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1. Miss Sloane (2016)
R | 132 min | Drama
In the high-stakes world of political power-brokers, Elizabeth Sloane is the most sought after and formidable lobbyist in D.C. But when taking on the most powerful opponent of her career, she finds winning may come at too high a price.
Director: John Madden | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michael Stuhlbarg
Votes: 82,652 | Gross: $3.50M
2. Two for Texas (1998 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Western
Two escapees from a brutal Louisiana penal colony join Sam Houston's forces in the effort to gain vengeance for the massacre at the Alamo.
Director: Rod Hardy | Stars: Kris Kristofferson, Scott Bairstow, Irene Bedard, Tom Skerritt
Votes: 323
3. The Alamo (1960)
Passed | 162 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 1836, a small band of soldiers sacrifice their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas.
Director: John Wayne | Stars: John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Frankie Avalon
Votes: 17,759 | Gross: $17.26M
4. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Passed | 129 min | Comedy, Drama
A naive youth leader is appointed to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. His idealistic plans promptly collide with corruption at home and subterfuge from his hero in Washington, but he tries to forge ahead despite attacks on his character.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold
Votes: 121,515 | Gross: $9.60M
5. The Alamo (2004)
PG-13 | 137 min | Drama, History, War
Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio Texas.
Director: John Lee Hancock | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Emilio Echevarría, Jason Patric
Votes: 22,328 | Gross: $22.41M
6. Walker (1987)
R | 94 min | Biography, Drama, History
An unconventional retelling of the life of William Walker, a 19th century American mercenary leader who became the president of Nicaragua.
Director: Alex Cox | Stars: Ed Harris, Richard Masur, Rene Auberjonois, Keith Szarabajka
Votes: 4,290 | Gross: $0.26M
7. Advise & Consent (1962)
Not Rated | 139 min | Drama, Thriller
The polarizing search for a new Secretary of State has far-reaching consequences.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Franchot Tone, Lew Ayres, Henry Fonda, Walter Pidgeon
Votes: 7,520
8. One Man's Hero (1999)
R | 121 min | Action, Drama, History
John Riley, an Irish immigrant soldier recruited in the American army during the Mexican-American War faces anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic bigotry from his fellow servicemen and defects to the Mexican army.
Director: Lance Hool | Stars: Tom Berenger, Joaquim de Almeida, Daniela Romo, Mark Moses
Votes: 1,343 | Gross: $0.23M
9. Noli me tángere (1961)
180 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Epic screen adaptation of the great Jose Rizal's novel, Noli Me Tangere (otherwise known as Touch Me Not or The Social Cancer) and was taken from a Bible verse.
Director: Gerardo de Leon | Stars: Eddie Del Mar, Edita Vital, Johnny Monteiro, Oscar Keesee
Votes: 55
10. Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977)
Not Rated | 155 min | Drama, Thriller
After a Senator suddenly dies after completing (and sealing) an investigation into the nuclear power industry, the remaining Senator and the state Governor must decide on a person who will ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Laughlin | Stars: Tom Laughlin, Delores Taylor, E.G. Marshall, Teresa Kelly
Votes: 818
11. Rizal in Dapitan (1997)
100 min | Biography, Drama, History
Jose Rizal is exiled to Dapitan by Spanish authorities. While he attempts to adapt to his surroundings, he helps a few local residents and provides free education to the children.
Director: Tikoy Aguiluz | Stars: Albert Martinez, Amanda Page, Roy Alvarez, Jaime Fabregas
Votes: 47
12. Shouting Down Midnight (2022)
97 min | Documentary
This timely doc follows Texas State Senator Wendy Davis's filibuster in 2013, when she stood for 13 hours to fight an antiabortion law threatening women's access to lifesaving healthcare.
Director: Gretchen Stoeltje | Star: Wendy Davis
Votes: 30
13. The Buccaneer (1938)
Approved | 126 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Semi-fictional account of pirate Jean Lafitte's involvement in the War of 1812.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Fredric March, Franciska Gaal, Akim Tamiroff, Margot Grahame
Votes: 783
14. Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939)
Passed | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The masked hero leads a fighting force to fight a villian who plots the conquest of The Republic of Mexico.
Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Reed Hadley, Sheila Darcy, William Corson, Leander De Cordova
Votes: 464
15. Reversing Roe (2018)
TV-14 | 99 min | Documentary
A deep historical look at one of the most controversial issues of our time, highlighting the abortion debate from various points along the ideological spectrum in a winding story of abortion in America.
Directors: Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg | Stars: Donna Howard, John Seago, Brigitte Amiri, Troy Newman
Votes: 1,819
16. Louisiana Purchase (1941)
Approved | 98 min | Comedy, Musical
A bumbling senator investigating graft in Louisiana is the target of a scheme involving a Viennese beauty.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Bob Hope, Vera Zorina, Victor Moore, Irène Bordoni
Votes: 533
17. The Black Wolf (1981)
90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
1846: When American settlers rebel against Mexican rule in California Carlos Aceves returns from Spain to Monterey to defend his father's estate and help their friends against the subsequent invasion of American troups and ships.
Director: Rafael Romero Marchent | Stars: Fernando Allende, Carlos Ballesteros, María Silva, Lola Forner
Votes: 30
18. El filibusterismo (1962)
TV-PG | 117 min | Action, Drama
Juan Crisostomo Ibarra has changed his name and identity to rich jeweler Simoun. In disguise, he travels the world amassing wealth, which he intends to use to topple the corrupt and abusive... See full summary »
Director: Gerardo de Leon | Stars: Pancho Magalona, Charito Solis, Teody Belarmino, Edita Vital
Votes: 31
19. Mexican Filibusterers (1911)
14 min | Short, Drama
Our story opens in the office of the Mexican junta in a Texas town, not many miles from the border, presided over by M. Oliverez, supposedly the agent for the Mexican-American Fruit Co. ... See full summary »
Director: Kenean Buel | Stars: Carlyle Blackwell, Alice Joyce
Votes: 43
20. The Filibusters (1912)
Short, Drama
Don Daris, a newspaper reporter, fails to provide any "live copy" and is consequently in disfavor with his editor. Don goes to call on Daisy, the daughter of a tugboat captain, and the ... See full summary »
Director: Kenean Buel | Stars: Guy Coombs, Anna Q. Nilsson, Miriam Cooper
21. The Energy War (1979– )
300 min | Documentary
Explores the long process by which the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA) was crafted and signed into law under the presidency of Jimmy Carter.
Stars: Jimmy Carter, Ted Kennedy, Pierre Trudeau, Lloyd Bentsen
22. vom-winde-verweht_w43 trifft inproduction_m40 (2016)
10 min | Short, Comedy
Directors: Angelika Herta, Moira Himmelsbach | Stars: Jutta Riedel, Stefan Lampadius, Savvatou Saritzoglou
23. Rand Paul Still Standing for the Right to Privacy, Filibustering FISA (2018 Video)
9 min | Short, News
Styx is glad that Rand Paul is still standing on principle when it comes to our right to privacy.
Star: Styxhexenhammer666
24. Senate Session (2013 TV Special)
912 min
Stars: John Barrasso, Barry Black, Saxby Chambliss, John Cornyn
25.
Bearcats! (1971)
Episode:
The Feathered Serpent
(1971)
50 min | Action, Adventure, War
Hank and Johnny travel to a small town that has been taken over by a band of would-be revolutionaries.
Director: Robert Totten | Stars: Rod Taylor, Dennis Cole, Henry Silva, Katherine Justice
Votes: 10
26.
The High Chaparral (1967–1971)
Episode:
The Filibusteros
(1967)
PG | 60 min | Western
Buck accompanies Victoria and Manolito to visit their dad. When they arrive they find his ranch has been taken over by ex-Confederate soldiers planning to take over the area. The leader was Buck's superior during the war.
Director: Allen Reisner | Stars: Leif Erickson, Cameron Mitchell, Mark Slade, Henry Darrow
Votes: 86
27.
