Movies: Political unrest

  • 1992
    The Crying Game

    The Crying Game (1992)

    The Crying Game

    6.81992HD

    Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA members Jude and Maguire. Jody makes Fergus promise he'll visit his girlfriend, Dil, in London, and...

    The Crying Game
  • 1990
    The Handmaid's Tale

    The Handmaid's Tale (1990)

    The Handmaid's Tale

    6.11990HD

    In a dystopian, polluted right-wing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility....

    The Handmaid's Tale
  • 1972
    Cabaret

    Cabaret (1972)

    Cabaret

    7.41972HD

    Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside a certain political party grows into a brutal force....

    Cabaret
  • 1984
    The Return of Godzilla

    The Return of Godzilla (1984)

    The Return of Godzilla

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    After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the story to light are suppressed by the Japanese government amid growing political tensions between the...

    The Return of Godzilla
  • 2015
    Colonia

    Colonia (2015)

    Colonia

    7.22015HD

    A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody ever escaped from....

    Colonia
  • 2009
    Agora

    Agora (2009)

    Agora

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    A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria and her relationship with her slave Davus, who is torn between his love for her and the possibility of gaining his freedom by joining the rising tide of Christianity....

    Agora
  • 2013
    The Face Reader

    The Face Reader (2013)

    The Face Reader

    6.92013HD

    An exceptionally talented face reader becomes entangled in a bloody power struggle between a child king and his uncle who plans to usurp the throne....

    The Face Reader
  • 1998
    Jinnah

    Jinnah (1998)

    Jinnah

    7.11998HD

    Biography of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the founder of modern Pakistan is told through flashbacks as his soul tries to find eternal rest. The flashbacks start in 1947 as Jinnah pleads for a separate nation for the Muslim minority, infuriating Lord Mountbat...

    Jinnah
  • 2020
    Nightfire

    Nightfire (2020)

    Nightfire

    4.52020HD

    Two American agents are hired to retrieve military chips containing top-secret information. Their plan goes awry when an unexpected political prisoner enters the picture....

    Nightfire
  • 2013
    Pussy Versus Putin

    Pussy Versus Putin (2013)

    Pussy Versus Putin

    5.52013HD

    In 2012 two members of anarchistic female band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in a Mordovian labor camp for "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred". Russian film collective Gogol’s Wives follow each step of the feminist punk band’s battle...

    Pussy Versus Putin
  • 2016
    The Island Funeral

    The Island Funeral (2016)

    The Island Funeral

    5.42016HD

    Laila leaves Bangkok, besieged by law enforcement due to political and social unrest, and embarks on a road trip to the town of Pattani, in the far south of Thailand, along with her brother Sugood and Toi, a friend of his, to visit Sainab, the brothe...

    The Island Funeral
  • 2017
    After the War

    After the War (2017)

    After the War

    6.92017HD

    Bologna, 2002. Amidst protests against the labor reform, the assassination of a lawyer opens old wounds between Italy and France. Former far-left terrorist Marco, convicted of murder during the Years of Lead and living in Paris since then thanks to t...

    After the War
  • 1968
    BLABLABLÁ

    BLABLABLÁ (1968)

    BLABLABLÁ

    6.61968HD

    The tensions experienced by three different people during the military dictatorship in Brazil: a politician, a revolutionary and a common citizen....

    BLABLABLÁ
  • 2022
    Riotsville, USA

    Riotsville, USA (2022)

    Riotsville, USA

    6.22022HD

    An archival documentary about the U.S. military’s response to the political and racial injustices of the late 1960s: take a military base, build a mock inner-city set, cast soldiers to play rioters, burn the place down, and film it all....

    Riotsville, USA
  • 1973
    Mexico: The Frozen Revolution

    Mexico: The Frozen Revolution (1973)

    Mexico: The Frozen Revolution

    61973HD

    A thorough analysis of the socio-politics of Mexico, within the historical context of the Mexican Revolution reality. Includes footage from the 1910s, interviews with farmers, politicians, intellectuals, middle class, union, etc, as well as scenes fr...

    Mexico: The Frozen Revolution
  • 2018
    Júba Wajií­n. Resistencia en la montaña de Guerrero

    Júba Wajií­n. Resistencia en la montaña de Guerrero (2018)

    Júba Wajií­n. Resistencia en la montaña de Guerrero

    02018HD

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    Júba Wajií­n. Resistencia en la montaña de Guerrero
  • 2023
    Cyclepaths

    Cyclepaths (2023)

    Cyclepaths

    02023HD

    An old woman is carrying shopping bags. A child with a gun is riding a scooter. Birds are flying. A city is falling. A party is lit....

    Cyclepaths
  • 1968
    Spain '68

    Spain '68 (1968)

    Spain '68

    5.21968HD

    Spain, 1968. An analysis of the political and social situation of the country, suffocated by the boot of General Franco's tyrannical regime. (Filmed clandestinely in Madrid and Barcelona during the spring of 1968.)...

    Spain '68
  • 2021
    Parallel Lives

    Parallel Lives (2021)

    Parallel Lives

    02021HD

    Born June 8, 1964, Frank Matter films four "twins", born the same day as him, but in other latitudes. Interweaving their life stories with rich archival material, the filmmaker links these Parallel Lives with elements from his own biography, to comp...

    Parallel Lives
  • 1969
    Aidez l'Espagne

    Aidez l'Espagne (1969)

    Aidez l'Espagne

    61969HD

    The Colegio de Arquitectos de Catalunya commissioned Pere Portabella to make this film for the Joan Miró retrospective exhibit in 1969. There were heated discussions on whether it would be prudent to screen the film during the exhibit. Portabella too...

    Aidez l'Espagne