Political thriller is one of the most fascinating and “addictive” genres of modern cinema. Here the intellectual puzzles inherent in the detective genre are intertwined, the sharpness characteristic of spy pictures, and, of course, the tension in the frame inherent in psychological thrillers.
Espionage, conspiracies, political killings, undercover agents - all this excites the viewer’s imagination and forces him to keep his eyes on the screen, awaiting the outcome with trepidation. And it doesn’t matter if the plot is based on real events or whether it was invented by scriptwriters.
Introducing the 10 best political thrillers.
10. The life of others | 2006
The picture takes place in East Berlin, in 1984. Stasi employee captain Gerd Wiesler is tasked with following playwright Georg Dreiman and his beloved, popular actress Christa Maria Zeland. They are suspected of sympathizing with the capitalist regime of West Germany.
At first, Wiesler regularly fulfills his task and informs his superiors about all the actions of the observable, but then he begins to conceal some of the information obtained by listening to the apartment, beginning to sympathize with Dreiman ...
9. John F. Kennedy: Shots in Dallas | 1991
Dallas, 1963 In front of thousands of witnesses, an unknown person shoots John F. Kennedy in the head. While the people of the United States mourn over the death of the president, Lyndon Johnson takes the oath right on board the aircraft.
All this is shown on television live. Millions of American citizens froze at the TV screens. Among them was Jim Harrison, the district attorney. He decides to conduct his own investigation and find out who killed the leader of America.
After some time, the first suspect, marine Lee Harvey Oswald, is detained. The mysterious death of 12 main witnesses leads to new interpretations of one of the most mysterious crimes in the history of mankind.
8. Notoriety | 1946
1946 year. An American court sentenced Johann Huberman to twenty years in prison for spying for Germany. His daughter Alicia meets at a party with the FBI agent Devlin, who is engaged in exposing the Nazi conspiracy in Rio de Janeiro. Devlin asks the girl to help him with a secret mission, and she agrees ....
7. Enemy of the state | 1998
The protagonist is the successful lawyer Dean, who has collected incriminating information on one of a high-ranking political figure. Evidence indicates that the official is implicated in the killing of a congressman who had previously voted against a bill.
Suddenly, a lot of problems start to happen in Dean's advocacy and in his life. To the rescue comes a former intelligence agent Bril, who is trying not only to help Dean, but to punish the criminal.
6. Candidate from Manchuria | 1962
The film takes place in South Korea in 1952. A detachment of American troops is surrounded and only miraculously saved nine people under the leadership of Raymond Shaw were able to return home.
Raymond is awarded a medal for this feat, but he cannot remember the details of the operation he is carrying out. Later it turns out that in Korea prisoners of war using hypnosis were programmed to kill the presidential candidate ...
5. V stands for Vendetta | 2006
In 2020, the power of fascist chancellor Adam Sutler was strengthened in London. In an oppressive atmosphere of dictatorship, human rights were violated all the time. Literature, art, Islam, independent television were strictly prohibited. The dictator severely punished all dissenters and even imposed a curfew. Among other things, a deadly virus began to spread at a terrifying pace throughout the country.
At the same time, a mysterious lone avenger appeared, who called himself vendetta, his name was like the number “5”. It was November 5 that his idol Guy Fawkes was executed. The British name of this mercenary soldier was very popular, he showed the authorities and citizens that no one, even the king himself, was allowed to deceive his subjects.
4. Bourne Identification | 2002
A crew of a slave ship from Italy finds an unknown man in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea. They shot him in the back, in addition, a microfilm marked with the number of a Swiss bank was sewn into his hip.
When the unknown finally comes to his senses, it turns out that he does not remember who he is and what happened to him, while he speaks several languages and speaks of other extraordinary abilities ...
3. The entire presidential army | 1976
Journalists at the Washington Post find evidence that President Nixon’s administration was involved in illegally tapping their political opponents.
Journalists begin to conduct their own investigation: they are looking for witnesses and looking for others to confirm the unfair political struggle.
As a result, the most valuable testimony was given by a secret witness whose real name was not named, but it was his words that prompted the appearance of a scandalous publication on the pages of the publication.
2. The totality of lies | 2008
CIA officer Roger Ferris is putting all his strength into finding cell leader Al Qaeda Al Salim. All that he knows is the lair of the terrorists is in Amman. Ferris needs the help of Jordanian intelligence led by Hani Salami to spy on a criminal ...
1. A man who knew too much | 1956
The plot of the picture is built around an ordinary American family: Dr. Benjamin Mackenne, his wife Joe and son Hank. On the way from Europe back to America, they call in Morocco, where they meet the mysterious Frenchman Louis Bernard and the Drayton family from the UK.
Once walking along the market square, the couple saw an Arab, stabbed in the back with a dagger. They immediately recognized Bernard in this man. He runs to the doctor and before his death manages to tell him that a prominent politician will be killed in London very soon ...