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1. 300 (2006)
R | 117 min | Action, Drama
In the ancient battle of Thermopylae, King Leonidas and 300 Spartans fight against Xerxes and his massive Persian army. They face insurmountable odds when they are betrayed by a Spartan reject.
Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, David Wenham, Dominic West
Votes: 863,846 | Gross: $210.61M
2. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Approved | 218 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins
Votes: 314,203 | Gross: $44.82M
3. Alexander Nevsky (1938)
Not Rated | 112 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The story of how a great Russian prince led a ragtag army to battle an invading force of Teutonic Knights.
Directors: Sergei Eisenstein, Dmitriy Vasilev | Stars: Nikolay Cherkasov, Nikolai Okhlopkov, Andrei Abrikosov, Dmitriy Orlov
Votes: 12,258
4. Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944)
Not Rated | 95 min | Biography, Drama, History
During the early part of his reign, Ivan the Terrible faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people.
Director: Sergei Eisenstein | Stars: Nikolay Cherkasov, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Serafima Birman, Mikhail Nazvanov
Votes: 10,862
5. How to Become a Tyrant (2021)
TV-14 | 23 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Ruling with an iron fist requires an aspiring dictator to know the playbook for absolute power, as history's despots prove in this sardonic docuseries.
Stars: Peter Dinklage, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Waller Newell, Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Votes: 11,363
6. Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1958)
Not Rated | 88 min | Biography, Drama, History
As Ivan the Terrible attempts to consolidate his power by establishing a personal army, his political rivals, the Russian boyars, plot to assassinate their Tsar.
Director: Sergei Eisenstein | Stars: Nikolay Cherkasov, Serafima Birman, Pavel Kadochnikov, Mikhail Zharov
Votes: 8,051
7. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu (2010)
Not Rated | 180 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The film explores the image of the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu using unknown official footage from the Romanian National Television and National Film Archives.
Director: Andrei Ujica | Stars: Nicolae Ceausescu, Elena Ceausescu, Stefan Andrei, Gheorghe Apostol
Votes: 1,639 | Gross: $0.03M
8. Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy (2013)
127 min | Comedy, Drama
Mary is in her last course of school. She'll confront sudden changes in her life, loving relatins and friendship. Based on some tweets of an anonymous girl.
Director: Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit | Stars: Thanapob Leeratanakachorn, Chonnikan Netjui, Patcha Poonpiriya, Narissara Thanapreechakul
Votes: 1,063
9. Ernst Thälmann - Führer seiner Klasse (1955)
140 min | Biography, Drama, History
The second part of the Ernst Thälmann films encompasses the time period between 1930 and Thälmann's murder in 1944. It shows Thälmann's battle to achieve a united front with all German ... See full summary »
Director: Kurt Maetzig | Stars: Günther Simon, Hans-Peter Minetti, Karla Runkehl, Paul R. Henker
Votes: 135
10. Kimjongilia (2009)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, Drama
North Korean defectors tell their stories of repression, escape and hope.
Director: N.C. Heikin | Stars: Young Hun Choi, Chol-Hwan Kang, Lee Shin
Votes: 931 | Gross: $0.00M
11. Three Songs About Lenin (1934)
Not Rated | 61 min | Documentary
Three anonymous songs about Lenin provide the basis for this documentary that celebrates the achievements of the Soviet Union and Lenin's role in creating them.
Director: Dziga Vertov | Stars: Dolores Ibárruri, Nadezhda Krupskaya, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin
Votes: 882
12. The King of Communism: The Pomp & Pageantry of Nicolae Ceausescu (2002 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The story about the national personality cult of the Romanian dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu.
Director: Ben Lewis | Stars: Mariana Aliman, Vartan Arachelian, Yasser Arafat, Gheorghe Arcudeanu
Votes: 167
13. Living Colour: Cult of Personality (1988 Music Video)
4 min | Music
The music video for Living Colour's "Cult of Personality."
