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51. Address Unknown (1944)
Approved | 75 min | Drama
US art dealer returns to his native Germany for a visit and is attracted by Nazi propaganda.
Director: William Cameron Menzies | Stars: Paul Lukas, Mady Christians, Morris Carnovsky, Carl Esmond
Votes: 1,170
52. Kamikaze 89 (1982)
Not Rated | 106 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
In a totalitarian society of the future, in which the government controls all facets of the press, a homicide detective investigates a string of bombings, and finds out more than he bargained for.
Director: Wolf Gremm | Stars: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Günther Kaufmann, Boy Gobert, Arnold Marquis
Votes: 830 | Gross: $0.02M
53. We Are the Bus People (1979)
138 min | Drama, History, Thriller
Adel Imam and neighbour Abdel Moneim Madbouly are taken to a Police station after an altercation with a bus conductor. They are mistakenly arrested with a group of suspected terrorists and taken to a maximum security jail.
Director: Hussein Kamal | Stars: Adel Emam, Abdel Moneim Madbouly, Saeed Abdulghani, Essad Youniss
Votes: 1,334
54. Dance to Death (2017)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Moscow, 2070s. In a sealed bunker in the post-apocalyptic ruins of Moscow, young people struggle against each other in a deadly dancing tournament. Only the winners will live.
Director: Andrey Volgin | Stars: Ivan Zhvakin, Lukerya Ilyashenko, Nikita Volkov, Aleksandr Tyutin
Votes: 988
55. In the Year of the Pig (1968)
Not Rated | 103 min | Documentary, History, War
A documentary chronicling the background to, and history of, the Vietnam War.
Director: Emile de Antonio | Stars: Harry S. Ashmore, Daniel Berrigan, Joseph Buttinger, William R. Corson
Votes: 1,923
56. Parasite Eve (1997)
120 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
A scientist realizes his dead wife is an organization of mitochondria bent on making a new species that will wipe out humanity.
Director: Masayuki Ochiai | Stars: Hiroshi Mikami, Riona Hazuki, Tomoko Nakajima, Ayako Ômura
Votes: 1,233
57. Scenes from the Suburbs (2011)
Not Rated | 28 min | Short, Drama, Music
A resident of a suburban dystopia tries to reassemble his fragmented memories of life as a teen.
Director: Spike Jonze | Stars: Sam Dillon, Paul Pluymen, Zoe Graham, Ashlin Williamson
Votes: 2,334
58. Planet Lockdown (2022)
110 min | Documentary
Planet Lockdown is a documentary on the situation the world finds itself in. We spoke to some of the brightest and bravest minds in the world including epidemiologists, scientists, doctors,... See full summary »
Director: James Patrick | Stars: Sucharit Bhakdi, Jeff Deist, Catherine Austin Fitts, Reiner Fuellmich
Votes: 96
59. Journey to the Sun (1999)
104 min | Drama
Mehmet, a young Turkish man newly migrated from the village Tire, takes a job searching for water leaks below the surface of the streets of Istanbul. Due to a strange set of events, he is ... See full summary »
Director: Yesim Ustaoglu | Stars: Nazmi Kirik, Newroz Baz, Mizgin Kapazan, Ara Güler
Votes: 1,890 | Gross: $0.00M
60. Gando (2019–2021)
50 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
This series is about the Iranian security police and solving the security case called Gando and the adventures that take place during this case.
Stars: Vahid Rahbani, Dariush Farhang, Pendar Akbari, Ali Afshar
Votes: 1,869
61. Women in Bondage (1943)
Passed | 72 min | Drama, War
Margot Bracken returns home to Germany after several years of absence, and is horrified at the degraded status which has been forced on the women of her homeland. Toni Hall is prevented ... See full summary »
Director: Steve Sekely | Stars: Gail Patrick, Nancy Kelly, William Henry, Tala Birell
Votes: 115
62. Tambourine (2008)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
Mohammad is sent to an apartment situated in uptown Tehran to install their satellite dishes, while having satellite TV is illegal in Iran. He arrives there with a girl named Shirin who ... See full summary »
Director: Parisa Bakhtavar | Stars: Baran Kosari, Saber Abar, Mehran Modiri, Amin Hayayee
Votes: 4,618
63. Surname Viet Given Name Nam (1989)
108 min | Documentary, History, Romance
Trinh T. Minh-ha combines archival footage, text, and interviews to paint portraits of Vietnamese women past and present. She explores the fiction of documentary and the truth of subjective experience and all their inherent contradictions.
