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

51. Aelita, the Queen of Mars (1924)

Not Rated | 111 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Engineer Mstislav Sergeyevich Los travels to Mars where he leads a popular uprising against the ruling group of Elders with the support of Queen Aelita who has fallen in love with him after watching him through a telescope.

Director: Yakov Protazanov | Stars: Yuliya Solntseva, Igor Ilyinsky, Nikolai Tsereteli, Nikolay Batalov

Votes: 2,894

52. 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: 517

53. King Lear (1970)

GP | 137 min | Drama

King Lear divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia refuses to idly flatter the old man, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters.

Director: Peter Brook | Stars: Paul Scofield, Irene Worth, Cyril Cusack, Susan Engel

Votes: 939

54. Moszkva tér (2001)

88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

1989 is an important year in the political history of Hungary. However, Petya and his friends couldn't care less. They are about to graduate high school. The only important things to them ... See full summary »

Director: Ferenc Török | Stars: Gábor Karalyos, Erzsi Pápai, Eszter Balla, Vilmos Csatlós

Votes: 3,826

55. 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: 15,746

56. 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: 1,929

57. Talk of Angels (1998)

PG-13 | 96 min | Drama, Romance, War

A young Irishwoman becomes governess to 3 daughters of a rich family in Spain in 1936, just before the civil war. The mom likes Franco - the dad doesn't. She becomes family. She befriends 5 Irishwomen.

Director: Nick Hamm | Stars: Polly Walker, Vincent Perez, Franco Nero, Frances McDormand

Votes: 899 | Gross: $0.02M

58. Rasputin and the Empress (1932)

Passed | 121 min | Biography, Drama, History

A prince plots to kill the mad monk Rasputin for the good of the czar, the czarina and Russia.

Directors: Richard Boleslawski, Charles Brabin | Stars: John Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Ralph Morgan

Votes: 1,191

59. Secret of the Three Kingdoms (2018– )

45 min | Drama, History

An alternative history version of one of the Three kingdoms era plots focusing on the rivalry between the last Han emperor and Cao family.

Stars: Jianci Tan, Xuan Dong, Uvin Wang, Jie Dong

Votes: 118

60. 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: 6,671 | Gross: $0.76M

61. The Colors of the Mountain (2010)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama

Manuel, 9, has an old ball with which he plays football every day in the countryside. He dreams of becoming a great goalkeeper. His wishes seem set to come true when Ernest, his father, ... See full summary »

Director: Carlos César Arbeláez | Stars: Hernán Mauricio Ocampo, Nolberto Sánchez, Genaro Aristizábal, Hernán Méndez

Votes: 1,762

62. Garm Hava (1974)

146 min | Drama

In post-partition India, a Muslim businessman and his family struggle for their rights in a country which was once their own.

Director: M.S. Sathyu | Stars: Balraj Sahni, A.K. Hangal, Geeta Kak, Jamal Hashmi

Votes: 835

63. Wonderland (2015)

TV-14 | 99 min | Drama

Ten directors of a new generation of filmmakers tell how differently people in Switzerland cope with the worst imaginable disaster; the fact of being dependent on other countries.

Directors: Lisa Blatter, Gregor Frei, Benny Jaberg, Carmen Jaquier, Jonas Meier, Tobias Nölle, Lionel Rupp, Mike Scheiwiller, Jan Gassmann, Michael Krummenacher | Stars: Peter Jecklin, Dashmir Ristemi, Julia Glaus, Michèle Schaub-Jackson

Votes: 519

64. The Dawning (1988)

PG | 97 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

An I.R.A. gunman (Sir Anthony Hopkins) on the run from the government. He meets up with an idealistic young woman (Rebecca Pidgeon) and attempts to win her support for his cause.

Director: Robert Knights | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Rebecca Pidgeon, Jean Simmons, Trevor Howard

Votes: 418

65. 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: 266

66. Red Rose (I) (2014)

87 min | Drama, Romance

Tehran. June 2009. The uproar of a city swinging with the "Green Wave" of protest to the rigged presidential election. An apartment as a shelter. A man and a woman who belong to two ... See full summary »

Director: Sepideh Farsi | Stars: Javad Djavahery, Darya Djavahery-Farsi, Babak Farahani, Mina Kavani

Votes: 289

67. Beloved Sisters (2014)

Not Rated | 138 min | Drama, History, Romance

The 18th century literary genius Friedrich Schiller falls in love with the sisters Charlotte and Caroline von Lengefeld. After a passionate summer together in a menage a trois, jealousy and rivalry endanger their union.

