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1. Bad Moms (2016)
R | 100 min | Comedy
When three overworked and under-appreciated moms are pushed beyond their limits, they ditch their conventional responsibilities for a jolt of long overdue freedom, fun and comedic self-indulgence.
Directors: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore | Stars: Mila Kunis, Kathryn Hahn, Kristen Bell, Christina Applegate
Votes: 134,550 | Gross: $113.26M
2. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
PG-13 | 108 min | Adventure, Horror, Mystery
In 1968, the night of Halloween brings mayhem in a small town when a group of friends discovers a notebook written by a mysterious girl that foretells terrifying events.
Director: André Øvredal | Stars: Zoe Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush, Austin Abrams
Votes: 85,314 | Gross: $68.95M
3. The Birth of a Nation (1915)
TV-PG | 195 min | Drama, History, War
The Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposite armies. The development of the war in their lives plays through to Lincoln's assassination and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper
Votes: 26,348 | Gross: $10.00M
4. Shampoo (1975)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
On Election Day, 1968, a hairdresser and ladies' man is too busy cutting hair and dealing with his various girlfriends and his mistress, whose husband he meets and finds out is having an affair with his ex-girlfriend.
Director: Hal Ashby | Stars: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn, Lee Grant
Votes: 14,151 | Gross: $49.41M
5. Irresistible (I) (2020)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama
A Democratic strategist helps a retired veteran run for mayor in a small, conservative Midwest town.
Director: Jon Stewart | Stars: Steve Carell, Rose Byrne, Chris Cooper, Brent Sexton
Votes: 23,488
6. Man of the Year (2006)
PG-13 | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A comedian who hosts a news satire program decides to run for president, and a computerized voting machine malfunction gets him elected.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Robin Williams, Laura Linney, Lewis Black, Christopher Walken
Votes: 35,192 | Gross: $37.44M
7. Game Change (2012 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History
Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska becomes Senator John McCain's running mate in the 2008 Presidential election.
Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Ed Harris, Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Peter MacNicol
Votes: 23,216
8. Hiding Out (1987)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A stockbroker on the run from the mob decides to hide out from them by enrolling as a high-school student.
Director: Bob Giraldi | Stars: Jon Cryer, Keith Coogan, Annabeth Gish, Oliver Cotton
Votes: 4,082 | Gross: $7.02M
9. Swing Vote (2008)
PG-13 | 120 min | Comedy, Drama
In a remarkable turn-of-events, the result of the presidential election comes down to one man's vote.
Director: Joshua Michael Stern | Stars: Kevin Costner, Paula Patton, Kelsey Grammer, Madeline Carroll
Votes: 19,408 | Gross: $16.28M
10. Raintree County (1957)
Approved | 182 min | Drama, Romance, War
A student falls in love with a Southern belle, but their relationship is complicated by her troubled past and the onset of the Civil War.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint, Nigel Patrick
Votes: 4,274
11. Our Brand Is Crisis (2015)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
A battle-hardened American political consultant is sent to help re-elect a controversial president in Bolivia, where she must compete with a long-term rival working for another candidate.
Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Billy Bob Thornton, Anthony Mackie, Joaquim de Almeida
Votes: 23,271 | Gross: $7.00M
12. The Candidate (1972)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
Bill 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.
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Robert Redford, Peter Boyle, Melvyn Douglas, Don Porter
Votes: 11,930 | Gross: $0.12M
13. Collective (2019)
Not Rated | 109 min | Documentary, Crime
Director Alexander Nanau follows a crack team of investigators at the Romanian newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor as they try to uncover a vast health-care fraud that enriched moguls and politicians and led to the deaths of innocent citizens.
Director: Alexander Nanau | Stars: Dan Alexandru Condrea, Liviu Iolu, Razvan Lutac, Mirela Neag
Votes: 13,443
14. Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018)
R | 128 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Michael Moore examines the current state of American politics, particularly the Donald Trump presidency and gun violence, while highlighting the power of grassroots democratic movements.
Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Jim Acosta, Roger Ailes, Brooke Baldwin, Ashleigh Banfield
Votes: 20,400 | Gross: $6.35M
15. Kansas City (1996)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Music
A pair of kidnappings expose the complex power dynamics within the corrupt and unpredictable workings of 1930s Kansas City.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Harry Belafonte, Michael Murphy
Votes: 5,422 | Gross: $1.35M
16. Recount (2008 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 116 min | Drama, History
A chronicle of the weeks after the 2000 U.S. Presidential election, and the subsequent recounts in Florida.
Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Bob Balaban, Denis Leary, Ed Begley Jr.
Votes: 13,603
17. The Makeover (2013 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 93 min | Comedy
After losing election for US Congress, the well spoken Hannah coaches a beer vendor for the position as he, contrary to Hannah, has a likable personality. Can they learn from each other?
