Genre Keyword: Politics

Rank Title Lifetime GrossMax TheatersOpeningOpen ThRelease DateDistributor
101Persecuted$1,558,836736$851,391736Jul 18, 2014Millennium Entertainment
102Salvador$1,500,000---Mar 5, 1986Hemdale
103Why We Fight$1,439,97264$53,5716Jan 20, 2006Sony Pictures Classics
104No End in Sight$1,433,319117$31,5332Jul 27, 2007Magnolia Pictures
105Inequality for All$1,205,273103$140,88828Sep 27, 2013RADiUS-TWC
106Year of the Gun$1,182,273739$606,046739Nov 1, 1991Triumph Releasing Corporation
107Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe$1,163,26595$28,3391Apr 1, 2016Cinema Libre Studio
108Half Moon Street$1,131,399---Sep 26, 1986Twentieth Century Fox
109The U.S. vs. John Lennon$1,109,14665$69,1436Sep 15, 2006Lionsgate
110Casino Jack$1,042,95960$34,5287Dec 17, 2010ATO Pictures
111Hidden Agenda$1,030,938114$49,8273Nov 21, 1990Hemdale
112Silver City$1,020,656162$337,484114Sep 17, 2004Newmarket Films
113The War Room$901,66821$15,2641Nov 3, 1993October Films
114Children of the Revolution$838,36859$31,5626May 1, 1997Miramax
115I.O.U.S.A.$821,046358$61,31318Aug 22, 2008Roadside Attractions
116Defense of the Realm$750,00015$19,9384Nov 21, 1986Hemdale
117The Big One$720,07453$146,90933Apr 10, 1998Miramax
118Going Upriver$614,138163$279,219163Oct 1, 2004THINKFilm
119The Weather Underground$564,63214$13,9841Jun 4, 2003Shadow Distribution
120Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry$534,10037$41,1045Jul 27, 2012IFC Films
121The Trials of Henry Kissinger$516,7268$14,6671Sep 25, 2002First Run
122Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism$461,57218$77,9825Aug 6, 2004Cinema Libre Studio
123The House on Carroll Street$459,824---Mar 4, 1988Orion Pictures
124The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers$453,99312$1,1141Jan 29, 2010First Run
125I Want Your Money$433,588537$249,428537Oct 15, 2010Freestyle Releasing
126Four Days in September$397,51743$32,0176Jan 30, 1998Miramax
127Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?$384,955102$148,698102Apr 18, 2008The Weinstein Company
128Dirty Wars$384,47331$63,5044Jun 7, 2013IFC Films
129The Hunting of the President$376,61220$23,2982Jun 18, 2004Regent Releasing
130Koch$342,94116$35,1962Feb 1, 2013Zeitgeist Films
131Grass$313,03910$21,5782May 31, 2000-
132For the Bible Tells Me So$312,75115$7,4121Oct 5, 2007First Run
133The Panama Deception$309,59611$6,5631Jul 31, 1992Empowerment Project
134Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times$290,7674$9,4421Nov 22, 2002First Run
135Outrage$287,19818$32,5895May 8, 2009Magnolia Pictures
136Citizen Ruth$285,11223$26,7096Dec 13, 1996Miramax
137The Unknown Known$276,49780$64,31518Apr 4, 2014RADiUS-TWC
138Taxi to the Dark Side$274,66120$10,9302Jan 18, 2008THINKFilm
139The Yes Men$255,36432$24,3733Sep 24, 2004United Artists
140The War Tapes$254,1909$12,2681Jun 2, 2006-
141A Place Called Chiapas$252,546---Nov 4, 1998Zeitgeist Films
142Uncovered: The War on Iraq$238,92422$31,4817Aug 20, 2004Cinema Libre Studio
143Call + Response$215,18517$41,34612Oct 10, 2008Fair Trade Pictures
144Iraq in Fragments$204,46212$24,4357Nov 8, 2006Arab Film Distribution
145Risk$200,21945$76,32734May 5, 2017Neon
146The Yes Men Fix the World$194,53316$1,2422Sep 25, 2009Shadow Distribution
147The Final Year$191,90039$67,97135Jan 19, 2018Magnolia Pictures
148Client 9$189,41617$16,9623Nov 5, 2010Magnolia Pictures
149The Flower of Evil$182,16316$12,4192Oct 10, 2003Palm Pictures
150Chicago 10$177,49014$42,72414Feb 29, 2008Roadside Attractions
