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1. Black Hawk Down (2001)
R | 144 min | Action, Drama, History
The story of 160 elite U.S. soldiers who dropped into Mogadishu in October 1993 to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord, but found themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily armed Somalis.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, Eric Bana
Votes: 424,975 | Gross: $108.64M
2. The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Not Rated | 121 min | Drama, War
In the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo | Stars: Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Samia Kerbash
Votes: 65,912 | Gross: $0.06M
3. The Wind and the Lion (1975)
PG | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A Berber chieftain triggers an international incident, drawing the involvement of Theodore Roosevelt, when he kidnaps an American widow and her children in 1900s Morocco.
Director: John Milius | Stars: Sean Connery, Candice Bergen, Brian Keith, John Huston
Votes: 10,180 | Gross: $0.75M
4. Khartoum (1966)
Approved | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the Sudan, in 1884 to 1885, Egyptian forces led by British General Charles "Chinese" Gordon (Charlton Heston) defend Khartoum against an invading Muslim Army led by a religious fanatic, Mohammed Ahmed el Mahdi (Sir Laurence Olivier).
Directors: Basil Dearden, Eliot Elisofon | Stars: Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Richard Johnson, Ralph Richardson
Votes: 8,300 | Gross: $6.54M
5. Burn! (1969)
R | 112 min | Action, Drama, War
In 1844, a British mercenary helps the revolting slaves of an Antilles island colony gain independence from Portugal, but later returns to hunt down a local rebel leader and former protégé.
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo | Stars: Marlon Brando, Evaristo Márquez, Renato Salvatori, Dana Ghia
Votes: 5,851 | Gross: $0.43M
6. El sargento Perez (1973)
95 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Director: Arturo Martínez | Stars: Julio Alemán, Luis Aguilar, Norma Lazareno, Isabel Soto La Marina
Votes: 11
7. The True Story of Blackhawk Down (2003 TV Movie)
92 min | Documentary, Drama, History
Real footage is shown to prove that the film Black Hawk Down (2001) was very true to the real events that occured in Mogadishu in 1993. Actual militia and US rangers are interviewed to tell... See full summary »
Director: David Keane | Stars: David Jeremiah, Hussein Aidid, Mohamed Farrah Aidid, Steve Anderson
Votes: 284
8. 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: 166 | Gross: $0.06M
9. Across the Pacific (2020)
History
This is a 3 part series from PBS, following WW1, airline executive Juan Trippe, pilot Charles Lindbergh
Stars: Christopher Cassarino, Brad Koed, Brian Muller, Sergey Nagorny
Votes: 70
10. Comrades in Arms (1991)
R | 91 min | Action, Adventure
The Cold War is over, but the battle is still blazing as Russia and America join forces. When a ruthless international drug cartel threatens to impose a new world order of its own, ... See full summary »
Director: J. Christian Ingvordsen | Stars: Lyle Alzado, Rick Washburn, J. Christian Ingvordsen, Lance Henriksen
Votes: 110
11. Poutine, le retour de l'ours dans la danse (2022 TV Movie)
54 min | Documentary
In February 2007, at the Munich Conference for World Security, Vladimir Putin denounced the unilateralism of the United States and announced the end of a unipolar world. Although virulent, ... See full summary »
Director: Frédéric Tonolli | Stars: Saskia Weber, Cornelia Schönwald, Christian Le Peutrec, Jean-Yves Huchet
Votes: 57
12. Rethink Afghanistan (2009)
Not Rated | 62 min | Documentary, War
Award-winning filmmaker Robert Greenwald and Brave New Foundation deliver a ground-breaking documentary that shatters all perceived truths behind the war in Afghanistan.
Director: Robert Greenwald | Stars: Tariq Ali, Faiysal Alikhan, Andrew Bacevich, Robert Baer
Votes: 102
13. Battle for Korea (2001 TV Movie)
110 min | Documentary, History, War
A detailed military history of the Korean War and preceding events, from 1945 to 1953.
Star: Gavin MacFadyen
Votes: 24
14. El jagüey de las ruinas (1945)
98 min | Drama, Romance, War
Director: Gilberto Martínez Solares | Stars: Roberto Silva, María Luisa Zea, Lilia Michel, Paul Cambo
Votes: 9
15. The Pity of War (2014 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary, History, War
The causes of World War I, the effects of Britain's entry and the alternative paths history could have taken are debated.
Director: Adrian Pennink | Star: Niall Ferguson
Votes: 31
16. 11 Questions You Should Ask Hypocritical Libertarians: Rebutted! (2013 Video)
72 min | Talk-Show
Stefan Molyneux takes on the AlterNet article, "11 Questions You Should Ask Libertarians to See if They're Hypocrites" by RJ Eskow.
Star: Stefan Molyneux
17. Croisade américaine en Afrique (2019 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary
So gigantic the success, so reprehensible the backgrounds. The video of the social campaign 'KONY 2012' of the NPO 'Invisible Children, Inc.' was clicked one hundred million times within a ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Baptiste Renaud | Stars: Milton Allimadi, Joseph Bowo, Guillaume Cailleaux, Colonel W.