Director: John Gray | Stars: Julia Stiles, David Walton, Camryn Manheim, Georgia Lyman
Votes: 3,328
18. Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
Approved | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History
Humble Abraham Lincoln gains the respect of his Illinois neighbors, growing in stature and respect until he is elected President in 1860 and departs for Washington.
Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon, Mary Howard
Votes: 2,061
19. Rancho Notorious (1952)
Approved | 89 min | Western
After the murder of his fiancée, a Wyoming ranch hand sets out to find her killer.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, Arthur Kennedy, Mel Ferrer, Gloria Henry
Votes: 5,530
20. The Sun Shines Bright (1953)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Western
William 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.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Charles Winninger, Arleen Whelan, John Russell, Stepin Fetchit
Votes: 1,813
21. Potiche (2010)
R | 103 min | Comedy
A housewife and grandma takes over the family business 1977, after her husband is hurt during a strike.
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini, Karin Viard
Votes: 11,364 | Gross: $1.62M
22. Aprile (1998)
Unrated | 78 min | Biography, Comedy
Nanni Moretti takes a comic look at the ebbs and flows of his life as he becomes a father for the first time. He struggles with distractions while trying to make a documentary of the Italian national elections.
Director: Nanni Moretti | Stars: Nanni Moretti, Silvio Orlando, Silvia Nono, Pietro Moretti
Votes: 3,596
23. The Seduction of Mimi (1972)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
Forced to leave his family in Sicily, Mimí finds a job in a factory in Turin, where he gets involved in an extramarital affair.
Director: Lina Wertmüller | Stars: Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Agostina Belli, Luigi Diberti
Votes: 2,729 | Gross: $0.47M
24. Get Me Roger Stone (2017)
TV-14 | 92 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentary exploring the life and career of notorious Republican dirty trickster and longtime Trump adviser, Roger Stone, who helped create the real estate mogul's political career.
Directors: Dylan Bank, Daniel DiMauro, Morgan Pehme | Stars: Roger Stone, Donald Trump, Jane Mayer, Jeffrey Toobin
Votes: 7,735
25. City of Joel (2018)
90 min | Documentary
"City of Joel" is a documentary - with unprecedented access - to a 1.1 square mile shtetl in the suburbs that is home to 22,000 members of one of the most insular and orthodox Hasidic sects... See full summary »
Director: Jesse Sweet
Votes: 107
26. Reg (2016 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 89 min | Drama
The story of Reg Keys who lost his son in the Iraq War and then went on to contest Tony Blair's seat at Sedgefield in the 2005 General Election.
Director: David Blair | Stars: Tim Roth, Anna Maxwell Martin, Elliott Tittensor, Sandra Voe
Votes: 358
27. What-No Beer? (1933)
Passed | 65 min | Comedy
Two men decide to cash in on the end of Prohibition by selling watered down beer.
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, Roscoe Ates, Phyllis Barry
Votes: 603
28. Primary (1960)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary, History, News
Cinéma vérité feature that follows presidential hopefuls John F. Kennedy and Hubert H. Humphrey during the 1960 Wisconsin primary.
Director: Robert Drew | Stars: Robert Drew, Hubert H. Humphrey, Muriel Buck Humphrey, Joseph Julian
Votes: 1,484
29. The Magic Tuche (2018)
95 min | Comedy
After a groundbreaking presidential election, Jeff Tuche becomes the new French President and moves in the Élysée with his family to govern the country.
Director: Olivier Baroux | Stars: Jean-Paul Rouve, Isabelle Nanty, Claire Nadeau, Sarah Stern
Votes: 1,453
30. Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power (2022)
90 min | Documentary
It tells the story of the courageous campaign of citizens and activists who faced violence and oppression in the struggle for the right to vote
Directors: Geeta Gandbhir, Sam Pollard | Stars: Ella Baker, Stokely Carmichael, Courtland Cox, Mukasa Dada
Votes: 158
31. Candy Cane Candidate (2021 TV Movie)
88 min | Comedy, Romance
After her political campaign for city council ends in a landslide loss, Julia returns to her hometown for Christmas to drown her sorrows.
Director: Pat Kiely | Stars: Jacky Lai, Jake Epstein, Edwina Renout, Henry Kwok
Votes: 447
32. Secret Ballot (2001)
G | 123 min | Comedy, Drama
A female election agent and a gun-toting soldier try to collect votes among the local islanders with mixed success.
