Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "civil-unrest"

1. Joker (I) (2019)

R | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.

Director: Todd Phillips | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy

Votes: 1,489,561 | Gross: $335.45M

2. Watchmen (2009)

R | 162 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

In a version of 1985 where superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach on the trail of a conspiracy that will change the course of history.

Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Jackie Earle Haley, Patrick Wilson, Carla Gugino, Malin Akerman

Votes: 582,636 | Gross: $107.51M

3. Suspiria (I) (2018)

R | 152 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.

Director: Luca Guadagnino | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Tilda Swinton, Doris Hick, Malgorzata Bela

Votes: 92,315 | Gross: $2.47M

4. Gangs of New York (2002)

R | 167 min | Crime, Drama

In 1862, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher, his father's killer.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jim Broadbent

Votes: 473,029 | Gross: $77.81M

5. Watchmen (2019)

TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Set in an alternate history where masked vigilantes are treated as outlaws, Watchmen embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel of the same name, while attempting to break new ground of its own.

Stars: Regina King, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Tom Mison, Sara Vickers

Votes: 134,324

6. Atomic Blonde (2017)

R | 115 min | Action, Thriller

An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.

Director: David Leitch | Stars: Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, John Goodman, Eddie Marsan

Votes: 206,557 | Gross: $51.69M

7. The Stand (1994)

Not Rated | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

After a deadly plague kills most of the world's population, the remaining survivors split into two groups - one led by a benevolent elder and the other by a malevolent being - to face each other in a final battle between good and evil.

Stars: Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Jamey Sheridan, Laura San Giacomo

Votes: 38,422

8. Strange Days (1995)

R | 145 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi

A former cop turned street-hustler accidentally uncovers a conspiracy in Los Angeles in 1999.

Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore

Votes: 78,439 | Gross: $7.92M

9. Spectral (2016)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A sci-fi/thriller story centered on a special-ops team that is dispatched to fight supernatural beings.

Director: Nic Mathieu | Stars: James Badge Dale, Emily Mortimer, Bruce Greenwood, Max Martini

Votes: 64,890

10. Evita (1996)

PG | 135 min | Biography, Drama, History

The hit musical based on the life of Eva Perón (Evita Duarte), a B-picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Domingo Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.

Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Madonna, Jonathan Pryce, Antonio Banderas, Jimmy Nail

Votes: 37,575 | Gross: $50.05M

11. Risen (2016)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Drama, History

In 33 AD, a Roman Tribune in Judea is tasked to find the missing body of Jesus Christ, who rose from the dead.

Director: Kevin Reynolds | Stars: Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felton, Peter Firth, Cliff Curtis

Votes: 30,826 | Gross: $36.87M

12. Michael Collins (1996)

R | 133 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller

Neil Jordan's historical biopic of Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, the man who led a guerrilla war against the UK, helped negotiate the creation of the Irish Free State, and led the National Army during the Irish Civil War.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Julia Roberts, Ian Hart

Votes: 33,759 | Gross: $11.09M

13. Detroit (2017)

R | 143 min | Crime, Drama, History

Fact-based drama set during the 1967 Detroit riots in which a group of rogue police officers respond to a complaint with retribution rather than justice on their minds.

Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: John Boyega, Anthony Mackie, Algee Smith, Jacob Latimore

Votes: 55,960 | Gross: $16.79M

14. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

Passed | 116 min | Drama, Romance

In 15th-century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.

Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Cedric Hardwicke, Thomas Mitchell

Votes: 12,283 | Gross: $3.27M

15. Hunt (2022)

Not Rated | 131 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

The International Unit and The Domestic Unit of the Korean Spy Agency are tasked with the mission of uncovering a North Korean Spy known as Donglim who is deeply embedded within their agency.

Director: Lee Jung-jae | Stars: Lee Jung-jae, Ju Ji-hoon, Jung Woo-sung, Go Yoon-Jung

Votes: 5,475

16. Zabriskie Point (1970)

R | 113 min | Drama

At a time of chronic civil unrest in late 1960s America, a young idealist and an anthropology student cross paths at Zabriskie Point in Death Valley, California. They start an unrestrained relationship by making love on the dusty terrain.

Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Mark Frechette, Daria Halprin, Paul Fix, G.D. Spradlin

Votes: 17,153 | Gross: $1.05M

17. Lady Snowblood (1973)

Not Rated | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A strikingly beautiful young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.

Director: Toshiya Fujita | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Toshio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimon, Miyoko Akaza

Votes: 16,307

18. Ishtar (1987)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the C.I.A., the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime.

Director: Elaine May | Stars: Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Adjani, Charles Grodin

Votes: 12,022 | Gross: $14.38M

19. 13th (2016)

TV-MA | 100 min | Documentary, Crime, History

An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: Melina Abdullah, Michelle Alexander, Cory Booker, Dolores Canales

Votes: 37,680

20. Panic in Year Zero! (1962)

Passed | 93 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A family leaves Los Angeles for a camping trip just before hydrogen bombs destroy the city. In the midst of the chaos, the father must fight to keep his family alive along the highway.

