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92
8.7
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81
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82
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4.5
/16810/
100
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97
/117/
99
/4/
cc age 15+

Shoah (1985)
Director Claude Lanzmann spent 11 years on this sprawling documentary about the Holocaust, conducting his own interviews and refusing to use a single frame of archival footage. Dividing Holocaust witnesses into three categories – survivors, bystanders, and perpetrators – Lanzmann presents testimonies from survivors of the Chelmno concentration camp, an Auschwitz escapee, and witnesses of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, as well as a chilling report of gas chambers from an SS officer at Treblinka.
poster
Criterion Channel
89
8.6
/23228/
84
/589/
82
/540/
4.6
/55018/
100
/26/
95
/414/
cc age 15+

Night and Fog (1956)
Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.
poster
Kanopy
87
8.1
/36490/
82
/765/
79
/654/
4.4
/62486/
90
/52/
93
/726/
84
/28/

Farewell My Concubine (1993)
In an epic tale of theater, gender, love and class, two Beijing opera actors navigate political turmoil as their friendship evolves over decades.
poster
Netflix
83
7.9
/6439/
75
/206/
74
/94/
4.0
/6011/
96
/23/
91
/35/
85
/25/
cc age 13+

The Last Days (1998)
Five Jewish Hungarians, now US citizens, tell their stories: before March 1944, when Nazis began to exterminate Hungarian Jews, months in concentration camps, and visiting childhood homes more than 50 years later. An historian, a Sonderkommando, a doctor who experimented on Auschwitz prisoners, and US soldiers who were part of the liberation in April 1945.
poster
83
8.0
/246436/
76
/3588/
76
/2449/
3.7
/76887/
89
/112/
92
/2460/
79
/16/
cc age 12+

Gandhi (1982)
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
poster
Kanopy
83
8.6
/804374/
86
/13384/
84
/13753/
4.4
/683436/
80
/92/
96
/15224/
58
/32/
cc age 13+

Life Is Beautiful (1997)
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.
poster
81
8.1
/1453/
79
/48/
77
/23/
3.7
/599/
97
/30/
84
/88/
cc age 9+

Anne Frank Remembered (1995)
Using previously unreleased archival material in addition to contemporary interviews, this Academy Award-winning documentary tells the story of the Frank family and presents the first fully-rounded portrait of their brash and free-spirited daughter Anne, perhaps the world's most famous victim of the Holocaust.
poster
81
7.7
/6000/
77
/112/
71
/77/
3.9
/8324/
92
/61/
82
/159/
75
/10/

El Norte (1983)
Brother and sister Enrique and Rosa flee persecution at home in Guatemala and journey north, through Mexico and on to the United States, with the dream of starting a new life.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
80
7.8
/47952/
77
/1029/
72
/266/
3.9
/41949/
88
/1/
82
/22/
cc age 14+

Navalny (2022)
Follows the man who survived an assassination attempt by poisoning with a lethal nerve agent in August 2020. During his months-long recovery, he makes shocking discoveries about the attempt on his life and decides to return home.
poster
80
7.4
/104741/
73
/1899/
70
/1068/
3.7
/48433/
93
/226/
83
/4960/
80
/41/
cc age 13+

Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.
poster
Netflix
79
7.7
/203834/
77
/7475/
76
/3254/
3.8
/405516/
89
/344/
90
/454/
76
/49/
cc age 16+

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.
poster
79
7.7
/4113/
76
/102/
76
/205/
4.0
/5456/
70
/10/
88
/11/

Sacco & Vanzetti (1971)
Boston, 1920. Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are charged and unfairly tried for murder on the basis of their anarchist political beliefs.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.4
/2212/
74
/191/
70
/61/
3.8
/3981/
92
/65/
71
/28/
79
/20/

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015)
The story of the Black Panthers is often told in a scatter of repackaged parts, often depicting tragic, mythic accounts of violence and criminal activity; but this is an essential story, vibrant, human; a living and breathing chronicle of a pivotal movement that birthed a new revolutionary culture in America.
poster
Kanopy
80
76
7.6
/9381/
74
/244/
73
/240/
3.9
/24760/
100
/8/
82
/124/

Strike (1925)
Workers in a factory in pre-revolutionary Russia go on strike and are met by violent suppression.
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Kanopy
75
7.2
/2199/
71
/34/
67
/35/
3.7
/2211/
81
/59/
83
/48/
78
/22/

