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Kanopy
89
8.1
/73920/
78
/1154/
79
/841/
4.4
/108141/
99
/94/
95
/1190/
96
/22/

The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Paratrooper commander Colonel Mathieu, a former French Resistance fighter during World War II, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings of the Algerian War. There he faces Ali la Pointe, a former petty criminal who, as the leader of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale, directs terror strategies against the colonial French government occupation. As each side resorts to ever-increasing brutality, no violent act is too unthinkable.
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Criterion Channel
86
8.0
/38063/
78
/666/
75
/700/
4.2
/49189/
97
/36/
93
/731/
88
/18/
cc age 12+

Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)
Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.
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Kanopy
84
7.9
/16172/
78
/479/
78
/330/
4.4
/98678/
79
/72/
90
/267/
84
/15/

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of three of his novels and a depiction of the events of November 25th, 1970.
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Amazon Prime Video
79
7.5
/43540/
75
/850/
72
/707/
3.7
/39462/
83
/63/
87
/1284/
68
/7/

Hair (1979)
Upon receiving his draft notice and leaving his family ranch in Oklahoma, Claude heads to New York and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his way to boot camp.
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80
76
7.7
/8196/
74
/244/
73
/193/
4.1
/21980/
92
/12/
86
/231/

Punishment Park (1971)
In this fictional documentary, U.S. prisons are at capacity, and President Nixon declares a state of emergency. All new prisoners, most of whom are connected to the antiwar movement, are now given the choice of jail time or spending three days in Punishment Park, where they will be hunted for sport by federal authorities. The prisoners invariably choose the latter option, but learn that, between the desert heat and the brutal police officers, their chances of survival are slim.
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Kanopy
71
6.7
/2962/
63
/30/
62
/67/
3.7
/2242/
72
/29/
72
/42/
72
/23/

Time Regained (1999)
In early 1920s France, an author, lying on his deathbed, looks at various photographs and is flooded with memories of the people and events that have shaped his life.
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Hoopla
71
6.9
/5009/
65
/112/
64
/96/
3.6
/3552/
84
/25/
71
/62/

Bad Company (1972)
After Drew Dixon, an upright young man, is sent west by his religious family to avoid being drafted into the Civil War, he drifts across the land with a loose confederation of young vagrants.
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72
69
7.2
/7719/
73
/310/
68
/222/
3.5
/3631/
78
/102/

23 (1998)
The movie's plot is based on the true story of a group of young computer hackers from Hannover, Germany. In the late 1980s the orphaned Karl Koch invests his heritage in a flat and a home computer. At first he dials up to bulletin boards to discuss conspiracy theories inspired by his favorite novel, R.A. Wilson's "Illuminatus", but soon he and his friend David start breaking into government and military computers. Pepe, one of Karl's rather criminal acquaintances senses that there is money in computer cracking - he travels to east Berlin and tries to contact the KGB.
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Kanopy
68
5.6
/2780/
56
/186/
57
/91/
3.0
/23234/
65
/103/
87
/22/
65
/25/
cc age 15+

Oh, Canada (2024)
Famed Canadian-American leftist documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife was one of sixty thousand draft evaders and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid serving in Vietnam. Now in his late seventies, Fife is dying of cancer in Montreal and has agreed to a final interview in which he is determined to bare all his secrets at last, to demythologize his mythologized life.
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The Roku Channel
68
7.3
/230277/
75
/5246/
75
/4026/
3.9
/1190738/
53
/113/
84
/8007/
51
/32/
cc age 17+

Girl, Interrupted (1999)
Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line between normal and crazy. Susanna soon realizes how hard it is to get out once she has been committed, and she ultimately has to choose between the world of people who belong inside or the difficult world of reality outside.
poster
67
5.6
/3634/
59
/143/
55
/97/
3.1
/3818/
100
/13/
56
/74/
74
/7/

Vixen! (1968)
In a Canadian mountain resort, Vixen resides with her naive pilot husband. While he's away flying in tourists, she sleeps with practically everybody including a husband and his wife, and even her biker brother. However, the only one she won't bed is her brother's friend... who is Black.
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66
6.2
/91263/
65
/6239/
64
/2782/
2.8
/239622/
78
/237/
72
/1490/
61
/33/
cc age 14+

