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89
8.2
/139812/
79
/1979/
80
/1280/
4.3
/80632/
100
/54/
93
/1450/
98
/10/
cc age 13+

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Two jobless Americans convince a prospector to travel to the mountains of Mexico with them in search of gold. But the hostile wilderness, local bandits, and greed all get in the way of their journey.
poster
89
8.1
/28542/
78
/684/
78
/706/
4.4
/54052/
97
/77/
94
/535/
99
/24/

Army of Shadows (1969)
Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, and exacts his revenge on the informant, he must continue a quiet, seemingly endless battle against the Nazis in an atmosphere of tension, paranoia and distrust.
poster
MGM Plus
89
8.4
/235229/
81
/3568/
82
/3140/
4.5
/269367/
96
/77/
95
/1859/
90
/18/
cc age 13+

Paths of Glory (1957)
A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.
poster
MGM Plus
88
8.8
/877697/
85
/13417/
84
/9281/
4.5
/640208/
97
/76/
97
/11689/
90
/7/
cc age 15+

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.
poster
87
8.0
/104200/
79
/2427/
78
/2055/
4.2
/202302/
96
/163/
92
/7558/
90
/31/
cc age 15+

Persepolis (2007)
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own.
poster
87
7.9
/33857/
75
/592/
77
/905/
4.1
/47288/
98
/50/
88
/407/
100
/12/

The Leopard (1963)
As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes undermining their way of life. Proud but pragmatic Prince Don Fabrizio Salina allows his war hero nephew, Tancredi, to marry Angelica, the beautiful daughter of gauche, bourgeois Don Calogero, in order to maintain the family's accustomed level of comfort and political clout.
poster
Kanopy
87
8.1
/36183/
82
/752/
79
/641/
4.4
/56021/
90
/52/
93
/724/
84
/28/

Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.
poster
Kanopy
86
8.0
/41328/
78
/808/
76
/452/
4.2
/42195/
100
/82/
90
/48/
97
/16/

Quo Vadis, Aida? (2021)
Bosnia, July 1995. Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp. As an insider to the negotiations Aida has access to crucial information that she needs to interpret. What is at the horizon for her family and people – rescue or death? Which move should she take?
poster
Kanopy
86
7.9
/64386/
75
/1202/
76
/1246/
4.0
/107149/
100
/51/
86
/1131/
97
/22/

Battleship Potemkin (1925)
A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre.
poster
86
8.1
/948813/
80
/28707/
80
/15565/
4.2
/2632775/
92
/314/
87
/5588/
88
/48/
cc age 16+

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.
poster
85
7.9
/7943/
76
/253/
76
/178/
4.1
/10073/
93
/14/
89
/111/

The War Game (1966)
A docudrama depicting a hypothetical nuclear attack on Britain. After backing the film's development, the BBC refused to air it, publicly stating "the effect of the film has been judged by the BBC to be too horrifying for the medium of broadcasting." It debuted in theaters in 1966 and went on to great acclaim, but remained unseen on British television until 1985.
poster
Kanopy
85
7.9
/26540/
77
/1244/
76
/374/
4.2
/64026/
100
/15/
91
/389/
92
/5/

Threads (1984)
Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
83
7.7
/659805/
76
/16909/
72
/8683/
3.7
/438461/
96
/360/
90
/10915/
86
/45/
cc age 16+

Argo (2012)
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
83
7.6
/43329/
74
/749/
74
/944/
3.9
/42244/
100
/26/
90
/958/
89
/6/

Love and Death (1975)
In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.
poster
83
7.8
/51831/
76
/1286/
75
/638/
3.9
/30705/
91
/35/
88
/548/
80
/8/
cc age 14+

The Day of the Jackal (1973)
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.
poster
Kanopy
82
7.5
/58048/
74
/1190/
73
/861/
4.0
/69529/
90
/116/
87
/2768/
82
/30/
cc age 16+

The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but political events are soon set in motion that tear the brothers apart.
poster
MGM Plus
81
7.8
/21211/
75
/470/
75
/351/
4.1
/19223/
94
/18/
89
/207/
80
/16/

