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The Wave(2008)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 47min | Drama, Thriller
3.8/5 (with 1,467 votes)

A school teacher discusses types of government with his class. His students find it too boring to repeatedly go over national socialism and believe that dictatorship cannot be established in modern Germany. He starts an experiment to show how easily the masses can become manipulated.

Blown Away(1994)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 1min | Action
3.1/5 (with 223 votes)

Blown Away tells the story of Jimmy Dove who works for the Boston bomb squad. Shortly after Dove leaves the force his partner is killed by a bomb that Dove thinks might have been made by someone he knows.

Nineteen Eighty-Four(1984)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 53min | Drama, Science Fiction
3.4/5 (with 641 votes)

George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.

Cosmopolis(2012)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 49min | Drama
2.9/5 (with 547 votes)

Riding across Manhattan in a stretch limo during a riot in order to get a haircut, a 28-year-old billionaire asset manager's life begins to crumble.

Children of Paradise(1945)

FSK: 12+ years
| 3h 11min | Drama, Romance / Love
4.1/5 (with 165 votes)

Nathalie falls for Baptiste Debureau, a mime. But his heart is set on Garance, who is also coveted by Frederick Lemaitre and the Count of Montray.

Attack the Gas Station!(1999)

1h 53min | Action, Comedy
3.3/5 (with 45 votes)

A quartet of disaffected Korean youths have robbed a Seoul gas station. After taking the gas station over, their wacky antics ensue; forcing the manager to sing, kidnapping customers that complain about the service, and staging fist-fights between street gang members and gas station employees; all of these reflect their own gripes against society.

Directed by Kim Sang-jin - With Yu Ji-tae

Land and Freedom(1995)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 49min | Drama, History, War, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 108 votes)

David Carr is a British Communist who is unemployed. In 1936, when the Spanish Civil War begins, he decides to fight for the Republican side, a coalition of liberals, communists and anarchists, so he joins the POUM militia and witnesses firsthand the betrayal of the Spanish revolution by Stalin's followers and Moscow's orders.

Something in the Air(2012)

3.1/5 (with 34 votes)

During the 1970s a student named Gilles gets entangled in contemporary political turmoils although he would rather just be a creative artist. While torn between his solidarity to his friends and his personal ambitions he falls in love with Christine.

Sacco & Vanzetti(1971)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h | Drama, History
3.8/5 (with 78 votes)

Boston, 1920. Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are charged and unfairly tried for murder on the basis of their anarchic political convictions.

Eros + Massacre(1969)

3h 36min | Drama
3.8/5 (with 19 votes)

Two interwoven stories. The first is a biography of anarchist Sakae Osugi which follows his relationship with three women in the 1920s. The second centers on two 1960s students researching Osugi's theories.

The Tiger Brigades(2006)

2h 5min | Action, Adventure, Crime
2.8/5 (with 52 votes)

The film, set in 1912, is about the exploits of France's first motorized police brigade.

Salvador (Puig Antich)(2006)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 17min | Drama, History
3.4/5 (with 26 votes)

The story of Salvador Puig Antich, one of the last political prisoners to be executed under Franco's Fascist State in 1974.

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Slacker(1991)

1h 37min | Comedy, Drama
3.4/5 (with 118 votes)

Austin, Texas, is an Eden for the young and unambitious, from the enthusiastically eccentric to the dangerously apathetic. Here, the nobly lazy can eschew responsibility in favor of nursing their esoteric obsessions. The locals include a backseat philosopher who passionately expounds on his dream theories to a seemingly comatose cabbie, a young woman who tries to hawk Madonna's Pap test to anyone who will listen and a kindly old anarchist looking for recruits.

Directed by Richard Linklater - With Kim Krizan, Teresa Taylor, Mark James, Richard Linklater, Tommy Pallotta

Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy(2012)

2h 9min | Drama, Crime, Mystery, History
3.6/5 (with 101 votes)

On December 12, 1969, a bomb kills 17 people and injures many more at a major national bank in Milan, marking the beginning of the Years of Lead. Local anarchists are scapegoated for the massacre by police and the media, but an investigator uncovers a larger subversive project made of far-right fringe groups, corrupt secret services, and other interests that seek to undermine democracy.

The Strategy of the Snail(1993)

1h 56min | Comedy, Drama
3.7/5 (with 35 votes)

A group of tenants living in an old house are confronted with having to move out due to a renovation project the city has undertaken. The tenants decide to unite and come up with a strategy, but in the process—while the landlord and his aggressive attorney are chasing them—the tenants transform into the opposite of who they once were.

Wild(2016)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 37min | Drama
3.1/5 (with 27 votes)

An anarchist young woman breaks the tacit contract with civilization and fearlessly decides on a life without hypocrisy or an obligatory safety net.

Sound and Fury(1988)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 35min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 23 votes)

This drama depicts the misery of neglected children in big cities. 13 years old Bruno is of a good family, but since the death of his grandmother he spends most of his time alone, in a phantasy world, while his mother is away at work. But then he befriends the violent Jean-Roger, who's from a severely disturbed family, where nobody cares what he's doing. In school Jean-Roger drives their teacher into despair just for fun. To separate the two boys, she starts to stimulate Bruno's interests by giving him extra lessons. When Jean-Roger fears loosing his one and only friend, he becomes even more aggressive.

