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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire(2013)

FSK: 12+ years
| 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.

Directed by Francis Lawrence - With Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Banks, Alan Ritchson, Liam Hemsworth, Sam Claflin, Jena Malone, ...
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Stargate(1994)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 1min | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
3.5/5 (with 1,471 votes)

An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.

Directed by Roland Emmerich - With Kurt Russell, Mili Avital, Viveca Lindfors, James Spader, Jaye Davidson, John Diehl, ...
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Outlaw King(2018)

2h 2min | Action, History, Drama, War
3.4/5 (with 698 votes)

Forced into exile by the English after being crowned King of Scotland, legendary warrior Robert the Bruce fights to reclaim the throne.

Directed by David Mackenzie - With Chris Pine, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Florence Pugh, Tony Curran, Stephen Dillane, Billy Howle, ...
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Blindness(2008)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 1min | Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 560 votes)

When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.

Directed by Fernando Meirelles - With Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Alice Braga, Yūsuke Iseya, Yoshino Kimura, Gael García Bernal, ...
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Animal Farm(1954)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 12min | Animation, Drama
3.5/5 (with 197 votes)

A successful farmyard revolution by the resident animals vs. the farmer goes horribly wrong when corrupt pigs hijack it for their personal gain. Based on the socialist George Orwell’s novel “Animal Farm”, a critique of Stalinist authoritarianism.

Directed by John Halas, Joy Batchelor
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Red Scorpion(1988)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 45min | Adventure, Action, War
3.0/5 (with 118 votes)

A Russian KGB agent is sent to Africa to kill an anti-Communist black revolutionary. However, he has a change of heart when he sees how the Russians and their Cuban allies are killing and repressing the locals, so he switches sides and helps the rebels.

Directed by Joseph Zito - With Dolph Lundgren, M. Emmet Walsh, Al White, T. P. McKenna, Carmen Argenziano

The Alamo(2004)

2h 17min | Western, History, War, Drama
2.9/5 (with 139 votes)

Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.

Directed by John Lee Hancock - With Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Patric, Patrick Wilson, Jordi Mollà, Brandon Smith, ...
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A Chinese Ghost Story II(1990)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 44min | Fantasy, Action, Comedy
3.3/5 (with 47 votes)

Several years after his beloved Nieh has gone, Ning is innocently put into jail. Luckily, he meets a scholar, Elder Chu Kot, in the prison who finally helps him escape. Ning then meets a young witty monk Autumn. They become friends and live in an abandoned villa together. The villa is horrific, yet they choose to stay for a while. Later that night, some ghosts suddenly appear and attack; two parties fight heavily. But after clarifications, Ning and Autumn find that "the ghosts" are humans in disguise, who intend to save their leader from imprisonment but not hurting innocence. Among them, Ning finds someone who looks identical to Nieh, and considers she is the reincarnated Nieh. A real giant zombie has seen all these in behind and is ready to ambush.

Directed by Ching Siu-tung - With Leslie Cheung, Joey Wong, Michelle Reis, Jacky Cheung, Ku Feng, Wu Ma, ...

The Grey Zone(2001)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 48min | Drama, War
3.3/5 (with 66 votes)

A Nazi doctor—along with the Sonderkomando, Jews who are forced to work in the crematoria of Auschwitz against their fellow Jews—find themselves in a moral grey zone.

Directed by Tim Blake Nelson - With David Arquette, Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, Mira Sorvino, Allan Corduner, Daniel Benzali, ...

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.

Directed by Jon Avnet - With Leelee Sobieski, Hank Azaria, David Schwimmer, Jon Voight, Donald Sutherland, Cary Elwes, ...

Gunga Din(1939)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 57min | Adventure, War, Comedy
3.3/5 (with 62 votes)

British army sergeants Ballantine, Cutter and MacChesney serve in India during the 1880s, along with their native water-bearer, Gunga Din. While completing a dangerous telegraph-repair mission, they unearth evidence of the suppressed Thuggee cult. When Gunga Din tells the sergeants about a secret temple made of gold, the fortune-hunting Cutter is captured by the Thuggees, and it's up to his friends to rescue him.

Directed by George Stevens - With Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Eduardo Ciannelli, Sam Jaffe, Joan Fontaine, ...