Director: Trinh T. Minh-ha
Votes: 189
64. Abaddon (2021)
96 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A sassy bounty hunter and her convict boyfriend free a society from the clutches of a repressive theocratic police state.
Director: Blake Fitzpatrick | Stars: Victoria De Mare, Ron Jeremy, Conrad Brooks, Joe Estevez
Votes: 39
65. Bread and Circus (2003 Video)
Not Rated | 75 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
One man's courage and will to break loose from the system, and the ability of one individual to bring down the kingdom.
Director: Martin Loke | Stars: Oliver Boullet, Miriam Johansson, Martin Loke, Magne Jahrestein
Votes: 308
66. Terminal City Ricochet (1990)
107 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Welcome to Terminal City, a decaying world where the citizens wallow amidst a mind-boggling profusion of discarded consumer goods; a ruthless world where television is exploited to its ... See full summary »
Director: Zale Dalen | Stars: Peter Breck, Germain Houde, Jello Biafra, Mark Bennett
Votes: 179
67. The Comic (1985)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
In a future police state, a stand-up comic murders a competitor for a job, then gets mixed up with a stripper.
Director: Richard Driscoll | Stars: Steve Munroe, Berderia Timini, Jeff Pirie, Bernard Plant
Votes: 158
68. Die Wache (1994–2006)
45 min | Action, Drama, Crime
The guard in Cologne police work from the regular patrolman to the criminal police.
Stars: Bernd E. Jäger von Boxen, Aram van de Rest, Mike Reichenbach, Patrick Bach
Votes: 81
69. Sympathisanten: Unser Deutscher Herbst (2018)
101 min | Documentary
West Germany in the 1970s. Many artists, journalists and intellectuals were branded as sympathizers of Baader-Meinhof's left-wing terrorism. The parents of the director, too: Margarethe von... See full summary »
Director: Felix Moeller | Stars: Margarethe von Trotta, Volker Schlöndorff, Peter Schneider, Marius Müller-Westernhagen
Votes: 46
70. Radius (2019)
9 min | Short, Sci-Fi
In the not-too-distant future, an everyman wrongly arrested for crimes against the state faces a life-and-death decision.
Director: Jose Ho-Guanipa | Stars: Robert Murray Duncan, Sarah Stunt, David Villada, Christopher Roper
Votes: 19
71. 2030 (2024)
21 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi | Post-production
2030. In a new world. Pregnancies are forbidden. Emily must make a life changing decision.
Director: Tim Eickhoff | Stars: Silviana Ursu, Stan Holoubek, Sebastian Prenzel, Dirk Lins
72. But Forever in My Mind (1999)
88 min | Comedy
Silvio is sixteen and is more interested in girls than politics. When his high school is occupy by students, he takes the chance to find his soulmate. He and his friend Ponzi experience the... See full summary »
Director: Gabriele Muccino | Stars: Silvio Muccino, Giuseppe Sanfelice, Giulia Louise Steigerwalt, Giulia Carmignani
Votes: 1,684
73. Ghosts (2006)
96 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A young Chinese girl is smuggled into the UK so she can support her son and family in China.
Director: Nick Broomfield | Stars: Zhan Yu, Tao Li, Ai Qin Lin, Zhe Wei
Votes: 844
74. The Mongols (1973)
92 min | Adventure, Drama, History
A director of a television series on the history of cinema, who has been grappling with the screenplay of his first feature film, receives an assignment to oversee the installation of a ... See full summary »
Director: Parviz Kimiavi | Stars: Fahimeh Rastkar, Parviz Kimiavi, Agha Seyed ali Mirza Sajadi, Ali Mirza
Votes: 220
75. Theoretically, an even much more paranoid conspiratorial phone call (2021)
85 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Challenged by phone by the Pro Bono Spy Hunter and his valet, The Boss travels to the year 2121, where the USSR won the Cold War. Caught spying, The Boss undergoes a subtle questioning technique that tortures him and his interrogator.
