Here we've displayed a list of the best Political Coup films : A City of Sadness(1989), Seven Days in May(1964), The Last Emperor(1987), Danton(1982), Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith(2005), If I Were King(1938), Hunter Killer(2018), The 7th Dawn(1964), Hitman(2007), Atlantis, the Lost Continent(1961), Mr. Imperium(1951), Noriega: God's Favorite(2000) ... ...
Drama
Hong Kong|Taiwan
1989
158 Minutes
Tony Leung Hsin Shu-fen Chen Sown-yung
photographer soldier gangster rebel powerful disturbing sad gripping taiwan small town mountain rebellion political coup crime war family transformation sacrifice love 1940s
A beautiful, historical film based upon the complex lives of four brothers.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1964
118 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Kirk Douglas Fredric March Ava Gardner Edmond O'Brien Martin Balsam George Macready Whit Bissell Hugh Marlowe
president military officer assistant mistress tense intricate suspenseful washington, d.c. white house office army base texas politics deception political coup cold war discovery rivalry pursuit 1960s
United States military leaders plot to overthrow the President because he supports a nuclear disarmament treaty and they fear a Soviet sneak attack.
Biography, Drama, History
UK|Italy|France
1987
162 Minutes
John Lone Joan Chen Peter O'Toole Ying Ruocheng Victor Wong Dennis Dun Ryuichi Sakamoto Maggie Han Ric Young
emperor servant gardener tutor peasant war criminal engaging hedonistic spectacular powerful china palace prison forbidden city japan political coup revolution royal life exile leadership
The story of the final Emperor of China.
Drama, History
France|Poland
1982
136 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Wojciech Pszoniak Patrice Chéreau Anne Alvaro Roland Blanche Emmanuelle Debever Krzysztof Globisz Ronald Guttman
leader revolutionary wife robespierre intense fascinating paris france power struggle revolution political coup injustice historical events georges danton fall rivalry 1790s
In 1793, as the Terror begins in France, Georges Danton, a champion-of-the-people, returns to clash against Maximilien Robespierre and his extremist party.
Sci-Fi, Action, Fantasy, Adventure
USA
2005
140 Minutes
Ewan McGregor Natalie Portman Hayden Christensen Ian McDiarmid Samuel L. Jackson Christopher Lee Jimmy Smits Peter Mayhew Ahmed Best Oliver Ford Davies Temuera Morrison
jedi knight sith lord droid wife clone dark melodramatic frenetic suspenseful thrilling coruscant space utapau mustafar betrayal murder love political coup adventure love
Three years into the Clone Wars, the Jedi rescue Palpatine from Count Dooku. As Obi-Wan pursues a new threat, Anakin acts as a double agent between the Jedi Council and Palpatine and is lured into a sinister plan to rule the galaxy.
Adventure
USA
1938
100 Minutes
Ronald Colman Basil Rathbone Frances Dee Ellen Drew C.V. France Henry Wilcoxon Heather Thatcher Stanley Ridges Bruce Lester Walter Kingsford Alma Lloyd
poet constable traitor lady king rousing thrilling moving confident paris palace tavern treason françois villon royalty political coup unlikely allies king louis xi escape love
Vagabond poet François Villon rises to high office in 1463 Paris.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
UK|China|France|USA
2018
121 Minutes
Gerard Butler Gary Oldman Common Michael Nyqvist Linda Cardellini Zane Holtz Caroline Goodall Alexander Diachenko Michael Gor Yuri Kolokolnikov Toby Stephens
submarine officer soldier navy seal russian minister tense suspenseful thrilling submarine pentagon white house office base camp ship political coup submarine navy mission war quest
An untested American submarine captain teams with U.S. Navy Seals to rescue the Russian president, who has been kidnapped by a rogue general.
