Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "political-reform"

1. A Royal Affair (2012)

R | 137 min | Biography, Drama, History

A young queen, who is married to an insane king, falls secretly in love with her physician - and together they start a revolution that changes a nation forever.

Director: Nikolaj Arcel | Stars: Alicia Vikander, Mads Mikkelsen, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Trine Dyrholm

Votes: 50,914 | Gross: $1.55M

2. 13th (2016)

TV-MA | 100 min | Documentary, Crime, History

An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: Melina Abdullah, Michelle Alexander, Cory Booker, Dolores Canales

Votes: 37,693

3. Peterloo (2018)

PG-13 | 154 min | Drama, History

The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre in which British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester.

Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Neil Bell, Philip Jackson

Votes: 5,467 | Gross: $0.15M

4. No (I) (2012)

R | 118 min | Drama, History

An advertising executive comes up with a campaign to defeat Augusto Pinochet in Chile's 1988 referendum.

Director: Pablo Larraín | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Alfredo Castro, Antonia Zegers, Luis Gnecco

Votes: 26,224 | Gross: $2.34M

5. No End (1985)

Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Romance

The wife of the recently deceased lawyer tries to cope with grief after his loss and to keep his last case going in court.

Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Grazyna Szapolowska, Maria Pakulnis, Aleksander Bardini, Jerzy Radziwilowicz

Votes: 5,712

6. Client 9 (2010)

R | 117 min | Documentary

An in-depth look at the rise and fall of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, including interviews with the scandalized, former politician.

Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Eliot Spitzer, Alex Gibney, Hulbert Waldroup, Lloyd Constantine

Votes: 2,593 | Gross: $0.19M

7. Jeong Do-jeon (2014)

Action, Biography, History

Set between late Goryeo Dynasty and early Joseon Dynasty period. Jung Do-Jeon plans for the new country of "Joseon" and new culture as an influential advisor to King Taejo. Jung Do-Jeon resistance among those that want to keep Goryeo.

Stars: Cho Jae-hyun, Yoo Dong-geun, Park Yeong-gyu, Kim Myung-soo

Votes: 66

8. Beau James (1957)

105 min | Biography, Drama

Biopic of the political career of Jimmy Walker, flamboyant and somewhat corrupt Mayor of New York City from 1926-1932.

Director: Melville Shavelson | Stars: Bob Hope, Vera Miles, Paul Douglas, Alexis Smith

Votes: 487

9. Tiananmen (2019)

Documentary, History

It's been thirty years since the massacre at Tianamen Square in Beijing, where upwards of a few thousand students were killed in the military crackdown on their protests, the massacre which... See full summary »

Star: Shen Tong

Votes: 138

10. JFK: The Final Evidence (2023)

Documentary, Action, Crime

In this two-part series, explore the mystery behind the assassination of President John F Kennedy with Dr David J Hall.

Stars: Emma Long, David J. Hall, Chris Moran

Votes: 26

11. Street Fight (2005)

Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary

This documentary follows the 2002 mayoral campaign in Newark, New Jersey in which a City Councilman, Cory Booker, attempted to unseat longtime mayor Sharpe James.

Director: Marshall Curry | Stars: Jen Bluestein, Cory Booker, Bill Bradley, Chris Christie

Votes: 2,117

12. Under the Dome (2015)

104 min | Documentary

A documentary about pollution in China and how it has affected the lives of Chinese people.

Directors: Jing Chai, Ming Fan | Star: Jing Chai

Votes: 482

13. Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower (2017)

TV-14 | 79 min | Documentary

When the Chinese Communist Party backtracks on its promise of autonomy to Hong Kong, teenager Joshua Wong decides to save his city. Rallying thousands of kids to skip school and occupy the ... See full summary »

Director: Joe Piscatella | Stars: Agnes Chow, Joshua 'Chi-Fung' Wong

Votes: 1,678

14. John Wycliffe: The Morning Star (1984)

Not Rated | 75 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of 14th century John Wycliffe, AKA "The Morning Star of the Reformation", who was the first to translate the Bible into English.

Director: Tony Tew | Stars: Michael Bertenshaw, James Downie, Peter Howell, Barrie Cookson

Votes: 161

15. August 1 (1988)

Action, Thriller

A Crime Branch Detective fights the clock to prevent a looming assassination attempt on the Kerala Chief Minister's life.

