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Politics in fiction

This is a list of fiction

Fiction

Fiction is an imaginative form of narrative, one of the four basic rhetorical modes. Although the word fiction is derived from the Latin fingo, fingere, finxi, fictum, "to form, create", works of fiction need not be entirely imaginary and may include real people, places, and events....
al stories in which politics

Politics

Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. The term is generally applied to behaviour within civil governments, but politics has been observed in all human group interactions, including corporation, academia, and religion institutions....
features as an important plot element. Passing mentions are omitted from this list.

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Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield Project Gutenberg Etext 13103

* Fables and Parables
Fables and Parables

Fables and Parables , by Ignacy Krasicki, is a noted work in a long international tradition of fable that reaches back to antiquity. ...
, by Ignacy Krasicki

Ignacy Krasicki

Ignacy Krasicki , from 1766 Prince-Bishop of Warmia and from 1795 Archbishop of Gniezno , was Poland's leading Polish Enlightenment poet , Fables and Parables, author of the Adventures of Mr....
(1779).

Coningsby
Coningsby (novel)

Coningsby, or The New Generation, is an English political fiction by Benjamin Disraeli published in 1844....
, by Benjamin Disraeli (1844).
The Possessed, by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky "An Honest Thief"* "Elka i svad'ba" ; English translation: "A Christmas Tree and a Wedding"* Belye nochi ; English translation: White Nights ...
(1872).
The Palliser Novels
Palliser novels

The "Palliser novels" are six novels by Anthony Trollope.The common thread is the wealthy aristocrat and politician Plantagenet Palliser and his wife Lady Glencora....
, by Anthony Trollope
Anthony Trollope

Anthony Trollope became one of the most successful, prolific and respected English language novelists of the Victorian era. Some of Trollope's best-loved works, known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, revolve around the imaginary county of Barsetshire; he also wrote penetrating novels on politics, social, gender issues and conflicts of hi...
(1864-1879).
The Way We Live Now
The Way We Live Now

The Way We Live Now is a scathing satire novel published in London in 1875 by Anthony Trollope, after a popular Serial isation. It was regarded by many of Trollope's contemporaries as his finest work....
, by Anthony Trollope
Anthony Trollope

Anthony Trollope became one of the most successful, prolific and respected English language novelists of the Victorian era. Some of Trollope's best-loved works, known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, revolve around the imaginary county of Barsetshire; he also wrote penetrating novels on politics, social, gender issues and conflicts of hi...
(1875).
Honest John Vane, by John William De Forest
John William De Forest

John William De Forest was an American soldier and writer of realistic fiction, best known for his American Civil War novel Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty....
(1875).
Democracy: An American Novel
Democracy: An American Novel

Democracy: An American Novel is a political novel written by Henry Brooks Adams and published Anonymous work in 1880 in literature. Only after the writer's death in 1918 did his publisher reveal Adams's authorship although, upon publication, the novel had immediately become popular....
, by Henry Adams
Henry Adams

Henry Brooks Adams was an United States novelist, journalist, historian and academia. He is best-known for his autobiography book, The Education of Henry Adams....
(1880).
An Enemy of the People
An Enemy of the People

An Enemy of the People is an 1882 play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. Ibsen wrote this play in the response to the public outcry against his play Ghosts , which was considered scandalous for the time....
, play by Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Johan Ibsen was a major Nineteenth-century theatre Norway playwright of realism drama and poet. He is often referred to as the "father of modern drama" and is one of the founders of modernism in the theatre....
(1882).
An American Politician, by F. Marion Crawford
Francis Marion Crawford

Francis Marion Crawford was an United States writer noted for his many novels.He was born at Bagni di Lucca, Italy, the son of the American sculptor Thomas Crawford and Louisa Cutler Ward, and the nephew of Julia Ward Howe, the American poet....
(1884).
The Princess Casamassima
The Princess Casamassima

The Princess Casamassima is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly in 1885-1886 and then as a book in 1886....
, by Henry James
Henry James

Henry James, Order of Merit , son of theologian Henry James Sr., brother of the philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James, was an United States author....
(1886).
Pharaoh
Pharaoh (novel)

Pharaoh is the fourth and last major novel by the Polish writer Boleslaw Prus. Composed over a year's time in 1894–1895, it was the sole historical novel by an author who had previously disapproved of historical novels as inevitable distortions of history....
, by Boleslaw Prus
Boleslaw Prus

Boleslaw Prus , whose actual name was Aleksander Glowacki, was a Poland journalist and novelist who is known especially for his novels The Doll and Pharaoh ....
(1895).
Nostromo
Nostromo

Nostromo is a 1904 novel by Poland-born United Kingdom novelist Joseph Conrad, set in the fictitious South American republic of "Costaguana." It was originally published Serial ly in two volumes of T.P.'s Weekly....
, by Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad was a Polish novelist, writing in English. Many critics regard him as one of the greatest novelists in the English language, despite his not having learned to speak English fluently until he was in his twenties ....
(1904).
The Secret Agent
The Secret Agent

The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale is a novel by Joseph Conrad published in 1907. The story is set in London in 1886 and deals largely with the life of Mr....
, by Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad was a Polish novelist, writing in English. Many critics regard him as one of the greatest novelists in the English language, despite his not having learned to speak English fluently until he was in his twenties ....
(1907).
Under Western Eyes
Under Western Eyes

Under Western Eyes is a novel by Joseph Conrad. The novel takes place in Saint Petersburg and Geneva and is viewed as Conrad's response to the themes explored in Crime and Punishment; Conrad being reputed to have detested Dostoevsky....
, by Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad was a Polish novelist, writing in English. Many critics regard him as one of the greatest novelists in the English language, despite his not having learned to speak English fluently until he was in his twenties ....
(1911).
Bunt (The Revolt), by Wladyslaw Reymont
Wladyslaw Reymont

Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont was a Polish author, and Nobel Prize in Literature. His best known work is the novel Chlopi....
(1922).
Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy
Tadeusz Dolega-Mostowicz

Tadeusz Dolega-Mostowicz was a Poland journalist and author of over a dozen popular novels. The best known, which in Poland became a byword for fortuitous careerism, was The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma ....
(The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma), by Tadeusz Dolega-Mostowicz
Tadeusz Dolega-Mostowicz

Tadeusz Dolega-Mostowicz was a Poland journalist and author of over a dozen popular novels. The best known, which in Poland became a byword for fortuitous careerism, was The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma ....
(1932; thought to have inspired Jerzy Kosinski
Jerzy Kosinski

Jerzy Kosinski was a Polish-American novelist, best known for the novels The Painted Bird and Being There , the latter of which was adapted into Being There in 1979....
's 1971 novel, Being There
Being There

Being There is a 1979 film directed by Hal Ashby, adapted from the 1971 novel written by Jerzy Kosinski. The film stars Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard A....
).
It Can't Happen Here
It Can't Happen Here

It Can't Happen Here is a semi-satirical political novel by Sinclair Lewis published in 1935. It features newspaperman Doremus Jessup struggling against the fascist regime of President Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, who resembles Gerald B....
by Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair Lewis

Sinclair Lewis was an United States novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." His works are known for their insightful and critical vi...
(1935).
Alamut
Alamut (1938 novel)

Alamut is a novel by Vladimir Bartol, first published in 1938 in Slovene language, dealing with the story of Hassan-i Sabbah and the Hashshashin, and named after their Alamut fortress....
by Vladimir Bartol
Vladimir Bartol

Vladimir Bartol was a Slovenian language writer, most famous for his novel Alamut . Alamut was published in 1938 and translated into numerous languages, becoming the most popular work of Slovene literature around the world....
(1938).
Darkness at Noon
Darkness at Noon

Darkness at Noon is the most famous novel by Hungary-born United Kingdom novelist Arthur Koestler. Published in 1940 in literature, it tells the tale of Rubashov, a Old Bolshevik and Russian Revolution of 1917 who is first cast out and then imprisoned and tried for treason by the Soviet Union government he once helped create....
by Arthur Koestler
Arthur Koestler

Arthur Koestler Order of the British Empire was a Jewish-Hungary polymath author who became a naturalized United Kingdom subject....
(1940).
Animal Farm
Animal Farm

Animal Farm is a novel by George Orwell. Published in England on 17 August 1945 in literature, the book reflects events leading up to and during the History of the Soviet Union before World War II....
, by George Orwell
George Orwell

Eric Arthur Blair , better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an England author. His work is marked by a profound consciousness of social injustice, an intense dislike of totalitarianism, and a passion for clarity in language....
(1945).
A Bell for Adano
A Bell for Adano

A Bell for Adano is a film directed by Henry King starring John Hodiak and Gene Tierney. The film was adapted from the novel A Bell for Adano by John Hersey, which won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1945....
by John Hersey
John Hersey

John Richard Hersey was a Pulitzer Prize-winning United States writer and journalism considered one of the earliest practitioners of the so-called New Journalism, in which storytelling devices of the novel are fused with non-fiction reportage....
(1945).
All the King's Men
All the King's Men

All the King's Men is a novel by Robert Penn Warren, first published in 1946. The novel was inspired by the biography of List of Governors of Louisiana Huey Long; its title is drawn from the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty ....
, by Robert Penn Warren
Robert Penn Warren

Robert Penn Warren was an American poet, novelist, and literary critic, and one of the founders of New Criticism. He was also a charter member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers....
(1946).
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four

Nineteen Eighty-Four is a classic utopian and dystopian fiction by English author George Orwell. Published in 1949 in literature, it is set in the eponymous year and focuses on a repressive, totalitarian regime....
, by George Orwell
George Orwell

Eric Arthur Blair , better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an England author. His work is marked by a profound consciousness of social injustice, an intense dislike of totalitarianism, and a passion for clarity in language....
(1949).
The Last Hurrah
The Last Hurrah

The Last Hurrah is a 1956 novel written by Edwin O'Connor. It is considered the most popular of O?Connor's works, partly because of a significant The Last Hurrah starring Spencer Tracy....
by Edwin O'Connor
Edwin O'Connor

Edwin O'Connor was an United States radio personality, journalist, and novelist who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1962 for The Edge of Sadness ....
(1956).

Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged

Atlas Shrugged is a novel by Ayn Rand, first published in 1957 in literature in the United States. It was Rand's fourth, List of longest novels, and last novel....
, by Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand , was a Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. She is known for her best-selling novels and for developing a philosophical system called Objectivism ....
(1957).
Things Fall Apart
Things Fall Apart

Things Fall Apart is a 1958 in literature English-language novel by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. It is a staple book in schools throughout Africa and widely read and studied in English-speaking countries around the world....
, by Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe , born Albert Chin?al?m?g? Achebe on 16 November 1930, is a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor and critic. He is best known for his first novel, Things Fall Apart , which is the most widely read book in modern African literature.....
(1958).
Advise and Consent
Advise and Consent

Advise and Consent is a 1959 political fiction written by Allen Drury which explores the reactions of those in and around the United States Senate to the controversial nomination of Robert Leffingwell, a former Communist Party member, to be United States Secretary of State....
, by Allen Drury
Allen Drury

Allen Stuart Drury was a United States of America novelist. He wrote the 1959 novel Advise and Consent, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1960....
(1959).
The Best Man
Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal is an United States novelist, screenwriter, playwright, essayist, short story writer and politician. Early in his career he wrote the ground-breaking The City and the Pillar , which outraged mainstream critics as one of the first major American novels to feature unambiguous homosexuality....
, by Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal is an United States novelist, screenwriter, playwright, essayist, short story writer and politician. Early in his career he wrote the ground-breaking The City and the Pillar , which outraged mainstream critics as one of the first major American novels to feature unambiguous homosexuality....
(play, 1960).
Seven Days in May, by Fletcher Knebel
Fletcher Knebel

Fletcher Knebel was an United States author of several popular works of political fiction.Knebel was born in Dayton, Ohio, but moved a number of times during his youth....
and Charles W. Bailey (1962).
The Man by Irving Wallace
Irving Wallace

Irving Wallace was an United States bestselling author and screenwriter, penned best-selling books that were extensively researched, including such page-turners as The Chapman Report , about human sexuality; The Prize , a fictional behind-the-scenes account of the Nobel Prizes; "The Man ", about a black man becoming president of th...
(1964).
All in the Family
All in the Family

All in the Family is an United States situation comedy that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12, 1971 to April 8, 1979....
by Edwin O'Connor
Edwin O'Connor

Edwin O'Connor was an United States radio personality, journalist, and novelist who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1962 for The Edge of Sadness ....
(1966).
A Man of the People
A Man of the People

A Man of the People is a 1966 satirical novel by Chinua Achebe. It is Achebe's fourth novel. The novel tells the story of the young and educated Odili, the narrator, and his conflict with Chief Nanga, his former teacher who enters a career in politics in an unnamed modern African country....
, by Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe , born Albert Chin?al?m?g? Achebe on 16 November 1930, is a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor and critic. He is best known for his first novel, Things Fall Apart , which is the most widely read book in modern African literature.....
(1966).
The Godfather
The Godfather (novel)

The Godfather is a crime novel written by United States author Mario Puzo, originally published in 1969 by G. P. Putnam's Sons. It details the story of a fictitious Sicily Mafia family based in New York City and headed by Vito Corleone, who became synonymous with the Italian Mafia....
, by Mario Puzo
Mario Puzo

Mario Gianluigi Puzo was a two time Academy Award-winning Italian American author and screenwriter, known for his novels about the Mafia, especially The Godfather , which he later co-adapted into The Godfather with Francis Ford Coppola....
(1969).
Being There
Being There

Being There is a 1979 film directed by Hal Ashby, adapted from the 1971 novel written by Jerzy Kosinski. The film stars Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard A....
, by Jerzy Kosinski
Jerzy Kosinski

Jerzy Kosinski was a Polish-American novelist, best known for the novels The Painted Bird and Being There , the latter of which was adapted into Being There in 1979....
(1971).
Burr
Burr

Burr may refer to:Things* Burr , a type of seed or fruit with short, stiff bristles or hooks* The Burr distribution, a continuous probability distribution...
, by Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal is an United States novelist, screenwriter, playwright, essayist, short story writer and politician. Early in his career he wrote the ground-breaking The City and the Pillar , which outraged mainstream critics as one of the first major American novels to feature unambiguous homosexuality....
(1973).
1876
1876 (novel)

Gore Vidal's 1876 is the third historical novel in his Narratives of Empire series. It was published in 1976 and details the events of a year described by Vidal himself as "probably the low point in our republic's history."...
, by Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal is an United States novelist, screenwriter, playwright, essayist, short story writer and politician. Early in his career he wrote the ground-breaking The City and the Pillar , which outraged mainstream critics as one of the first major American novels to feature unambiguous homosexuality....
(1976).
A Flag For Sunrise, by Robert Stone
Robert Stone

Robert Stone is an United States novelist. His work is typically characterized by psychological complexity, political concerns, and dark humor....
(1977).
The Dead Zone
The Dead Zone (novel)

The Dead Zone is a novel by Stephen King published in 1979. It is about Johnny Smith , who is injured in an accident and enters a coma for nearly five years....
, by Stephen King
Stephen King

