A high school senior from South Carolina gets her first glimpse of the wider world, picturesque cities, and woods of the Eastern seaboard on a class trip to Washington, D.C.

Affairs of State

2018

English

4.7

♡ 22

54%

Eric Bross Director

Thora Birch as Callie Roland

Mimi Rogers as Judith Baines

David Corenswet as Michael Lawson

Adrian Grenier as Rob Reynolds

A young campaign aide gets in way over his head when he sleeps with the wife of a presidential candidate, sending him into a downward spiral of corruption and blackmail.

The Net

1995

English

6.0

♡ 69

44%

Irwin Winkler Director

Sandra Bullock as Angela Bennett

Dennis Miller as Dr. Alan Champion

Obba Babatundé as F.B.I. Agent

L. Scott Caldwell as Public Defender

Angela Bennett is a freelance computer systems analyst who tracks down software viruses. At night she hooks up to the internet and chats to others 'surfing the net'. While de-bugging a new high-tech game for a cyber friend, she comes across a top secret program and becomes the target of a mysterious organization who will stop at nothing to erase her identity and her existence, in order to protect the project.

Air Force One

1997

English

6.5

♡ 107

78%

Wolfgang Petersen Director

Gary Oldman as Ivan Korshunov

William H. Macy as Major Caldwell

Harrison Ford as President James Marshall

Diana Bellamy as Switchboard Operator

When Russian neo-nationalists hijack Air Force One, the world's most secure and extraordinary aircraft, the President is faced with a nearly impossible decision to give in to terrorist demands or sacrifice not only the country's dignity, but the lives of his wife and daughter.

Captain America

1990

English

3.3

♡ 24

16%

Albert Pyun Director

Kim Gillingham as Bernice Stewart / Sharon

Carla Cassola as Dr. Maria Vaselli

Darren McGavin as General Fleming

John F. Kennedy as Self

During World War II, a brave, patriotic American Soldier undergoes experiments to become a new supersoldier, "Captain America". Racing to Germany to sabotage the rockets of Nazi baddie "Red Skull", Captain America winds up frozen until the 1990s. He reawakens to find that the Red Skull has changed identities and is now planning to kidnap the President of the United States.

Arlington Road

1999

English

7.2

♡ 51

62%

Mark Pellington Director

Todd Terry as 2nd Camp Official

Joan Cusack as Cheryl Lang

Jeff Bridges as Michael Faraday

Tim Robbins as Oliver Lang

Bedraggled college professor Michael Faraday has been vexed — and increasingly paranoid — since his wife's accidental death in a botched FBI operation. When a seemingly all-American couple set up house next door, Michael begin to suspect there’s more to them than meets the eye.

Official Secrets

2019

English

7.3

♡ 146

82%

Gavin Hood Director

Ralph Fiennes as Ben Emmerson

Shaun Dooley as John

Keira Knightley as Katharine Gun

Matthew Goode as Peter Beaumont

The true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun who—prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion—leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint US-UK illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. The memo proposed blackmailing member states into voting for war.

The Report

2019

English

7.2

♡ 75

83%

82%

Action

based on a true story

Biography

central intelligence agency (cia)

Scott Z. Burns Director

Jennifer Morrison as Caroline Krass

Ian Blackman as Cofer Black

Carlos Gómez as Jose Rodriguez

Victor Slezak as Senator Jay Rockefeller

The story of Daniel Jones, lead investigator for the US Senate’s sweeping study into the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program, which was found to be brutal, immoral and ineffective. With the truth at stake, Jones battled tirelessly to make public what many in power sought to keep hidden.

State of the Union

1948

English

7.2

♡ 8

80%

Frank Capra Director

Irving Bacon as Buck Swenson

Arthur O'Connell as First Reporter

Margaret Hamilton as Norah

Pierre Watkin as Sen. Lauterback

An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.

The Man Standing Next

2020

Korean

7.0

♡ 23

80%

100%

Action

assassination

based on a true story

based on novel or book

Min-ho Woo Director

Byung-hun Lee as Kim Kyu-Pyeong

Do Won Kwak as Park Yong-gak

Sung-min Lee as President Park

Jerry Rector as U.S. Ambassador to Korea

When the investigation of 'Koreagate' takes place, Park Yong-gak, a former KCIA director who knows everything about the government's operations, heads to the United States in exile.

