political scandal movies

Chappaquiddick (2018)
6.069 / 10

History, Drama, Thriller

Ted Kennedy's life and political career become derailed in the aftermath of a fatal car accident in 1969 that claims the life of a young campaign...

Seaspiracy (2021)
7.873 / 10

Documentary, Crime

Passionate about ocean life, a filmmaker sets out to document the harm that humans do to marine species — and uncovers an alarming global...

Truth (2015)
6.561 / 10

Drama

As a renowned producer and close associate of Dan Rather, Mary Mapes believes she’s broken the biggest story of the 2004 election: revelations of a...

Too Big to Fail (2011)
7.021 / 10

Drama, TV Movie

An intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a...

Sarkar (2018)
5.96 / 10

Action, Drama

NRI corporate Sundar Ramasamy comes to India to vote, only to learn that his vote has already been cast. While he reclaims his right legally, it also...

Ragtime (1981)
7.007 / 10

Drama, History

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other...

The Martha Mitchell Effect (2022)
6.246 / 10

Documentary, Crime, History

She was once as famous as Jackie O—and then she tried to take down a President. Martha Mitchell was the unlikeliest of whistleblowers: a Republican...

Kings Bay (2017)
5.4 / 10

Thriller

21 died in the explosion in the kings bay-accident in Ny-Ålesund in Spitsbergen i 1962. The accident led to the fall of the Norwegian labor party...

The Whip (1969)
0 / 10

Thriller, Drama

With the looming threat of devastating welfare reforms known as Independence Credit, a full-time carer plots an audacious heist in a bid to halt the...

Paa (2009)
6.4 / 10

Drama, Family

Auro suffers from a progeria like syndrome. Mentally he is 13 but physically he looks 5 times older. In spite of his condition, Auro is a very happy...

Rive droite, rive gauche (1984)
5.7 / 10

Drama

Longtime friends Guarrigue and Sénanques own a successful law practice in Paris. The dreaded businessman Pervillard is one of their clients. One...

Bimbes: Die schwarzen Kassen des Helmut Kohl (2017)
0 / 10

Documentary

During the donations scandal of 1999/2000, Helmut Kohl gave his legendary "word of honor" not to name any donors. This documentary explores the...

A Very British Sex Scandal: The Love Child & the Secretary (2024)
0 / 10

Documentary

Edwina Currie, Matthew Parris and Ian Hislop lead a cast of politicians and journalists sharing personal memories of Cecil Parkinson and the scandal...

Babi! (2019)
0 / 10

Drama

A political drama about a scandal-ridden politician who is thrown out of office in a landmark election and finds himself facing corruption charges...

Sweet Lorraine (2015)
0 / 10

Comedy, Drama

The double life of Methodist minister's wife catches up to her, as her husband campaigns for Mayor in a small New Jersey town.

The Baudis affair, the murderous rumor (2021)
8.5 / 10

Documentary, TV Movie

In 2002, serial killer Patrice Alègre was sentenced to life imprisonment for five murders. Gendarme Roussel, the main investigator of this case,...

The 20 Cents That Elected Jair Bolsonaro (2022)
10 / 10

Documentary

The victory of Jair Messias Bolsonaro in the 2018 brazilian general election raised a series of doubts in the minds of many Brazilians: Where did he...

Defenestrace 1618 (2019)
0 / 10

Documentary, History, Drama

The Patient (1969)
0 / 10

Thriller

An amnesiac hospital patient is issued a life he doesn't remember. But soon he comes to suspect that he’s being manipulated in order to protect a...

The Secret Bride (1934)
6.3 / 10

Drama

Before Ruth Vincent, daughter of a state governor, and state attorney general Robert Sheldon can announce their marriage, the governor is accused of...