Director: Dominik Graf | Stars: Hannah Herzsprung, Florian Stetter, Henriette Confurius, Claudia Messner

Votes: 1,601 | Gross: $0.05M

68. Great Day in the Morning (1956)

Approved | 92 min | Western

A Confederate drifter wins a hotel saloon at poker in Denver but two rival female admirers, local Union sympathizers, Southern gold miners and an orphaned boy complicate his life.

Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Virginia Mayo, Robert Stack, Ruth Roman, Alex Nicol

Votes: 1,041

69. 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

70. Mussolini and I (1985)

120 min | Biography, Drama, War

A compelling drama and documentary chronicling the life and death of Il Duce (Bob Hoskins), from his days as a terrorist, to his alliance with Hitler, to the betrayal of his son-in-law, and untimely demise.

Stars: Susan Sarandon, Anthony Hopkins, Bob Hoskins, Annie Girardot

Votes: 455

71. The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934)

Not Rated | 95 min | Biography, Drama, History

Straightforward biography of the Russian Empress, up to her assumption of the throne.

Directors: Paul Czinner, Alexander Korda | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Elisabeth Bergner, Flora Robson, Gerald du Maurier

Votes: 741

72. King of the Belgians (2016)

94 min | Comedy, Drama

Desperate to return home from a state visit to Istanbul when his country suffers its worst-ever political crisis, but unable to fly due to a solar storm, the King of the Belgians finds himself on a tumultuous road trip across the Balkans.

Directors: Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth | Stars: Peter Van den Begin, Lucie Debay, Titus De Voogdt, Bruno Georis

Votes: 2,169

73. Terror's Advocate (2007)

Unrated | 135 min | Documentary, Biography, History

A documentary on Jacques Vergès, the controversial lawyer and former Free French Forces guerrilla who has defending unpopular figures such as Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie and Holocaust denier Roger Garaudy.

Director: Barbet Schroeder | Stars: Jacques Vergès, Klaus Barbie, Barbet Schroeder, Bassam Abu Sharif

Votes: 1,702 | Gross: $0.04M

74. Human Cargo (2004)

Drama

A riveting thriller shot on location in Vancouver and South Africa, HUMAN CARGO is an unflinching look at the world of refugees in the post 9/11 world and of the people who sacrifice their ... See full summary »

Stars: Nthati Moshesh, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Veena Sood, Wright Ngubeni

Votes: 118

75. 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

76. Adieu Bonaparte (1985)

115 min | Drama, History, War

A story during the French Occupation of Egypt (1797-1803), depicting the conflict between tradition and modernization in the context of fighting the French invaders.

Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Salah Zulfikar, Mohsen Mohieddin, Patrice Chéreau

Votes: 382

77. The Painting (2001)

PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Romance

A black man is opposed to his sister's falling in love with a white man.

Directors: Peter Manoogian, Joshua D. Rose | Stars: Clifton Davis, Charles Shaughnessy, Stacey Dash, Heath Freeman

Votes: 321

78. Story of Judas (2015)

Not Rated | 99 min | Drama

The last days of Jesus into Jerusalem, from the perspective of an unexpected Judas, presented as the closest of his disciples.

Director: Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche | Stars: Nabil Djedouani, Mohamed Aroussi, Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche, Marie Loustalot

Votes: 230

79. I Cover the War! (1937)

Passed | 68 min | Action, Drama, Romance

Newsreel cameraman Bob Adams heads to North Africa to cover an Arab uprising against the British. When he refuses to help his younger brother become a cameraman, Don becomes the dupe of less savory types posing in the trade.

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: John Wayne, Gwen Gaze, Don Barclay, Charles Brokaw

Votes: 210

80. The Murmuring Coast (2004)

Not Rated | 120 min | Drama

Based on the novel by Lidia Jorge.

Director: Margarida Cardoso | Stars: Beatriz Batarda, Filipe Duarte, Monica Calle, Adriano Luz

Votes: 312

81. King Lear (2016 Video)

180 min | Drama

Don Warrington stars as the tragic monarch in this acclaimed version of the Shakespeare play recorded at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester.

Director: Michael Buffong | Stars: Don Warrington, Alfred Enoch, Miltos Yerolemou, Rakie Ayola

Votes: 39

82. Katips (2021)

142 min | Crime, Drama, History

A tale of the young, in their fight for their ideals, how big can one get against a force too much bigger than yourself?

Director: Vince Tañada | Stars: Afi Africa, OJ Arci, Joshua Bulot, Mon Confiado

Votes: 3,686

83. Indivisible: Healing Hate (2022)

TV-14 | 305 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Analyzes the driving forces behind the January 6th attack on the Capitol, uncovering surprising links between January 6, historical events and today's most dangerous radical frontiers in America.

