Daniel Day-Lewis stars in this much-talked-about film adaptation of Upton Sinclair's novel about greed and faith during the early years of American oil prospecting.

This is a fictional account geared toward modern audiences, offering a 21st-century soundtrack and a certain creative license when it comes to portraying what the suffragettes' lives were like. The film is nonetheless worthwhile as a testament to the struggles that these young activists endured and the struggle they waged, despite the multiple divisions and controversies within their movement.

Check out the best work of controversial filmmaker Michael Moore, a modern day "muckraker" committed to exposing hard truths about American society.

PBS and filmmaker Ric Burns present everything you ever thought you needed to know (plus so much more) about one of the oldest cities in America. The documentary carefully weaves specific historical events that occurred within the metropolis with larger national and global developments.

This TV miniseries, released in 1979, explores eight different presidential administrations, including the Taft and Wilson administrations of the Progressive Era, through the lives of White House servants, maids, cooks, and doormen.

This 1940s comedy hit features Deanna Durbin as a young woman who helps expose political corruption in New York City.