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1. Safe House (2012)
R | 115 min | Action, Thriller
A young CIA agent is tasked with looking after a fugitive in a safe house. But when the safe house is attacked, he finds himself on the run with his charge.
Director: Daniel Espinosa | Stars: Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Robert Patrick, Vera Farmiga
Votes: 235,420 | Gross: $126.37M
2. The First Purge (2018)
R | 97 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
America's third political party, the New Founding Fathers of America, comes to power and conducts an experiment: no laws for 12 hours on Staten Island. No one has to stay on the island, but $5,000 is given to anyone who does.
Director: Gerard McMurray | Stars: Y'lan Noel, Lex Scott Davis, Joivan Wade, Steve Harris
Votes: 70,929 | Gross: $69.49M
3. The Double Life of Véronique (1991)
R | 98 min | Drama, Fantasy, Music
Two parallel stories about two identical women; one living in Poland, the other in France. They don't know each other, but their lives are nevertheless profoundly connected.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Irène Jacob, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Halina Gryglaszewska, Kalina Jedrusik
Votes: 52,906 | Gross: $2.00M
4. The Edge of Heaven (2007)
Not Rated | 122 min | Drama
A Turkish man travels to Istanbul to find the daughter of his father's former girlfriend.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Baki Davrak, Gürsoy Gemec, Cengiz Daner, Tuncel Kurtiz
Votes: 33,501 | Gross: $0.74M
5. I Am Cuba (1964)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama
Four vignettes about the lives of the Cuban people set during the pre-revolutionary era.
Director: Mikhail Kalatozov | Stars: Sergio Corrieri, Salvador Wood, José Gallardo, Raúl García
Votes: 10,641
6. The Story of Piera (1983)
105 min | Biography, Drama
This erotic drama about the incestuous relationship of a mother and daughter is based on the autobiography of Italian theater actress Piera Degli Esposti.
Director: Marco Ferreri | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Hanna Schygulla, Marcello Mastroianni, Angelo Infanti
Votes: 840
7. Year of the Gun (1991)
R | 111 min | Action, Romance, Thriller
Two young Americans, he a journalist and she a photojournalist, experience Red Brigades terrorists close up in Rome, 1978.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Sharon Stone, Valeria Golino, John Pankow
Votes: 2,956 | Gross: $1.18M
8. This Place Rules (2022)
TV-MA | 82 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Follows events and characters surrounding the January 6th, 2021 insurrection of the U.S. Capital Building in the days preceding the attack.
Director: Andrew Callaghan | Stars: Andrew Callaghan, Joker Gang, Gum Gang, Brittany
Votes: 6,491
9. The Square (2013)
Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary, Drama, History
A group of Egyptian revolutionaries battle leaders and regimes, risking their lives to build a new society of conscience.
Director: Jehane Noujaim | Stars: Ahmed Hassan, Khalid Abdalla, Magdy Ashour, Ramy Essam
Votes: 9,399 | Gross: $0.12M
10. Love on a Weekend (2009)
Unrated | 90 min | Drama
Three social classes, three different worlds, three humans beings connected without ever having met. They are bound by their own struggles to survive and their dreams of power. Amor en Fin ... See full summary »
Director: Salvador Aguirre | Stars: Daniel Giménez Cacho, Sophie Gómez, Luis Ernesto Franco, Paola Núñez
Votes: 88
11. Spring Awakening (2015)
89 min | Crime, Thriller
A story of five teenagers who are setting up an armed gang: a mosaic of love, lost relationships, betrayal and nihilism, that takes place in a declining city, where everything is collapsing within the economic and social crisis.
Director: Constantine Giannaris | Stars: Konstantinos Elmatzioglou, Daphné Patakia, Kostas Nikouli, Michail Angelo Jeya
Votes: 304
12. The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
G | 132 min | Comedy, Drama
Nice, eccentric, idealistic and slightly mad Countess Aurelia, who believes that the good must prevail over evil, decides to stand up to corrupt powerful leaders of Paris by putting them on trial with 'unwashed masses' as the jury.
Director: Bryan Forbes | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Charles Boyer, Claude Dauphin, Edith Evans
Votes: 1,160
13. All's Well (1972)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
Godard examines the structure of movies, relationships and revolutions through the life of a couple in Paris.
Directors: Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Gorin | Stars: Yves Montand, Jane Fonda, Vittorio Caprioli, Elizabeth Chauvin
Votes: 3,889
14. How to Survive a Plague (2012)
Not Rated | 110 min | Documentary, History, News
The story of two coalitions -- ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group) -- whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition.
