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Star Wars(1977)

4.1/5 (with 9,443 votes)

Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and justice in the Empire.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire(2013)

PG-13
| 2h 26min | Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
3.7/5 (with 7,909 votes)

Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's Tour" of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) - a competition that could change Panem forever.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story(2016)

PG-13
| 2h 13min | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
3.7/5 (with 7,092 votes)

A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.

Hellboy II: The Golden Army(2008)

PG-13
| 2h | Fantasy, Action
3.4/5 (with 2,307 votes)

Hellboy, his pyrokinetic girlfriend, Liz, and aquatic empath, Abe Sapien, face their biggest battle when an underworld elven prince plans to reclaim Earth for his magical kindred. Tired of living in the shadow of humans, Prince Nuada tries to awaken anancient force of killing machines, the all-powerful Golden Army, to clear the way for fantasy creatures to roam free. Only Hellboy can stop the dark prince and prevent humanity's annihilation.

The Empire Strikes Back(1980)

4.2/5 (with 7,765 votes)

The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 are thrown into various stages of capture, betrayal and despair.

No Escape(2015)

R
| 1h 43min | Thriller
3.5/5 (with 1,128 votes)

In their new overseas home, an American family soon finds themselves caught in the middle of a coup, and they frantically look for a safe escape in an environment where foreigners are being immediately executed.

Les Misérables(2012)

PG-13
| 2h 38min | History, Drama
3.7/5 (with 2,530 votes)

An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France, in which a paroled prisoner named Jean Valjean seeks redemption.

House of Flying Daggers(2004)

PG-13
| 1h 59min | Adventure, Drama, Action
3.6/5 (with 692 votes)

In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.

In the Name of the Father(1993)

R
| 2h 13min | Drama
3.9/5 (with 800 votes)

A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. He and his four friends are coerced by British police into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father and other relatives in London are also implicated in the crime. He spends fifteen years in prison with his father trying to prove his innocence.

Pump Up the Volume(1990)

R
| 1h 45min | Music, Drama
3.5/5 (with 142 votes)

Mark Hunter, a lonely high school student, uses his shortwave radio to moonlight as the popular pirate DJ "Hard Harry." When his show gets blamed for a teen committing suicide, the students clash with high school faculty and the authorities.

The Handmaid's Tale(1990)

R
| 1h 48min | Drama, Science Fiction
3.1/5 (with 87 votes)

In a dystopicly polluted rightwing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.

Vaincre ou mourir(2023)

1h 55min | History, Action, War
3.3/5 (with 24 votes)

1793, French Revolution. For three years now, Charette, a young man retired from the Royal Navy, has been back home. In the country, the anger of the peasants rumbles: they call on the young retiree to take command of the rebellion. In a few months, the idle sailor becomes a charismatic leader and a shrewd strategist, bringing in his wake peasants, deserters, women, old people and children, of which he makes a formidable army. The fight for freedom has only just begun.

Directed by Paul Mignot, Vincent Mottez - With Hugo Becker, Rod Paradot, Gilles Cohen, Grégory Fitoussi, Constance Gay, Jean-Hugues Anglade, ...
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if....(1968)

1h 52min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 152 votes)

In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Upper Sixth. But three Lower Sixth students, leader Mick Travis, Wallace and Johnny decide on a shocking course of action to redress the balance of privilege once and for all.

Uprising(2001)

2h 57min | Drama, History, War, TV Movie
3.4/5 (with 28 votes)

In the Warsaw ghetto in 1943, Jews rise against the Nazis.

Burn!(1969)

2h 9min | Drama, War
3.4/5 (with 51 votes)

The professional mercenary Sir William Walker instigates a slave revolt on the Caribbean island of Queimada in order to help improve the British sugar trade. Years later he is sent again to deal with the same rebels that he built up because they have seized too much power that now threatens British sugar interests.

I Am Cuba(1964)

2h 15min | Drama
3.9/5 (with 79 votes)

Four vignettes about the lives of the Cuban people set during the pre-revolutionary era.