Votes: 6
18.
Afghanistan: The Wounded Land (2020)
Episode:
Das Königreich
(2020)
53 min | Documentary, History
In the 1960s, Afghanistan was divided between a westernised elite and a traditional, largely poor majority of the population. A communist revolution set these contradictions on fire.
Directors: Mayte Carrasco, Marcel Mettelsiefen | Stars: Nadja Berlinghoff, Khaled Hosseini, Homayun Assefi, Sima Samar
Votes: 51
19.
Afghanistan: The Wounded Land (2020)
Episode:
Die Sowjetarmee
(2020)
53 min | Documentary, History
In 1979, the Soviet army entered Afghanistan. In response, the Afghans called for Jihad against the godless invaders. The "Soviet Vietnam" began.
Directors: Mayte Carrasco, Marcel Mettelsiefen | Stars: Nadja Berlinghoff, Khaled Hosseini, Ruslan Aushev, Sima Samar
Votes: 42
20.
Can't Get You Out of My Head (2021)
Episode:
The Lordly Ones
(2021)
66 min | Documentary, History
It wasn't just the Slave Trade. 150 years ago Britain had wrecked China by forcing opium on the country. It made Britain the richest and most powerful country in the world. But it enslaved ... See full summary »
Star: Adam Curtis
Votes: 102
21.
Apocalypse: The Rise of Hitler (2011)
Episode:
Le Führer
(2011)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History, War
Was the support of a politically polarized minority of the population all Hitler needed to maneuver the Nazi party from a position of moderate influence to control of the government or was there more?
Directors: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Richard Lintern, Doug Rand, Hans Baur
Votes: 140
22.
The Armchair Historian (2017– )
Episode:
What Happened in Africa During the Cold War?
(2022)
23 min | Documentary, Animation
The Armchair Historian traces the effects of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union on Africa from 1945 to 1991, including the proxy wars between these two nations and ... See full summary »
Director: Griffin Johnsen | Star: Griffin Johnsen
23.
The Balkans in Flames (2021–2022)
Episode:
Yugoslavia In Ruins
(2021)
Documentary, History, War
The Srebrenica massacre is a wake-up call for the international community, which decides to intervene after four years of war. That same year, the warring parties sign a peace treaty. But ... See full summary »
Stars: Misha Glenny, James Gow, Marie-Janine Calic, Gerry Kremer
24.
Putin vs the West (2023–2024)
Episode:
Back with a Vengeance
(2023)
Documentary
Putin who was against foreign military intervention (and even criticized the west for intervening in Iraq and Libya), suddenly decides to support his ally Bashar al-Assad in Syria by sending Russian air-force to bomb the ISIS territory.
Director: Max Stern | Stars: Gérard Araud, Hadi al Bahra, Lakhdar Brahimi, David Cameron
Votes: 59
25.
The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs (1998– )
Episode:
Programme 3
(1998)
48 min | Documentary, History, War
1967-1982. The story of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation.
Director: David Ash | Stars: Abu Ali Shaheen, Mashour Haditha Al-Jazy, King Hussein, Israel Tal
Votes: 7
26.
Military Masterminds (2022)
Episode:
Rapid Dominance
(2022)
52 min | Documentary, History, War
From Julius Caesar to Napoleon Bonaparte, ancient generals took advantage of a military tactic still used in modern warfare - a tactic known as Rapid Dominance.
Director: Roberto Irwin | Stars: Ahron Bregman, Lawrence Freedman, Jenny Grant, Dina Gusejnova
27.
The Matt Walsh Show (2018– )
Media Outlets Use AI to Create Fake Writers Who Are Almost as Creepy and Soulless as Real Journalists
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News, Talk-Show
Major media outlets replace journalists with AI. The Daily Wire introduces its first comedy feature. Derek Chauvin is stabbed in prison. Deadspin attacks a child for wearing a costume to a football game.
Director: Mark Jones | Star: Matt Walsh
Votes: 8
28.
Moyers & Company (2012–2015)
Episode:
What Are We Doing in Syria?
(2013)
TV-G | 57 min | News, Talk-Show
Guest host Phil Donahue examines the deadly civil war in Syria and the consequences of another American intervention in the Middle East.
Stars: Deborah Amos, Andrew Bacevich, Phil Donahue
29.
Days of Revolt (2015–2016)
Episode:
The Militarism of U.S. Diplomacy
(2015)
News, Talk-Show
Stars: Chris Hedges, Vijay Prashad
30.
Grant (2020)
Episode:
Freedom's Champion
(2020)
TV-14 | 86 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Ulysses S. Grant defeats Robert E. Lee and wins the Civil War, only to find that he will be called to duty again to serve as President during one of the most difficult times in American history.
Director: Malcolm Venville | Stars: Garry Adelman, Darron Araujo, Marcia Chatelain, Ron Chernow
Votes: 135