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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.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
87
8.2
/352356/
78
/5123/
79
/4234/
3.9
/227710/
90
/103/
92
/18574/
97
/19/
cc age 10+

Gone with the Wind (1939)
The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.
poster
85
8.2
/9627/
78
/206/
78
/208/
4.2
/18926/
87
/68/
90
/109/

Napoleon (1927)
A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution (where a real storm is intercut with a political storm) and the Terror, culminating in his triumphant invasion of Italy in 1797.
poster
Kanopy
83
7.8
/62924/
76
/1315/
74
/791/
3.9
/33452/
91
/45/
91
/1094/
76
/18/
cc age 16+

The Killing Fields (1984)
New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff. When the U.S. Army pulls out amid escalating violence, Schanberg makes exit arrangements for Pran and his family. Pran, however, tells Schanberg he intends to stay in Cambodia to help cover the unfolding story — a decision he may regret as the Khmer Rouge rebels move in.
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
Kanopy
81
7.1
/18879/
68
/584/
69
/501/
3.8
/17573/
98
/123/
77
/138/
92
/31/

Timbuktu (2014)
Just outside of the Malian city of Timbuktu, now occupied by militant Islamic rebels who impose the Sharia on civilians and inconvenience their daily life, a cattleman kills a fisherman.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
80
7.4
/322181/
74
/26707/
72
/9456/
3.8
/632561/
94
/362/
84
/2796/
82
/50/
cc age 13+

War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.
poster
Netflix
79
7.7
/90339/
76
/3703/
75
/1813/
4.0
/90429/
91
/149/
92
/544/
79
/30/
cc age 18+

Beasts of No Nation (2015)
Based on the experiences of Agu, a child fighting in the civil war of a West African country. Follows Agu's journey as he's forced to join a group of soldiers. While he fears his commander and many of the men around him, his fledgling childhood has been brutally shattered by the war raging through his country, and he is at first torn between conflicting revulsion and fascination.
poster
76
7.4
/24729/
70
/396/
68
/273/
3.9
/13279/
89
/103/
87
/1187/
71
/32/

Paradise Now (2005)
Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.
poster
76
7.6
/33004/
75
/758/
69
/314/
3.6
/12931/
81
/21/
89
/1336/

Gettysburg (1993)
In the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee leads the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia into Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with the goal of marching through to Washington, D.C. The Union Army of the Potomac, under the command of General George G. Meade, forms a defensive position to confront the rebel forces in what will prove to be the decisive battle of the American Civil War.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
76
7.3
/24716/
73
/484/
70
/388/
3.7
/14637/
90
/31/
85
/419/
69
/17/

Salvador (1986)
In 1980, an American journalist covering the Salvadoran Civil War becomes entangled with both the leftist guerrilla groups and the right-wing military dictatorship while trying to rescue his girlfriend and her children.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
75
7.0
/257081/
68
/15636/
68
/3961/
3.5
/1053793/
81
/407/
69
/115/
75
/64/
cc age 16+

Civil War (2024)
In the near future, a group of war journalists attempt to survive while reporting the truth as the United States stands on the brink of civil war.
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Hoopla
75
7.1
/24336/
69
/377/
66
/345/
3.5
/13249/
88
/34/
77
/302/
65
/9/

The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
A young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the rule of President Sukarno with the help of a diminutive photographer.
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
Kanopy
73
7.2
/4994/
72
/87/
70
/123/
3.7
/3808/
85
/13/
75
/34/

The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)
The Night of San Lorenzo, the night of the shooting stars, is the night when dreams come true in Italian folklore. In 1944, a group of Italians flee their town after hearing rumours that the Nazis plan to blow it up and that the Americans are about to arrive to liberate them.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
7.2
/12053/
70
/197/
72
/174/
3.4
/1779/
60
/10/
80
/142/

Savior (1998)
A hardened mercenary in the Foreign Legion begins to find his own humanity when confronted with atrocities during the fighting in Bosnia.
poster
81
72
8.3
/10617/
77
/90/
76
/48/
4.0
/7569/
80
/5/
93
/90/

