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1. 24 (2001–2010)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Counter Terrorism Agent Jack Bauer races against the clock to subvert terrorist plots and save his nation from ultimate disaster.
Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Carlos Bernard, Dennis Haysbert
Votes: 197,001
2. The Mauritanian (2021)
R | 129 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Mohamedou Ould Slahi fights for freedom after being detained and imprisoned without charge by the U.S. Government for years.
Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Tahar Rahim, Nouhe Hamady Bari, Saadna Hamoud, Mohamed Yeslem Mousse
Votes: 61,711
3. A Most Wanted Man (2014)
R | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg, where he gets caught in the international war on terror.
Director: Anton Corbijn | Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Daniel Brühl, Robin Wright
Votes: 80,158 | Gross: $17.24M
4. The Siege (1998)
R | 116 min | Action, Thriller
The secret U.S. abduction of a suspected terrorist leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York City, which leads to the declaration of martial-law.
Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis, Annette Bening, Tony Shalhoub
Votes: 78,084 | Gross: $40.98M
5. Hunger (2008)
Not Rated | 96 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Irish republican Bobby Sands leads the inmates of a Northern Irish prison in a hunger strike.
Director: Steve McQueen | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Liam Cunningham, Stuart Graham, Laine Megaw
Votes: 73,544 | Gross: $0.15M
6. Death and the Maiden (1994)
R | 103 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A political activist is convinced that her guest is a man who once tortured her for the government.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley, Stuart Wilson, Krystia Mova
Votes: 26,811 | Gross: $2.10M
7. Navalny (2022)
R | 99 min | Documentary, Biography
Follows the man who survived an assassination attempt by poisoning with a lethal nerve agent in August 2020. During his months-long recovery he makes shocking discoveries about the attempt on his life and decides to return home.
Director: Daniel Roher | Stars: Alexei Navalny, Yulia Navalnaya, Christo Grozev, Dasha Navalnaya
Votes: 29,875
8. 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: 37,670
9. Infinity Chamber (2016)
103 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
A man trapped in an automated prison must outsmart a computer in order to escape.
Director: Travis Milloy | Stars: Christopher Soren Kelly, Cassandra Clark, Cajardo Lindsey, Jesse D. Arrow
Votes: 11,738
10. The Century of the Self (2002)
59 min | Documentary
A documentary about the rise of psychoanalysis as a powerful means of persuasion for both governments and corporations.
Stars: Adam Curtis, Robert Reich, Ann Bernays, Alfred Pritz
Votes: 6,360
11. The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama
A young woman's life is scrutinized by police and tabloid press after she spends the night with a suspected terrorist.
Directors: Volker Schlöndorff, Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Angela Winkler, Mario Adorf, Dieter Laser, Jürgen Prochnow
Votes: 4,884
12. Mariposas Verdes (2017)
101 min | Drama
Mateo an intelligent and popular school-boy falls in love with Daniel, but when that relationship is made public, Mateo is at a crossroads, and will have to decide between fighting his adversaries, or giving up everything.
Director: Gustavo Nieto Roa | Stars: Deivi Duarte, Kevin Bury, Cecilia Suárez, Maria Helena Doering
Votes: 713
13. Invisible Heroes (2019)
285 min | Biography, Drama, History
Two Finnish diplomats struggle to save thousands of lives during and following the 1973 Chilean coup d'état.
Stars: Pelle Heikkilä, Sophia Heikkilä, Ilkka Villi, Aksa Korttila
Votes: 669
14. Parting Shots (1998)
99 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
When the doctors tell Harry Sterndale to get his affairs in order, he does just that - with a vengeance. With nothing to lose, Harry is out to give everyone who ever "done him wrong" something to remember him by: exactly what they deserve.
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Chris Rea, Felicity Kendal, John Cleese, Bob Hoskins
Votes: 1,077
15. Mugabe (2023)
120 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Mugabe rises from being a prisoner to power as a guerrilla fighter but gradually becomes the world's top tyrant. After four decades in power his allies do the unexpected.
Director: Robert Peters | Stars: Jackie Appiah, Mzembi Charles, Adam Chasema, Gives Chinyani
Votes: 19
16. Dokument inifrån: Experimenten (2016)
60 min | Documentary
Three-part series looking at the downfall of synthetic organ transplant surgeon Paolo Macchiarini.
Stars: Paolo Macchiarini, Bosse Lindquist, Johannes Wahlström, Matthias Corbascio
Votes: 38
17. The Missing Children (2021 TV Movie)
88 min | Documentary, Crime, History
A documentary about the Tuam mother and baby home in Galway, Ireland which closed in 1961.
Director: Tanya Stephan
Votes: 68
18. Harvest of Empire (2012)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, History
A powerful documentary that exposes the direct connection between the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the immigration crisis we face today. From the territorial ... See full summary »
Directors: Peter Getzels, Eduardo Lopez | Stars: Junot Diaz, Luis Enrique, Juan Gonzalez, Maria Hinojosa
Votes: 165 | Gross: $0.06M
19. Aban and Khorshid (2014)
13 min | Short, Drama, Romance
Inspired by true events, Aban and Khorshid is an intimate portrait of two lovers, glimpsing into the world in which they met, moments before their execution for being gay.
