From Andor to Wicked, 2025’s best movies and TV exposed a dark political truth

One of the most horrifying things about propaganda is how wide a net it casts. Whether you’re buying a new product or fostering a new belief, someone is consciously trying to influence your decisions for their benefit — and it’s often impossible to track the ways those influences creep into our decision-making. A number of 2025 movies and shows tried to convey this idea from new perspectives, in exaggerated fictional versions of the world we live in.