Roger Ebert's 20 Best Political Films of the Last Two Decades

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This is for the May/June, 1996 issue of Mother Jones, so the years covered are roughly 1976 – 1996.

Only one film per director. Films are in chronological order.

  1. 1.
    The War at Home
    by Glenn Silber

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  2. 2.
    Mephisto
    by István Szabó

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  3. 3.
    El Norte [NTSC / Region 1 - Latin American Import]
    by Gregory Nava

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  4. 4.
    Testament
    by Lynne Littman

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  5. 5.
    Secret Honor - Criterion Collection
    by Robert Altman

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  6. 6.
    Shoah

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  7. 7.
    Dear America - Letters Home from Vietnam
    by Bill Couturié

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  8. 8.
    Running on Empty
    by Sidney Lumet

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  9. 10.
    Do the Right Thing

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  10. 11.
    Roger & Me

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  11. 12.
    American Dream
    by Barbara Kopple

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  12. 13.
    Hidden Agenda
    by Ken Loach

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  13. 14.
    Boyz 'N the Hood

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  14. 15.
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    City of Hope
    by John Sayles

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  15. 16.
    Grand Canyon
    by Lawrence Kasdan

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  16. 17.
    The Blue Kite
    by Zhuangzhuang Tian

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  17. 18.
    Schindler's List (Widescreen Edition)
    by Steven Spielberg

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  19. 20.
    Dead Man Walking
    by Tim Robbins

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