Political Corruption Movies, Political Corruption List Movies

The Instigators 2024

6.2 /10

Follows two robbers who must go on the run with the help of one of their therapists after a theft doesn't go as planned.

Run Time: . MMPA: 17 . Release: Aug 02, 2024

Director: Director: Doug Liman,

Stars: Matt Damon, Casey Affleck, Hong Chau,

In 1863, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points of America to seek vengeance against the psychotic gangland kingpin, Bill the Butcher, who murdered his father years earlier. With an eager pickpocket by his side and a whole new army, Vallon fights his way to seek vengeance on the Butcher and restore peace in the area.

Run Time: . MMPA: 17 . Release: Mar 25, 2002

Director: Director: Martin Scorsese,

Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Jim Broadbent, John C. Reilly,

No Way Out 1987

7.1 /10

Navy Lt. Tom Farrell meets a young woman, Susan Atwell , and they share a passionate fling. Farrell then finds out that his superior, Defense Secretary David Brice, is also romantically involved with Atwell. When the young woman turns up dead, Farrell is put in charge of the murder investigation. He begins to uncover shocking clues about the case, but when details of his encounter with Susan surface, he becomes a suspect as well.

Run Time: 114 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Aug 14, 1987

Director: Director: Roger Donaldson,

Stars: Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young, Will Patton, Howard Duff,

City of Hope 1991

7.3 /10

This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most notably Nick Rinaldi, a disillusioned contractor who has been helped along his whole life by his wealthy father. Other characters in this ensemble drama about urban conflict and corruption include Asteroid , an unstable homeless person, and Wynn, an idealistic young politician.

Run Time: 129 Min . MMPA: 15 . Release: Oct 11, 1991

Director: Director: John Sayles,

Stars: Vincent Spano, Tony Lo Bianco, Joe Morton, Jace Alexander, Todd Graff,

Absolute Power 1997

6.7 /10

A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder—in which the President of The United States is involved—occurs in front of his eyes. He is forced to run, while holding evidence that could convict the President.

Run Time: 121 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Feb 14, 1997

Director: Director: Clint Eastwood,

Stars: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Scott Glenn,

The Sicilian 1987

5.4 /10

Egocentric bandit Salvatore Giuliano fights the Church, the Mafia, and the landed gentry while leading a populist movement for Sicilian independence.

Run Time: 116 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Oct 07, 1987

Director: Director: Michael Cimino,

Stars: Christopher Lambert, Terence Stamp, Joss Ackland, John Turturro, Richard Bauer,

Once Upon a Time in America 1984

8.3 /10

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

Run Time: 229 Min . MMPA: 18 . Release: May 23, 1984

Director: Director: Sergio Leone,

Stars: Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Joe Pesci, Tuesday Weld,

House of Cards 2013

8.7 /10

Set in present day Washington, D.C., House of Cards is the story of Frank Underwood, a ruthless and cunning politician, and his wife Claire who will stop at nothing to conquer everything. This wicked political drama penetrates the shadowy world of greed, sex and corruption in modern D.C.

Run Time: . MMPA: 17 . Release: Feb 01, 2013

Director: Director: ,

Stars: Robin Wright, Michael Kelly, Constance Zimmer, Patricia Clarkson, Derek Cecil,

The Constant Gardener 2005

7.4 /10

Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife Tessa is killed he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a very dangerous conspiracy.

Run Time: 129 Min . MMPA: 16 . Release: Aug 31, 2005

Director: Director: Fernando Meirelles,

Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Bill Nighy, Pete Postlethwaite,

Waking the Dead 2000

6.5 /10

A congressional candidate questions his sanity after seeing the love of his life, presumed dead, suddenly emerge.

Run Time: 105 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Mar 24, 2000

Director: Director: Keith Gordon,

Stars: Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connelly, Paul Hipp, Hal Holbrook, Ivonne Coll,

All the King's Men 2006

6.1 /10

The story of an idealist's rise to power in the world of Louisiana politics and the corruption that leads to his ultimate downfall. Based on the1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel written by Robert Penn Warren.

Run Time: 125 Min . MMPA: 14 . Release: Sep 10, 2006

Director: Director: Steven Zaillian,

Stars: Sean Penn, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, James Gandolfini, Patricia Clarkson,