The 18 Best Movies To Watch on Election Day

It's your day to shine, America!

If you are like me, you've got friends and family in the United States staring down the barrel of one of the most consequential elections (domestically and globally) in a lifetime.

At least since the 1930s, movies have taken on politics, politicians, and the democratic process, challenging the decisions and thinking of leaders in both parties and inviting us to reflect on the world we collective bring into existence through the power of our vote.

Here are 18 movies to inspire, provoke, stimulate, and otherwise get you through the fraught hours and days ahead:

1. ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN (1976)

2. MR SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)

3. THE CONTENDER (2000)

4. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (2004, 1962)

5. FAHRENHEIT 11/9 (2018)

6. IDIOCRACY (2006)

7. BULWORTH (1998)

8. LINCOLN (2012)

9. A FACE IN THE CROWD (1958)

10. NIXON (1995)

11. THE CANDIDATE (1972)

12. WAG THE DOG (1997)

13. THE WAR ROOM (1993)

14. HEAD OF STATE (2003)

15. GAME CHANGE (2012)

16. BOB ROBERTS (1992)

17. PRIMARY COLORS (1998)

18. BEING THERE (1979)

Enjoy!

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