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Subgenre Sampler
Battle of Algiers, The (1965)
- Dir. Gillo Pontecorvo
Feat. Brahim Haggiag - Gripping account of the Muslim uprising which led to the withdrawal of France from Algeria was shot merely four years after the revolution, and as…
Stand Up, Nigel Barton/Vote, Vote, Vote for Nigel Barton (1965)- Dir. Gareth Davies
Feat. Keith Barron, Jack Woolgar, Janet Henfrey - Formative Dennis Potter chronicles the bumpy political rise of one aspiring Nigel Barton, from Oxford to Cabinet. Sharply autobiographical,…
Best Man, The (1964)- Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner
Feat. Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Edie Adams… - Bitter political satire finds Fonda and Robertson competing against each other in a bid to win the presidency. The two foes soon find themselves…
Four Days in November (1964)- Dir. Mel Stuart
- An unbiased view of events surrounding the death of JFK taken from more than eight million feet of newsreel footage encompassing joyous Kennedy…
Seven Days in May (1964)
- Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster - Kirk Douglas stumbles upon a conspiracy led by General Burt Lancaster, to bring down the US President (who goes and signs treaties with the…
Crisis (1963)- Dir. Robert Drew
- Tense account of a key battle in the American Civil Rights movement with President Kennedy locked in a tense negotiation with Alabaman Governor…
Hands Over the City (Le mani sulla città) (1963)- Dir. Francesco Rosi
Feat. Rod Steiger, Salvo Randone, Guido Alberti - An astute and ever–pertinent story of political corruption in post–World War II Italy starring Rod Steiger as a ruthless developer and…
Ugly American, The (1963)- Dir. George Englund
Feat. Marlon Brando, Arthur Hiller, Sandra Church - Featuring one of Marlon Brando’s more interesting choices of roles, this political thriller dramatises the American–vs–Communist…
Advise and Consent (1962)- Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray… - Political thriller–fable set in the corridors and committee rooms of Washington DC, where the fundamentally decent Senator, Henry Fonda, learns…
Le Combat Dans L'île (1962)- Dir. Alain Cavalier
Feat. Romy Schneider, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Henri Serre… - French drama exploring the tension between right and left wing politics in the early 60's, through the romantic conflict faced by a woman (Romy…
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