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1. The Last of Us (2023– )
TV-MA | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After a global pandemic destroys civilization, a hardened survivor takes charge of a 14-year-old girl who may be humanity's last hope.
Stars: Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Anna Torv, Gabriel Luna
Votes: 522,704
2. Battle Royale (2000)
Not Rated | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill one another under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Tarô Yamamoto, Chiaki Kuriyama
Votes: 194,408
3. Salvador (1986)
R | 122 min | Drama, History, Thriller
A burnt-out photojournalist becomes involved in a Central American revolution.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: James Woods, Jim Belushi, Michael Murphy, John Savage
Votes: 23,147
4. Argentina, 1985 (2022)
R | 140 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship during the 1980s in a battle against odds and a race against time.
Director: Santiago Mitre | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Gina Mastronicola, Francisco Bertín, Santiago Armas Estevarena
Votes: 31,160
5. Bananas (1971)
PG-13 | 82 min | Comedy
When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Louise Lasser, Carlos Montalbán, Nati Abascal
Votes: 37,796 | Gross: $11.80M
6. Waking the Dead (2000)
R | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A congressional candidate questions his sanity after seeing the love of his life, presumed dead, suddenly emerge.
Director: Keith Gordon | Stars: Billy Crudup, Bill Haugland, Nelson Landrieu, Ivonne Coll
Votes: 7,622 | Gross: $0.33M
7. Marighella (2019)
155 min | Action, Drama, History
Facing a violent military dictatorship and an intimidated opposition, writer-turned-politician Carlos Marighella articulates a resistance all the while ousting heinous crimes of torture and the infamous censorship instituted by the regime.
Director: Wagner Moura | Stars: Seu Jorge, Bruno Gagliasso, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, Humberto Carrão
Votes: 56,040
8. The Fantastic Journey (1977)
60 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Travelers are stranded in the Bermuda Triangle. On an island, they meet Varian, a man from the future, and Liana, an Atlantean. Together, they journey through different worlds, in hopes of returning home.
Stars: Jared Martin, Carl Franklin, Ike Eisenmann, Katie Saylor
Votes: 743
9. Emmanuelle 5 (1987)
R | 85 min | Action, Drama
Emmanuelle has a streak of bad luck that starts when she is stripped by a mob of adoring fans at the Cannes Film Festival. Her rotten luck continues when the dictator of a banana republic ... See full summary »
Director: Walerian Borowczyk | Stars: Monique Gabrielle, Crofton Hardester, Dana Burns Westburg, Yaseen Khan
Votes: 1,136
10. Harsh Realm (1999–2000)
TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Lt. Hobbes is sent into a VR wargame simulation where he is to terminate a renegade General who has taken control of the program.
Stars: Scott Bairstow, D.B. Sweeney, Terry O'Quinn, Cameron K. Smith
Votes: 1,181
11. The Lady (2011)
R | 132 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Aung San Suu Kyi as she becomes the core of Burma's democracy movement, and her relationship with her husband, writer Michael Aris.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis, Jonathan Raggett, Jonathan Woodhouse
Votes: 11,289 | Gross: $0.36M
12. A Twelve-Year Night (2018)
TV-MA | 122 min | Adventure, Biography, Crime
1973. Uruguay is governed by a military dictatorship. One autumn night, three Tupamaro prisoners are taken from their jail cells in a secret military operation. The order is precise: "As we can't kill them, let's drive them mad."
Director: Álvaro Brechner | Stars: Antonio de la Torre, Chino Darín, Alfonso Tort, César Troncoso
Votes: 10,978
13. Beyond the Limit (1983)
R | 104 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
During the Dirty War, a half-English doctor in Argentina befriends the police, the rebels and the alcoholic Honorary British Consul, whose Latino wife he seduces. When the consul is mistakenly kidnapped by the rebels, he must pick a side.
Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Michael Caine, Richard Gere, Bob Hoskins, Elpidia Carrillo
Votes: 1,539 | Gross: $6.00M
14. Your Name Engraved Herein (2020)
Not Rated | 118 min | Drama, Romance
In 1987, as martial law ends in Taiwan, Jia-han and Birdy fall in love amid family pressure, homophobia and social stigma.