Action
UK|USA
1964
123 Minutes
William Holden Susannah York Capucine Tetsuro Tamba Michael Goodliffe Allan Cuthbertson Maurice Denham Sydney Tafler Beulah Quo Hugh Robinson David Keith
businessman girlfriend revolutionary daughter tense gritty thrilling fiery british malaya jungle guerrilla warfare political coup unusual friendship death row hostage situation world war ii pursuit rescue 1950s
Political and personal intrigues surround a group of characters in Malaya, after the close of the Second World War.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
France|USA
2007
93 Minutes
Timothy Olyphant Dougray Scott Olga Kurylenko Robert Knepper Ulrich Thomsen Henry Ian Cusick Michael Offei Christian Erickson Eriq Ebouaney Joe Sheridan James Faulkner
hit man interpol agent gang leader president beautiful woman cia agent confident thrilling suspenseful government building train hotel room nightclub eastern europe assassination on the run survival espionage political coup romance
A gun-for-hire known only as Agent 47 hired by a group known only as 'The Organization' is ensnared in a political conspiracy, which finds him pursued by both Interpol and the Russian military as he treks across Russia and Eastern Europe.
Action, Fantasy
USA
1961
91 Minutes
Anthony Hall Joyce Taylor John Dall William Smith Edward Platt Frank de Kova Berry Kroeger Edgar Stehli Wolfe Barzell Jay Novello Robert "Big Buck" Maffei
fisherman princess tyrant sorcerer high priest captain spectacular frenetic rousing outlandish atlantis political coup conspiracy world domination magic slavery battle rescue quest ancient times
A Greek Fisherman brings an Atlantean Princess back to her homeland which is the mythical city of Atlantis. He is enslaved for his trouble. The King is being manipulated by an evil sorcerer... See full summary »
Musical, Romance
USA
1951
87 Minutes
Lana Turner Ezio Pinza Marjorie Main Barry Sullivan Cedric Hardwicke Debbie Reynolds Ann Codee Giacomo Spadoni Chick Chandler Joseph Vitale
actress prince prime minister landlady niece love interest tender moving italy hotel california world war ii romance political coup exile reunion royalty love sacrifice 1950s
A beautiful romance between a singer and a persistent prince
Drama
2000
115 Minutes
Bob Hoskins Jeffrey DeMunn Rosa Blasi Luis Avalos Denise Blasor Nestor Carbonell Tony Plana John Verea Richard Masur David Marshall Grant Michael Sorich
dictator president wife mistress major colonel gritty fascinating panama palace church manuel noriega political corruption political coup drug trade assassination dictatorship fall rise 1980s
A tongue-in-cheek account of the rise of Panama's Manuel Noriega and the subsequent U.S. invasion of his country.
Adventure
1959
68 Minutes
Cameron Mitchell Allison Hayes Eduardo Noriega Michael Granger Logan Field Nestor Paiva Otto Waldis Paul Fierro
businessman police officer old flame friend plantation owner mechanic thrilling suspenseful intense crafty havana airport police station apartment beach house pier cuban revolution political coup disappearance conspiracy
An American's search for a friend lost during the Cuban revolution leads to revolutionaries plotting Castro's demise.
Action
1959
130 Minutes
Kenneth More Lauren Bacall Herbert Lom Wilfrid Hyde-White I.S. Johar Ursula Jeans Ian Hunter Eugene Deckers Jack Gwillim
prince soldier maharajah governess tense thrilling engaging gripping india train rescue journey dangerous assignment political coup adventure pursuit escape 1900s
A British captain (Kenneth More) uses an old train to get a Hindu prince, his governess (Lauren Bacall) and others out of a besieged citadel.
Drama
1997
152 Minutes
Madhuri Dixit Shabana Azmi Ayub Khan Om Puri Shilpa Shirodkar Mohan Joshi Mohan Agashe Harish Patel
contractor politician older brother younger brother emotional moving heartwarming sad solemn india village house brotherhood brother relationship political corruption political coup corruption fall love sacrifice