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Directed by Rod LurieOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
ActionThemes Political films,
Arme nucléaireActors Kevin Pollak,
Timothy Hutton,
Sheryl Lee Ralph,
Clotilde Courau,
Sean Astin,
Kathryn MorrisRating63%
Set in 2008, President Walter Emerson, formerly an appointed Vice President and elevated by the death of the previous (unseen) commander-in-chief, is crossing the country on a campaign tour when a freak snowstorm traps him in a remote Colorado diner with members of his staff plus a group of ordinary citizens., 1h48
Directed by Rod LurieOrigin USAGenres Drama,
ThrillerThemes Films about writers,
Films about journalists,
Political filmsActors Kate Beckinsale,
Matt Dillon,
Vera Farmiga,
David Schwimmer,
Angela Bassett,
Preston BaileyRating70%
Rachel Armstrong (Kate Beckinsale) is an ambitious reporter for the Capital Sun-Times. When she discovers fellow soccer mom Erica Van Doren (Vera Farmiga) is working as a covert operative for the CIA and recently returned from Venezuela, where she was investigating an assassination attempt on the President of the United States, she confronts her and requests confirmation. Erica refuses to cooperate, but Rachel has no doubts about the veracity of the report, and her story becomes front-page news with the support of editor Bonnie Benjamin (Angela Bassett) and Avril Aaronson (Noah Wyle), who serves as the newspaper's legal counselor., 2h7
Directed by Tomas AlfredsonOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Thriller,
SpyThemes Spy films,
Politique,
Political filmsActors Gary Oldman,
Colin Firth,
Tom Hardy,
John Hurt,
Toby Jones,
Mark StrongRating69%
En 1973, George Smiley est un agent du MI6 et l'un de ses principaux dirigeants. À la suite de l'échec catastrophique d'une mission en Hongrie, où l'agent britannique Jim Prideaux a failli être tué, le chef du MI6, Control, est contraint de démissionner, de même que Smiley, mis à la retraite. Control est remplacé par Percy Alleline à la tête du service., 1h26
Directed by Stephen FrearsOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Thriller,
Action,
Historical,
Crime,
PoliticThemes Politique,
Transport films,
Aviation films,
Films based on science fiction novels,
Political films,
Arme nucléaireActors George Clooney,
Walter Cronkite,
Richard Dreyfuss,
Noah Wyle,
Brian Dennehy,
Sam ElliottRating73%
The time is the early-to-mid-1960s, the height of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. An unknown aircraft approaches North America from Europe. American bombers of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) are scrambled to their fail safe points near Russia. The bombers have orders not to proceed past their fail safe points without receiving a special attack code. The original "threat" is proven to be innocuous and recall orders are issued. However, due to a technical failure, the attack code is transmitted to Group Six, which consists of six Vindicator supersonic bombers and four escort fighters. Colonel Grady, the head of the group, tries to contact Omaha to verify the fail-safe order (called Positive Check), but due to Soviet radar jamming, Grady cannot hear Omaha. Concluding that the attack order and the radar jamming could only mean nuclear war, Grady commands Group Six towards Moscow, their intended destination., 3h9
Directed by Oliver StoneOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
HistoricalThemes Assassinat,
Films about families,
Politique,
Political films,
White House in fictionActors Kevin Costner,
Kevin Bacon,
Tommy Lee Jones,
Joe Pesci,
Laurie Metcalf,
Beata PoźniakRating79%
The film opens with newsreel footage, including the farewell address in 1961 of outgoing President Dwight D. Eisenhower, warning about the build-up of the "military-industrial complex". This is followed by a summary of John F. Kennedy's years as president, emphasizing the events that, in Stone's thesis, would lead to his assassination. This builds to a reconstruction of the assassination on November 22, 1963. New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison subsequently learns about potential links to the assassination in New Orleans. Garrison and his team investigate several possible conspirators, including private pilot David Ferrie, but are forced to let them go after their investigation is publicly rebuked by the federal government. Kennedy's suspected assassin Lee Harvey Oswald is killed by Jack Ruby, and Garrison closes the investigation., 2h4
