Movies like The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair

20 movies like The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair, ordered by similarity : Standard Operating Procedure(2008), Woodpeckers(2017), This Is Not a Movie(2019), Iraq in Fragments(2006), Control Room(2004), Papillon(2017), Capturing the Friedmans(2003), Fahrenheit 9/11(2004), Brothers at War(2009), Love Crimes of Kabul(2011), Taxi to the Dark Side(2007), The Farm: Angola, USA(1998) ...

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The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair

A freedom-loving Iraqi journalist is mistaken as Tony Blair's would-be assassin and sent to Abu Ghraib Prison where he discovers the true meaning of liberation.

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Standard Operating Procedure

Errol Morris examines the incidents of abuse and torture of suspected terrorists at the hands of U.S. forces at the Abu Ghraib prison.

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Woodpeckers

Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.

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This Is Not a Movie

The groundbreaking and often game-changing reporting of legendary foreign correspondent and author Robert Fisk is profiled in the latest from acclaimed documentarian Yung Chang (Up the Yangtze).

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Iraq in Fragments

Stories from modern day Iraq as told by Iraqis living in a time of war, occupation and ethnic tension.

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Control Room

A documentary on perception of the United States's war with Iraq, with an emphasis on Al Jazeera's coverage.

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Papillon

Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.

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Capturing the Friedmans

Documentary on the Friedmans, a seemingly typical, upper-middle-class Jewish family whose world is instantly transformed when the father and his youngest son are arrested and charged with shocking and horrible crimes.

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Fahrenheit 9/11

Michael Moore's view on what happened to the United States after September 11; and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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Brothers at War

An intimate portrait of an American family during a turbulent time. Jake Rademacher sets out to understand the experience, sacrifice, and motivation of his two brothers serving in Iraq. The... See full summary »

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Love Crimes of Kabul

LOVE CRIMES OF KABUL is an intimate portrait of three young Afghani women accused of committing "moral crimes" such as premarital sex and running away from home. As we follow them from ... See full summary »

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Taxi to the Dark Side

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The Farm: Angola, USA

Documentary depicting day to day life in Angola Prison mostly from an inmate's perspective. Interviews are with several inmates including one with a life sentence who is about to die.

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National Bird

Drone whistleblower interviewed about borderless information gathering by the government.

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Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers

Robert Greenwald looks at war profiteering in Iraq by private contracting companies Halliburton, CACI, and KBR.

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They Shall Not Grow Old

A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war.

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A Prophet

A young Algerian man is sent to a French prison.

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Dark Days

A cinematic portrait of the homeless population who live permanently in the underground tunnels of New York City.

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Radiant City

An examination of the nature of modern suburbia.

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Apprentice

Inevitably, a transfer to a maximum security prison will eventually challenge the integrity and ethics of a young correctional officer on his way to become a chief executioner.

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Gunner Palace

American soldiers of the 2/3 Field Artillery, a group known as the "Gunners," tell of their experiences in Baghdad during the Iraq War. Holed up in a bombed out pleasure palace built by Sadaam Hussein, the soldiers endured hostile situations some four months after President George W. Bush declared the end of major combat operations in the country.

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