By the People: The Election of Barack Obama is a documentary film produced by Edward Norton broadcast in November 2009 on HBO, which follows Barack Obama and various members of his campaign team, including David Axelrod, through the two years leading up to the United States presidential election on November 4th, 2008.

You've Been Trumped Too

2016

English

6.4

♡ 2

75%

Anthony Baxter Director

Donald Trump as Self

Michelle Obama as Self

John McCain as Self

Bernie Sanders as Self

A timely film exploring the confrontation between a feisty 92-year-old Scottish widow and her family and a billionaire trying to become the most powerful man in the world.

The River and the Wall

2019

English

6.6

♡ 1

100%

Ben Masters Director

Bill Clinton as Self

Hillary Clinton as Self

George W. Bush as Self

John McCain as Self

Five friends embark on a 1,200 mile journey along the US-Mexico border from El Paso to the Gulf of Mexico to learn first hand what effect a border wall will have on the natural landscape and the wild animals roaming the land.

Ghosts of Abu Ghraib

2007

English

7.6

♡ 2

100%

Rory Kennedy Director

George W. Bush as Self

Anderson Cooper as Self

John McCain as Self

Peter Jennings as Self

An examination of the prisoner abuse scandal involving U.S. soldiers and detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison in the fall of 2003.

Race Against Time: The CIA and 9/11

2021

English

5.7

♡ 5

Action

Documentary

Matthew DeVoe Director

Barack Obama as Self

George W. Bush as Self

John McCain as Self

Tracy Walder as Self - Former Staff Operations Officer

Follows former top officials and elite operatives inside the CIA as they share accounts of their efforts to stop Osama bin Laden and the catastrophic attack they knew was coming.

Journeys with George

2002

English

6.8

♡ 1

75%

86%

Documentary

woman director

Alexandra Pelosi Director

George W. Bush as Self

Alexandra Pelosi as Self

Tom Brokaw as Self

John McCain as Self

Documentary account of George W. Bush's presidential campaign during the 2000 election.

Shut Up & Sing

2006

English

7.6

♡ 5

Barbara Kopple Director

George W. Bush as Self

Anderson Cooper as Self

Bill Maher as Self

John McCain as Self

Shut Up and Sing is a documentary about the country band from Texas called the Dixie Chicks and how one tiny comment against President Bush dropped their number one hit off the charts and caused fans to hate them, destroy their CD’s, and protest at their concerts. A film about freedom of speech gone out of control and the three girls lives that were forever changed by a small anti-Bush comment

I Am Vanessa Guillen

2022

English

6.3

♡ 3

76%

Christy Wegener Director

Donald Trump as Self

Joe Biden as Self - President

Chuck Schumer as Self - Senator

John McCain as Self - Senator, Arizona

Vanessa Guillen was 20 years old when she was found murdered at a US Army base. Rather than submit to silence, her family fought for justice and change.

The Tillman Story

2010

English

7.7

94%

91%

american football player

nfl (national football league)

Amir Bar-Lev Director

Fahim Fazli as Afghan translator

George W. Bush as Self

John McCain as Self

Josh Brolin as Self - Narrator

Pat Tillman never thought of himself as a hero. His choice to leave a multimillion-dollar football contract and join the military wasn't done for any reason other than he felt it was the right thing to do. The fact that the military manipulated his tragic death in the line of duty into a propaganda tool is unfathomable and thoroughly explored in Amir Bar-Lev's riveting and enraging documentary.

Taxi to the Dark Side

2007

English

7.4

♡ 6

100%

Alex Gibney Director

Alex Gibney as Narrator

George W. Bush as Self

John McCain as Self

Brian Keith Allen as Soldier - New York Studio Shoot Reenactment

An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, focusing on an innocent taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed in 2002.

Before the Flood

2016

English

8.2

♡ 3

76%

Fisher Stevens Director

Bill Clinton as Self

John McCain as Self

George DiCaprio as Self

Leonardo DiCaprio as Self - Narrator

A look at how climate change affects our environment and what society can do to prevent the demise of endangered species, ecosystems, and native communities across the planet.

Night Skies

2007

English

4.5

♡ 8

25%

Roy Knyrim Director

Michael Dorn as Kyle

A.J. Cook as Lilly

Jason Connery as Richard

John McCain as Self

On March 13th, 1997 one of the largest UFO sightings ever recorded took place across the southwestern United States...

The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell

2011

English

7.5

♡ 1

Fenton Bailey Director

Bill Clinton as Self

George W. Bush as Self

John McCain as Self

Norman Schwarzkopf as Self

The strange history of the now abandoned American 1993-bill, «Don't ask, don't tell» where sexual orientation was a "non-talk" policy in the American forces, leading to 13.368 getting kicked out before 2011.

Mike Wallace Is Here

2019

English

7.4

95%

investigative journalism

news reporter

Avi Belkin Director

Merv Griffin as Self

Tom Brokaw as Self

Rod Serling as Self

John McCain as Self

For over half a century, 60 Minutes' fearsome newsman Mike Wallace went head-to-head with the world's most influential figures. Relying exclusively on archival footage, the film interrogates the interrogator, tracking Wallace's storied career and troubled personal life while unpacking how broadcast journalism evolved to today’s precarious tipping point.

Why We Fight

2005

English

8.0

♡ 1

78%

Eugene Jarecki Director

Bill Clinton as Self

Frank Capra as Self

Harry S. Truman as Self

John McCain as Self

Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions.

Code Name: Geronimo

2012

English

5.7

♡ 23

50%

John Stockwell Director

Robert Knepper as Lieutenant Commander

William Fichtner as Mr. Guidry

John McCain as Self

Dennis Miller as Self

When the rumored whereabouts of Osama bin Laden are revealed, the CIA readies a team of seasoned U.S. Navy SEALs for the mission of a lifetime. Despite inconclusive evidence that bin Laden is inside the compound, and ignoring the possible ramifications of an unannounced attack on Pakistani soil, the Pentagon orders the attack. The SEAL Team bands together to complete their mission of justice in a riveting final showdown.

Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS

2017

English

7.5

♡ 4

100%

80%

Action

Documentary

Sebastian Junger Director

George W. Bush as Self

John McCain as Self

Vladimir Putin as Self

Peter Bouckaert as Self - Emergencies Director, Human Rights Watch

A look at the current state of Syria amidst war and chaos in 2017, featuring stories of survival and observations by political experts from around the world.

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The Phoenix Incident

By the People: The Election of Barack Obama

You've Been Trumped Too

The River and the Wall

Ghosts of Abu Ghraib

Race Against Time: The CIA and 9/11

Journeys with George

Shut Up & Sing

I Am Vanessa Guillen

The Tillman Story

Taxi to the Dark Side

Before the Flood

Night Skies

The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Mike Wallace Is Here

Why We Fight

Code Name: Geronimo

Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS