Political Repression Movies, Movies about Political Repression

Here we've displayed a list of the best Political Repression films : A Special Day(1977), God Grew Tired of Us(2006), Land and Freedom(1995), The Kingmaker(2019), Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony(2002), The Baader Meinhof Complex(2008), Ford Transit(2003), 1984(1984), The Harmonists(1998), Kamchatka(2002), Shake Hands With the Devil(1959), Che: Part Two(2008) ... ...

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A Special Day

Two neighbors, a persecuted journalist and a resigned housewife, meet during Hitler's visit to Italy in May 1938.

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God Grew Tired of Us

Four boys from Sudan embark on a journey to America after years of wandering Sub-Saharan Africa in search of safety.

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Land and Freedom

David is an unemployed communist that comes to Spain in 1937 during the civil war to enroll the republicans and defend the democracy against the fascists. He makes friends between the soldiers.

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The Kingmaker

An extraordinary look into the political career of Imelda Marcos, this documentary tells a cautionary tale of a powerful leader whose questionable sense of reality divided the Philippines.

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Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

Interviews, archival footage, and filmed performances highlight the role of music in the South African struggle against apartheid.

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The Baader Meinhof Complex

A look at Germany's terrorist group, The Red Army Faction (RAF), which organized bombings, robberies, kidnappings and assassinations in the late 1960s and '70s.

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Ford Transit

The movie follows Rajai, a Ford Transit driver which is the most popular transportation in the Palestinian occupied territories (occupied by Israel). While taking a ride with Rajai, we ... See full summary »

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1984

In a totalitarian future society, a man, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.

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The Harmonists

The film chronicles the rise and fall of Germany's most famous a capella group, the Comedian Harmonists, in 1930s Germany.

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Kamchatka

The film is seen through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy, Harry (Matías del Pozo), who does not know that Argentina's 1976 coup d'état is impacting his life. After witnessing the "... See full summary »

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Shake Hands With the Devil

In 1920s Ireland, I.R.A. members are being lead by the war mongering Dr. Sean Lenihan (James Cagney), as they fight oppressive British forces.

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Che: Part Two

In 1967, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara leads a small partisan army to fight an ill-fated revolutionary guerrilla war in Bolivia, South America.

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Kandahar

After an Afghanistan-born woman who lives in Canada receives a letter from her suicidal sister, she takes a perilous journey through Afghanistan to try to find her.

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A Song to Remember

Biography of Frederic Chopin.

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Happiest Season

A holiday romantic comedy that captures the range of emotions tied to wanting your family's acceptance, being true to yourself, and trying not to ruin Christmas.

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We Were Strangers

In 1930's Cuba, a bank clerk and an American mercenary assist a revolutionary group in a plan to kill the President but the Cuban Secret Police chief and the dictator's military complicate the plan's execution.

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Starchaser: The Legend of Orin

Set on the subterranean Mine-World, a band of human worker are treated like slaves under the power of the evil overlord Zygon until one, Orin, unearths the hilt of a mythical sword that ... See full summary »

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Peterloo

The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre where British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester.

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Land of the Blind

A soldier recounts his relationship with a famous political prisoner attempting to overthrow their country's authoritarian government.

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Star Trek: Insurrection

When the crew of the Enterprise learn of a Federation conspiracy against the inhabitants of a unique planet, Captain Picard begins an open rebellion.

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The President's Last Bang

After putting together another Broadway flop, down-on-his-luck producer Max Bialystock teams up with timid accountant Leo Bloom in a get-rich-quick scheme to put on the world's worst show.

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The Oath

In a politically divided America, a man struggles to make it through the Thanksgiving holiday without destroying his family.

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The Walls

Writer/philosopher Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (Mammootty) spends time in jail for supporting India's struggle for freedom.

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The Nightmare Years

Journalist William L. Shirer (Sam Waterston) and his wife (Marthe Keller) witness the rise of Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany.

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A Fistful of Dynamite

A thief and a dynamite-tossing Irish revolutionary inadvertently become embroiled in the Mexican Revolution.

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The Year My Parents Went on Vacation

In 1970 a Jewish neighbor (Germano Haiut) takes in a Brazilian boy (Michel Joelsas) whose parents are fugitives and whose grandfather has unexpectedly died.

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Journey to the Sun

Two men (Newroz Baz, Nazmi Qirix) meet, become friends and face police discrimination, which leads to one of their deaths.

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Zorro

The masked avenger (Alain Delon) protects the oppressed from a government tyrant (Stanley Baker) in old California.

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