Here we've displayed a list of the best Political Prisoner films : No End(1985), Four Days in September(1997), Kiss of the Spider Woman(1985), Goodbye Bafana(2007), Land of the Blind(2006), The Perez Family(1995), Essential Killing(2010), More Than Just a Game(2007), Primal(2019), Pimpernel Smith(1941), Besieged(1998) ... ...
Drama
Poland
1985
108 Minutes
Grazyna Szapolowska Maria Pakulnis Aleksander Bardini Jerzy Radziwilowicz Artur Barcis Michal Bajor Hanna Dunowska Adam Ferency Jerzy Kamas Elzbieta Kilarska Marek Kondrat
husband wife son political prisoner lawyer activist brooding profound dreamy emotional warsaw, poland jail court hotel household grief marriage political unrest ghosts social change
The wife of the recently deceased lawyer tries to cope with grief after his loss and to keep his last case going in court.
Drama
Brazil|USA
1997
117 Minutes
Alan Arkin Pedro Cardoso Fernanda Torres Luiz Fernando Guimarães Cláudia Abreu Nelson Dantas Matheus Nachtergaele Marco Ricca Maurício Gonçalves Caio Junqueira Selton Mello
journalist terrorist ambassador political activist political prisoner revolutionary gripping gritty intense brazil embassy bank kidnapping bank heist terrorism revolution interrogation quest rivalry pursuit
Brazillian urban guerrilla fighters kidnap the American Ambassador. Now, the diplomat's life hangs in the balance - helplessly caught between a government unwilling to cooperate - and his fear of the captors themselves.
Drama
Brazil|USA
1985
119 Minutes
William Hurt Raul Julia Sonia Braga José Lewgoy Nuno Leal Maia Antonio Petrim Denise Dumont Milton Gonçalves Patricio Bisso Herson Capri Nildon Parrente
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A gay man and a political prisoner are together in a prison. The gay man narrates the stories of two fake movies and his own life.
Biography, Drama, History
Germany|France|Belgium|South Africa|Italy|UK|Luxembourg
2007
118 Minutes
Joseph Fiennes Dennis Haysbert Diane Kruger Faith Ndukwana Terry Pheto Zingi Mtuzula Jessica Manuel Tyrone Keogh
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Goodbye Bafana is the true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.
Drama
UK|USA
2006
101 Minutes
Ralph Fiennes Donald Sutherland Tom Hollander Lara Flynn Boyle Marc Warren Robert Daws Ron Cook Laura Fraser Jonathan Hyde Camilla Rutherford Don Warrington
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A soldier recounts his relationship with a famous political prisoner attempting to overthrow their country's authoritarian government.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1995
112 Minutes
Marisa Tomei Alfred Molina Anjelica Huston Chazz Palminteri Trini Alvarado Celia Cruz Diego Wallraff Ellen Cleghorne
immigrant political prisoner prostitute wife clerk daughter hilarious melodramatic frenetic cuba boat miami mistaken identity family immigration love triangle marriage mariel boat lift forbidden love transformation
In an attempt to secure a sponsor, an unlikely group of Cuban refugees become a "family" as the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service gives families priority over others. In the ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, War
Poland|Norway|Ireland|Hungary|France
2010
84 Minutes
Vincent Gallo Emmanuelle Seigner Zach Cohen Iftach Ophir Nicolai Cleve Broch Stig Frode Henriksen David Price Tracy Spencer Shipp Phillip Goss
political prisoner captive soldier suspenseful gripping afghanistan woods border escape survival escape 2000s
An Afghan POW attempts his escape.
Drama
South Africa
2007
90 Minutes
Az Abrahams Merlin Balie Presley Chweneyagae Tyrone Keogh Tshepo Maseko Wright Ngubeni Grant Swanby Anelisa Phewa
convict prison guard political prisoner inspiring moving south africa quarry robben island incarceration soccer sportsmanship pursuit 1960s
A drama about political prisoners playing soccer at Robben Island prison, where Nelson Mandela was held.
Action
USA
2019
97 Minutes
Nicolas Cage Famke Janssen Kevin Durand LaMonica Garrett Michael Imperioli Tom Walker Rey Hernandez Drake Shannon Braulio Castillo Jr. Sewell Whitney
big game hunter collector assassin political prisoner shipmate government agent thrilling intense confident gripping outback zoo cargo ship assassination attempt capture prison break survival escape discovery pursuit
Frank's caught wildlife in the Brazilian jungle incl. a 400 lbs. white jaguar. He ships it on the same ship as an arrested assassin. The assassin breaks free and frees the animals.
Mystery & Thriller
1941
122 Minutes
Leslie Howard Mary Morris Francis L. Sullivan Hugh McDermott Raymond Huntley Manning Whiley Peter Gawthorne Allan Jeayes Dennis Arundell Joan Kemp-Welch Philip Friend
father nazi archaeologist political prisoner student spy lighthearted thrilling suspenseful amusing germany concentration camp archaeological dig persecution nazis holocaust undercover operations father/daughter relationship unlikely allies escape
A British archaeology professor (Leslie Howard) smuggles refugees past a Gestapo chief (Francis Sullivan) near the Swiss border.
Drama
1998
94 Minutes
Thandie Newton David Thewlis Claudio Santamaria Massimo De Rossi Cyril Nri Paul Osul Veronica Lazar Alexander Menis
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An African (Thandie Newton) whose husband is a political prisoner cleans house for a reclusive British pianist (David Thewlis) in Rome.