Stephen Edwin King is an United States author of contemporary horror fiction, fantasy fiction and science fiction.Having sold an estimated List of bestselling fiction authors of his books, King is best known for his work in horror fiction, in which he demonstrates a thorough knowledge of the genre's history....
(1979).
An Enemy of the State, by F. Paul Wilson
F. Paul Wilson

Francis Paul Wilson is an United States author, primarily in the science fiction and horror fiction genres. His debut novel was Healer . Wilson is also a part-time practicing family physician....
(1980).
A Very British Coup
A Very British Coup

A Very British Coup is a 1982 novel by Chris Mullin , and a 1988 United Kingdom television adaptation of the novel, adapted by Alan Plater and starring Ray McAnally....
, by Chris Mullin
Chris Mullin (politician)

Christopher John Mullin, known as Chris Mullin, is an United Kingdom Labour Party politician, currently the member of Parliament for the English constituency of Sunderland South ....
(1982).
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta

V for Vendetta is a ten-issue comic book series written by Alan Moore and illustrated mostly by David Lloyd , set in a dystopian future United Kingdom imagined from the 1980s about the 1990s....
by Alan Moore
Alan Moore

Alan Moore is an English writer most famous for his influential work in comics, including the acclaimed graphic novels Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell....
and David Lloyd
David Lloyd

David Lloyd may refer to:*David Lloyd , New Zealand plant scientist and victim of poisoning scandal*David Lloyd , illustrator of the graphic novel V for Vendetta...
(1982-88).
Anthills of the Savannah
Anthills of the Savannah

Anthills of the Savannah is a 1987 novel by Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe. A finalist for the 1987 Booker Prize for Fiction, it has been described as the "most important novel to come out of Africa in the [1980s]."...
, by Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe , born Albert Chin?al?m?g? Achebe on 16 November 1930, is a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor and critic. He is best known for his first novel, Things Fall Apart , which is the most widely read book in modern African literature.....
(1987).
Favorite Son, by Steve Sohmer
Steve Sohmer

Steve Sohmer is an author, television screenwriter, and former network television executive.Sohmer ran his own production company before writing his first novel, Favorite Son ....
, (1988).
House of Cards
House of Cards

House of Cards is a political thriller novel written by Michael Dobbs, a former Chief of Staff at Conservative Party headquarters, which was set at the end of Margaret Thatcher's tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom....
, by Michael Dobbs
Michael Dobbs

Michael Dobbs is a Conservative Party United Kingdom politician and bestselling author....
(1989?).
The Fourth K
The Fourth K

The Fourth K is a novel by Mario Puzo, published in 1990. It is set during the Presidency of fictional "Francis Xavier Kennedy," nephew of John F....
, by Mario Puzo
Mario Puzo

Mario Gianluigi Puzo was a two time Academy Award-winning Italian American author and screenwriter, known for his novels about the Mafia, especially The Godfather , which he later co-adapted into The Godfather with Francis Ford Coppola....
(1990).
Patriots, by Steve Sohmer
Steve Sohmer

Steve Sohmer is an author, television screenwriter, and former network television executive.Sohmer ran his own production company before writing his first novel, Favorite Son ....
(1991).
To Play the King
To Play the King

To Play The King is a 1993 BBC television serial, the second part of the House of Cards trilogy. Directed by Paul Seed, the serial was based on the Michael Dobbs novel of the same name and adapted for television by Andrew Davies ....
, by Michael Dobbs
Michael Dobbs

Michael Dobbs is a Conservative Party United Kingdom politician and bestselling author....
(1991).
Fatherland
Fatherland (novel)

Fatherland is a bestselling 1992 Thriller novel by the England writer and Journalism Robert Harris , which doubles as a work of alternate history ....
, by Robert Harris
Robert Harris (novelist)

Robert Dennis Harris is a bestseller England novelist. He is a former journalist and BBC television reporter. He specialises in historical thrillers noted for their literary accomplishment....
(1992).
The Final Cut
The Final Cut

The Final Cut may refer to:*The Final Cut ? a 1983 album by Pink Floyd*The Final Cut ? a 1983 "video EP" by Pink Floyd*The Final Cut ? by Omar Naim, starring Robin Williams...
, by Michael Dobbs
Michael Dobbs

Michael Dobbs is a Conservative Party United Kingdom politician and bestselling author....
(1992).
American Hero
American Hero

American Hero may refer to:* American Hero , written by Larry Beinhart* The Greatest American Hero...
, by Larry Beinhart
Larry Beinhart

Larry Beinhart is an United States author. He is best known as the author of the political and detective novel American Hero , which was adapted for the political-parody film Wag the Dog....
(1994).
Primary Colors
Primary Colors

Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics is a 1996 in literature novel by "Anonymity" ....
, by "Anonymous" (Joe Klein
Joe Klein

Joe Klein is a longtime Washington, D.C. and New York journalist and columnist, known for his novel Primary Colors , an anonymously-written roman ? clef portraying Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign....
, 1996).
Absolute Power, by David Baldacci
David Baldacci

