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

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. The War at Home
by Glenn Silber
  
2. Mephisto
by István Szabó
  
3. El Norte [NTSC / Region 1 - Latin American Import]
by Gregory Nava
  
4. Testament
by Lynne Littman
  
5. Secret Honor - Criterion Collection
by Robert Altman
  
6. Shoah  
7. Dear America - Letters Home from Vietnam
by Bill Couturié
  
8. Running on Empty
by Sidney Lumet
  
9. Born on the Fourth of July (Special Edition)  
10. Do the Right Thing  
11. Roger & Me  
12. American Dream
by Barbara Kopple
  
13. Hidden Agenda
by Ken Loach
  
14. Boyz 'N the Hood  
15.
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 City of Hope
by John Sayles
  
16. Grand Canyon
by Lawrence Kasdan
  
17. The Blue Kite
by Zhuangzhuang Tian
  
18. Schindler's List (Widescreen Edition)
by Steven Spielberg
  
19. Hoop Dreams - Criterion Collection  
20. Dead Man Walking
by Tim Robbins
  
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Created by MestnyiGeroi on Jan 05, 2008.