Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "communist-revolution"

1. Reds (1981)

PG | 195 min | Biography, Drama, History

A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia, and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.

Director: Warren Beatty | Stars: Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Edward Herrmann, Jerzy Kosinski

Votes: 24,726 | Gross: $40.38M

2. The Young Karl Marx (2017)

Not Rated | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History

The early years of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Jenny Marx, between Paris, Brussels and London.

Director: Raoul Peck | Stars: August Diehl, Stefan Konarske, Vicky Krieps, Olivier Gourmet

Votes: 7,285 | Gross: $0.13M

3. Cuba and the Cameraman (2017)

113 min | Documentary

Life in Cuba for three struggling families over the course of 45 years, from the cautious optimism of the early 1970s to the harrowing 1990s after the fall of the Soviet Union and the 2016 death of Fidel Castro.

Director: Jon Alpert

Votes: 5,535

4. The Secret of Anastasia (1997 Video)

57 min | Animation, Adventure, Crime

A teenage girl living in the ruins of the Romanov's palace finds herself running from the Secret Police with her four magic instruments, who are all she has left of her family, whom she ... See full summary »

Director: Lee Lan | Stars: John Beach, Lisa DeSimone, Earl Hammond, Cynthia Harris

Votes: 243

5. Arsenal (1929)

Not Rated | 70 min | Drama, War

A soldier returns to Kyiv after surviving a train crash and encounters clashes between nationalists and collectivists.

Director: Aleksandr Dovzhenko | Stars: Semyon Svashenko, Georgi Khorkov, Amvrosi Buchma, Dmitri Erdman

Votes: 2,337

6. A Borrowed Life (1994)

167 min | Drama

Autobiographical story about the life of a poor family in the Taiwanese countryside during the 1940s and 1950s as the Japanese rule of the island ends and nationalist forces of Kwomintang arrive when the Communists take the mainland.

Director: Nien-Jen Wu | Stars: Akio Chen, Shu-Fang Chen, Jun Fu, Yung-Feng Lee

Votes: 333

7. Oil for the Lamps of China (1935)

Approved | 97 min | Drama

An American, working for his oil company in China, disregards all but the company's interests. " The characters and the institution portrayed in the story are not actual but the product of ... See full summary »

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Josephine Hutchinson, Jean Muir, Lyle Talbot

Votes: 329

8. Castro's Revolution vs. The World (2019)

Documentary, Biography, History

Cuba's revolutionary story is one of much fervor. Fidel Castro had one objective: the liberation of a Communist Cuba. Castro's ability to form key strategic alliances enabled him to stand at the precipice of realizing his dream for Cuba.

Stars: Jose Basulto, Napoleon Vilaboa, Ricardo Alarcón, Fabian Escalante

Votes: 110

9. À la Chaleur des Années Froides (2022)

82 min | Documentary

This film shows the post-revolutionary dynamics which, for ten years, will make cinema in Cuba an extraordinary cultural event. A film in memory of these pioneers.

Directors: Darius Kaufmann, Eytan Jan | Stars: Mirta Ibarra, Enrique Pineda Barnet, Adela Legrá, Eduardo Manet

10. Wheel of Chance (1928)

Passed | 70 min | Crime, Drama, War

A Russian family, the Turkeltaubs, emigrates to the US before the Communist revolution that overthrew the Czar. One of their twin sons, Schulke, disappears and is believed dead before they ... See full summary »

Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: Richard Barthelmess, Bodil Rosing, Warner Oland, Anne Schaefer

11. Helen Foster Snow: Witness to Revolution (2000)

57 min | Documentary

Produced by Combat Films & Research for the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies at Brigham Young University, Helen Foster Snow: Witness to Revolution examines one woman's ... See full summary »

Director: Dodge Billingsley | Stars: Ryan Curtis, Christina A. Davis, Ramona Demery, Nathan Wright

12. Why Didn't They Laugh? (2018– )
Nightstream: Book Burning 12 Rules for Life (2020 Podcast Episode)

Comedy, News

Add a Plot

Star: Owen Benjamin

13. Afghanistan: The Wounded Land (2020)
Episode: Das Königreich (2020)

53 min | Documentary, History

In the 1960s, Afghanistan was divided between a westernised elite and a traditional, largely poor majority of the population. A communist revolution set these contradictions on fire.

Directors: Mayte Carrasco, Marcel Mettelsiefen | Stars: Nadja Berlinghoff, Khaled Hosseini, Homayun Assefi, Sima Samar

Votes: 51

14. Fall of Eagles (1974)
Episode: Tell the King the Sky Is Falling (1974)

Drama, History, War

World War I reigns in Europe and in the Spring of 1915, Russia suffers terrible losses on the Eastern Front. At the Russian court, Tsar Nicholas and the Tsarina have become increasingly ... See full summary »

Director: David Sullivan Proudfoot | Stars: Charles Kay, Gayle Hunnicutt, Charles Gray, John Phillips

Votes: 31

15. World War Weird (2017– )
Episode: Episode #3.6 (2019)

Documentary, History, War

A program set up by the Special Operations Executive, the forerunner to MI6, to undermine German and Japanese officers by spraying them with a foul-smelling substance.

Director: Mike Ibeji | Stars: Guy Walters, Alexandra Churchill, Martin K.A. Morgan, Klint Janulis

16. New Discourses (2020– )
Marcuse's Subverting Forces in Transition (2021 Podcast Episode)

151 min

James Lindsay discusses the third part of Herbert Marcuse's 1969 essay, "An Essay on Liberation."

Star: James Lindsay

17. 1945-1953: From World War to Cold War (2018)
Episode: The Dawn of the Cold War

56 min | Documentary, History, War

For the past four years, the top scientists on the planet had been perfecting what was to become the absolute weapon: the atomic bomb.

Director: Emilie Lançon | Stars: François Kersaudy, Clifton Truman Daniel, Curtis Roosevelt, Yuri Borko

18. Becoming Frida Kahlo (2023)
Episode: The Making and Breaking (2023)

58 min | Documentary, Biography

Explore Frida Kahlo's early life, from school, her tragic bus wreck through her marriage to Diego Rivera. Following near death, while bedridden with serious injuries, Frida overcame her suffering and taught herself to paint.

Votes: 14

19. How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode: Conquering Heroes (2023)

Documentary, History, War

Explore how the Axis Powers' ruthless, brutal occupation and exploitation of other countries contributed to their demise.

Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Alexander Henry, Sandra Wilson, Ken Kotani, Gregg Huff

20. Military Masterminds (2022)
Episode: Combat Power (2022)

52 min | Documentary, History, War

Combined arms operations use the force of different military corps to increase combat power. Combining these forces needs incredible planning and authority.

Director: Roberto Irwin | Stars: Dan Hill, Jenny Grant, Daniel L. Davis, Christopher Hickey

21. Military Masterminds (2022)
Episode: Guerrilla Warfare (2022)

52 min | Documentary, History, War

Looking at how Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro, Josip Broz Tito and Võ Nguyên Giáp used Guerrilla Warfare to overcome a militarily superior enemy.

Director: Roberto Irwin | Stars: Eric Y. Shibuya, Eric Gomez, James Rogers, William Leogrande

22. Apocalypse: Stalin (2015)
Episode: Le Possédé (2015)

TV-14 | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

Episode covers Joseph Stalin's early life and his early political activities which resulted in his rose to power with the help of Lenin. October Revolution and Lenin's construction of new ... See full summary »

Directors: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Doug Rand, Nadezhda Alliluyeva, Inessa Armand

Votes: 92