David Baldacci is a bestseller United States novelist....
(1996)
A Time to Run
A Time to Run

A Time to Run is a political novel written by United States Senate Barbara Boxer with Mary-Rose Hays. It was published by Chronicle Books and released late in 2005, to mixed and frequently partisan reviews....
, by Barbara Boxer
Barbara Boxer

Barbara Levy Boxer is an United States Democratic Party politician and the current junior U.S. Senator from the U.S. state of California. She holds the record for the most popular votes in a statewide contested election in California, having received 6,955,728 votes in her 2004 re-election over former Republican Party California Secretary...
(2005).
The Coup, by Jamie Malanowski (2007)
The Ghost, by Robert Harris
Robert Harris (novelist)

Robert Dennis Harris is a bestseller England novelist. He is a former journalist and BBC television reporter. He specialises in historical thrillers noted for their literary accomplishment....
(2007)
When the White House Was Ours, by Porter Shreve (2008).

Movies

* The Dark Horse (1932)

Gabriel over the White House
Gabriel Over the White House

Gabriel Over the White House is a 1933 in film film depicting a fictional President of the United States who has a religious experience and attempts to solve his country's problems through authoritarianism means....
(1933)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is an Cinema of the United States comedy film/drama film starring James Stewart and Jean Arthur, about one man's effect on Politics of the United States....
(1939).
The Great Dictator
The Great Dictator

The Great Dictator is a comedy film Film director by and starring Charlie Chaplin. First released in October 1940 in film, it was Chaplin's first true talking picture, and more importantly was the only major film of its period to bitterly satirise Nazism and Adolf Hitler, culminating in an overt political plea to defy fascism....
(1940)
Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane is a 1941 in film United States dramatic film and the first feature film directed by Orson Welles. It was nominated for an Academy Award in nine categories, but won only for Best Original Screenplay by Herman Mankiewicz and Welles....
(1941).
State of the Union
State Of The Union

"State Of The Union" is the debut single from United Kingdom singer-songwriter David Ford . It had previously been featured as a demo on his official website, before appearing as a track on a CD entitled "Apology Demos EP," only on sale at live shows....
(1948)
All the King's Men
All the King's Men (1949 film)

All the King's Men is a 1949 in film drama film film based on the Robert Penn Warren novel All the King's Men. It was directed by Robert Rossen and starred Broderick Crawford in the role of Willie Stark....
(1949).
A Lion in the Streets (1953)
The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma
The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma

The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma is a 1932 Polish bestseller novel by Tadeusz Dolega-Mostowicz.The book was made into a 1956 Polish film with Adolf Dymsza in the title role, then into a 1980 television miniseries starring Roman Wilhelmi and in 2002, a movie, starring Cezary Pazura....
(Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy — 1956 Polish
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
film, starring Adolf Dymsza
Adolf Dymsza

Adolf Dymsza born Adolf Baginski on 7 April, 1900 in Warsaw, died 20 August , 1975 in G?ra Kalwaria was a very popular and remarkable Poland comedy actor of both the pre-World War II and post-war eras....
, based on the novel of the same title by Tadeusz Dolega-Mostowicz
Tadeusz Dolega-Mostowicz

Tadeusz Dolega-Mostowicz was a Poland journalist and author of over a dozen popular novels. The best known, which in Poland became a byword for fortuitous careerism, was The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma ....
).
Advise and Consent
Advise and Consent

Advise and Consent is a 1959 political fiction written by Allen Drury which explores the reactions of those in and around the United States Senate to the controversial nomination of Robert Leffingwell, a former Communist Party member, to be United States Secretary of State....
(1962).
The Manchurian Candidate
The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film)

The Manchurian Candidate is a Cold War political Thriller adapted by George Axelrod from the The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon. It was directed by John Frankenheimer and stars Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, and Angela Lansbury and features Janet Leigh, Henry Silva, James Gregory, Leslie Parrish and John McGiver....
(1962).
The Best Man
The Best Man (1964 film)

The Best Man is a 1964 film based on the The Best Man , both written by Gore Vidal. Starring Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson, and Lee Tracy, the film lays bare the seamy political maneuverings behind the nomination of a presidential candidate....
(1964).
Seven Days in May (1964).
Dr. Strangelove (1964).
Pharaoh
Pharaoh (film)

Pharaoh is a 1966 in film Cinema of Poland film directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz and adapted from the Pharaoh by the Polish writer Boleslaw Prus....
(1966 Polish feature film based on Boleslaw Prus
Boleslaw Prus

Boleslaw Prus , whose actual name was Aleksander Glowacki, was a Poland journalist and novelist who is known especially for his novels The Doll and Pharaoh ....
' novel, Pharaoh
Pharaoh (novel)

Pharaoh is the fourth and last major novel by the Polish writer Boleslaw Prus. Composed over a year's time in 1894–1895, it was the sole historical novel by an author who had previously disapproved of historical novels as inevitable distortions of history....
).
The Man
The Man (1972 film)

The Man is a 1972 political drama directed by Joseph Sargent and starring James Earl Jones. Jones plays Douglass Dilman, the President pro tempore of the United States Senate, who succeeds to the U.S....
(1972)
The Godfather
The Godfather

