Genre: Political Dramas
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Argo (2012)
Cast: Ben Affleck, Taylor Schilling, Bryan Cranston …
Directed by: Ben Affleck
In 1979, when Iranian militants seize the American embassy, six Americans slip into the Canadian embassy for protection, prompting the CIA to concoct an elaborate plot to rescue them by…
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A Royal Affair (2012)
Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Alicia Vikander …
Directed by: Nikolaj Arcel
In 18th-century Denmark, the unstable King Christian IV neglects his young queen, Mathilde, who falls in love with his German physician, Struensee, an intellectual whose advocation of reform…
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Barbara (2012)
Cast: Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Rainer Bock …
Directed by: Christian Petzold
In 1980 East Germany, Barbara, a doctor, is reassigned to a small rural hospital as punishment for trying to find work in the West. Biding time until her lover can help her defect, Barbara…
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A Respectable Family (2012)
Cast: Babak Hamidian, Mehrdad Sedighian, Mehran Ahmadi …
Directed by: Massoud Bakhshi
When he returns to Iran to teach after working in the West for many years, professor Arash deals with the country's bureaucracy and drama within his own family as he re-experiences the…
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Game Change (2012)
Cast: Ed Harris, Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson …
Directed by: Jay Roach
Based on the best-selling nonfiction book, this political drama follows the historic 2008 presidential race with a focus on the sometimes contentious relationship between Republican nominee…
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Diaz: Don't Clean Up This Blood (2012)
Cast: Claudio Santamaria, Jennifer Ulrich, Elio Germano …
Directed by: Daniele Vicari
This chilling drama details the events near the end of the 2001 G8 summit, when police stormed a school for journalists and brutally attacked the residents -- men and women from all over…
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Atlas Shrugged: Part II (2012)
Cast: Samantha Mathis, Jason Beghe, Esai Morales …
Directed by: John Putch
The second installment of the Atlas Shrugged trilogy finds the world's economy in dire straits, prompting corporate protagonist Dagny Taggart to search for a solution amid the rubble of…
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Promised Land (2012)
Cast: Matt Damon, John Krasinski, Frances McDormand …
Directed by: Gus Van Sant
Taking advantage of hard economic times, two salespeople for a natural gas company come to a small town to buy drilling rights from the residents. To their surprise, a local schoolteacher…
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The Iron Lady (2011)
Cast: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Alexandra Roach …
Directed by: Phyllida Lloyd
Meryl Streep provides a subtle and nuanced portrait of Margaret Thatcher, the first female prime minister of Britain, whose political career and determination changed the rules that had…
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011)
Cast: Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy …
Directed by: Tomas Alfredson
This gripping thriller about Cold War espionage follows an English spy as he returns to MI-6 under a cloud of suspicion. In the years since he was sacked by the agency, some suspect that…
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J. Edgar (2011)
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Naomi Watts, Armie Hammer …
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Leonardo DiCaprio stars in this riveting biopic as J. Edgar Hoover, the longtime FBI director as notorious for his overzealous methods of law enforcement as for the rumors regarding his…
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The Devil's Double (2011)
Cast: Dominic Cooper, Ludivine Sagnier, Raad Rawi …
Directed by: Lee Tamahori
Dominic Cooper stars as Uday Hussein -- Saddam Hussein's depraved, decadent elder son -- and as Latif Yahia, the army lieutenant forcibly drafted to be his body double, in this drama…
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Coriolanus (2011)
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Brian Cox …
Directed by: Ralph Fiennes
Actor Ralph Fiennes makes his directorial debut with this modern update of Shakespeare's tale about the arrogant general who is banished by the republic he has protected at all costs,…
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Miral (2011)
Cast: Hiam Abbass, Freida Pinto, Willem Dafoe …
Directed by: Julian Schnabel
After rescuing children who survived a massacre in Jerusalem in 1948, a Palestinian woman establishes an orphanage that helps thousands of other children. But the success of her institution…
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The Time That Remains (2011)
Cast: Ali Suliman, Elia Suleiman, Saleh Bakri …
Directed by: Elia Suleiman
From the creation of Israel in 1948 through the early 21st century, a Palestinian family experiences a myriad of triumphs and tragedies over the course of several generations in this sweeping…
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Too Big to Fail (2011)
Cast: James Woods, John Heard, Topher Grace …
Directed by: Curtis Hanson
Based on Andrew Ross Sorkin's best-selling nonfiction book about the 2008 financial crisis, this HBO original movie portrays the players and processes that contributed to the collapse of…
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18 Days (2011)
Directed by: Ahmad Abdallah, Mariam Abou Ouf, Kamla Abu Zikri …
Pooling the talents of 10 different directors, this collection of short films was created in direct response to the 2011 Egyptian revolution, sharing stories of bravery, apathy, ingenuity and…
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Atlas Shrugged: Part 1 (2011)
Cast: Taylor Schilling, Grant Bowler, Matthew Marsden …
Directed by: Paul Johansson
Ayn Rand's controversial bestseller is the basis for this potent drama about Dagny Taggart, a fiercely independent railroad tycoon determined to use innovative technology and…
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Winnie (2011)
Cast: Jennifer Hudson, Terrence Howard, Elias Koteas …
Directed by: Darrell Roodt
South Africa's Winnie Mandela, one of the most galvanizing public figures in modern history, comes to life in this absorbing biopic. Though it traces Winnie's whole story, the film…
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The Rise and Fall of Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley / The Falklands Play (2011)
Cast: Andrea Riseborough, Patricia Hodge, Lindsay Duncan …
Directed by: Niall MacCormick
Two moving plays about the indomitable British prime minister portray key intervals in her political career, decades apart: One documents her long fight for a seat in Parliament; the other…
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The Lady (2011)
Cast: Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis, Jonathan Raggett …
Directed by: Luc Besson
Based on the inspiring true story, this epic yet intimate biopic tells the story of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's leading pro-democracy reformer who was held under house arrest for 15 years,…
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The Sword with No Name (2011)
Cast: Soo Ae, Jae-jin Baek, Ho-jin Jeon …
Directed by: Yong-gyun Kim
When the queen he secretly loves becomes caught up in a dangerous political battle that may prove fatal, the queen's bodyguard -- former bounty hunter Mu Myeong -- must take action to…
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I Am Singh (2011)
Cast: Gulzar Chahal, Amy Rasimas, Brooke Johnston …
Directed by: Puneet Issar
Highlighting the plight of Sikhs targeted because of mistaken identity after 9/11, this drama tells the story of a young Indian who travels to America to seek justice when one brother…
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Man on Ground (2011)
Cast: Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Fabian Adeoye Lojede, Fana Mokoena …
Directed by: Akin Omotoso
When his estranged brother goes missing in Johannesburg, London-based Nigerian banker Ade searches for him. Forced to seek shelter with his brother's boss during a riot, Ade questions…
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All Is Well (2011)
Cast: Ciomara Morais, Cheila Lima, Willion Brandão …
Directed by: Pocas Pascoal
After fleeing from civil war in Angola in 1980, two teenage sisters arrive in Lisbon and struggle to survive in an unfamiliar world. As they wait for their mother to arrive, they find both…