{"id":13115,"date":"2009-01-21T00:00:33","date_gmt":"2009-01-21T00:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/?p=559"},"modified":"2009-01-21T00:00:33","modified_gmt":"2009-01-21T00:00:33","slug":"559-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/559-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Ten Political Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In 2008, Entertainment Weekly<\/strong> set out to identify some of the best-loved political films of all time. The publication combined staff choices with readers\u2019 votes to come up with a list of 16.<\/p>\n

Here are the top 10, with each film’s primary star:<\/p>\n

\u2013 Election<\/strong> (1999): Reese Witherspoon<\/p>\n

\u2013 The Man<\/strong> (1972): James Earl Jones<\/p>\n

\u2013 The American President<\/strong> (1995): Michael Douglas<\/p>\n

\u2013 The Candidate<\/strong> (1972): Robert Redford<\/p>\n

\u2013 Primary Colors<\/strong> (1998): John Travolta<\/p>\n

\u2013 Bulworth<\/strong> (1998): Warren Beatty<\/p>\n

\u2013 Dave<\/strong> (1993): Kevin Kline<\/p>\n

\u2013 The Distinguished Gentleman<\/strong> (1992): Eddie Murphy<\/p>\n

\u2013 The Manchurian Candidate<\/strong> (1962): Laurence Harvey<\/p>\n

\u2013 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington<\/strong> (1939): James Stewart<\/p>\n

To see the full list, and a slideshow summary of each film check out Entertainment Weekly <\/strong>Political Film List. \u00a0Let me know what your picks are!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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