Director: David France | Stars: Peter Staley, Larry Kramer, Iris Long, Bob Rafsky
Votes: 4,354 | Gross: $0.13M
15. Tickling Giants (2016)
TV-14 | 111 min | Documentary
While the Egyptian revolution of 2011 is underway, surgeon turned comedian Bassem Youssef airs a television show that makes him popular to his countrymen but disliked by the government.
Director: Sara Taksler | Stars: Bassem Youssef, Jon Stewart, Shadi Alfons, Injy Abou El So'oud
Votes: 1,685 | Gross: $0.04M
16. My Tender Matador (2020)
93 min | Drama, History, Romance
Among gunshots and boleros, a passionate relationship flourishes between a lonely transvestite and a young guerrilla during the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile.
Director: Rodrigo Sepúlveda | Stars: Alfredo Castro, Leonardo Ortizgris, Julieta Zylberberg, Amparo Noguera
Votes: 1,487
17. The Battle of Chile: Part I (1975)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary, History
The chronicle of the political tension in Chile in 1973 and of the violent counter revolution against the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende.
Director: Patricio Guzmán | Stars: Abilio Fernández, Salvador Allende
Votes: 1,613
18. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (2003)
Unrated | 74 min | Documentary
In April 2002, an Irish film crew is making a documentary about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, when a coup from the opposition is made.
Directors: Kim Bartley, Donnacha O'Briain | Stars: Hugo Chávez, Pedro Carmona, Jesse Helms, Colin Powell
Votes: 2,625
19. Au Revoir L'Ete (2013)
125 min | Drama
After failing her university entrance exam, Sakuko is invited by her aunt Mikie to spend summer vacation in a beautiful seaside town. Sakuko gets to know the people of the town, including Takashi, a shy relative of her childhood friend.
Director: Kôji Fukada | Stars: Fumi Nikaidô, Mayu Tsuruta, Taiga Nakano, Kanji Furutachi
Votes: 456
20. Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country (2008)
Unrated | 84 min | Documentary, History, News
Using smuggled footage, this documentary tells the story of the 2007 protests in Burma by thousands of monks.
Director: Anders Østergaard | Stars: George W. Bush, Joshua Min Htut, Ko Muang, Aung San Suu Kyi
Votes: 2,517 | Gross: $0.05M
21. Moving the Mountain (1994)
83 min | Documentary, History
The film is a documentary about the demonstrations of students in Peking on the 4th of June 1989 for more democracy in the People's Republic which were ended by army forces. The story is told from students point of view.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Jinming Zhang, Yiming Huang, Yi-fen Kan, Ke-Hsi Hsiang
Votes: 146 | Gross: $0.04M
22. La blanca paloma (1989)
R | 100 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A man living in a Basque town falls for a woman who is being sexually abused by her father. Tragedy soon follows when he tries to stop the abuse.
Director: Juan Miñón | Stars: Francisco Rabal, Antonio Banderas, Emma Suárez, Mercedes Sampietro
Votes: 180
23. Diverso da chi? (2009)
100 min | Comedy, Romance
What happens when an openly gay man decides to run for mayor in a super conservative town in North Eastern Italy, using his homosexuality as his secret weapon? What would happen if during ... See full summary »
Director: Umberto Riccioni Carteni | Stars: Luca Argentero, Claudia Gerini, Filippo Nigro, Antonio Catania
Votes: 1,073
24. Pirate TV (2012)
108 min | Comedy
Jean-Lou, Yasmina, Victor, Clara, Adonism and the others create their own TV channel. They especially want to make the revolution.
Director: Michel Leclerc | Stars: Félix Moati, Eric Elmosnino, Sara Forestier, Maïwenn
Votes: 444
25. Augusto Pinochet: The Coup, the Torture & the West (2023 TV Special)
45 min | Documentary, History
September 11th, 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the military coup that brought General Pinochet to power in Chile. With the support of world democracies, including the US and UK, the dictator ruled through terror and torture.
Director: Lyndy Saville | Stars: Cal Seville, Roberto Navarrete, Nicholas O'Shaughnessy, Grace Livingston
Votes: 13
26. In Tahrir Square: 18 Days of Egypt's Unfinished Revolution (2012)
TV-14 | 36 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
Shot in the center of Egypt's Tahrir Square from the beginning of the battles to the climax of the celebration, 'In Tahrir Square - 18 Days of Egypt's Unfinished Revolution' helps audiences... See full summary »
Directors: Jon Alpert, Matthew O'Neill | Stars: Mohamed Abdel Koddous, Sharif Abdel Kouddous, Hosni Mubarak
Votes: 155
27. Que Farei Eu com Esta Espada? (1975)
65 min | Documentary, History
By cross-editing footage of Portuguese workers protesting against NATO forces and various movies, Monteiro shows how one 'sword' can confront the army.
