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87
8.0
/104627/
79
/2457/
78
/2080/
4.2
/213062/
96
/163/
92
/7559/
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
Amazon Prime Video
83
7.5
/64983/
73
/2051/
74
/1554/
4.0
/172444/
92
/254/
82
/174/
90
/45/
cc age 16+

Cold War (2018)
A man and a woman meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet drawn to each other.
poster
80
7.5
/5297/
74
/72/
69
/64/
3.9
/2567/
93
/45/
91
/383/
74
/14/

Blame It on Fidel! (2006)
A 9-year-old girl weathers big changes in her household as her parents become radical political activists in 1970-71 Paris.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
7.4
/9958/
71
/148/
71
/247/
3.8
/12021/
88
/24/
73
/65/

Senso (1954)
A troubled and neurotic Italian Countess betrays her entire country for a self-destructive love affair with an Austrian Lieutenant.
poster
The Roku Channel
79
7.6
/10515/
76
/307/
73
/241/
3.8
/22975/
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
Netflix
75
68
7.2
/7792/
73
/509/
68
/258/
3.7
/10095/
88
/25/
82
/13/
73
/4/
cc age 16+

The Endless Trench (2019)
A small village in Huelva, Andalusia, Spain, 1936. Higinio and Rosa have been married only for a few months when the Civil War breaks out. Higinio, being afraid of possible reprisals from the rebel faction, decides to use a hole dug in his own house as a temporary hideout.
poster
Criterion Channel
78
64
7.7
/4866/
75
/62/
70
/91/
4.0
/3467/
90
/10/
76
/26/

Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
In the fascist Italy of 1935, a painter trained as a doctor is exiled to a remote region near Eboli. Over time, he learns to appreciate the beauty and wisdom of the peasants, and to overcome his isolation.
poster
Netflix
60
6.5
/492977/
68
/16386/
63
/8325/
2.9
/428242/
63
/299/
58
/32018/
58
/48/
cc age 15+

Quantum of Solace (2008)
Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond and M interrogate Mr. White, who reveals that the organization that blackmailed Vesper is far more complex and dangerous than anyone had imagined.
poster
60
6.3
/59666/
66
/3132/
65
/1899/
3.1
/105807/
62
/294/
41
/552/
60
/47/
cc age 15+

Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
In 1561, Mary Stuart, widow of the King of France, returns to Scotland, reclaims her rightful throne and menaces the future of Queen Elizabeth I as ruler of England, because she has a legitimate claim to the English throne. Betrayals, rebellions, conspiracies and their own life choices imperil both Queens. They experience the bitter cost of power, until their tragic fate is finally fulfilled.
poster
70
55
7.5
/2300/
74
/124/
66
/66/
3.8
/3871/
59

The Heifer (1985)
During the Spanish Civil War a platoon of mismatched Republican soldiers cross the front-line to steal the bull that the enemy is going to fight on the local holiday of the nearby village. In addition to ruining the Nationalist faction's celebration they want the animal in order to butcher it and feed their famished troops. They get caught in the process and have to go through a series of funny and pathetic incidents before they can get back to their side.
poster
70
50
7.1
/3558/
66
/106/
66
/85/
3.7
/5285/
74
/12/

Ay, Carmela! (1990)
During the Spanish Civil War, a group of comics lightens the days of the Republican troops. Tired of life in the front lines, they make their way to Valencia, accidentally entering enemy land and falling prisoner.
poster
Kanopy
64
48
7.0
/2791/
68
/50/
69
/59/
3.6
/4058/
45
/11/
69
/16/
55
/9/

Clandestine Childhood (2012)
Juan lives in clandestinity. Just like his mum, his dad and his adored uncle Beto, outside his home he has another name. At school, Juan is known as Ernesto. And he meets María, who only has one name. Based on true events, set in the Argentina of 1979, this film is one about love.
poster
74
47
7.8
/2840/
73
/48/
71
/43/
3.7
/1214/

The Cold Summer of 1953 (1988)
In 1953, the year Stalin died, many prisoners (some political, but mostly common criminals) were released from the Soviet Gulags. This is the story of a remote settlement which was under attack by a bunch of these recently-released blood-thirsty thugs in the summer of 1953, and the townspeople, along with a two political prisoners, who try to stop them.
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
Hoopla
63
46
6.4
/3870/
67
/104/
59
/63/
3.1
/848/
64
/3559/

