Political Film Series on TCM

Turner Classic Movies is showing “The Most Significant Political Films of All Time every Friday during the U.S. Presidential election season.

As the presidential politics heats up, TCM presents “Making Change: The Most Significant Political Films of All Time,” featuring politically-themed movies from 1915 to 2016. Every Friday starting September 6 and running through November 1, see up to six classic films involving politics. Each night will have guest presenters.

Included in the series are conspiracy thrillers like Parallax View, Three Days of the Condor, JFK and Manchurian Candidate, and classics like Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Citizen Kane, and The Best Man.

Here is the TCM schedule for the series. Note that some films have guest hosts like Steven Spielberg and Maureen Dowd.

Friday, September 6 – Night One

8:00 PM – The Battle of Algiers (1966) with Michael Tomasky
10:15 PM – All the King’s Men (1949) with Steven Spielberg
12:15 AM – The Great Dictator (1940) with John Turturro
2:30 AM – Fail Safe (1964)
4:30 AM – Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars’ Plot (1958)
6:00 AM – Salt of the Earth (1954)

Friday, September 13 – Night Two

8:00 PM – Reds (1981) with Bill Maher
11:30 PM – The Parallax View (1974) with Kyle Smith
1:30 AM – Germany Year Zero (1948) with Alexander Payne
3:00 AM – Gabriel Over the White House (1933)
4:30 AM – Battleship Potemkin (1925)
6:00 AM – The Fog of War (2003)

Friday, September 20 – Night Three

8:00 PM – Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) with Spike Lee
9:45 PM – Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) with Stacey Abrams
12:15 AM – Hearts and Minds (1974) with Phil Mattingly
2:15 AM – The Lives of Others (2006)
4:45 AM – Born in Flames (1983)
6:15 AM – Bicycle Thieves (1948)

Friday, September 27 – Night Four

8:00 PM – Three Days of the Condor (1975) with Maureen Dowd
10:15 PM – I Am Not Your Negro (2016) with Sara Sidner
12:00 AM – The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) with Melissa Etheridge
1:30 AM – The Last Hurrah (1958)
3:45 AM – Night of the Living Dead (1968)
5:30 AM – The Tin Drum (1979)

Friday, October 4 – Night Five

8:00 PM – The Times of Harvey Milk (1984) with Sally Field
10:00 PM – The Best Man (1964) with Josh Mankiewicz
12:00 AM – I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) with Lonnie Bunch
1:45 AM – City Hall (1996)
3:45 AM – Strike (1925)
5:15 AM – High and Low (1963)

Friday, October 11 – Night Six

8:00 PM – A Face in the Crowd (1957) with Barry Levinson
10:15 PM – Wag the Dog (1997) with Diane Lane
12:00 AM – The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971) with Abby Phillip
1:45 AM – JFK (1991)
5:00 AM – Z (1969)
7:15 AM – Night and Fog (1956)

Friday, October 18 – Night Seven

8:00 PM – The Birth of a Nation (1915) with Jamelle Bouie
11:30 PM – Lincoln (2012) with Robert Gates
2:15 AM – Malcolm X (1992)
6:00 AM – Primary (1960)

Friday, October 25 – Night Eight

8:00 PM – All the President’s Men (1976) with Steven Spielberg
10:30 PM – Citizen Kane (1941) with Frank Luntz
12:45 AM – Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) with Lizzie Borden
4:15 AM – Olympia Part One: Festival of Nations (1938)
6:15 AM – Olympia Part Two: Beauty of the Festival (1938)

Friday, November 1 – Night Nine

8:00 PM – Being There (1979) with Andy Garcia
10:30 PM – The Candidate (1972) with Kaitlan Collins
12:30 AM – Harlan County, U.S.A. (1976) with Lee Grant
2:15 AM – The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
4:00 AM – Weekend (1967)

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