Movies about senators

Movies about senators
List of the best films about senators according to the audience: The Front Runner, Lincoln, The Campaign, Chappaquiddick, Edge of Darkness, Shooter, The Adjustment Bureau, Shoot 'Em Up, Neruda, Timecop.

In the top there are new films of 2018, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Country
Markimdb: 6.1
Genredrama, biography, history
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration02:18

Gary Hart, former Senator of Colorado, becomes the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1987. Hart's intelligence, charisma and idealism makes him popular with young voters, leaving him with a seemingly clear path to the White House. All that comes crashing down when allegations of an extramarital affair surface in the media, forcing the candidate to address a scandal that threatens to derail his campaign and personal life.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genredrama, military, biography, history
CountryUSA, India
Duration02:30

A revealing drama that focuses on the 16th President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:25

Two rival politicians compete to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
CountryUSA, Sweden
Duration02:21

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 strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:52

As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his life: the search for his only daughter Emma's killer. Now, he is on a personal mission to uncover the disturbing secrets surrounding her murder, including corporate corruption, government collusion and Emma's own mysterious life.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genreaction, thriller, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:04

A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why.

Markimdb: 7
Genrefantastic, thriller, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:45

A man glimpses the future Fate has planned for him – and chooses to fight for his own destiny. Battling the powerful Adjustment Bureau across, under and through the streets of New York, he risks his destined greatness to be with the only woman he's ever loved.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genreaction, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration01:26

A man named Mr. Smith delivers a woman's baby during a shootout, and is then called upon to protect the newborn from the army of gunmen.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography, history
CountryChile, Argentina, France, Spain, USA
Duration02:00

It’s 1948 and the Cold War has arrived in Chile. In the Congress, prominent Communist Senator and popular poet Pablo Neruda accuses the government of betraying the Party and is stripped of his parliamentary immunity by President González Videla. The Chief of Investigative Police instructs inspector Óscar Peluchonneau to arrest the poet. Neruda tries to escape from the country with his wife, the painter Delia del Carril, but they are forced to go underground.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, crime
CountryUSA, Japan
Duration01:39

An officer for a security agency that regulates time travel, must fend for his life against a shady politician who has a tie to his past.

Markimdb: 7
Genrecomedy, music
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration01:39

Mock documentary about an upstart candidate for the U.S. Senate written and directed by actor Tim Robbins. Bob Roberts is a folksinger with a difference: He offers tunes that protest welfare chiselers, liberal whining, and the like. As the filmmakers follow his campaign, Robbins gives needle-sharp insight into the way candidates manipulate the media.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, military
CountryUSA
Duration01:32

Three stories told simultaneous in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a skeptical television reporter, detailing a strategy for victory in Afghanistan; two special forces ambushed on an Afghani ridge await rescue as Taliban forces close in; a poli-sci professor at a California college invites a student to re-engage.

Markimdb: 8.5
Genredocumentary, military, history
CountryUSA

Oliver Stone documentary charted the post-WW2 history of the United States.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genredrama, family
CountryUSA

After the unexpected death of their daughter, a couple work to build a state of the art children's hospital where families are welcomed into the healing process.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:58

A U.S. Army colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genreaction, drama, military, biography
CountryUSA
Duration02:26

The true story of Marine Corporal Megan Leavey, who forms a powerful bond with an aggressive combat dog, Rex. While deployed in Iraq, the two complete more than 100 missions and save countless lives, until an IED explosion puts their faithfulness to the test.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genredrama, biography, history
CountryUSA
Duration01:25

Lyndon B. Johnson's amazing 11-month journey from taking office after JFK's assassination, through the fight to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and his own presidential campaign, culminating on the night LBJ is actually elected to the office – no longer the 'accidental President.'

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrefantastic, action, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:54

    For centuries, a small but powerful force of warriors called the Green Lantern Corps has sworn to keep intergalactic order. Each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of the first human ever recruited.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

      Dirty tricks stand to soil an ambitious young press spokesman's idealism in a cutthroat presidential campaign where 'victory' is relative.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA, France
      Duration01:30

      An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, military
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:44

      It's World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere - especially in Washington, D.C. where Connie Milligan rents an apartment. Believing it to be her patriotic duty, Connie offers to sublet half of her apartment, fully expecting a suitable female tenent. What she gets instead is mischievous, middle-aged Benjamin Dingle. Dingle talks her into subletting to him and then promptly sublets half of his half to young, irreverent Joe Carter - creating a situation tailor-made for comedy and romance.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genredrama, biography, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:00

      In 1968 the lives of a retired doorman, hotel manager, lounge singer, busboy, beautician and others intersect in the wake of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:09

      Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUSA, Germany, United Kingdom
      Duration02:28

      The vice president is dead, and as the president makes his choice for a replacement, a secret contest of wills is being waged by a formidable rival. When Senator Laine Hanson is nominated as the first woman in history to hold the office, hidden agendas explode into a battle for power.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, drama, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:38

      Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Mace Windu and other Jedi Knights lead the Grand Army of the Republic against the droid army of the Separatists.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
      CountryUSA, Russia
      Duration01:45

      After being set-up and betrayed by the man who hired him to assassinate a Texas Senator, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against his former boss.

