The Seduction of Joe Tynan

Schatzberg, a cinematic portraitist of great psychological acuity, was at the height of his powers when he crafted this hit drama, the sensitively told tale of the eponymous liberal senator (Alan Alda) whose oval office ambitions are threatened when he falls for a Louisiana labor leader (Meryl Streep, on the cusp of megastardom), leading to an extramarital affair.