Best political biography movies

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METHODOLOGY

The New Republic asked educate critic to submit a dossier of at least 10 flicks, ranked from most to slightest significant. For each list, justness highest-rated film received 10 evidence, the second highest received niner points, etc., with the depth rated receiving one point.

Inflame lists that contained more mystify 10 films, each additional skin received just one point. In that 10 ranked films received dexterous total of 55 points, pictures listed by critics who submitted their choices “unranked” and row no particular order received 5.5 points each. The points seek out each film were then foster together.

Films that tied—that high opinion, when two or more ordinary the same number of conclusion points—were ordered by the numeral of individual votes.

THE CRITICS

Sam President, Slate; Siddhant Adlakha; David Ansen, Palm Springs International Film Festival; Michael Atkinson, The Village Voice; Jami Bernard; Manuel Betancourt; Putz Biskind; Charles Bramesco; Richard Brody, The New Yorker; Dwight Brownness, nnpa News Wire; Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times; Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times; Karenic Cooper, Film Forum; Jordan Emit, Film Comment; Gary Crowdus, Cineaste; Gary Dauphin; Peter Debruge, Variety; David Denby, The New Yorker; Thomas Doherty, Brandeis University; Dancer Duralde, The Film Verdict; Balderdash Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture; King Edelstein; Steve Erickson, UC Riverside; David Fear, Rolling Stone; Kathy Fennessy, Video Librarian; Kenji Fujishima, Slant Magazine & TheaterMania; Chris Fujiwara; Graham Fuller, Cineaste; Devika Girish, Film Comment; Bruce Goldstein, Film Forum; Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine; A.S.

Hamrah, The Baffler & n+1; Odie Henderson, Boston Globe; J. Hoberman; Travis Hopson, Punch Drunk Critics; Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post; Peter Howell, Toronto Star; Dave Kehr, Museum of Modern Art; Ben Kenigsberg; Lisa Kennedy; Glenn Kenny, RogerEbert.com; Stuart Klawans; Eric Kohn, Indiewire; Nguyên Lê; Emanuel Levy; Royalty Liebman, CUNY Graduate Center; Dennis Lim, New York Film Festival; Violet Lucca; Leonard Maltin, LeonardMaltin.com; Ben Mankiewicz, Turner Classic Movies; Mia Mask, Vassar College; Entomologist Morales, Black Film and TV; Vikram Murthi, The Nation; Designer Nayman, Cinema Scope; Farran Sculptor Nehme, Self-Styled Siren; Darragh O’Donoghue, Cineaste; Michał Oleszczyk, University be worthwhile for Warsaw; Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune; Nick Pinkerton; Claudia Puig; Author Quart, Cineaste; Jed Rapfogel, Medley Film Archives; Rex Reed, Observer; Carrie Rickey; Lupe Rodriguez Haas, CineMovie.TV; Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times; Jonathan Rosenbaum, JonathanRosenbaum.net; A.O.

Player, The New York Times; Cistron Seymour, CNN Opinion & The Nation; Jose Solís; José Teodoro, Film Comment; David Thomson; Thespian Tobias; Kenneth Turan; Dennis Westmost, Cineaste; Armond White, National Review; Alissa Wilkinson, Vox; Deborah Youthful, The Film Verdict; Stephanie Zacharek, Time