Politics in fiction

This is a list of fictional stories in which politics features as an important plot element. Passing mentions are omitted from this list.

Written works

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Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz]
* "Fables and Parables", by Ignacy Krasicki (1779).
* "Coningsby", by Benjamin Disraeli (1844).
* "The Possessed", by Fyodor Dostoevsky (1872).
* "The Palliser Novels", by Anthony Trollope (1864-1879).
* "The Way We Live Now", by Anthony Trollope (1875).
* "Honest John Vane", by John William De Forest (1875).
* "", by Henry Adams (1880).
* "An Enemy of the People", play by Henrik Ibsen (1882).
* "An American Politician", by F. Marion Crawford (1884).
* "Pharaoh", by Bolesław Prus (1895).
* "Nostromo", by Joseph Conrad (1904).
* "The Secret Agent", by Joseph Conrad (1907).
* "Under Western Eyes", by Joseph Conrad (1911).
* "Bunt" (The Revolt), by Władysław Reymont (1922).
* "Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy" (The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma), by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz (1932; thought to have inspired Jerzy Kosiński's 1971 novel, "Being There").
* "It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis (1935).
* "Alamut" by Vladimir Bartol (1938).
* "Darkness at Noon" by Arthur Koestler (1940).
* "Animal Farm", by George Orwell (1945).
* "A Bell for Adano" by John Hersey (1945).
* "All the King's Men", by Robert Penn Warren (1946).
* "Nineteen Eighty-Four", by George Orwell (1949).
* "The Last Hurrah" by Edwin O'Connor (1956).
* "All in the Family by Edwin O'Connor (1966).
* "Atlas Shrugged", by Ayn Rand (1957).
* "Things Fall Apart", by Chinua Achebe (1958).
* "Advise and Consent", by Allen Drury (1959).
* "The Best Man", by Gore Vidal (play, 1960).
* "Seven Days in May", by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey (1962).
* "A Man of the People", by Chinua Achebe (1966).
* "The Godfather", by Mario Puzo (1969).
* "Being There", by Jerzy Kosiński (1971).
* "Burr", by Gore Vidal (1973).
* "1876", by Gore Vidal (1976).
* "A Flag For Sunrise", by Robert Stone (1977).
* "The Dead Zone", by Stephen King (1979).
* "An Enemy of the State", by F. Paul Wilson (1980).
* "A Very British Coup", by Chris Mullin (1982).
* "V for Vendetta" by Alan Moore and David Lloyd (1982-88).
* "Anthills of the Savannah", by Chinua Achebe (1987).
* "Favorite Son", by Steve Sohmer, (1988).
* "House of Cards", by Michael Dobbs (1989?).
* "The Fourth K", by Mario Puzo (1990).
* "Patriots, by Steve Sohmer (1991).
* "To Play the King, by Michael Dobbs (1991).
* "Fatherland", by Robert Harris (1992).
* "The Final Cut", by Michael Dobbs (1992).
* "American Hero", by Larry Beinhart (1994).
* "Primary Colors", by "Anonymous" (Joe Klein, 1996).
* "Absolute Power", by David Baldacci (1996)
* "A Time to Run", by Barbara Boxer (2005).
* "The Coup", by Jamie Malanowski (2007)
* "The Ghost", by Robert Harris (2007)
* "When the White House Was Ours", by Porter Shreve (2008).

Movies

* "The Dark Horse" (1932)
* "Gabriel over the White House" (1933)
* "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939).
* "Citizen Kane" (1941).
* "State of the Union" (1948)
* "All the King's Men" (1949).
* "A Lion in the Streets" (1953)
* "The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma" ("Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy" — 1956 Polish film, starring Adolf Dymsza, based on the novel of the same title by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz).
* "Advise and Consent" (1962).
* "The Manchurian Candidate" (1962).
* "The Best Man" (1964).
* "Seven Days in May" (1964).
* "Dr. Strangelove" (1964).
* "Pharaoh" (1966 Polish feature film based on Bolesław Prus' novel, "Pharaoh").
* "The Godfather" (1972).
* "The Candidate" (1972).
* "Being There" (1979).
* "Power" (1986).
* "Bob Roberts" (1992).
* "Running Mates" (1992).
* "Dave" (1993).
* "The American President" (1995).
* "Nixon" (1995).
* "My Fellow Americans" (1996).
* "Murder at 1600" (1997).
* "Wag the Dog" (1997).
* "The Peacemaker" (1997)
* "Absolute Power" (1997, based on the 1996 novel by David Baldacci).
* "Bulworth" (1998).
* "Primary Colors" (1998).
* "The Siege" (1998).
* "Three Kings" (1999).
* "Dick" (1999).
* "Thirteen Days" (2000).
* "The Contender" (2000).
* "The Quiet American" (2002).
* "The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma" ("Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy" — 2002 Polish film, starring Cezary Pazura, based on the novel of the same title by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz).
* (2003)
* "The Manchurian Candidate" (2004 remake of the 1962 film).
* "V for Vendetta" (2005).
* "All the King's Men" (2006).
* "Man of the Year" (2006).
* "The Lives of Others" (2006)
* "Charlie Wilson's War" (2007)
* "Dawn of the World" (2008)
* Swing Vote (2008)

Television

* "Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy" (The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma — 1980 Polish TV miniseries based on the novel by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz).
* "Yes Minister" (and its sequel, "Yes, Prime Minister"), by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn (1980–88).
* "Edge of Darkness" (1985).
* "A Very British Coup" (1988).
* "Tanner '88" (1988).
* "House of Cards" (1990).
* "Babylon 5" (1993)
* "Nostromo" (1997).
* "The West Wing" (1999–2006).
* "Moncloa, ¿dígame?" (2001) Sitcom about the Spanish President press office.
* "The Wire" (2002–08).
* "The Project" (2002).
* "Absolute Power" (2003, 2005).
* "Yugo the Negotiator" (2004; anime, on hostage-negotiation)
* "Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)"
* "Commander-in-Chief" (2005).
* "The Thick of It", by Armando Iannucci (2005).
* "Brotherhood" (2006).
* "Party Animals" (BBC Two, 2007).
* "The Hollowmen" (ABC1, 2008)

Musicals

* "Urinetown" (2001)

Comic strips

* "Bloom County"
* "Doonesbury"
* "Opus"
* "Outland"
* "Pearls Before Swine"

ee also

*Editorial cartoon
*Political fiction
*Assassinations in fiction

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/~polfilms/ Political Film Society]