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51. Miel de naranjas (2012)
100 min | Drama
Henry grows tired of witnessing injustices, and he engages in risky actions.
Director: Imanol Uribe | Stars: Iban Garate, Blanca Suárez, Karra Elejalde, Eduard Fernández
Votes: 354
52. Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses (2016)
130 min | Documentary, History
An examination of the work and lives of actresses in the Iranian film industry prior to the 1979 revolution, featuring myriad interviews and rare film clips.
Director: Bahman Maghsoudlou | Stars: Shohreh Aghdashloo, Katayun Amir Ebrahimi, Mary Apick, Pouri Baneai
Votes: 20
53. Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion (2002)
Unrated | 104 min | Documentary, History
A film about the state of Chinese occupied Tibet and its history of oppression and resistance.
Director: Tom Piozet | Stars: Edward Edwards, Ed Harris, Shirley Knight, Tim Robbins
Votes: 688 | Gross: $0.58M
54. The Man with the Carnation (1980)
125 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Nikos Belogiannis, member of the Greek Communist Party and officer of ELAS.
Director: Nikos Tzimas | Stars: Alekos Alexandrakis, Angelos Antonopoulos, Kostas Kazakos, Vangelis Kazan
Votes: 576
55. Seeing Red (1983)
100 min | Documentary, History
A unique documentary that looks at the political activities of the American Communist Party in the early to mid-twentieth century.
Directors: Jim Klein, Julia Reichert | Stars: Oscar Hunter, Rose Podmaka, Sylvia Woods, Howard 'Stretch' Johnson
Votes: 171
56. 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
57. Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg (2009)
Unrated | 92 min | Documentary, Biography
The story of the actress, writer, and broadcasting pioneer Gertrude Berg.
Director: Aviva Kempner | Stars: Gertrude Berg, Lewis Berg, Sara Chase, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Votes: 246 | Gross: $1.13M
58. Invasion (1980 TV Movie)
111 min | Documentary, Drama, History
Drama documentary surrounding the events leading to the Soviet Union's invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.
Director: Leslie Woodhead | Stars: Paul Chapman, Julian Glover, Paul Hardwick, John Woodnutt
Votes: 17
59. The Genocide Factor (2000 TV Movie)
Documentary
This documentary consists of four programs. (1) "Genocide from Biblical Times through the Ages" covers the Biblical period, the Greeks and Romans, the Mongols, the Crusades, witchcraft ... See full summary »
Director: Robert J. Emery | Stars: Martha Barnett, Yehuda Bauer, Iris Chang, Eddie Faye Gates
Votes: 27
60. E cominciò il viaggio nella vertigine (1974)
120 min | Drama, War
Director: Toni de Gregorio | Stars: Ingrid Thulin, Gastone Moschin, Sergio Fantoni, Franca Nuti
Votes: 24
61. My Life in Hitler's Germany (2018)
52 min | Documentary, History
Survivors testify how, after coming to power in 1933, Hitler systematically eliminated all political opposition in Germany and then proceeded to eliminate the Jewish community and everyone else who in any way questioned the Nazi regime.
Votes: 61
62. Condor (2007)
103 min | Documentary
Operation Condor was a secret agreement between the military dictatorships of the Southern Cone in the 1970s, with the knowledge of the CIA. These governments to shared information and violently repressed suspected left-wing subversives.
Director: Roberto Mader
Votes: 35
63. Imposztorok (1969)
104 min | Drama, History
Director: Félix Máriássy | Stars: Nándor Tomanek, Péter Huszti, István Iglódi, Margit Bara
Votes: 27
64. Harvested Alive - 10 Years of Investigation (2017)
62 min | Documentary
As a doctor, Zhiyuan Wang spent 30 years studying how to save lives. He never imagined that he would spend another 10 years investigating how Chinese doctors take innocent lives. 95% of his... See full summary »
Director: Jun Li | Stars: Li Changchun, Qin Gang, Zhang Gaoli, Liang Guanglie
Votes: 16
65. The Persecution of Falun Gong (2015)
10 min | Documentary, Short, History
Why 70 million meditators were targeted for elimination in China.
Director: Mathias Magnason | Stars: Rich Crankshaw, Robert Gaudreau, Matt Gnaizda, Ethan Gutmann
66. Ce qu'il reste de nous (2004)
77 min | Documentary
A Tibetan-Canadian returns to her homeland to smuggle a secret message from the Dalai Lama and to document the occupation and cultural genocide of Tibet by China.
Directors: Hugo Latulippe, François Prévost | Stars: The Dalai Lama, Kalsang Dolma
Votes: 210
67. The Uncanadians (1996)
72 min | Documentary, History
The history of government anti-communist persecution in Canada after World War II.
68. Roots of My Heart (2001 Video)
Drama, Fantasy
Through dreams and reality, a Cuban woman learns of the ties her great-grandparents had with the Independents of Color, a political party formed in 1908.