Directed by Wolfgang PetersenOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
AdventureThemes Politique,
Films about terrorism,
Transport films,
Aviation films,
Political films,
Dans un avion,
United States Armed Forces in films,
White House in fiction,
Films about hijackingsActors Harrison Ford,
Gary Oldman,
Glenn Close,
Dean Stockwell,
Xander Berkeley,
William H. MacyRating64%
A joint operation between American and Russian Special Forces leads to the capture of General Ivan Radek (Jürgen Prochnow), the dictator of a rogue terrorist regime in Kazakhstan that had possession of stolen Soviet nuclear weapons. Three weeks later, President of the United States James Marshall (Harrison Ford) is invited to Moscow for a diplomatic dinner, during which he praises the capture and insists the United States will never negotiate with terrorists. Marshall and his entourage, including his wife Grace (Wendy Crewson) and daughter Alice (Liesel Matthews), and several of his Cabinet and advisers, prepare to return to the United States on Air Force One. In addition, a number of press corps have been invited aboard., 3h3
Directed by Oliver StoneOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
HistoricalThemes Politique,
Political films,
White House in fictionActors Anthony Hopkins,
Joan Allen,
Paul Sorvino,
Bob Hoskins,
Powers Boothe,
John DiehlRating70%
The film is non-linear, framed by scenes of Nixon listening to his secret recordings towards the end of his presidency as the Watergate crisis intensifies. As such, it covers all aspects of Nixon's life as a composite of actual events, usually in the form of memories triggered by the recordings or newsreel-style summaries. It depicts his childhood in Whittier, California as well as his growth as a young man, football fan and player, and suitor to his eventual wife, Pat Ryan. It explores most of the important events of his presidency, including his downfall due to abuse of executive power in the White House., 3h40
Directed by Michael Cimino,
Brian W. CookOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Action,
Historical,
Romance,
WesternThemes Films about immigration,
Politique,
Films about sexuality,
Rape in fiction,
La précarité,
Erotic films,
Films about prostitution,
Political films,
Erotic thriller filmsActors Kris Kristofferson,
Christopher Walken,
Isabelle Huppert,
Jeff Bridges,
John Hurt,
Sam WaterstonRating67%
In 1870, two young men, Jim Averill and Billy Irvine, graduate from Harvard College. The Reverend Doctor speaks to the graduates on the association of "the cultivated mind with the uncultivated" and the importance of education. Irvine, brilliant but obviously intoxicated, follows this with his opposing, irreverent views. A celebration is then held after which the male students serenade the women present, including Averill's girlfriend., 1h47
Origin CanadaGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
CrimeThemes Political filmsActors Christian Slater,
Selma Blair,
John Heard,
Robert Loggia,
Colm Feore,
Angie HarmonRating50%
A political thriller steeped in illegal oil trading, the Russian Mafia, and governmental cover-ups. , 2h5
Directed by Robert RedfordOrigin USAGenres Drama,
ThrillerThemes Films about writers,
Films about journalists,
Transport films,
Films about automobiles,
Political films,
Road moviesActors Robert Redford,
Shia LaBeouf,
Anna Kendrick,
Richard Jenkins,
Susan Sarandon,
Sam ElliottRating63%
A recently widowed single father, Jim Grant (Robert Redford), is a former Weather Underground militant wanted for a 1980 Michigan bank robbery and the murder of the bank's security guard. He has been hiding from the FBI for over thirty years, establishing an identity as a defense attorney near Albany, New York. When Sharon Solarz (Susan Sarandon), another former Weather Underground member, is arrested on October 3, 2011, an ambitious young reporter, Ben Shepard (Shia LaBeouf), smells an opportunity to make a name for himself with a national story. His prickly editor, Ray Fuller (Stanley Tucci), assigns him to follow up. Ben's ex-girlfriend, Diana (Anna Kendrick), is an FBI agent, and he presses her for information about the case. She tells him to look up a Billy Cusimano (Stephen Root). Billy, an old hippie with a history of drug arrests who runs an organic grocery, is an old friend of Sharon Solarz and a former client of Jim's. Billy is disappointed that Jim doesn't want to take Sharon's case, and he conveys this information to Ben when Ben questions him.