The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)
John Breen (John Wayne), a Kentucky militiaman falls in love with French exile Fleurette De Marchand (Vera Ralston). He discovers a plot to steal the land that Fleurette's exiles plan to settle on and aims to foil it.
poster
The Roku Channel
70
46
6.9
/2317/
67
/62/
63
/63/
3.6
/1982/
83
/17/

Freedomfighters (1996)
At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the nun Maria is forced to flee her convent. She takes refuge in a brothel, until it is liberated by a woman's anarchist group. Maria joins the group and eventually goes to the front. The women's group faces the problems of fighting not only the nationalists, but also factions on the left seeking to impose a more traditional military structure.
poster
70
45
7.4
/2686/
63
/18/
70
/24/
3.8
/1464/
75
/8/
69
/20/

Heroes for Sale (1933)
World War I veteran Tom Holmes is marked by the unbearable suffering caused by his battle wounds. Over the years, he comes to experience both the pain of misfortune and a love for other human beings.
poster
fuboTV
70
43
6.7
/2522/
64
/35/
59
/37/
3.5
/984/
90
/10/
71
/13/

Behold a Pale Horse (1964)
Manuel Artiguez, a famous bandit during the Spanish civil war, has lived in French exile for 20 years. When his mother is dying he considers visiting her secretly in his Spanish home town. But his biggest enemy, the Spanish police officer Vinolas, prepared a trap at the hospital as a chance to finally catch Artiguez.
poster
71
39
6.9
/664/
63
/19/
60
/9/
3.5
/328/
93
/40/
75
/34/
71
/21/

Our Brand Is Crisis (2005)
A documentary on American political campaign marketing tactics and their consequences.
poster
Hoopla
76
33
7.6
/801/
74
/26/
67
/14/
3.7
/807/
85
/13/
84
/11/

Salvador Allende (2004)
A leftist revolutionary or a reformist democrat? A committed Marxist or a constitutionalist politician? An ethical and moral man or, as Richard Nixon called him, a "son of a bitch"? In SALVADOR ALLENDE, acclaimed Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzmán (The Battle of Chile and Chile, Obstinate Memory) returns to his native country thirty years after the 1973 military coup that overthrew Chile's Popular Unity government to examine the life of its leader, Salvador Allende, both as a politician and a man.
poster
76
32
7.2
/995/
70
/45/
67
/31/
3.6
/2343/
100
/1/

Bicycles Are for the Summer (1984)
In Madrid, the family of Don Luis, his wife Dolores and their children, Manolita and Luisito, share the daily life of the Civil War with their maid and neighbours. Despite having failed his exams, Luisito wants his father to buy him a bicycle. However, the situation forces them to delay the purchase and the delay, like the war itself, is to last much longer than expected.
poster
65
31
6.4
/284/
61
/89/
67
/17/
3.4
/2550/

The Good Manners (2025)
In a Valencian village, during the postwar period, Ana tries to get ahead with her family; the civil war has opened a deep wound in all of them, especially in her brother-in-law, Antonio. Ana tries to heal that wound with stews, secrets and silences, but when Isabel, newly married to Antonio, comes to the family, Ana’s attention and care will be worth little or nothing: the sacrifice does not always have its reward.
poster
65
28
6.7
/1805/
67
/38/
63
/23/
3.4
/804/
62
/14/

Soldiers of Salamina (2003)
Professor Lola Sánchez investigates the truth behind the events experienced by Rafael Sánchez Mazas, one of the founders of the Falange Española party, during the Spanish Civil War.
poster
73
27
8.0
/455/
73
/8/
75
/15/
3.7
/538/
67
/75/

To Die in Madrid (1963)
Morir en Madrid brings together several papers on the Spanish Civil War and integrates capturing different points of view, intended to represent the continuity of the suffering of the Spanish during the Franco regime. The death of Federico Garcia Lorca, Guernica, the defense of Madrid, the International Brigades, are some of the items comprised in this document.
poster
fuboTV
60
25
6.2
/1939/
64
/35/
59
/30/
3.2
/437/
52
/12/

