independence movement movies page 2

China: The Uighur Tragedy (2022)
6.5 / 10

Documentary

A relentless chronicle of the tragedy of the Uighurs, an ethnic minority of some eleven million people who live in the Xinjiang region of northwest...

Rage and Glory (1984)
6.5 / 10

Drama

An avowed anarchist and Stern Gang hitman is sent to Jerusalem to assassinate a senior British officer creating much tension within the already...

1919 Yu Gwan-sun (2019)
10 / 10

Documentary

A film that explores the lives of female independence activists who fought against the Japanese Occupation in the North and South of Korea.

King Gojong and Martyr An Jung-Geun (1959)
6 / 10

At the end of the Joseon Dynasty, shortly after the Eulsa Treaty has been forced to be concluded by Ito Hirobumi and the pro-Japanese courtiers,...

Tjoet Nja' Dhien (1988)
8 / 10

Drama, War, History

Set in 1896, "Tjoet Nja' Dhien" celebrates one of Indonesia's great heroes who fought for independence from the Dutch. The pious Muslim people of...

The Panafrican Festival in Algiers (1969)
10 / 10

Documentary, Music

Festival panafricain d'Alger is a documentary by William Klein of the music and dance festival held 40 years ago in the streets and in venues all...

A State Is Born (1971)
0 / 10

Documentary, War

A short documentary, charting Bangladesh's quest for freedom from Pakistan.

Battle of Surabaya (2015)
7.9 / 10

War, Action, Adventure, Drama, Animation

Musa, who is only a thirteen-year-old shoe shiner, undergoes destiny through his adventure of waging war during the war time. Will he manage to bring...

Year of the Dragon (1989)
0 / 10

Documentary

The year of 1988 in Estonia was exceptional - it came as a surprise for everyone that all of a sudden national symbols were allowed; expressions of...

The Continent in Flames (1965)
0 / 10

Action

The activities of a group of Korean independence fighters in Mongolia, who try to steal a valuable item from the Japanese Army.

Nameless Stars (1959)
5.2 / 10

History

The son of a freedom fighter, Sang-hun is a member of an anti-Japanese resistance group called "Seongjinhoe," composed of students who share a...

Histèria de Catalunya (2018)
0 / 10

Comedy, Documentary

A punk documentary which is, at the same time, a history of Catalonia, an analysis of its political situation in 2017, a comic lamentation on the...

Yu Gwan-Sun (1959)
4 / 10

Drama, War, History

This film is about of the life of the young patriotic martyr Yu Gwan-sun, who fought for the liberation of her country during the Independence...

Histeria de España (2018)
0 / 10

Documentary, Comedy

A collective effort about the recent history of Spain. A distorting mirror, a radiography, a rotten but exquisite corpse: the blood, the sweat, the...

Story from Croatia (1991)
6.2 / 10

Drama

After the breaking of mass movements in 1971., the student Ilija Baric must leave the country because of his political beliefs, and his father Luka...

Independence Association and Young Rhee Syngman (1959)
5 / 10

Action, Drama, History

The life of Lee Seung-man, a freedom fighter who struggled to liberate Korea from Japanese rule.

Witness Underground (2024)
10 / 10

Documentary

Punk rock, B-movies, and Jehovah’s Witnesses unite in this heartfelt documentary. As members of Jehovah’s Witness start to explore culture...

Ah! Baekbeom Kim Ku (1960)
4 / 10

Drama, History

Kim Chang-su, who participated in the Donghak Movement, escapes to Manchuria after being chased by the Japanese army, finally making his way home....

Man of the Story (1995)
6.3 / 10

Drama

This intimately-constructed drama traces the consequences of the tumultuous political and social changes that swept through India in the years since...

La revolución de los balcones (2018)
5 / 10

Documentary, History

Documentary made by the Spanish political party VOX about the Catalan referendum of 2017 from the point of view of some leaders of the party.