Director: Ray Milland | Stars: Ray Milland, Jean Hagen, Frankie Avalon, Mary Mitchel

Votes: 4,830

21. I Am Not Your Negro (2016)

PG-13 | 93 min | Documentary, History

Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel, Remember This House.

Director: Raoul Peck | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, James Baldwin, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X

Votes: 23,507 | Gross: $7.12M

22. Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas (2013)

Unrated | 122 min | Drama, History

In the 16th century in the Cévennes, a horse dealer by the name of Michael Kohlhaas leads a happy family life. When a lord treats him unjustly, he raises an army and puts the country to fire and sword in order to have his rights restored.

Director: Arnaud des Pallières | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Mélusine Mayance, Delphine Chuillot, David Kross

Votes: 9,202

23. Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland (2023)

Documentary, History, War

Twenty-five years on from a peace agreement being reached, Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland shares intimate, unheard testimonies from all sides of the conflict.

Votes: 926

24. Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018)

R | 128 min | Documentary

Filmmaker Michael Moore examines the current state of American politics, particularly the Donald Trump presidency and gun violence, while highlighting the power of grassroots democratic movements.

Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Jim Acosta, Roger Ailes, Brooke Baldwin, Ashleigh Banfield

Votes: 20,395 | Gross: $6.35M

25. Dear Comrades! (2020)

121 min | Drama, History

When the communist government raises food prices in 1962, the rebellious workers from the small industrial town of Novocherkassk go on strike. The massacre which then ensues is seen through the eyes of a devout party activist.

Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy | Stars: Yuliya Vysotskaya, Vladislav Komarov, Andrey Gusev, Yuliya Burova

Votes: 5,890

26. Maidan (2014)

134 min | Documentary

A look at the 2013 and 2014 civil unrest in the Ukrainian capital's central square.

Director: Sergey Loznitsa

Votes: 1,214

27. No Blade of Grass (1970)

R | 96 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

An environmental catastrophe destroys civilization. Led by father John and mother Ann, the Custance clan sets out on a quest for safety in a savage world that may just end up turning them into the very thing they are fleeing.

Director: Cornel Wilde | Stars: Nigel Davenport, Jean Wallace, John Hamill, Lynne Frederick

Votes: 2,059 | Gross: $0.35M

28. Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009 Video)

PG-13 | 67 min | Animation, Action, Drama

When Lex Luthor gets elected US President, he uses the threat of an oncoming kryptonite meteor striking Earth as a rationale to frame Superman.

Director: Sam Liu | Stars: Clancy Brown, Kevin Conroy, Tim Daly, Xander Berkeley

Votes: 25,498

29. Year of the Gun (1991)

R | 111 min | Action, Romance, Thriller

In 1978, a journalist and a photojournalist, both young Americans, had a close encounter with Red Brigades terrorists in Rome.

Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Sharon Stone, Valeria Golino, John Pankow

Votes: 2,959 | Gross: $1.18M

30. A Love Divided (1999)

Unrated | 98 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

The true story of a Catholic man and his Protestant wife, and the events resulting in the Co. Wexford, Ireland community when the wife decides she doesn't appreciate being forced to send ... See full summary »

Director: Syd Macartney | Stars: Peter Caffrey, Brendan Conroy, Orla Brady, Liam Cunningham

Votes: 367

31. The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)

PG | 102 min | Action, Drama, Crime

A black man plays 'uncle Tom' in order to gain access to CIA training, then uses that knowledge to plot a new American revolt.

Director: Ivan Dixon | Stars: Lawrence Cook, Janet League, Paula Kelly, J.A. Preston

Votes: 1,567 | Gross: $1.00M

32. LA 92 (2017)

R | 114 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Twenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests, violence and looting in Los Angeles, filmmakers examine that tumultuous period through rarely seen archival footage.

Directors: Daniel Lindsay, T.J. Martin | Stars: Henry Alfaro, Danny Bakewell, John D. Barnett, Bart Bartholomew

Votes: 6,901

33. The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955)

Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

The delirious journey of a mentally disordered man, who is obsessed with committing the perfect crime.

Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Ernesto Alonso, Miroslava, Rita Macedo, Ariadne Welter

Votes: 5,889

34. Even the Rain (2010)

Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, History

As a director and his crew shoot a controversial film about Christopher Columbus in Cochabamba, Bolivia, local people rise up against plans to privatize the water supply.

Director: Icíar Bollaín | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Luis Tosar, Karra Elejalde, Juan Carlos Aduviri

Votes: 14,224 | Gross: $0.56M

35. Lola Montès (1955)

Not Rated | 116 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

When she is reduced to appearing in a circus, a notorious beauty thinks back on her past loves.

Director: Max Ophüls | Stars: Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook, Henri Guisol

Votes: 6,052 | Gross: $0.11M

36. Gonzo (2008)

R | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

A portrait of the late gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.

Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Hunter S. Thompson, Johnny Depp, Joe Cairo, David Carlo

Votes: 8,503 | Gross: $1.25M

37. Tick, Tick, Tick (1970)

G | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Racial tensions threaten to explode when a black man is elected Sheriff of a small, racially divided town in the deep south.

Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: Jim Brown, George Kennedy, Fredric March, Lynn Carlin

Votes: 1,361 | Gross: $1.24M

38. Escape Earth (2021)

Not Rated | 71 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

In a near-future post apocalyptic world, a father must cross a dangerous landscape to reunite with his wife and daughter.

Director: Ben Carland | Stars: Riya May Atwood, Adam Burnette, Damian Duke Domingue, Taylor Girard

Votes: 208

39. La Commune (Paris, 1871) (2000)

345 min | Drama, History, War

In this war drama blurring the lines between documentary and fiction, the working class and the bourgeoisie of 19th century Paris are interviewed and covered on television, before and during a tragic workers' class revolt.

Director: Peter Watkins | Stars: Eliane Annie Adalto, Pierre Barbieux, Bernard Bombeau, Maylis Bouffartigue

Votes: 1,336

40. The Escape (1978)

PG | 100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

The lawyer Jean-Philippe Duroc visits his client, Martial Gaulard, sentenced to death for a murder he has not committed. At that moment, a mutiny happens inside the prison.

Director: Gérard Oury | Stars: Pierre Richard, Victor Lanoux, Raymond Bussières, Claude Brosset

Votes: 1,389

41. American Insurrection (2021)

R | 115 min | Drama

Set in a dystopian America where all people who aren't straight, white, Christian and cis gender are kept track of by the government with bar codes.

Director: William Sullivan | Stars: Nadine Malouf, Nick Westrate, Brandon Perea, Sarah Wharton

Votes: 1,604

42. May Fools (1990)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Romance

During the events of May 1968 in France, different worldviews of conflicting relatives collide in their family estate.

Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Miou-Miou, Michel Piccoli, Michel Duchaussoy, Marcel Bories

Votes: 3,412 | Gross: $1.58M

43. Walkout (2006 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 110 min | Drama

A teacher becomes a mentor to Chicano high-school students protesting injustices in schools in 1968.

Director: Edward James Olmos | Stars: Alexa PenaVega, Michael Peña, Yancey Arias, Laura Harring

Votes: 1,574

44. Lumumba (2000)

Not Rated | 115 min | Biography, Drama, History

The true story of controversial leader of independent Congo Patrice Lumumba.

Director: Raoul Peck | Stars: Eriq Ebouaney, Alex Descas, Théophile Sowié, Maka Kotto

Votes: 2,083 | Gross: $0.68M

45. Adieu Bonaparte (1985)

115 min | Drama, History, War

A story during the French Occupation of Egypt (1797-1803), depicting the conflict between tradition and modernization in the context of fighting the French invaders.

Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Salah Zulfikar, Mohsen Mohieddin, Patrice Chéreau

Votes: 382

46. What to Do in Case of Fire (2001)

R | 101 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

6 anarchists place a time bomb in a West Berlin building in 1987. It's a dud. It blows up in 2000. Only 2 remain anarchists. How can the 6 steal evidence from a police "fortress" and avoid 8 years prison?

Director: Gregor Schnitzler | Stars: Klaus Löwitsch, Til Schweiger, Martin Feifel, Sebastian Blomberg

Votes: 3,759

47. Driftless (2020)

TV-14 | 75 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

When a state government shutdown closes parks on 4th of July weekend, the Park Rangers of Driftless State Park, led by Nova Abbey, must protect the park from the people, and the people from one another.

Director: Harper Philbin | Stars: Monique Candelaria, Mickey O'Sullivan, Julia Langholt, Jennifer Jelsema

Votes: 136

48. Welcome to Blood City (1977)

96 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A group of people find themselves as slaves in what looks like a Wild West town, but with no memory of who they are or how they got there. In this town, people advance through killing ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Sasdy | Stars: Jack Palance, Keir Dullea, Samantha Eggar, Barry Morse

Votes: 542

49. Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992 (2017)

TV-MA | 144 min | Documentary, History

An in-depth look at the culture of Los Angeles in the ten years leading up to the 1992 uprising that erupted after the verdict of police officers cleared of beating Rodney King.

Director: John Ridley | Stars: Daryl Gates, Tom Bradley, Damian 'Football' Williams, Michael Moulin

Votes: 838

50. I Cover the War! (1937)

Passed | 68 min | Action, Drama, Romance

Newsreel cameraman Bob Adams heads to North Africa to cover an Arab uprising against the British. When he refuses to help his younger brother become a cameraman, Don becomes the dupe of less savory types posing in the trade.

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: John Wayne, Gwen Gaze, Don Barclay, Charles Brokaw

Votes: 209