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87
8.0
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79
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78
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4.2
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92
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90
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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
8.4
/438352/
82
/6331/
80
/3939/
4.3
/179798/
92
/162/
96
/11154/
89
/39/
cc age 17+

The Lives of Others (2006)
In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the couple, and faces conflicting loyalties when his superior takes a liking to Christa-Maria.
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Criterion Channel
85
7.8
/15716/
74
/331/
77
/344/
4.2
/41090/
96
/23/
87
/155/

My Night at Maud's (1969)
The Catholic Jean-Louis runs into an old friend, the Marxist Vidal, in Clermont-Ferrand around Christmas. Vidal introduces Jean-Louis to the modestly libertine, recently divorced Maud and the three engage in conversation on religion, atheism, love, morality and Blaise Pascal's life and writings on philosophy, faith and mathematics. Jean-Louis ends up spending a night at Maud's. Jean-Louis' Catholic views on marriage, fidelity and obligation make his situation a dilemma, as he has already, at the very beginning of the film, proclaimed his love for a young woman whom, however, he has never yet spoken to.
poster
Kanopy
82
8.2
/11895/
81
/240/
78
/238/
4.4
/37795/
100
/5/
62
/5/
91
/20/

I Am Cuba (1964)
Four vignettes on the lives of the Cuban people in the pre-revolutionary era. In Havana, Maria is ashamed when a man she loves discovers how she makes a living. Pedro, an old farmer, discovers that the land he cultivates is being sold to an American company. A student sees his friends attacked by the police while they distribute leaflets supporting Fidel Castro. Finally, a peasant family is threatened by Batista's army.
poster
81
7.7
/11871/
75
/119/
74
/109/
3.7
/2662/
92
/26/
92
/121/

Character (1997)
In pre-WWII Holland, the penniless, illegitimate son of a powerful bailiff sets out to become a lawyer as he spends a lifetime struggling to prove his worth to his relentlessly spiteful father.
poster
81
8.1
/125723/
75
/910/
71
/478/
3.8
/19850/
90
/10/
94
/972/

Rang De Basanti (2006)
After a group of friends graduate from Delhi University, they listlessly haunt their old campus, until a British filmmaker casts them in a film she's making about freedom fighters under British rule. Although the group is largely apolitical, the tragic death of a friend owing to local government corruption awakens their patriotism. Inspired by the freedom fighters they represent in the film, the friends collectively decide to avenge the killing.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
7.1
/8633/
69
/153/
69
/178/
3.6
/23138/
81
/21/
73
/105/
97
/5/

Le petit soldat (1963)
Despite his lack of political convictions, photojournalist Bruno Forestier is roped into a paramilitary group waging a shadow war in Geneva against the Algerian independence movement.
poster
Hoopla
79
7.2
/20155/
72
/529/
76
/1153/
3.7
/25976/
92
/51/
80
/455/
81
/17/

Il Divo (2008)
Italy, early '90s. Calm, clever and inscrutable, politician Giulio Andreotti has been synonymous with power for decades. He has survived everything: electoral battles, terrorist massacres, loss of friends, slanderous accusations; but now certain repentant mobsters implicate him in the crimes of Cosa Nostra.
poster
Kanopy
79
7.1
/36338/
66
/1236/
66
/773/
3.9
/38139/
97
/208/
67
/393/
94
/36/
cc age 15+

45 Years (2015)
There is just one week until Kate Mercer's 45th wedding anniversary and the planning for the party is going well. But then a letter arrives for her husband. The body of his first love has been discovered, frozen and preserved in the icy glaciers of the Swiss Alps. By the time the party is upon them, five days later, there may not be a marriage left to celebrate.
poster
79
7.7
/158294/
77
/3331/
75
/2532/
3.9
/147039/
91
/108/
93
/2986/
68
/32/
cc age 14+

Good Bye, Lenin! (2003)
Alex Kerner's mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell. When she wakes up he must try to keep her from learning what happened (as she was an avid communist supporter) to avoid shocking her which could lead to another heart attack.
poster
Hulu
79
7.3
/123992/
72
/6029/
70
/2038/
3.8
/261062/
94
/254/
79
/723/
88
/43/
cc age 15+

