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1. Life Is Beautiful (1997)
PG-13 | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
Director: Roberto Benigni | Stars: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano
Votes: 743,816 | Gross: $57.60M
2. The Death of Stalin (2017)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Moscow, 1953. After being in power for nearly 30 years, Soviet dictator, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, takes ill and quickly dies. Now the members of the Council of Ministers scramble for power.
Director: Armando Iannucci | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Jeffrey Tambor, Andrea Riseborough
Votes: 113,544 | Gross: $8.05M
3. Persepolis (2007)
PG-13 | 96 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.
Directors: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi | Stars: Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Gena Rowlands, Danielle Darrieux
Votes: 100,237 | Gross: $4.45M
4. The Wild Geese (1978)
R | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A British banker hires a group of British mercenaries to rescue a deposed African President from the hands of a corrupt African dictator.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris, Hardy Krüger
Votes: 14,187
5. Doctor Zhivago (2002)
TV-14 | 113 min | Drama, Romance
Doctor Zhivago falls for Lara despite being engaged. Their forbidden love blossoms amidst the upheaval of the Russian Revolution, impacting his career and family.
Stars: Keira Knightley, Sam Neill, Hans Matheson, Alexandra Maria Lara
Votes: 5,466
6. Injustice: Gods Among Us (2013 Video Game)
T | 300 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
In an alternative universe where Superman establishes a new world order under his iron fist, Batman and other heroes must fight back against Superman and those that have pledged their allegiance to his dictatorship.
Directors: Ed Boon, Dominic Cianciolo | Stars: Stephen Amell, Troy Baker, Adam Baldwin, Kimberly Brooks
Votes: 7,095
7. For Sama (2019)
TV-PG | 100 min | Documentary, Biography, War
FOR SAMA is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war.
Directors: Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts | Stars: Waad Al-Kateab, Sama Al-Khateab, Hamza Al-Khateab, Afra
Votes: 12,826 | Gross: $0.04M
8. Beyond Rangoon (1995)
R | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Laura is trying to pick up the pieces of her life after the murder of her husband and son, and goes on vacation with her sister to Burma. After losing her passport at a political rally, she... See full summary »
Director: John Boorman | Stars: Patricia Arquette, U Aung Ko, Frances McDormand, Spalding Gray
Votes: 5,452 | Gross: $5.75M
9. Furia (1999)
90 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
In a post-apocalyptic world, Théo, a rebellious youth fights a repressive regime by drawing and posting anti-government slogans, and finds dangerous love with a mysterious woman.
Director: Alexandre Aja | Stars: Stanislas Merhar, Marion Cotillard, Wadeck Stanczak, Pierre Vaneck
Votes: 693
10. The Pearl Button (2015)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary
Delving into the nearly-religious significance of water, this profound rumination on memory and loss bridges the gap between its mystical origins, Pinochet's coup d'état, and the secret of a mother-of-pearl button at the bottom of the sea.
Director: Patricio Guzmán | Stars: Martín Calderón, Cristina, Patricio Guzmán, Ema Malig
Votes: 2,905
11. Loafing and Camouflage (1984)
99 min | Comedy
The "adventures" of some friends during their military service.
Director: Nicos Perakis | Stars: Nikos Kalogeropoulos, Giorgos Kimoulis, Takis Spyridakis, Stavros Xenidis
Votes: 3,648
12. Eva Peron: The True Story (1996)
PG | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History
Drama based on the life of Eva Peron, an obscure actress, who rose to become wife of Argentine strong-man President Juan Peron and one of the most powerful figures in Argentina until her death in 1952 at age 33.
Director: Juan Carlos Desanzo | Stars: Esther Goris, Víctor Laplace, Cristina Banegas, Pepe Novoa
Votes: 525
13. In the Year of the Pig (1968)
Not Rated | 103 min | Documentary, History, War
A documentary chronicling the background to, and history of, the Vietnam War.
