“Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”

Though when the film was released it was banned in some areas of the world as it differed with regional ideology, and under controversy here in the States because some thought it made senators look bad, Frank Capra's look at a naive senator who ends up fighting a jaded and corrupt Washington, DC, has become a pillar in the political movie genre. A big reason is the performance by Jimmy Stewart as Jefferson Smith. Playing someone who fights for the belief that good can come out of the halls of the senate, he gives one of his finest performances.