Director: Kuang-Hui Liu | Stars: Edward Chen, Jing-Hua Tseng, Leon Dai, Shih-Sian Wang
Votes: 7,895
15. Beyond Rangoon (1995)
R | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Laura is trying to pick up the pieces of her life after the murder of her husband and son, and goes on vacation with her sister to Burma. After losing her passport at a political rally, she... See full summary »
Director: John Boorman | Stars: Patricia Arquette, U Aung Ko, Frances McDormand, Spalding Gray
Votes: 5,446 | Gross: $5.75M
16. Nostalgia for the Light (2010)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
A documentary about two different searches conducted in the Chilean Atacama Desert: one by astronomers looking for answers about the history of the cosmos, and one by women looking for the remains of loved ones killed by Pinochet's regime.
Director: Patricio Guzmán | Stars: Gaspar Galaz, Lautaro Núñez, Luís Henríquez, Miguel Lawner
Votes: 6,111
17. Four Days in September (1997)
R | 110 min | Action, Drama, History
Brazillian urban guerrilla fighters kidnap the American Ambassador. Now, the diplomat's life hangs in the balance - helplessly caught between a government unwilling to cooperate - and his fear of the captors themselves.
Director: Bruno Barreto | Stars: Alan Arkin, Pedro Cardoso, Fernanda Torres, Luiz Fernando Guimarães
Votes: 5,365 | Gross: $0.31M
18. Azor (2021)
100 min | Drama, Thriller
Yvan De Wiel, a private banker from Geneva, goes to Argentina in the midst of a dictatorship to replace his partner, the object of the most worrying rumours, who disappeared overnight.
Director: Andreas Fontana | Stars: Fabrizio Rongione, Stéphanie Cléau, Carmen Iriondo, Juan Trench
Votes: 2,987
19. The Edge of Democracy (2019)
TV-14 | 121 min | Documentary, History
Political documentary and personal memoir collide in this exploration into the complex truth behind the unraveling of two Brazilian presidencies.
Director: Petra Costa | Stars: Dilma Rousseff, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva, Sergio Moro
Votes: 15,724
20. Back Door (2000)
105 min | Drama
An Athens youth has adulthood thrust upon him after he loses his father.
Director: Yorgos Tsemberopoulos | Stars: Konstandinos Papadimitriou, Alexandriani Sikelianou, Haris Sozos, Ieroklis Michaelidis
Votes: 546
21. The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage (1991)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A notoriously greedy and corrupt blond Wall Street businessman hiding from the FBI on a Caribbean island run by a gaudy dictator teams up with the legendary ghost pirate Black Jack Savage to save 100 lives and avoid going to hell.
Stars: Daniel Hugh Kelly, Roma Downey, Bert Rosario, Steve Hytner
Votes: 106
22. The Plague (1992)
R | 148 min | Drama
In the 1990s, a South American city suffers the outbreak of a plague. The people react in different ways: Dr. Rieux tries to cure the sick, two French journalists expect sensational headlines, pious believers lament this God-given scourge.
Director: Luis Puenzo | Stars: William Hurt, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jean-Marc Barr, Robert Duvall
Votes: 974
23. Peking Opera Blues (1986)
TV-14 | 104 min | Comedy, Action
The movie is set in chaotic 1920's China, when warlords fought each other for power while Sun Yat-Sen's underground movement tried to establish a democratic republic. The movie tells the ... See full summary »
Director: Hark Tsui | Stars: Brigitte Lin, Sally Yeh, Cherie Chung, Mark Cheng
Votes: 2,660
24. Imagining Argentina (2003)
R | 107 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A man has the power to see the fate of missing people - with the exception of his own beloved wife.
Director: Christopher Hampton | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Emma Thompson, Rubén Blades, Irene Escolar
Votes: 3,546
25. Garage Olimpo (1999)
R | 98 min | Drama
In the 70's, eighteen year-old Maria Fabiani lives with her French mother Diane in an old house in Buenos Aires, subletting rooms and giving classes to illiterate adults in the slums. One ... See full summary »
Director: Marco Bechis | Stars: Antonella Costa, Carlos Echevarría, Enrique Piñeyro, Pablo Razuk
Votes: 2,870
26. Tickling Giants (2016)
TV-14 | 111 min | Documentary
While the Egyptian revolution of 2011 is underway, surgeon turned comedian Bassem Youssef airs a television show that makes him popular to his countrymen but disliked by the government.