Kannathil Muthamittal (2002)
A little girl is told by her parents that she is adopted. Determined to find her birth mother, her family eventually agrees to take her to Sri Lanka, where they encounter the militant group known as the Tamil Tigers.
poster
Kanopy
72
6.6
/2810/
67
/135/
63
/50/
3.5
/902/
93
/29/
72
/38/
75
/12/

The Retrieval (2013)
On the outskirts of the Civil War, a boy is sent north by a bounty hunter gang to retrieve a wanted man.
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.
poster
fuboTV
71
7.0
/11595/
72
/175/
70
/228/
3.4
/6477/
74
/19/
84
/298/

Indochine (1992)
In colonial Vietnam, dashing French naval captain Jean-Baptiste, wealthy plantation owner Éliane Devries, and her adopted Vietnamese daughter Camillevare the three points of a cross-cultural romantic triangle. As the struggle against European imperialism sweeps Indochina, Jean-Baptiste and Camille have to choose sides and Éliane faces the emotionally difficult challenge of raising the child of her daughter and ex-lover.
poster
71
6.9
/1788/
74
/23/
59
/16/
3.3
/314/
83
/6/
76
/6/

Eleni (1985)
Nick is a writer in New York when he gets posted to a bureau in Greece. He has waited 30 years for this. He wants to know why his mother was killed in the civil war years earlier. In a parallel plot line we see Nick as a young boy and his family as they struggle to survive in the occupied Greek hillside. The plot lines converge as Nick's investigations bring him closer to the answers.
poster
76
71
7.0
/7712/
71
/187/
65
/108/
3.6
/3260/
94
/63/
78
/124/
84
/16/

War Witch (2012)
Somewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa, Komona a 14-year-old girl tells her unborn child growing inside her the story of her life since she has been at war. Everything started when she was abducted by the rebel army at the age of 12.
poster
80
70
7.6
/5122/
73
/72/
69
/46/
4.0
/8469/
94
/16/
91
/77/

West Beirut (1998)
In 1975, the long slog of civil war has recently begun in Beirut. Two friends, Tarek and Omar, suffer during the Lebanese civil war. Conflicts arise when they decide to cross from West to East, crossing the Muslim-Christian line that divides Beirut.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
68
6.4
/3522/
60
/196/
66
/202/
3.3
/1881/
71
/17/
65
/21/

The Taking of Tiger Mountain (2014)
Yang Zirong disguises himself as a bandit to infiltrate and destroy a bandit group. He joins hands with a hostage, and together, they fight against the warlord, Hawk.
poster
Kanopy
68
7.0
/28522/
69
/565/
67
/352/
3.4
/4108/
62
/53/
70
/1724/
70
/16/

The Warlords (2007)
The civil war in China has ruined many lives including General Pang's. A wounded General Pang is saved by a beautiful young woman along with two other men. Together they vow to eradicate the rebels.
poster
Hoopla
67
6.7
/8072/
67
/163/
64
/117/
3.4
/2313/
80
/35/
74
/138/
72
/24/

Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
Follow a group of international journalists into the heart of the once cosmopolitan city of Sarajevo—now a danger zone of sniper and mortar attacks where residents still live. While reporting on an American aid worker who’s trying to get children out of the country, a British correspondent decides to take an orphaned girl home to London.
poster
66
5.5
/666/
62
/95/
51
/12/
3.1
/1493/
80
/45/
61
/18/
71
/10/

War Game (2024)
A bipartisan group of U.S. defense, intelligence, and elected policymakers spanning five presidential administrations participate in an unscripted role-play exercise in which they confront a political coup backed by rogue members of the U.S. military, in the wake of a contested presidential election.
poster
80
66
7.8
/4692/
77
/76/
72
/87/
4.1
/5462/
87
/15/
82
/26/

The Travelling Players (1975)
This expansive Greek drama follows a troupe of theater actors as they perform around their country during World War II. While the production that they put on is entitled "Golfo the Shepherdess," the thespians end up echoing scenes from classic Greek tales in their own lives, as Elektra plots revenge on her mother for the death of her father, and seeks help from her brother, Orestes, a young anti-fascist rebel.
poster
74
66
7.6
/12297/
75
/168/
75
/158/
3.7
/2607/
71
/18/
cc age 18+

