political unrest movies

Colonia (2015)
7.3 / 10

Drama, History

A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody ever escaped from.

Agora (2009)
7 / 10

Adventure, Drama, History

A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria and her relationship with her slave Davus, who is torn between...

Cabaret (1972)
7.385 / 10

Music, Drama, Romance

Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside a...

The Crying Game (1992)
6.832 / 10

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow...

Jinnah (1998)
7.1 / 10

History, War, Drama

Biography of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the founder of modern Pakistan is told through flashbacks as his soul tries to find eternal rest. The flashbacks...

The Return of Godzilla (1984)
7.2 / 10

Science Fiction, Action, Thriller, Horror

After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the...

The Handmaid's Tale (1990)
6.114 / 10

Drama, Science Fiction

In a dystopicly polluted rightwing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.

Nightfire (2020)
4.5 / 10

Action, Thriller

Two American agents are hired to retrieve military chips containing top-secret information. Their plan goes awry when an unexpected political...

The Face Reader (2013)
6.946 / 10

Drama, History

An exceptionally talented face reader becomes entangled in a bloody power struggle between a child king and his uncle who plans to usurp the throne.

Mysterious Object at Noon (2000)
6.5 / 10

Documentary, Drama, Mystery

A camera crew travels through Thailand asking villagers to invent the next chapter of an ever-growing story. A TV-obsessed boxer, a group of...

Parallel Lives (2021)
0 / 10

Documentary

Born June 8, 1964, Frank Matter films four "twins", born the same day as him, but in other latitudes. Interweaving their life stories with rich...

After the War (2017)
6.9 / 10

Drama

Bologna, 2002. Amidst protests against the labor reform, the assassination of a lawyer opens old wounds between Italy and France. Former far-left...

Riotsville, USA (2022)
6.2 / 10

Documentary, History

An archival documentary about the U.S. military’s response to the political and racial injustices of the late 1960s: take a military base, build a...

Blablablá (1968)
6.6 / 10

Drama

The tensions experienced by three different people during the military dictatorship in Brazil: a politician, a revolutionary and a common citizen.

Pussy Versus Putin (2013)
5.5 / 10

Documentary, Music

In 2012 two members of anarchistic female band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in a Mordovian labor camp for "hooliganism motivated by...

Júba Wajií­n. Resistencia en la montaña de Guerrero (2018)
0 / 10

Documentary, Drama

Spain '68 (1968)
5.2 / 10

Documentary

Spain, 1968. An analysis of the political and social situation of the country, suffocated by the boot of General Franco's tyrannical regime. (Filmed...

The Island Funeral (2016)
5.4 / 10

Drama, Mystery

Laila leaves Bangkok, besieged by law enforcement due to political and social unrest, and embarks on a road trip to the town of Pattani, in the far...

Stolen Kosovo (2008)
8.5 / 10

Documentary

Stolen Kosovo is a Czech language documentary by director Václav Dvořák (b. 1948), about the Serbian–Albanian conflict in Kosovo. The...

Mexico: The Frozen Revolution (1973)
6 / 10

Documentary

A thorough analysis of the socio-politics of Mexico, within the historical context of the Mexican Revolution reality. Includes footage from the...