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
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La Commune (Paris, 1871)(2003)

5h 45min | War, Drama, History
3.8/5 (with 13 votes)

We are in the year 1871. A journalist for Versailles Television broadcasts a soothing and official view of events while a Commune television is set up to provide the perspectives of the Paris rebels. On a stage-like set, more than 200 actors interpret characters of the Commune, especially the Popincourt neighbourhood in the XIth arrondissement. They voice their own thoughts and feelings concerning the social and political reforms. The scenes consist mainly of long camera takes.

Directed by Peter Watkins - With Patrick Dell'Isola, Aurélia Petit, Gérard Watkins, François Damiens, Laurent Roth

Attica(2021)

2h | Documentary
3.7/5 (with 14 votes)

Follows the largest prison uprising in US history, conducting dozens of new interviews with inmates, journalists, and other witnesses.

Directed by Stanley Nelson Jr.

The Last Supper(1976)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h | Drama
3.9/5 (with 10 votes)

A pious plantation owner attempts to teach Christianity to 12 of his slaves by inviting them to participate in a reenactment of the Last Supper.

Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea - With Nelson Villagra

The Viking Queen(1967)

1h 31min | Adventure
2.5/5 (with 6 votes)

Set in ancient Britain, at a time when much of Europe was ruled with harsh tyranny by Rome, a tribe of Britons led by Selina, set out to defy the invaders and discard their yoke of bondage. The Roman commander, Justinian, is sent to quell the uprising, punishing the dissenters with brute force but when he becomes emotionally attached to Selina, he is torn between his duty to Rome and his love for the Viking Queen.

Directed by Don Chaffey - With Adrienne Corri, Andrew Keir, Don Murray, Donald Houston, Niall MacGinnis, Patrick Troughton, ...

The Magic Carpet(1951)

1h 24min | Adventure, Fantasy
2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

With the aid of a magic carpet, the true heir to an Arabian caliphate leads an uprising against the pretender oppressing his people.

Directed by Lew Landers - With Lucille Ball

The Riot(2023)

1h 45min | Drama
3.1/5 (with 2 votes)

In 1907, the miners in Sulitjelma in Fauske in Nordland made a famous rebellion against greedy mine owners.

Directed by Nils Gaup - With Simon J. Berger, Alexandra Gjerpen, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen, Stig Henrik Hoff, Heidi Ruud Ellingsen

The Last Relic(1969)

1h 26min | Adventure, History, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 6 votes)

A medieval love story with lots of adventures. The times are troubled - there's a revolt of peasants going on. To secure its safety a monastery chases for a relics of a holy Brigitte. A nobleman promises to get it if he gets beautiful Agnes as a reward. But she fells in love with a handsome adventurer. The monastery has to act shrewd now and play double game. The movie is still the best achievement of the Estonian cinema. Based on a novel.

Directed by Grigori Kromanov - With Priit Pärn, Aleksandr Goloborodko, Ingrīda Andriņa, Elza Radziņa, Eve Kivi, Rolan Bykov, ...

Flap(1970)

1h 46min | Comedy, Drama, Western
3.5/5 (with 2 votes)

Comedy based on the plight of modern Native Americans living on reservations.

Directed by Carol Reed - With Anthony Quinn, Anthony Caruso, Claude Akins, Robert Foulk, Rodolfo Acosta, Shelley Winters, ...

The Heart of the Earth(2007)

1h 30min | Drama
2.7/5 (with 3 votes)

Tensions mount in an Andalusia mining town between local Spanish workers and their British employers.

Directed by Antonio Cuadri - With Catalina Sandino Moreno, Sienna Guillory, Philip Winchester, Bernard Hill, Joaquim de Almeida, Ana Fernández, ...

The Long Winter(1999)

2h 6min | Action, Drama, History, War
3.7/5 (with 3 votes)

In 1838, Francois-Xavier Bouchard (Francis Reddy) fights beside his Quebec countrymen and the English minority.

Directed by Michel Brault - With Francis Reddy, David Boutin, Micheline Lanctôt, Claude Gauthier, Emmanuel Bilodeau, Jean-Robert Bourdage, ...

Mockery(1927)

1h 10min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 2 votes)

There is hunger in Siberia during the Russian Civil War. One day while dim-witted peasant Sergei is searching corpses for food, he meets a young woman looking for the town of Novokursk. She asks Sergei to help her get there, and to tell anyone they might meet that he is her husband.