The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years(1988)

1h 33min | Documentary, Music
3.4/5 (with 28 votes)

An exploration of the heavy metal scene in Los Angeles, with particular emphasis on glam metal. It features concert footage and interviews of legendary heavy metal and hard rock bands and artists such as Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Kiss, Megadeth, Motörhead, Ozzy Osbourne and W.A.S.P..

Directed by Penelope Spheeris - With Ozzy Osbourne, Alice Cooper, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Megadeth, Faster Pussycat, ...

Anarchist from Colony(2017)

2h 9min | History, Drama
3.7/5 (with 14 votes)

Based on the life of the Korean anarchist Park Yeol, the film shows his struggle to counter the massacre of Koreans by the government during the 1923 great Kanto earthquake, focusing on his activities as the leader of the anti-Japanese organization Bulryeongsa and his relationship with Japanese comrade Fumiko Kaneko.

Directed by Lee Joon-ik - With Lee Je-hoon

Freedomfighters(1996)

2h 5min | War, Drama, History
3.2/5 (with 24 votes)

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.

Lady L(1965)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 57min | Comedy
3.0/5 (with 8 votes)

Lady L is an elegant 80-year-old woman who recalls her amorous life story, including past loves and lusty, scandalous adventures she has lived through.

Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind(1980)

1h 35min | Action, Crime, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 11 votes)

A sociopathic beauty urges three nerdy pranksters to embark on a deranged rampage.

Directed by Tsui Hark - With Lo Lieh

Sons of Norway(2011)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 27min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 16 votes)

It’s not easy to rebel when your dad wants to join the party... One day (in 1979), Magnus and his son Nikolaj hit the wall in their new terrace house in Rykkinn. Magnus is an architect, hippie and free spirit, a glaring exception in a community where equality and conformity is the norm. He always stands up for his son, supporting him unconditionally, even when Nikolaj decides to stop giving a damn.

November(2003)

1h 44min | Drama, Comedy, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 21 votes)

Impelled by a spirit which still preserves a patina of idealism, Alfredo arrives to Madrid with the intention to create "a performance that is free, straight from the heart, capable of making people feel alive". His concept of what acting should be begins beyond the stage, out in the streets face to face with the public. Outdoors, in any town square, in a park or in the city's most commercial street, Alfredo and his troupe November start the show; demons to provoke passers-by, displays of social conscience, actions taken to the extreme to put the forces of law and order on full alert. There are no limits, no censorship; only ideas which are always valid so long as the public ceases to be the public and becomes part of the show swept by surprise, fear, tears or laughter. Theater as life, life as theater… there is no longer any difference.

The Nada Gang(1974)

2h 12min | Thriller
3.0/5 (with 7 votes)

Nada, named after a gang of Spanish anarchists, is a small, confused band of French terrorists. They kidnap the American ambassador after one of his regular visits to an exclusive brothel. The gang starts to quarrel amongst themselves as to the diplomat's fate, while the police purge suspects in their attempts to destroy the Nada faction. As the violence escalates on both sides, the States and the terrorists are forced to use one another's methods in an increasingly desperate and relentless conflict.

Bandits in Milan(1968)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 38min | Drama, Crime
3.4/5 (with 13 votes)

A detective is assigned to head a manhunt for four violent bank robbers.

Anarchism in America(1983)

1h 15min | Documentary
3.1/5 (with 5 votes)

A colorful and provocative survey of anarchism in America, the film attempts to dispel popular misconceptions and trace the historical development of the movement. The film explores the movement both as a native American philosophy stemming from 19th century American traditions of individualism, and as a foreign ideology brought to America by immigrants. The film features rare archival footage and interviews with significant personalities in anarchist history including Murray Boochkin and Karl Hess, and also live performance footage of the Dead Kennedys.

Directed by Steven Fischler, Joel Sucher - With Paul Avrich, Jello Biafra, Murray Bookchin, Karl Hess

Wolz – Life and Transfiguration of a German Anarchist(1973)

1h 50min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 2 votes)

Soldier Ignaz Wolz returns from WWI with an immeasurable hatred of capitalist war profiteers. He decides to start his own revolution, but tries to stay away from the organized class struggle. He steals from the rich men and divides the wealth among the poor. One day, Wolz is arrested and sentenced to life in prison; seven years later he is released due to mass protests. More than ever, it is hard for him to fit in. He severs ties with his former companions, who reject his ideas, and leaves Germany.

Directed by Günter Reisch

Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven(1975)

1h 48min | Drama
3.9/5 (with 11 votes)

After her husband kills his boss and himself, Mother Küsters becomes drawn into the activities of the German Communist party and then a group of anarchists.

Lucio(2007)

1h 33min | Documentary
3.7/5 (with 5 votes)

There are plenty of anarchists in the world. Many have committed robbery or smuggling for their cause. Fewer have discussed strategies with Che Guevara or saved the skin of Eldridge Cleaver, the leader of the Black Panthers. There is only one who has done all that, and also brought to its knees the most powerful bank on the planet by forging travellers cheques, without missing a single day of work in his construction job. He is Lucio Urtubia, from a tiny village in Navarra in North of Spain. Lucio, 75, now lives in Paris, still raising anarchist hell.

Directed by Jose Mari Goenaga, Aitor Arregi
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