Director: Drew Carolan | Stars: Living Colour, Will Calhoun, Corey Glover, Vernon Reid
Votes: 56
14. Defilada (1989)
60 min | Documentary
North Korea, late 1980s. The communist authorities hold enormous parades celebrating the 40th anniversary of Democratic People's Republic of Korea and worshipping its leader, Kim Ir Sen. ... See full summary »
Director: Andrzej Fidyk | Stars: Wojciech Gassowski, Il-Sung Kim, Jong-Il Kim
Votes: 312
15. The Lost World of Communism (2009– )
Documentary
Stars: Michael Pennington, Hagen Koch, Ursula Rumin, Horst Kreeter
Votes: 76
16. Dictator: One Crazy Job (2012 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary
They've become the human face of inhuman barbarity. Leaders like Hitler, Idi Amin Dada, Stalin, Kim Jong Il, Saddam Hussein, Nicolae Ceausescu, Bokassa, Muammar Kadhafi, Khomeini, Mussolini... See full summary »
Director: Alain Charlot | Stars: Dowlet Amanlykow, Özgür Baskurt, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Jean-Bédel Bokassa
Votes: 9
17. Shadow of the Holy Book (2007)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
A look at how multinational corporations curried favor with Saparmurat Niyazov (1940-2006), the despot of oil- and gas-rich Turkmenistan, primarily through translating "Ruhnama," his ... See full summary »
Director: Arto Halonen | Star: Nastaran Nasirzadeh
Votes: 231
18. Wrong Elements (2016)
133 min | Documentary
Uganda, 1989. A young rebel who claims to be visited by spirits, Joseph Kony, forms a movement against the central power: the LRA, The Lord's Resistance Army. An "army" that grew by ... See full summary »
Director: Jonathan Littell | Stars: Geofrey, Nighty, Mike, Lapisa Evelyn
Votes: 78
19.
Cannon (1971–1976)
Episode:
A Deadly Quiet Town
(1972)
Not Rated | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Cannon is hired by a man concerned that his daughter is involved with a cult of college-age kids.
Director: Seymour Robbie | Stars: William Conrad, John Larch, John Rubinstein, Louise Latham
Votes: 118
20.
South Park (1997– )
Episode:
Trapped in the Closet
(2005)
TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Comedy
Several religious leaders recongize Stan as the second coming of L. Ron Hubbard, and a whole soap opera unfolds with the help from a famous R&B sensation.
Director: Trey Parker | Stars: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, John 'Nancy' Hansen, Mona Marshall
Votes: 5,379
21.
Alphas (2011–2012)
Episode:
A Short Time in Paradise
(2011)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Dr, Rosen is forced to challenge his most cherished values when he encounters an alpha leading a personality cult who sincerely wants to create a paradise for all humanity, a dream his ... See full summary »
Director: John F. Showalter | Stars: David Strathairn, Ryan Cartwright, Warren Christie, Azita Ghanizada
Votes: 336
22.
Apocalypse: The Rise of Hitler (2011)
Episode:
La menace
(2011)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History, War
Hitler's charismatic speeches may have won the impoverished but would the National Socialist Party risen to power without the Great Depression?
Director: Isabelle Clarke | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Richard Lintern, Doug Rand, Hans Baur
Votes: 145
23.
The Matt Walsh Show (2018– )
The Left Demands That We Surrender Our Families and Communities to Violent Criminals
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News, Talk-Show
Star: Matt Walsh
24.
Zeihan on Geopolitics (2020– )
Episode:
China's "Diversionary" War with Taiwan: The Good, Bad and Ugly || Peter Zeihan
(2023)
6 min | Documentary
Even if China can successfully conquer Tiawan the aftermath would be devastating to China. But there are some disturbing strategies why the CCP might do it anyway in an effort hang on to power.
Star: Peter Zeihan
25.
The Tom Woods Show (2013– )
Are Our Statesmen Getting Worse?
(2024 Podcast Episode)
News
Stars: Tom Woods, Johnny Burtka
26.
This Week in Stupid (2014–2019)
Episode:
Episode dated 4 March 2018
(2018)
Comedy, News
Munroe Bergdorf advises the Labour Party. Xi Jinping bans the letter "N". Unregistered schools teach bigotry. Ireland plans to grow the population via mass immigration.
Votes: 9