The Death of Stalin (2017)
When dictator Joseph Stalin dies, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to become the next Soviet leader. As they bumble, brawl and back-stab their way to the top, the question remains — just who is running the government?
poster
Netflix
78
7.6
/15274/
76
/730/
74
/380/
3.9
/26023/
90
/51/
85
/105/
75
/12/
cc age 15+

What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
The film chronicles Nina Simone's journey from child piano prodigy to iconic musician and passionate activist, told in her own words.
poster
77
7.2
/2685/
65
/19/
64
/44/
3.7
/2221/
87
/15/
79
/12/

The War Is Over (1966)
Diego is one of the chiefs of the Spanish Communist Party. On his way from Madrid to Paris, he is arrested at the border for an ID check but manages to get free. When he arrives in Paris, he starts searching for one of his comrades to prevent him from going to Madrid where he could be arrested.
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Hoopla
77
7.9
/85914/
74
/1418/
75
/1218/
4.0
/55047/
82
/49/
88
/2059/
69
/14/
cc age 13+

Doctor Zhivago (1965)
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
77
7.5
/18348/
74
/332/
72
/269/
3.8
/12800/
95
/22/
90
/362/
75
/12/
cc age 15+

Europa Europa (1990)
A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan and is taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a 'war hero' and eventually becomes a Hitler Youth.
poster
Hoopla
77
7.6
/7821/
78
/270/
73
/141/
3.9
/15996/
93
/29/
79
/58/
71
/12/

The Pervert's Guide to Ideology (2012)
A journey into the labyrinthine heart of ideology, which shapes and justifies both collective and personal beliefs and practices: with an infectious zeal and voracious appetite for popular culture, Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek analyzes several of the most important films in the history of cinema to explain how cinematic narrative helps to reinforce prevailing ethics and political ideas.
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Kanopy
75
7.3
/100713/
73
/2212/
74
/2114/
3.6
/117810/
77
/159/
85
/2516/
61
/38/
cc age 16+

Frida (2002)
A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.
poster
Starz
75
7.2
/80389/
72
/4471/
70
/1251/
3.4
/58738/
85
/215/
95
/539/
65
/37/
cc age 13+

The Courier (2020)
Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
poster
75
7.3
/468972/
73
/24275/
72
/12558/
3.7
/964488/
92
/466/
73
/3214/
87
/53/
cc age 16+

The Shape of Water (2017)
An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.
poster
74
7.3
/1025/
63
/19/
56
/9/
3.5
/588/
100
/15/
70
/47/

Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1995)
After escaping Russia's communist revolution, Léon Theremin travels to New York, where he pioneers the field of electronic music with his synthesizer. But at the height of his popularity, Soviet agents kidnap and force him to develop spy technology.
poster
72
6.9
/2543/
67
/32/
58
/31/
3.5
/862/
80
/15/
75
/18/

The Legend of Rita (2000)
Radical West German terrorist Rita Vogt abandons the revolution and settles in East Germany with a new identity provided by the secret service. She lives in constant fear of having her cover blown, which unavoidably happens after the reunification.
poster
72
6.9
/2024/
70
/40/
66
/29/
3.4
/360/
83
/65/
74
/73/
78
/27/

Up and Down (2004)
Milan and Goran are two criminals who smuggle illegal immigrants. One night after they complete a smuggle, they discover that one of the immigrants has left a baby behind. Milan and Goran decide to sell the baby to Lubos and Eman, who are responsible for running an illegal baby adoption center. Lubos and Eman make attempts to sell the baby to Miluska and Frantisek, a barren couple.
poster
72
6.4
/7540/
64
/168/
63
/138/
3.3
/5218/
87
/15/
62
/179/

The Twelve Chairs (1970)
In 1920s Soviet Russia, a fallen aristocrat, a priest and a con artist search for a treasure of jewels hidden inside one of twelve dining chairs, lost during the revolution.
poster
Hulu
71
7.2
/210502/
69
/8016/
70
/2647/
3.7
/830755/
72
/285/
80
/71/
63
/47/
cc age 15+

Triangle of Sadness (2022)
A celebrity model couple are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged, alcoholic captain. What first appears Instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island in a struggle of hierarchy.
poster
MGM Plus
70
7.6
/28705/
73
/449/
78
/661/
3.9
/17954/
52
/23/
84
/386/
70
/14/