Highway to Heaven (1984–1989)
Episode:
Jonathan Smith Goes to Washington
(1986)
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy
Jonathan persuades an influential United States senator to restore severe Congressional budget cuts dealing with health-care, but when the senator suffers a fatal heart attack on the Senate floor, the assignment seems doomed to failure.
Director: Michael Landon | Stars: Michael Landon, Victor French, Eddie Albert, Tom Dahlgren
Votes: 108
28.
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958–1961)
Episode:
The Conquerors
(1959)
Approved | 25 min | Western
A concerned father hires Josh to retrieve his son, a passionate young ideologue whose gift for rousing rhetoric is being used by plunderers to recruit freedom fighters to serve in their phony liberation of Baja California.
Director: Thomas Carr | Stars: Steve McQueen, John Dehner, Than Wyenn, Michael Pate
Votes: 116
29.
The West Wing (1999–2006)
Episode:
The Stackhouse Filibuster
(2001)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama
Josh finalizes a $6B health care plan that has strong support from both parties in both houses and appears to be a slam dunk for passage, but 78-year-old Senator Howard Stackhouse pulls a ... See full summary »
Director: Bryan Gordon | Stars: Rob Lowe, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Janel Moloney
Votes: 1,255
30.
The Wild Wild West (1965–1969)
Episode:
The Night of the Deadly Bed
(1965)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Western
West arrives to meet an informant. Before he can, an attempt is made on his life and the informant is blown up! The man's dying word, "Flory," is West's only clue to a plot that just might ... See full summary »
Director: William Witney | Stars: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, J.D. Cannon, BarBara Luna
Votes: 337
31.
The Wild Wild West (1965–1969)
Episode:
The Night of the Inferno
(1965)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Western
President Grant, beset by problems, recalls his top troubleshooter James West to service. West and his partner Artemus Gordon must discover why Juan Manolo has staged a series of raids in ... See full summary »
Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Suzanne Pleshette, Victor Buono
Votes: 444
32.
The Wild Wild West (1965–1969)
Episode:
The Night of the Winged Terror: Part 1
(1969)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Western
James West is dispatched to a town after the U.S. receives a warning of an impending catastrophe. The Secret Service agent is unable to prevent the town's mayor from blowing up a new ... See full summary »
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, William Schallert, Christopher Cary
Votes: 138
33.
The Wild Wild West (1965–1969)
Episode:
The Night of the Winged Terror: Part II
(1969)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Western
West departs Raven's headquarters in a bid to ruin the organization's plot to kill a Mexican official. The Secret Service agent, though, doesn't realize he has been programmed to ... See full summary »
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, William Schallert, Christopher Cary
Votes: 126
34.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014– )
Episode:
Filibuster
(2019)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show
In theory, the filibuster was created to ensure bipartisanship in the US Senate. In practice, it has become a way to kill bills with only 41 Senate votes. John explains the strange origin ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Pennolino | Stars: Alberto Bonilla, David Kaye, John Oliver, Alex Webb
Votes: 256
35.
Coffee with Scott Adams (2018– )
Nuking Hurricanes, Biden's Brain, Yang's Nuclear Energy Proposal, Chappelle
(2019 Podcast Episode)
News
Star: Scott Adams
36.
Mackenzie's Raiders (1958–1959)
Episode:
Devil Trap
(1959)
30 min | Western
Howard Duncan, a disgraced army officer, drummed out of the cavalry by Colonel Mackenzie for an unprovoked attack upon a peaceful Indian village, organizes a band of renegades to avenge ... See full summary »
Director: Derwin Abrahams | Stars: Richard Carlson, Stephen Courtleigh, Jack Hogan, Robert Tetrick
Votes: 6
37.
Night Shade with Michael Malice (2018–2020)
Michael Watches Joe Biden's Latest Ad and Trump's Let Them Eat Ice Cream Ad
(2020 Podcast Episode)
News
Star: Michael Malice
38.
The Lawfare Podcast (2012– )
Adam Jentleson and Molly Reynolds on Getting Rid of the Senate Filibuster
(2020 Podcast Episode)
52 min | News, Talk-Show
Stars: Adam Jentleson, Molly Reynolds, Margaret Taylor
39.
