Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "government-minister"

1. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

PG-13 | 157 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Harry Potter finds himself competing in a hazardous tournament between rival schools of magic, but he is distracted by recurring nightmares.

Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Eric Sykes

Votes: 683,819 | Gross: $290.01M

2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

PG | 161 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Harry Potter lives his second year at Hogwarts with Ron and Hermione when a message on the wall announces that the legendary Chamber of Secrets has been opened. The trio soon realize that, to save the school, it will take a lot of courage.

Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Richard Harris

Votes: 694,627 | Gross: $261.99M

3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)

PG-13 | 146 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

As Harry, Ron and Hermione race against time and evil to destroy the Horcruxes, they uncover the existence of the three most powerful objects in the wizarding world: the Deathly Hallows.

Director: David Yates | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Bill Nighy

Votes: 601,289 | Gross: $295.98M

4. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Adventure, Family

With their warning about Lord Voldemort's return scoffed at, Harry and Dumbledore are targeted by the Wizard authorities as an authoritarian bureaucrat slowly seizes power at Hogwarts.

Director: David Yates | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Brendan Gleeson

Votes: 635,411 | Gross: $292.00M

5. The Thick of It (2005– )

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy

The Minister for Social Affairs is continually harassed by Number 10's policy enforcer and dependent on his not-so-reliable team of civil servants.

Stars: Chris Addison, James Smith, Peter Capaldi, Joanna Scanlan

Votes: 26,246

6. Forbrydelsen (2007–2012)

TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Police detective Sarah Lund investigates difficult cases with personal and political consequences.

Stars: Sofie Gråbøl, Morten Suurballe, Lars Mikkelsen, Bjarne Henriksen

Votes: 30,291

7. Primeval (2007–2011)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When strange anomalies start to appear all over England, Professor Cutter and his team must track down and capture all sorts of dangerous prehistoric creatures from Earth's distant past and near future.

Stars: Andrew Lee Potts, Hannah Spearritt, Ben Miller, Juliet Aubrey

Votes: 15,485

8. A Royal Affair (2012)

R | 137 min | Biography, Drama, History

A young queen, who is married to an insane king, falls secretly in love with her physician - and together they start a revolution that changes a nation forever.

Director: Nikolaj Arcel | Stars: Alicia Vikander, Mads Mikkelsen, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Trine Dyrholm

Votes: 51,009 | Gross: $1.55M

9. Nana (1983)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama

A beautiful and willful prostitute puts her appearance and body to use to become the toast of the town.

Director: Dan Wolman | Stars: Katya Berger, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Yehuda Efroni, Mandy Rice-Davies

Votes: 717

10. Made in Dagenham (2010)

R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, History

A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.

Director: Nigel Cole | Stars: Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Andrea Riseborough, Jaime Winstone

Votes: 16,089 | Gross: $1.09M

11. Collective (2019)

Not Rated | 109 min | Documentary, Crime

Director Alexander Nanau follows a crack team of investigators at the Romanian newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor as they try to uncover a vast health-care fraud that enriched moguls and politicians and led to the deaths of innocent citizens.

Director: Alexander Nanau | Stars: Dan Alexandru Condrea, Liviu Iolu, Razvan Lutac, Mirela Neag

Votes: 13,487

12. Operation Buffalo (2020)

52 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

In Maralinga, South Australia, at the height of the Cold War, at a remote army base carrying out British nuclear testing, paranoia runs rife and nuclear bombs are not the only things being put to the test.

Stars: Ewen Leslie, Jessica De Gouw, James Cromwell, Tony Martin

Votes: 894

13. Lemon Tree (2008)

Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, War

The story of a Palestinian widow who must defend her lemontree field when a new Israeli Defense Minister moves next to her and threatens to have her lemon grove torn down.

Director: Eran Riklis | Stars: Hiam Abbass, Rona Lipaz-Michael, Ali Suliman, Doron Tavory

Votes: 6,892 | Gross: $0.57M

14. Chief of Staff (2019)

60 min | Drama

As a chief of staff in the National Assembly, Jang Tae-jun influences power behind the scenes while pursuing his own ambitions to rise to the top.

