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.
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Written works
This literature-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.- The Republic (ca. 360 BCE) by Plato
- Panchatantra (ca. 200 BCE) by Vishnu Sarma
- Utopia (1516) by Thomas More
- The Dismissal of the Greek Envoys (1578) by Jan Kochanowski
- Don Quixote (1605) by Miguel de Cervantes
- Simplicius Simplicissimus (1668) by Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen
- The Pilgrim's Progress (1678) by John Bunyan
- Persian Letters (1721) by Montesquieu
- Gulliver's Travels (1726) by Jonathan Swift
- Candide (1759) by Voltaire
- The History and Adventures of an Atom (1769) by Tobias Smollett
- Fables and Parables (1779) by Ignacy Krasicki
- The Return of the Deputy (1790) by Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz
- The Partisan Leader (1836) by Nathaniel Beverley Tucker
- Barnaby Rudge (1841) by Charles Dickens
- The Betrothed (1842) by Alessandro Manzoni
- Coningsby (1844) by Benjamin Disraeli
- Sybil, or The Two Nations (1845) by Benjamin Disraeli
- Tancred (1847) by Benjamin Disraeli
- Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) by Harriet Beecher Stowe
- A Tale of Two Cities (1859) by Charles Dickens
- Max Havelaar (1860) by Multatuli
- Fathers and Sons (1862) by Ivan Turgenev
- The Palliser novels (1864–1879) by Anthony Trollope
- War and Peace (1869) by Leo Tolstoy
- Demons, also known as The Possessed or The Devils (1872), by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- The Way We Live Now, by Anthony Trollope (1875)
- Honest John Vane (1875) by John William De Forest
- The Gilded Age (1876) by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner
- Democracy: An American Novel (1880) by Henry Adams
- An Enemy of the People (1882), play by Henrik Ibsen
- An American Politician (1884) by F. Marion Crawford
- The Princess Casamassima (1886) by Henry James
- Prince Otto (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Bostonians (1886) by Henry James
- Noli Me Tangere (1887) by José Rizal
- Looking Backward (1888) by Edward Bellamy
- El filibusterismo (1891) by José Rizal
- The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) by Anthony Hope
- Pharaoh (1895) by Bolesław Prus
- Heart of Darkness (1899) by Joseph Conrad
- NEQUA or The Problem of the Ages (1900) Jack Adams pseudonym for A. O. Grigsby and Mary P. Lowe
- The Riddle of the Sands (1903) by Erskine Childers
- Nostromo (1904) by Joseph Conrad
- The Czar's Spy (1905) by William Le Queux
- The Four Just Men (1905) by Edgar Wallace
- King Leopold's Soliloquy (1905) by Mark Twain
- The Clansman: An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan (1905) by Thomas Dixon, Jr.
- The Jungle (1906) by Upton Sinclair
- The Secret Agent (1907) by Joseph Conrad
- The Iron Heel (1908) by Jack London
- Under Western Eyes (1911) by Joseph Conrad
- Philip Dru: Administrator (1912) by Edward M. House
- The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists (1914) by Robert Tressell
- The Underdogs (1915) by Mariano Azuela
- Herland (1915) by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- The Fall of a Nation (1916) by Thomas Dixon, Jr.
- We (1921) by Yevgeny Zamyatin
- Bunt (The Revolt) (1922) by Władysław Reymont
- Metropolis (1925) by Thea von Harbou
- The Trial (1925) by Franz Kafka
- The Castle (1926) by Franz Kafka
- The Shadow of the Caudillo (1929) by Martín Luis Guzmán
- Brave New World (1932) by Aldous Huxley
- The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma (1932) by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz
- Stamboul Train (1932) by Graham Greene
- Black Mischief (1932) by Evelyn Waugh
- The Forbidden Territory (1933) by Dennis Wheatley
- Antoine Bloye (1933) by Paul Nizan
- Fontamara (1933) by Ignazio Silone
- The President (1933, published 1946) by Miguel Ángel Asturias
- Burmese Days (1934) by George Orwell
- The House of the Four Winds (1935) by John Buchan
- It Can't Happen Here (1935) by Sinclair Lewis
- Strange Passage (1935) by Theodore Irwin
- Bread and Wine (1936) by Ignazio Silone
- The Pretender (1936) by Lion Feuchtwanger
- Alamut (1938) by Vladimir Bartol
- The Confidential Agent (1939) by Graham Greene
