Ahead of the Oscars, Our Staff Picks for Political Movies

Feb. 24, 2012 -- intro: The country looks to Hollywood this Sunday for the 84th Annual Academy Awards, but Hollywood has been looking to politics for great material since its very beginning. If the GOP race isn't providing you with enough excitement, check out some of the titles on our list of the best political films to get in the campaign spirit.

quicklist: 1title: The Manchurian Candidate (1962)category: Rick Klein, Senior Washington Editorurl: text:

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quicklist: 2title: Traffic (2000)category: Alexa Keyes, Digital Internurl: text:

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quicklist: 3title: Dave (1993)category: Amber Porter, Managing Editor of OTUSNews.comurl: text:

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quicklist: 4title: Bob Roberts (1992)category: Z. Byron Wolf, Deputy Political Directorurl: text:

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quicklist: 5title: Election (1999)category: Chris Good, Political Reporterurl:text:

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quicklist: 6title: Being There (1979)category: Josh Haskell, Political Deskurl:text:

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quicklist: 7title: WALL*E (2008)category: Sarah Parnass, Digital Internurl: text:

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quicklist: 8title: Wag the Dog (1997)category: Barbara Friedman, ABC News Producerurl:text:

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quicklist: 9title: The American President (1995)category: Karen Travers, ABC News Correspondenturl: text:

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quicklist: 10title: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)category: Amy Bingham, Digital Reporterurl: text:

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quicklist: 11title: Air Force One (1997)category: Meg Fowler, Digital Internurl: text:

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quicklist: 12title: Happy Feet (2006)category: Jaclyn Evens, ABC News Media Loggerurl: text:

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quicklist: 13title: Man of the Year (2006)category: Serena Marshall, Digital Reporterurl: text:

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quicklist: 14title: Swing Vote (2008)category: Matt Negrin, Political Reporterurl: text:

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