Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "american-foreign-policy"

1. The West Wing (1999–2006)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama

Inside the lives of staffers in the West Wing of the White House.

Stars: Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, Allison Janney, John Spencer

Votes: 85,708

2. First They Killed My Father (2017)

TV-MA | 136 min | Biography, Drama, History

Cambodian author and human rights activist Loung Ung recounts the horrors she suffered as a child under the rule of the deadly Khmer Rouge.

Director: Angelina Jolie | Stars: Sareum Srey Moch, Phoeung Kompheak, Sveng Socheata, Mun Kimhak

Votes: 20,465

3. The Quiet American (2002)

R | 101 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

An old British reporter vies with a young U.S. doctor for the affections of a beautiful Vietnamese woman.

Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, Do Thi Hai Yen, Rade Serbedzija

Votes: 29,758 | Gross: $12.99M

4. The Ugly American (1963)

Approved | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

An ambitious American scholar becomes the ambassador to Sarkan, a southeast Asian country where civil war is brewing.

Director: George Englund | Stars: Marlon Brando, Eiji Okada, Sandra Church, Pat Hingle

Votes: 2,470

5. JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass (2021)

TV-14 | 118 min | Documentary, History

Declassified files related to President Kennedy's assassination in a far larger context, aiming to shine more light on what really happened in 1963.

Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Whoopi Goldberg, Oliver Stone, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Votes: 4,240

6. HyperNormalisation (2016)

166 min | Documentary

Adam Curtis explains how, at a time of confusing and inexplicable world events, politicians and the people they represent have retreated in to a damaging over-simplified version of what is happening.

Director: Adam Curtis | Stars: Adam Curtis, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Victor Gotbaum

Votes: 7,386

7. JFK: Destiny Betrayed (2021)

TV-MA | 214 min | Documentary, History

Filmmaker Oliver Stone revisits material used in the making of the film JFK along with additional material that has come to light since.

Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Donald Sutherland, Douglas Horne, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Votes: 501

8. The Power of Nightmares (2004)

60 min | Documentary, History

A series of three documentaries about the use of fear for political gain.

Stars: Gilles Kepel, William Kristol, Melvin Goodman, Richard Perle

Votes: 4,548

9. Why We Fight (2005)

PG-13 | 98 min | Documentary, History, War

Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions.

Director: Eugene Jarecki | Stars: Gore Vidal, John McCain, Ken Adelman, John Ashcroft

Votes: 10,233 | Gross: $1.44M

10. Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill (1998 Video)

Unrated | 115 min | Documentary, Comedy

Executive transvestite Eddie Izzard takes his show to San Francisco to give a brief history of pagan and Christian religions, the building of Stonehenge, the birth of the Church of England ... See full summary »

Director: Lawrence Jordan | Star: Eddie Izzard

Votes: 7,521

11. Latino (1985)

105 min | Drama, War

Set in the context of the Sandinista government in Nicaragua and their battle with the U.S.-backed Contra rebels. Eddie Guerrero (Robert Beltran) is a Vietnam War veteran sent to help U.S. ... See full summary »

Director: Haskell Wexler | Stars: Robert Beltran, Annette Charles, Américo González, Michael Goodwin

Votes: 207

12. The Coming War on China (2016)

TV-PG | 113 min | Documentary, History

From award winning journalist John Pilger, reveals what the news doesn't - that the world's greatest military power, the United States, and the world's second economic power, China, both nuclear-armed, may well be on the road to war.

Director: John Pilger | Stars: Franklin Blaisdell, James Bradley, Bruce Cumings, Dana Rohrabacher

Votes: 1,690

13. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (2003)

Unrated | 74 min | Documentary

In April 2002, an Irish film crew is making a documentary about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, when a coup from the opposition is made.

Directors: Kim Bartley, Donnacha O'Briain | Stars: Hugo Chávez, Pedro Carmona, Jesse Helms, Colin Powell

Votes: 2,630

14. The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom (2007)

180 min | Documentary

The many ways in which Western notions of personal and political freedom are changing in the 21st Century are explored in this three-part documentary from writer and filmmaker Adam Curtis.

