totalitarian regime movies

Equilibrium (2002)
7.034 / 10

Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A...

Fortress 2 (2000)
5.1 / 10

Science Fiction, Action

7 years on from the original Fortress movie, Brennick and his family are still on the run. Finally, they give in, and surrender, only to find...

Persepolis (2007)
7.911 / 10

Animation, Drama

In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated...

THX 1138 (1971)
6.45 / 10

Science Fiction, Action, Drama

People in the future live in a totalitarian society. A technician named THX 1138 lives a mundane life between work and taking a controlled...

Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
7.112 / 10

Drama, Science Fiction

In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as...

The Tale of Despereaux (2008)
6.1 / 10

Adventure, Animation, Family

Once upon a time... in the far away kingdom of Dor... lived a brave and virtuous mouse with comically oversized ears who dreamt of becoming a knight....

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
6.821 / 10

Drama, Science Fiction, Romance

George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.

One, Two, Three (1961)
7.517 / 10

Comedy

C.R. MacNamara is a managing director for Coca Cola in West Berlin during the Cold War, just before the Wall is put up. When Scarlett, the rebellious...

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
7.538 / 10

Drama

Two college roommates have 24 hours to make the ultimate choice as they finalize arrangements for a black market abortion.

Before Night Falls (2000)
6.626 / 10

Drama

Spanning several decades, this powerful biopic offers a glimpse into the life of famed Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas, an artist who was...

El Calentito (2005)
4.7 / 10

Comedy, Drama, History

Early 80's, Sara is a good-family girl, she has never been with a man, does not drinks, does not take drugs. Following her love, she enters in "El...

Salvador (Puig Antich) (2006)
6.8 / 10

Drama, History

The story of Salvador Puig Antich, one of the last political prisoners to be executed under Franco's Fascist State in 1974.

Barber's Tales (2013)
7.6 / 10

Drama

In the 1970s, a widow in a remote village takes over her husband’s barber shop. She becomes the laughing stock of the male-dominated community and...

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954)
7.4 / 10

Drama, Science Fiction, TV Movie

A man who works for 'The Party' (an all powerful empire led by a man known only as 'Big Brother') begins to have thoughts of rebellion and love for a...

Closet Land (1991)
6.6 / 10

Drama, Thriller

A young writer is interrogated by a sadistic secret policeman. She is accused of embedding political messages in her children's stories. The entire...

Hechos probados (2021)
8.5 / 10

Documentary

The White Meadows (2009)
7.7 / 10

Drama

Rahmat travels to a host of islands in a vast salt pan in order to collect the inhabitant's tears for an unknown purpose. He is joined on his...

1984 (2023)
7.4 / 10

Science Fiction, Drama

In a bleak and oppressive totalitarian society ruled by Big Brother, personal freedoms are nonexistent and surveillance is constant. Art is mocked...

Quadro Branco (2011)
10 / 10

Science Fiction

In a world where society is controlled by a totalitarian regime and children are the tool of ideological formatting, Isa realizes that her child is...

1984 (1953)
7 / 10

TV Movie, Science Fiction

George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love....