Turner Classic Movies spotlights the best political films of all time

Author: Trudy Ring

Some movies are strictly for entertainment, and some have much to say about the issues facing us. In this election year, Turner Classic Movies is devoting Friday nights this fall to the latter.an unfinished manuscript by Black gay writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin, reflecting on the lives of Medgar Evers, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Baldwin himself. The Times of Harvey MilkBen Mankiewicz and Sally Field discuss The Times of Harvey Milk10:15 PM All the King’s Men (1949) (Steven Spielberg – #59)
12:15 AM The Great Dictator (1940) (John Turturro – #26)
2:30 AM Fail Safe (1964) (#99)
4:30 AM Ivan the Terrible: Part Two (1958) (#85)
6:00 AM Salt of the Earth (1954) (#31) 8:00 PM Reds (1981) (Bill Maher – #41)
11:30 PM The Parallax View (1974) (Kyle Smith – #47)
1:30 AM Germany, Year Zero (1948) (Alexander Payne – #97)
3:00 AM Gabriel Over the White House (1933) (#30)
4:30 AM The Battleship Potemkin (1925) (#7)
6:00 AM The Fog of War (2003) (#56) 8:00 PM Dr. Strangelove (1964) (Spike Lee – #3)
9:45 PM Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) (Stacey Abrams – #11)
12:15 AM Hearts and Minds (1974) (Phil Mattingly – #39)
2:15 AM The Lives of Others (2006) (#19)
4:45 AM Born in Flames (1983) (#43)
6:15 AM Bicycle Thieves (1948) (#52) 8:00 PM Three Days of the Condor (1975) (Maureen Dowd – #72)
10:15 PM I Am Not Your Negro (2016) (Sara Sidner – #58)
12:00 AM The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) (Melissa Etheridge – #88)
1:30 AM The Last Hurrah (1958) (#57)
3:45 AM Night of the Living Dead (1968) (#35)
5:15 AM The Tin Drum (1979) (#92) 8:00 PM The Times of Harvey Milk (1984) (Sally Field – #81)
10:00 PM The Best Man (1964) (Josh Mankiewicz – #69)
12:00 AM I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) (Sec. Lonnie Bunch III – #95)
1:45 AM City Hall (1996) (#80)
3:45 AM Strike (1924) (#25)
5:15 AM High and Low (1963) (#84) 8:00 PM A Face in the Crowd (1957) (Barry Levinson – #10)
10:15 PM Wag the Dog (1997) (Diane Lane – #54)
12:00 AM The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971) (Abby Phillip – #37)
1:45 AM JFK (1991) (#34)
5:00 AM Z (1969) (#15)
7:15 AM Night and Fog (1956) (#21) 8:00 PM The Birth of a Nation (1915) (Jamelle Bouie – #5)
11:30 PM Lincoln (2012) (Hon. Robert M. Gates – #24)
2:15 AM Malcolm X (1992) (#22)
6:00 AM Primary (1960) (#38) 8:00 PM All the President’s Men (1976) (Steven Spielberg – #4)
10:30 PM Citizen Kane (1941) (Frank Luntz – #33)
12:45 AM Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) (Lizzie Borden – #36)
4:15 AM Olympia Part One: Festival of Nations (1938) (#86)
6:15 AM Olympia Part Two: Beauty of the Festival (1938) (#86) 8:00 PM Being There (1979) (Andy Garcia – #71)
10:30 PM The Candidate (1972) (Kaitlan Collins – #20)
12:30 AM Harlan County USA (1976) (Lee Grant – #12)
2:15 AM The Manchurian Candidate (1962) (#2)
4:00 AM Weekend (1967) (#94)