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25 films about elections

Can. 2025. Documentary by Jenny Cartwright. Illustration of the workings and flaws of Quebec's electoral system, through the portraits of three defeated candidates in the October 2022 election.
Runtime: 98 min.
U.S. 2024. Thriller by Edward Berger with Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow. Locked away in the Sistine Chapel, 115 cardinals from the four corners of the globe must elect a new pope.
Runtime: 120 min.
Fr. 2023. Comedy by Albert Dupontel with Albert Dupontel, Cécile de France, Nicolas Marié. In France, a disgraced political journalist, now back in the soccer section, is asked to follow the presidential campaign between the two rounds.
Runtime: 95 min.
U.S. 2021. Documentary by Camilla Nielsson. In 2018, after the departure of Robert Mugabe, the powerful of Zimbabwe, a young politician embodying a wind of freedom is running for president.
Runtime: 120 min.

The Perfect Candidate

V.O.: Almurashahat Almithalia
2019. Dramatic comedy by Haifaa Al-Mansour with Mila Alzahrani, Nora Al Awadh, Dae Al Hilali. A young Saudi doctor's surprise run for office in the local city elections sweeps up her family and community as they struggle to accept their town's first female candidate.
Runtime: 104 min.
U.S. 2018. Biography by Jason Reitman with Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga, Molly Ephraim. In 1988, three weeks before the Democratic nomination, Senator Gary Hart’s campaign is derailed by an article revealing an extramarital affair.
Runtime: 113 min.
U.S. 2016. Documentary by Elyse Steinberg, Josh Kriegman. In 2013, Anthony Weiner, a candidate for mayor of New York City, suffers a crushing defeat due to the disclosure of a sex scandal.
Runtime: 96 min.
U.S. 2016. Thriller by James DeMonaco with Elizabeth Mitchell, Frank Grillo, Mykelti Williamson. In 2025, in an America where
Runtime: 109 min.
U.S. 2015. Dramatic comedy by David Gordon Green with Sandra Bullock, Billy Bob Thornton, Zoe Kazan. In Bolivia, a disgraced American strategist is offered to run the presidential campaign of an unpopular candidate.
Runtime: 107 min.

My Internship in Canada

V.O.: Guibord s'en va-t-en guerre
Can. 2015. Comedy by Philippe Falardeau with Patrick Huard, Irdens Exantus, Suzanne Clément. Learning that his vote would determine whether or not Canada would enter the war, an independent Member of Parliament consults the citizens of his vast northern Quebec riding.
Runtime: 108 min.
Chil. 2012. History by Pablo Larrain with Gael Garcia Bernal, Alfredo Castro, Antonia Zegers. In Chile of 1988, a publicist became the mastermind behind the ""No"" campaign to remove dictator Augusto Pinochet from power.
Runtime: 118 min.
U.S. 2011. Political drama by George Clooney with George Clooney, Ryan Gosling, Philip Seymour Hoffman. With the Ohio Democratic primary just days away, one candidate's media spokesperson is compromised by his counterpart in the rival team.
Runtime: 101 min.
U.S. 2008. Comedy by Joshua Michael Stern with Kevin Costner, Madeline Carroll, Paula Patton. Through a combination of circumstances, the vote of an irresponsible divorced father becomes crucial to the election of the next president of the United States.
Runtime: 120 min.
U.S. 2008. Biography by Gus Van Sant with Sean Penn, James Franco, Emile Hirsch. The life of gay rights activist Harvey Milk, assassinated in 1978 by a homophobic colleague, less than a year after being elected to the San Francisco City Council.
Runtime: 128 min.
U.S. 2004. Mores comedy by Jared Hess with Jon Heder, Jon Gries, Tina Majorino. In a small town in Idaho, an eccentric, unpopular high school student helps his new Mexican friend become class president.
Runtime: 89 min.
Can. 2003. Documentary by Jean-Claude Labrecque. A live recording of a moment in Quebec's political history seen from the point of view of the members of a political party under tension.
Runtime: 104 min.

Secret Ballot

V.O.: Raye Makhfi
Iran. 2001. Satire by Babak Payami with Nassim Abdi, Cyrus Abidi, Youssef Habashi. On an island off the coast of Iran, an obtuse military man escorts an idealistic electoral official in charge of getting the islanders to vote.
Runtime: 101 min.
U.S. 1999. Satire by Alexander Payne with Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein. A high school teacher tries to stop a pedantic student from being elected president of the student union.
Runtime: 103 min.
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U.S. 1998. Dramatic comedy by Mike Nichols with Adrian Lester, John Travolta, Emma Thompson. The tribulations of the campaign manager of an adulterous politician running for the Democratic Party leadership.
Runtime: 104 min.
U.S. 1997. Satire by Barry Levinson with Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche. In order to minimize the effects of a scandal in the media, the White House invents a war between the United States and Albania.
Runtime: 97 min.
U.S. 1993. Documentary by D.A. Pennebaker, Chris Hegedus. The day-to-day work of Bill Clinton's two main campaign organizers for the November 3, 1992, election.
Runtime: 94 min.
Can. 1981. Documentary by Denys Arcand. Insights into the Quebec referendum campaign during the spring of 1980, interspersed with commentary from Machiavelli's work.
Runtime: 109 min.
U.S. 1976. Political drama by Alan J. Pakula with Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jason Robards. The investigation by Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward into the background of the Watergate affair.
Runtime: 137 min.
U.S. 1972. Mores drama by Michael Ritchie with Robert Redford, Peter Boyle, Don Porter. A campaign organizer convinces a young lawyer to run for the California Senate seat.
Runtime: 110 min.
U.S. 1949. Social drama by Robert Rossen with Broderick Crawford, Mercedes McCambridge, John Ireland. After entering politics to fight corruption, a governor falls into the same traps as his predecessors.
Runtime: 109 min.
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