Make It Plain with Mark Thompson (2019– )
Markos Moulitsas of DailyKos and Civiqs
(2021 Podcast Episode)
Talk-Show
Republicans used the filibuster to squash a bill that would have created a commission to investigate the deadly insurrection on January 6th. Now, Speaker Pelosi is floating the idea of an ... See full summary »
Stars: Markos Moulitsas, Mark Thompson
40.
The Daily Beans (2017– )
Passionate Insurrectionist (feat. Jake Sherman)
(2021 Podcast Episode)
58 min | News
41.
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (2020– )
Trump Gets Rejected by Republicans. Twice.
(2021 Podcast Episode)
47 min | Talk-Show
Trump gets rebuked twice after trying to put his finger on the scales. Brian interviews Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) about his thoughts on a number of Republicans testifying for the January ... See full summary »
Stars: Brian Tyler Cohen, Chris Murphy, Richard Ojeda
42.
Veep (2012–2019)
Episode:
Chung
(2012)
TV-MA | 27 min | Comedy
Dan and Amy attend a book launch for Gov. Danny Chung, a charismatic Asian-American war hero, who Selina worries could be a political threat. Meanwhile, Selina preps with Mike for a 'Meet the Press' interview.
Director: Armando Iannucci | Stars: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Anna Chlumsky, Tony Hale, Reid Scott
Votes: 1,372
43.
Moyers & Company (2012–2015)
Episode:
Fighting for Filibuster Reform
(2013)
TV-G | 57 min | News, Talk-Show
Our last stand to fight the filibuster and save democracy.
Stars: Larry Cohen, Martín Espada, Bill Moyers
44.
Parks and Recreation (2009–2015)
Episode:
Filibuster
(2013)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
Leslie blows off Ben's birthday party to filibuster councilman Jamm's motion, Andy pays a surprise visit to April, Tom tries to win a stuffed bear for Nadia, and Ron gets frustrated by an arcade hunting game.
Director: Morgan Sackett | Stars: Amy Poehler, Rashida Jones, Aziz Ansari, Nick Offerman
Votes: 2,042
45.
Crossfire (1982–2014)
Episode:
Episode dated 24 September 2013
(2013)
News, Talk-Show
Stars: Bill Clinton, Ted Cruz, Newt Gingrich, Lindsey Graham
46.
The Michael Knowles Show (2017– )
Is the Swamp Swallowing Trump?
(2017 Podcast Episode)
40 min | Talk-Show
Michaels asks the former New York congresswoman Nan Hayworth about swamp monsters. Emily Butler and Jacob Airey join the Panel of Deplorables to talk Miss America, Steve Bannon, and more.
Stars: Michael J. Knowles, Nan Hayworth, Emily Butler, Jacob Airey
47.
The Ben Shapiro Show (2015– )
Lauer's No Longer
(2017 Podcast Episode)
47 min | News, Talk-Show
Star: Ben Shapiro
48.
The Ben Shapiro Show (2015– )
Who's Endangering the Republic?
(2018 Podcast Episode)
54 min | News, Talk-Show
Ben discusses the latest in the FBI texting scandal, Donald Trump's proposed military parade, Democrats filibustering for another government shutdown, and more.
Star: Ben Shapiro
49.
The Ben Shapiro Show (2015– )
A Black Eye for the Trump Administration
(2018 Podcast Episode)
55 min | News, Talk-Show
White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter gives the Trump administration a black eye. Republicans make a bad budget deal. Nancy Pelosi filibusters. Sports Illustrated joins the #MeToo movement.
Stars: Ben Shapiro, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Nancy Pelosi, Tim Ryan
50.
The Michael Knowles Show (2017– )
Nancy Pelosi and Democrat Yammering Through the Ages
(2018 Podcast Episode)
46 min | Talk-Show
Nancy Pelosi speaks in the House for eight hours and seven minutes. Liz Wheeler and Erielle Davidson make up the Panel of Deplorables; they discuss: the National Prayer breakfast, Russia, Hillary, bribery, fringe Republicans, and more.