MestnyiGeroi's "100+ Politically Bold Movies"

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A subjective selection of films that I have seen (and can recall) that are politically bold in nature. Boldness here is not defined simply by the power of the statement made, but by an element of risk in making the film—that risk being at the least some degree of potential flak or backlash, and at the most the loss of career or even life.

I made this list a little hastily, and I am sure I’ve missed dozens of deserving choices, so any recommendations are welcome. And again, obviously this list is subjective and arbitrary; a complete list of all politically courageous films would number in the tens of thousands, surely.

And finally, while it can well be argued that all things are political, I have limited my selections to films that entail politics in the most conventional sense, rather than, say, a movie that is shocking in its treatment of religion or gender, etc.

The movies are listed in chronological order.

[Here is a companion list of Politically Craven Movies—http://www.listsofbests.com/list/54692]

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  1. 3.
    The Passion of Joan of Arc - Criterion Collection
    by Carl Theodor Dreyer

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  2. 4.
    Luis Bunuel's L'Age d'Or

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  3. 5.
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    Westfront 1918 (1930)
    by Georg Wilhelm Pabst

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  4. 7.
    A Nous La Liberte - Criterion Collection
    by René Clair

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  5. 8.
    The peach girl

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  6. 9.
    I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang
    by Mervyn LeRoy

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  7. 10.
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    Black Fury (1935)

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  9. 12.
    The Grapes of Wrath
    by John Ford

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  10. 14.
    Citizen Kane
    by Orson Welles

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  11. 16.
    The Best Years of Our Lives
    by William Wyler

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  12. 18.
    Paisa (Roberto Rossellini)
    by Roberto Rossellini

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  13. 19.
    Monsieur Verdoux
    by Charles Chaplin

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  14. 20.
    Body and Soul
    by Robert Rossen

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  15. 21.
    Bicycle Thieves (Criterion Collection)
    by Vittorio De Sica

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  16. 22.
    The Big Clock
    by John Farrow

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  17. 23.
    Spring in a Small Town (Full Sub)

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  18. 24.
    Germany Year Zero
    by Roberto Rossellini

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  19. 26.
    Gun Crazy
    by Joseph H. Lewis

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  20. 27.
    Thieves' Highway - Criterion Collection
    by Jules Dassin

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  21. 28.
    The Set-Up
    by Robert Wise

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  22. 29.
    All the King's Men
    by Robert Rossen

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  23. 30.
    Champion
    by Mark Robson

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  24. 31.
    Intruder in the Dust (1949)
    by Clarence Brown

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  25. 33.
    The Man in the White Suit
    by Alexander Mackendrick

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  26. 34.
    High Noon (Collector's Edition)
    by Fred Zinnemann

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  27. 35.
    The Life of Oharu (1952) (Import All Region)
    by Kenji Mizoguchi

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  28. 36.
    Forbidden Games - Criterion Collection
    by René Clément

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  29. 37.
    Ugetsu - Criterion Collection
    by Kenji Mizoguchi

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  30. 38.
    The Wages of Fear - Criterion Collection
    by Henri-Georges Clouzot

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  31. 39.
    Salt of the Earth

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  32. 40.
    The Night of the Hunter
    by Charles Laughton

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  33. 41.
    The Searchers (Two-Disc Anniversary Edition)
    by John Ford

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  34. 42.
    The Carnival Night / Karnavalnaya Noch
    by Eldar Ryazanov

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  35. 43.
    Nights of Cabiria - Criterion Collection
    by Federico Fellini

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  36. 44.
    Sweet Smell of Success
    by Alexander Mackendrick

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  37. 45.
    A Face in the Crowd
    by Elia Kazan

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  38. 46.
    The Wide Blue Road

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  39. 49.
    Breathless

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  40. 50.
    Saturday Night And Sunday Morning
    by Karel Reisz

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Created by MestnyiGeroi on Apr 23, 2008.
 

Comments

Untitled — 20 weeks ago

plenty of goodies here, and a few i may add to my own list!