Top 10 Movies That Make You Distrust The Government

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not what your government can do for you

ask if your government is screwing you

can't have a war without an enemy you

could have one can be very dull or

welcome to watchmojo.com and today we're

counting down our picks for the top 10

movies that make you distrust the

government a member of the board of

directors of the Soylent corporation was

torn apart with a meat hook you can't

sweep that carcass under the rug for

this list we're taking a look at movies

that for one reason or another make you

question the institution of government

and the officials that are part of it

you're not wearing a wire because

everything you suggested is illegal and

you wouldn't fare too well in federal

prisons in case it isn't obvious we will

be talking about these films in detail

so a spoiler alert is necessary right

they keep him in the Senate I don't kick

him out

you know he stays number 10 the Ides of

March I'm not a Christian I'm not an

atheist I'm not Jewish I'm not Muslim my

religion what I believe in is called the

Constitution of the United States of

America this movie focuses on Stephen

Myers the junior campaign manager of the

Democratic presidential candidate and

Pennsylvania Governor Mike Morris we're

gonna create a national unity we're

gonna teach young people a trade and

we're going to get them out of debt for

their college loans now where does that

fail oh that's exactly right governance

just if you're gonna do it do it

Morris's recent fling with an intern on

his campaign left her pregnant and this

could seriously ruin his career why is

the governor calling you at all

I'm in trouble Morris a highly

charismatic politician who'd previously

espoused his desire to run a clean

campaign makes several deals to cover up

the potential scandal which makes him

yet another dirty politician you want to

be President you can start a war you can

lie you can cheat you can bankrupt the

country but you can't the interns don't

get you for that leaving us reflecting

on whether it is possible to have

success in politics and remain loyal to

your ideals we see a man who made a

mistake but wants to do good become yet

another tool of the system look you all

grown up it's it's an all I learned from

the best

number nine Soylent Green in a dystopian

future where overpopulation pollution

and depleted resources leave much of

society dependent on processed foods

including the titular Soylent Green

something is not as it seems though it's

ostensibly a movie focusing on the

murder of a wealthy businessman it's

actually a government that would do

things like run state-sponsored assisted

suicide clinics that adds the most

intrigue to this story of course it's

ultimately the massive and massively

corrupt Soylent corporations that the

government protects that will leave you

aghast when you discover the true

content of Soylent Green you gotta tell

them number eight a Clockwork Orange

Alyx DeLarge and his droogs are a group

of nasty young men who spend their

nights handing out some ultraviolence to

whoever crosses their paths that's why

it's a truly amazing feat that by the

end of this film alex earns our pity

while the institutions are the ones that

have earned the government through the

prison system puts Alex through a

treatment meant to rehabilitate him but

in actuality it's no more than

experimentation even his former criminal

friends are now cops which is even more

evidence of how sullied this film's

government has become number seven wag

the dog it's like they diploma yes like

being a problem

do your job right nobody should notice

everything gets full of [ __ ] in this

political comedy the president turns to

spin-doctors when he's caught coming on

to an underage girl and their advice is

more than a little unorthodox you want

me to produce your war not a war it's a

pageant we need a theme a song some

visuals we know it's a pageant

recruiting a Hollywood producer to

distract the public they craft a new

narrative about a fictitious war against

Albania complete with iconic images and

film footage okay good put the village

behind ya don't have to be a conspiracy

theorist to think that the government

keeps secrets from us in real life as

this has been proven time and time again

but this film may leave your head

spinning and wanting to wear a tinfoil

hat whenever possible when this goes

national I get to put it on my resume

it's actually no because like what is it

a gild thing or something I mean you can

never tell anyone you did this well what

could they do to me take him home for

your house to kill you

number six V for Vendetta remember

remember the fifth of November the

gunpowder treason and plot I know of no

reason why the gunpowder treason should

ever be forgot there is a reason why in

the years after this film's release the

Guy Fawkes mask became a symbol of many

political protests people should not be

afraid of their governments government

should be afraid of their people in a

future version of England where the

country is under the control of a

fascist government that rules with an

iron grip one man wearing a mask becomes

a symbol of rebellion

there is more than flesh beneath this

mask there is an idea mr. great and many

countries today don't have the control

they do in this film but while stories

of increased government surveillance

permeate our news we left V for Vendetta

and capable of shaking the feeling that

they'd certainly like to any discussion

of this document or its contents will be

regarded at the very least as an act of

sedition if not a willful act of treason

number five good night and good luck

