Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "united-states-senator"

1. 24 (2001–2010)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Counter Terrorism Agent Jack Bauer races against the clock to subvert terrorist plots and save his nation from ultimate disaster.

Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Carlos Bernard, Dennis Haysbert

Votes: 197,337

2. Iron Jawed Angels (2004 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 123 min | Biography, Drama, History

A little known, yet integral piece of American history: based on the lives of Alice Paul and Lucy Burns, two young radical women who were instrumental in getting women the right to vote in America.

Director: Katja von Garnier | Stars: Hilary Swank, Margo Martindale, Anjelica Huston, Frances O'Connor

Votes: 6,446

3. Hijack (1998)

R | 94 min | Action, Thriller

A prestigious senator and the passengers on board a train are kidnapped by a milita group.

Director: Worth Keeter | Stars: Jeff Fahey, Ernie Hudson, Beth Toussaint, Brent Huff

Votes: 439

4. Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997 TV Movie)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Crime

Two media moguls get into a nasty power struggle for the ownership of a pro football team, which causes drastic effects on their personal and professional lives.

Director: Stephen Surjik | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Ben Kingsley, Mimi Rogers, Jeffrey Tambor

Votes: 817

5. The Return of Sam McCloud (1989 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Ex-Marshal McCloud is now senator of New Mexico, fighting for a new environment law. His enemy is Maitland, unscrupulous owner of Chemtel, the world's most important chemical manufacturer. ... See full summary »

Director: Alan J. Levi | Stars: Dennis Weaver, J.D. Cannon, Terry Carter, Diana Muldaur

Votes: 144

6. Belly of the Beast (I) (2020)

TV-14 | 82 min | Documentary

When an unlikely duo discovers a pattern of illegal sterilizations in women's prisons, they wage a near impossible battle against the Department of Corrections.

Director: Erika Cohn | Stars: Lynn Acosta, Pamela Baker, Teresa Brown, Cynthia Chandler

Votes: 103

7. The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)

Passed | 103 min | Drama, History

President Andrew Jackson's friendship with an innkeeper's daughter spells trouble for them both.

Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Joan Crawford, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Franchot Tone

Votes: 1,376 | Gross: $1.46M

8. Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream (2012)

Not Rated | 70 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Filmmaker Alex Gibney investigates the fact that the 400 richest Americans control more wealth than the 150 million people in the bottom 50 percent of the population.

Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Alex Gibney, Paul Piff, Anne Rueth, Colin Dunkley

Votes: 1,390

9. Hoodlum Empire (1952)

Passed | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

After WW2, ex-mobster war hero Joe Gray goes straight, to the dismay of his New York mob boss uncle who's afraid that his nephew will testify against his outfit before a Grand Jury.

Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Brian Donlevy, Claire Trevor, Forrest Tucker, Vera Ralston

Votes: 364

10. The Man Who Dared (1933)

Passed | 72 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

An "imaginative biography" of Anton Cermak, mayor of Chicago who was killed in the line of fire during an assassination attempt on President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt in Miami on February 15, 1933.

Director: Hamilton MacFadden | Stars: Preston Foster, Zita Johann, Joan Marsh, Irén Biller

Votes: 37

11. Republican Response to 2024 State of the Union Address (2024 TV Special)

18 min | Short, News, Reality-TV

Katie Britt gives the GOP response to President Biden's State of the Union.

Star: Katie Britt

Votes: 9

12. Love & the Constitution (2022 TV Special)

Documentary

"Love and The Constitution," a new documentary from MSNBC Films, provides an insider's view into the life of Representative Jamie Raskin and an intimate look at both a nation and Congressman in crisis.

Director: Madeleine Carter | Stars: William Barr, Jill Biden, Joe Biden, George W. Bush

Votes: 61

13. JFK: The Making of a President (2017 TV Movie)

Unrated | 43 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Explore how John F. Kennedy's worldview was influenced by his younger years, when he endured poor health, family tragedy and a demanding father.

Director: Edward Cotterill | Stars: Emily Charnock, Nigel Hamilton, Jonathan Kydd, Nicholas O'Shaughnessy

Votes: 177

14. Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
Episode: Dennis Goes to Washington (1963)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

When Dennis is appointed by the mayor to go to Washington, DC to ask their state senator to make the local forest a national park, Mr. Wilson believes his own Washington contacts can help.