The Train (1964)
As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France's greatest paintings to Germany. He manages to secure a train to transport the valuable art works even as the chaos of retreat descends upon them. The French resistance however wants to stop them from stealing their national treasures but have received orders from London that they are not to be destroyed. The station master, Labiche, is tasked with scheduling the train and making it all happen smoothly but he is also part of a dwindling group of resistance fighters tasked with preventing the theft. He and others stage an elaborate ruse to keep the train from ever leaving French territory.
poster
Kanopy
80
7.7
/6942/
76
/101/
74
/145/
4.0
/9955/
67
/21/
88
/116/

Seven Beauties (1975)
Pasqualino Frafuso, known in Naples as "Pasqualino Seven Beauties" is a petty thief who lives off of the profits of his seven sisters while claiming to protect their honor at any cost, Pasqualino is arrested for murder and later sent to fight in the army after committing sexual assault. The Germans capture him and he gets sent to a concentration camp where he plots to make his escape by seducing a German officer.
poster
MGM Plus
80
7.3
/9817/
71
/134/
70
/124/
3.7
/4624/
96
/101/
87
/459/
83
/35/

Osama (2004)
After the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the restriction of women in public life, a preteen girl is forced to masquerade as a boy in order to find work to support her mother and grandmother.
poster
Kanopy
80
7.7
/12344/
74
/142/
71
/138/
3.9
/9466/
76
/25/
84
/103/

Mephisto (1981)
A German stage actor finds unexpected success and mixed blessings in the popularity of his performance in a Faustian play as the Nazis take power in pre-WWII Germany. As his associates and friends flee or are ground under by the Nazi terror, the popularity of his character supercedes his own existence until he finds that his best performance is keeping up appearances for his Nazi patrons.
poster
MGM Plus
79
7.5
/40625/
74
/785/
76
/1139/
3.9
/36702/
92
/26/
83
/726/
77
/5/

Duck, You Sucker (1971)
At the beginning of the 1913 Mexican Revolution, greedy bandit Juan Miranda and idealist John H. Mallory, an Irish Republican Army explosives expert on the lam from the British, fall in with a band of revolutionaries plotting to strike a national bank. When it turns out that the government has been using the bank as a hiding place for illegally detained political prisoners -- who are freed by the blast -- Miranda becomes a revolutionary hero against his will.
poster
79
7.7
/51561/
75
/1301/
75
/980/
4.1
/142686/
84
/25/
88
/1359/
76
/11/

The Holy Mountain (1973)
The Alchemist assembles together a group of people from all walks of life to represent the planets in the solar system. The occult adept's intention is to put his recruits through strange mystical rites and divest them of their worldly baggage before embarking on a trip to Lotus Island. There they ascend the Holy Mountain to displace the immortal gods who secretly rule the universe.
poster
80
79
7.4
/28286/
72
/420/
72
/526/
4.0
/38983/
88
/77/
84
/510/
90
/20/

The Passenger (1975)
David Locke is a world-weary American journalist who has been sent to cover a conflict in northern Africa, but he makes little progress with the story. When he discovers the body of a stranger who looks similar to him, Locke assumes the dead man's identity. However, he soon finds out that the man was an arms dealer, leading Locke into dangerous situations. Aided by a beautiful woman, Locke attempts to avoid both the police and criminals out to get him.
poster
The Roku Channel
79
7.6
/10453/
76
/302/
74
/238/
3.8
/22072/
96
/25/
91
/219/
69
/23/

Butterfly (1999)
The film centres on Moncho and his coming-of-age experience in Galicia in 1936. Moncho develops a close relationship with his teacher Don Gregorio who introduces the boy to different things in the world. While the story centres on Moncho's ordinary coming-of-age experiences, tensions related to the looming Spanish Civil War periodically interrupt Moncho's personal growth and daily life.
poster
Kanopy
81
79
7.7
/12325/
76
/309/
74
/227/
4.0
/6441/
92
/53/
86
/275/
85
/13/