good night and good luck a magnificent

film that tells the tale of Edward r

murrow a radio and TV journalist

standing up against his own government

it's an inspiring tale of patriotism

made necessary by dark days he proved

again that anyone who exposes him anyone

who does not share his hysterical

disregard for decency and human dignity

and the rights guaranteed by the

Constitution must be either a communist

or a fellow traveler Senator Joseph

McCarthy is a blight on the history of

the American government using the power

that his position afforded him to ruin

lives and using America's fear of the

supposed Red Menace so well that he

could and would accuse anyone he pleased

we helped nobody like him gains power

ever again we will not walk in fear one

of another

we will not be driven by fear into an

age of unreason if we dig deep in our

history and our doctrine and remember

that we are not descended from fearful

men good night and good luck doesn't

need to manufacture distrust it instead

serves as a teaching tool of what can

and has gone wrong Santa's going to vote

to censor McCarthy tomorrow probably and

then what happens sits in the back row

number four Fahrenheit 9/11 as Bush sat

in that Florida classroom

was he wondering if maybe he should have

shown up to work more often

should he have held at least one meeting

since taking office to discuss the

threat of terrorism with his head of

counterterrorism michael moore's

documentary focusing on the presidency

of george w bush is highly controversial

as it's said that in it he plays fast

and loose with the facts he's a rude to

suggest that when the Bush family wakes

up in the morning they might be thinking

about what's best for the Saudis instead

of what's best for you one thing we know

for sure though whether or not you trust

the filmmaker wants the credits roll

it's more likely you're not gonna trust

a government led by President Bush on

March 19 2003 george w bush and the

united states military invaded the

sovereign nation of Iraq a nation that

had never attacked the United States

largely focusing on the reasoning that

was given to the world as a pretext to

the Iraq war many people left this film

feeling lied to by those who are

supposed to represent them you get

called up you go back to Iraq no you

know what repercussions do you face yes

number three The Manchurian Candidate

Raymond Shaw is the kindest bravest

warmest most wonderful human being out

of and out of my life when a platoon of

soldiers is taken by the Soviets and

they managed to make their escape

largely unscathed

things seem too good to be true by the

President of the United States and it

may not surprise you to learn that they

are this film and it's surprisingly good

remake depict a government experimenting

on soldiers with the soldiers

brainwashed into being assassins

shoot Bobby Reagan through the forehead

yes ma'am

once the Manchurian Candidate comes to

an end we begin to wonder if governments

in the world we live in have done just

that

including to their own men if the people

fighting for their country aren't safe

then how can we be you couldn't have

stopped them the army couldn't have

stopped them so I had number two all the

president's men fan that's a page one

story they can in some place a

dramatization of the real-life efforts

of journalists Bob Woodward and Carl

Bernstein to expose the criminal

behavior of President Richard Nixon

following the Watergate break-in this

film's happy ending is that they succeed

with help from the mysterious source

deep throat in a conspiracy like this

you build from the outer edges and you

go step by step

unfortunately that ending also implies

that nobody in the government can be

trusted and that we depend on a

crumbling profession to protect us from

the men and women we elect in our view

the story of a president's

administration sending people to break

into their opposing political party's

headquarters is a perfect example of how

power can ruin ethics this is so crazy

this whole thing didn't start with the

bugging of the tentacle

so Grady was doing this a year before

the buzzer before we reveal our number

one pick here are some honorable

mentions chatter Alden

we've calibrated their side they

practice on moving targets

they already

the Houston

I tell you there's nothing on the judge

Jack did something on everybody man is

conceived in sin and born in corruption

I stand for the separation of church and

state and the reason that I stand for

that is the same reason that I believe

our forefathers did it is not there to

protect religion from the grasp of

government but to protect our government

from the grasp of religious fanaticism

number one 1984 Tami Winston and

remember no lies what are your true

feelings towards big brother it took an

amazing narrative of the worst case

scenario in government to top our list

and this adaptation of George Orwell's

1984 is just the film to do it Smith

6079 Smith W yes you bend lower you're

not trying the people who live under the

thumb of Big Brother not only have to

spend their days doing his bidding but

the concept of thoughtcrime personifies

the level of control being demanded so

crime does not entail death I have

committed even before setting up an D

paper the essential crime that contains

all others L cells a warning of what

life could become if the powers of

government aren't checked there's no

film that will make you rethink politics

more than this one in pain and

humiliation otherwise you cannot be sure

is tearing human minds apart and putting

them together again in new shapes of

your own choosing do you agree with our

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