The American President

The American President (1995) is a Rob Reiner romance you can watch online on iFILM. Michael Douglas stars as a sitting U.S. president who decides to date in full view of the press and the polls.

Andrew Shepherd is a widower, a single father, and a popular incumbent heading into an election year. Then he falls for Sydney Ellen Wade, played by Annette Bening, a sharp environmental lobbyist who has come to Washington to lean on his own administration. Courting her turns into an instant scandal: his opponent hammers away at "family values," his approval rating slides, and Shepherd has to weigh personal happiness against a second term.

Aaron Sorkin wrote the screenplay, and you can hear it in the fast, layered dialogue he would later carry into The West Wing; Martin Sheen and Michael J. Fox round out the Oval Office team. It's a warm, witty, grown-up romantic comedy for anyone who loves talky 1990s crowd-pleasers. Stream The American President (1995) online on iFILM.