Political TV Shows on Netflix

The writings of Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore come to life in this collection of tales set in early-20th-century Bengal.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 9
Netflix rating: 3/5
Netflix ID: 80102160 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Ruthless Congressman Frank Underwood will stop at nothing to conquer Washington D.C. in this Emmy winning political drama.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 8.8
Netflix rating: 4.5/5
Netflix ID: 70178217 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A young boy who ends up in the U.S. after the 1871 Shinmiyangyo incident returns to Korea at a historical turning point and falls for a noblewoman.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 8.8
Netflix ID: 80991107 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Footage of the most dramatic moments from World War II is restored in color and high definition for this historical documentary series.

Year: 2009
IMDb: 8.7
Netflix rating: 4.2/5
Netflix ID: 70254851 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

From the attack on Pearl Harbor to D-Day, the most pivotal events of World War II come to life in this vivid docuseries featuring colorized footage.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 8.7
Netflix ID: 80989924 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

This gritty drama charts the exploits of Viking hero Ragnar Lothbrok as he extends the Norse reach by challenging an unfit leader who lacks vision.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 8.6
Netflix rating: 4.5/5
Netflix ID: 70301870 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A high-schooler who's granted powers to make anyone instantly obedient dons a mask to lead Japan's rebellion against a long-invading Britannia.

Year: 2006
IMDb: 8.6
Netflix rating: 3/5
Netflix ID: 80065146 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A former Colombian guerrilla fighter faces challenges as she reintegrates into society and tries to overcome her traumatic memories.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 8.6
Netflix rating: 3.2/5
Netflix ID: 80120640 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A shocking turn of events puts Birgitte Nyborg in the Danish prime minister's seat as her country's first female leader in this landmark drama.

Year: 2012
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix ID: 70302482 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

The Robles family, born and raised in the Americas, experiences the highs and lows of the revolutionary drive to Peru's independence.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix ID: 81302679 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In Rainer Werner Fassbinder's immersive epic, a hapless everyman emerges from the penitentiary into the anarchic purgatory of Weimar-era Berlin.

Year: 1980
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix ID: 70308785 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A cybersecurity engineer by day and a cyber vigilante by night, a man is recruited by a mysterious group of hackers to take down a global corporation.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix ID: 80045933 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

This epic tale adapted from Diana Gabaldon's popular series of fantasy-romance novels focuses on the drama of two time-crossed lovers.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix rating: 4.2/5
Netflix ID: 70285581 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In the Warring States period, young orphan Xin vows to aid King Zheng of Qin in his quest to unify China by becoming a general himself.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix ID: 80172949 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A Soviet freight train's hijacking leads a haunted cop and a poor typist to uncover a political conspiracy amid the vice and glamour of 1929 Berlin.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix ID: 80136321 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After surrendering to Bogotá police, an ex-guerrilla avoids prison by working undercover to investigate a ruthless enforcer of government corruption.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix ID: 80230435 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When a prisoner of war returns home after years in captivity, a CIA agent suspects the Marine of having been turned into an Al Qaeda terrorist.

Year: 2011
IMDb: 8.3
Netflix rating: 4.4/5
Netflix ID: 70180387 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

At the end of the Goryeo period, there were those who led the charge to proclaim a new age -- and the ordinary individuals who risked everything.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 8.3
Netflix ID: 81161487 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In the Joseon era, an outsider prince joins hands with unlikely allies, who help him ascend the throne -- and bring forth a new age of reform.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 8.3
Netflix ID: 81225043 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After a fateful night in 2019, the future of Britain and the lives of an ordinary family change dramatically over the course of the next 15 years.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 8.3
Netflix ID: 80219056 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In Cold War-era East Berlin, two families -- one loyal to the Stasi secret police, the other firm dissidents -- are united by an unexpected romance.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 8.2
Netflix rating: 4.3/5
Netflix ID: 80005825 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After helping thwart a terrorist attack, a war veteran is assigned to protect a politician who was a main proponent of the very conflict he fought in.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 8.2
Netflix ID: 80235864 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Every Sunday, Hasan Minhaj brings an incisive and nuanced perspective to global news, politics and culture in his unique comedy series.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 8.2
Netflix ID: 80239931 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A series of incidents in Afghanistan set complicated political and personal events in motion for a returning Norwegian Special Forces officer.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 8.1
Netflix rating: 2.9/5
Netflix ID: 80131415 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Free spirit Goo Hae-ryung embarks on a new life as a scholar in the Joseon royal court after hearing about a government post for women historians.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 8.1
Netflix ID: 81116487 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Years after she's assumed dead by the palace, a young noblewoman, now trained as a shaman, returns to court to reclaim her rightful position as queen.