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, Halloween night, 1968. After playing a joke on a school bully, Stella and her friends decide to sneak into a supposedly haunted house that once belonged to the powerful Bellows family, unleashing dark forces that they will be unable to control.
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65
6.4
/8929/
62
/111/
60
/105/
3.1
/1644/
69
/109/
64
/246/
56
/30/

Max (2002)
In 1918, a young, disillusioned Adolf Hitler strikes up a friendship with a Jewish art dealer while weighing a life of passion for art vs. talent at politics
poster
65
6.7
/109360/
69
/2696/
67
/1808/
3.5
/68587/
69
/154/
65
/2297/
65
/39/
cc age 16+

Ali (2001)
In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. Yet at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test.
poster
63
6.4
/7922/
65
/142/
61
/100/
3.3
/2693/
51
/55/
77
/257/
59
/27/

Waking the Dead (2000)
A congressional candidate questions his sanity after seeing the love of his life, presumed dead, suddenly emerge.
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73
63
6.8
/3114/
68
/48/
69
/48/
3.7
/7614/
82
/17/
70
/96/
76
/7/

Regular Lovers (2005)
1968 and 1969 in Paris: during and after the student and trade union revolt. François is 20, a poet, dodging military service. He takes to the barricades, but won't throw a Molotov cocktail at the police. He smokes opium and talks about revolution with his friend, Antoine, who has an inheritance and a flat where François can stay. François meets Lilie, a sculptor who works at a foundry to support herself. They fall in love. A year passes; François continues to write, talk, smoke, and be with Lilie. Opportunities come to Lilie: what will she and François do?
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Amazon Prime Video
62
5.6
/4432/
62
/76/
55
/104/
3.0
/6762/
89
/18/
42
/51/

Greetings (1968)
Three friends in New York City discuss how to dodge the draft and Vietnam, JFK's assassination, voyeurism, computer dating, and everything else.
poster
61
6.4
/2447/
70
/43/
55
/33/
3.2
/540/
52
/42/
71
/104/
36
/26/
cc age 16+

Steal This Movie (2000)
Five years after Yippie founder Abbie Hoffman goes underground to avoid a drug-related prison sentence, he contacts a reporter to get out the story of the FBI's covert spying, harassment and inciting of violence they then blame on the Left.
poster
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60
6.2
/13556/
62
/246/
62
/281/
3.3
/6189/
75
/20/
49
/134/
66
/10/

Bronco Billy (1980)
An idealistic, modern-day cowboy struggles to keep his Wild West show afloat in the face of hard luck and waning interest.
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Amazon Prime Video
72
55
7.3
/2109/
66
/32/
72
/77/
3.8
/2698/
76
/131/

Violent Summer (1959)
Summer, 1943: wealthy youth in the Riccione district of Rimini play while the war gets closer. Carlo Caremoli, a young man who follows the crowd, has found ways to avoid military service. Then, on the beach, he meets Roberta, a war widow with a child. Roberta's mother warns Roberta to avoid Carlo, but to her, he seems attentive and to her daughter he is kind. Romance develops. Within a few weeks, Roberta is risking everything. Can there be a resolution between passion, on the one hand, and war, duty, and social expectation on the other?
poster
74
55
7.1
/3853/
71
/39/
70
/43/
3.3
/1375/
100
/8/
71
/18/

Mr. Lucky (1943)
A conman poses as a war relief fundraiser, but when he falls for a charity worker, his conscience begins to trouble him.
poster
55
5.7
/1890/
51
/35/
56
/23/
2.9
/2541/
62
/13/
22
/38/

Drive, He Said (1971)
Hector is a star basketball player for the College basketball team he plays for, the Leopards. His girlfriend, Olive, doesn't know whether to stay with him or leave him. And his friend, Gabriel, who may have dropped out from school and become a protestor, wants desperately not to get drafted for Vietnam.
poster
47
5.8
/81064/
61
/2545/
61
/1892/
2.7
/74897/
16
/86/
53
/11612/
30
/18/
cc age 18+

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)
Chrissie and her friends set out on a road trip for a final fling before one is shipped off to Vietnam. Along the way, bikers harass the foursome and cause an accident that throws Chrissie from the vehicle. The lawman who arrives on the scene kills one of the bikers and brings Chrissie's friends to the Hewitt homestead, where young Leatherface is learning the tools of terror.
poster
65
45
6.7
/1500/
64
/40/
62
/20/
3.5
/2457/
55
/11/
75
/57/