Soldier of Fortune (1955)
An American woman arrives in Hong Kong to unravel the mystery of her missing photographer husband. After getting nowhere with the authorities, she is led by some underground characters to an American soldier of fortune working in the area against the Communists. He promises to help find her husband.
poster
71
22
7.3
/441/
72
/19/
67
/10/
3.6
/1513/

Made in Argentina (1987)
Osvaldo and Mabel, an Argentine couple exiled for political reasons in the United States, travel to their country of origin after ten years to reconnect with their family and friends, including Mabel's brother and his wife. Mabel offers her brother the possibility of working in New York in order to improve their economic situation, but his wife is opposed to that idea.
poster
64
15
6.0
/693/
50
/12/
63
/21/
3.4
/422/
80
/3/

Napoleon (1955)
The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French estates of Malmaison and Fontainebleau, the Palace of Versailles, and sites of Napoleonic battles including Austerlitz and Waterloo.
poster
Hoopla
42
9
4.2
/838/
52
/16/
40
/7/
1.7
/718/

Sly (2018)
Ghodrat Samadi wants to become a member of parliament, but he has a reputation for recklessness and taking arbitrary action. Deciding his best course of action is negotiating with assorted parties and politicians, none take him seriously until he's connected to a single, notorious incident.
poster
67
8
7.0
/192/
45
/2/
66
/5/
3.6
/553/
83
/2/

Dialogues of the Exiles (1975)
Chilean exiles in Paris discuss the problems facing them. They kidnap and attempt to re-educate a touring singer from their fatherland.
poster
52
7
6.2
/356/
65
/6/
51
/13/
33
/2/

Hard Times (2005)
When the troubled son of an NGO worker refuses to take a test and announces that he is not leaving his room, his concerned mother asks one of her clients, a Cuban exile, for help in setting the boy straight. Gonzalo has decided to drop out of school, and his mother Ana isn't sure how to convince the boy that he's making a crucial mistake. Ana's client Carlos is a Cuban exile who makes his living selling cigars and artwork on the black market. When Carlos learns of Ana's dilemma, he calls on recently released convict Mikel to teach the boy how to play chess. Perhaps is young Gonzalo can master the game, he can learn to start living again. As the lessons get underway, each of these characters learns that in order to truly move on with their lives they much first break free of the bonds that prevent them from being who they really are.
poster
?
8.7
/49/
90
/1/
60
/1/

Freddy (2023)
The life of Dominican comedian, writer, TV producer and philanthropist Freddy Beras-Goico.
poster
?
6.9
/37/

Over the Sky of Azerbaijan (2013)
During the Spanish Civil War, more than 500 young Spanish pilots went through the Russian Aviation School in Kirovabad, former capital of the current Republic of Azerbaijan. Once the Spanish war was over, some of them remained in Soviet territory and continued their fight against Fascism on the side of the Russian army.
poster
Kanopy
?
7.1
/63/
48
/2/

Spain in Two Trenches (2016)
The extraordinary and moving story of the convulsive years of the Spanish Civil War (1935-1939) is explained as never seen before. Thanks to the latest digital techniques, this first-of-its-kind production in Spain has restored and colored over 150,000 spectacular frames and sequences in order to depict the great tragedy to take place in Spain. It was three years of fighting, destruction and death, which transformed the country forever and led up to the Second World War.
poster
?
70
/1/

Almas sin fronteras: La historia de la Brigada Abraham Lincoln (2006)
N/A
poster
?
7.7
/54/
57
/3/

No Pasaran, Souvenir Album (2003)
As a child, the filmmaker had found with his grandparents an incomplete series of postcards photographed in his family's village at the end of the Spanish Civil War in 1939. Twenty years later, he went in search of the missing cards.
poster
79
?
7.5
/22/
83
/13/

Las cartas perdidas (2022)
N/A
poster
?
7.2
/10/
90
/1/

Sotelo (1976)
A documentary on the exiled Chilean painter Sotelo which focuses on the painter's voice rather than the paintings themselves.
poster
?
8.1
/13/
75
/2/