Director: Sara Taksler | Stars: Bassem Youssef, Jon Stewart, Shadi Alfons, Injy Abou El So'oud
Votes: 1,686 | Gross: $0.04M
27. Rage to Kill (1987)
R | 93 min | Action, Thriller
Race-car driver Blaine Striker grows concerned about his younger brother, a student at a medical school on the Caribbean island of St. Heron. General Turner has led a violent coup on this ... See full summary »
Director: David Winters | Stars: James Ryan, Oliver Reed, Cameron Mitchell, Henry Cele
Votes: 433
28. The War on Democracy (2007)
Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary
Venezuela, Guatemala, Cuba, Chile, Salvador, Bolivia: people's struggle for democracy versus US imperialism in Latin America since the 1950s, backing coups and supporting dictatorships.
Directors: Chris Martin, John Pilger, Sean Crotty | Stars: John Pilger, Philip Agee, Salvador Allende, George Bush
Votes: 2,526
29. Sweet Country (1987)
R | 150 min | Drama, History
A U.S. woman joins the underground in 1973 Chile against the horrors of its military regime.
Director: Michael Cacoyannis | Stars: Jane Alexander, John Cullum, Carole Laure, Franco Nero
Votes: 232
30. Two Autumns in Paris (2019)
100 min | Drama
A striking political activist and refugee from Paraguay escapes to Paris and falls in love with a rich law student changing their lives forever. The beauty of their love is challenged by a fervent devotion to fighting for a cause.
Director: Gibelys Coronado | Stars: Maria Antonieta Hidalgo, Francisco Villarroel, Slavko Sorman, Raúl Amundaray
Votes: 61
31. Carne de tu carne (1983)
94 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
August 6, 1956 during the military dictatorship of Rojas Pinilla. Explosions in central Cali military convoy destroy much of the traditional buildings of the city and exposing the roots of ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Mayolo | Stars: Adriana Herrán, David Guerrero, Santiago García, Vicky Hernández
Votes: 315
32. Chicago Boys (2015)
85 min | Documentary, History
The story of a group of Milton Friedman's disciples that, backed by a military dictatorship, turned Chile into the first and most extreme neoliberal country in the world.
Directors: Carola Fuentes, Rafael Valdeavellano | Stars: Sergio de Castro, Ernesto Fontaine, Ricardo French-Davis, Milton Friedman
Votes: 280
33. The Legend of the Ugly King (2017)
122 min | Documentary, Biography
A young filmmaker sets out to explore the eventful life of the famous Kurdish director, actor, and revolutionary Yilmaz Güney, who achieved international attention by films like Yol (Palm d'Or, 1982) or Sürü (Golden Leopard, 1978).
Director: Hüseyin Tabak | Stars: Yilmaz Güney, Tarik Akan, Patrick Blossier, Costa-Gavras
Votes: 205
34. Countdown to Esmeralda Bay (1990)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Drama, War
A priest secretly leads rebels in their struggle against the corrupt military dictatorship of the Central American country of Puerto Santo.
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Robert Forster, George Kennedy, Fernando Rey, Ramon Estevez
Votes: 163
35. 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
36. Go Ahead, Brazil! (1982)
105 min | Crime, Drama
This movie is about one of the worst periods for the Brazilian people. Shows the days of military dictatorship when the Brazilian people against the government were put in jails, tortured, ... See full summary »
Director: Roberto Farias | Stars: Reginaldo Faria, Carlos Zara, Antônio Fagundes, Natália do Vale
Votes: 524
37. Our Children (2019)
107 min | Drama
Eva dreams of having a child in paradise, while a seropositive boy reads Moby Dick at the bottom of an empty pool. Eva is Tânia, a young woman studying to pass a public exam and become a ... See full summary »
Director: Maria de Medeiros | Stars: Marieta Severo, Laura Castro, Claudio Lins, José de Abreu
Votes: 76
38. Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country (2008)
Unrated | 84 min | Documentary, History, News
Using smuggled footage, this documentary tells the story of the 2007 protests in Burma by thousands of monks.