Year: 2012
IMDb: 8
Netflix rating: 4.1/5
Netflix ID: 80031790 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Sold on the idea of high pay and few workdays, a spirited but down-on-her-luck job seeker throws her hat into the ring for district representative.

Year: 2020
IMDb: 8
Netflix ID: 81482700 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Follow the lives of the notorious Borgia family, a clan headed by plotting patriarch Rodrigo and his beautiful but treacherous daughter, Lucrezia.

Year: 2011
IMDb: 7.9
Netflix rating: 4.1/5
Netflix ID: 70177084 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

King Louis XIV of France commissions a lavish palace that becomes a fierce battleground for love and politics -- and a gilded prison for nobility.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 7.9
Netflix rating: 3/5
Netflix ID: 80099753 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After his father's murder, banking heir Cosimo Medici battles opponents of his artistic, economic and political visions for 15th-century Florence.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 7.9
Netflix rating: 3.2/5
Netflix ID: 80152118 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

An elite group of young warriors trained in morals and martial arts finds love and friendship in Silla during Korea’s ancient Three Kingdoms period.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 7.9
Netflix ID: 80196931 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

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.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 7.9
Netflix ID: 81070963 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When the National Assembly suffers a catastrophic attack, Minister of Environment Park Mu-jin must find a way to lead Korea through the ensuing chaos.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 7.9
Netflix ID: 81072109 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

This miniseries featuring archival footage and interviews with experts captures the drama of six of history's most iconic presidential campaigns.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 7.8
Netflix rating: 3.1/5
Netflix ID: 80114987 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

This documentary series recounts the tumultuous history of Cuba, a nation of foreign conquest, freedom fighters and Cold War political machinations.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 7.8
Netflix rating: 3.2/5
Netflix ID: 80109535 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A young Joseon woman who's lived her whole life as a man ends up as a eunuch in the royal palace, where she begins to bond with the crown prince.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 7.8
Netflix ID: 80986896 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Brazilian TV personality and politician Wallace Souza faces accusations of masterminding the violent crimes he reported on and rallied against.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 7.8
Netflix ID: 80217946 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

An enigmatic conservative Christian group known as the Family wields enormous influence in Washington, D.C., in pursuit of its global ambitions.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 7.8
Netflix ID: 80063867 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A fugitive soldier gets swept up in personal and political intrigue when he's hired as a bodyguard for the family of a presidential candidate.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 7.8
Netflix ID: 80188730 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When a girl vanishes from a suburb near Mexico City, the personal goals of some involved in the case muddy the search. Based on a true story.

Year: 2020
IMDb: 7.8
Netflix ID: 81058498 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A powerful team of Washington, D.C. lawyers makes scandals disappear while handling government crises and coping with problems of their own.

Year: 2012
IMDb: 7.7
Netflix rating: 4.3/5
Netflix ID: 70197057 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A century after Earth was devastated by a nuclear apocalypse, 100 space station residents are sent to the planet to determine whether it's habitable.

Year: 2014
IMDb: 7.7
Netflix rating: 4.3/5
Netflix ID: 70283264 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In the near future, Russia initiates a 'silk glove' invasion of Norway to restart oil production, but soon uncertainty, chaos and danger erupt.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 7.7
Netflix rating: 3/5
Netflix ID: 80092654 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A mayor of a small town tries to improve the image of his community by building a mall for organic food -- and ends up opening the door to chaos.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 7.7
Netflix ID: 80186045 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A wary CIA officer investigates a charismatic man who sparks a spiritual movement and stirs political unrest. A fictional story not based on true events.

Year: 2020
IMDb: 7.7
Netflix ID: 80117557 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When sudden tragedy forces a deputy to step into the role of governor, she faces grueling political and personal tests in order to lead her state.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 7.7
Netflix ID: 81274961 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Arslan, the prince of the kingdom of Pars, fights to regain his throne after Pars is conquered by the neighboring realm of Lusitania.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 7.6
Netflix rating: 3/5
Netflix ID: 80146298 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

CIA analyst Daniel Miller goes undercover inside the agency's own Berlin headquarters to hunt for an anonymous whistleblower leaking damaging secrets.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 7.6
Netflix ID: 80138688 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In 1994, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio's assassination sends his dying widow racing to uncover who did it. Based on true events.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 7.6
Netflix ID: 80230265 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When Mexico's president lands in jail following a false accusation, the controversy spurs an arduous fight for freedom and justice in a corrupt country.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 7.6
Netflix ID: 81198582 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