Star: Mandy Patinkin

Votes: 317

84. Trump Unprecedented (2022)

60 min | Documentary, Biography

Centered around the former U.S. President Donald Trump, the three-part miniseries goes behind the scenes of the Trump family on the campaign trail just days before and after the 2020 ... See full summary »

Stars: Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, Melania Trump

Votes: 14

85. 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

86. The Summer of Ben Tyler (1996 TV Movie)

PG | 110 min | Comedy, Drama

A man who acts upon his conscience opens a Pandora's box of racism and intolerance. Temple Rayburn (James Woods) is an attorney who lives and works in a small Southern community in the ... See full summary »

Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman | Stars: James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Len Cariou, Julia McIlvaine

Votes: 222

87. The Summer of Love (2017 TV Movie)

Documentary, History, Music

The story of the cultural, social, and political changes that were brought about following the 1967 Summer of Love in San Francisco.

Director: Lyndy Saville | Stars: Ryan Mandrake, Johnnie Walker, Simon Crocker, Anne Nightingale

Votes: 33

88. Red Salute (1935)

Passed | 80 min | Comedy

The rebellious daughter of an army general becomes involved with a communist agitator, much to the consternation of her father, who instead attempts to pair her with a handsome yet dim-witted soldier.

Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Young, Hardie Albright, Cliff Edwards

Votes: 279

89. The Last Schoolbell (1989)

107 min | Drama

As high school students put on a politically-engaged school play, tensions begin to rise between them and their headmaster. The conflict seems to mirror the social situation in the 1980s Poland.

Director: Magdalena Lazarkiewicz | Stars: Zbigniew Suszynski, Agnieszka Kowalska, Aleksander Bednarz, Henryk Bista

Votes: 329

90. Naseem (1995)

Not Rated | 89 min | Drama

The delicate relationship between a 15-year-old girl and her grandfather is used to describe how the growing political tensions between Muslems and Hindus in 1992 led to the destruction of ... See full summary »

Director: Saeed Akhtar Mirza | Stars: Kaifi Azmi, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Surekha Sikri, Salim Shah

Votes: 305

91. 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

92. The Troubles (1981– )

Documentary

Six-part documentary series looking at Northern Ireland from the perspective of recent Irish history.

Votes: 10

93. Long xing dao shou jin zhong jun (1979)

Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Drama

A loyal commissioner defends the Chinese republic against a scheming general

Director: Shao-Peng Chen | Stars: Sing Chen, Carter Wong, Ho Wang, Chun-Erh Lung

Votes: 74

94. Hamburger Gitter (2018)

80 min | Documentary

A city seems traumatized. Even a year after the G20 summit, the police are still looking for hundreds of suspects. 17 interviewees from the police, media, science, stock in this film.

Directors: Marco Heinig, Steffen Maurer | Stars: Rafael Behr, Karl-Heinz Dellwo, Benjamin Derin, Fabio

Votes: 125

95. Les Mohicans de Paris (1973–1975)

55 min | Adventure, Fantasy

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Stars: André Valmy, Robert Etcheverry, Guy Kerner, Georges Atlas

Votes: 24

96. Day of Outrage (2022)

43 min | Documentary, Crime

Unbridled violence across the nation, a disputed election, distrust of the mainstream media, and the hypocrisy of elected officials all set in motion the tragic events of January 6, 2021. ... See full summary »

Director: Jack Thomas Smith | Stars: Sebastian Gorka, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Louie Gohmert, Greg Kelly

Votes: 37

97. Democracy vs. The Big Lie: The Truth Behind Mail-In Voting (2022)

62 min | Documentary

Democracy vs. The Big Lie, narrated by Alec Baldwin, is a feature-length documentary that follows the controversy surrounding mail-in voting during the 2020 U.S. election. The film is ... See full summary »

Directors: Jesse Grace, Steve Weiss

98. Volga en flammes (1934)

86 min | Drama, Romance

An adventurer has proclaimed himself Czar of the People and resent the countryside at the head of his horde of bandits.

Director: Viktor Tourjansky | Stars: Albert Préjean, Valéry Inkijinoff, Danielle Darrieux, Raymond Rouleau

Votes: 66

99. You're My Hero (2003)

102 min | Comedy, Drama

Everyday coming-of-age issues mirror the political goings on in the days before Franco's 1975 demise.

Director: Antonio Cuadri | Stars: Manuel Lozano, Félix López, Alfonso Mena, Pablo Acosta

Votes: 385

100. Algol: Tragedy of Power (1920)

99 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi

An alien from the planet Algol gives a man a device that gives him superpowers.

Director: Hans Werckmeister | Stars: Emil Jannings, John Gottowt, Hans Adalbert Schlettow, Hanna Ralph

Votes: 277