City of Life and Death (2009)
In 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Imperial Japanese Army has just captured Nanjing, then-capital of the Republic of China. What followed was known as the Nanking Massacre, or the Rape of Nanking, a six week period wherein tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
81
78
7.8
/15237/
74
/285/
71
/155/
4.0
/8666/
100
/23/
91
/272/
73
/11/

Breaker Morant (1980)
During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Though they acted under orders, they are being used as scapegoats by the General Staff, who hopes to distance themselves from the irregular practices of the war. The trial does not progress as smoothly as expected by the General Staff, as the defence puts up a strong fight in the courtroom.
poster
78
7.8
/126027/
77
/3136/
76
/1436/
4.2
/154003/
64
/117/
85
/4896/
64
/23/

The Fall (2006)
In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality starts to blur as the tale advances.
poster
78
8.0
/42132/
78
/692/
79
/739/
3.8
/11729/
79
/43/
93
/1545/
64
/19/

Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)
When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.
poster
Disney Plus
78
7.8
/742275/
79
/51973/
75
/15996/
3.8
/1433028/
84
/459/
87
/9512/
65
/51/
cc age 11+

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.
poster
Netflix
76
7.1
/40282/
71
/1713/
71
/737/
3.3
/28568/
100
/8/
82
/110/
cc age 16+

The Forgotten Battle (2021)
During WWII's crucial Battle of the Scheldt, the lives of a glider pilot, a Nazi soldier and a reluctant Resistance recruit tragically intersect.
poster
76
7.1
/5852/
68
/33/
65
/59/
3.5
/1203/
91
/77/
77
/98/
73
/27/

The Widow of Saint-Pierre (2000)
In 1850, on the isolated French island of Saint-Pierre, a murder shocks the natives. Two fishermen are arrested. One of them, Louis Ollivier, dies in custody. The other, Neel Auguste, is sentenced to death by the guillotine. The island is so small that it has neither a guillotine nor an executioner. While those are sent for Auguste is placed under the supervision of an army Captain.
poster
76
7.7
/83174/
74
/1824/
74
/1213/
3.8
/29099/
77
/158/
87
/3452/
71
/34/
cc age 18+

Black Book (2006)
In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.
poster
75
7.1
/11214/
72
/566/
69
/237/
3.6
/7000/
90
/10/
76
/157/

Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
The U.S. has handed over control of its nuclear defense system to the Colossus supercomputer designed by scientist Dr. Charles Forbin. It soon becomes clear, that the now-sentient Colossus is far more intelligent than its creator realized—with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.
poster
75
8.0
/618010/
78
/13669/
75
/8052/
3.7
/325436/
64
/214/
90
/35204/
64
/39/
cc age 17+

Blood Diamond (2006)
An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son, conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.
poster
The Roku Channel
79
75
7.5
/12721/
77
/262/
73
/289/
3.9
/12152/
79
/14/
94
/261/

Land and Freedom (1995)
David Carr is a British Communist who is unemployed. In 1936, when the Spanish Civil War begins, he decides to fight for the Republican side, a coalition of liberals, communists and anarchists, so he joins the POUM militia and witnesses firsthand the betrayal of the Spanish revolution by Stalin's followers and Moscow's orders.
poster
75
7.2
/80351/
73
/3106/
71
/1319/
3.7
/82517/
77
/52/
80
/1830/
68
/15/
cc age 12+

Top Secret! (1984)
Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillary Flammond, he finds himself caught up in an underground resistance movement. Rivers joins forces with Agent Cedric and Flammond to attempt the rescue of her father, Dr. Paul, from the Germans, who have captured the scientist in hopes of coercing him into building a new naval mine.
poster
Hoopla
74
7.4
/61124/
73
/1034/
72
/793/
3.7
/24859/
65
/116/
89
/4758/
58
/35/
cc age 13+

