Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "totalitarian-government"

1. V for Vendetta (2005)

R | 132 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

In a future British dystopian society, a shadowy freedom fighter, known only by the alias of "V", plots to overthrow the tyrannical government - with the help of a young woman.

Director: James McTeigue | Stars: Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman, Rupert Graves, Stephen Rea

Votes: 1,180,516 | Gross: $70.51M

2. 1984 (1984)

R | 113 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

In a totalitarian future society, a man, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.

Director: Michael Radford | Stars: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack

Votes: 79,175 | Gross: $8.40M

3. Equilibrium (2002)

R | 107 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

In an oppressive future where all forms of feeling are illegal, a man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system and state.

Director: Kurt Wimmer | Stars: Christian Bale, Sean Bean, Emily Watson, Taye Diggs

Votes: 347,355 | Gross: $1.20M

4. Rise of the Nazis (2019–2023)

60 min | Documentary, History

Powerful and resonant series that looks at how Hitler and the Nazis seized power in Germany and ushered in the death of democracy.

Stars: Richard John Evans, Kate Fleetwood, Richard Overy, Heike B. Görtemaker

Votes: 1,177

5. Genesis II (1973 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 74 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A scientist who has been preserved in suspended animation wakes up to find himself in a primitive society in the future.

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Alex Cord, Mariette Hartley, Ted Cassidy, Percy Rodrigues

Votes: 1,124

6. Curfew (2019)

TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A group of amateur drivers from all over the world compete in an illegal night-time street race.

Stars: Phoebe Fox, Andi Osho, Billy Zane, Aimee-Ffion Edwards

Votes: 1,926

7. Leila (2019– )

48 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

In a near-future world where an oppressive regime segregates society, one woman skirts the system to search for the daughter taken from her years ago.

Stars: Huma Qureshi, Rahul Khanna, Siddharth, Leysha Mange

Votes: 9,318

8. Hitler: A Career (1977)

Not Rated | 150 min | Documentary, History

This meticulously assembled film dissects the Third Reich with an analytical blade, charting Hitler's improbable rise, his mastery of crowd psychology and his consummate skill in exploiting others' weaknesses.

Directors: Joachim Fest, Christian Herrendoerfer | Stars: Gert Westphal, Stephen Murray, Artur Axmann, General Bergeret

Votes: 3,040

9. Test Tube Teens from the Year 2000 (1994 Video)

R | 74 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi

In the future, corporations have taken over the world and banned sex. A group of rebellious high school students devise a way to go back in time and change history to prevent that from ... See full summary »

Director: David DeCoteau | Stars: Morgan Fairchild, Ian Abercrombie, Brian Bremer, Christopher Wolf

Votes: 630

10. The Pearl Button (2015)

Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary

Delving into the nearly-religious significance of water, this profound rumination on memory and loss bridges the gap between its mystical origins, Pinochet's coup d'état, and the secret of a mother-of-pearl button at the bottom of the sea.

Director: Patricio Guzmán | Stars: Martín Calderón, Cristina, Patricio Guzmán, Ema Malig

Votes: 2,910

11. Radio Free Albemuth (2010)

R | 111 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

Sci-fi thriller from Philip K. Dick (Blade Runner, Minority Report, A Scanner Darkly); Nick Brady receives messages from space and joins conspiracy to overthrow authoritarian U. S. regime.

Director: John Alan Simon | Stars: Shea Whigham, Jonathan Scarfe, Michael Rothhaar, Katheryn Winnick

Votes: 1,898 | Gross: $0.01M

12. Wildflower (2017–2018)

TV-MA | 30 min | Action, Crime, Drama

It follows the story of Ivy Aguas, a beautiful and smart heiress who is seeking justice for her parents' death against the family of Ardiente.

Stars: Tirso Cruz III, Aiko Melendez, Maja Salvador, Zsa Zsa Padilla

Votes: 209

13. The Missing Picture (2013)

Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary

Rithy Panh uses clay figures, archival footage, and his narration to recreate the atrocities Cambodia's Khmer Rouge committed between 1975 and 1979.

Director: Rithy Panh | Stars: Randal Douc, Jean-Baptiste Phou

Votes: 3,529 | Gross: $0.05M

14. Megaville (1990)

R | 95 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A sci-fi fantasy about a world where it is illegal to enjoy any kind of media except in a place called Megaville. After catching a brutal killer named Jenson, the media police send an agent... See full summary »

Director: Peter Lehner | Stars: Billy Zane, J.C. Quinn, Grace Zabriskie, Kristen Cloke

Votes: 291

15. Mirror's Edge: Catalyst (2016 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

After two years in juvenile delinquency, Faith Connors is released back into the City of Glass, but has her whole life turned upside down by a diabolical leader, who has a plan to bring the entire city within his domineering grasp.