- Exit a Dictator (1939) by E. Phillips Oppenheim
- The Gladiators (1939) by Arthur Koestler
- Darkness at Noon (1940) by Arthur Koestler
- Animal Farm: A Fairy Story (1945) by George Orwell
- A Bell for Adano (1945) by John Hersey
- "El Señor Presidente" (1946) by Miguel Ángel Asturias
- All the King's Men (1946) by Robert Penn Warren
- Lonely Crusade (1947) by Chester Himes
- Walden Two (1948) by B. F. Skinner
- Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) by George Orwell
- Dark Green, Bright Red (1950) by Gore Vidal
- In the Wet (1953) by Nevil Shute
- The Outsider (1953) by Richard Wright
- The Quiet American (1955) by Graham Greene
- The Shark and the Sardines (1956) by Juan José Arévalo
- The Last Hurrah (1956) by Edwin O'Connor
- Atlas Shrugged (1957) by Ayn Rand
- The Short Reign of Pippin IV (1957) by John Steinbeck
- The Ugly American (1958) by William J. Lederer and Eugene Burdick
- Things Fall Apart (1958) by Chinua Achebe
- Act of Mercy [U.S. title: Guns of Darkness] (1959) by Francis Clifford
- The Manchurian Candidate (1959) by Richard Condon
- Advise and Consent (1959) by Allen Drury
- The Best Man (1960) by Gore Vidal (play)
- Catch 22 (1961) by Joseph Heller
- The Golden Notebook (1962) by Doris Lessing
- Seven Days in May (1962) by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey
- *Corridors of Power (1964) by C.P. Snow
- The Man (1964) by Irving Wallace
- Dune (1965) by Frank Herbert
- The Squares of the City (1965) by John Brunner
- All in the Family (1966) by Edwin O'Connor
- A Man of the People, by Chinua Achebe (1966)
- The Comedians (1966) by Graham Greene
- The Late Bourgeois World (1966) by Nadine Gordimer
- Cancer Ward (1967) by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- Washington, D.C. (1967) by Gore Vidal
- Z (1969) by Vassilis Vassilikos
- The Godfather, by Mario Puzo (1969)
- Being There, by Jerzy Kosiński (1971)
- The Lorax (1971) by Dr. Seuss
- Burr (1973) by Gore Vidal
- Reasons of State (1974) by Alejo Carpentier
- I, the Supreme (1974) by Augusto Roa Bastos
- The Chocolate War (1974) by Robert Cormier
- Remember Ruben (1974) by Mongo Beti
- The Autumn of the Patriarch (1975) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Guerrillas (1975) by V. S. Naipaul
- The Monkey Wrench Gang (1975) by Edward Abbey
- Kiss of the Spider Woman (1976) by Manuel Puig
- 1876 (1976) by Gore Vidal
- A Flag For Sunrise, by Robert Stone (1977)
- The Shad Treatment, (1977) by Garrett Epps
- The Dead Zone (1979) by Stephen King
- A Married Man (1979) by Piers Paul Read
- An Enemy of the State, by F. Paul Wilson (1980)
- A Very British Coup, by Chris Mullin (1982)
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes by Yoshiki Tanaka (1982–88)
- V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd (1982–88)
- The Day the Leader was Killed (1983) by Naguib Mahfouz
- The Floating Island (1983) by Garrett Epps
- The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta (1984) by Mario Vargas Llosa
- First Among Equals (1984) by Jeffrey Archer
- The Butter Battle Book (1984) by Dr. Seuss
- The Handmaid's Tale (1985) by Margaret Atwood
- Anthills of the Savannah (1987) by Chinua Achebe
- Favorite Son, by Steve Sohmer, (1988)
- House of Cards, by Michael Dobbs (1989)
- Redemption (1990) by Tariq Ali
- The Fourth K, by Mario Puzo (1990)
- Vineland (1990) by Thomas Pynchon
- 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)
- Blindness (1995) by Jose Saramago
- Primary Colors (1996) by Joe Klein (as "Anonymous")
- Absolute Power, by David Baldacci (1996)
- Yo-Yo Boing!" by Giannina Braschi (1998)
- The Feast of the Goat (2000) by Mario Vargas Llosa
- Snow (2002) by Orhan Pamuk
- The Gospel According To Larry (2003) by Janet Tashjian
- The Successor (2003) by Ismail Kadare
- Seeing (2004) by José Saramago
- De president, by Khalid Boudou (2005)
- A Time to Run, by Barbara Boxer (2005)
- The Polity of Beasts (2007) by Renald Iacovelli
- The Writing on the Wall (2007) by Hannes Artens
- The Coup, by Jamie Malanowski (2007)
- The Ghost, by Robert Harris (2007)
- When the White House Was Ours, by Porter Shreve (2008)
- American Savior (2008) by Roland Merullo
- The Best Laid Plans (2008) by Terry Fallis
- United States of Banana (2011) by Giannina Braschi