Director: Darwin Serink | Stars: Mojean Aria, Bobby Naderi
Votes: 468
20. It's a Girl! (2012)
Not Rated | 64 min | Documentary
Every year in India and China, millions of babies are killed, neglected or abandoned simply because they are girls.
Director: Evan Grae Davis
Votes: 535
21. Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime (2014)
102 min | Documentary
Before the Internet. Before Social Media. Before Breaking News. The victims of Thalidomide had to rely on something even more extraordinary to fight their corner: Investigative Journalism. ... See full summary »
Directors: David Morris, Jacqui Morris | Stars: Harold Evans, Ralph Nader, Michael Sheen
Votes: 666
22. The Red Danube (1949)
Passed | 119 min | Drama, Romance, War
Shortly after the end of World War II, British Colonel Michael S. "Hooky" Nicobar (Walter Pidgeon) is assigned to a unit in the British Zone of Vienna. His duty is to aid the Soviet ... See full summary »
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Ethel Barrymore, Peter Lawford, Angela Lansbury
Votes: 715
23. Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World (2018)
TV-PG | 88 min | Documentary, News
Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World explores the promise of open source investigation, taking viewers inside the exclusive world of the "citizen investigative journalist" collective known as Bellingcat.
Director: Hans Pool | Stars: Eliot Higgins, Jay Rosen, Claire Wardle, Veli-Pekka Kivimäki
Votes: 767
24. Navy SEALs: Their Untold Story (2014 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 114 min | Documentary
Few know the story of how the U.S. Navy SEALs (Sea, Air and Land) became the renowned warriors of today. Without them, much of world history would have been written differently, from the ... See full summary »
Director: Carol L. Fleisher
Votes: 223
25. Human Harvest (2014)
72 min | Documentary, Crime
Nobel Peace Prize nominees David Matas and David Kilgour investigate the organ harvesting trade in China and uncover one of the world's worst crimes against humanity.
Director: Leon Lee | Stars: Ethan Gutmann, Shi-Wei Huang, Carlos Iglésias, David Kilgour
Votes: 269
26. The Whistleblowers: Inside the UN (2022 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
Investigation into wrongdoing, corruption and whistle-blowing in the United Nations.
Director: Ben Steele | Star: Emma Reilly
Votes: 43
27. Un pays qui se tient sage (2020)
86 min | Documentary
A group of citizens question and confront their views on the social order, and the legitimacy of the use of violent police force.
Director: David Dufresne | Stars: Arié Alimi, Myriam Ayad, Ludivine Bantigny, Benoît Barret
Votes: 805
28. Radnicka klasa odlazi u raj (The Working Class Is Off to Paradise (2017)
80 min | Documentary
Documentary film about the former working class in today's Serbian transitional society. The story takes us into the everyday lives of five former employees of the industrial giants in ... See full summary »
Director: Marko Cvejic | Stars: Jovica Berbakov, Alfred Kelemen, Marija Kerestes, Branislav Odzin
Votes: 10
29. The 8th (2020)
94 min | Documentary
The 8th tells the story of Irish women and their fight to overturn one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the world. After a 35-year struggle, the pro-choice side must radically shift... See full summary »
Directors: Aideen Kane, Lucy Kennedy, Maeve O'Boyle | Stars: Wendy Grace, Andrea Horan, Ailbhe Smyth, Maria Steen
Votes: 81
30. La Lucha Sigue (The Struggle Continues) (2021)
66 min | Documentary
LA LUCHA SIGUE (The Struggle Continues) is a feature length documentary that combines breathtaking cinematography with intimate access and creative storytelling as it follows COPINH and ... See full synopsis »
Director: Sam Vinal
31. Jaha's Promise (2017)
80 min | Documentary
Jaha's Promise tells the story of a young woman who returns home to campaign against the brutal female genital mutilation practices that almost destroyed her life.
Directors: Patrick Farrelly, Kate O'Callaghan | Star: Jaha Dukureh
Votes: 63
32. Honor Diaries (2013)
Not Rated | 61 min | Documentary, Crime, News
Several Muslim women activists discuss their stories and the state of women's rights in Muslim-majority nations.
Director: Micah Smith | Stars: Raheel Raza, Raquel Evita Saraswati, Juliana Taimoorazy
Votes: 240
33. Endgame in Ireland (2001 TV Movie)
240 min | Documentary
A comprehensive look at the Irish people's struggle for Civil rights and how it transpired into a military campaign for independence, before a political agreement was made for fair ... See full summary »
Directors: Mark Anderson, Mick Gold | Stars: Gerry Adams, Bertie Ahern, Tony Blair, Denis Bradley
Votes: 42
34. Augusto Pinochet: The Coup, the Torture & the West (2023 TV Special)
45 min | Documentary, History
September 11th, 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the military coup that brought General Pinochet to power in Chile. With the support of world democracies, including the US and UK, the dictator ruled through terror and torture.