Director: Emile de Antonio | Stars: Harry S. Ashmore, Daniel Berrigan, Joseph Buttinger, William R. Corson
Votes: 1,920
14. A Portrait of Jianghu: Bad Guys (2014– )
Animation, Action, Adventure
Two martial artists are brutally killed by a team of assassins, leaving their wards, a young boy and girl, defenseless. A martial arts master dispatches of the assassins, sparing their ... See full summary »
Stars: Jiang Bian, Kai Wang, Shen Qiu Xiang, Yan Meng Meng
Votes: 23
15. Kuchnia polska (1993– )
246 min | Drama, History
Stars: Krzysztof Kolberger, Piotr Machalica, Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska, Anna Chodakowska
Votes: 44
16. Kruso (2018 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
The young student Ed (Jonathan Berlin) wants to get out, leave everything behind. He finds refuge on the Baltic Island of Hiddensee, at a time when the GDR is in its last legs. Many have ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Stuber | Stars: Albrecht Schuch, Jonathan Berlin, Andreas Leupold, Peter Schneider
Votes: 138
17. Evolution of a Filipino Family (2004)
Not Rated | 625 min | Drama
The collapse and the struggle of a poor farming clan in Philippines.
Director: Lav Diaz | Stars: Elryan de Vera, Angie Ferro, Pen Medina, Marife Necesito
Votes: 510
18. Buliangren (2016– )
38 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A young woman named Xiaotong is from a small town. She decides to move to Beijing to pursue her dream of becoming a singer. However, she soon discovers that the music industry is not as easy as she thought it would be.
Stars: Yecheng Zheng, Chun Li, Shiqi Fan, Wenjing Cai
Votes: 38
19. We the Living (1942)
Not Rated | 170 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
The time is the Russian Revolution. The place is a country burdened with fear - the midnight knock at the door, the bread hidden against famine, the haunted eyes of the fleeing, the ... See full summary »
Director: Goffredo Alessandrini | Stars: Fosco Giachetti, Alida Valli, Rossano Brazzi, Giovanni Grasso
Votes: 418
20. One Man's War (1991 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 87 min | Drama
Based on true events: a Paraguayan doctor and his family seek justice for his son, who was tortured to death by the dictatorial regime of Alfredo Stroessner.
Director: Sergio Toledo | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Norma Aleandro, Fernanda Torres, Leonardo García Vale
Votes: 284
21. The Defenders (2023)
90 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
The gripping true story of how a former Australian football captain and a ragtag team of social media warriors, challenged two monarchies, a military junta and the world's richest and most ... See full summary »
Director: Matthew Bate | Stars: Hakeem Al-Araibi, Craig Foster, Ming-Zhu Hii, Mark Saturno
Votes: 45
22. Tambourine (2008)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
Mohammad is sent to an apartment situated in uptown Tehran to install their satellite dishes, while having satellite TV is illegal in Iran. He arrives there with a girl named Shirin who ... See full summary »
Director: Parisa Bakhtavar | Stars: Baran Kosari, Saber Abar, Mehran Modiri, Amin Hayayee
Votes: 4,611
23. The Architects (1990)
95 min | Drama
The architect Daniel Brenner is in his late thirties when he receives his first challenging and lucrative commission: to design a cultural center for a satellite town in East-Berlin. He ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Kahane | Stars: Kurt Naumann, Rita Feldmeier, Judith Richter, Jürgen Watzke
Votes: 292
24. The Silk Noose (1948)
Approved | 72 min | Crime, Drama
In post- WW2 Britain, an American fashion journalist, her ex-army fiancé, and a gang of honest toughs from a local gym attempt to bring black market organized crime to justice.
Director: Edmond T. Gréville | Stars: Carole Landis, Joseph Calleia, Derek Farr, Stanley Holloway
Votes: 406
25. Kuchnia polska (1991)
107 min | Drama
Stanislaw Szymanko returns to his homeland after the war together with his English wife Margaret. On the day his daughter is born, the man is arrested by the security police.
Director: Jacek Bromski | Stars: Krystyna Janda, Krzysztof Kolberger, Piotr Machalica, Marek Kondrat
Votes: 71
26. Uncle Saddam (2000)
Unrated | 63 min | Documentary, Comedy, History
A "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous"--style mockumentary, filmed partly in Iraq under the guise of an actual documentary, that is a send up of Saddam Hussein
Director: Joel Soler | Stars: Qusay Hussein, Saddam Hussein, Uday Hussein, Wallace Langham
Votes: 253
27. Gaea Girls (2000)
104 min | Documentary, Sport
A look at the tough world in which Japan's Gaea Girls pursue a career in the wrestling and the training regime that all must pass before becoming professional.
