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Freelance(2023)

R
| 1h 49min | Action, Comedy
3.3/5 (with 247 votes)

An ex-special forces operative takes a job to provide security for a journalist as she interviews a dictator, but a military coup breaks out in the middle of the interview, they are forced to escape into the jungle where they must survive.

The Interview(2014)

R
| 1h 52min | Action, Comedy
3.1/5 (with 2,592 votes)

Dave Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapaport run the celebrity tabloid show "Skylark Tonight". When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, they are recruited by the CIA to turn their trip to Pyongyang into an assassination mission.

xXx: State of the Union(2005)

PG-13
| 1h 41min | Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
2.5/5 (with 855 votes)

Darius Stone's criminal record and extreme sports obsession make him the perfect candidate to be the newest XXX agent. He must save the U.S. government from a deadly conspiracy led by five-star general and Secretary of Defense George Deckert.

The Last Emperor(1987)

PG-13
| 2h 43min | Drama, History
3.8/5 (with 712 votes)

A dramatic history of Puyi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.

The Dictator(2012)

R
| 1h 23min | Comedy
3.1/5 (with 2,663 votes)

The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.

Hop(2011)

PG
| 1h 35min | Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family
2.9/5 (with 535 votes)

E.B., the Easter Bunny's teenage son, heads to Hollywood, determined to become a drummer in a rock 'n' roll band. In L.A., he's taken in by Fred after the out-of-work slacker hits E.B. with his car.

The House of the Spirits(1993)

R
| 2h 20min | Romance / Love, Drama
3.5/5 (with 295 votes)

A rancher, his clairvoyant wife and their family face turbulent years in South America.

Steel Rain(2017)

2h 19min | Action, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 70 votes)

Amid a coup, a North Korean agent escapes south with the country's injured leader in an attempt to keep him alive and prevent a Korean war.

A Royal Affair(2012)

R
| 2h 17min | Drama, History, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 398 votes)

A young queen falls in love with her physician, and they start a revolution that changes their nation forever.

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters(1985)

R
| 2h 1min | Drama
3.9/5 (with 106 votes)

A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima told in four parts. The first three parts relate events in three of his novels: The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, Kyoko's House, and Runaway Horses. The last part depicts the events of 25th November 1970.

Missing(1982)

PG
| 2h 3min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 157 votes)

Based on the real-life experiences of Ed Horman. A conservative American businessman travels to Chile to investigate the sudden disappearance of his son after a military takeover. Accompanied by his son's wife he uncovers a trail of cover-ups that implicate the US State department which supports the dictatorship.

Steel Rain 2: Summit(2020)

2h 12min | Action, Thriller, War
3.7/5 (with 24 votes)

A futuristic film about a crisis near the brink of war after three leaders are kidnapped by a North Korean nuclear submarine in a coup d’état during a summit between the two Koreas and the United States.

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Shooting Dogs(2006)

1h 55min | Drama, History
3.8/5 (with 59 votes)

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.

The Fatal Encounter(2014)

2h 15min | Action, History
3.6/5 (with 23 votes)

Late 18th-century Joseon dynasty. The King is beleaguered and surrounded by traitors of the ruling elite. They plan to assassinate and replace him with a puppet. But the King has some aces up his sleeve that may help him defeat them all.

Directed by Lee Jae-gyu - With Hyun Bi, Jung Jae-young, Jo Jung-suk, Cho Jae-hyun, Han Ji-min, Kim Sung-ryung, ...

October (Ten Days that Shook the World)(1928)

1h 55min | Drama, History
3.5/5 (with 83 votes)

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.

Sword In The Moon(2003)

1h 35min | Action, Adventure, Drama
2.7/5 (with 20 votes)

Kingdom of Joseon, ancient Korea. A usurper has conquered the throne. His ministers are being systematically eliminated by a mysterious assassin. An arrogant master swordsman is in charge of putting an end to the carnage.

Directed by Kim Ui-seok - With Cho Jae-hyun, Kim Bo-kyung

Women Without Men(2009)

1h 35min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 22 votes)

Against the tumultuous backdrop of Iran's 1953 CIA-backed coup d'état, the destinies of four women converge in a beautiful orchard garden, where they find independence, solace and companionship.

Death in the Garden(1956)

1h 44min | Adventure, Drama
3.3/5 (with 28 votes)

Amid a revolution in a South American mining outpost, a band of fugitives - a roguish adventurer, a local hooker, a priest, an aging diamond miner and his deaf-mute daughter - are forced to flee for their lives into the jungle. Starving, exhausted and stripped of their old identities, they wander desperately lured by one deceptive promise of salvation after another.

McBain(1991)

1h 47min | Action, War, Drama
2.1/5 (with 14 votes)

Santos attempts to lead a people's revolt in Colombia to overthrow the Presidente. When his revolt fails and he is killed, his sister Christina goes to New York to find McBain, a lieutenant Santos rescued during the Vietnam War. McBain agrees to help, recruits his old war buddies, raises some cash by killing a few drug dealers, then leads an attack to topple the Colombian government.

