The most viewed TV news interview of all time contains the only apology Nixon ever gave for Watergate. It’s as timely and affecting 30 years later as when it first aired. It serves as the source material for an Award winning play and a Ron Howard film. People expected David Frost’s interview to be fluff, but were instead treated to the most probing political interview of the televised age.

Sarah Palin was unknown when The Contender was released back in 2000, and looking back now it seems impossible that Joan Allen's Sen. Lanie Hanson was a controversial Vice Presidential choice (by comparison). But a female V.P. nominee is only the surface concern with this smart and suspenseful thriller that takes sides, but doesn't force-feed the director's personal politics. Stellar performances.

When the Bush committed the US to "occupying force" status in Iraq, a special screening with the joint chiefs of staff was held of this 1966 Best Foreign Film winner. A verite-style presentation of the French occupation of Algiers and the insurgent uprising that brought it to an end, this dramatization of actual events stars the actual people portrayed in the film. Bush should’ve seen it sooner.

Possibly the greatest political satire of all time. What is the last resort of a scandal-ridden administration? Invent a war! How? Call in Hollywood! Funny and somewhat scary, but always brilliant. The ensemble cast shines.

A black comedy (no pun intended) about a Madison Avenue ad agency that implodes when an African American executive becomes the new CEO. This irreverent critique of racism is especially poignant this election year. Of course, Putney Swope is no Barack Obama; he’s presented mostly as an example of satirical excess, but the film ages well, confronting bigotry strongly and comically.