Best Political Drama Movies & TV Shows

Boardwalk Empire

8 / 10

Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the town's treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, who is equal parts politician and gangster.

Stars: Gretchen Mol Jeffrey Wright Kelly Macdonald Michael Kenneth Williams Michael Shannon Paul Sparks Shea Whigham Stephen Graham Steve Buscemi Vincent Piazza

Angels in America

8 / 10

God has abandoned Heaven. It's 1985: the Reagans are in the White House and Death swings the scythe of AIDS. In Manhattan, Prior Walter tells Louis, his lover of four years, he's ill; Louis leaves but asvdisease and loneliness ravage Prior, guilt invades Louis. Joe Pitt, a Mormon Republican attorney, is pushed by right-wing fixer Roy Cohn toward a job at the Justice Department. Pitt and Cohn are closeted: Pitt, out of shame and religious turmoil; Cohn, to preserve his power and access. Pitt's wife Harper is strung out on Valium, aching to escape a sexless marriage. An angel invites Prior to be a prophet in death.

Stars: Al Pacino Ben Shenkman Jeffrey Wright Justin Kirk Mary-Louise Parker Meryl Streep Patrick Wilson

Veep

A look into American politics, revolving around former Senator Selina Meyer who finds being Vice President of the United States is nothing like she expected and everything everyone ever warned her about.

Stars: Anna Chlumsky Gary Cole Julia Louis-Dreyfus Kevin Dunn Matt Walsh Reid Scott Sam Richardson Sarah Sutherland Timothy Simons Tony Hale