Stars: John Nash, Robert Spitzer, Jerome Wakefield, Paul McHugh

Votes: 2,019

15. The Final Year (2017)

Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary

A chronicle of the Barack Obama administration's foreign policy team and the events of Obama's final year in office.

Director: Greg Barker | Stars: Ben Rhodes, Samantha Power, John Kerry, Susan Rice

Votes: 3,411 | Gross: $0.19M

16. The War on Democracy (2007)

Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary

Venezuela, Guatemala, Cuba, Chile, Salvador, Bolivia: people's struggle for democracy versus US imperialism in Latin America since the 1950s, backing coups and supporting dictatorships.

Directors: Chris Martin, John Pilger, Sean Crotty | Stars: John Pilger, Philip Agee, Salvador Allende, George Bush

Votes: 2,528

17. 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

18. Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion (2002)

Unrated | 104 min | Documentary, History

A film about the state of Chinese occupied Tibet and its history of oppression and resistance.

Director: Tom Piozet | Stars: Edward Edwards, Ed Harris, Shirley Knight, Tim Robbins

Votes: 688 | Gross: $0.58M

19. Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America (1992)

Unrated | 48 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

In the year 1000, aliens from the planet Quetzalcoatl flee their dying planet and take refuge under the Earth's surface. Disturbed by 1950s American atomic testing, the aliens strike back ... See full summary »

Director: Craig Baldwin | Stars: Maurice Bishop, Jimmy Carter, Fidel Castro, John Foster Dulles

Votes: 373

20. View from a Grain of Sand (2006)

82 min | Documentary

Combining verite footage, interviews and rare archival material, VIEW FROM A GRAIN OF SAND is a harrowing, thought-provoking, yet intimate portrait of Afghan women's history over the last ... See full summary »

Director: Meena Nanji | Stars: Daoud Hassan, Shapiray Hassan, Roeena Mohmand, Wajia

Votes: 17

21. False Alarm (2021)

53 min | Documentary

The surreal, traumatic, and revelatory fallout from the morning when everyone on Hawai'i thought a nuclear missile strike was imminent.

Director: Nick Lyell

Votes: 12

22. Endgame in Ireland (2001 TV Movie)

240 min | Documentary

A comprehensive look at the Irish people's struggle for Civil rights and how it transpired into a military campaign for independence, before a political agreement was made for fair ... See full summary »

Directors: Mark Anderson, Mick Gold | Stars: Gerry Adams, Bertie Ahern, Tony Blair, Denis Bradley

Votes: 42

23. Burp! Pepsi v. Coke in the Ice-Cold War (1984 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary

The rise of Coca-Cola and its duel with Pepsi-Cola: how these two giants aim to conquer the World.

Director: Alan Lowery | Stars: John Pilger, Donald M. Kendall, Donald Keough, Wilbur Kurtz

Votes: 56

24. Pictures from a Revolution (1991)

93 min | Documentary, History

In 1981, Susan Meiselas published "Nicaragua, June 1978 to July 1979," 70 photographs she took documenting the Sandinista revolution. Ten years later, Meiselas returns looking for the ... See full summary »

Directors: Alfred Guzzetti, Susan Meiselas, Richard P. Rogers | Star: Susan Meiselas

Votes: 65

25. CIA: America's Secret Warriors (1997)

Documentary, Action, Crime

Hard-eyed look at unstable mix of idealism, adventurism, careerism and casual criminality of field agents who began as best and brightest and became tarnished and faded.

Director: Marc Levin | Stars: Richard Di Sabatino, Liev Schreiber

Votes: 27

26. Nicaragua: A Nation's Right to Survive (1983 TV Movie)

53 min | Documentary, War

A historical account of Nicaragua in the context of US interventions in Latin America.

Director: Alan Lowery | Stars: John Pilger, Xavier Gorostiaga, Néstor Sánchez

Votes: 32

27. Wings Over Water (1986 TV Movie)

59 min | Documentary

Wings Over Water tells the fascinating story of naval aviation's critical role in making the U.S. a world power. Film highlights include archival footage of some of the most terrifying and ... See full summary »

Director: David Hoffman

28. George Kennan: A Critical Voice (1982 TV Movie)

58 min | Documentary

Drawing on a political career that began in the years leading up to WWII and spanned four decades after, the esteemed George Kennan speaks with earnest articulation about the mounting ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Blackwood | Star: George Kennan

29. Guerrilla News Network: Crack the CIA (2002)

9 min | Short

A design-driven short about the CIA's involvement in drug trafficking during Iran Contra.