Everything Is Illuminated (2005)
A young Jewish American man endeavors—with the help of eccentric, distant relatives—to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II—in a Ukrainian village which was ultimately razed by the Nazis.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
74
7.6
/354530/
76
/11623/
73
/5114/
3.6
/190511/
62
/148/
84
/13986/
62
/31/
cc age 18+

Lord of War (2005)
Yuri Orlov is a globetrotting arms dealer and, through some of the deadliest war zones, he struggles to stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol agent, his business rivals and even some of his customers who include many of the world's most notorious dictators. Finally, he must also face his own conscience.
poster
Fandor
74
7.2
/36606/
72
/1481/
72
/1028/
3.6
/45789/
83
/18/
83
/561/
68
/4/
cc age 14+

Fist of Fury (1972)
Chen Chen returns to his former school in Shanghai when he learns that his beloved instructor has been murdered. While investigating the man's death, Chen discovers that a rival Japanese school is operating a drug smuggling ring. To avenge his master’s death, Chen takes on both Chinese and Japanese assassins… and even a towering Russian.
poster
Kanopy
73
6.6
/3528/
63
/88/
64
/90/
3.7
/10713/
84
/37/
61
/1/
79
/18/

Petrov's Flu (2021)
A day in the life of a comic book artist and his family in Russia. While suffering from the flu, Petrov is carried by his friend Igor on a long walk, drifting in and out of fantasy and reality.
poster
Kanopy
75
73
7.7
/14356/
74
/345/
74
/209/
3.8
/7059/

Unknown Soldier (2017)
The film follows Finnish army machine gun company in Continuation War against Soviet Union, 1941–1944. Based on Väinö Linna's best selling novel Tuntematon Sotilas (The Unknown Soldier) and the novel's uncensored version, Sotaromaani (A War Novel).
poster
Criterion Channel
73
6.7
/3889/
63
/42/
65
/89/
3.5
/6261/
80
/15/
67
/51/

The Carabineers (1963)
During a war in an imaginary country, unscrupulous soldiers recruit poor farmers with promises of an easy and happy life. Two of these farmers write to their wives of their exploits.
poster
JustWatchTV
81
73
7.9
/4961/
74
/100/
73
/86/
4.0
/5369/
95
/21/
90
/48/

The Last Command (1928)
A former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary.
poster
Kanopy
73
7.3
/31628/
74
/1413/
71
/587/
3.6
/11291/
86
/21/
82
/85/
70
/10/

The 12th Man (2017)
After a failed anti-Nazi sabotage mission leaves his eleven comrades dead, a Norwegian resistance fighter finds himself fleeing the Gestapo through the snowbound reaches of Scandinavia.
poster
73
7.2
/171426/
72
/4471/
72
/3544/
3.4
/132286/
74
/241/
74
/5350/
72
/40/
cc age 13+

War Horse (2011)
On the brink of the First World War, Albert's beloved horse Joey is sold to the Cavalry by his father. Against the backdrop of the Great War, Joey begins an odyssey full of danger, joy, and sorrow, and he transforms everyone he meets along the way. Meanwhile, Albert, unable to forget his equine friend, searches the battlefields of France to find Joey and bring him home.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
75
72
7.3
/10820/
72
/260/
67
/126/
3.7
/12598/
89
/28/
83
/214/
69
/10/

The In-Laws (1979)
In preparation for his daughter's wedding, dentist Sheldon Kornpett meets Vince Ricardo, the groom's father. Vince, a manic fellow who claims to be a government agent, then proceeds to drag Sheldon into a series of chases and misadventures from New York to Central America.
poster
Criterion Channel
72
7.2
/21829/
74
/557/
73
/502/
3.9
/42865/
86
/29/
79
/364/
53
/13/

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel John Lawrence, who has a profound knowledge of Japanese culture, and Sergeant Hara, brutal and simpleton, will witness the struggle of wills between two men from very different backgrounds who are tragically destined to clash.
poster
Kanopy
72
7.1
/35720/
72
/743/
69
/501/
3.5
/19354/
78
/49/
84
/745/
59
/20/
cc age 15+

Michael Collins (1996)
Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a completely independent Irish republic.


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