Director: Jorge Luis Villacorta Santamato | Star: Jorge Luis Villacorta Santamato
Votes: 6
76. World War C (2021)
85 min | Documentary
It's war. War against an invisible enemy that is not as deadly as we are told. The world is changing rapidly. Disproportionate measures are taken worldwide that disrupt society as a whole. ... See full summary »
Director: Belgin Inal | Stars: Tucker Carlson, King Charles III, Bill Gates, António Guterres
Votes: 17
77. La sua giornata di gloria (1969)
82 min | Drama
Director: Edoardo Bruno | Stars: Carlo Cecchi, Maria Manuela Carrilho, Raúl Martínez, Sergio Serafini
Votes: 39
78. Revelation: Dawn of Global Government (2016)
PG | 106 min | Documentary
The American Republic, Christian faith and liberty are rapidly being destroyed by a Trojan Horse of globalism. As we have slept "Change has come to America." Awakened late, we find ourselves enveloped, suffocated in a global prison planet.
Director: Chuck Untersee | Stars: Chuck Baldwin, Jerry Boykin, Mark Collins, Charlie Daniels
Votes: 79 | Gross: $0.02M
79. The Steel Fist (1952)
Approved | 73 min | Drama
In an Iron Curtain country an idealistic student goes on the run from the Communist authorities.
Director: Wesley Barry | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Kristine Miller, Harry Lauter, Rand Brooks
Votes: 139
80. Trahir (1993)
103 min | Drama, History
After hard years in prison, a poet accepts a pact with the Securitate so that his volumes will be edited. But the duplicitous relationship established with the agent who obtains his freedom will spoil both his family life and his creation.
Director: Radu Mihaileanu | Stars: Johan Leysen, Alexandru Repan, Mireille Perrier, Razvan Vasilescu
Votes: 126
81. Nineteen Eighty-Fear
Short, Action, War | Pre-production
Set in the dystopian universe of Orwell's "1984", the world is ruled by hate and fear. Ethan Smith tries to counter the ideology of the New Party, and starting a Revolution that will lead to a new dawn.
Director: Andrea D'Agostino
82. Corporate Prey (2019)
118 min | Drama
In a dystopian future, one corporation controls most of the world through genetic mods, food, and drugs. A senior geneticist's lover dies, launching his quest against the psychopathic CEO and the "families" that control "The Corporation."
Director: Bob Abell | Stars: Christine Emes, Dylan Lloyd, Kristen MacCulloch, Brandon Ludwig
Votes: 20
83. Chechnya: War Without Trace (2015 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
In the space of just a few years, Chechnya has undergone a remarkable transformation. But all this progress has come at a high price. In exchange for peace, the Kremlin has turned Chechnya ... See full summary »
Director: Manon Loizeau | Stars: Igor Kaliapine, Oleg Khabibrakhmanov, Guebardo Koutaiev, Salina Koutaieva
Votes: 36
84. NYPD: Biggest Gang in New York? (2016 TV Movie)
43 min | Documentary
In the wake of the shooting of five Dallas police officers, BBC Three investigates why tension is rising between America's police forces and ethnic minorities. Shot on the streets of New ... See full summary »
Director: Ben Steele | Stars: Will Aronin, William J. Bratton, Christen Conyers, Julio Diaz
Votes: 74
85. Si ingenting (2022)
83 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
It tells the story of Marcus, the man behind the artist name Kamelen. It showcases both sides of his personality: the citizen with a professional artist career and the Marcus who allows ADHD to get out by pushing all boundaries.
Director: Rolv Lyssand Bjørø | Star: Marcus Kabelo Møll Mosele
Votes: 102
86. Stargazer (2019)
4 min | Animation, Short, Action
A high octane, animated sci-fi car chase about two sisters fleeing a city in a super car turned star ship.
Director: Joshua Slezak | Stars: Whitney Latrice Coulter, Elena Baldwin, Carl G. Brooks
87. The Gestapo: Hitler's secret police (1991)
52 min | Documentary
The Geheime Staatspolizei, abbreviated Gestapo, was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe. The force was created by Hermann Göring in 1933.
