Allen Drury
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- The Shark and the Sardines (1956) by Juan José Arévalo
- The Last Hurrah (1956) by Edwin O'Connor
- Atlas Shrugged (1957) by Ayn Rand
- The Short Reign of Pippin IV (1957) by John Steinbeck
- The Ugly American (1958) by William J. Lederer and Eugene Burdick
- Things Fall Apart (1958) by Chinua Achebe
- The Manchurian Candidate (1959) by Richard Condon
- Advise and Consent (1959) by Allen Drury
- The Best Man (1960) by Gore Vidal (play)
- Catch 22 (1961) by Joseph Heller
- The Golden Notebook (1962) by Doris Lessing
- Seven Days in May (1962) by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey
- The Man (1964) by Irving Wallace
- Dune (1965) by Frank Herbert
- The Squares of the City (1965) by John Brunner
- All in the Family (1966) by Edwin O'Connor
- A Man of the People, by Chinua Achebe (1966)
- The Comedians (1966) by Graham Greene
- The Late Bourgeois World (1966) by Nadine Gordimer
- Cancer Ward (1967) by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- Washington, D.C. (1967) by Gore Vidal
- The Godfather, by Mario Puzo (1969)
- Being There, by Jerzy Kosiński (1971)
- The Lorax (1971) by Dr. Seuss
- Burr (1973) by Gore Vidal
- Reasons of State (1974) by Alejo Carpentier
- I, the Supreme (1974) by Augusto Roa Bastos
- The Chocolate War (1974) by Robert Cormier
- Remember Ruben (1974) by Mongo Beti
- The Autumn of the Patriarch (1975) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Guerrillas (1975) by V. S. Naipaul
- The Monkey Wrench Gang (1975) by Edward Abbey
- Kiss of the Spider Woman (1976) by Manuel Puig
- 1876 (1976) by Gore Vidal
- A Flag For Sunrise, by Robert Stone (1977)
- The Dead Zone (1979) by Stephen King
- An Enemy of the State, by F. Paul Wilson (1980)
- A Very British Coup, by Chris Mullin (1982)
- V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd (1982–88)
- The Day the Leader was Killed (1983) by Naguib Mahfouz
- The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta (1984) by Mario Vargas Llosa
- The Butter Battle Book (1984) by Dr. Seuss
- The Handmaid's Tale (1985) by Margaret Atwood
- Anthills of the Savannah (1987) by Chinua Achebe
- Favorite Son, by Steve Sohmer, (1988)
- House of Cards, by Michael Dobbs (1989?)
- Redemption (1990) by Tariq Ali
- The Fourth K, by Mario Puzo (1990)
- Vineland (1990) by Thomas Pynchon
- Patriots, by Steve Sohmer (1991)
- To Play the King, by Michael Dobbs (1991)
- Fatherland, by Robert Harris (1992)
- The Final Cut, by Michael Dobbs (1992)
- American Hero, by Larry Beinhart (1994)
- Blindness (1995) by Jose Saramago
- Primary Colors (1996) by Joe Klein (as "Anonymous")
- Absolute Power, by David Baldacci (1996)
- Yo-Yo Boing!" by Giannina Braschi (1998)
- The Feast of the Goat (2000) by Mario Vargas Llosa
- Snow (2002) by Orhan Pamuk
- The Gospel According To Larry (2003) by Janet Tashjian
- The Successor (2003) by Ismail Kadare
- Seeing (2004) by José Saramago
- De president, by Khalid Boudou (2005)
- A Time to Run, by Barbara Boxer (2005)
- The Polity of Beasts (2007) by Renald Iacovelli
- The Writing on the Wall (2007) by Hannes Artens
- The Coup, by Jamie Malanowski (2007)
- The Ghost, by Robert Harris (2007)
- When the White House Was Ours, by Porter Shreve (2008)
- American Savior (2008) by Roland Merullo
- The Best Laid Plans (2008) by Terry Fallis
- United States of Banana (2011) by Giannina Braschi
- Faultline 49 (2012) by David Danson
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Movies
- The Dark Horse (1932)
- Gabriel Over the White House (1933)
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
- The Great Dictator (1940)
- Citizen Kane (1941)
- The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
- State of the Union (1948)
- All the King's Men (1949)
- A Lion in the Streets (1953)
- The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma (Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy — 1956 Polish film, starring Adolf Dymsza, based on the novel of the same title by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz)
- Advise & Consent (1962)
- The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