Zoot Suit (1981)
Part fact and part fiction, Zoot Suit is the film version of Luis Valdez's critically acclaimed play, based on the actual Sleepy Lagoon murder case and the zoot suit riots of 1940s Los Angeles. Henry Reyna is the leader of a group of Mexican-Americans being sent to San Quentin without substantial evidence for the death of a man at Sleepy Lagoon. As part of the defense committee, Alice Bloomfield and George Shearer fight the blatant miscarriage of justice for the freedom of Henry and his friends.
poster
70
38
7.1
/2998/
66
/37/
59
/30/
3.5
/2112/
84
/4/

Zenne Dancer (2012)
German photographer Daniel Bert, who comes to Istanbul to do photo shoots, meets Can, who is a zenne at a nightclub, and Ahmet, who comes from a conservative eastern family.
poster
56
36
6.3
/1767/
72
/23/
62
/35/
3.3
/1705/
33
/9/
39
/9/
58
/6/

Getting Straight (1970)
Graduate student Harry Bailey was once one of the most visible undergraduate activists on campus, but now that he's back studying for his master's, he's trying to fly right. Trouble is, the campus is exploding with various student movements, and Harry's girlfriend, Jan, is caught up in most of them. As Harry gets closer to finishing his degree, he finds his iconoclastic attitude increasingly aligned with the students rather than the faculty.
poster
76
35
7.4
/959/
65
/23/
68
/27/
3.8
/1117/
100
/17/

Draftee Daffy (1945)
Despite an initial outburst of patriotism, Daffy is terrified to learn that "the little man from the Draft Board" has a letter for him, and tries his best to hide.
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Amazon Prime Video
51
34
5.9
/2519/
61
/68/
56
/65/
3.0
/563/
40
/5/
34
/185/
cc age 16+

Blue State (2007)
A disgruntled Democrat follows through on a drunken campaign promise to move to Canada if George "Dubya" Bush gets re-elected.
poster
47
33
5.9
/3016/
57
/61/
49
/66/
3.0
/431/
24
/21/
45
/247/
41
/5/

Day Zero (2007)
The military draft is back. Three best friends are drafted and given 30 days to report for duty. In that time they're forced to confront everything they believe about courage, duty, love, friendship and honor. If called to serve, what would you do?
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
61
32
6.7
/2657/
66
/48/
63
/41/
3.2
/690/
38
/8/
70
/4/

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013)
Muhammad Ali’s historic Supreme Court battle from behind closed doors. When Ali was drafted into the Vietnam War at the height of his boxing career, his claim to conscientious objector status led to a controversial legal battle that rattled the U.S. judicial system right up to the highest court in the land.
poster
66
28
6.5
/954/
68
/27/
56
/17/
3.3
/327/
75
/94/

Caught in the Draft (1941)
Don Bolton is a movie star who can't stand loud noises. To evade the draft, he decides to get married...but falls for a colonel's daughter. By mistake, he and his two cronies enlist. In basic training, Don hopes to make a good impression on the fair Antoinette and her father, but his military career is largely slapstick. Will he ever get his corporal's stripes?
poster
The Roku Channel
53
27
5.9
/1066/
55
/34/
53
/23/
3.3
/4001/
33
/13/

The Gay Deceivers (1969)
Two men try to avoid military service by pretending to be gay, but they must act the part when the recruiting officer doesn't buy it.
poster
69
21
7.7
/893/
83
/11/
37
/3/
3.5
/251/
79
/36/

The Gathering (1977)
When Adam Thornton learns that he only has a little time left, he decides that he wants to make peace with his family. Only problem is that most of his family are not exactly fond of him because he walked out on his wife and of his stubborn nature and he hasn't spoken to his youngest son after having an argument with him which he was in the wrong but only realize after his son left and has not been heard from since. But he goes to her to help him find him. But when his doctor says that it won't be good for him to travel, she suggests that they invite them all for Christmas. While most of them come, Adam's attempt at reconciliation won't be easy.
poster
68
20
6.8
/733/
65
/9/
75
/2/
3.5
/306/
65
/88/

a.k.a. Cassius Clay (1970)
The study of crazy brilliance and flamboyant sincerity. a.k.a. Cassius Clay presents a fascinating look at the incredible life and achievements of one of the most courageous, outspoken and charismatic figures of boxing: Muhammad Ali. Born Cassius Clay in 1942, Ali soon rose to become a renowned athlete, an articulate author and a compelling political; leader. Audacious, ambitious and totally fearless, Ali became a symbol of pride, a legend of hope and one of the most extraordinary cultural icons of the 20th century.
poster
51
19
5.2
/615/
46
/12/
47
/12/
3.2
/584/
45
/244/

