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1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

R | 142 min | Drama

Over the course of several years, two convicts form a friendship, seeking consolation and, eventually, redemption through basic compassion.

Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler

Votes: 2,890,776 | Gross: $28.34M

2. Threads (1984 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 112 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

The effects of a nuclear holocaust on the working class city of Sheffield, England and the eventual long-term effects of nuclear war on civilization.

Director: Mick Jackson | Stars: Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly, Rita May

Votes: 20,139

3. Holes (2003)

PG | 117 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A wrongfully convicted boy is sent to a brutal desert detention camp where he joins the job of digging holes for some mysterious reason.

Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Tim Blake Nelson

Votes: 100,302 | Gross: $67.41M

4. Exodus (1960)

Approved | 208 min | Action, Drama, War

The State of Israel is created in 1948, resulting in war with its Arab neighbors.

Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson, Peter Lawford

Votes: 11,399 | Gross: $18.97M

5. Bent (1997)

NC-17 | 105 min | Drama, History, Romance

In 1930s Berlin, a gay Jew is sent to a concentration camp under the Nazi regime.

Director: Sean Mathias | Stars: Lothaire Bluteau, Clive Owen, Mick Jagger, Brian Webber

Votes: 8,824 | Gross: $0.37M

6. The Hill (1965)

Approved | 123 min | Drama, War

In a North African military prison during World War II, five new prisoners struggle to survive in the face of brutal punishment and sadistic guards.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Sean Connery, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen, Alfred Lynch

Votes: 15,179

7. Fateless (2005)

R | 140 min | Drama, Romance, War

14-year-old György's life is torn apart in WWII Hungary, as he is deported first to Auschwitz and then to Buchenwald, where he is forced to become a man in the midst of hatred, and what it really means to be Jewish.

Director: Lajos Koltai | Stars: Marcell Nagy, Béla Dóra, Bálint Péntek, Áron Dimény

Votes: 7,159 | Gross: $0.20M

8. The Round-Up (1966)

90 min | Drama, History, War

In Hungary, the national movement led by Kossuth has been crushed and the Austrian hegemony re-established, but partisans carry on with violent actions. In order to root out the guerilla, ... See full summary »

Director: Miklós Jancsó | Stars: János Görbe, Zoltán Latinovits, Tibor Molnár, Gábor Agárdi

Votes: 3,304

9. The First Grader (2010)

PG-13 | 103 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

The story of an 84 year-old Kenyan villager and ex Mau Mau veteran who fights for his right to go to school for the first time to get the education he could never afford.

Director: Justin Chadwick | Stars: Naomie Harris, Oliver Litondo, Tony Kgoroge, Alfred Munyua

Votes: 4,894 | Gross: $0.33M

10. As If I Am Not There (2010)

109 min | Drama

A young female teacher from Sarajevo who travels to a remote village. Soon after arriving, the village is attacked by a group of soldiers. The men are killed, the women separated from the children, and placed in a makeshift brothel.

Director: Juanita Wilson | Stars: Natasha Petrovic, Fedja Stukan, Jelena Jovanova, Sanja Buric

Votes: 1,326

11. Laugh or Die (2018)

TV-14 | 103 min | Drama, History, War

In a detention camp in 1918, a group of Finnish actors are sentenced to death. When an important German general arrives, the camp's vicious commandant forges out a cruel plan: the ... See full summary »

Director: Heikki Kujanpää | Stars: Martti Suosalo, Jani Volanen, Leena Pöysti, Paavo Kinnunen

Votes: 1,082

12. The Emperor of Taste (2008–2009)

490 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Helena De Keyser, a descendant from a family of gin distillers who lost her lover during the Second World War, anno 2008 asks her granddaughter Alessandra to investigate exactly what happened back then.

Stars: Katelijne Damen, Laura Verlinden, Marijke Pinoy, Matthias Schoenaerts

Votes: 326

13. Flowers of Reverie (1985)

102 min | Drama, History

In 1849 the Hungarian revolution is beaten down by the Russian Army. Ferenc Majláth, who was an officer in the army of the revolution, has to choose between imprisonment or getting enlisted... See full summary »

Director: László Lugossy | Stars: György Cserhalmi, Grazyna Szapolowska, Jirí Adamíra, Boguslaw Linda

Votes: 133

14. Making Camp X-Ray (2015 Video)

12 min | Documentary, Short, War

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Stars: Lane Garrison, John Carroll Lynch, Payman Maadi, Peter Sattler

15. CSI: Miami (2002–2012)
Episode: Camp Fear (2002)

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

A teen model is found dead near a leech-filled swamp. Another body is found, seemingly burned from the inside.

Director: Deran Sarafian | Stars: David Caruso, Emily Procter, Adam Rodriguez, Khandi Alexander

Votes: 548

16. NET Playhouse (1964–1972)
Episode: They Have Taken Over (1970)

Biography, Drama, History

In 1990, the United States government is controlled by a youthful administration who decrees that middle-aged people are a drain on resources and orders them into detention camps, where ... See full summary »

Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: Linda De Coff, Jack Gilford, Carmen Mathews, Robert McLane

Votes: 7

17. The Last of Us (2023– )
Episode: Endure and Survive (2023)

TV-MA | 59 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

While attempting to evade the rebels, Joel and Ellie cross paths with the most wanted man in Kansas City. Kathleen continues her hunt.

Director: Jeremy Webb | Stars: Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Lamar Johnson, Melanie Lynskey

Votes: 78,295

18. SS-GB (2017)
Episode: Episode #1.4 (2017)

TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

The bomb blast causes many casualties and, as martial law is imposed. Douglas forges papers to take his son to the safety of the unoccupied zone with his neighbour Joyce Sheenan. Returning ... See full summary »

Director: Philipp Kadelbach | Stars: Sam Riley, Rainer Bock, Kate Bosworth, Lars Eidinger

Votes: 194