- The Best Man (1964)
- Dr. Strangelove (1964)
- Point of Order (1964)
- Seven Days in May (1964)
- Battle of Algiers (1966)
- Pharaoh (1966 Polish feature film based on Bolesław Prus' novel, Pharaoh)
- Z (film) (1969)
- 1776 (1972)
- The Man (1972)
- The Godfather (1972)
- The Candidate (1972)
- The Godfather, Part II (1974)
- Being There (1979)
- Seeing Red (1983)
- Secret Honor (1984)
- Power (1986)
- JFK (1991)
- Bob Roberts (1992)
- The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)
- Running Mates (1992)
- Dave (1993)
- The War Room (1993)
- With Honors (1994)
- The American President (1995)
- Nixon (1995)
- Flirting With Power (1996)
- My Fellow Americans (1996)
- Murder at 1600 (1997)
- Wag the Dog (1997)
- The Peacemaker (1997)
- Absolute Power (1997, based on the 1996 novel by David Baldacci)
- Bulworth (1998)
- Primary Colors (1998)
- The Siege (1998)
- Three Kings (1999)
- Dick (1999)
- Thirteen Days (2000)
- The Contender (2000)
- Running Mates (2000)
- The Quiet American (2002)
- The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma (Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy — 2002 Polish film, starring Cezary Pazura, based on the novel of the same title by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz)
- Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)
- The Manchurian Candidate (2004 remake of the 1962 film)
- V for Vendetta (2005)
- All the King's Men (2006)
- An Unreasonable Man (2006)
- Man of the Year (2006)
- The Lives of Others (2006)
- Idiocracy (2006)
- Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
- Dawn of the World (2008)
- Swing Vote (2008)
- Vantage Point (2008)
- In the Loop (2009)
- The Ides of March (2011)
Television
- Slattery's People (1964-65 American television series about local politics, starring Richard Crenna as a U.S. state legislator)
- The Prisoner (1967)
- The Adams Chronicles (1976 miniseries)
- Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy (The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma — 1980 Polish TV miniseries based on the novel by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz)
- Yes Minister (and its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister), by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn (1980–88)
- Edge of Darkness (1985)
- The New Statesman (1987-94)
- A Very British Coup (1988)
- Tanner '88 (1988)
- House of Cards (1990)
- Babylon 5 (1993)
- A Third Choice (1996)
- Spin City (1996-2002)
- Nostromo (1997)
- The West Wing (1999–2006)
- Moncloa, ¿dígame? (2001) Sitcom about the Spanish President press office
- 24 (2001-10)
- The Wire (2002–08)
- The Project (2002)
- Absolute Power (2003, 2005)
- Yugo the Negotiator (2004; anime, on hostage-negotiation)
- Battlestar Galactica (2004)
- Commander-in-Chief (2005)
- The Thick of It, by Armando Iannucci (2005)
- Brotherhood (2006)
- Party Animals (BBC Two, 2007)
- John Adams (2008) (miniseries)
- Recount (2008)
- The Hollowmen (ABC1, 2008)
- Change (2008)
- Parks and Recreation (2009)
- Borgen (2010-2013)
- Scandal (2012)
- Political Animals (2012)
- "Veep", by Armando Ianucci (2012)
Musicals
- Running for Office (1903)
- George Washington, Jr. (1906)
- Show Boat (1927)
- The Threepenny Opera (1928)
- Of Thee I Sing (1931)
- Miss Liberty (1949)
- South Pacific (1950)
- Call Me Madam (1950)
- The King and I (1952)
- The Pajama Game (1955)
- Candide (1957)
- West Side Story (1958)
- Fiorello! (1960)
- The Sound of Music (1960)
- Fiddler on the Roof (1965)
- Man of La Mancha (1966)
- Cabaret (1967)
- 1776 (1969)
- Hair (1969)
- Jesus Christ Superstar (1971)
- Shenandoah (1975)
- Chicago (1976)
- 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (1976)
- Evita (1980)
- Sarafina! (1988)
- The Who's Tommy (1993)
- Rent (1996)
- Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk (1996)
- Ragtime (1998)
- Parade (1998)
- Urinetown The Musical (2001)
- Wicked (2004)
- Assassins (2004)
- Caroline, or Change (2004)
- The Color Purple (2006)
- Grey Gardens (2007)
- The Scottsboro Boys (2010)
Comic strips
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