Lumumba (2000)
The true story of the rise to power and brutal assassination of the formerly vilified and later redeemed leader of the independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba. Using newly discovered historical evidence, Haitian-born and later Congo-raised writer and director Raoul Peck renders an emotional and tautly woven account of the mail clerk and beer salesman with a flair for oratory and an uncompromising belief in the capacity of his homeland to build a prosperous nation independent of its former Belgian overlords. Lumumba emerges here as the heroic sacrificial lamb dubiously portrayed by the international media and led to slaughter by commercial and political interests in Belgium, the United States, the international community, and Lumumba's own administration; a true story of political intrigue and murder where political entities, captains of commerce, and the military dovetail in their quest for economic and political hegemony.
poster
83
75
8.0
/3683/
71
/203/
76
/85/
4.0
/2331/
100
/24/
93
/30/
85
/10/

Night Will Fall (2014)
When Allied forces liberated the Nazi concentration camps in 1944-45, their terrible discoveries were recorded by army and newsreel cameramen, revealing for the first time the full horror of what had happened. Making use of British, Soviet and American footage, the Ministry of Information’s Sidney Bernstein (later founder of Granada Television) aimed to create a documentary that would provide lasting, undeniable evidence of the Nazis’ unspeakable crimes. He commissioned a wealth of British talent, including editor Stewart McAllister, writer and future cabinet minister Richard Crossman – and, as treatment advisor, his friend Alfred Hitchcock. Yet, despite initial support from the British and US Governments, the film was shelved, and only now, 70 years on, has it been restored and completed by Imperial War Museums under its original title "German Concentration Camps Factual Survey".
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74
7.2
/3737/
70
/59/
67
/64/
3.5
/1382/
81
/37/
87
/47/

The Harmonists (1997)
Comedian Harmonists tells the story of a famous, German male sextet, five vocals and piano, the "Comedian Harmonists", from the day they meet first in 1927 to the day in 1934, when they become banned by the upcoming Nazis, because three of them are Jewish.
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Kanopy
74
7.5
/134753/
71
/2613/
70
/1486/
3.6
/64255/
82
/235/
70
/7071/
67
/43/
cc age 16+

Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
Michael Moore's view on how the Bush administration allegedly used the tragic events on 9/11 to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
poster
Peacock Premium
74
7.5
/691177/
78
/41307/
77
/20463/
3.7
/1930988/
78
/257/
81
/165083/
71
/37/
cc age 12+

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Returning for his fifth year at Hogwarts, Harry is stunned to find that his warnings about the return of Lord Voldemort have been ignored. Left with no choice, Harry takes matters into his own hands, training a small group of motivated students to defend themselves against the Dark Arts.
poster
73
7.5
/16379/
73
/168/
64
/145/
3.6
/3508/
74
/65/
80
/243/
71
/26/

Sunshine (1999)
The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.
poster
72
7.3
/5745/
70
/103/
66
/67/
3.5
/2125/
77
/95/
81
/854/
64
/26/

The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006)
A documentary on the life of John Lennon, with a focus on the time in his life when he transformed from a musician into an antiwar activist.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
72
7.6
/272623/
74
/4083/
74
/3302/
3.6
/133404/
63
/201/
79
/10215/
58
/38/
cc age 17+

The Reader (2008)
The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom.
poster
Hoopla
71
7.2
/2602/
71
/36/
70
/39/
3.3
/1960/
80
/10/
80
/94/

Romero (1989)
Romero is a compelling and deeply moving look at the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who made the ultimate sacrifice in a passionate stand against social injustice and oppression in his county. This film chronicles the transformation of Romero from an apolitical, complacent priest to a committed leader of the Salvadoran people.
poster
70
7.3
/10264/
71
/183/
70
/176/
3.6
/6562/
68
/25/
74
/171/

The Front (1976)
A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.
poster
Hoopla
75
70
7.5
/4084/
74
/238/
72
/66/
3.6
/2399/
86
/170/

Hot Coffee (2011)
Most people think they know the "McDonald's coffee case," but what they don't know is that corporations have spent millions distorting the case to promote tort reform. HOT COFFEE reveals how big business, aided by the media, brewed a dangerous concoction of manipulation and lies to protect corporate interests. By following four people whose lives were devastated by the attacks on our courts, the film challenges the assumptions Americans hold about "jackpot justice."
poster
Kanopy
70
7.4
/87243/
73
/3381/
71
/1650/
3.4
/55581/
74
/206/
79
/771/
60
/33/
cc age 16+