Absolute Power

1997

English

6.7

♡ 52

58%

Clint Eastwood Director

Clint Eastwood as Luther Whitney

Charles McDaniel as Medical Examiner

Ed Harris as Seth Frank

Elaine Kagan as Valerie

A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder—in which the President of the United States is involved—occurs in front of his eyes. He is forced to run, while holding evidence that could convict the President.

Olympus Has Fallen

2013

English

6.5

♡ 316

49%

Antoine Fuqua Director

Radha Mitchell as Leah

Gerard Butler as Mike Banning

Morgan Freeman as Speaker Trumbull

Ron Yuan as Undercover Commando

When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As the national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning's inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President and avert an even bigger disaster.

Live Free or Die Hard

2007

English

7.1

♡ 242

82%

Len Wiseman Director

Bill Clinton as Himself

Bruce Willis as John McClane

Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Lucy Gennaro McClane

Timothy Olyphant as Thomas Gabriel

John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a ring of Internet terrorists intent on taking control of America's computer infrastructure.

Vice

2018

English

7.2

♡ 121

64%

Adam McKay Director

Christian Bale as Dick Cheney

Kirk Bovill as Henry Kissinger

Jesse Plemons as Kurt

Amy Adams as Lynne Cheney

George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive résumé includes stints as White House chief of staff, House Minority Whip and Defense Secretary. When Bush wins by a narrow margin, Cheney begins to use his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world.

WarGames: The Dead Code

2008

English

4.5

♡ 5

Stuart Gillard Director

Chuck Shamata as Bill Carter

Ricky Mabe as Newman

Claudia Black as R.I.P.L.E.Y.

Colm Feore as T. Kenneth Hassert / Joshua

Computer hacker Will Farmer engages a government super-computer named Ripley in an online terrorist-attack simulation game. Little does Farmer know that Ripley has been designed to appeal to potential terrorists, and certain software glitches have in turn made him become paranoid.

Armageddon

1998

English

6.7

♡ 201

43%

Michael Bay Director

Ben Affleck as A.J. Frost

John Aylward as Dr. Banks

Bruce Willis as Harry Stamper

Michael Bay as NASA Scientist

When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb. This leads him to renowned driller Harry Stamper, who agrees to helm the dangerous space mission provided he can bring along his own hotshot crew. Among them is the cocksure A.J. who Harry thinks isn't good enough for his daughter, until the mission proves otherwise.

Drop Zone

1994

English

5.6

♡ 54

41%

transport of prisoners

washington dc, usa

John Badham Director

Melanie Mayron as Mrs. Willins

Wesley Snipes as Pete Nessip

Corin Nemec as Selkirk

John Badham as Yacht Captain

A daring prison break from an airliner at 30,000 feet leaves U.S. Marshal Pete Nessip mourning a brother and gunning for revenge. After being ordered to turn in his badge, he seeks out Jessie Crossman, a noted skydiver, and offers to sponsor her crew for the annual Independence Day parachuting show in Washington, D.C., if she trains him. Meanwhile, the mastermind behind the mid-air jailbreak is planning a daring computer theft on Independence Day.

Houseboat

1958

English

6.6

♡ 11

55%

parent child relationship

Romance

washington dc, usa

Melville Shavelson Director

Murray Hamilton as Capt. Alan Wilson

Martha Hyer as Carolyn Gibson

Sophia Loren as Cinzia Zaccardi

Kenneth Gibson as Country Club Patron

An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children.

Murder at 1600

1997

English

6.1

♡ 20

33%

Dwight H. Little Director

John Bourgeois as Captain Farr

Dennis Miller as Detective Stengel

Charles Rocket as Jeffrey

Diane Lane as Nina Chance

A secretary is found dead in a White House bathroom during an international crisis, and Detective Harlan Regis is in charge of the investigation. Despite resistance from the Secret Service, Regis partners with agent Nina Chance. As political tensions rise, they learn that the crime could be part of an elaborate cover-up. Framed as traitors, the pair, plus Regis' partner, break into the White House in order to expose the true culprit.

Species II

1998

English

4.5

♡ 66

9%

Peter Medak Director

Peter Boyle as Dr. Herman Cromwell

Natasha Henstridge as Eve

Robert Hogan as Pentagon Personnel

James Cromwell as Senator Judson Ross

Having just returned from a mission to Mars, Commander Ross isn't exactly himself. He's slowly becoming a terrifying alien entity with one goal -- to procreate with human women! When countless women suffer gruesome deaths after bearing half-alien offspring, scientist Laura Baker and hired assassin Press Lennox use Eve, a more tempered alien clone, to find Ross and his brood. Before long Eve escapes to mate with Ross.

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