Looking for some nail biting political drama which will keep you stick to your couch? You’ve landed on right page.
Whether you’ve decided to change to a different genre or you’ve just finished one and looking for another political thriller to watch, this genre will not disappoint you. More or less you’ll also get to know the dark side of world. Or you can also learn a bit about how things work (if that’s something you’re into).
In any case, here is a list of 10 political dramas which you should watch, some of them would be pure political and some of them would be partly political and partly crime or comedy, but I’m very sure you’re gonna love them.
So I’ll start with…
House of cards
This show revolves around the life of a ruthless and cunning politician Frank Underwood who will do anything to get to the top of the political ladder, The presidency.
And by anything I mean anything. He goes on to murder journalists, forcing his junior to commit suicides and oppressing people sometimes his own staff to get what he wants.
This extremely serious political drama will make you question the reality of your surroundings.
Next of my list is…
Game of Thrones
Well unlike other shows in which the main characters keep on winning the battles, Game of Thrones has different style to it. Your favorite character will get killed if it makes a mistake.
This legendary show was first aired on 2011 and is based on George R.R. Martin’s Novel Game of thrones.
9 royal families start a war against each other in order to take over the iron throne of Westeros to rule over the world. But a mystic and evil army of dead starts of march towards them as the winter comes to destroy the world they are fighting for.
First six season are based on George R.R. Martin’s work and last two seasons are written by D&D.
Designated Survivor
Tom Kirkman who is never been elected to any office before becomes the president of the United States of America as a Designated Survivor as The President and other members of congress die in bomb attack on parliament house.
Kirkman has no experience running such offices and now has responsibility to keep his country out of chaos and manage of protect it from further attacks.
This show has completed 3 seasons and is in rumors about cancellation of fourth season. However, no such information is given by the production house.
Homeland
This show is rising up in the favorite list of people. Started back in 2011 this show has completed 8 nail biting seasons.
A Marine Nicholas Brody was kept hostage by the Al-Qaeda was finally released by them after eight long years but Carrie Mathison, a CIA operative, thinks he has joined hands with Al-Qaeda and is a threat to the United States. While the government is against the idea, she faces immense political interference in her work.
She starts to keep spying on his and ends up discovering shocking truths that will give you shivering down your spine.
Keep reading as I’ve got another thriller for you…
Boss
Available on Prime and Amazon STARZ
Boss revolves around the life of Tom Kane, the mayor of Chicago, who is considered to be one of the most powerful man of the state. He uses his power to get things done for him and is known for his cunning and ruthlessness.
But Tom discovers that he has a brain disorder and he has nothing to turn to for confrontation as his world is filled with enemies and betrayals.
His own staff grows suspicious about him but continues to being good employees. Tom starts to hide it from everyone.
That’s a lot of serious stuff right? you mind if I change to Comedy?
Veep
Prime time Emmy award winner for outstanding comedy series, Veep is a political drama cum comedy sitcom showing the life of former Senator Selina Meyer who gets an opportunity to serve as Vice President of the United State of America. She tries to manage her personal life with professional life creating mass confusion between both and ends up juggling work with personal stuff which will make you laugh out loud.
The West Wing
Started in 1999, this show has 7 crime packed seasons of cutthroat competition to get the presidency.
The show is based on the life of Fictional President Josiah Bartlet who is hard working man and committed to his profession. He severs Two terms as president of United States in which countless scandals, murders and national threats happens.
Josiah tackles many of his rival who tries to through mud on him in order to gain his position.
The Good Wife
Alicia Florricks, a lawyer, gets dragged into the ruthless and vicious world of Chicago politics when her husband gets forced to resign from his State’s attorney office due to sexual abuse and some scandals and She decides to go to the court and fight for his husband.
This shows has two side to its story one is legal and other is political, both of them gets intensified when we dig a little deeper into the story.
Madam Secretary
A former CIA agent Elizabeth McCord gets appointed as Secretary of State while she was into a family crisis herself.
And as the job demands, she handles the international diplomacy, follows the protocols are she tackles global and domestic issues while she tries to handle her other than supporting family alongside her role in White House.
Occupied
When Norwegian government stops supplying gas and oil to other countries and starts using different alternative of energy due to environmental crisis, world trade gets disturbed which invokes Russian to invade the country in order to perform a single thing which is to get control of all the supplies of oil and gas of Norway. And when the government starts to solve this, other thing starts to come their way making in even harder to stop.
This series is based on novel “Occupied”
And as it is very difficult to short down the list to only 10 picks, some of the good shows ends up not getting mentioned. So here are some…