Director: João César Monteiro | Stars: Maria Velho da Costa, José Diogo, Carlos Mena, Margarida Gil
Votes: 116
28. Lives Worth Living (2011)
60 min | Documentary, History
Director: Eric Neudel | Stars: Marca Bristo, William Bronston, Dale Bumpers, George Bush
Votes: 33
29. Istanbul United (2014)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary, History, Sport
The 'Ultra' fans of Istanbul's three biggest football clubs, known for their violent rivalries begin fighting side-by-side to protect civilians from police, as 'Istanbul United'.
Directors: Farid Eslam, Oliver Waldhauer | Stars: Can Atalay, Cahit Binici, Ayan Güner, Kerem Gürbüz
Votes: 152
30. La muerte de Mikel (1984)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Opening at the funeral mass for Mikel, we flashback to those that played a part in Mikel's life and death; his estranged wife, his traditional Basque mother, a female impersonator and ... See full summary »
Director: Imanol Uribe | Stars: Imanol Arias, Montserrat Salvador, Fernando Telletxea, Amaia Lasa
Votes: 214
31. Politics (1931)
Passed | 73 min | Comedy, Romance
Middle-aged widow Hattie Burns becomes fed up when local small-town politicians ignore corruption and decides to run for mayor herself.
Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Marie Dressler, Polly Moran, Roscoe Ates, Karen Morley
Votes: 295
32. The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell (2011)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, History
The strange history of the now abandoned American 1993-bill, «Don't ask, don't tell» where sexual orientation was a "non-talk" policy in the American forces, leading to 13.368 getting kicked out before 2011.
Directors: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato | Stars: Carl Levin, Robert Gates, Mike Mullen, John McCain
Votes: 225
33. Safrana or Freedom of Speech (1978)
110 min | Drama
Director: Sidney Sokhona | Stars: Joseph Akouissone, Maurice Alezra, Béatrice Boffety, Patrick Demeester
Votes: 12
34. Prezident Blaník (2018)
Comedy
Director: Marek Najbrt | Stars: Tomás Klus, Marek Daniel, Ivan Bartos, Mirek Topolánek
Votes: 310
35. The Orange Chronicles (2007)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Damian Kolodiy arrived in Kyiv, Ukraine expecting to stay for two weeks. Instead, a revolution exploded around him that inspired the world!
Director: Damian Kolodiy
Votes: 15
36. Rencontres de septembre (1961)
33 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Jean Lods | Star: Georges Aubert
37. Three Short Films About Chile (2011 Video)
34 min | Documentary, Short
A trilogy made on a visit to Chile in November 2011. "Homage" is a visit to Valparaiso. "Community" is a portrait of Población La Victoria and its community television station, Señal 3. "... See full summary »
Director: Michael Chanan | Stars: Renato Dennis, Manuel Antonio Garretón, Marcia Tambutti Allende
39.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
Roads to Memphis
(2010)
TV-PG | 80 min | Documentary, Biography, History
This film tells the story of an assassin, James Earl Ray, his target, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the seething, turbulent forces in American society that led these two men to their ... See full summary »
Director: Stephen Ives | Stars: Daniel Amigone, Robert Byrd, John Campbell, Ramsey Clark
Votes: 126
40.
François Mauriac, blocs-notes 1953-1970 (1985– )
Episode:
Le coup de Suez
(1986)
10 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Marcel Teulade | Stars: Henri Virlojeux, Anthony Eden, Guy Mollet
41.
François Mauriac, blocs-notes 1953-1970 (1985– )
Episode:
Une politique planétaire
(1986)
10 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Georges Ferraro | Stars: Henri Virlojeux, Jacques Chaban-Delmas, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Moshe Dayan
42.
This World (2004– )
Episode:
Inside the Iranian Uprising
(2023)
59 min | Documentary
The story Iran has tried to hide from the world - the brutal reality of the recent street protests, told through videos of ordinary citizens.
Director: Majed Neisi | Stars: Ramita Navai, Awin Mostafazadeh, Mahsa Amini, Shiva Nazar Ahari
Votes: 20
43.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
Inside the Iranian Uprising
(2023)
TV-MA | 59 min | Documentary, News
An inside look at protests that have shaken Iran since the death of a young woman in police custody.
Director: Majed Neisi | Stars: Awin Mostafazadeh, Mahsa Amini, Shiva Nazar Ahari, Leyla
Votes: 38
44.
Military Masterminds (2022)
Episode:
Guerrilla Warfare
(2022)
Documentary, History, War
Looking at how Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro, Josip Broz Tito and Võ Nguyên Giáp used Guerrilla Warfare to overcome a militarily superior enemy.
Director: Roberto Irwin | Stars: Eric Y. Shibuya, Eric Gomez, James Rogers, William Leogrande