Lonesome Cowboys (1968)
Five lonesome cowboys get all hot and bothered at home on the range after confronting Ramona Alvarez and her nurse.
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Hoopla
70
19
7.3
/659/
57
/13/
72
/11/
79
/15/

The People Speak (2009)
A look at America's struggles with war, class, race and women's rights. based on Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States."
poster
43
18
3.5
/1204/
44
/55/
43
/31/
2.6
/544/

Feuer, Eis & Dosenbier (2002)
Two friends who are doing civil service flee to the Austrian Alps to escape being forced into the army. While there, one of them rediscovers his past and they realise that it's going to be more fun than they thought.
poster
The Roku Channel
29
9
4.2
/671/
32
/7/
17
/4/
27
/434/

Honest (2000)
In 1960s London, sisters Gerry, Mandy and Jo don male disguises and rob jewelry stores. Gerry also takes a job at a hip magazine in order to scope out a potential target. Sparks fly, however, between Gerry and American journalist Daniel Wheaton, and their budding romance threatens to expose the sisters' latest operation.
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?
8.0
/27/
56
/3/

The Long Road Home (1989)
In the late 1960s, a Harvard dropout's decision to take a job in Canada is misinterpreted as a political statement.
poster
?
7.0
/32/
80
/1/

The Draft (2015)
Historians, veterans, politicians, and anti-war leaders discuss the history of the military draft in the United States through the Vietnam War, and examine the consequences of its replacement with an all-volunteer professional force currently comprising less than one-half of one percent of the population.
poster
65
?
5.9
/399/
75
/2/
63
/2/

Faithful in My Fashion (1946)
A U.S. Army sergeant is home on leave to reconnect with his girlfriend he hopes to marry. However, in the years he's been away, she's gotten a huge promotion where they used to work together - and has become engaged to another man.
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?
4.8
/11/
10
/1/

The Yellow Dog (1918)
In the small shipbuilding town of Danforth, Albert Walker realizes, to his distress, that German sympathizers, spies and draft evaders, by voicing doubts about the United States' involvement in the war, are having a disastrous effect on the patriotic spirit of the townspeople.
poster
The Roku Channel
?
8.3
/16/
30
/1/
60
/1/

A Song for Us (2022)
A British folk singer is adrift and broken, a shadow of the folk singer that she partnered with as a young singing duo in Yorkville, Toronto. Now she is compelled to help him, and in doing so uncovers a revelation.
poster
34
?
5.3
/187/
25
/2/
25
/4/

American Boyfriends (1989)
A Canadian college student learns about life and love during a trip to her cousin's wedding in California.
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?
6.4
/10/
10
/1/

Deserter USA (1969)
Three American defectors, John Lane, Ben Rosen and Alan Miller, arrive at Stockholm Arlanda airport and are received by Mr. Lundberg, a representative of the official Swedish opinion of the Vietnam War.
poster
?
10
/1/

Windflowers (1968)
Arthouse portraiture of a disestablishmentarian during his six-year draft dodge.
poster
?
6.5
/72/
10
/1/

Journey Through Rosebud (1972)
A young draft dodger helps militant Native Americans in their protest against the government at Wounded Knee.
poster
40
?
6.0
/104/
50
/3/
10
/1/

The Pigs vs. The Freaks (1984)
In a small town, the hippie faction often clashes with the mainstream. To settle their differences, the hippie "freaks" take on the town police "pigs" in a football game. On opposing sides of the fence are Frank, the police sergeant, and his son Neal. Also at odds are Neal and one time friend Doug, a returned Vietnam Vet who has joined the police force, who is also protective of his younger sister who prefers the hippie element. To make things even more intense, Mickey South, who has fled to Canada to avoid the war, returns to play for the Freaks football team. Tensions mount and all are challenged as the climax of the film approaches.


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