Roll Call “Do you hear the people sing?” The A.V. Club’s recall-themed (and bipartisan) film festival

Just when you thought it was safe to go back to your nearest polling place, the Wisconsin political roller coaster is set for another wild ride. The next round of protests will certainly revolve around attempts to gain enough signatures for a recall of Gov. Scott Walker, with both sides claiming that their goals are noble, and that the other side is full of villains and assholes. Before things get too heated, The A.V. Club offers these movie-watching suggestions, either as a way to amp up before taking your message to the streets, or as inspiration for a Tumblr-worthy protest sign.

They Live
The plot: John Carpenter is best known as a horror director, but this sci-fi action flick shows off his anti-authority streak. Roddy Piper’s finest film role features him and his mullet facing off against a pervasive alien conspiracy that can only be seen while wearing cheap sunglasses.
Liberals like it because: The other side has been completely taken over by aliens because the police have sided with the invaders.
Conservatives like it because: The other side has been completely taken over by aliens because the media has sided with the invaders.
Sign-ready line: “I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I’m all out of bubblegum.”

V For Vendetta
The plot: A government test subject dons a Guy Fawkes mask and takes out his creators one by one, inspiring a revolution and Natalie Portman to shave her head. V’s mask has become a symbol for the revolution—instantly recognizable, inspiring, and available on Amazon.
Liberals like it because: The film portrays a futuristic society where hard-line conservatives are brought low by a freak that inspires a revolution. V is the perfect leftist hero, possessing superior intellect, intelligent schemes, and the ability to land Queen Amidala.
Conservatives like it because: The film portrays a futuristic society where America has fallen behind because of progressive policies—policies brought low by a revolutionary inspired by the same guy who inspired our founding fathers.
Sign-ready line: “Who? Who is but the form following the function of what, and what I am is a man in a mask.”

Network
The plot: An on-air news anchor becomes a figurehead when his uncensored rant connects with the unrest of the masses. Everybody knows the movie contains the line “I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it any more,” so you might as well finally watch the damn thing.
Liberals like it because: Network tells the sad-but-true fate of the media compromising itself in the name of commerce and ratings. It’s easy to think of Rupert Murdoch coming out of the theater scribbling furiously in a notebook.
Conservatives like it because: The film exposes the compliant nature of the media in supposed outrages. (This is the same network that features a reality show centered on a terrorist organization.)
Sign-ready line: “The American people want somebody to articulate their rage for them.”

Les Misérables
The plot: Victor Hugo’s tale of doomed revolution has dozens of versions available, ranging from silent versions to a 1998 adaptation with Liam Neeson and Claire Danes. Don’t worry, theater nerds: a film adaptation of the depressing musical version is scheduled for release next year.
Liberals like it because: There’s nothing like a bunch of idealistic students and barricades to make sitting in a park during crappy weather seem glamorous.
Conservatives like it because: The main character, Valjean, is a self-made man that pulled himself up by his bootstraps to become a wealthy industrialist after being released from prison. Which happens all the time these days.
Sign-ready line: “Do you hear the people sing?”

9 To 5
The plot: Last generation’s Office Space riffs on the Worst Boss Ever and the three employees attempting to get out from under him. Wacky hijinks ensue as the boss is poisoned, kidnapped, and held hostage.
Liberals like it because: The employees enact progressive changes to the workplace to make things better. Plus, what other movie features Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, and Dolly Parton smoking weed on-screen?
Conservatives like it because: The film shows that people are always out to get a man bold enough to take charge and make decisions (even if those decisions are primarily how to check out Dolly Parton’s boobs).
Sign-ready line: “You’re a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot.”