Director: Sibi Malayil | Stars: Mammootty, Captain Raju, Prathapachandran, Jagadish

Votes: 452

16. 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: 295

17. The Andrew Neil Interviews (2016– )

30 min | News

Series 1: Veteran broadcaster Andrew Neil interviews four leading figures from the leave and remain campaigns ahead of the UK's referendum on membership of the E.U.

Stars: Andrew Neil, Nigel Farage, Jeremy Corbyn, Nicola Sturgeon

18. Leningradskaya retrospektiva (1957-1990) (1990)

659 min | Documentary, History

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Director: Aleksandr Sokurov

Votes: 26

19. Sprízneni volbou (1968)

85 min | Documentary

The film captures the excited political atmosphere in March 1968 Czechoslovakia when president Antonin Novotny stepped down and Ludvik Svoboda was elected a new president. The then top ... See full summary »

Director: Karel Vachek | Stars: Alexander Dubcek, Antonín Novotný, Ludvík Svoboda, Pavel Kohout

Votes: 33

20. EU Referendum: ITV (2016– )

News

ITV News presenter Julie Etchingham hosts two live broadcasts of public debates ahead of the UK referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union.

Stars: Julie Etchingham, Nigel Farage, David Cameron, Boris Johnson

21. Sandzak (1991 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary

Interview with three political leaders of the opposition in Sandzak, two Muslims and one Serb, about human rights, rising ethnic tensions, the upcoming census and the first free elections in the newly post-communist Yugoslavia.

Director: Slobodan Praljak | Stars: Rasim Ljajic, Tihomir Petrovic, Slobodan Praljak, Sulejman Ugljanin

22. Der Prager Frühling (2008 TV Movie)

90 min | Documentary, History

Today, in 2008, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic are two independent, democratic states and members of the EU and NATO. Forty years ago, more precisely on 21 August 1968, this ... See full summary »

Directors: Michael Kreihsl, Manfred Christ | Stars: Jan Hrusínský, Bogdan Stupka, Vasily Mazur, Juraj Simko

Votes: 18

23. Mon père de la Révolution tranquille (2021 Video)

57 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Father of the Quiet Revolution that marked the modernisation of Quebec in the 1960s, Georges-Émile Lapalme (1907-1985) remains a relatively little-known politician. A look back at his ... See full summary »

Director: Jean-Pierre Dussault | Stars: Roger Lapalme, Georges-Émile Lapalme, Jean-Charles Panneton, Claude Corbo

24. The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986–1988)
Episode: Wisteria Lodge (1988)

TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A bored Holmes eagerly accepts a case involving the disappearance of an amateur Spanish cartographer as well as his servants from his rented country lodge.

Director: Peter Hammond | Stars: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Freddie Jones, Kika Markham

Votes: 833

25. This Is America, Charlie Brown (1988–1989)
Episode: The Birth of the Constitution (1988)

24 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the rest of the gang witness the country's founding fathers discussion of putting together the Constitution.

Director: Evert Brown | Stars: Jason Riffle, Ami Foster, Jeremy Miller, Keri Houlihan

Votes: 55

26. This Is America, Charlie Brown (1988–1989)
Episode: The Music and Heroes of America (1989)

25 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

The Peanuts gang gives a presentation of the history of American popular music and American heroes.

Director: Sam Jaimes | Stars: Erin Chase, Curtis Andersen, Erica Gayle, Brittany Thornton

Votes: 48

27. The West Wing (1999–2006)
Episode: Let Bartlet Be Bartlet (2000)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama

The West Wing staff are feeling malaise as it seems they never get anything accomplished. Meanwhile, a leaked memo is a land mine that could embarrass the administration.

Director: Laura Innes | Stars: Rob Lowe, Moira Kelly, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney

Votes: 1,326

28. Ten Days That Unexpectedly Changed America (2006)
Episode: Shays' Rebellion: America's First Civil War (2006)

60 min | Documentary, History

An armed uprising shortly after the American Revolutionary War sparks the drafting of the Constitution of the United States of America

Director: R.J. Cutler

Votes: 34

29. Ten Days That Unexpectedly Changed America (2006)
Episode: Freedom Summer (2006)

60 min | Documentary, History

The murder of three civil rights activists in Mississippi galvanizes the Civil Rights Movement.

Director: Marco Williams | Star: Mark Riccadonna

Votes: 28

30. Liberty's Kids (2002–2003)
Episode: We the People (2003)

TV-Y7 | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

With the new nation falling apart under the Articles of Confederation, America's leaders meet at a convention in Philadelphia and decide to write a radical new Constitution.

