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Top Ten Political Movies

Politcal-Movies-etbscreenwritingI am still abuzz about the Presidential Inauguration. So here is a list of some of the best American political films compiled by Entertainment Weekly. Enjoy!

In 2008, Entertainment Weekly set out to identify some of the best-loved political films of all time. The publication combined staff choices with readers’ votes to come up with a list of 16.

Here are the top 10, with each film’s primary star:

– Election (1999): Reese Witherspoon

– The Man (1972): James Earl Jones

– The American President (1995): Michael Douglas

– The Candidate (1972): Robert Redford

– Primary Colors (1998): John Travolta

– Bulworth (1998): Warren Beatty

– Dave (1993): Kevin Kline

– The Distinguished Gentleman (1992): Eddie Murphy

– The Manchurian Candidate (1962): Laurence Harvey

– Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939): James Stewart

To see the full list, and a slideshow summary of each film check out Entertainment Weekly Political Film List.  Let me know what your picks are!

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