Political Dramas on Netflix
Last updated January 22, 2025
Black Friday
2004 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIn this intense docudrama based on the book by the same name by S. Hussain Zaidi, director Anurag Kashyap tracks the aftermath of a 1993 mass bombing in Bombay through the eyes of a journalist covering the story.
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Charlie Wilson's War
2007 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsTexas congressman Charlie Wilson sets a series of earth-shaking events in motion when he conspires with a CIA operative (Philip Seymour Hoffman, in an Oscar-nominated role) to aid Afghan mujahideen rebels in their fight against the Soviet Red Army.
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The Debt
2010 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsRachel Singer is a former Mossad intelligence agent who is forced to relive her 1965 pursuit of a notorious Nazi war criminal after the bold and dangerous fugitive is suspected to have reemerged 30 years later in the Ukraine.
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Fair Game
2010 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsAfter her husband, Ambassador Joseph Wilson, writes op-ed columns accusing the Bush administration of misleading the public to justify invading Iraq, Valerie Plame Wilson's status as a covert CIA agent is leaked by administration officials.
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Crossing Over
2009 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsThis thoughtful drama weaves together several stories as it examines immigration in Los Angeles, providing a harrowing look at border crossing, document fraud, asylum seekers, naturalization, counterterrorism and the clash of cultures in America.
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Of Gods and Men
2010 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsA group of French Trappist monks making their home in the Algerian mountains have ample reason to believe they're in danger. But their assumption that there can be common ground between Islam and Christianity leads them to remain at the monastery.
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Rebellion
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsFrench freedom fighters kill four and take 30 hostages on an island, instigating a political crisis. Special forces captain Philippe dives into negotiations as the French presidential election -- and lives -- are on the line.
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Satyagraha
2013 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsIn this Bollywood drama, a corporate go-getter sees his priorities shift when personal tragedy brings him face-to-face with political corruption. Determined to expose the problem, he foments a national protest and makes enemies along the way.
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No
2012 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsIn this engaging drama from Chile, Gael García Bernal portrays René Saavedra, a hot-shot ad executive who creates a controversial media campaign opposing military dictator Augusto Pinochet during the referendum on his presidency in 1988.
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The Dancer Upstairs
2002 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsAugustin Rejas attempts to find the mysterious Ezequiel, the leader of a revolution being fermented by native people of a Latin American nation. But weighing equally heavy on Rejas's psyche is his attraction to his daughter's ballet teacher.
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Fiza
2000 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsFiza's brother disappears during Mumbai's horrifying 1993 riots. Each day, she and her widowed mother hope that he will return. Six years later, Fiza tires of waiting for her brother to come home and sets out to find him.
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Rakht Charitra
2010 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsStudent Ravi vows bloody vengeance when his father and brother are martyred, then wages a take-no-prisoners campaign to clean up local politics. With an election nearing, Ravi runs for office, but his rivals use crooked tactics to rig the process.
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City of Hope
1991 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsIn Hudson City, N.J., whites, blacks, unions and the police form their own tribes and jockey for influence over pieces of hard-won turf. This drama's multifaceted storyline follows several residents (Vincent Spano, Tony Lo Bianco, Angela Bassett, Joe Morton and Chris Cooper, among others), whose paths intersect amidst the decaying city. Writer-director John Sayles has said that this pungent and evocative film is his most autobiographical piece.
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The Tailor of Panama
2001 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsIn this gripping adaptation of John le Carré's best-selling novel, a disgraced, amoral British spy blackmails a local tailor into stealing secrets from the Panama Canal Commission regarding its plans for the waterway.
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J. Edgar
2011 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsLeonardo DiCaprio stars in this riveting biopic as J. Edgar Hoover, the longtime FBI director as notorious for his overzealous methods of law enforcement as for the rumors regarding his cross-dressing and close relationship with protégé Clyde Tolson.
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All the King's Men
2006 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsSean Penn stars as corrupt Southern politician Willie Stark -- a charismatic man who wins the populist vote but, behind closed doors, is as underhanded as those he smeared -- in this remake of an Oscar-winning 1949 film of the same name. Ex-reporter Jack Burden (Jude Law) unwittingly helps Stark gain political power, but it's just a matter of time before the governor's crooked dealings are exposed.
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Diaz: Don't Clean Up This Blood
2012 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsThis chilling drama details the events near the end of the 2001 G8 summit, when police stormed a school for journalists and brutally attacked the residents -- men and women from all over Europe -- accusing them of planning violent action.
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The Imperialists Are Still Alive!
2011 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsAs her new romance with handsome Javier (José María de Tavira) blossoms, French artist Asya (Élodie Bouchez) copes with her ex-boyfriend's disappearance, worries about her brother's safety in Beirut, and experiences a variety of bizarre adventures around New York City. Written and directed by Zeina Durra, this quirky drama also stars Karim Saleh, Karolina Muller, Marianna Kulukundis and Rita Ackerman.
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Sikandar
2009 | NR | 2.7 out of 5 StarsSikandar is a typical 14-year-old, obsessed with soccer and doing his best to please his aunt and uncle -- his foster parents. But his life takes a violent turn one afternoon when he finds a gun on the side of the road while walking home from school.
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