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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 Last King of Scotland(2006)

2h 3min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 902 votes)

Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote. General Idi Amin comes to power and asks Garrigan to become his personal doctor.

The Beautician and the Beast(1997)

PG
| 1h 45min | Comedy, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 153 votes)

The story follows the misadventures of a New York City beautician who is mistakenly hired as the school teacher for the children of the president of a small Eastern European country.

The Man Standing Next(2020)

1h 54min | Drama, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 48 votes)

In the 1970s, Korea is under the absolute control of the President Park, who controls the KCIA, the organization with an edge over any branch of government. The director of KCIA, KIM Gyu-pyeong, is the seemingly most prospective second-in-command. In the midst of reign of fear, a former KCIA director, PARK Yong-gak who knows all about the government’s obscure operations, exiles to the U.S. where the investigation of ‘Koreagate’ is underway. As the tension escalates, the stifling political maneuvering by the all second-in-command’s unfolds.

Directed by Woo Min-ho - With Lee Sung-min, Lee Byung-hun, Kwak Do-won, Lee Hee-joon, Kim So-jin, Seo Hyun-woo, ...

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.

Salvador(1986)

R
| 2h 3min | Drama, History, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 139 votes)

A second-rate journalist from the US tries his luck in El Salvador during the military dictatorship in the 1980s.

No(2012)

R
| 1h 58min | Drama, History
3.6/5 (with 187 votes)

In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to Pinochet extending his rule for another eight years. Opposition leaders for the ‘No’ vote persuade a brash young advertising executive, René Saavedra, to spearhead their campaign. Against all odds, with scant resources and while under scrutiny by the despot’s minions, Saavedra and his team devise an audacious plan to win the election and set Chile free.

Of Love and Shadows(1994)

R
| 1h 43min | Drama
2.6/5 (with 32 votes)

Irene is a magazine editor living under the shadow of the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile. Francisco is a handsome photographer and he comes to Irene for a job. As a sympathizer with the underground resistance movement, Francisco opens her eyes and her heart to the atrocities being committed by the state.

The Perfect Weapon(2016)

PG-13
| 1h 28min | Science Fiction, Action
2.1/5 (with 28 votes)

In a not too distant future, a totalitarian state run by ‘The Director” controls all aspects of life. All enemies of the state are dealt in the harshest way. Most of them are executed by the secret government’s assassins. The best operative is code-named “Condor” – an elite agent and hit man for the government. However, in his latest assignment, “Condor” fails to kill an opposition leader, and finds himself on the run from the very same government agency that he works for. This sets in motion a chain of events with unforseen consequences for all involved.

Jacky in the Kingdom of Women(2014)

1h 30min | Comedy
2.8/5 (with 94 votes)

The film is set in a world, the Popular Democratic Republic of Bubunne, in which women hold the power and men are forced to wear veils and stay at home.

Night of the Pencils(1986)

1h 45min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 28 votes)

The Night of the Pencils was a series of kidnappings and forced disappearances, followed by the torture, rape, and murder of a number of young students during the last Argentine dictatorship (known as the National Reorganization Process). The kidnappings took place over the course of several days beginning on September 16, 1976.

The Silence of Others(2019)

1h 35min | Documentary
4.1/5 (with 32 votes)

The story of the tortuous struggle against the silence of the victims of the dictatorship imposed by General Franco after the victory of the rebel side in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1975). In a democratic country, but still ideologically divided, the survivors seek justice as they organize the so-called “Argentinian lawsuit” and denounce the legally sanctioned pact of oblivion that intends to hide the crimes they were subjects of.

Directed by Almudena Carracedo, Robert Bahar
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Deal of the Century(1983)

PG
| 1h 39min | Comedy
2.4/5 (with 20 votes)

Arms dealers from several companies vie to sell the most expensive and highest tech weapons to a South American dictator. There are complications; understanding the exact nature of how 'gifts' are used to grease the wheels of a sale, a religious conversion from one of the salesman and a romance that begins to grow between two competitors.

The Battle of Chile: Part I(1975)

1h 37min | Documentary, History
3.8/5 (with 17 votes)

The chronicle of the political tension in Chile in 1973 and of the violent counter revolution against the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende.

Directed by Patricio Guzmán - With Salvador Allende, Abílio Fernandes

Captains of April(2000)

2h 3min | Drama, History
3.2/5 (with 26 votes)

Story of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship--which continued the fascist policies of long-time dictator Antonio Salazar--and of two young army captains who were involved in it.

In the Time of the Butterflies(2001)

3.2/5 (with 14 votes)

Based on the book by Julia Alvarez. Three sisters become activists during the Dominican Republic's Trujillo regime when members of their family are killed by the government's troops.

The Lovers and the Despot(2016)

NR
| 1h 38min | Documentary, History
3.5/5 (with 14 votes)

Hong Kong, 1978. South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee is kidnapped by North Korean operatives following orders from dictator Kim Jong-il. Her ex-husband, film director Shin Sang-ok, undertakes her search, but soon after he is kidnapped as well. In 1983, after living through years of tribulations, Kim Jong-il puts them in charge of the North Korean film industry in the hope of gaining international recognition.

Directed by Ross Adam, Robert Cannan - With Choi Eun-hee

The South(1988)

2h 7min | Drama, Music
2.9/5 (with 10 votes)

After the end of the military dictatorship in Argentina in 1983, Floreal is released from prison. Instead of returning to his wife, he wanders through the night of Buenos Aires. He meets some people from his past–most of which are only imaginary–and remembers the events of his imprisonment.