Stars: Lee Jung-jae, Shin Min-a, Kim Dong-jun, Kim Kap-su

Votes: 729

15. Churchill's Secret (2016 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 100 min | Biography, Drama, History

British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill (Sir Michael Gambon) suffers from a stroke in the summer of 1953, which is consequently kept a secret from the rest of the world.

Director: Charles Sturridge | Stars: Michael Gambon, Romola Garai, Lindsay Duncan, Daisy Lewis

Votes: 1,561

16. Flower and Snake (2004)

115 min | Drama, Thriller

Tôyama, a weak-willed businessman, is in debt to the Yakuza; they also have a video of him bribing a government minister. To clear his debts, he agrees to let them drug and kidnap his wife ... See full summary »

Director: Takashi Ishii | Stars: Aya Sugimoto, Renji Ishibashi, Ken'ichi Endô, Misaki Mori

Votes: 1,256

17. Attack of the Adult Babies (2017)

84 min | Horror

Three family members break into a remote country house to recover secret documents, but discover a cult of wealthy adults dressed as babies inside with sexy "nurses" as their caretakers.

Director: Dominic Brunt | Stars: Kurtis Lowe, Andrew Dunn, Andy Abrahams, Dominic Brunt

Votes: 671

18. The French Minister (2013)

Not Rated | 113 min | Comedy

A young speechwriter working in the French Foreign Ministry learns the impure nature of the political world.

Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Thierry Lhermitte, Raphaël Personnaz, Niels Arestrup, Bruno Raffaelli

Votes: 3,949 | Gross: $0.00M

19. The Return of the Tall Blond Man (1974)

84 min | Comedy

With 'little captain' Cambrai raising serious doubts about the reality of the so-called "super spy", Colonel Toulouse kidnaps Christine and forces Francois to play again the character of "... See full summary »

Director: Yves Robert | Stars: Pierre Richard, Jean Carmet, Jean Rochefort, Mireille Darc

Votes: 4,089

20. The Everlasting Secret Family (1988)

Unrated | 94 min | Drama, Romance

A beautiful, if ambitious and amoral, youth is tapped to become the lover of a powerful senator. The young man quickly realizes that he can hold this place, with all its perks, only as long... See full summary »

Director: Michael Thornhill | Stars: Arthur Dignam, Mark Lee, Heather Mitchell, Dennis Miller

Votes: 373

21. The Minister (2011)

115 min | Drama

Transport Minister Bertrand Saint-Jean is awoken in the middle of the night by his head of staff. A bus has gone off the road into a gully. He has no choice but to go to the scene of the ... See full summary »

Director: Pierre Schoeller | Stars: Olivier Gourmet, Michel Blanc, Zabou Breitman, Laurent Stocker

Votes: 2,915

22. The Conquest (2011)

Not Rated | 105 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

A look at French president Nicolas Sarkozy's rise to power.

Director: Xavier Durringer | Stars: Denis Podalydès, Florence Pernel, Bernard Le Coq, Michèle Moretti

Votes: 1,705 | Gross: $0.07M

23. The Magic Tuche (2018)

95 min | Comedy

After a groundbreaking presidential election, Jeff Tuche becomes the new French President and moves in the Élysée with his family to govern the country.

Director: Olivier Baroux | Stars: Jean-Paul Rouve, Isabelle Nanty, Claire Nadeau, Sarah Stern

Votes: 1,460

24. Uuno Epsanjassa (1985)

99 min | Comedy

Uuno has a new job at the travel agency. His in-law Tuura is taking holiday trip to Spain far away from his son in law. But who other than Uuno is his trip director in Spain. This holiday is going to be unforgettable.

Director: Ere Kokkonen | Stars: Vesa-Matti Loiri, Marjatta Raita, Tapio Hämäläinen, Marita Nordberg

Votes: 1,716

25. Future Schlock (1984)

85 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

In a future time when middle-class, Stepford-type suburbanites have triumphed over individualists and non-conformists and made them prisoner, two vanquished but not defeated non-conformists carry on the fight as best they can.

