Several Alfred Hitchcock films already contain elements of the political thriller . In '' The Man Who Knew Too Much '' , a political assault has to be prevented . In 1962 , John Frankenheimer made a film adaptation of '' The Manchurian Candidate '' . '' All the President 's Men '' is based on the Watergate Scandal . Other examples of political thrillers are '' Z '' , '' Three Days of the Condor '' , '' V For Vendetta '' , '' Romero '' , '' City Hall '' , '' Air Force One '' , '' Snowden '' and '' The Post '' . Several post-9 / 11 political thriller films refer to the September 11 attacks or terrorism in general
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Political thriller