- What You Don't Know (2012) by David Belbin
- Faultline 49 (2012) by David Danson
- Stealing the Future (2015) by Max Hertzberg
Film
Mike Judge, director of Idiocracy (2006)
This film, television or video-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it with reliably sourced additions.- The Dark Horse (1932)
- Gabriel Over the White House (1933)
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
- The Great Dictator (1940)
- Citizen Kane (1941)
- The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
- State of the Union (film) (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 & Consent (1962)
- The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
- The Best Man (1964)
- Dr. Strangelove (1964)
- Point of Order (1964)
- Seven Days in May (1964)
- Battle of Algiers (1966)
- Pharaoh (1966 Polish feature film based on Bolesław Prus' novel, Pharaoh)
- Z (film) (1969)
- 1776 (1972)
- The Man (1972)
- The Godfather (1972)
- The Candidate (1972)
- The Godfather, Part II (1974)
- Being There (1979)
- Seeing Red (1983)
- Secret Honor (1984)
- Power (1986)
- Bob Roberts (1992)
- The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)
- Running Mates (1992)
- Dave (1993)
- The War Room (1993)
- With Honors (1994)
- The American President (1995)
- Nixon (1995)
- Flirting With Power (1996)
- 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)
- The Contender (2000)
- Running Mates (2000)
- Ali G Indahouse (2002)
- 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)
- Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)
- The Manchurian Candidate (2004 remake of the 1962 film)
- V for Vendetta (2005)
- All the King's Men (2006)
- An Unreasonable Man (2006)
- Man of the Year (2006)
- The Lives of Others (2006)
- Idiocracy (2006)
- Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
- Dawn of the World (2008)
- Swing Vote (2008)
- Vantage Point (2008)
- In the Loop (2009)
- Raajneeti (2010)
- 2016: Obama's America (2012)
- The Ides of March (2011)
- The Dictator (2012)
- The Campaign (2012)
- Game Change (2012)
- Lincoln (2012)
Television
- Slattery's People (1964-65 American television series about local politics, starring Richard Crenna as a U.S. state legislator)
- The Prisoner (1967)
- The Adams Chronicles (1976 miniseries)
- 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)
- First Among Equals (1986)
- The New Statesman (1987-94)
- A Very British Coup (1988)
- Tanner '88 (1988)
- House of Cards (1990)
- Babylon 5 (1993)
- A Third Choice (1996)
- Spin City (1996-2002)
- Nostromo (1997)
- The West Wing (1999–2006)
- Moncloa, ¿dígame? (2001) Sitcom about the Spanish President press office
- 24 (2001-10)
- The Wire (2002–08)
- The Project (2002)
- Absolute Power (2003, 2005)
- Yugo the Negotiator (2004; anime, on hostage-negotiation)
- Battlestar Galactica (2004)
- Commander-in-Chief (2005)
- The Thick of It, by Armando Iannucci (2005)
- Brotherhood (2006)
- Party Animals (BBC Two, 2007)
- John Adams (2008) (miniseries)
- Recount (2008)
- The Hollowmen (ABC1, 2008)
- Change (2008)
- Parks and Recreation (2009)
- Borgen (2010-2013)
- Boss (2011)
- Scandal (2012)
- Political Animals (2012)
- Veep, by Armando Ianucci (2012)
- House of Cards (US) (2012)
- The Best Laid Plans (2014)
Musicals
- Running for Office (1903)
- George Washington, Jr. (1906)
- Show Boat (1927)
- The Threepenny Opera (1928)
- Of Thee I Sing (1931)
- Miss Liberty (1949)
- South Pacific (1950)
- Call Me Madam (1950)
- The King and I (1952)
- The Pajama Game (1955)
- Candide (1957)
- West Side Story (1958)
- Fiorello! (1960)
- The Sound of Music (1960)
- Fiddler on the Roof (1965)
- Man of La Mancha (1966)
- Cabaret (1967)
- 1776 (1969)
- Hair (1969)
- Jesus Christ Superstar (1971)
- Shenandoah (1975)
- Chicago (1976)
- 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (1976)
- Evita (1980)
- Sarafina! (1988)
- The Who's Tommy (1993)
- Rent (1996)
- Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk (1996)
- Ragtime (1998)
- Parade (1998)
- Urinetown The Musical (2001)
- Wicked (2004)
- Assassins (2004)
- Caroline, or Change (2004)
- The Color Purple (2006)
- Grey Gardens (2007)
- The Scottsboro Boys (2010)
Comic strips
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