1900 (1976)
The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.
poster
Kanopy
76
70
7.4
/8934/
72
/158/
69
/214/
3.8
/13628/
92
/13/
77
/112/

October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (1928)
Sergei M. Eisenstein's docu-drama about the 1917 October Revolution in Russia. Made ten years after the events and edited in Eisenstein's 'Soviet Montage' style, it re-enacts in celebratory terms several key scenes from the revolution.
poster
Kanopy
75
70
6.9
/8877/
71
/205/
69
/227/
3.7
/47635/
95
/20/
73
/55/

La Chinoise (1967)
A small group of French students are studying Mao, trying to find out their position in the world and how to change the world to a Maoistic community using terrorism.
poster
70
7.0
/1899/
60
/25/
62
/39/
3.5
/654/
63
/1079/

La Lectrice (1988)
A young woman passionate about reading immerses herself in the adventures of a fictional character who makes reading her profession. As she explores different neighborhoods and wintertime Provence, her imagination blends with reality, revealing the mysteries behind each word.
poster
Kanopy
70
6.7
/5918/
67
/121/
62
/146/
3.6
/10690/
83
/54/
61
/60/
80
/21/

Goodbye First Love (2011)
A 15-year-old discovers the joys and heartaches of first love with an older teen, but in the ensuing years, cannot seem to move past their breakup.
poster
69
7.4
/6232/
74
/165/
75
/130/
3.8
/27518/
59
/17/
76
/47/

Four Days in September (1997)
Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties. César, however, is wounded and captured during a bank hold up. Fernando then decides to kidnap the American ambassador in Brazil and ask for the release of fifteen political prisoners in exchange for his life.
poster
MGM Plus
69
7.5
/290298/
77
/7319/
74
/3889/
3.5
/96453/
53
/139/
82
/6152/
53
/33/
cc age 17+

Enemy at the Gates (2001)
A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
68
7.2
/7461/
70
/138/
67
/357/
3.8
/17304/
89
/9/
77
/54/

Oedipus Rex (1967)
In pre-war Italy, a young couple have a baby boy. The father, however, is jealous of his son - and the scene moves to antiquity, where the baby is taken into the desert to be killed. He is rescued, given the name Oedipus, and brought up by the King and Queen of Corinth as their son. One day an oracle informs Oedipus that he is destined to kill his father and marry his mother. Horrified, he flees Corinth and his supposed parents - only to get into a fight and kill an older man on the road…
poster
Hoopla
67
7.0
/11218/
71
/139/
64
/156/
3.4
/5627/
73
/30/
71
/131/
58
/6/

Julia (1977)
At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.
poster
73
67
7.0
/6889/
72
/126/
67
/404/
3.6
/3323/
84
/63/
78
/357/
71
/19/

My Brother Is an Only Child (2007)
Accio and Manrico are siblings from a working-class family in 1960s Italy: older Manrico is handsome, charismatic, and loved by all, while younger Accio is sulky, hot-headed, and treats life as a battleground — much to his parents' chagrin. After the former is drawn into left-wing politics, Accio joins the fascists out of spite, but his flimsy beliefs are put to test when he falls for Manrico's like-minded girlfriend.
poster
Kanopy
74
66
7.5
/4499/
68
/101/
71
/104/
3.8
/6056/
80
/5/
78
/58/

The Intruder (1962)
A man in a gleaming white suit comes to a small Southern town on the eve of integration. He calls himself a social reformer. But what he does is stir up trouble--trouble he soon finds he can't control.
poster
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
64
7.0
/2953/
69
/35/
58
/49/
3.5
/791/
41
/49/
82
/116/
52
/23/

House of Fools (2002)
The war film that's not a war film. A film about the mental institution which backdrop is the Chechen war. A story about the patients living in an institution during the war on the border of Chechnia and Russia during the war. The patients have to continue living their day to day life after being invaded twice over, and they have to deal with their sicknesses.
poster
64
7.6
/7860/
76
/84/
74
/116/
4.2
/9849/
27
/15/
89
/77/