The Godfather is an Cinema of the United States crime film film based on the The Godfather by Mario Puzo and directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a screenplay by Puzo, Coppola, and Robert Towne, who was not credited....
(1972).
The Candidate (1972).
Being There
Being There

Being There is a 1979 film directed by Hal Ashby, adapted from the 1971 novel written by Jerzy Kosinski. The film stars Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard A....
(1979).
Power
Power (film)

Power is a 1986 United States drama film directed by Sidney Lumet. The original screenplay by David Himmelstein focuses on political corruption and how power affects both those who wield it and the people they try to control....
(1986).
Bob Roberts
Bob Roberts

Bob Roberts is a 1992 film written and film director by Tim Robbins. It is a satire mockumentary, chronicling the rise of Bob Roberts, a Conservatism politician who is a candidate for an upcoming United States Senate election....
(1992).
Running Mates
Running Mates

Running Mates is an episode from the second season of the Fox Broadcasting Company List of animated television series Family Guy. It is the 17th episode of Family Guy, to be aired....
(1992).
Dave
Dave (film)

Dave is a 1993 comedy-drama film written by Gary Ross, directed by Ivan Reitman, and starring Kevin Kline , Sigourney Weaver, Frank Langella, Kevin Dunn, Ving Rhames, Ben Kingsley, and Laura Linney....
(1993).
The American President
The American President (film)

The American President is a 1995 in film romantic comedy film film director by Rob Reiner and written by Aaron Sorkin. It stars Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Richard Dreyfuss and Michael J....
(1995).
Nixon
Nixon (film)

Nixon is a 1995 in film USA biographical film directed by Oliver Stone for Cinergi Pictures that tells the story of the political and personal life of former President of the United States Richard Nixon, played by Anthony Hopkins....
(1995).
My Fellow Americans
My Fellow Americans

My Fellow Americans is a 1996 comedy film starring Jack Lemmon and James Garner as feuding ex-presidents. Dan Aykroyd, Lauren Bacall, John Heard , Wilford Brimley, Bradley Whitford and Jeff Yagher also appear....
(1996).
Murder at 1600
Murder at 1600

Murder at 1600 is a 1997 film Thriller starring Wesley Snipes, Diane Lane, Dennis Miller, Ronny Cox, Daniel Benzali and Alan Alda. The 1600 in the title refers to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the address of the White House....
(1997).
Wag the Dog
Wag the Dog

Wag the Dog is a 1997 in film film starring Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman, about a Washington, D.C. Spin who distracts the electorate from a U.S....
(1997).
The Peacemaker (1997)
Absolute Power
Absolute Power (film)

Absolute Power is a 1997 in film political thriller directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. The screenplay by William Goldman is based on the 1996 Absolute Power written by David Baldacci....
(1997, based on the 1996 novel by David Baldacci
David Baldacci

David Baldacci is a bestseller United States novelist....
).
Bulworth
Bulworth

Bulworth is a 1998 in film Academy Award-nominated Cinema of the United States which was co-screenwriter, co-film producer and film director by the film's star, Warren Beatty....
(1998).
Primary Colors
Primary Colors (film)

Primary Colors is a 1998 film starring John Travolta based on the Primary_Colors . It also starred Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates and Adrian Lester....
(1998).
The Siege
The Siege

The Siege is a 1998 film about a fictional situation where terrorist cells have made several attacks on New York City. It was directed by Edward Zwick and stars Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis, Annette Bening, and Tony Shalhoub....
(1998).
Three Kings
Three Kings (film)

Three Kings is a 1999 in film comedy-drama war film written and directed by David O. Russell from a story by John Ridley about a gold heist in the style of Kelly's Heroes....
(1999).
Dick
Dick (film)

Dick is a 1999 in film United States comedy Film directed by Andrew Fleming from a script by himself and Sheryl Longin. It is a parody retelling the events of the Watergate scandal which ended the President of the United States of Richard Nixon and features several cast members from Saturday Night Live....
(1999).
Thirteen Days
Thirteen Days (film)

Thirteen Days is a 2000 in film Historical drama film directed by Roger Donaldson about the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, seen from the perspective of the United States political leadership....
(2000).
The Contender
The Contender (film)

The Contender is a political thriller starring Gary Oldman, Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges and Christian Slater. The film was directed by Rod Lurie and focuses on a U.S....
(2000).
The Quiet American
The Quiet American (2002 film)

The Quiet American is a 2002 in film film adaptation of Graham Greene's bestselling The Quiet American. It was directed by Phillip Noyce and starred Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, and Do Thi Hai Yen....
(2002).
The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma
The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma

The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma is a 1932 Polish bestseller novel by Tadeusz Dolega-Mostowicz.The book was made into a 1956 Polish film with Adolf Dymsza in the title role, then into a 1980 television miniseries starring Roman Wilhelmi and in 2002, a movie, starring Cezary Pazura....
(Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy — 2002 Polish
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
film, starring Cezary Pazura
Cezary Pazura

