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Theme: Liberal Politics

Liberal Politics concerns left wing politics and its depiction in fantastic cinema. This comes at contrast to right wing or conservative politics, which are discussed under their own entry Conservative Politics.

Liberal/leftist politics embraces a spectrum of ideas that include the more equitable distribution of wealth throughout society, environmentalism, pacifism and nuclear disarmament, feminism and women’s rights, so-called identity politics (the greater participation of ethnic and sexual minority groups in society and dismantling of traditional barriers that have excluded them), and a generally more inclusive society.

The following are a list of works that could be said to directly advocate one or more of the above.


2012 (2009)

14 November 200910 November 2019

Rating: ★★½

The End of the World/Disaster Movie

Director: Roland Emmerich
Actors: John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, …
Category: Science Fiction

Angels in America (2003)

6 January 200525 August 2019

Rating: ★★★★★

Surreal AIDS Drama/Angelic Visitations

Director: Mike Nichols
Actors: Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson, Justin Kirk, …
Category: Fantasy

Assault on Wall Street (2013)

1 March 20148 July 2019

Rating: ★★

Man Goes on a Shooting Rampage Against Bankers

Director: Uwe Boll
Actors: Dominic Purcell, Erin Karpluk, Edward Furlong, John Heard, …
Category: Horror

Beautiful Creatures (2013)

14 February 20138 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Young Adult/War Between Witches

Director: Richard LaGravenese
Actors: Alden Ehrenreich, Jeremy Irons, Alice Englert, Emma Thompson, …
Category: Fantasy

Candyman (2021)

25 September 202125 January 2024

Rating: ★★½

Boogey Man

Director: Nia DaCosta
Actors: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo, …
Category: Horror

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

5 April 201422 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Comic-Book Superhero

Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Actors: Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Robert Redford, Samuel L. Jackson, …
Category: Science Fiction

Captive State (2019)

9 June 20197 September 2019

Rating: ★★

The Resistance Against an Alien Invasion

Director: Rupert Wyatt
Actors: John Goodman, Ashton Sanders, Jonathan Majors, Vera Farmiga, …
Category: Science Fiction

Dante’s Inferno (2007)

28 May 20107 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

Vision of Hell/Puppet Show

Director: Sean Meredith
Actors: Dermot Mulroney, James Cromwell, Martha Plimpton, Tom Hallick, …
Category: Fantasy

The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

1 June 200427 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

New Ice Age/Environmental Disaster Movie

Director: Roland Emmerich
Actors: Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum, Sela Ward, …
Category: Science Fiction

Death of a President (2006)

17 August 20079 March 2024

Rating: ★★★★

The Assassination of George W. Bush Mockumentary

Director: Gabriel Range
Actors: Michael Reilly Burke, James Urbaniak, Becky Ann Baker, Brian Boland, …
Category: Science Fiction

Edge of Darkness (1985)

1 February 200830 September 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Nuclear Power/Environmental Thriller

Director: Martin Campbell
Actors: Bob Peck, Joe Don Baker, Joanne Whalley, Charles Kay, …
Category: Science Fiction

Elysium (2013)

9 August 20138 October 2021

Rating: ★★★

Future Class Divide

Director: Neill Blomkamp
Actors: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, Alice Braga, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Forever Purge (2021)

23 July 202123 July 2021

Rating: ★★

Social Collapse of the USA

Director: Everardo Valerio Gout
Actors: Ana de la Reguera, Tenocuh Huerta, Josh Lucas, Leven Rambin, …
Category: Science Fiction

Fritz the Cat (1972)

2 May 201317 December 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Adult Animation/Gonzo Talking Animals Satire

Director: Ralph Bakshi
Actors: Skip Hinnant, John McCurry
Category: Fantasy

The Hunt (2020)

27 March 20206 December 2021

Rating: ★★★

Human Bloodsports/Liberals Hunt Conservatives

Director: Craig Zobel
Actors: Betty Gilpin, Hilary Swank, Wayne Duvall, Ike Barinholtz, …
Category: Horror

Land of the Dead (2005)

5 August 200523 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Zombies

Director: George A. Romero
Actors: Simon Baker, Dennis Hopper, John Leguizamo, Asia Argento, …
Category: Horror

The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

8 November 20048 March 2025

Rating: ★★½

Brainwashed Assassin/Political Thriller

Director: Jonathan Demme
Actors: Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Meryl Streep, Kimberly Elise, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Platform (2019)

3 April 20201 April 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Allegorical Prison of Multiple Levels

Director: Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia
Actors: Ivan Massague, Zorion Eguileor, Antonia San Juan, Emilio Buale, …
Category: Science Fiction

Punishment Park (1971)

2 February 20108 September 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Dystopian Future Survival Run

Director: Peter Watkins
Actors: Carmen Argenziano, Stan Armstead, Katherine Quittner
Category: Science Fiction

Snowpiercer (2013)

19 July 201412 April 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Train Containing the Last Survivors of Humanity

Director: Bong Joon-ho
Actors: Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, Song Kang-ho, Ed Harris, …
Category: Science Fiction

Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013)

17 May 20138 February 2025

Rating: ★★

Intergalactic Adventures

Director: J.J. Abrams
Actors: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Benedict Cumberbatch, Simon Pegg, …
Category: Science Fiction

They Live (1988)

6 July 200111 April 2025

Rating: ★★★

Reality-Manipulating Aliens

Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, Peter Jason
Category: Science Fiction

This Was America (2020)

28 March 202122 November 2024

Rating: ★★

Near-Future Totalitarian USA

Director: Jamie Bailey
Actors: Caylin Turner, Simon Phillips, Michael Coughlan, Laura C. Stoica, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Trial of Tony Blair (2007)

17 July 200921 March 2023

Rating: ★

Political What If Scenario

Director: Simon Cellan Jones
Actors: David Lindsay, Phoebe Nicholls, Peter Mullan, Claire Skinner, …
Category: Science Fiction

V for Vendetta (2006)

2 April 20061 March 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Graphic Novel Adaptation/Totalitarian Future England

Director: James McTeigue
Actors: Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, Stephen Fry, …
Category: Science Fiction

W The Movie (2008)

28 July 20159 September 2024

Rating: ★★★

Surrealistic George W. Bush Satire

Director: Alfred Eaker, Russ St. Just
Actors: Alfred Eaker, Pink Freud, Steven Gray, Russ St. Just, …
Category: Fantasy

Years and Years (2019)

9 May 20219 May 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Near Future Family Saga

Director: Simon Cellan Jones, Lisa Mulcahy
Actors: Emma Thompson, Rory Kinnear, Russell Tovey, Lydia West, …
Category: Science Fiction

Zombies of Mass Destruction (2009)

29 July 20126 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Zombie Social Satire

Director: Kevin Hamedani
Category: Horror

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