Directors: Kim Longinotto, Jano Williams | Stars: Raionesu Asuka, Akira Hokuto, Sonoko Kato, Chigusa Nagayo
Votes: 261
28. Superpower (2008)
PG-13 | 119 min | Documentary, History, War
Superpower illustrates how the United States has leveraged its position to ensure unilateral world domination through absolute economic and military superiority and government deception.
Director: Barbara-Anne Steegmuller | Stars: Christy Johnson, Max Carter, Harry S. Truman, Eric L. Haney
Votes: 339
29. When You No Longer Love Me (2018)
101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An Argentinian girl returns to her natal town on Basque Country to discover who killed her father.
Director: Igor Legarreta | Stars: Florencia Torrente, Miki Esparbé, Eduardo Blanco, Joaquín Climent
Votes: 268
30. The Power of Nonsense (2017 Video)
Documentary, Short
Kraut and Tea explains why nonsense can be a powerful tool against repressive regimes, but a sinister bludgeon when wielded by the bullies themselves.
Director: Kraut and Tea | Stars: Chanty Binx, Hillary Clinton, Adolf Hitler, Kraut and Tea
31. General Nil (2009)
125 min | Biography, Drama, History
The tumultuous life of General August Emil Fieldorf aka "Nil", who commanded the underground Home Army against the Nazis and was killed after WW2 by communists.
Director: Ryszard Bugajski | Stars: Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Alicja Jachiewicz, Magdalena Emilianowicz, Anna Cieslak
Votes: 883
32. The Great Nazi Escape (2023)
47 min | Documentary, History
Nazi Germany has fallen. After allied forces defeated Nazi Germany in World War II, Europe became a dangerous place to be associated with the Nazi regime as officers, party members, and supporters of Hitler began to flee Germany.
Director: Danielle Winter | Stars: Lee Jagow, Lisa Pine, Guy Walters
Votes: 22
33. Code Name: Caesar (2014)
Biography, Drama
A crime scene photographer in the military police assigned to the Syrian Regime sets out on an undercover mission with a revolutionary leader to release highly-classified footage of humanitarian crimes committed by the army.
Director: Abdullah Alrachid | Stars: Ty Anaya, Christian Ascencio, Irina Aylyarova, Russell Becker
Votes: 18
34. Shadow of the Holy Book (2007)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
A look at how multinational corporations curried favor with Saparmurat Niyazov (1940-2006), the despot of oil- and gas-rich Turkmenistan, primarily through translating "Ruhnama," his ... See full summary »
Director: Arto Halonen | Star: Nastaran Nasirzadeh
Votes: 232
35. Tea on the Axis of Evil (2009)
67 min | Documentary
When Syria was admitted to the "Axis of Evil", I decided to move there, alone, to record ordinary life and create a document to stimulate healthy curiosity about this Arab community to ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Marie Offenbacher | Stars: Ayman Abdel Nour, Yusef Abdelke, Farah Abderrahman, Nour Abderrahman
Votes: 14
36. Blauäugig (1989)
87 min | Drama, Thriller
Johann Neudorf has made his way into the Argentinian society as consultant for the regime. His son has just finished the military academy. Only his daughter Paula is otherwise. She is ... See full summary »
Director: Reinhard Hauff | Stars: Götz George, Miguel Ángel Solá, Julio De Grazia, Álex Benn
Votes: 58
37. Women of Maidan (2016)
62 min | Documentary
In November, 2013, students peacefully gathered on Maidan Square in Kyiv, Ukraine. Through joyful singing they celebrated their common goal of an economic treaty to bring Ukraine closer to ... See full synopsis »
Director: Olha Onyshko
38. Veza (2007)
25 min | Short, Sci-Fi
A foreign envoy is called to witness the execution of a journalist, orchestrated by the scientist who is the only remainder of the fallen regime. The death penalty sentence is executed ... See full synopsis »
Director: Jadran Puharic | Stars: Josip Vujcic, Miro Matic, Michael Reed, Ivan Bosnjak
Votes: 47
39. Alex & Ali (2014)
84 min | Documentary, Drama, Romance
The story of a gay American Peace Corp volunteer who moved to Iran in 1968 and fell in love with an Iranian man. Ten years on and just prior to the revolution igniting, the American was ... See full summary »
Director: Malachi Leopold | Stars: Alex, Ali
Votes: 47
40. For Liberty (1979)
111 min | Documentary
A documentary on last days of Shah's regime, the event ensued after the arson of cinema Rex in Abadan, which lead to final victory of 1979 revolution.
Director: Hossein Torabi | Stars: Shapour Bakhtiar, Mehdi Bazargan, Mohammad Beheshti, Mehdi Eraqi
Votes: 84
41. 1968. Szczesliwego Nowego Roku (1992)
89 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Jacek Bromski | Stars: Krzysztof Kolberger, Piotr Machalica, Jolanta Jackowska, Tomasz Kozlowicz
Votes: 34
42. Komarov (1975)
10 min | Animation, Short
History about the adventures of curious little boy from preschool.
Director: Leonid Nosyrev | Stars: Svetlana Kharlap, Galina Novozhilova, Tatyana Stroganova
Votes: 38
43. All Japan Peace and Coexistence: Moritomo Scandal Returns (2018 Video)
213 min | Documentary, Talk-Show
A public discussion to explore the social and political movements as well as the mainstream media's manipulation of image of Abe regime while analyzing Moritomo-Kakei scandals of Abe.
Director: Kazuhide Uekusa | Stars: Shinzo Abe, Mizuho Fukushima, Katsumasa Haranaka, Ryu Honma
Votes: 108
44. Tage des Sturms (2003 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama, History
June 17, 1953: The people in the GDR refuse to obey their political leadership. Hartmut Brücken's family also become involved in the political events.
Director: Thomas Freundner | Stars: Wotan Wilke Möhring, Peter Sodann, Thekla Carola Wied, Hans Peter Hallwachs
Votes: 68
45. Lekcja bialoruskiego (2006)
53 min | Documentary
A Lesson of Belarusian is about young activists who never give up believing that Belarus will one day be free. Franek Viacorka studies at an elite school established by his father to ... See full summary »
Director: Miroslaw Dembinski | Stars: Franak Viacorka, Alaksandar Milinkevic, Aleksandr Lukashenko
Votes: 42
46. Deh Namaki-ha (2008)
62 min | Documentary
Pegah Ahangarani sets out to a one woman manhunt for Masoud Dehnamaki.
Director: Pegah Ahangarani | Stars: Akbar Abdi, Mohammad Ali Abtahi, Pegah Ahangarani, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Votes: 114
47. The white sheets (2020)
5 min | Documentary, Short
Based on the novel of Maks Velo, Albanian painter, architect and writer. Maks Velo sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in 1978 for "agitation and propaganda" against the communist regime in Albania, in labor camp of Spac.
Director: Pandeli Ceco
48. Musya (2020)
25 min | Documentary, Short
Students from a Russian school in Toronto re-enact life stories of Maria Blagoveshchensky, a living witness to Stalin's Reign of Terror for whom "life under the Soviets was worse than under... See full summary »
Director: Maria Markina | Star: Maria Blagoveshchensky
49. Antigone - Ant(íg)on(i)a (2022)
19 min | Short, Drama
Post coup d'etat, Antigone's director becomes yet another "missing person". His sister, protagonist in the play, seeks justice. Stories across multiple timelines resurface Sophocles's Human Rights, within a democratic judicial process.
Director: Carmen Morin | Stars: Luna Yahbes, Marcelo Acha, Marco Precedo, Lorenzo Cao
Votes: 7
50. Fidel Castro: A Life of Revolution (2010 Video)
90 min | Documentary, Biography
The life and career of the Cuban revolutionary and leader.
Director: Terence McKenna | Stars: Jon Lee Anderson, Fulgencio Batista, Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter
Votes: 13