Directors: Chris Kiely, Barry Peak | Stars: Mary-Anne Fahey, Mike Bishop, Tracey Callander, Tiriel Mora

Votes: 50

26. Désiré (1937)

92 min | Comedy

Shavian social satire. Odette is an actress who's now the mistress of a government minister. Her household of cook, maid, and chauffeur needs a valet. On the eve of going with the minister ... See full summary »

Director: Sacha Guitry | Stars: Sacha Guitry, Jacqueline Delubac, Jacques Baumer, Saturnin Fabre

Votes: 449

27. Byw Celwydd (2016–2018)

49 min | Drama

Drama portraying the conflict between fictional journalists, advisors and politicians who are all members of fictional parties in Cardiff Bay. Following elections, a coalition is in power, ... See full summary »

Stars: Catherine Ayers, Matthew Gravelle, Mark Lewis Jones, Eiry Thomas

Votes: 49

28. Agent 000 and the Deadly Curves (1983)

92 min | Action, Comedy

Agent 000 must stop an evil organization which holds a weapon capable of controlling minds.

Director: Visa Mäkinen | Stars: Ilmari Saarelainen, Tenho Saurén, Johnny Wood, Kielo Tommila

Votes: 268

29. One Bad Apple (OBA)

Drama | Pre-production

Teenager Mercy Emerson has a demonic secret that she uses to take over English boarding school she's enrolled in as well as its surrounding community.

30. Dark Secrets of a Trillion Dollar Island: Garenne (2021)

86 min | Documentary, Crime

Tells the extraordinary story of the child abuse scandal that erupted on the idyllic island of Jersey in 2007. For a long time, the victims' voices had remained unheard, but when widespread... See full summary »

Director: Camilla Hall

Votes: 174

31. O kakos vezyris (1997–1998)

45 min | Comedy

The comical exploits of a government minister and his general secretary's efforts to take his position through mischief and collusion.

Stars: Haris Romas, Christos Efthimiou, Maria Georgiadou, Natalia Kapodistria

Votes: 349

32. The Undressing (1986)

87 min | Drama

A prominent minister and his old flame share a night in a hotel room. Through passion and rejection, they undress the past together.

Director: Lauri Törhönen | Stars: Erkki Saarela, Eeva Eloranta, Aarno Laitinen, Alpo Suhonen

Votes: 183

33. Flight MH370 5 Years On: The Mystery Continues (2019 TV Movie)

56 min | Documentary

On 8th March 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 seemingly vanished off the face of the earth. This documentary charts some of the efforts to solve the mystery using cutting edge technology.

Director: Dick Bower | Star: Dominic Thorburn

Votes: 9

34. Dobar, los, zao (2017– )

60 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show

Journalist Nenad Kulacin and author Marko Vidojkovic host "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," their weekly uncompromisingly opinionated talk and news satire show that fights for political and media freedoms in Serbia.

Stars: Marko Vidojkovic, Nenad Kulacin, Dragoljub Draza Petrovic, Dragan Djilas

Votes: 102

35. Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars (2001)

TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A small Japanese town is in fact the home of Shingu, a legendary protector of the Earth, controlled by the student council who go through life's trials and tribulations.

Stars: Megan Hollingshead, Bill Timoney, Debora Rabbai, J. David Brimmer

Votes: 49

36. The Whip (IV)

82 min | Drama, Thriller | Post-production

With the looming threat of devastating welfare reforms known as Independence Credit, a full-time carer plots an audacious heist in a bid to halt the scheme in its tracks.