Directed by Benjamin Christensen - With Barbara Bedford, Charles Puffy, Emily Fitzroy, Johnny Mack Brown, Lon Chaney, Mack Swain, ...

The Outlaw Michael Howe(2013)

1h 18min | Drama, TV Movie
3.2/5 (with 3 votes)

1814. Van Diemen’s Land, the notorious British penal colony, has dissolved into chaos. Outlaws roaming the wilderness have pushed the colonial government to breaking point. Driven by a deep sense of loyalty and an unquenchable hatred towards those he once served, English convict Michael Howe and a young aboriginal girl turn a desperate band of convicts, deserters and bushmen into a fearsome guerrilla army and lead them in open rebellion against the brutal, corrupt establishment. As the British hunt the outlaws, Howe remains an elusive prize. In desperation, the Governor makes the capture of Howe’s pregnant girl his priority. 

An epic story of love and betrayal, The Outlaw Michael Howe chronicles the astonishing true story of the man who pushed Australia to the brink of civil war.

Directed by Brendan Cowell

The Sailor’s Song(1958)

2h 5min | History, Drama
3.3/5 (with 3 votes)

A film about the historical uprising of the seamen in Kiel: During the Russian October Revolution of 1917, German and Russian soldiers start to solidarize with each other. By disarming the officers, machinist Henne Lonke and stoker Jens Kasten prevent the attack on a Russian freighter. When German admiralty gives out orders for operation "Nibelungen", which would lead the German fleet into a suicidal attack against England and quell the revolutionary spirit, seamen and soldiers from different political backgrounds unite in protest.

Directed by Kurt Maetzig, Günter Reisch - With Günther Simon, Raimund Schelcher, Ulrich Thein, Horst Kube, Hilmar Thate, Wolfgang Langhoff, ...
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72 Heroes(2011)

1h 52min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
1.8/5 (with 1 vote)

The epic film is about the 1911 Hunaghua gang uprising and the 72 revolutionaries that were involved.

Directed by Sung Kee Chiu - With Liu Kai-chi

The Life and Deeds of the Immortal Vožd Karađorđe(1911)

1h | Drama, History, War
2.6/5 (with 5 votes)

A biography of Karađorđe, the famed leader of the rebellion against the Ottoman Empire in 1804, tracing his whole life from childhood until his death in 1817.

Directed by Ilija Stanojević - With Milorad Petrović, Teodora Arsenović, Jovan Antonijević, Dobrica Milutinović, Ilija Stanojević, Vitomir Bogić, ...

The Uprising(1966)

1h 40min | History, Drama
3.0/5 (with 2 votes)

After years of deplorable conditions of poverty and injustice, peasants revolt against the landowners, the social elite, and police in this routine social drama. A peasant woman is raped by a lecherous wealthy lesbian, and chaos breaks out in the rural areas where the poor suffer the most from the oppressive social and economic conditions.

Directed by Mircea Mureșan - With Ion Besoiu, Emil Botta, Ilarion Ciobanu, Ernest Maftei, Amza Pellea, Colea Răutu, ...

Influence(2015)

1h 50min | Comedy, History, Crime, Fantasy
2.0/5 (with 3 votes)

"Influence" is a story about the key events of the Wielkopolska Uprising - a dramatic arrival of Ignacy Jan Paderewski in Poznań, and the people who prepared the uprising, fought in it and won. "Influence" uses the characteristics of action and thriller movies. Refers to the cinema era - German expressionism, and the atmosphere of the era - the pervasive sense of the end of old world and the birth of the new one, fear of change and at the same time striving for it.

Directed by Łukasz Barczyk - With Crispin Glover

I Cover the War!(1937)

1h 8min | War
2.6/5 (with 3 votes)

Bob Adams, ace newsreel cameraman, is told by his boss, "Get the picture---we can't screen alibis." He heads for Samari, a desert hot-bed of tribal unrest in Africa, to do just that, which includes getting footage of El Kadar, bandit and rebel leader. He gets his pictures but only after a romance with the Colonel's daughter Pamela, saving his wimpy, hacked-off brother Don from being a dupe of the gun-runners, and run-ins with spies and throat-cutting tribesman. For a finale, he saves the British Army.

Directed by Arthur Lubin - With John Wayne, Gwen Gaze, Richard Tucker, Earle Hodgins, Don Barclay, Olaf Hytten, ...
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