Director: Anders Østergaard | Stars: George W. Bush, Joshua Min Htut, Ko Muang, Aung San Suu Kyi
Votes: 2,518 | Gross: $0.05M
39. Gilgamesh (2014)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A military expedition in Siberia gone wrong. The existence of humanity is in peril as Inanna, Sumerian goddess of lust and war has summoned a giant meteor to destroy the planet, after being accidentally set free from her ancient prison.
Director: Richard Chandler | Stars: Joshua Davis, Melantha Blackthorne, Joseph R. Gannascoli, Emily Coleman
Votes: 140
40. To Kill a Stranger (1984)
88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The wife of an American journalist on an assignment in an unnamed South American country run by a military junta is sexually assaulted by a stranger there. However, she manages to fight back, which leads to unexpected consequences.
Director: Juan López Moctezuma | Stars: Angélica María, Dean Stockwell, Donald Pleasence, Aldo Ray
Votes: 161
41. The Royal Bed (1931)
Not Rated | 75 min | Comedy
More interested in playing checkers with the servants than in governing his people, King Eric VIII is dominated by Martha, his queen, a humorless woman who believes in doing her royal duty ... See full summary »
Director: Lowell Sherman | Stars: Lowell Sherman, Mary Astor, Anthony Bushell, Hugh Trevor
Votes: 262
42. Hyojadong ibalsa (2004)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama
Follows a president's barber, his wife, and their only son through four decades of tumultuous Korean history.
Director: Chan-sang Lim | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Moon So-ri, Lee Jae-eung, Jo Yeong-jin
Votes: 1,035
43. Sudamerican Rockers (2014)
60 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Three teens start a band in the late 1970s, this is the beginning of the famous musical group; Los Prisioneros.
Stars: Michael Silva, Diego Boggioni, Eduardo Fernández, Roberto Farías
Votes: 198
44. Un Buda (2005)
115 min | Drama
Un Buda follows two brothers orphaned as children when their parents were taken by military.
Director: Diego Rafecas | Stars: Agustín Markert, Carolina Fal, Diego Rafecas, Julieta Cardinali
Votes: 811
45. The Survivalist (1987)
R | 93 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
An atomic bomb falls in Siberia and the USA is blamed. Cold War panic turns to chaos, martial law is declared and the US Constitution suspended. Survivalist John Tillman must save his family from roaming gangs and a corrupt army unit.
Director: Sig Shore | Stars: Steve Railsback, Sandra Lea, Tara Trimble, Jason Healey
Votes: 175
46. Dawson Isla 10 (2008)
117 min | Drama
The ex-members of Chile's cabinet survive the prison on Dawson Island.
Director: Miguel Littin | Stars: Benjamín Vicuña, Bertrand Duarte, Pablo Krögh, Cristián de la Fuente
Votes: 381
47. The Rabbits' House (2020)
94 min | Drama
Laura is only eight years old, but she knows that to survive you have to keep quiet. She shares her days with her mother and the other activists in a house where the clandestine printing of the Evita Montonera is hidden.
Director: Valeria Selinger | Stars: Darío Grandinetti, Miguel Ángel Solá, Federico Liss, Paula Brasca
Votes: 44
48. Nowhere (2002)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
In a country (alluded to be Chile) under dictatorship, a police night raid comes up with a few usual anti-regime suspects. They are sent to a camp in the middle of nowhere. Their friends on the outside start to plan their escape.
Director: Luis Sepúlveda | Stars: Jorge Perugorría, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Luigi Maria Burruano, Fernando Guillén Cuervo
Votes: 221
49. The New Rulers of the World (2001 TV Movie)
65 min | Documentary
The myths of globalisation have been incorporated into much of our everyday language. "Thinking globally" and "the global economy" are part of a jargon that assumes we are all part of one ... See full summary »
Directors: Alan Lowery, John Pilger | Stars: Pramoedya Ananta Toer, George Monbiot, Dita Sari
Votes: 264
50. Ernesto (2017)
124 min | Biography
The first film in forty years to be co-produced by Cuba and Japan, it recounts the story of Freddy Maymura Hurtado who was a Bolivian man of Japanese descent. He joined the freedom fighters... See full summary »
Director: Junji Sakamoto | Stars: Joe Odagiri, Alexis Díaz de Villegas, Roberto Espinosa, Giselle Lominchar
Votes: 70