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Election (1999)

R ★ 6.9/10 103 min Comedy, Drama United States English
Director: Alexander Payne
Screenplay by: Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
Novel: Tom Perrotta
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Description

Tracy Flick is running unopposed for this year’s high school student election. But Jim McAllister has a different plan. Partly to establish a more democratic election, and partly to satisfy some deep personal anger toward Tracy, Jim talks football player Paul Metzler to run for president as well.

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Top Cast

Matthew Broderick
Matthew Broderick Jim McAllister
Reese Witherspoon
Reese Witherspoon Tracy Enid Flick
Chris Klein
Chris Klein Paul Metzler
Jessica Campbell
Jessica Campbell Tammy Metzler
Mark Harelik
Mark Harelik Dave Novotny
Phil Reeves
Phil Reeves Walt Hendricks
Molly Hagan
Molly Hagan Diane McAllister
Delaney Driscoll
Delaney Driscoll Linda Novotny

Election Appears on 15 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #900
Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux
Metacritic #1292

Critic Curated

Entertainment Weeklys 50 Best High School Movies
Entertainment Weekly #09
Rolling Stone - 100 Greatest 90S Films
Rolling Stone #81
The Guardian: The Greatest Films of All Time
The Guardian #117
The Ringers Teen Movie Bracket
The Ringer #46
The Ringers The 25 Best High School Movies
The Ringer #10
The Ringers The 50 Best Movies Of 1999
The Ringer #06
The Ringers The Rewatchables
The Ringer #96
Time Magazines 15 Best Political Films Of All Time
Time Magazine #02
Yahoos 100 Modern Classics
Yahoo Movies #54

Filmmaker Curation

Bill Hader's Favorite Movies
Collider #81
Edgar Wright's 1000 Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #828

Jimmy Lists

Jimmy Weber's 100 Favorite Movies
Jimmy Weber #099

Letterboxd Lists

Showdown Back To School
Letterboxd Showdown #11

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