Cezary Pazura is a popular Poland actor known for his comedy roles in movies such as Kiler, Chlopaki nie placza, Kariera Nikosia Dyzmy and a sitcom 13 posterunek....
, based on the novel of the same title by Tadeusz Dolega-Mostowicz
Tadeusz Dolega-Mostowicz

Tadeusz Dolega-Mostowicz was a Poland journalist and author of over a dozen popular novels. The best known, which in Poland became a byword for fortuitous careerism, was The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma ....
).
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)
The Manchurian Candidate
The Manchurian Candidate (2004 film)

The Manchurian Candidate is a 2004 in film United States film based on the 1959 in literature novel The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon, and a reimagining of the previous The Manchurian Candidate ....
(2004 remake
Remake

A "remake" is a term used to describe something that has been done again, sometimes with better quality and more features....
of the 1962 film).
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta

V for Vendetta is a ten-issue comic book series written by Alan Moore and illustrated mostly by David Lloyd , set in a dystopian future United Kingdom imagined from the 1980s about the 1990s....
(2005).
All the King's Men
All the King's Men (2006 film)

All the King's Men is a 2006 film adaptation of the 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren. It was directed by Steven Zaillian, who also produced and scripted the film....
(2006).
Man of the Year
Man of the Year (2006 film)

Man of the Year is a 2006 in film Cinema of the United States comedy film directed by Barry Levinson and featuring Robin Williams in the lead role....
(2006).
The Lives of Others
The Lives of Others

The Lives of Others is a 2006 Germany drama film, marking the feature film debut of screenwriter and film director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck....
(2006)
Charlie Wilson's War
Charlie Wilson's War

Charlie Wilson's War is a 2007 in film biographical film drama film based on the true story of Democratic Party Texas Congressman Charles Wilson , who conspired with "bare knuckle attitude" Central Intelligence Agency operative Gust Avrakotos to launch Operation Cyclone, which initiated and organized the Demographics of Afghanistan Mujah...
(2007)
Dawn of the World
Dawn of the World

Dawn of the World is a feature film written and directed by the Iraqi-France film director Abbas Fahdel.Starring Venice Film Festival revelation Hafsia Herzi and Hiam Abbass , Dawn of the World gives an unexpected account of the multiple impacts of the Iran?Iraq War, the Gulf War and the 1991 uprisings in Iraq....
(2008)
Swing Vote
Swing Vote (2008 film)

Swing Vote is a 2008 in film dramedy film about an entire U.S. presidential election determined by the vote of one man. It was directed by Joshua Michael Stern and starred Kevin Costner, Paula Patton, Kelsey Grammer, Dennis Hopper, Nathan Lane, Stanley Tucci, George Lopez and introduced Madeline Carroll....
(2008)
Vantage Point
Vantage Point (film)

Vantage Point is a 2008 in film American political thriller film from Columbia Pictures, written by Barry Levy and directed by Pete Travis. It stars Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox , and Forest Whitaker, with appearances by ?dgar Ram?rez, Sigourney Weaver, Eduardo Noriega and William Hurt....
(2008)

Television

Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy
The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma

The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma is a 1932 Polish bestseller novel by Tadeusz Dolega-Mostowicz.The book was made into a 1956 Polish film with Adolf Dymsza in the title role, then into a 1980 television miniseries starring Roman Wilhelmi and in 2002, a movie, starring Cezary Pazura....
(The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma — 1980 Polish TV miniseries
Miniseries

A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a pre-planned limited number of episodes....
based on the novel by Tadeusz Dolega-Mostowicz
Tadeusz Dolega-Mostowicz

Tadeusz Dolega-Mostowicz was a Poland journalist and author of over a dozen popular novels. The best known, which in Poland became a byword for fortuitous careerism, was The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma ....
).
Yes Minister
Yes Minister

Yes Minister is a satire British sitcom written by Sir Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn that was first transmitted by BBC television and BBC Radio between 1980 and 1984, split over three seven-episode series....
(and its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister), by Antony Jay
Antony Jay

Sir Antony Rupert Jay, Royal Victorian Order, is the co-author, with Jonathan Lynn, of the successful United Kingdom political comedies, Yes Minister and Yes Minister ....
and Jonathan Lynn
Jonathan Lynn

Jonathan Lynn is an England actor, comedy writer, and film director. He is best known as the co-writer of Yes Minister....
(1980–88).
Edge of Darkness
Edge of Darkness

Edge of Darkness is a British television drama Serial , produced by BBC Television in association with Lionheart Television International and originally broadcast in six fifty-five minute episodes in late 1985....
(1985).
A Very British Coup
A Very British Coup

A Very British Coup is a 1982 novel by Chris Mullin , and a 1988 United Kingdom television adaptation of the novel, adapted by Alan Plater and starring Ray McAnally....
(1988).
Tanner '88
Tanner '88

Tanner '88 is a political mockumentary miniseries written by Garry Trudeau and directed by Robert Altman. First broadcast by HBO during the months leading up to the United States presidential election, 1988, it purports to tell the behind-the-scenes story of the campaign of a United States congressional delegations from Michigan Jack Ta...
(1988).
House of Cards
House of Cards

