Political Drama
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    Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)

    Based on the novel by Alan Paton. A white South African and a black pastor are bonded by the murder...

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    The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)

    A Ukrainian bishop (Anthony Quinn) and former Siberian prisoner is sent to Rome, made cardinal and...

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    Ashes and Diamonds (1961)

    The story of a Polish Resistance fighter who assassinates the wrong man on the last day of WWII.

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    People I Know (2003)

    A world-weary publicist's (Al Pacino) life spins out of control as he prepares for an important...

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    Death of a President (2006)

    Filmmakers recount events leading up to and following a speculative assassination of President...

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    Invincible (2002)

    A club owner (Tim Roth) who supports the Nazi Party hires a Jewish strongman (Jouko Ahola) as an...

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    Blame It on Fidel (2007)

    Anna must deal with losing her privileges when her well-off parents become leftist activists.

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    The Ace of Hearts

    Members (John Bowers, Lon Chaney) of an anarchist group take revenge against their leaders when one...

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    Battle in Seattle (2008)

    In 1999 authorities try in vain to maintain order as protests against the World Trade Organization...

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    The Boss

    A World War I veteran (John Payne) marries a stranger (Gloria McGhee) and becomes a crooked...

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    A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)

    A charismatic peddler from the bayous finds his true calling in politics. Is he a demagogue in the...

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    The Overture (2005)

    Born in remote rural Siam in the late 19th century, Sorn, the youngest son in a family of musicians,...

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    Kamchatka

    The plight of a single family--a lawyer, his teacher wife and their two kids, forced to leave their...

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    The Ugly American (1963)

    The United States sends a new ambassador (Marlon Brando) to a divided Southeast Asian country about...

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    Oi! Warning

    About the German skinhead scene.

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    No End (1984)

    Grieving for her deceased husband, an attorney in 1982 Poland, a woman (Grazyna Szapolowska) throws...

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    Judgment in Berlin (1988)

    A U.S. judge (Martin Sheen) tries the touchy case of an East German couple who have hijacked a plane...

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    The Adventurers (1970)

    A thoughtful playboy must decide whether to aid in the liberation of his South African homeland or...

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    The Organizer (1964)

    At the turn of the century, suffering Italian factory workers, with the help of a poverty-stricken...

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    Jinnah (1998)

    The story of Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan.

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    Mapantsula (1989)

    A look at apartheid from a black perspective, a troubled black South African, caught up in his own...

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    The Conformist (1970)

    A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of...

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    Quase Dois Irmaos (2005)

    An optimistic politician makes a proposition to his old friend (Antônio Pompêo), an incarcerated...

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    Day After Day (2001)

    A Jew (Hanna Meron) runs a bakery with her Arab husband, while their son (Moshe Ivgi) struggles in a...

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    Bab El-oued City (1994)

    The tearing down of a propaganda loudspeaker pits an Algiers apprentice (Hassan Abdou) against the...

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    Bandit Queen (1995)

    The legendary story of Phoolan Devi, based on her dictated prison diaries. Devi, India's most famous...

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    Angel Face (1952)

    A socialite (Jean Simmons) and her chauffeur (Robert Mitchum) are accused of killing her father and...

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    Idealist

    This bleak drama is based on a book by the Slovenian author Ivan Cankar. Having devoted his entire...

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    Death and the Maiden (1994)

    An armed ex-political prisoner (Sigourney Weaver) puts her presumed torturer (Ben Kingsley) on trial...

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    Un Dimanche A Kigali

    A journalist returns home to his wartorn country, searching for his lost love.