Favorite Political Documentaries
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- StarsKevin SpaceyMahershala AliTim NaftaliNotable US Presidential election races throughout American history are examined.
- DirectorChris HegedusD.A. PennebakerStarsJames CarvilleGeorge StephanopoulosHeather BeckelA documentary of the Bill Clinton 1992 presidential campaign and the organization who ran it.
- StarsOrlando FigesHistory often turns upon small but crucial events, which seem obscure at the time but come to be appreciated later as having the quality of fate. This outstanding six-part series examines several of these pivotal moments within the context of 20th-century Communism, exposing the machinations of those behind the scenes and underscoring the importance of their actions.
- DirectorChristoffer GuldbrandsenStarsJosé María AznarNils BernsteinTony BlairShocking behind the scenes look at the 2002 European Union enlargement negotiations.
- DirectorSteve WebbStarsJohanna TaylorAdam AstillAdam Drew'JFK: Seven Days That Made a President' investigates the seven key days in JFK's life that helped shape his character and have come to define him. They include the day he nearly died as a teenager from a mystery illness; the day, as a PT boat captain his boat was sunk by a Japanese destroyer killing two of his crew; the first televised presidential debate with Richard Nixon, his birthday party in New York with Marilyn Monroe; the Cuban Missile Crisis.
- DirectorChristopher SpencerStarsPaul McGannChristian RodskaVictoria LennoxDocumentary which examines the reasons why Winston Churchill and the Conservative Party lost the General Election of 1945, after Churchill had just led the country to victory in the World War II.
- StarsMichael CockerellJacob Rees-MoggEd MilibandA documentary series which shows the work done by Members of Parliament, both behind the scenes and in public proceedings in the House of Commons.
- StarsSteve HewlettA documentary on the twenty-year battle between the monarchy and the media - the first family and the fourth estate - over personal privacy and public image.
- StarsPaterson JosephBarack ObamaNancy PelosiThrough unique access to the President, his inner circle and his political rivals this four-part series tells the story of how Barack Obama tried to reshape the United States and the cost to himself, his party and the nation.
- StarsSaskia ReevesBruce RiedelAli ShihabiA look at the role of Saudi Arabia in recent years in politics and international conflicts, in particular at the changes in politics in recent years, as the kingdom is changing under the rule of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
- StarsCaroline CatzNina HogerNicolas Sarkozy3-part documentary series telling the stories of the battles to keep the European Union together, with contributions from Presidents, Prime Ministers and their closest advisers.
- StarsRichard John EvansKate FleetwoodRichard OveryPowerful and resonant series that looks at how Hitler and the Nazis seized power in Germany and ushered in the death of democracy.