This vivid historical drama series tells of the rise to power of Mary, Queen of Scots, amid a court full of sexual and political intrigue.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 7.5
Netflix rating: 4.3/5
Netflix ID: 70283260 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Rich kid Payton has always known he's going to be president. But first he has to navigate the most treacherous political landscape of all: high school.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 7.5
Netflix ID: 80241248 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Four strangers — a woman on the run, a brave refugee, a driven bureaucrat and a struggling dad — intersect at an Australian immigration detention center.

Year: 2020
IMDb: 7.5
Netflix ID: 81206211 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

This investigative series explores social and political issues and trends across Asia, from China's social credit system to Malaysia's tahfiz schools.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 7.5
Netflix ID: 81477630 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Investigating a deadly car crash, a journalist and his hacker brother stumble into a conspiracy that reaches into the upper echelons of government.

Year: 2014
IMDb: 7.4
Netflix rating: 3.9/5
Netflix ID: 80002999 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When LA is invaded by outside forces and becomes a walled-in settlement, a former FBI agent and his wife risk everything to find their lost son.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 7.4
Netflix rating: 3.4/5
Netflix ID: 80077417 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A student's protest leads to a government scandal that has personal and professional repercussions for one of Australia's toughest journalists.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 7.4
Netflix ID: 80211136 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A family on the brink of splitting up become the owners of a cutting-edge robot being sought by a corporation, homicide investigators and terrorists.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 7.4
Netflix ID: 81026915 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In a world filled with provocative (and often misleading) news, a passionate team of investigative TV reporters strives to bring truths to light.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 7.3
Netflix ID: 80214115 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

During the Joseon era, the crown prince wages war against a secret organization that has accrued power and wealth by controlling the water supply.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 7.3
Netflix ID: 81042266 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When the crown prince of the Goryeo kingdom and his loyal right hand fall for the same woman, they’re faced with choosing between friendship and love.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 7.3
Netflix ID: 81042494 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When social upheaval sweeps Russia in the early 20th century, Czar Nicholas II resists change, sparking a revolution and ending a dynasty.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 7.3
Netflix ID: 80211648 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

The right to vote is at the foundation of America's democracy. But not every vote is created equal. How does the system work, and can it be fixed?

Year: 2020
IMDb: 7.3
Netflix ID: 81304760 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Torn apart by political loyalties, three families -- a mix of patriots and rebels -- dwell in a village divided by the Iron Curtain after WWII.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 7.2
Netflix ID: 81065385 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

As World War I rages, three women and their families in Dublin choose sides in the violent Easter Rising revolt against British rule.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 7.1
Netflix rating: 2.9/5
Netflix ID: 80094273 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A talented swindler who's married to a detective ups his con game to the next level when he runs for political office — and fools an entire nation.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 7.1
Netflix ID: 81279144 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After her father dies and her husband goes missing, Kim Seo-hui teams up with detective Jo Tae-sik and joins the National Assembly.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 7
Netflix ID: 81191500 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After his running mate's murder, a controversial televangelist becomes Argentina's presidential candidate. But nothing about him is as holy as he seems.

Year: 2021
IMDb: 7
Netflix ID: 81095387 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In Cold War Britain during the late 1950s, a Russian-born Jewish inventor of hearing aids is asked to assist in a secret mission. Based on true events.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 6.9
Netflix ID: 80196179 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

An ambitious, talented politician embarks on an intense journey toward winning the presidency while juggling his complicated family affairs.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 6.8
Netflix ID: 80154638 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In the 1960s, Israeli clerk-turned-secret agent Eli Cohen goes deep undercover inside Syria on a perilous, years-long mission to spy for Mossad.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 6.8
Netflix ID: 80178151 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Two highly skilled detectives from the UK team with their US counterparts and use their code-cracking talents to investigate a series of murders.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 6.8
Netflix ID: 81092269 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Charismatic highwayman Jan de Lichte leads the oppressed and downtrodden in a revolt against the corrupt aristocracy of 18th-century Flanders.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 6.7
Netflix ID: 81054827 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

As World War II ends, a young English woman agrees to help an enigmatic American agent root out Russian infiltration of the British government.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 6.6
Netflix ID: 80223793 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Three wealthy, power-hungry men tussle for sovereignty amid corrupt politics, passionate desires and family obligations.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 6.4
Netflix ID: 81164143 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Skeptics and others discuss widely held conspiracy theories involving aliens, government cover-ups, secret assassinations and other intrigues.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 6.3
Netflix rating: 3.1/5
Netflix ID: 80118873 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Eight undocumented families' fates roller-coast as the United States' immigration policies are transformed.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 6.3
Netflix ID: 80209609 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

This docuseries investigates the 1991 killing of politician Detlev Rohwedder, an unsolved mystery at the heart of Germany's tumultuous reunification.

