30 President Movies to Watch About Power, Crisis, and the White House
A political movie list focused on presidents, national crises, elections, scandals, leadership, and high-stakes decisions. Browse ratings, summaries, trailers, and provider availability.
Rank 1Movie
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
President Lincoln's mother is killed by a supernatural creature, which fuels his passion to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers.
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2Movie
JFK
Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.
3Movie
Nixon
A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.
More rankings
4MovieFrost/Nixon
2008★ 7.3
5MovieThe American President
1995★ 6.5
6MovieAir Force One
1997★ 6.5
7MovieWhite House Down
2013★ 6.5
8MovieOlympus Has Fallen
2013★ 6.4
9MovieLondon Has Fallen
2016★ 6.2
10MovieAngel Has Fallen
2019★ 6.6
11MovieVice
2018★ 7.0
12MovieW.
2008★ 6.1
13MovieAll the President's Men
1976★ 7.7
14MovieThe Post
2017★ 7.0
15MovieA Bronx Tale
1993★ 7.9
16MoviePrimary Colors
1998★ 6.3
17MovieThe Butler
2013★ 7.3
18MovieThirteen Days
2000★ 7.0
19MovieThe Ides of March
2011★ 6.7
20MovieWag the Dog
1997★ 6.9
21MovieLong Shot
2019★ 6.7
22MovieMy Fellow Americans
1996★ 6.1
23MovieThe Manchurian Candidate
2004★ 6.5
24MovieDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964★ 8.1
25MovieIndependence Day
1996★ 6.9
26MovieMars Attacks!
1996★ 6.4
27MovieFirst Daughter
2004★ 6.2
28MovieHead of State
2003★ 5.6
29MovieThe Sum of All Fears
2002★ 6.4
30MovieThe Contender
2000★ 6.7
About this list
A political movie list focused on presidents, national crises, elections, scandals, leadership, and high-stakes decisions. Browse ratings, summaries, trailers, and provider availability.
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