The New Republic's The 100 Most Significant Political Films of All Time

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"We wanted to do something special for this double July-August issue of The New Republic, but we weren’t sure what; then it hit us that summer is movie season, so why not combine that fact with this magazine’s great passion and come up with a list of history’s best political movies? (TNR, by the way, is no stranger to motion pictures. For decades, the magazine published the work of famed twentieth-century critic Stanley Kauffmann, and we continue to run trenchant film analysis today.)

It was that germ of an idea that led us to reach out to J. Hoberman, one of the leading film critics of the last half-century, to curate this project. Hoberman changed it from “best” to “most significant” and led us in assembling a list of around 130 critics to whom we wrote, asking them to participate. We were pleased that 79 wrote back with their lists." (The New Republic)

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  1. 35 new

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  2. 3 new

    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  3. 54 new

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  4. 57 new

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
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    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
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    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  7. 91 new

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
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    Idi i smotri

    1985 — a.k.a. Come and See, in 26 top lists Check
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    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
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    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
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    Duck Soup

    1933, in 24 top lists Check
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    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
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    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
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    Il conformista

    1970 — a.k.a. The Conformist, in 20 top lists Check
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    Das Leben der Anderen

    2006 — a.k.a. The Lives of Others, in 20 top lists Check
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    Night of the Living Dead

    1968, in 20 top lists Check
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    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
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    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
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    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
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    Z

    1969, in 17 top lists Check
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    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

    1962, in 16 top lists Check
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    Tengoku to jigoku

    1963 — a.k.a. High and Low, in 16 top lists Check
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    Triumph des Willens

    1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check
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    Zemlya

    1930 — a.k.a. Earth, in 16 top lists Check
  25. 73 new

    Being There

    1979, in 15 top lists Check
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    Ivan Groznyy. Skaz vtoroy: Boyarskiy zagovor

    1958 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot, in 15 top lists Check
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    The Manchurian Candidate

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
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    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    1939, in 15 top lists Check
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    Die Blechtrommel

    1979 — a.k.a. The Tin Drum, in 14 top lists Check
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    Dogville

    2003, in 14 top lists Check
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    A Face in the Crowd

    1957, in 14 top lists Check
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    I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

    1932, in 14 top lists Check
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    Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker

    1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations, in 14 top lists Check
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    Olympia 2. Teil - Fest der Schönheit

    1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty, in 14 top lists Check
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    Stachka

    1925 — a.k.a. Strike, in 14 top lists Check
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    Week End

    1967 — a.k.a. Weekend, in 14 top lists Check
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    JFK

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
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    Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080...

    1975, in 12 top lists Check
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    Krótki film o zabijaniu

    1988 — a.k.a. A Short Film About Killing, in 12 top lists Check
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    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
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    Germania anno zero

    1948 — a.k.a. Germany Year Zero, in 11 top lists Check
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    Harlan County U.S.A.

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
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    Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni...

    1970 — a.k.a. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, in 11 top lists Check
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    Memorias del subdesarrollo

    1968 — a.k.a. Memories of Underdevelopment, in 11 top lists Check
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    The Parallax View

    1974, in 10 top lists Check
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    Zhantai

    2000 — a.k.a. Platform, in 10 top lists Check
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    The Act of Killing

    2012, in 9 top lists Check
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    La hora de los hornos: Notas y testimonios...

    1968 — a.k.a. The Hour of the Furnaces, in 9 top lists Check
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    Reds

    1981, in 9 top lists Check
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    Starship Troopers

    1997, in 9 top lists Check
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