Year: 2020
IMDb: 6.3
Netflix ID: 81022994 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

During the late Eastern Han Dynasty, power, intrigue and military ambition collide as rulers, generals and court officials vie for dominance.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 6.2
Netflix ID: 80166224 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A mysterious classmate leads four idealistic teens in a revolt against a rising tide of nationalistic fervor, but their movement takes a dark turn.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 6.1
Netflix ID: 80218819 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A fast-spreading disease that turns victims into blood-sucking fiends pits two best friends against each other in a fight for humanity's future.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 6.1
Netflix ID: 80236118 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Hand-picked by Tiffany Haddish, six diverse comedians showcase their raw humor in a series of specials oozing with energy.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 6
Netflix ID: 81002933 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Imprisoned after trying to flee the East German regime in the 1980s, a woman fights to be reunited with her daughters. Based on a true story.

Year: 2007
IMDb: 5.9
Netflix ID: 81354038 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Together with a group of like-minded patriots, a young nurse heroically risks her life to fight for her country and save Jews during World War II.

Year: 2020
IMDb: 5.9
Netflix ID: 81307338 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Marlya Noel joins Dorothea to investigate Fairy-related crimes and hunt for her childhood best friend Veronica, who's now an assassin bent on revenge.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 5.8
Netflix ID: 81020807 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In this four-part documentary series, former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton reflects candidly on her life and career.

Year: 2020
IMDb: 5.2
Netflix ID: 81266238 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In a near-future world where an oppressive regime segregates society, one woman skirts the system to search for the daughter taken from her years ago.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 4.6
Netflix ID: 80222951 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In this retelling of Yoshiki Tanaka's space opera, two interstellar states -- Galactic Empire and Free Planets Alliance -- battle for space supremacy.

Year: 2018
Netflix ID: 80987729 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Reminiscing about his youth in Taiwan's turbulent 1920s, Guo Xuehu reflects on his passion for art, a friendship with a painter -- and a doomed romance.

Year: 2016
Netflix ID: 81020668 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Archival video and new interviews examine Mexican politics in 1994, a year marked by the rise of the EZLN and the assassination of Luis Donaldo Colosio.

Year: 2019
Netflix ID: 80991872 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Nearly 30 years after her mom's murder, a political strategist launches a calculated plan to ruin the Colombian presidential candidate who killed her.

Year: 2020
Netflix ID: 81291299 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Amid World War II, heroic individuals in Singapore put their lives on the line to resist Japanese occupation. Based on first-hand accounts.

Year: 1997
Netflix ID: 81308548 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In a story that spans two decades beginning in the 1930s, four Hakka friends settle in Singapore to pursue their dreams amid political upheaval.

Year: 1997
Netflix ID: 81309813 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

The spy game is a serious business, and throughout history, the tools and technologies developed for it have mattered as much as the spies themselves.

Year: 2021
Netflix ID: 81014547 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Ruling with an iron fist requires an aspiring dictator to know the playbook for absolute power, as history's despots prove in this sardonic docuseries.

Year: 2021
Netflix ID: 80989772 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

This investigative series examines social issues and trends around Asia, including suicide, gender violence and limb-lengthening surgeries.

Year: 2021
Netflix ID: 81477504 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A woman born in Korea navigates her way through love, war, politics and national loyalties to become a powerful empress in China's Yuan dynasty.

Year: 2013
Netflix rating: 3/5
Netflix ID: 80093324 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In 210 B.C., during the upheaval following the death of Emperor Qin, insurgent warriors Xiang Yu and Liu Bang fight for control of the Chinese empire.

Year: 2012
Netflix ID: 80160391 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

During the Warring States period, Qin state ruler Duke Xiao recruits statesman Shang Yang to help enact bold reforms that transform western China.

Year: 2012
Netflix ID: 80160597 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Family problems, relationship issues and professional challenges dog law graduate Melissa Chan following her return from London to Malaysia.

Year: 2006
Netflix ID: 80136794 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb