Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "political-violence"

1. Bob Marley: One Love (2024)

PG-13 | 107 min | Biography, Drama, Music

The story of how reggae icon Bob Marley overcame adversity, and the journey behind his revolutionary music.

Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green | Stars: Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lashana Lynch, James Norton, Tosin Cole

Votes: 23,312

2. In the Name of the Father (1993)

R | 133 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

An Irish man's coerced confession to an I.R.A. bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. Meanwhile, a British lawyer fights to clear their names and free them.

Director: Jim Sheridan | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Alison Crosbie, Philip King

Votes: 187,381 | Gross: $25.01M

3. Suffragette (2015)

PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, History

In 1912 London, a young working mother is galvanized into radical political activism supporting the right for women to vote, and is willing to meet violence with violence to achieve this end.

Director: Sarah Gavron | Stars: Carey Mulligan, Anne-Marie Duff, Helena Bonham Carter, Meryl Streep

Votes: 44,789 | Gross: $4.69M

4. 13th (2016)

TV-MA | 100 min | Documentary, Crime, History

An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: Melina Abdullah, Michelle Alexander, Cory Booker, Dolores Canales

Votes: 37,722

5. The Bang Bang Club (2010)

R | 106 min | Biography, Drama, History

A drama based on the true-life experiences of four combat photographers capturing the final days of apartheid in South Africa.

Director: Steven Silver | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Malin Akerman, Taylor Kitsch, Neels van Jaarsveld

Votes: 11,544

6. Marley (2012)

PG-13 | 144 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

A documentary on the life, music, and legacy of Bob Marley.

Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Bob Marley, Ziggy Marley, Rita Marley, Jimmy Cliff

Votes: 14,520 | Gross: $1.41M

7. This Place Rules (2022)

TV-MA | 82 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Follows events and characters surrounding the January 6th, 2021 insurrection of the U.S. Capital Building in the days preceding the attack.

Director: Andrew Callaghan | Stars: Andrew Callaghan, Joker Gang, Gum Gang, Brittany

Votes: 6,548

8. A Dry White Season (1989)

R | 106 min | Drama, Thriller

A white middle class South African suburbanite with no interest in politics agrees to help his black gardener find his jailed son. His investigation opens his eyes to the horrors committed by the secret police and turns him into a target.

Director: Euzhan Palcy | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Janet Suzman, Zakes Mokae, Jürgen Prochnow

Votes: 6,207 | Gross: $3.77M

9. No (I) (2012)

R | 118 min | Drama, History

An advertising executive comes up with a campaign to defeat Augusto Pinochet in Chile's 1988 referendum.

Director: Pablo Larraín | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Alfredo Castro, Antonia Zegers, Luis Gnecco

Votes: 26,238 | Gross: $2.34M

10. Esterno notte (2022)

330 min | Crime, Drama, History

The 1978 kidnapping and assassination of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro by Red Brigades terrorists

Stars: Fabrizio Gifuni, Margherita Buy, Toni Servillo, Fausto Russo Alesi

Votes: 1,703

11. Against All Enemies (2023)

106 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama

A documentary feature film that explores the critical role of military veterans in domestic violent extremist groups.

Director: Charlie Sadoff | Stars: Michael Breen, Eric Braden, Kristofer Goldsmith, Kathleen Belew

Votes: 276

12. Danton (1983)

PG | 136 min | Biography, Drama, History

In 1793, as the Terror begins in France, Georges Danton, a champion-of-the-people, returns to clash against Maximilien Robespierre and his extremist party.

Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Anne Alvaro, Roland Blanche

Votes: 7,783

13. Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland (2023)

Documentary, History, War

Twenty-five years on from a peace agreement being reached, Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland shares intimate, unheard testimonies from all sides of the conflict.

Votes: 935

14. Year of the Gun (1991)

R | 111 min | Action, Romance, Thriller

In 1978, a journalist and a photojournalist, both young Americans, had a close encounter with Red Brigades terrorists in Rome.

Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Sharon Stone, Valeria Golino, John Pankow

Votes: 2,969 | Gross: $1.18M

15. The Killing of America (1981)

R | 90 min | Documentary, Crime

A documentary of the decline of America. It features footage (most exclusive to this film) from race riots to serial killers and much, much more.

Director: Sheldon Renan | Stars: Chuck Riley, Ed Dorris, Thomas Noguchi, Sirhan Sirhan

Votes: 2,379

16. Neruda (2016)

R | 107 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

An inspector hunts down Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, who becomes a fugitive in his home country in the late 1940s for joining the Communist Party.

Director: Pablo Larraín | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Luis Gnecco, Mercedes Morán, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba

Votes: 11,065 | Gross: $0.94M

17. The Most Canceled Man in America (2022)

47 min | Documentary, Crime

A young political activist is openly targeted by the US Government for his involvement in nationwide protests and the events of January 6th, 2021. With his money seized and no ability to board a plane, he leads a movement to new heights.

Director: Paul Escandon | Stars: Matt Evans, Nick Fuentes, Vincent James, Tyler Russell

Votes: 350

18. The Net (2016)

114 min | Drama

A North Korean fisherman breaks his boat engine by accident and drifts down to South Korea. After enduring brutal investigations in the South, he eventually gets sent back to North Korea.

Director: Kim Ki-duk | Stars: Ryu Seung-beom, Lee Won-geun, Kim Young-min, Choi Gwi-hwa

Votes: 4,623

19. Four Hours at the Capitol (2021)

TV-MA | 92 min | Documentary, Crime

A chronicle of the incursion at the U.S. Capitol, when thousands of citizens from across the country gathered in Washington D.C., many with the intent of disrupting the certification of Joe Biden's presidency.

Director: Jamie Roberts | Stars: Eddie Block, Buddy Carter, Jim McGovern, Leah Han

Votes: 3,859

20. The Confession (1970)

GP | 139 min | Drama, Thriller

A high-ranking official is forced to confess to high treason.

Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Gabriele Ferzetti, Michel Vitold

Votes: 4,823 | Gross: $0.33M

21. January 6th (2022)

TV-MA | 150 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Follows the events of the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6th of 2021, told by those who witnessed the chaos firsthand.

Directors: Gédéon Naudet, Jules Naudet | Stars: Liz Cheney, Nancy Pelosi, Steven Sund

Votes: 515

22. Hitler: A Career (1977)

Not Rated | 150 min | Documentary, History

This meticulously assembled film dissects the Third Reich with an analytical blade, charting Hitler's improbable rise, his mastery of crowd psychology and his consummate skill in exploiting others' weaknesses.

Directors: Joachim Fest, Christian Herrendoerfer | Stars: Gert Westphal, Stephen Murray, Artur Axmann, General Bergeret

Votes: 3,040

23. Hatirla Sevgili (2006–2008)

90 min | Drama, History, Romance

A love story at the end of 1950's in Turkey, Istanbul. In the political era of Turkey in that years, two young people from opposite families fall in love. Their families don't allow them to marry. They face lots of obstacles for years.

Stars: Cansel Elcin, Beren Saat, Okan Yalabik, Ayda Aksel

Votes: 3,326

24. La saga: Negocio de familia (2004– )

Crime, Drama, Mystery

It begins in the middle 30's in a town near Bogotá, Colombia. Tomás Manrique, his wife Josefina and his little son Pedro, had to take a train and leave that town as soon as a war conflict ... See full summary »

Stars: Robinson Díaz, Diego Cadavid, Alejandra Miranda, Gilberto Ramirez

Votes: 215

25. Elephant (1989 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 39 min | Crime, Drama

A depiction of a series of violent killings in Northern Ireland with no clue as to exactly who is responsible.

Director: Alan Clarke | Stars: Gary Walker, Bill Hamilton, Michael Foyle, Danny Small

Votes: 2,936

26. The Square (2013)

Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary, Drama, History

A group of Egyptian revolutionaries battle leaders and regimes, risking their lives to build a new society of conscience.

Director: Jehane Noujaim | Stars: Ahmed Hassan, Khalid Abdalla, Magdy Ashour, Ramy Essam

Votes: 9,406 | Gross: $0.12M

27. The Kingmaker (2019)

R | 101 min | Documentary, Biography, History

An extraordinary look into the political career of Imelda Marcos, this documentary tells a cautionary tale of a powerful leader whose questionable sense of reality divided the Philippines.

Director: Lauren Greenfield | Stars: Imelda Marcos, Etta Rosales, Ferdinand Marcos, George Bush

Votes: 2,630

28. Crisis (1950)

Passed | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

While on vacation in a Latin American country, an American neurosurgeon and his wife become tangled in a revolutionary uprising against a tyrannical dictator.

Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Cary Grant, José Ferrer, Paula Raymond, Signe Hasso

Votes: 1,928

29. The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (2006)

PG | 110 min | Drama

A boy is left alone in a Jewish neighborhood in 1970, when the World Cup coincides with political crackdowns by the military dictatorship.

Director: Cao Hamburger | Stars: Michel Joelsas, Germano Haiut, Daniela Piepszyk, Paulo Autran

Votes: 6,664 | Gross: $0.76M

30. Olga (II) (2021)

85 min | Drama, Sport

A 15-year-old Ukrainian gymnast exiled in Switzerland, who is working to secure a place at the country's National Sports Center. When the Euromaiden revolt breaks out in the country, anxieties rise as her family gets involved.

Director: Elie Grappe | Stars: Anastasiia Budiashkina, Sabrina Rubtsova, Caterina Barloggio, Théa Brogli

Votes: 1,171

31. The Edge of Democracy (2019)

TV-14 | 121 min | Documentary, History

Political documentary and personal memoir collide in this exploration into the complex truth behind the unraveling of two Brazilian presidencies.

Director: Petra Costa | Stars: Dilma Rousseff, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva, Sergio Moro

Votes: 15,743

32. Capitol Punishment (2021)

139 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Actor Nick Searcy was at the January 6th rally and provides never before seen footage of the January 6th rally. Searcy interviews Proud Boys president Enrique Tarrio, and others who were ... See full summary »

Director: Christopher Burgard | Stars: Aaron Babbitt, Ashli Babbitt, Maureen Bailey, Patrick Bergy

Votes: 710

33. The Real Story of January 6 (2022)

102 min | Documentary, Crime

The "Real Story of January 6", a feature documentary by the Epoch Times reveals the truth that has been hidden from the American people.

Director: Joshua Philipp | Stars: Luke Coffee, Joseph M. Hanneman, Jake Lang, Kash Patel

Votes: 264

34. Outside the Law (2010)

R | 138 min | Crime, Drama, War

A drama about the Algerian struggle for independence from France after WWII.

Director: Rachid Bouchareb | Stars: Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Chafia Boudraa

Votes: 4,124

35. 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: 2,911

36. Fuccbois (2019)

Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Ace (23) and Miko (17) desperately want to become famous actors but it seems the universe has a different plan for their lives.

Director: Eduardo W. Roy Jr. | Stars: Royce Cabrera, Kokoy De Santos, Ricky Davao, Yayo Aguila

Votes: 311

37. The House of Paisley (2023)

Documentary

Biography exploring the life and political career of Reverand Ian Paisley.

Stars: Joanne Crawford, Gerry Adams, David McIlveen, Reg Empey

Votes: 10

38. Solo (1970)

83 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

During an orgy with minor girls, some old and wealthy notables are being murdered by a small group of leftist young revolutionaries. Very soon the police are tracking down Virgile Cabral, ... See full summary »

Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky | Stars: Jean-Pierre Mocky, Sylvie Bréal, Anne Deleuze, Denis Le Guillou

Votes: 428

39. Les anarchistes (2015)

101 min | Drama

Brigadier Jean Albertini is chosen to infiltrate a group of anarchists.

Director: Elie Wajeman | Stars: Tahar Rahim, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Swann Arlaud, Guillaume Gouix

Votes: 1,067

40. Press (I) (2010)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, History

Turkey's first Kurdish language newspaper is under siege. After exposing human rights abuses in Diyarbakir, the journalists become the target of increasingly ruthless government-sanctioned intimidation.

Director: Sedat Yilmaz | Stars: Aram Dildar, Engin Emre Deger, Kadim Yasar, Sezgin Cengiz

Votes: 723

41. How to Stage a Coup (2017 TV Movie)

47 min | Documentary, History

A guide to human history through its most audacious power grabs. From Julius Caesar to Napoleon; from Mussolini to the strongmen of the present day - we see how the world we know has been shaped by those who dream big.

Director: Cal Seville | Stars: Nicholas O'Shaughnessy, Giles Milton, Donald Rayfield, Daniel Beer

Votes: 191

42. Tickling Giants (2016)

TV-14 | 111 min | Documentary

While the Egyptian revolution of 2011 is underway, surgeon turned comedian Bassem Youssef airs a television show that makes him popular to his countrymen but disliked by the government.

Director: Sara Taksler | Stars: Bassem Youssef, Jon Stewart, Shadi Alfons, Injy Abou El So'oud

Votes: 1,687 | Gross: $0.04M

43. Song Without a Name (2019)

Not Rated | 97 min | Drama

Georgina's newborn daughter is stolen at a fake health clinic. Her desperate search for the child leads her to the headquarters of a major newspaper, where she meets a lonely journalist who takes on the investigation.

Director: Melina León | Stars: Pamela Mendoza, Tommy Párraga, Lucio Rojas, Ruth Armas

Votes: 1,152

44. In the Crosswind (2014)

90 min | Drama, History

"Risttuules" is a very emotional, tragic movie about mass deportation to Siberia based on the memories of Erna. It all started on June 14, 1941, when trucks came for the innocent families ... See full summary »

Director: Martti Helde | Stars: Laura Peterson-Aardam, Tarmo Song, Mirt Preegel, Ingrid Isotamm

Votes: 1,709

45. Rabin, the Last Day (2015)

Not Rated | 153 min | Drama, History, Thriller

Itzhak Rabin's murder ended all efforts of peace, and with him the whole left wing of Israel died. The movie shows the last of his days as prime minister, and what led to his murder.

Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Ischac Hiskiya, Yitzhak Hizkiya, Pini Mittelman, Michael Warshaviak

Votes: 449 | Gross: $0.03M

46. Day of Rage: How Trump Supporters Took the U.S. Capitol (2021)

40 min | Documentary, Short, Crime

As part of a six-month investigation, The Times synchronized and mapped thousands of videos and police audio of the U.S. Capitol riot to provide the most complete picture to date of what happened - and why.

Directors: David Botti, Malachy Browne | Stars: Malachy Browne, Haley Willis, Zachary Alam, Ashli Babbitt

Votes: 174

47. Black Litter (1977)

89 min | Crime, Drama

Tatin is a young man of fifteen years old who joins a violent group of extreme right-wing ideology, led by Blanca, a mature woman of influential personality.

Director: Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón | Stars: José Luis Alonso, María Luisa Ponte, Ángela Molina, Joaquín Hinojosa

Votes: 122

48. La vengeance du serpent à plumes (1984)

105 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Law abiding citizen finds out that in his inherited apartment live two charming woman working as professional killers.

Director: Gérard Oury | Stars: Coluche, Maruschka Detmers, Luis Rego, Farid Chopel

Votes: 836

49. Down the Rabbit Hole (I) (2021)

Short, Crime, Drama

A Qanon Insurrectionist invades the US Capitol Building and his delusional beliefs of saving America by winning back the presidency for Donald Trump emotionally conflicts with reality.

Director: Yasser Nabil | Star: Sean Waldron

50. Berlin 1933 - Tagebuch einer Großstadt (2023)

Documentary, History

Using extracts from individuals' diaries and some film records, this documentary series tells the story of the changes that occurred in Berlin (and Germany) during the pivotal year of 1933.

Stars: Tobias Büchner, Konstantin Achmed Bürger, Sophie Diernberger, August Diernberger

Votes: 73