Political thrillers

Unlike real-life politics, Whether they're ultra serious or deliciously satirical, these are a baker's dozen that get our vote. A political thriller is usually about the politics and trying to win votes to run the country between good and evil. Usually a political thriller gives us mystery, intrigue, mudslinging, and the occasional assassination. 

An example of a political thriller is The Manchurian candidate

The Manchurian Candidate was a film far ahead of its time. Its themes of thought control, political assassination, and multinational conspiracy were hardly common currency in 1962, and while its outlook is sometimes informed by Cold War paranoia. It opens with a group of soldiers whooping it up in a bar in Korea as their commander, Sgt. Raymond Shaw arrives to inform them that they're back on duty. While on patrol, Shaw and his troops are ambushed by Korean troops. Months later, Shaw is receiving a hero's welcome as he returns to the United States to accept the Congressional Medal of Honor, and several of the soldiers who served under Shaw repeatedly refer to him as "the bravest, finest, most lovable man I ever met." It soon becomes evident that after their capture by the Koreans, Shaw and his men were subjected to an series of brainwashing before their release.