Director: Lyndy Saville | Stars: Cal Seville, Roberto Navarrete, Nicholas O'Shaughnessy, Grace Livingston
Votes: 13
35. Amnesty! When They Are All Free (2011)
70 min | Documentary
The documentary examines Amnesty International's successes and failures over the 50 years since it was founded.
Director: James Rogan | Stars: Claudio Cordone, Gerardo Ducos, Patricia Feeney, Said Haddadi
Votes: 13
36. The Wagner Group: Russia's Blackwater (2020 TV Special)
9 min | Documentary, News
From Ukraine to Syria to the Central African Republic, the Wagner Group/Gruppa Vagnera/PMC Wagner is a mercenary outfit waging secret wars on Russia's behalf. A Russian paramilitary ... See full summary »
Director: Faisal Ali | Stars: Maria Ramos, Alexander Kuznetsov, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Vladimir Putin
Votes: 9
37. Gladio - Geheimarmeen in Europa (2011 TV Movie)
85 min | Documentary
In Italy and Germany, numerous people die in bomb attacks in the 1960s to 1980s. Clues prove certain connections, the traces lead to a secret structure called "Gladio".
Directors: Frank Gutermuth, Wolfgang Schoen | Stars: Giulio Andreotti, Gerhart Baum, Ulrich Chaussy, Gert Heidenreich
Votes: 14
38. Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas (2017)
80 min | Documentary
Farmland - the new green gold. Hoping for export revenues, Ethiopia's government leases millions of hectares of farmland to foreign investors. But the dream of prosperity has a dark side ... See full summary »
Director: Joakim Demmer | Stars: Alexander Karim, Mohammed Alamoudi, Ivan Holmes, Argaw Ashine
Votes: 98
39. Chile, a Galaxy of Problems (2010)
32 min | Documentary, Short
In this documentary, Patricio Guzmán returns, once again, to the most recent historical past of his country, and does so by analyzing the amnesia of his fellow citizens regarding the ... See full summary »
Director: Patricio Guzmán | Stars: Juan Emilio Cheyre, Marcel Claude, Margarita Díaz, Carmen Hertz
Votes: 44
40. Hyvissä aikeissa (2019)
84 min | Documentary, History
Stars: Riikka Kaihovaara, Juha Pihkala, Jörgen Hedman, Pekka Isaksson
Votes: 15
41. The Factory: A Covert French Operation (2021)
102 min | Documentary
Between 2011 and 2015 a cement factory owned by the French company Lafarge diverted millions of US dollars to armed groups in Syria, including Daesh and the PKK. In fact, the factory was a cover for the French secret services
Stars: Bashar al-Assad, Christophe Ayad, Gerard Bapt, Michel Duclos
42. You Don't Like the Truth: 4 Days Inside Guantanamo (2010)
100 min | Documentary, History, News
The interrogation recordings of the underaged Canadian Guantanamo Bay prisoner, Omar Khadr, by Canadian intelligence personnel are presented with observations by his attorneys and former cell mates.
Directors: Luc Côté, Patricio Henríquez
Votes: 176
43. Here Still (2019)
5 min | Short
An honest, hard hitting, short documentary about rampant human rights violations and torture in Kashmir. Torture survivors and human rights activists expose decades of abuse.
Directors: Jamie DeWolf, Tara Dorabji
44. Vapauden varjot (2010 TV Movie)
54 min | Documentary
Director: Ari Lehikoinen | Stars: Martin Scheinin, Muhammad Saad Igbal Madni, Omar Deghayes, Amina Janjua
45. Yury (2010)
48 min | Documentary
Yury, young gay lives in Belarus, tells about that as he became "drag queen" and he has participated in two Slavic Gay Pride in Belarus and Russia in 2009, 2010.
Director: Vladimir Ivanov
46. A Letter from Leticia (2017)
3 min | Animation, Short, Biography
Leticia Veraldi, a high school student in Buenos Aires, was moved 750 miles away from home for protection. She used to write letters to her former school friends.
Director: Irene Blei
48.
Timewatch (1982– )
Episode:
Gladio: The Ringmasters
(1992)
Documentary, History
Part one of a 3-part series revealing the crucial role the CIA has played in manipulating the political affairs of post-war Europe through the Gladio.
Director: Allan Francovich | Stars: John Rowe, Federico U. D'Amato, Vincenzo Vinciguerra
Votes: 39
49.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
Abortion Clinic
(1983)
TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, News
Abortion Clinic tells the stories of four young women who are confronted by unplanned pregnancies. Two of them decide to carry their pregnancies to term; two chose to have abortions performed at a local clinic.
Director: Mark Obenhaus | Stars: Jessica Savitch, Mark Obenhaus
Votes: 16
50.
The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode:
Gaza Fights for Freedom
(2019)
84 min | Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Filmed during the height of the Great March Of Return protests, it features exclusive footage of demonstrations where 200 unarmed civilians have been killed by Israeli snipers since March 30, 2018.
Director: Abby Martin
Votes: 908