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Jay North, Gale Gordon, Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry

Votes: 39

15. Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007)
Episode: Politics (1998)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The Stargate team must justify the project's continuation when a doubtful senator, Head of the Congressional Military Appropriations Committee, comes to review the project's performance.

Director: Martin Wood | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge

Votes: 1,492

16. The McLaughlin Group (1982– )
Episode: Episode dated 14 August 2020 (2020)

News, Talk-Show

Add a Plot

Director: Darren Williams | Stars: Tom Rogan, Pat Buchanan, Eleanor Clift, Clarence Page

17. Kennedy (2023)
Episode: Into the Political Jungle (1946-1956) (2023)

Documentary, Biography, History

Coming home after the Second World War, Kennedy begins a career in politics, running for the House of Representatives in Massachusetts.

Director: Ashton Gleckman | Stars: Peter Coyote, John F. Kennedy, David Nasaw, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend

Votes: 30

18. Kennedy (2023)
Episode: The Kennedy Machine (1956-1960) (2023)

Documentary, Biography, History

Kennedy sets into motion an unprecedented 5-year campaign for the Presidency, revolutionizing modern campaigning and the use of television.

Director: Ashton Gleckman | Stars: Peter Coyote, John F. Kennedy, Julian Zelizer, Curtis Wilkie

Votes: 31

19. Biographics (2017– )
Episode: Warren G. Harding: The Most Corrupt President in US History (2021)

24 min | Documentary, Biography, History

When you're a genial man who can't say no people tend to like you. And since you don't make many enemies with that sort of personality you might find yourself a compromise presidential ... See full summary »

Star: Simon Whistler

20. Biographics (2017– )
Episode: James Buchanan: Was This Man America's Worst President? (2021)

25 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Devestated by personal tragedy James Buchanan focus all his efforts on politics and grew to become and powerful national leader who tried to straddle America's serious issues in hopes of ... See full summary »

Star: Simon Whistler

21. The 100 Days: That Defined Modern History (2022–2023)
Episode: The Assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy - 1968 (2023)

Documentary, History

In 1968, both Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy were assassinated.

Directors: Edmund Duff, Mike Kenneally | Stars: Peter B. Levy, Clay Risen, Clayborne Carson, Meena Bose

Votes: 5

22. Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012– )
Episode: Allen Dorfman: The Mafia's Banker (2012)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

A close associate of longtime Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa and associated with the Chicago Outfit, Alan Dorfman embezzled millions for the mob and himself until he was violently murdered in 1983.

Director: Elliot McCaffrey | Stars: James W. Wagner, Leone J. Flosi, Kent Clifford, Douglas P. Roller

Votes: 8

23. The Magicians (2015–2020)
Episode: Lesser Evils (2017)

TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Dean Fogg and Professor Lipson attempt to rid Quentin of Alice's Niffin but he refuses to let Alice go. Meanwhile, with magic fading in Fillory, Eliot agrees to a risky duel with King Idri ... See full summary »

Director: Rebecca Johnson | Stars: Jason Ralph, Stella Maeve, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Hale Appleman

Votes: 673

24. American Dynasties: The Kennedys (2018)
Episode: The Legend of Camelot (2018)

42 min | Documentary, History

Numbed by grief after the assassination of her husband, Jackie crafts JFK's legacy, while Bobby becomes a champion of the dispossessed and the family's next great political hope.

Director: Jonathan Jones | Stars: Martin Sheen, Sally Bedell Smith, Richard Mahoney, Kate Andersen Brower

Votes: 54

25. American Dynasties: The Kennedys (2018)
Episode: The Legacy (2018)

42 min | Documentary, History

Tragedy strikes again when Bobby Kennedy is assassinated; Ted Kennedy must overcome scandal and misfortune to continue the family legacy and pass the torch to the next generation.

Director: Jonathan Jones | Stars: Martin Sheen, Adam Walinsky, J. Randy Taraborrelli, Barbara Perry

Votes: 44