Director: Christopher Presswell | Stars: Shian Denovan, Gala Wesson, Tom Knight, Daniel Davids

37. Vodkaa, komisario Palmu (1969)

100 min | Comedy, Crime

A TV reporter is murdered when he is eavesdropping on a secret Finnish-Soviet conference. The National Broadcasting Corporation enlists the help of police lieutenant Palmu, who comes out of... See full summary »

Director: Matti Kassila | Stars: Joel Rinne, Leo Jokela, Matti Ranin, Anna-Leena Mäki-Penttilä

Votes: 966

38. Sangre derramada (1975)

89 min | Drama, War

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Director: Rafael Portillo | Stars: Irma Lozano, Fernando Larrañaga, Víctor Junco, Alicia Encinas

Votes: 9

39. Nicaragua: A Nation's Right to Survive (1983 TV Movie)

53 min | Documentary, War

A historical account of Nicaragua in the context of US interventions in Latin America.

Director: Alan Lowery | Stars: John Pilger, Xavier Gorostiaga, Néstor Sánchez

Votes: 32

40. Niskavuori taistelee (1957)

96 min | Drama, War

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Director: Edvin Laine | Stars: Elsa Turakainen, Mirjam Novero, Tauno Palo, Martti Katajisto

Votes: 117

41. Why Is Covid Killing People of Colour? (2021 TV Movie)

59 min | Documentary

David Harewood sets out to investigate the high Covid-19 death rates in black and minority ethnic patients in the UK, and what they reveal about health inequality in modern Britain.

Directors: Jason Bernard, Katy Tooth | Stars: David Harewood, Kemi Badenoch, Tariq Husain, Rosamund Kissi-Debrah

Votes: 29

42. A Brief Case (2020)

19 min | Short, Crime

While the city is sleeping, Senior Inspector Deshmukh is secretly out in search of a briefcase. He cannot accomplish his secret mission without the help of a lock decoding expert Inspector Sadhu. Will they work together towards same goal or have some other deadly plans?

Director: Kushal Jadhav | Stars: Saksham Arya, Anand Jaiswal, Kiran Patil, Ruma Rai

Votes: 9

43. Niskavuoren Aarne (1954)

91 min | Drama

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Director: Edvin Laine | Stars: Elsa Turakainen, Tauno Palo, Rauni Ikäheimo, Hillevi Lagerstam

Votes: 122

44. La catastrophe du 'Pluviôse' (1910)

Documentary, Short

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Stars: Jean Bellue, Auguste Boué de Lapeyrère

45. Herra Sotaministeri (1957)

91 min | Comedy

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Director: Aarne Tarkas | Stars: Pentti Siimes, Heidi Krohn, Elina Salo, Tarmo Manni

Votes: 69

46. Doctor Who (2005–2022)
Episode: World War Three (2005)

TV-PG | 45 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

The Slitheen have infiltrated Parliament and have the Doctor and his friends trapped as the Doctor works to prevent them from starting World War Three.

Director: Keith Boak | Stars: Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper, David Verrey, Camille Coduri

Votes: 8,189

47. The Goodies (1970–1982)
Episode: Caught in the Act (1970)

29 min | Comedy

The Goodies are employed by a female government minister after she was caught and photographed having an indiscretion with a waiter at the Playgirl club. A female version of the famous ... See full summary »

Directors: Jim Franklin, John Howard Davies | Stars: Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Liz Fraser

Votes: 65

48. Lady Cop (1994–2006)
Episode: Die Geliebte des Killers (2000)

48 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

The lover of the killer.

Director: Karola Hattop | Stars: Hannelore Elsner, Thomas Scharff, Arthur Brauss, Gertraud Jesserer

49. Maigret (1992–1993)
Episode: Maigret and the Minister (1993)

TV-PG | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After the collapse of a children's sanatorium kills 62, Maigret unofficially investigates the theft of engineer's report which had correctly predicted the disaster.

Director: Nicholas Renton | Stars: Michael Gambon, Geoffrey Hutchings, Jack Galloway, James Larkin

Votes: 110

50. Father Brown (1974)
Episode: The Quick One (1974)

TV-14 | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A hotel bar with an exotic, Far East décor provides the ironic setting for the murder of John Raggley, a village curmudgeon who rails against immigrants. Only Father Brown can deduce the truth in the drink that became Raggley's last.

Director: Ian Fordyce | Stars: Kenneth More, Dennis Burgess, Bernard Lee, Penelope Horner

Votes: 56