Director: Michael Campbell | Stars: Patrick Allen, Reinhard Heydrich, Adolf Hitler
Votes: 12
88. Is Covid Racist? (2020 TV Movie)
Documentary
A&E medic Dr Ronx sets out to understand why so many NHS colleagues who died from coronavirus came from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Featuring stories of frontline workers who ... See full summary »
Director: Geoff Small | Stars: Halima Begum, Ronx Ikharia, Chaand Nagpaul
89. To Stay Alive (2002)
95 min | Drama
A woman tries to escape from the much older man she was forced to marry.
Director: Dariush Mehrjui | Stars: Neda Aghaei, Masoumeh Bakhshi, Mohammad Habibian, Ghader Heydari
Votes: 167
90. Fotograf (2001)
66 min | Drama
Two young people named Ali and Faruk meet on the bus journey. this journey leaves them with an end that they know but cannot prevent.
Director: Kazim Öz | Stars: Feyyaz Duman, Nazmi Kirik, Mizgin Kapazan, Muhlis Asan
Votes: 143
91. The Only Real Game (2013)
Unrated | 82 min | Documentary, Sport
Manipur, a volatile border state in northeast India, defies gun violence, trafficking and HIV/AIDS through love of America's National Pastime - or as Babe Ruth called it "the only real game in the world."
Director: Mirra Bank | Stars: Melissa Leo, Bame, Bhanu, Jeff Brueggemann
Votes: 29 | Gross: $0.01M
92. Karawane (2015)
Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
In a dystopian Stockholm, four dysfunctional friend's lives are turned upside down when they find a decapitated body in a bathtub. They soon realize the body belongs to their friend Love who seems to have discovered a drug of divine proportions. Now they have to face all levels of their strange world that stand in their way of finding the truth about Love.
Director: Nils Eidvall | Stars: Hannes Fohlin, Rasmus Luthander, Kevin Warbrandt, Rasmus Gisby
Votes: 10
93. L'Iran: une révolution cinématographique (2006 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary
Today Iranian cinema is one of the most highly regarded national cinemas in the world, regularly winning festival awards and critical acclaim for films which combine remarkable artistry and... See full summary »
Director: Nader T. Homayoun | Stars: Rakhshan Banietemad, Bahram Beyzaie, Farokh Ghafari, Bahman Ghobadi
Votes: 236
94. Stanley Beloved (1998)
20 min | Short
James and Kevin are friends and live in Hong-Kong. When Kevin finds out that his Chinese father wants to send him away to England to study, he decides to spend a summer day with his friend James. Then something unexpected happens.
Director: Simon Chung | Stars: Wes Wong, Oliver Williams, Tak Shing Chung, Yoyo
Votes: 229
96. Qeios (2014– )
Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Rivatha, Princess of Qeios, discovers the air outside is safe; the guards are lying and killing people. She joins the resistance with chirpy Woodrow, snarky dog Comet, creepy Jasper, mysterious Mrs. Whitely, and twins Audrey and Andre.
Stars: Sylar Grimm, Gutiotyu, Jordan Frye, Cierra Frye
Votes: 6
97. Tomorrow's Child (1957 TV Movie)
66 min | Comedy
Comedy play set in a police state.
Director: Raymond Menmuir | Stars: Queenie Ashton, Bernard Barber, Lola Brooks, James Condon
98. Formed Underwater
Drama | Announced
When a police diver gets in trouble at the bottom of a frozen lake attempting to recover bodies, his life flashes before him to give him what he needs to survive.
99. Next Door (I) (2014)
13 min | Short, Action, Comedy
A short film about falling in love. With a terrorist.
Director: Drew Mylrea | Stars: Jodi Carol Harrison, Jake Regal, Amanda Westlake
Votes: 46
100. Derrick J's Victimless Crime Spree (2012)
Unrated | 88 min | Documentary, Crime
A documentary chronicling liberty activist Derrick J Freeman's exciting first year of activism in The Shire.
Director: Derrick J. Freeman | Stars: Kate Ager, Rich Angell, Ed Burke, Jed Butterfield
Votes: 71