Trumbo (2015)
The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
79
69
7.7
/6446/
75
/122/
71
/82/
3.9
/3069/
95
/364/

Sometimes in April (2005)
Two brothers are divided by marriage and fate during the 100 horrifying days of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
poster
Kanopy
70
69
7.2
/15668/
71
/399/
69
/364/
3.6
/5635/
67
/49/
82
/174/
57
/19/

Amen. (2002)
Kurt Gerstein—a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS—is appalled to discover that a poison gas he helped discover is being used to kill Jews. Driven by his conscience to alert the rest of the world, Gerstein teams up with a young Jesuit priest, Riccardo Fontana, but their protestations fall on deaf ears in the Vatican.
poster
Hoopla
72
69
7.4
/14468/
71
/274/
71
/368/
3.7
/7328/
81
/21/
77
/598/
59
/10/
cc age 12+

The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
68
7.0
/4152/
65
/45/
62
/47/
3.4
/835/
73
/56/
73
/998/
61
/26/

Taking Sides (2002)
One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 1930s, Wilhelm Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of Toscanini's. After the war, he was investigated as part of the Allies' de-Nazification programme. In the bombed-out Berlin of the immediate post-war period, the Allies slowly bring law and order to bear on an occupied Germany. An American major is given the Furtwangler file, and is told to find everything he can and to prosecute the man ruthlessly. Tough and hard-nosed, Major Steve Arnold sets out to investigate a world of which he knows nothing.
poster
Kanopy
68
7.1
/9277/
70
/242/
68
/152/
3.6
/5888/
74
/23/
76
/291/

Bent (1997)
Max is a handsome young man who, after a fateful tryst with a German soldier, is forced to run for his life. Eventually Max is placed in a concentration camp where he pretends to be Jewish because in the eyes of the Nazis, gays are the lowest form of human being. But it takes a relationship with an openly gay prisoner to teach Max that without the love of another, life is not worth living.
poster
Kanopy
67
7.5
/65196/
75
/1414/
74
/1174/
3.6
/40885/
62
/52/
81
/1343/
47
/22/
cc age 13+

Chaplin (1992)
An aged Charlie Chaplin narrates his life to his autobiography's editor, including his rise to wealth and comedic fame from poverty, his turbulent personal life and his run-ins with the FBI.
poster
74
66
7.7
/6402/
73
/99/
69
/94/
3.8
/3995/
67
/9/
85
/52/
72
/12/

America America (1963)
A young Anatolian Greek, entrusted with his family's fortune, loses it en route to Istanbul and dreams of going to America.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
66
6.6
/10348/
65
/182/
64
/186/
3.3
/6432/
65
/20/
55
/73/
64
/23/

Guilty by Suspicion (1991)
Owing to his alleged involvement with communist parties, film director David Merrill is forbidden from working in Hollywood. He decides to fight for his rights and faces numerous challenges.
poster
Kanopy
78
61
7.7
/2269/
70
/29/
65
/35/
3.8
/1221/
95
/19/
84
/57/
85
/14/

Paragraph 175 (2000)
During the Nazi regime, there was widespread persecution of homosexual men, which started in 1871 with the Paragraph 175 of the German Penal Code. Thousands were murdered in concentration camps. This powerful and disturbing documentary, narrated by Rupert Everett, presents for the first time the largely untold testimonies of some of those who survived.
poster
Kanopy
61
6.9
/60422/
69
/1223/
67
/808/
3.3
/24243/
42
/142/
61
/1785/
27
/30/
cc age 11+

The Majestic (2001)
Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.
poster
60
6.0
/533/
61
/8/
72
/3/
3.2
/265/
56
/31/

Rise and Fall of Idi Amin (1981)
The chronicle of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin and his tyranic rule from 1971 to his overthrow in 1979.
poster
56
6.4
/72578/
67
/1716/
64
/1552/
3.2
/26325/
31
/75/
58
/1092/
54
/33/

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
In 1429, a French teenager stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberate her country from its political and religious turmoil. As she reclaims God's diminished kingdom, this courageous young woman has various amazing victories until her violent and untimely death.
poster
Kanopy
67
56
6.8
/3625/
71
/244/
67
/138/
3.3
/3819/
87
/38/
47
/1/
66
/7/

