List of political biography films

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This is a list of political biography films. It includes any biographical films about politicians, heads of state, or people who were otherwise mainly known for their political involvement.

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Australia

John Curtin

Bob Hawke, Prime Minister.

Canada

Jack Layton

John Diefenbaker, Prime Minister

Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Prime Minister

China

Puyi

Mao Zedong

Deng Xiaoping

Germany

Adolf Hitler

India

Jawaharlal Nehru

Narendra Modi

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

Lal Bahadur Shastri

Manmohan Singh

Iraq

Saddam Hussein

Israel

Golda Meir, Prime Minister

Italy

Benito Mussolini

Galeazzo Ciano

Giacomo Matteotti

Giulio Andreotti, Prime Minister.

Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister.

Alcide De Gasperi, Prime Minister.

Pakistan

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Philippines

Manuel L. Quezon, President

Russia and Soviet Union

Joseph Stalin

South Africa

Nelson Mandela

Uganda

Idi Amin

United Kingdom

Margaret Thatcher

Tony Blair

British royalty

Elizabeth I

Elizabeth II

United States

George W. Bush, 43rd president.

Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th president.

John F. Kennedy, 35th president.

Ted Kennedy, senator.

Abraham Lincoln, 16th president.

Richard Nixon, 37th president.

Harvey Milk, San Francisco council member.

Dick Cheney, 46th vice president.

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