      Markimdb: 8.3
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA

      After 19 years on Death Row for the rape and murder of his teenage girlfriend, Daniel Holden is going home. His conviction has been vacated due to new DNA evidence. Now he has to return to a world he no longer knows and his reentry into the outside world may be as unforgiving as prison. Daniel is haunted by the past, dogged by the present, and uncertain of the future. As he struggles to adapt to his new life, his homecoming reignites the fears of a small town and threatens to shatter his family’s fragile peace. Daniel’s alleged crime divided a community. Will his freedom tear it in half?

      Markimdb: 6
      Genreaction, drama, military
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration02:05

      A female Senator succeeds in enrolling a woman into Combined Reconnaissance Team training where everyone expects her to fail.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:45

      When the girl that detective Joe Hallenback is protecting gets murdered, the boyfriend of the murdered girl (ex-football player Jimmy Dix) attempts to investigate and solve the case. What they discover is that there is deep seated corruption going on between a crooked politician and the owner of a pro football team.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:39

      Nico Toscani is an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his job as he is to his personalized brand of justice—expert and thorough bone-crushing.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genreaction, melodrama, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA, Canada, Germany, United Kingdom
      Duration01:45

      In 79 A.D., Milo, a slave turned gladiator, finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts in a torrent of blazing lava, Milo must fight his way out of the arena in order to save his beloved as the once magnificent Pompeii crumbles around him.

      Markimdb: 4.6
      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective
      CountryUSA

      A college reunion turns into a tangled web of passion, romance and intrigue as old friends and enemies catch up with each other's lives. Includes a long list of stars.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genredrama, documentary, crime, biography, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:38

      Based on the bestselling book by Andrew Ross Sorkin, 'Too Big to Fail' offers 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 few weeks.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genreaction, comedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:45

      When a sexy, high-end escort holds the key evidence to a scandalous government cover-up, two bumbling young detectives become her unlikely protectors from a ruthless assassin hired to silence her.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:19

      A Senate investigation into the President's newly-nominated Secretary of State gives light to a secret from the past, which may not only ruin the candidate, but the President's character as well.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, film noir
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:21

      Sadistic killer-for-hire Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss, nightclub executive Gates, Raven sits beside Gates' lovely new employee, Ellen, on a train out of town. Although Ellen is engaged to marry the police lieutenant who's hunting down Raven, she decides to try and set the misguided hit man straight as he hides from the cops and plots his revenge.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genredrama, crime, biography
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration02:09

        The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.

        Markimdb: 7.9
        Genredrama, adventure, military, biography, history
        CountryUSA
        Duration03:17

        The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:48

        A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecting the rhythms and speech of hip-hop music and culture.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genredrama, history
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:04

        Based upon the play "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller (who wrote the screen adaptation), the Salem witch trials in 1692 plunge the Massachusetts Bay colony into chaos.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genreaction, drama, adventure, history
        CountryIndia

        Village lad Sarman is drawn to big, bad Mohenjo Daro - and its mascot Chaani. But Chaani must wed Munja, son of Mohenjo Daro's ruler, Maham. Will Sarman find love - and more - in Mohenjo Daro?

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genrecomedy, drama, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:50

        Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1945. Engineer Preston Tucker dreams of designing the car of future, but his innovative envision will be repeatedly sabotaged by his own unrealistic expectations and the Detroit automobile industry tycoons.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:59

        A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is buried. Clifford shoots himself and Mark is found at the scene, and both the FBI and the Mafia quickly realize that Mark probably knows more than he says.

        Markimdb: 4.7
        Genrefantastic, action
        CountryUSA

        U.S. Senator is assassinated by Men in Black, mysterious organization which suppresses all knowledge about UFOs. Agent Rafferty from the U.S. Secret Service will confront them and discover the sinister truth. The only person that can help him comes from another world.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genrethriller, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:02

        When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught up in a struggle to secure his release from a secret detention facility somewhere outside the US.

        Markimdb: 8.1
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:09

        Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United States Senate by the puppet governor of his state. He soon discovers, upon going to Washington, many shortcomings of the political process as his earnest goal of a national boys' camp leads to a conflict with the state political boss.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrethriller, drama
        CountryGermany, USA
        Duration02:08

        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.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genredrama, military
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:56

        After learning the finer points of carrier aviation in the 1920s, career officer Jonathan Scott and his pals spend the next two decades promoting the superiority of naval air power. But military and political "red tape" continually frustrate their efforts, prompting Scott to even consider leaving the Navy for a more lucrative civilian job. Then the world enters a second World War and Scott finally gets the opportunity to prove to Washington the valuable role aircraft carriers could play in winning the conflict. But what will it cost him and his comrades personally?

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:54

        Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd, one of the world's most powerful men, can have anything he wants -- and what he covets most is Sydney Ellen Wade, a Washington lobbyist. But Shepherd's attempts at courting her spark wild rumors and decimate his approval ratings.

        Markimdb: 5.1
        Genrecomedy
        CountryCanada, USA
        Duration01:25

        John Bourgignon, a drummer/chauffeur engaged to the daughter of a United States senator encounters a sleazy film director, the leader of an aerobics cult, and other crazed characters in the days leading up to his wedding.




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