Shooting Dogs (2006)
Two westerners, a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in danger and protect the refugees, or escape the country with their lives? Based on a true story.
poster
Kanopy
64
6.2
/2838/
66
/318/
62
/69/
3.2
/2276/
88
/25/
80
/21/
57
/8/
cc age 16+

Surrounded (2023)
After her stagecoach is ambushed, a woman is tasked with holding a dangerous outlaw captive and must survive the day when the bandit’s gang tries to free him.
poster
71
64
7.3
/8350/
68
/128/
66
/136/
3.4
/3736/
73
/11/
81
/109/
cc age 8+

Friendly Persuasion (1956)
The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It's not easy for them to meet the rules of their religion in everyday life but when Southern troops pass the area they are in real trouble. Should they fight, despite their peaceful attitude?
poster
75
64
7.6
/8440/
72
/131/
72
/156/
3.6
/5119/
85
/33/

The White Sun of the Desert (1969)
The setting is the east shore of the Caspian Sea (today's Turkmenistan) where the Red Army soldier Fyodor Sukhov has been fighting the Civil War in Russian Asia for a number of years. After being hospitalised and then demobbed, he sets off home to join his wife, only to be caught up in a desert fight between a Red Army cavalry unit and Basmachi guerrillas. The cavalry unit commander, Rahimov, "convinces" Sukhov to help, temporarily, with the protection of abandoned women of the Basmachi guerrilla leader Abdullah's harem. Leaving a young Red Army soldier, Petrukha, to assist Sukhov with the task, Rahimov and his cavalry unit set out to pursue fleeing Abdullah.Sukhov and women from Abdullah's harem return to a nearby shore town. Soon, looking for a seaway across the border, Abdullah and his gang come to the same town...
poster
64
6.7
/15120/
69
/334/
63
/199/
3.4
/7248/
65
/68/
66
/318/
69
/29/

Ride with the Devil (1999)
Ride with the Devil follows four people who are fighting for truth and justice amidst the turmoil of the American Civil War. Director Ang Lee takes us to a no man's land on the Missouri/Kansas border where a staunch loyalist, an immigrant's son, a freed slave, and a young widow form an unlikely friendship as they learn how to survive in an uncertain time. In a place without rules and redefine the meaning of bravery and honor.
poster
The Roku Channel
68
64
7.0
/10921/
71
/526/
65
/191/
3.2
/2362/
60
/5/
82
/25/

Admiral (2015)
When the young republic of The Netherlands is attacked by England, France and Germany and faces its own civil war no less, only one man, Michael de Ruyter, can lead the county's strongest weapon, the Dutch fleet.
poster
64
6.1
/22139/
65
/2585/
61
/605/
3.1
/16362/
78
/73/
51
/220/
64
/20/
cc age 16+

In a Valley of Violence (2016)
The story of a drifter named Paul who arrives in a small town seeking revenge on the thugs who murdered his friend. Sisters Mary Anne and Ellen, who run the town's hotel, help Paul in his quest for vengeance.
poster
Fandor
63
6.3
/1832/
62
/58/
56
/45/
3.3
/2919/
56
/11/

Sleeping Dogs (1977)
Recluse Smith is drawn into a revolutionary struggle between guerrillas and right-wingers in New Zealand. Implicated in a murder and framed as a revolutionary conspirator, Smith tries to maintain an attitude of non-violence while caught between warring factions.
poster
Crunchyroll
72
63
7.1
/4938/
72
/603/
70
/231/
3.5
/7845/
75
/10/
7.6
/145716/

PSYCHO-PASS: The Movie (2015)
In a futuristic Japan, the Sibyl System is charged with keeping the peace. When the state of SEAUn brings the Sibyl System in to test its effectiveness, it becomes a haven of peace and safety—for a time. Eventually, terrorists from SEAUn begin appearing in Japan, somehow slipping through the System's security and attacking from within. Desperate for answers, Inspector Akane Tsunemori is sent overseas to bring the terrorists to justice. But when her investigation forces her into a standoff with an old ally, will she be able to pull the trigger?
poster
Fandor
73
62
6.8
/3671/
67
/58/
67
/89/
3.5
/1982/
88
/8/
80
/48/

