Political Repression Movies

  • 1971
    Punishment Park

    Punishment Park

    Punishment Park

    7.3341971HD

    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...

    Punishment Park
  • 2019
    El Cepa Returns

    El Cepa Returns

    El Cepa Returns

    22019HD

    Forty years later, Guillermo Montesinos, the actor who played José María el Cepa in The Cuenca Crime (1980), directed by Pilar...

    El Cepa Returns
  • 2010
    The Way Back

    The Way Back

    The Way Back

    6.9992010HD

    A small band of multicultural convicts stages a daring escape from a WWII-era Siberian gulag, and embarks on a treacherous journey across five...

    The Way Back
  • 2008
    Charlotte Corday

    Charlotte Corday

    Charlotte Corday

    62008HD

    Set in July 1793 during the outbreak of the French Revolution and the unleashing of the Reign of Terror, a young girl from Caen named Charlotte...

    Charlotte Corday
  • 2018
    The Tobacconist

    The Tobacconist

    The Tobacconist

    6.42018HD

    Vienna, 1937, on the eve of the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany. The young and inexperienced Franz Huchel begins to learn about both the joys...

    The Tobacconist
  • 1969
    Antoñito vuelve a casa

    Antoñito vuelve a casa

    Antoñito vuelve a casa

    11969HD

    In Spain, Antoñito, a child, is punished to remain standing doing the fascist salute. As an adult, turned into a young college student, he...

    Antoñito vuelve a casa
  • 2019
    While at War

    While at War

    While at War

    7.0772019HD

    Salamanca, Spain, 1936. In the early days of the military rebellion that began the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), writer Miguel de Unamuno supports the...

    While at War
  • 2019
    From Atatürk to Erdoğan: Building a Nation

    From Atatürk to Erdoğan: Building a Nation

    From Atatürk to Erdoğan: Building a Nation

    72019HD

    Turkey's history has been shaped by two major political figures: Mustafa Kemal (1881-1934), known as Atatürk, the Father of the Turks, founder...

    From Atatürk to Erdoğan: Building a Nation
  • 2019
    Solidarność: How Solidarity Changed Europe

    Solidarność: How Solidarity Changed Europe

    Solidarność: How Solidarity Changed Europe

    72019HD

    Gdańsk, Poland, September 1980. Lech Wałęsa and other Lenin shipyard workers found Solidarność (Solidarity), the first...

    Solidarność: How Solidarity Changed Europe
  • 2019
    The Phoney War

    The Phoney War

    The Phoney War

    82019HD

    September 3rd, 1939. Britain and France declare war on Nazi Germany, only two days after the Wehrmacht invades Poland. This day, the sad date when...

    The Phoney War
  • 1966
    Fahrenheit 451

    Fahrenheit 451

    Fahrenheit 451

    7.11966HD

    In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as...

    Fahrenheit 451
  • 2024
    “Slovo” House. Unfinished Novel

    “Slovo” House. Unfinished Novel

    “Slovo” House. Unfinished Novel

    8.52024HD

    Kharkiv, the 1930s. The heyday of Ukrainian art. Ambitious young poet Vladimir Akimov happily settles in at the new luxury "Slovo" House built...

    “Slovo” House. Unfinished Novel
  • 2010
    Paper Birds

    Paper Birds

    Paper Birds

    6.62010HD

    At the end of the Spanish Civil War, the members of a group of vaudeville performers have been stripped of everything: all they have left is hunger...

    Paper Birds
  • 2020
    Words for an End of the World

    Words for an End of the World

    Words for an End of the World

    6.72020HD

    Spain, April 14, 1931. The Second Republic is born. From the beginning, the writer Miguel de Unamuno is considered one of the ethical pillars of the...

    Words for an End of the World
  • 1981
    Reds

    Reds

    Reds

    6.8681981HD

    An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical...

    Reds
  • 2019
    The (Silent) War

    The (Silent) War

    The (Silent) War

    5.92019HD

    Northern Spain, October 1944. Several groups of guerrilla fighters, former Republican soldiers exiled in France after the end of the Spanish Civil...

    The (Silent) War
  • 2007
    I Served the King of England

    I Served the King of England

    I Served the King of England

    6.8412007HD

    Prague, Czechoslovakia, during the inter-war period. Jan Dítě, a young and clever waiter who wants to become a millionaire, comes to the...

    I Served the King of England
  • 1974
    Rebellion in Patagonia

    Rebellion in Patagonia

    Rebellion in Patagonia

    7.51974HD

    In 1920, workers from Patagonia, in Southern Argentina, gather around an anarcho-syndicalist society and go on strike, demanding better working...

    Rebellion in Patagonia
  • 2022
    The New Greatness Case

    The New Greatness Case

    The New Greatness Case

    62022HD

    Anya was an ordinary Moscow teenager who found a chat group of her choice online. They talked about animals, the stars and social issues. A man...

    The New Greatness Case
  • 2018
    The World According to Xi Jinping

    The World According to Xi Jinping

    The World According to Xi Jinping

    7.82018HD

    Under the leadership of Xi Jinping, China is on its way to becoming the leading world power of the 21st century. What goals is the mysterious...

    The World According to Xi Jinping