Ulysses' Gaze (1995)
An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more.
poster
68
64
6.7
/6499/
68
/221/
66
/117/
3.4
/3999/
79
/14/
70
/287/
59
/4/

The Trotsky (2010)
Leon Bronstein is not your average Montreal West high school student. For one thing, none of his peers can claim to be the reincarnation of early 20th century Soviet iconoclast and Red Army hero, Leon Trotsky. When his father sends Leon to public school as punishment for starting a hunger strike at Papa's clothing factory, Leon quickly lends new meaning to the term 'student union', determined as he is to live out his pre-ordained destiny to the fullest and change the world.
poster
70
63
6.8
/7495/
70
/165/
66
/116/
3.4
/5332/
81
/49/

Sonnenallee (1999)
A group of kids grow up on the short, wrong (east) side of the Sonnenallee in Berlin, right next to one of the few border crossings between East and West reserved for German citizens. The antics of these kids, their families, of the "West German" friends and relatives who come to visit, and of the East German border guards, all serve to illustrate the absurdity of everyday life on the Sonnenallee, and therefore throughout the former East Germany.
poster
The Roku Channel
67
63
6.6
/10015/
66
/192/
58
/105/
3.3
/12326/
86
/29/
66
/377/
cc age 9+

Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
A singer goes to a small town for a performance before he is drafted.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
67
62
7.0
/7716/
68
/198/
65
/171/
3.3
/13335/
60
/10/
74
/129/

Another Country (1984)
In Moscow in 1983, an American journalist interviews Guy Bennett, who recalls his last year at public school, fifty years before, and how it contributed to him becoming a spy.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
66
61
7.3
/8503/
72
/183/
65
/118/
3.5
/3531/
55
/75/
76
/515/
55
/23/

Mao’s Last Dancer (2009)
At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during a cultural exchange to Texas, he falls in love with an American woman. Two years later, he managed to defect and went on to perform as a principal dancer for the Houston Ballet and as a principal artist with the Australian Ballet.
poster
Britbox Apple TV Channel
67
61
7.0
/4832/
73
/201/
63
/94/
3.3
/3003/
66
/53/

Christopher and His Kind (2011)
In 1931, budding author Christopher Isherwood goes to Berlin at the invitation of his friend W. H. Auden for the gay sex that abounds in the city. He falls for street sweeper Heinz, paying medical bills for the boy's sickly mother, to the disapproval of her other son, Nazi Gerhardt.
poster
Kanopy
73
60
6.9
/3141/
74
/69/
63
/84/
3.7
/6380/
83
/6/
76
/37/

Wittgenstein (1993)
A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, whose principal interest was the nature and limits of language. A series of sketches depict the unfolding of his life from boyhood, through the era of the first World War, to his eventual Cambridge professorship and association with Bertrand Russell and John Maynard Keynes. The emphasis in these sketches is on the exposition of the ideas of Wittgenstein, a homosexual, and an intuitive, moody, proud, and perfectionistic thinker generally regarded as a genius.
poster
MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel
60
6.3
/67659/
68
/2152/
63
/853/
3.0
/51162/
48
/27/
65
/2688/
53
/15/
cc age 13+

Red Dawn (1984)
It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town—and their country—from invading Soviet forces.
poster
76
59
7.6
/5152/
75
/200/
76
/299/
3.7
/3845/
80
/11/

The Little World of Don Camillo (1952)
In a village of the Po valley where the earth is hard and life miserly, the priest and the communist mayor are always fighting to be the head of the community. If in secret, they admired and liked each other, politics still divided them as it is dividing the country. And when the mayor wants his "People's House"; the priest wants his "Garden City" for the poor. Division exist between the richest and the poorest, the pious and the atheists and even between lovers. But if the people are hard as the country, they are good in the bottom of there heart.
poster
59
6.3
/3244/
63
/77/
61
/87/
3.3
/3460/
62
/53/
52
/12/
60
/17/

Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015)
In 1931, following the success of the film Battleship Potemkin, Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to the city of Guanajuato, Mexico, to shoot a new film. Freshly rejected by Hollywood, Eisenstein soon falls under Mexico’s spell. Chaperoned by his guide Palomino Cañedo, the director opens up to his suppressed fears as he embraces a new world of sensual pleasures and possibilities that will shape the future of his art.


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