10 Best Political Thriller Movies of All Time

Kevin Costner stars as Navy officer Tom Farrell in this riveting and suspenseful film that is one of the 10 best political thriller movies. Farrell is posted at the Pentagon, reporting to the Secretary of Defense, David Brice (Gene Hackman).

Farrell is invited to an inaugural ball where he is to meet his new boss, but he also meets Susan Atwell (Sean Young). The two begin an affair and after some time, Susan confesses she is Brice’s mistress. When Brice confronts her over his suspicions, Susan tells him to leave. Brice becomes enraged and ends up pushing Susan over her upstairs railing, killing her.

In a panic, Brice brings in his general counsel, Pritchard (Will Patton), to help clean up his mess. Pritchard suggests the whole scenario can be blamed on “Yuri,” a suspected sleeper agent within the Pentagon ranks.

During the investigation, Pritchard discovers a negative picture that Susan had taken of Farrell. The picture is blurry and can’t quite show the identity of the person in the picture, so Pritchard takes it to have the photo enhanced, a process that could take a couple of days.

Now Farrell is running out of time. He knows if the picture becomes enhanced that it will show him, making him a prime suspect in Susan’s murder. But he also now knows Brice is connected and has to prove it before the picture comes back clear. And then there is Yuri.

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