Films about elections

1996 film by Penelope Spheeris

1953 film by John Ford

2020 film directed by Jon Stewart

2018 Tamil film directed by A. R. Murugadoss

2017 South Korean film by Park In-je

Raajneeti () is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language political thriller film co-written, directed and produced by Prakash Jha, with a screenplay by Anjum Rajabali and Prakash Jha. Depicting an archetypal conflict between rival political families and parties, based on the Mahabharata, the film starred an ensemble cast of Ranbir Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Ajay Devgn, Katrina Kaif, Arjun Rampal, Manoj Bajpayee, Sarah Thompson and Naseeruddin Shah. It is produced by Prakash Jha Productions and distributed by UTV Motion Pictures and Walkwater Media.

2025 film directed by S. Shankar

2012 film by Bill Guttentag

2011 film by Xavier Durringer

2015 Tamil film directed by Vignesh Shivan

1998 film by Anders Thomas Jensen

2004 film by John Sayles

2007 film by Oleg Fomin

2003 American film

Mudhalvan () is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language political action film co-produced, co-written and directed by Shankar. The film stars Arjun, Manisha Koirala, and Raghuvaran in lead roles, while Vadivelu and Manivannan appear in supporting roles. The film featured an award-winning soundtrack composed by A. R. Rahman, cinematography by K. V. Anand, and dialogue by Sujatha. Many members of the DMK government of Tamil Nadu (which was the ruling party at that time) believed that the antagonist was modelled on M. Karunanidhi, the CM & Supreme Leader of the DMK. Subsequently, the film received release i

2001 film by Babak Payami

film directed by Boyapati Srinu

2014 film

Jana Nayagan is an unreleased Indian Tamil-language political action thriller film directed by H. Vinoth and produced by KVN Productions. The film stars Vijay, Pooja Hegde, Bobby Deol and Mamitha Baiju, alongside Gautham Vasudev Menon, Prakash Raj, Narain and Priyamani. A remake of the 2023 Telugu film Bhagavanth Kesari, it is intended to be the final film appearance of Vijay before his entry into politics, and KVN Productions' first production in Tamil.

1932 film by Alfred E. Green

2016 film directed by Rod Lurie

Osthe ( ) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film directed and co-written by Dharani. A remake of the 2010 Hindi film Dabangg, it stars Silambarasan, Richa Gangopadhyay, Santhanam, Jithan Ramesh and Sonu Sood. The film follows a police officer, Osthe Velan and his troubled relationship with his stepfather and half-brother. He seeks to take down a corrupt politician, who exploits the hostility between Velan and his stepfamily for his personal gain.

1976 film by Ephraim Kishon

1976 film by Bruce Beresford

2011 Tamil film directed by K. V. Anand

2022 Indonesia film by Makbul Mubarak

2013 Tamil film directed by Nalan Kumarasamy

1987 film

Angrakshak ( is a 1995 Indian action thriller film directed by Ravi Raja. It stars Sunny Deol and Pooja Bhatt in the lead roles, along with Saeed Jaffrey, Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Nassar. Originally Divya Bharti was cast as the female lead but was replaced by Bhatt after her sudden and untimely death in 1993.

2012 film by Stephen Gyllenhaal

2016 Tamil film directed by R. S. Durai Senthilkumar