House of Cards is a political thriller novel written by Michael Dobbs, a former Chief of Staff at Conservative Party headquarters, which was set at the end of Margaret Thatcher's tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom....
(1990).
Babylon 5
Babylon 5

Babylon 5 is an United States science fiction on television created, produced and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. The show centers on the Babylon 5 space station: a focal point for politics, diplomacy, and conflict in the late 2250s and early 2260s....
(1993)
Spin City
Spin City

Spin City is an United States sitcom television series that ran from 1996 to 2002 on American Broadcasting Corporation. Created by Gary David Goldberg and Bill Lawrence , the show was based on a fictional local government running New York City, and originally starred Michael J....
(1996-2002).
Nostromo
Nostromo

Nostromo is a 1904 novel by Poland-born United Kingdom novelist Joseph Conrad, set in the fictitious South American republic of "Costaguana." It was originally published Serial ly in two volumes of T.P.'s Weekly....
(1997).
The West Wing
The West Wing (TV series)

The West Wing is an American television serial drama created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast from 1999 to 2006. It was produced/written by Sorkin and also produced by Thomas Schlamme....
(1999–2006).
Moncloa, ¿dígame? (2001) Sitcom about the Spanish President press office.
24
24 (TV series)

24 is an United States serial action drama television series. Broadcast by Fox Broadcasting Company in the United States and syndicated worldwide, the show first aired on November 6, 2001, with an initial 13 episodes ....
(2001-)
The Wire
The Wire (TV series)

The Wire is an United States television drama series set in Baltimore, Maryland, Maryland, where it was also produced. Created, Executive producer#Television, and primarily written by author and former police reporter David Simon, the series was broadcast by the premium television cable television HBO in the United States....
(2002–08).
The Project
The Project (2002 television programme)

The Project was a 2002 television film, fictionalising the Labour Party 's failure to win the United Kingdom general election, 1992 and its progress into Blairism and United Kingdom general election, 1997 in 1997....
(2002).
Absolute Power
Absolute Power (series)

Absolute Power is a United Kingdom comedy series, set in the offices of Prentiss McCabe, a fictional public relations company in London, run by Charles Prentiss and Martin McCabe ....
(2003, 2005).
Yugo the Negotiator (2004; anime
Anime

is animation in Japan and considered to be "Japanese animation" in the rest of the world. Anime dates from about 1917.Anime, in addition to manga , is extremely popular in Japan and well known throughout the world....
, on hostage-negotiation)
Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)
Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)

Battlestar Galactica is an Emmy Award and Peabody Award-winning Serial television program created by Ronald D. Moore that first aired in a Battlestar Galactica in December 2003, on Sci Fi Channel ....
Commander-in-Chief
Commander in Chief (TV series)

Commander in Chief was an United States drama television series that focused on the fictional administration and family of Mackenzie Allen , the first female President of the United States, who ascended to the role after the previous chief executive, Teddy Bridges , died in office from a sudden cerebral aneurysm....
(2005).
The Thick of It
The Thick of It

The Thick of It is a British comedy television series, which satire the inner workings of modern Her Majesty's Government. It was broadcast on BBC Four in 2005 in television, and has so far completed six half-hour episodes and two special hour-long episodes to coincide with Christmas and Gordon Brown's appointment as Prime Minister of the...
, by Armando Iannucci
Armando Iannucci

Armando Iannucci is a Scotland comedian, writer, director, performer and radio producer....
(2005).
Brotherhood (2006).
Party Animals
Party Animals (TV series)

Party Animals is a British television drama series screened on BBC Two in 2007. It was produced by World Productions, the makers of No Angels and This Life....
(BBC Two
BBC Two

BBC Two is the second major terrestrial television channel of the BBC, aimed at a wide range of subject matter and interests, and specialising in intelligent yet popular programme genres....
, 2007).
The Hollowmen
The Hollowmen

The Hollowmen is an Australian television comedy series set in the offices of the Central Policy Unit, a fictional political advisory unit personally set up by the Prime Minister to help him get re-elected....
(ABC1
ABC1

ABC1 was a United Kingdom based television channel from The Walt Disney Company utilizing the branding of the Disney owned American network, American Broadcasting Company....
, 2008)

Musicals

Urinetown
Urinetown

Urinetown is an United States award-winning satirical comedy musical theatre that pokes fun at capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, bureaucracy, corporate mismanagement, and petty small town politics....
(2001)

Comic strips

Bloom County
Bloom County

Bloom County was an American comic strip by Berkeley Breathed which ran from December 8, 1980 until August 6, 1989. It examined events in politics and culture through the lens of a fanciful small town in Middle America , where children have adult personalities and animals can talk....
Doonesbury
Doonesbury

Doonesbury is a comic strip by Garry Trudeau that chronicles the adventures and lives of a vast array of different characters of different ages, professions, and backgrounds?from the President of the United States to the title character, Michael Doonesbury, now a middle-aged, remarried father....
Opus
Opus (comic strip)

Opus was a Sunday strip drawn by Berkeley Breathed for a period of circa five years from 2003 to 2008. It was Breathed's fourth comic strip, following The Academia Waltz, Bloom County and Outland ....
Outland
Pearls Before Swine

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Musicals

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