Rock 'n' Roll High School(1979)

PG
| 1h 33min | Comedy, Music
3.2/5 (with 57 votes)

A group of rock-music-loving students, with the help of the Ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration.

Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi(2019)

2h 28min | History, Drama, Action
3.5/5 (with 17 votes)

Story of Rani Lakshmibai, one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and her resistance to the British Rule.

The Dirties(2013)

NR
| 1h 23min | Drama, Crime, Comedy
3.1/5 (with 49 votes)

The line between reality and fiction starts to blur when two best friends start making a movie about getting revenge on bullies.

Directed by Matt Johnson

He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword(1985)

3.3/5 (with 26 votes)

After experiencing traumatic nightmares of a time now past, the Sorceress summons Prince Adam and Cringer to Castle Grayskull to give Adam a precious, jeweled sword and send the pair to the planet Etheria to investigate its secrets.

Directed by Gwen Wetzler

War Witch(2012)

NR
| 1h 30min | Drama, War
3.3/5 (with 41 votes)

Somewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa, Komona a 14-year-old girl tells her unborn child growing inside her the story of her life since she has been at war. Everything started when she was abducted by the rebel army at the age of 12.

Directed by Kim Nguyen - With Rachel Mwanza

Tai Chi II(1996)

3.4/5 (with 6 votes)

A young Tai Chi master fights Opium smugglers with the aid of his powerful braid while wooing a girl.

Directed by Yuen Woo-ping

Kids in America(2005)

PG-13
| 1h 31min | Comedy, Drama
2.9/5 (with 20 votes)

Inspired by real events, this ribald comedy pits an unlikely gang of students against their principal after she bars safe-sex activities on campus. Protesting Principal Weller's muzzling of free speech, the teens stage a bold and hilarious rebellion.

Goliath and the Sins of Babylon(1963)

1h 32min | Adventure, Fantasy
2.6/5 (with 4 votes)

Goliath battles for the freedom of the Babylonian people.

Mangal Pandey - The Rising(2005)

2h 30min | Drama
3.1/5 (with 27 votes)

The film begins in 1857, when India was ruled by the British East India Company. Mangal Pandey is a sepoy, a soldier of Indian origin, in the army of the East India Company. Pandey is fighting in the Anglo-Afghan Wars and saves the life of his British commanding officer, William Gordon. Gordon is indebted to Pandey and a strong friendship develops between them, transcending both rank and race.

Flying Guillotine II(1978)

1h 28min | Action
3.0/5 (with 8 votes)

The emperor's reign of terror expands. Heroic outlaw Ma Teng joins a squad of female rebels, whose leader is torn between family loyalties.

Directed by Cheng Kang, Hua Shan - With Ti Lung, Lo Lieh, Yuen Biao, Corey Yuen, Fung Hak-On, Yuen Cheung-yan, ...

Street Law(1974)

R
| 1h 45min | Action, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 17 votes)

Carlo Antonelli, an engineer from Genoa, gets mugged and decides to take justice into his own hands. At first the muggers seem to get the upper hand, but then he's helped by Tommy, a young robber who takes his side.

Blood of the Dragon(1971)

R
| 1h 36min | Drama, Action
2.9/5 (with 4 votes)

White Dragon must get a list with the names of rebel supporters to Prince Ma Tung, the leader of the rebellion. Trying to stop him in his mission is the evil Prime Minister, who naturally wants the list in order to crush his opposition. Adding another complication is the fact that Ma Tung wants to kill White Dragon in revenge for the humiliation Tung's father suffered in a duel against White Dragon years earlier.

Directed by Kao Pao-shu - With Jimmy Wang Yu, Chiao Chiao

Dirty Computer(2018)

3.6/5 (with 19 votes)

The story of a young woman named Jane 57821, who is living in a totalitarian near-future society where citizens are referred to as 'computers.' 'Dirty Computer' explores humanity and what truly happens to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness when mind and machines merge, and when the government chooses fear over freedom.

Manaos(1979)

1h 34min | Drama, Adventure
2.7/5 (with 5 votes)

At the beginning of this century some owners of rubber plantations in the Amazonas jungle convert a village into one big prison. But the inhabitants have other plans...

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