Director: Gloria Rolando | Stars: Simone Balmaseda, Sonia Boggiano, Elvira Cervera, Ileana Chávez
69. Ayotzinapa: crónica de un crimen de Estado (2014)
Documentary
This documentary exposes the events of Ayotzinapa, Mexico; in which fourty-three students were disapeared by the government.
Director: Xavier Robles
Votes: 22
70. Armoured Daydreams (1983)
47 min | Documentary
Director: Mikael Wahlforss | Stars: Efraín Ríos Montt, Maria Antoniela Somoza
71. Polemic in 3 Voices (2011)
7 min | Short, Drama
In the nearby future, in a world that is in the grip of acid rain and general ecological disintegration, two people watch a pirate television broadcast from an environmental activist. One ... See full summary »
Director: Garth McCarthy | Stars: Conrad Alexander, Elisabeth Bosman, Sean Brebnor, Etienne Marais
72. Krieg in Europa - Das Ukraine-Drama (2021 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
The conflict in the Donbas, a secessionist region of Ukraine, began in 2014, after the fall of pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych and the election of Petro Poroshenko. Playing on the ... See full summary »
Director: Claire Walding | Stars: Marieluise Beck, Nadja Berlinghoff, Jill Biden, Joe Biden
Votes: 70
73. Rejas en la memoria (2004)
80 min | Documentary
Interviews and archival footage are used to reveal the truth about the concentration camps set up by Francisco Franco to house Republican prisoners during and after the Spanish Civil War.
Director: Manuel Palacios | Stars: Francisco Franco, Rosa María Mateo
Votes: 18
74. Newen Mapuche, la fuerza de la gente de la tierra (2011)
125 min | Documentary
Director: Elena Varela López
Votes: 11
75. Karjalainen kiirastuli (2002)
58 min | Documentary
Director: Seppo Rustanius | Star: Matti Paloheimo
76.
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: 50
79.
Sky News at 10 (2006– )
Episode:
Episode dated 27 June 2021
(2021)
News
Stars: Marina Adamovich, Peter Bone, Sadiya Chowdhury, Sam Coates
80.
Sky Midnight News (2010– )
Episode:
Episode dated 28 June 2021
(2021)
News
Stars: Marina Adamovich, Team Bath, Peter Bone, Sadiya Chowdhury
81.
Sky World News (1989– )
Episode:
Episode dated 28 June 2021
(2021)
News
Stars: Marina Adamovich, Team Bath, Peter Bone, Sadiya Chowdhury
82.
The Early Rundown (2019– )
Episode:
Episode dated 28 June 2021
(2021)
News
Stars: Marina Adamovich, Hugh Adams, Gladys Berejiklian, Emma Birchley
83.
Beautiful Excursions (2006– )
Episode:
Cambodge
(2011)
Documentary
Beginning of the journey in Phnom Penh; Taun Stun, the tuktuk driver shows Sophie the Independence Square, then a market.Then she meets Rithy Panh a cinema director (Memory of the country) ... See full summary »
Director: Frédéric Mianne | Star: Sophie Jovillard
84.
Storyville (1997– )
Episode:
Inside Russia: Traitors and Heroes
(2023)
75 min | Documentary, Biography
Despite the huge risks, two Russian film-makers have been filming the impact of the invasion of Ukraine in their country. Many thousands have fled. Those who stayed have had to make a choice - oppose the war, support it, or stay silent.
Directors: Paul Mitchell, Anastasiya Popova | Stars: Alla, Nina Belyayeva, Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyayev, Misa
Votes: 63
85.
60 Minutes (1968– )
Episode:
The Capital of Free Russia/Healing Justice
(2024)
TV-PG | Documentary, News
Vladimir Putin's political opponents flee to Vilnius, Lithuania; a rape victim learns years after her attack that an innocent man was sent to prison.
Stars: Mantas Adomenas, Sergei Davidis, Tatyana Felgenhauer, Scott Pelley
Votes: 13
86.
The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode:
Palestine's Rebellion, Israel's Fascism
(2015)
G | 8 min | Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Painful feet come for many reasons. One reason is the collapse of the anterior transverse arch in the foot. The collapse of this arch can compress a nerve in between the middle metatarsal ... See full summary »
Stars: Max Blumenthal, Abby Martin
Votes: 18
87.
The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode:
America's Unofficial Religion - The War on an Idea
(2015)
Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Stars: Jared Ball, Brian Becker, Abby Martin
Votes: 15
88.
Ancient Black Ops (2014)
Episode:
The Varangian Guard
(2014)
Action, Drama, History
Vikings for hire, ruthless mercenaries who strike fear into their enemies, elite special forces in service to a foreign ruler. One man will solidify their place in history and develop tactics transforming warfare across the Mediterranean.
Director: Kim Hogg | Stars: Ben Baillie, Peter Frankopan, Andrew Gough, John Haywood
Votes: 11