Quick, cerebral, and always thrilling, political dramas definitely get my vote.Ī former Korean War POW is brainwashed by communist to become an assassin.
These films have become a staple in Hollywood filmmaking, and it’s easy to see why. While they often cross into many sub-genres (Thriller, Dramedy, Biopic, etc.), they are always rooted in the dark and nasty world of politics. From Watergate to assassinations, brainwashing to nuclear war, these films have helped define a sub-genre of dramatic films. It just doesn’t get any more dramatic than that.īelow are the Top 10 Political Dramas. In this way, a selected group of people holds the future of a nation, and sometimes even the world, in the palm of their hands. Remember, politics is the process of a group of people making collective decisions that determine how millions of people will live. As any screenwriter knows, the higher the stakes in a given situation, the more dramatic the outcome… and in the political world, the stakes are always high. Not only do political dramas cover some very… ahem, interesting subjects, but they do so in a captivating way. It’s like the political world is wearing a huge “been there, done that” t-shirt when it comes to controversies. In the American political system alone, we have any kind of drama you could wish for: sex scandals, secret alliances, cheating accusations, mass conspiracies, and of course war. He declared that there is simply nothing more complex and critical than a political system and the people affected by it. I once had a teacher tell me that the best way to get inspiration for filmmaking is to watch the news.
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