Stars: Walter Cronkite, Warren Buffett, Kathleen Barr, Reo Jones

Votes: 17

31. BBC Wales Live (2017– )
Episode: Episode dated 13 December 2017 (2017)

News

Bethan and Jason discuss Brexit, votes for 16-year-olds, and veganism versus meat-eating.

Stars: Jason Mohammad, Bethan Rhys Roberts

32. Can't Get You Out of My Head (2021)
Episode: Are We Pigeon? Or are We Dancer (2021)

120 min | Documentary, History

The final episode tells how the strange paralysis that grips us today was created. How all the different forces of our age - that started out as separate have come together to create what ... See full summary »

Star: Adam Curtis

Votes: 97

33. Your Welcome (2017– )
Lily Tang Williams (2022 Podcast Episode)

News, Talk-Show

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Stars: Michael Malice, Lily Tang Williams

34. Moyers & Company (2012–2015)
Episode: Standing Up for Democracy (2012)

TV-G | 57 min | News, Talk-Show

American history is rich with stories of social change inspired by the actions of motivated individuals and organized groups. Today's activists are no different -- facing long odds against powerful and systemic special interests.

Stars: George Goehl, Sarita Gupta, Bill Moyers, Ai-Jen Poo

35. Moyers & Company (2012–2015)
Episode: Challenging Power, Changing Politics (2012)

TV-G | 57 min | News, Talk-Show

Challenging power and changing politics.

Stars: Cheri Honkala, Bill Moyers, Bernie Sanders, Jill Stein

36. The Balkans in Flames (2021–2022)
Episode: A State Falls Apart (2021)

Documentary, History, War

We are in the fateful year of Yugoslavia's first free elections since World War II: 1990. It is the hour of the nationalists, and the collapse of the multi-ethnic state is only a matter of ... See full summary »

Stars: Vjekoslav Skrinjar, Marie-Janine Calic, Laura Silber, James Gow

37. Crossfire (1982–2014)
Episode: Episode dated 24 September 2013 (2013)

News, Talk-Show

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Stars: Bill Clinton, Ted Cruz, Newt Gingrich, Lindsey Graham

38. The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
Episode: The Rising Road (1933-1939) (2014)

TV-PG | 115 min | Documentary, Biography, History

FDR's pre-WWII presidency. The New Deal renews America. FDR's unprecedented popularity, the conservative opposition and Huey Long's populism. FDR warns isolationists of Hitler. Eleanor's platonic friendship with Lorena Hickok.

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, William Leuchtenburg, George F. Will, Doris Kearns Goodwin

Votes: 154

39. The Cuba Libre Story (2015–2016)
Episode: War and Sugar (2015)

TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary, History

Sugarcane makes many Cubans rich, while others suffer in poverty. To ward off Communism, the United States turns to a Cuban soldier called Fulgencio Batista.

Directors: Emmanuel Amara, Kai Christiansen, Florian Dedio | Stars: Ken Eaken, Miguel Barnet, Fulgencio Batista, Marcelo Bucheli

Votes: 104

40. The Cuba Libre Story (2015–2016)
Episode: Gangster's Paradise (2015)

TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, History

To curb cheating in Cuba's casinos, Batista makes a pact with the mafia. A young lawyer named Fidel Castro gathers fighters for a suicidal attack on the regime.

Directors: Emmanuel Amara, Kai Christiansen, Florian Dedio | Stars: Ken Eaken, Luis Conte Agüero, Fulgencio Batista, Fidel Castro

Votes: 97

41. The Cuba Libre Story (2015–2016)
Episode: Making Heroes (2016)

TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary, History

After becoming the leader of Cuba, Fidel Castro has to decide the island's future. Out of fear of Communism, the CIA initiates the Bay of Pigs invasion.

Directors: Emmanuel Amara, Kai Christiansen, Florian Dedio | Stars: Ken Eaken, Dariel Alarcón Ramirez, Fulgencio Batista, Fidel Castro

Votes: 87

42. The Cuba Libre Story (2015–2016)
Episode: Secrets and Sacrifices (2016)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History

Cuba's survival depends on its Communist allies. The end of the Cold War means the end of foreign aid to the island - and pushes Cuba to the brink of famine.

Directors: Emmanuel Amara, Kai Christiansen, Florian Dedio | Stars: Ken Eaken, Dariel Alarcón Ramirez, Juan Juan Almeida, Leonid Brezhnev

Votes: 80