Director: Tom Keegan | Stars: Faye Kingslee, Jeff Berg, Jim Pirri, Debra Wilson

Votes: 1,338

16. Apocalypse: Stalin (2015)

157 min | Documentary, History, War

The rise of Stalin, from his early beginning as a bankrobber to the cold-blooded leader of the Soviet Union.

Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Doug Rand

Votes: 1,122

17. Shadow on the Land (1968 TV Movie)

100 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Patriotic freedom fighters struggle against a fascist dictatorship in a near-future USA.

Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Marc Strange, Jackie Cooper, John Forsythe, Gene Hackman

Votes: 149

18. Strange Holiday (1945)

Approved | 61 min | Drama, Thriller

A man returns from a trip to find fascists have taken over the U.S. government.

Director: Arch Oboler | Stars: Claude Rains, Bob Stebbins, Barbara Bate, Paul Hilton

Votes: 242

19. Katips (2021)

142 min | Crime, Drama, History

A tale of the young, in their fight for their ideals, how big can one get against a force too much bigger than yourself?

Director: Vince Tañada | Stars: Afi Africa, OJ Arci, Joshua Bulot, Mon Confiado

Votes: 3,686

20. 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: 15

21. How to Stage a Coup (2017 TV Movie)

47 min | Documentary, History

A guide to human history through its most audacious power grabs. From Julius Caesar to Napoleon; from Mussolini to the strongmen of the present day - we see how the world we know has been shaped by those who dream big.

Director: Cal Seville | Stars: Nicholas O'Shaughnessy, Giles Milton, Donald Rayfield, Daniel Beer

Votes: 191

22. Survivant(s) (2010)

26 min | Short, Action, Horror

France, 2014. 8 condemned to death prisoners are the contestants of a real TV show. They must find the exit of a disused military experiment factory infested with mutant zombies within 2 hours. Only the last survivor can win the game.

Director: Vincent Lecrocq | Stars: Alysson Paradis, Salem Kali, Alaa Safi, Héléna Soubeyrand

Votes: 36

23. Hammer & Tickle (2006)

89 min | Documentary, Comedy, History

George Orwell wrote that in a repressive political system every joke is a "tiny revolution." Jokes were an essential part of the communist experience because the monopoly of state power ... See full summary »

Director: Ben Lewis | Stars: Mikhail Gorbachev, Václav Havel, Wojciech Jaruzelski, Roy Medvedev

Votes: 208

24. Mañana cuando amanezca (1955)

87 min | Adventure, Drama

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Director: Javier Setó | Stars: Abel Salazar, Silvia Morgan, Tito Junco, Beatriz Aguirre

Votes: 11

25. Hitler: Uncovering His Fatal Obsession (2021)

90 min | Documentary, History, War

The story of Hitler and his penchant for barbarism and destruction, starting with his surprise Russian invasion and the anarchy that followed.

Stars: Max Hastings, Anthony Beevor, Richard John Evans, Klaus Schmider

Votes: 27

26. Zitra se bude (2010)

65 min | Music

The theme of my opera is the communist show trial in 1950. At its beginning there was the endeavor of a totalitarian power to eliminate all non communist heroes of the anti fascist ... See full summary »

Director: Jan Hrebejk | Stars: Sona Cervená, Jan Mikusek

27. Amerykanin w PRL-u (2009)

42 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

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Directors: Ryszard Kaczynski, Piotr Morawski | Stars: Robert F. Kennedy, Adam Tkaczyk

Votes: 6

28. Blake et Mortimer (1997)
Episode: Le piège diabolique (1997)

Animation, Adventure, Crime

Mortimer inherits the castle of his former adversary Professor Miloch. Curious as ever, he tries the machine he finds there and instantly arrives - In the prehistoric era.

Directors: Yannick Barbaud, Stéphane Bernasconi | Stars: Yves Barsacq, Pierre Baton, Patrice Baudrier, Hervé Bellon

Votes: 25

29. Kennedy (2023)
Episode: The Torch Has Passed (January 1961 - December 1961) (2023)

Documentary, Biography, History

The youngest President ever elected, Kennedy faces the height of the Cold War and a national civil rights crisis.

Director: Ashton Gleckman | Stars: Peter Coyote, Conan O'Brien, Chris Matthews, Charles K. Ross

Votes: 29

30. How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode: The Homefront (2023)

Documentary, History, War

In our final episode, we examine how each Axis Power had troubles on their own home front, leading to disaster in the final days of the war.

Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Alexander Henry, Giuseppe Finaldi, Russell A. Hart, Guy Walters

31. Melissa & Joey (2010–2015)
Episode: Melissa & Joey's Frozen (2015)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Romance

After being frozen in an avalanche on a ski trip, Mel and Joe thaw out 100 years in the future.

Director: Joey Lawrence | Stars: Melissa Joan Hart, Joey Lawrence, Taylor Spreitler, Nick Robinson

Votes: 103