Carla's Song (1996)
A Glasgow man visits war-torn Nicaragua with a refugee tormented by her memories.
poster
YouTube TV
71
62
7.1
/5222/
67
/66/
64
/64/
3.4
/2443/
86
/14/
72
/97/

The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
Henry Fleming is a young Union soldier in the American Civil War. During his unit's first engagement, Henry flees the battlefield in fear. When he learns that the Union actually won the battle, shame over his cowardice leads him to lie to his friend Tom and the other soldiers, saying that he had been injured in battle. However, when he learns that his unit will be leading a charge against the enemy, Henry takes the opportunity to face his fears and redeem himself.
poster
The Roku Channel
70
62
7.0
/6675/
65
/137/
69
/158/
3.7
/6949/
73
/93/

Keoma (1976)
Half-breed Keoma returns to his border hometown after service in the Civil War and finds it under the control of Caldwell, an ex-Confederate raider, and his vicious gang of thugs. To make matters worse, Keoma's three half-brothers have joined forces with Caldwell, and make it painfully clear that his return is an unwelcome one. Determined to break Caldwell and his brothers' grip on the town, Keoma partners with his father's former ranch hand to exact violent revenge.
poster
74
62
7.3
/7545/
70
/141/
70
/142/
3.6
/1306/
86
/330/

Assembly (2007)
Follows a soldier trying to gain recognition for comrades who died in 1948, at a turning point in the civil war between the communists and the nationalist forces of the Kuomintang.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
62
6.7
/26667/
66
/548/
65
/344/
3.2
/3060/
56
/91/
67
/1641/
54
/22/
cc age 17+

The Hunting Party (2007)
A young journalist, an experienced cameraman and a discredited reporter find their bold plan to capture Bosnia's top war criminal quickly spiraling out of control when a UN representative mistakes them for a CIA hit squad.
poster
61
6.7
/40120/
70
/978/
68
/810/
3.1
/11775/
52
/99/
64
/1503/
56
/32/
cc age 14+

Anna and the King (1999)
The story of the romance between the King of Siam (now Thailand) and the widowed British school teacher Anna Leonowens during the 1860s. Anna teaches the children and becomes romanced by the King. She convinces him that a man can be loved by just one woman.
poster
Kanopy
78
61
7.3
/2930/
73
/204/
74
/111/
3.7
/3881/
89
/19/
89
/5/
78
/4/
cc age 15+

Another Day of Life (2018)
In 1975, Ryszard Kapuściński, a veteran Polish journalist, embarked on a seemingly suicidal road trip into the heart of the Angola's civil war. There, he witnessed once again the dirty reality of war and discovered a sense of helplessness previously unknown to him. Angola changed him forever: it was a reporter who left Poland, but it was a writer who returned…
poster
Kanopy
61
6.6
/136327/
69
/3855/
68
/2509/
3.1
/39470/
34
/154/
69
/4062/
48
/36/
cc age 17+

Tears of the Sun (2003)
Navy SEAL Lieutenant A.K. Waters and his elite squadron of tactical specialists are forced to choose between their duty and their humanity, between following orders by ignoring the conflict that surrounds them, or finding the courage to follow their conscience and protect a group of innocent refugees. When the democratic government of Nigeria collapses and the country is taken over by a ruthless military dictator, Waters, a fiercely loyal and hardened veteran is dispatched on a routine mission to retrieve a Doctors Without Borders physician.
poster
70
60
7.1
/4059/
69
/77/
64
/64/
3.7
/2073/
60
/5/
85
/44/

Cows (1992)
A film set in the Spanish side of the Basque Country, beginning in the Carlist war of 1875 and ending during the Spanish Civil war of 1936. The film portrays how one single act of cowardice shapes the life of the next three generations of two families and fuels the intense rivalry which will span the next sixty-one years.
poster
Kanopy
63
60
6.1
/8065/
66
/543/
56
/233/
3.0
/2507/
89
/9/
46
/25/

The Last King (2016)
Norway, 1204. A civil war between the birkebeiners —the king's men— and the baglers —supporters of the Norwegian aristocracy and the Church— ravages the country. Two men must protect a baby, the illegitimate son of King Håkon, who will be the future king and peacemaker, from those who want to kill him.


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