151Bush's Brain$177,4859$11,9274Aug 20, 2004Tartan
152Casino Jack and the United States of Money$176,86521$28,2349May 7, 2010Magnolia Pictures
153An Unreasonable Man$176,64711$9,8131Jan 31, 2007IFC Films
154Underground$171,082---Jun 20, 1997New Yorker Films
155Our Brand Is Crisis$166,7502$7,9701Mar 1, 2006Koch Lorber Films
156Canadian Bacon$163,97114$53,34914Sep 22, 1995Gramercy Pictures (I)
157In My Country$163,89315$22,3839Mar 11, 2005Sony Pictures Classics
158Citizen Koch$153,90824$10,2001Jun 6, 2014Variance Films
159Brothers at War$153,14818$33,1427Mar 13, 2009The Samuel Goldwyn Company
160Michael Moore in TrumpLand$149,09051$50,2002Oct 19, 2016-
161Deterrence$145,07117$23,3187Mar 10, 2000Paramount Classics
162Flow: For Love of Water$142,56911$3,6441Mar 21, 2008Oscilloscope
163Waco: The Rules of Engagement$142,1935--Feb 28, 1997-
164A Perfect Candidate$134,4858$11,4481Jun 19, 1996Seventh Art Releasing
165Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare$126,23812$30,95312Oct 5, 2012Roadside Attractions
166The Last Mountain$122,9617$17,5702Jun 3, 2011Dada Films
167Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train$122,0114--Jun 18, 2004First Run
168Fidel$121,3042$19,3202Oct 18, 2002First Run
169The Undefeated$116,38114$65,13210Jul 15, 2011Arc Entertainment
170The Obama Effect$110,90425$83,89625Jul 13, 2012Arc Entertainment
171In the Face of Evil: Reagan's War in Word and Deed$110,57715$46,9756Oct 1, 2004-
172The Brink$106,057124$18,0634Mar 28, 2019Magnolia Pictures
173Butter$105,01890$70,93190Oct 5, 2012RADiUS-TWC
174Al Franken: God Spoke$102,99010$10,5332Sep 13, 2006Balcony Releasing
175Shadow Dancer$100,61614$10,6722May 31, 2013Magnolia Pictures
176Celsius 41.11: The Temperature at Which the Brain... Begins to Die$93,000116$93,000116Oct 22, 2004Citizens United
177The Unforeseen$90,2873$2,4961Feb 29, 2008The Cinema Guild
178America: Freedom to Fascism$87,40010$61,20010Jul 28, 2006Cinema Libre Studio
179Hating Breitbart$81,4328$40,6734Oct 19, 2012Rocky Mountain Pictures
180The Nile Hilton Incident$81,0899$8,1832Aug 11, 2017Strand Releasing
181Shoot Down$74,42121$49,18221Jan 25, 2008Magic Lamp
182Body of War$71,7165$3,3211Mar 7, 2008-
183Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire$68,2494$1,8481May 13, 2005California Newsreel
184Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story$60,33210$10,9392Sep 26, 2008InterPositive Media
185Voices of Iraq$57,99912$30,63412Oct 29, 2004Magnolia Pictures
186Ballot Measure 9$53,8191$8,1431Mar 31, 1995Zeitgeist Films
187Occupy Unmasked$52,7684$40,9524Sep 21, 2012Magnolia Pictures
188The Yes Men Are Revolting$50,19020$12,46210Jun 12, 2015The Orchard
189Feed$45,4881$11,4481Oct 7, 1992Original Cinema
190There's No Place Like Utopia$45,2545$30,7101Jul 18, 2014Rocky Mountain Pictures
191Granito$43,9425$4,3301Sep 14, 2011International Film Circuit
192Tying the Knot$40,5768$24,5178Oct 1, 2004IDP Distribution
193Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?$35,3971$6,7421Jul 27, 2006At Risk Films
194Your Mommy Kills Animals!$34,0001$34,0001Jul 20, 2007Halo8 Releasing
195My Country, My Country$33,6204$3,5461Aug 4, 2006Zeitgeist Films
196WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception$30,2104$4,2163Dec 3, 2004Cinema Libre Studio
197The Best Democracy Money Can Buy$29,5004$9,5111Sep 23, 2016Cinema Libre Studio
198Earth Days$26,7485$2,4081Aug 14, 2009Zeitgeist Films
199Lake of Fire$25,3179$2,5591Oct 3, 2007THINKFilm
200Giuliani Time$21,9672$8,6611May 12, 2006Cinema Libre Studio