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised(2003)

1h 14min | Documentary
3.9/5 (with 24 votes)

Hugo Chavez was a colourful, unpredictable folk hero who was beloved by his nation’s working class. He was elected president of Venezuela in 1998, and proved to be a tough, quixotic opponent to the power structure that wanted to depose him. When he was forcibly removed from office on 11 April 2002, two independent filmmakers were inside the presidential palace.

Directed by Kim Bartley, Donnacha O'Briain - With Hugo Chávez, Pedro Carmona, Jesse Helms, Colin Powell, George Tenet

We Want the Colonels(1973)

1h 42min | Comedy
3.3/5 (with 15 votes)

Italy 1973. Giuseppe Tritoni (Ugo Tognazzi) is an ultra-right-wing congressman that doesn't agree anymore with his fascist party policy. He contacts many Italian Army officers and built a net of relationship in order to organize a Coup d'Etat (Golpe). Something goes wrong and the Interior Minister (Home Secretary) Mr. Li Masi (Lino Pugliesi) got the all information about the attempted Golpe. So the Minister organizes a counter-Golpe. Tritoni desperately, to save his project, kidnaps the Italian Republic President (Claude Dauphin) that immediately dies for heartache. Now Minister Mr. Li Masi is free to lay down the law to the rest of the country, realizing basically the actual Golpe! Tritoni surrenders and will spend rest of his time trying to sell his ideas about managing Golpe in Africa!

Murder Princess: Birth(2007)

2.4/5 (with 2 votes)

In order to preserve her noble bloodline, Princess Alita reluctantly flees her besieged kingdom. Her hasty escape takes a curious turn when a collision with the infamous bounty hunter Falis leads to an unwilling exchange of souls.

Operación Palace(2014)

3.8/5 (with 1 vote)

Finally, 33 years later, the whole truth behind the attempted coup d'état that shook Spain on the afternoon of February 23, 1981, is revealed by those who lived through those dreadful hours; a deep look behind the heavy curtain which hides the real mastermind, waiting to be unmasked.

Directed by Jordi Évole Requena - With Fernando Ónega, Iñaki Gabilondo, Jorge Verstrynge Rojas

The Rise of Catherine the Great(1934)

NR
| 1h 35min | Romance / Love, Drama
3.2/5 (with 7 votes)

The woman who will become Catherine the Great marries into the Russian royal family when she weds Grand Duke Peter, the nephew of Empress Elizabeth. Although the couple has moments of contentment, Peter's cruel and erratic behavior causes a rift between him and Catherine. Mere months after Peter succeeds his aunt as the ruler of Russia, a revolt is brewing, and Catherine is poised to ascend to the throne as the country's new empress.

Morgan Pålsson - Världsreporter(2008)

1h 24min | Comedy
2.7/5 (with 9 votes)

Utrikesreportern Morgan Pålsson och hans fotograf Robert Flycht blir skickade på ett uppdrag till ett okänt nordafrikanskt land – Matóbo. Uppdraget går ut på att följa valet i landet men istället utbryter en militärkupp och Morgan visar sig vara den enda utländska journalisten på plats. Detta är hans chans att visa vad han går för.

Directed by Fredrik Boklund

The Olsen Gang(1969)

1h 22min | Comedy, Crime
4.0/5 (with 8 votes)

Egon Olsen is the leader of the Olsen Gang. While he was in the slammer, he planned how he would steal the fantastic golden figure Keizeroppzatsen.

The Last Days of the USSR(2011)

4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

From 1989 to 1991 a string of unpredictable events happened that brought to light the rivalry between two men: Gorbachev, hindered by the economic results of his perestroika, and Yeltsin, embodying the hopes of the Russian people. Illustrated with interviews of top protagonists such as Mikhail Gobachev himself, the documentary recounts the critical last two years of the former USSR.

Coup at Daybreak(1998)

3.1/5 (with 4 votes)

The film follows the events of the night of February 4, 1992 in Caracas, Venezuela. That night a group of military rebels staged a coup d'etat. Venezuelans found themselves as virtual prisoners. As the coup starts and fighting takes place from a military base which is in the center of the city's most affluent areas, with both luxury high rises and palatial mansions. The area of La Carlota provides a wealth of very interesting, often flamboyant and typical characters of the Latin America upper middle and upper classes. They are among the most affected. Various vignettes in these different characters' homes are developed. These people's reactions, lifestyles, vices, and humanity come out in a very honest fashion under duress.

Directed by Carlos Azpúrua - With Manuel Aranguiz, Mirtha Borges, Yanis Chimaras, Gonzalo Cubero, Dalila Colombo, Daniel Lugo, ...

Coup d'Etat(1973)

1h 50min | Drama, History
3.1/5 (with 8 votes)

A freestyle biopic of Ikki Kita, the ultranationalist intellectual whose ideas inspired the failed military coup in 1936.

Kafes(2015)

1h 57min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 3 votes)

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Directed by Mahmut Kaptan
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