Director: Stephen Marshall | Star: Taalam Acey

Votes: 19

30. Guerrilla News Network: The War Conspiracy (2002)

4 min | Short

Berkeley Prof. Emeritus discusses his CIA-suppressed book, 'The War Conspiracy'.

Director: Stephen Marshall | Star: Peter Dale Scott

Votes: 11

31. Scott Camil Will Not Die (2011)

84 min | Documentary, History

A documentary portrait of Scott Camil, peace activist, educator, Winter Soldier, and Vietnam War Veteran.

Director: Georg Koszulinski | Stars: Scott Camil, Lois Hensel, Anthony Maroun, Richard Nixon

32. Destination Nicaragua (1986)

58 min | Documentary

Documentary about a group of Americans who go to Nicaragua to learn about the conflict between the Contras and the Sandinistas.

Director: Barbara Trent | Stars: Tyne Daly, Daniel Ortega, Ronald Reagan

Votes: 9

33. The Boys (2019– )
Episode: Barbary Coast (2022)

TV-MA | 61 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Tonight at 9/8C on Vought Plus, it's the season finale of #AmericanHero. Three contestants remain, but only TWO will join #TheSeven. Will Starlight choose her old flame Supersonic? Or will someone else be moving into the Seven Tower?

Director: Julian Holmes | Stars: Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty

Votes: 12,843

34. 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, David Nasaw, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, John T. Shaw

Votes: 30

35. Kennedy (2023)
Episode: The Torch Has Passed (January 1961 - December 1961) (2023)

Documentary, Biography, History

The youngest President ever elected, Kennedy faces the height of the Cold War and a national civil rights crisis.

Director: Ashton Gleckman | Stars: Peter Coyote, Conan O'Brien, Chris Matthews, Charles K. Ross

Votes: 29

36. Can't Get You Out of My Head (2021)
Episode: The Lordly Ones (2021)

66 min | Documentary, History

It wasn't just the Slave Trade. 150 years ago Britain had wrecked China by forcing opium on the country. It made Britain the richest and most powerful country in the world. But it enslaved ... See full summary »

Star: Adam Curtis

Votes: 102

37. The Outsiders (1983)
Episode: Sean MacBride (1983)

Documentary

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Director: Alan Lowery | Stars: John Pilger, Sean MacBride

38. Putin vs the West (2023–2024)
Episode: A Dangerous Path (2023)

61 min | Documentary

As Ukraine decides to join NATO, Russia feels threatened and plans a full scale invasion of Ukraine. Western leaders tries to avoid a catastrophe with diplomatic talks.

Director: Lotte Murphy-Johnson | Stars: Caroline Catz, Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, Petro Poroshenko

Votes: 58

39. America's Book of Secrets (2012–2021)
Episode: The Drug Wars (2013)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary

This episode uncovers the conspiracies behind America's 40-year drug campaign. Why does the U.S. Government classify marijuana and heroin as equally dangerous drugs, and will the move by ... See full summary »

Stars: Jonathan Adams, Darrell Issa, Jason Howerton, Michael Levine

Votes: 47

40. Conspiracy (2015– )
Episode: The Cold War Files (2015)

TV-PG | 43 min | Documentary, History

Reinhard Gehlen was the head of Nazi Germany's intelligence operation against the Soviets. That made him invaluable to the West during the Cold War, but did he simply tell his new allies what they wanted to hear, fueling the arms race?

Director: Kate Dooley | Stars: Mark Bazeley, Norman Polmar, Tim Naftali, Christopher Simpson

Votes: 67

41. Frankie Boyle's New World Order (2017–2022)
Episode: Episode #2.6 (2018)

30 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show

Frankie Boyle, Sara Pascoe and Miles Jupp are joined by comedian Romesh Ranganathan and playwright Lucy Prebble to discuss democracy, disinformation and technology.

Director: Barbara Wiltshire | Stars: Frankie Boyle, Sara Pascoe, Miles Jupp, Lucy Prebble

Votes: 14