In Fiction
- The Financier (1912), The Titan (1914), and The Stoic (1947), Theodore Dreiser's Trilogy of Desire, based on the life of the notorious transit mogul Charles Tyson Yerkes
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Hollywood film 1939)
- Atlas Shrugged (1957 novel)
- The Government Inspector (1836 novel)
- Henry Adams' novel Democracy (1880)
- Carl Hiaasen's novel Sick Puppy (1999)
- Much of the Batman comic book series
- V for Vendetta comic book series
- The Ghost in the Shell Anime films and series
- Animal Farm a novel by George Orwell
- Training Day (2001 film)
- Exit Wounds (2001 film)
- American Gangster (2007 film)
- Robert Penn Warren's novel All the King's Men (1946)
- Guru (2007 film) (Indian film)
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Famous quotes containing the word fiction:
“It is with fiction as with religion: it should present another world, and yet one to which we feel the tie.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“If there were genders to genres, fiction would be unquestionably feminine.”
—William Gass (b. 1924)