And now for some­thing com­pletely different …

I’m going to give brief descrip­tions of some of my favorite movies with polit­i­cal over­tones. Many of them aren’t nor­mally thought of as being “polit­i­cal movies.” Some are sim­ply light enter­tain­ment. I deeply enjoyed them all, and would highly rec­om­mend them to any­one. I’m sure I’ll for­get a few, even some of my favorites (I can claim age as an excuse, but I’ve never had a good mem­ory). I hope you, dear reader, will share some of your favorites as well.

In no par­tic­u­lar order, here are some of my top polit­i­cal movies: (more…)