Los Canadienses (1976)
This feature documentary profiles the brave Canadians who fought in the Spanish Civil War between 1936 and 1939. To save Spain's constitutionally elected government from the threat of a fascist dictatorship (which eventually prevailed), over 40,000 volunteers from around the world fought in Spain, and 1200 of those were the Canadians of the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion. More than half of them never returned. This respectful, emotional and historically rich film is committed to the memory of those who truly believed in the cause of the Spanish Republic.
poster
?
5.7
/89/
56
/6/
58
/4/

For Liberty (1979)
The final days of the reign of the Shah: processions of mourning and jubilation, scenes after the fire in the Cinema Rex in Abadan, southern Iran, in which 377 viewers died; the famous interview with the Shah – shortly before his departure at Mehrabad Airport, followed by the acclaimed arrival and first speech by Ayatollah Khomeini; finally the graves of the martyrs of the revolution in Tehran’s large cemetery Behesht-e Zahra. Torabi and his cameramen film euphoric crowds and thoughtful revolutionaries, statesmen and members of various minorities such as Turkmen and Zoroastrians.
poster
66
?
6.5
/114/
60
/1/
73
/2/

Stanbrook (2020)
Spain, March 1939. The war is dying down. At the Port of Alicante thousands of people are piling, waiting for the arrival of ships that will carry them to exile. Moored, the freighter Stanbrook is witnessing the desperation.
poster
The Roku Channel
66
?
7.1
/23/
62
/12/
58
/5/
3.5
/401/

El Che (2017)
Ernesto "Che" Guevara's controversial story told by the Mexican writer Paco Ignacio Taibo II. He revisits places where the guerrilla and revolutionary leader has passed and interviews people who knew Che, making revelations about this important figure in Cuba's political history.
poster
?
6.4
/30/
60
/1/

Radio Dolores (2017)
The year is 1936, and shoemakers in a Finnish industrial town are sending shoes to Spain as humanitarian aid. Young Arvo wants to do more, so he joins as a volunteer in the International Brigades and disappears.
poster
67
?
6.8
/305/
40
/2/
80
/1/
78
/36/
75
/4/
65
/18/

Maryam (2002)
An Iranian-born teenager living in suburban New Jersey thinks of herself as simply an American until anti-Iranian sentiment erupts in her community after American hostages are held in Iran.
poster
61
?
6.6
/131/
50
/3/
67
/3/

March Caresses (1990)
Young people living in Poland in the late 1960s had to face difficult times and make tough choices. Some of them were forced to leave their country for having Jewish origin. And for political reasons.
poster
?
7.3
/16/
35
/2/

Public Enemy Number One (1981)
Australian journalist Wilfred Burchett reported the Vietnam War from the perspective of the North Vietnamese. For this he was reviled as a traitor and a communist in the Australian media. He had been the first journalist into Hiroshima after the atom bomb, and he covered wars in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Filmmaker David Bradbury interviews Burchett in his later years and intercuts the interview with archival footage and still photographs. Burchett is seen in newsreel coverage and in footage taken by the North Vietnamese. Archival footage of the Vietnam War and newsreel footage of Hiroshima after the atom bomb enrich the documentary.
poster
?
8.3
/28/
20
/1/
60
/1/

The Tree That Remembers (2002)
The 1992 suicide of a young Iranian refugee in a small Canadian town prompted filmmaker Masoud Raouf to examine his own past as a political prisoner in Iran who helped fight for democracy, only to be persecuted by the ayatollah's regime. Raouf's documentary features historical footage and interviews with veterans of the 1979 revolution, who watched with dismay as their homeland traded a despot for a religious dictatorship.
poster
?
7.2
/53/
45
/2/
77
/5/

Buenaventura Durruti, anarquista (2000)
Filmed between February and March 1999 in La Cupula (Girona), the rehearsal place of the Spanish independent theater company Els Joglars, this documentary reveals the creative process of this company in its project to represent the life of the mythical anarchist leader Buenaventura Durruti, as well as the circumstances of his death.
poster
?
6.8
/11/

Non è mai Passato (2018)
In 2018, a city boy named Ludovico discovers he has had a previous life and to be reincarnated. Shortly thereafter, through various flashback, he learns that in 1815, the emperor Napoléon Bonaparte entrusted him an important missive able to upset the course of history.


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