Category
page 1English-language political thriller films
Bridge of Spies
2015 film directed by Steven Spielberg
All the President's Men
1976 film by Alan J. Pakula
JFK
1991 film directed by Oliver Stone
Notorious
1946 film by Alfred Hitchcock
The Ghost Writer
2010 film by Roman Polanski
Conclave
2024 film by Edward Berger
Three Days of the Condor
1975 film directed by Sydney Pollack
Z
1969 French-Algerian film by Costa-Gavras
The Ides of March
2011 film directed by George Clooney
The Interpreter
2005 film directed by Sydney Pollack
Vantage Point
2008 film by Pete Travis
The Dead Zone
1983 film by David Cronenberg
Fail-Safe
1964 film directed by Sidney Lumet
The Parallax View
1974 film by Alan J. Pakula
State of Play
2009 film by Kevin Macdonald
The General's Daughter
1999 film by Simon West
Miss Sloane
2016 film by John Madden
A House of Dynamite
A House of Dynamite is a 2025 American political thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Noah Oppenheim. It stars an ensemble cast including Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, Tracy Letts, Anthony Ramos, Moses Ingram, Jonah Hauer-King, Greta Lee, and Jason Clarke. It shows the perspectives and responses of different U.S. government and military officials after an unknown adversary launches an intercontinental ballistic missile at Chicago.
Under Fire
1983 film by Roger Spottiswoode
The Company You Keep
2012 film by Robert Redford
Seven Days in May
1964 film directed by John Frankenheimer
Year of the Gun
1991 film by John Frankenheimer
Unthinkable
Unthinkable is a 2010 American thriller film directed by Gregor Jordan and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Sheen, and Carrie-Anne Moss. It was released direct-to-video on June 14, 2010. The film focuses on the sanctioned torture of a man who has threatened to detonate three nuclear bombs, planted in three large U.S. cities.
Seberg
Seberg is a 2019 political thriller film directed by Benedict Andrews, from a screenplay by Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse based on the life of Jean Seberg. It stars Kristen Stewart, Jack O'Connell, Margaret Qualley, Zazie Beetz, Anthony Mackie, and Vince Vaughn.
Shanghai
2010 film directed by Mikael Håfström
Beirut
2018 film directed by Brad Anderson
Shadow Conspiracy
1997 film by George P. Cosmatos
Man Hunt
1941 film by Fritz Lang
The Last Thing He Wanted
2020 film directed by Dee Rees
The Day of the Dolphin
1973 film by Mike Nichols
Hidden Agenda
1990 film by Ken Loach
Executive Action
1973 film by David Miller
Seven Days to Noon
1950 film directed by Roy Boulting and John Boulting
Rollover
1981 film directed by Alan J. Pakula
Zipper
2015 film directed by Mora Stephens
The Ambassador
1984 film directed by J. Lee Thompson
Power Play
1978 film by Martyn Burke
The Kidnapping of the President
1980 film by George Mendeluk
Operation Avalanche
2015 film by Matt Johnson
Backstabbing for Beginners
2018 film directed by Per Fly
Goodbye & Amen
1977 film by Damiano Damiani
Defence of the Realm
1985 film
An Acceptable Loss
2019 film directed by Joe Chappelle