The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu(2010)

3.9/5 (with 11 votes)

The three-hour-long documentary covers 25 years in the life of Nicolae Ceaușescu and was made using 1,000 hours of original footage from the National Archives of Romania.

The White King(2017)

2.7/5 (with 19 votes)

Djata is a care-free 12-year-old growing up in a brutal dictatorship shut off from the outside world. When the government imprisons his father, Peter, and Djata and his mother Hannah are labeled traitors, the boy will not rest until he sees his father again.

Directed by Alex Helfrecht, Jörg Tittel

The March of Fools(1975)

3.2/5 (with 4 votes)

The story is set in the 1970s during the period of military dictatorship. Schools were frequently closed and society seemed to face bleak prospects on all fronts. Nonetheless, Byung Tae, a college student, enjoys pursuing romance in blind group dates. It's during one of these ventures that he meets Young-ja, a French literature student.

Directed by Ha Gil-jong

Prime Time Soap(2012)

1h 45min | Drama
2.4/5 (with 4 votes)

In Brazil, in 1978, under the dictatorship, the country lives the euphoria of disco fever and the fantasy life of Dancin' Days, a prime time soap. After a fatal incident, Amanda, a high-class prostitute addicted to TV, and her maid Dora, are forced to flee São Paulo to Rio. While Amanda dreams of visiting the Dancin' Days disco, Dora prepares to confront her secret past. Their destinies will eventually intersect with those of João Paulo, a diplomat who feels like a foreigner in his own country, the revolutionary Vicente and his brother Pedro, and the teenager Caio, raised by his grandparents and relying on the support of his friend Mônica as he struggles to be accepted as a gay man. Both youngsters are crazy about disco fever and fascinated by the soap Dancin' Days.

Directed by Odilon Rocha - With Cláudia Ohana

Crisis(1950)

1h 35min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 10 votes)

An American doctor gets caught in the middle of a revolution when he's forced to operate on a South American dictator.

Loafing and Camouflage(1984)

1h 39min | Comedy
3.8/5 (with 14 votes)

The film is the story of a group of soldiers, who, in the course of their compulsory military service in 1967 and 1968, before and during the military dictatorship in Greece, are assigned to the then recently founded Armed Forces Television. This TV station, founded for the civilian population, was run by the Cinematographic Unit of the army which until then had only produced propaganda films and newsreels and was responsible for entertaining the troops and other charity organizations with movie screenings. The personnel was composed mostly of soldiers, who already had experience in the film business in their civilian lives, as well as those who received their training in the army. The story may be only 95% true, but that is simply because the true story is even more absurd...

The Red Chapel(2010)

1h 28min | Comedy, Documentary
3.7/5 (with 11 votes)

Two Danish comedians join the director on a trip to North Korea, where they have been allowed access under the pretext of wanting to perform a vaudeville act.

The Prize(2011)

1h 55min | Drama
3.1/5 (with 9 votes)

Ceci, a seven year old girl, has to keep a huge secret, but she doesn't completely understand what is the secret about. The life of her family depends on her silence. But what exactly must she keep silent about? Ceci and her mom live hidden from military repression in Argentina. Ceci asks herself: what must she say? What should she really believe and do in order to deserve the love of her mother and others?

Directed by Paula Markovitch - With Laura Agorreca, Viviana Suraniti, Paula Galinelli Hertzog

Viva Belarus!(2013)

1h 38min | Drama
3.1/5 (with 3 votes)

Belarus has been under dictatorship of Lukashenko for 15 years. Miron (23) is not interested in politics. However, the next concert of his 'apolitical' rock band triggers off an anti-regime manifestation. Miron, is enlisted for the army for 15 months by way of punishment for 'fomenting political unrest among young people'. And this is just a beginning.. A film inspired by the story of Frank Viachorka, activist of the Belorussian opposition. Starring top Belorussian cinema and rock stars.

Directed by Krzysztof Łukaszewicz - With Vinsent, Karolina Gruszka, Anatoly Kot, Aliaksandr Malchanau

Two & Two(2011)

8min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 10 votes)

In a drab, anonymous gray school governed by a strict authoritarian regime, an apparently unremarkable day is turned on its head following a seemingly ridiculous announcement. Disbelieving at first, the all male, identically uniformed pupils are informed that what they had always been taught as fact is no longer true. When the incredulous students speak out, what initially seems laughably absurd becomes desperately real as they are forced to question how far they will go to stand up for their beliefs. Two & Two is an allegory for the absurdness of dictatorship and tyranny - and the resilience of the human spirit.

Directed by Babak Anvari

Rise of the Bolsonaros(2022)

1h 55min | Documentary
4.3/5 (with 1 vote)

This documentary tells of the extraordinary rise of Jair Bolsonaro, from relative obscurity to the ultimate seat of South American power. Told through intimate interviews with some of those closest to him including his eldest son Flávio, former government ministers, as well as his opponents, explore Bolsonaro’s brilliant yet ruthless journey to the presidency, with high-stakes drama, guns and God.

Esmeralda Bay(1989)

1h 44min | Drama, War, Action
2.4/5 (with 3 votes)

A priest secretly leads rebels in their struggle against the corrupt military dictatorship of the Central American country of Puerto Santo.

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