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Dr. Strangelove (1964 film)

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is a 1964 political thriller directed by Stanley Ku...

Cold War Film Political Satire Nuclear

9.7 Brilliant

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The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film)

The 1962 film *The Manchurian Candidate* explores themes of Cold War paranoia and political manipulation. It centers on...

Cold War Film 1960S Brainwashing

9.3 Excellent

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Malik

Malik is a 2021 film exploring the intersection of politics and crime within India’s coastal regions. Fahadh Faasil port...

India Crime Film 2020S

8.1 Great

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Pada

Pada is a 2022 film exploring a critical moment in Indian political activism. It recounts the 1996 hostage situation inv...

India Activism Film 2020S

8.0 Great

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Article 370

Article 370 is a 2024 Indian Hindi-language political thriller directed by Aditya Suhas Jambhale. The film stars Yami Ga...

India Film 2020S Kashmir

7.8 Good

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1987: When the Day Comes

1987: When the Day Comes is a 2017 South Korean political drama directed by Jang Joon-hwan. It dramatizes the death of s...

Film Korea Democracy 2010S

7.7 Good

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The Terror Live

The Terror Live is a 2013 South Korean political thriller film directed by Kim Byung-woo and starring Ha Jung-woo. The p...

Film Media Korea 2010S

7.7 Good

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The Whirlwind

The Whirlwind is a 2024 South Korean political thriller television series starring Sol Kyung-gu and Kim Hee-ae. Its stor...

Series President Korea 2020S

7.6 Good

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Joram

Joram is a 2023 Indian survival thriller written and directed by Devashish Makhija, with Manoj Bajpayee in the central r...

India Survival Film 2020S

7.5 Good

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Kuruthi

Kuruthi is a 2021 Indian Malayalam-language thriller directed by Manu Warrier and starring Prithviraj Sukumaran, Roshan...

India Film 2020S Home Invasion

7.5 Good

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Republic

"Republic" is an Indian Telugu-language political thriller film directed by Deva Katta and released in 2021. The narrati...

India Film Bureaucracy 2020S

7.4 Good

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Secret Reunion

Secret Reunion (Korean: 의형제) is a 2010 South Korean political thriller directed by Jang Hun, starring Song Kang-ho an...

Defector Film Korea Spy

7.3 Good

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Azor

Directed by Andreas Fontana, "Azor" is a 2021 Swiss-French political thriller set against the backdrop of a 1980s Latin...

Film Banking 2020S Argentina

7.3 Good

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Primary Colors (film)

Primary Colors is a 1998 American political comedy-drama directed by Mike Nichols. Adapted from the novel Primary Colors...

Campaign Film Political 1990S

7.3 Good

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Hunt (2022)

Hunt is a 2022 South Korean espionage and political thriller directed by Lee Jung-jae in his feature directorial debut....

Film Korea Spy 2020S

7.1 Good

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Raajneeti

Raajneeti is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language political thriller directed and co-written by Prakash Jha. Set within a powerf...

Indian Crime Film Dynasty

7.0 Good

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Hunt

Hunt is a 2022 South Korean action and political thriller directed by Lee Jung-jae, who also stars in the film. The stor...

Espionage Film Korea 2020S

6.7 Fair

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The Tyrant

The Tyrant is a four-episode South Korean action, science-fiction, and espionage series released on Disney+ in 2024. Its...

Series Korea Intelligence 2020S

6.5 Fair

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The Amateur (2025)

The Amateur is a 2025 American spy thriller starring Rami Malek. Its central character is a CIA cryptographer whose pers...

Us Film Revenge Cia

6.5 Fair

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Anek

Anek is a 2022 Hindi-language political thriller directed by Anubhav Sinha and led by Ayushmann Khurrana. The story foll...

India Film Northeast 2020S

5.8 Mediocre