Director: Babak Payami | Stars: Nassim Abdi, Cyrus Abidi, Youssef Habashi, Farrokh Shoja
Votes: 1,279 | Gross: $0.11M
33. Terminal City Ricochet (1990)
107 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Welcome to Terminal City, a decaying world where the citizens wallow amidst a mind-boggling profusion of discarded consumer goods; a ruthless world where television is exploited to its ... See full summary »
Director: Zale Dalen | Stars: Peter Breck, Germain Houde, Jello Biafra, Mark Bennett
Votes: 178
34. Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook (2019)
79 min | Documentary
This documentary examines how, since 2008, right-wing groups have worked with certain states, to make it harder to vote, particularly for minority groups and young people.
Director: Michael Kasino | Stars: Jeffrey Wright, Kristen Clarke, William Frey, Mark McKinnon
Votes: 244
35. Frontrunners (2008)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary
It's hard to run for office - even in high school. And the campaign for student body president at Stuyvesant, perhaps the most prestigious public high school in the country, is almost as ... See full summary »
Director: Caroline Suh | Stars: George Zisiadis, Hannah Freiman, Michael Zaytsev, Matt Polazzo
Votes: 267
36. 1974, une partie de campagne (1974)
90 min | Documentary
This documentary closely follows the French 1974 Presidential campaign of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (who then became President).
Director: Raymond Depardon | Stars: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Charles Aznavour, Jacques Chirac, Philippe Clay
Votes: 225
37. Vai Melhorar (2020)
17 min | Short, Drama
Luísa must not only decide her fate, but that of an entire city.
Director: Pedro Fiuza | Stars: Cássia Damasceno, Henrique Fontes, Rogério Ferraz, Geraldo Maia
Votes: 7
38. The Weinerville Election Special: From Washington B.C. (1996 TV Movie)
Comedy
Stars: Paul Christie, Preslaysa Edwards, Melissa Joan Hart, Katrina Johnson
Votes: 8
39. Tonsler Park (2017)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
Tonsler Park (2017) observes, in black and white 16mm, the democratic process in action, at Charlottesville, Virginia voting precincts, over the course of Election Day, November 8, 2016.
Director: Kevin Jerome Everson | Stars: Sally Barbour, Shaquita Morton, Deborah Tyler, Shaka Syndor
Votes: 54
40. Change (I) (2011)
24 min | Short, Drama
A gay African-American teenager grapples with his young identity on the night Obama was elected president, and Proposition 8 - the voter initiative to eliminate same-sex marriage -passed.
Directors: Jeff McCutcheon, Melissa Osborne | Stars: Sean McClam, Preston Mayes, Jesse James Rice, Nick Ryan
Votes: 37
41. I vouleftina (1966)
95 min | Comedy
Imagine the surprise of a hopeful politician when his independent long-term fiancée gets to be elected instead of him. Will the determined woman and the first female politician in the Greek parliament fight to right the wrongs?
Director: Kostas Karagiannis | Stars: Rena Vlahopoulou, Stavros Xenidis, Alekos Tzanetakos, Dimitris Nikolaidis
Votes: 175
42. The Orange Chronicles (2007)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Damian Kolodiy arrived in Kyiv, Ukraine expecting to stay for two weeks. Instead, a revolution exploded around him that inspired the world!
Director: Damian Kolodiy
Votes: 15
43. Her First Flame (1920)
20 min | Short, Comedy, Sci-Fi
It is the year 1950; women have taken over men's jobs and have become the aggressors in romantic situations. Lizzie Hap stuffs the ballot box, defeats her opponent, Minnie Fish, and is ... See full summary »
Director: Bruno C. Becker | Stars: Gale Henry, Milburn Morante, Hap Ward, Phyllis Allen
Votes: 34
44. Le président (2010)
98 min | Documentary
Director: Yves Jeuland | Stars: Georges Frêche, Laurent Blondiau, Frédéric Bort, Gilles Cohen-Solal
Votes: 87
45. Granddaddy's Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box (2019 Video)
14 min | Short, History
Life on the farm is hard but Granddaddy always made time for fun, especially fishing. One day Granddaddy heads in to town to exercise his right to vote for the first time.
Director: Andy T. Jones | Star: J.D. Jackson
46. Australia Decides: Election 2022 (2022 TV Special)
720 min | News, Talk-Show
Sky News Australia's live 2022 Federal Election coverage with expert panels, political analysis, electoral results, interviews and special guests.
Stars: Peta Credlin, Michael Kroger, James McGrath, Bridget McKenzie
49.
All in the Family (1971–1979)
Episode:
The Election Story
(1971)
TV-PG | 26 min | Comedy, Drama
Archie and Mike argue over who's the best candidate in a local election.
Director: John Rich | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers
Votes: 269
50.
Babylon 5 (1993–1998)
Episode:
Midnight on the Firing Line
(1994)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The Narn attack a Centauri colony, while Raiders attack transport ships. Talia Winters arrives at the station.
Director: Richard Compton | Stars: Michael O'Hare, Claudia Christian, Jerry Doyle, Mira Furlan
Votes: 1,152