Charlatan (2020)
Born in the early 20th century, herbalist Jan Mikolasek became rich and famous after curing countless diseases with unorthodox means. A true emblem of Czechoslovakia before World War II, the healer became even more appreciated during the Nazi occupation and the communist regime. Each regime appreciates his skill and protects him. But how much will it cost him to maintain his status in a new political change?
poster
MGM Plus
79
56
8.3
/1805/
75
/111/
77
/59/
4.2
/1918/

Nazi Concentration Camps (1945)
Produced and presented as evidence at the Nuremberg war crimes trial of Hermann Göring and twenty other Nazi leaders, this film consists primarily of dead and surviving prisoners and of facilities used to kill and torture during the World War II.
poster
Criterion Channel
71
51
7.6
/2910/
70
/42/
69
/80/
3.7
/2424/
57
/7/
84
/17/

Kapo (1960)
Determined to survive at any price, Edith, a young Jewish woman deported to an extermination camp, manages to survive by accepting the role of kapo, a privileged prisoner whose mission is to ruthlessly guard other prisoners.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
65
50
6.6
/2623/
65
/67/
62
/42/
3.0
/1935/
76
/162/

In the Time of the Butterflies (2001)
Based on the book by Julia Alvarez. Three sisters become activists during the Dominican Republic's Trujillo regime when members of their family are killed by the government's troops.
poster
61
47
6.3
/7579/
61
/57/
53
/51/
3.0
/3303/
65
/15/
66
/6/

Rhino Season (2012)
Kurdish-Iranian poet Sahel has just been released from a thirty-year prison sentence in Iran. Now the one thing keeping him going is the thought of finding his wife, who thinks he's been dead for over twenty years.
poster
Criterion Channel
68
46
6.9
/2087/
67
/54/
66
/53/
3.6
/2721/
80
/10/
54
/5/

Rosa Luxemburg (1986)
Polish socialist and Marxist Rosa Luxemburg works tirelessly in the service of revolution in early 20th century Poland and Germany. While Luxemburg campaigns for her beliefs, she is repeatedly imprisoned as she forms the Spartacist League offering a new vision for Germany.
poster
Hoopla
80
44
8.3
/1621/
77
/50/
77
/36/
3.7
/518/
80
/5/
89
/15/

The War You Don't See (2010)
This film investigates how the media has reported war, from the First World War to the present day.
poster
77
42
7.5
/697/
61
/21/
75
/8/
86
/50/
90
/1814/

Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion (2002)
Ten years in the making, this award-winning feature-length documentary was filmed during nine journeys throughout Tibet, India and Nepal. CRY OF THE SNOW LION brings audiences to the long-forbidden "rooftop of the world" with an unprecedented richness of imagery... from rarely-seen rituals in remote monasteries, to horse races with Khamba warriors; from brothels and slums in the holy city of Lhasa, to magnificent Himalayan peaks still traveled by nomadic yak caravans. The dark secrets of Tibet's recent past are powerfully chronicled through personal stories and interviews, and a collection of undercover and archival images never before assembled in one film. A definitive exploration of a legendary subject, CRY OF THE SNOW LION is an epic story of courage and compassion
poster
Kanopy
81
40
7.7
/1337/
79
/44/
75
/19/
3.8
/5408/
98
/14/

The Day After Trinity (1981)
This essential, Academy Award–nominated documentary offers an urgent warning from history about the dangers of nuclear warfare via the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the enigmatic physicist and all-around Renaissance man who led the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb that America unleashed on Japan in the final days of World War II. Through extensive interviews and archival footage, THE DAY AFTER TRINITY traces Oppenheimer’s evolution, from architect of one of the most consequential endeavors of the twentieth century to an outspoken opponent of nuclear proliferation who came to deeply regret his role in ushering in the perils of the atomic age.
poster
Kanopy
75
40
7.3
/950/
69
/64/
67
/14/
3.5
/673/
97
/31/
78
/10/
73
/10/

1971 (2014)
Forty years before WikiLeaks and the NSA scandal, there was Media, Pennsylvania. In 1971, eight activists plotted an intricate break-in to the local FBI offices to leak stolen documents and expose the illegal surveillance of ordinary Americans in an era of anti-war activism. In this riveting heist story, the perpetrators reveal themselves for the first time, reflecting on their actions and raising broader questions surrounding security leaks in activism today.


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