Party seeks to re-write the national anthem and ban lawyers from Congress.

Network (1976). Peter Finch is a news anchor who loses his marbles and becomes a television sensation.

All the President's Men (1976). Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford are reporters uncovering the Watergate scandal.

Being There (1979). Peter Sellers is a gardener who becomes a political insider.

The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979). Alan Aldo is a liberal Senator struggling to maintain his principles.

The Times of Harvey Milk (1984). Documentary about the career and assassination of Harvey Milk, a gay member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

Matewan (1987). Chris Cooper and James Earl Jones star in a drama about unionization struggles in West Virginia in 1920.

The Milagro Beanfield War (1988). Rueben Blades is a small farmer who breaks water laws and starts a war.

Roger and Me (1989). Documentary featuring Michael Moore and the chairman of General Motors.

Bob Roberts (1992). Tim Robbins is a conservative folk singer running for office.

Malcolm X (1992). Denzel Washington as the Black Muslim leader.

The Distinguished Gentleman (1992). Eddie Murphy is a con man who becomes a Congressman.

The War Room (1993). Documentary about the 1992 Clinton campaign featuring James Carville and George Stephanopoulos.

Dave (1993). Kevin Kline is a lookalike who impersonates an incapacitated President.

Nixon (1995). Anthony Hopkins and Joan Allen play Dick and Pat.

The American President (1995). Michael Douglas and Annette Bening are a widowed President and a lobbyist who fall in love.

Dead Man Walking (1995). Susan Sarandon is Sister Helen Prejean, who undertakes to save the life and soul of a condemned murderer.

The People vs. Larry Flint (1996). Woody Harrelson fights for the right to offend Jerry Falwell.

A Perfect Candidate (1996). Documentary featuring Oliver North’s campaign for Senator from Virginia.

Primary Colors (1998). John Travolta is a candidate very similar to Bill Clinton in the 1992 primaries.

Bulworth (1998). Warren Beatty plays a corrupt Senator who finds the ability to tell it like it is when he thinks he is going to die.

The Siege (1998). Denzel Washington heads an antiterrorism taskforce when Martial Law is declared in New York City.

American History X (1998). Edward Norton plays a former neo-nazi skinhead.

Wag the Dog (1998). Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman star in a story of a President starting a war to distract the nation from a sex scandal.

The Insider (1999). Russell Crowe as tabacco executive who blows the whistle on the industry.

Three Kings (1999). George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube and Spike Jonze are American soldiers trying to be thieves during the Gulf War.

Election (1999). Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon are a social studies teacher and a student in a hotly contested student election.

Dick (1999). Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams are two girls that wander away from a White House tour and meet President Nixon.

The Contender (2000). Joan Allen is the Vice President caught in a sex scandal.

Erin Brockovitch (2000). Julia Roberts fights a large utility company.

The Hurricane (2000). Denzel Washington plays Hurricane Carter in the true story of a prize fighter imprisoned for a crime he did not commit.

Steal this Movie! (2000). Vincent D’Onoforio plays Abbie Hoffman in this bio-picture about the 1960s radical.