Best TV Show/Movie Involving Politics (Fiction Only)

[Paul Kemp]

The BBC miniseries "State of Play" was great. The American film wasn't that bad either.

I'm intrigued by the Clooney/Gosling film THE IDES OF MARCH, based off of the play "Farragut North" written by a former Dean '04 staffer . . .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ides_of_March_(film)

The problem is that it's so easy for films and television shows about politics to become cliched. See: later seasons of  "The West Wing."

I might as well mention my favorite show "Mad Men." It's not a show about politics but it features it quite a bit. The principles of marketing and politics aren't that far apart anyway. 

[Paul Kemp]

Another decent political flick nobody has mentioned yet:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103125/

Located right above your post . . . literally right above it . . .

TV- John Adams, what a great mini series. If you don't know much about Adams, give it a watch you will be amassed. Paul Giamati and Laura Liney were amazing

Movies- Mr. Smith, Primary Colors, The Special Relationship, W., or Dick.  For anyone has never seen it, Dick is a comedy about the Watergate scandal with Kristen Dunst, Michelle Williams, and Will Ferell. It is a really great and underrated comedy, and it does a good job being accurate with Watergate

[Paul Kemp]

Another decent political flick nobody has mentioned yet:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103125/

Located right above your post . . . literally right above it . . .

TV- John Adams, what a great mini series. If you don't know much about Adams, give it a watch you will be amassed. Paul Giamati and Laura Liney were amazing

Movies- Mr. Smith, Primary Colors, The Special Relationship, W., or Dick.  For anyone has never seen it, Dick is a comedy about the Watergate scandal with Kristen Dunst, Michelle Williams, and Will Ferell. It is a really great and underrated comedy, and it does a good job being accurate with Watergate

Really? Because True Colors (1991) and Primary Colors (1998) are completely different films with completely different titles.

sh**t. My bad man. I guess that's what happens when I post while doing work.