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1. Casino Royale (2006)
PG-13 | 144 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
After earning 00 status and a licence to kill, secret agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007. Bond must defeat a private banker funding terrorists in a high-stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, Montenegro.
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright
Votes: 694,305 | Gross: $167.45M
2. Captain America: Civil War (2016)
PG-13 | 147 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Political involvement in the Avengers' affairs causes a rift between Captain America and Iron Man.
Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo | Stars: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan
Votes: 849,484 | Gross: $408.08M
3. Black Panther (2018)
PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
T'Challa, heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must step forward to lead his people into a new future and must confront a challenger from his country's past.
Director: Ryan Coogler | Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira
Votes: 837,100 | Gross: $700.06M
4. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
PG-13 | 141 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When Tony Stark and Bruce Banner try to jump-start a dormant peacekeeping program called Ultron, things go horribly wrong and it's up to Earth's mightiest heroes to stop the villainous Ultron from enacting his terrible plan.
Director: Joss Whedon | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth
Votes: 921,219 | Gross: $459.01M
5. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
PG-13 | 151 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Batman is manipulated by Lex Luthor to fear Superman. Superman´s existence is meanwhile dividing the world and he is framed for murder during an international crisis. The heroes clash and force the neutral Wonder Woman to reemerge.
Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg
Votes: 752,208 | Gross: $330.36M
6. Blood Diamond (2006)
R | 143 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.
Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, Kagiso Kuypers
Votes: 585,743 | Gross: $57.37M
7. The Last King of Scotland (2006)
R | 123 min | Biography, Drama, History
Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s.
Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: James McAvoy, Forest Whitaker, Gillian Anderson, Kerry Washington
Votes: 195,963 | Gross: $17.61M
8. The Passenger (1975)
PG-13 | 126 min | Drama, Thriller
Unable to find the war he's been asked to cover, a frustrated war correspondent takes the risky path of co-opting the identity of a dead arms-deal acquaintance.
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider, Jenny Runacre, Ian Hendry
Votes: 26,163 | Gross: $0.62M
9. A Dry White Season (1989)
R | 106 min | Drama, Thriller
A white middle class South African suburbanite with no interest in politics agrees to help his black gardener find his jailed son. His investigation opens his eyes to the horrors committed by the secret police and turns him into a target.
Director: Euzhan Palcy | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Janet Suzman, Zakes Mokae, Jürgen Prochnow
Votes: 6,182 | Gross: $3.77M
10. The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
PG | 109 min | Adventure, Comedy
A comic allegory about a traveling Bushman who encounters modern civilization and its stranger aspects, including a clumsy scientist and a band of revolutionaries.
Director: Jamie Uys | Stars: N!xau, Marius Weyers, Sandra Prinsloo, Louw Verwey
Votes: 59,432 | Gross: $30.03M
11. Rogue (I) (2020)
R | 105 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
O'Hara is a mercenary leading a squad of soldiers on their mission to rescue hostages in a remote part of Africa. Unfortunately, the mission goes awry and the team is stranded and forced to survive against the local rebels.
Director: M.J. Bassett | Stars: Megan Fox, Philip Winchester, Greg Kriek, Brandon Auret
Votes: 9,747
12. Act of Valor (2012)
R | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
An elite team of Navy SEALs embark on a covert mission to recover a kidnapped CIA agent.
Directors: Mike McCoy, Scott Waugh | Stars: Alex Veadov, Roselyn Sanchez, Nestor Serrano, Rorke Denver
Votes: 71,772 | Gross: $70.01M
13. The Interpreter (2005)
PG-13 | 128 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Political intrigue and deception unfold inside the United Nations, where a U.S. Secret Service agent is assigned to investigate an interpreter who overhears an assassination plot.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, Jesper Christensen
Votes: 110,908 | Gross: $72.71M
14. Fair Game (I) (2010)
PG-13 | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
CIA operative Valerie Plame discovers her identity is allegedly leaked by the government as payback for an op-ed article her husband wrote criticizing the Bush administration.
Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Sonya Davison, Vanessa Chong
Votes: 51,041 | Gross: $9.53M
15. Vanguard (2020)
PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Covert security company Vanguard is the last hope of survival for an accountant after he is targeted by the world's deadliest mercenary organization.
Director: Stanley Tong | Stars: Jackie Chan, Yang Yang, Lun Ai, Miya Muqi
Votes: 6,638
16. 24: Redemption (2008 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 84 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Jack Bauer confronts African general/aspiring dictator Benjamin Juma, whose forces have been ordered to capture the children Bauer oversees for malicious military training.
Director: Jon Cassar | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Cherry Jones, Bob Gunton, Colm Feore
Votes: 29,010
17. Redemption Day (2021)
R | 99 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
When the love of his life is kidnapped and held for ransom by terrorists, a war hero Brad Paxton races against the clock to rescue her in a daring and deadly operation that pits him against the most powerful and shadowy forces.
Director: Hicham Hajji | Stars: Gary Dourdan, Serinda Swan, Andy Garcia, Brice Bexter
Votes: 24,244
18. Sometimes in April (2005 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 140 min | Drama, History, War
When the Hutu nationalists raised arms against their Tutsi countrymen in Rwanda in April 1994, the violent uprising marked the beginning of one of the darkest times in African history which resulted in the deaths of almost 800,000 people.
Director: Raoul Peck | Stars: Idris Elba, Carole Karemera, Pamela Nomvete, Oris Erhuero
Votes: 6,038
19. White Material (2009)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, War
Amidst turmoil and racial conflict in a Francophone African state, a white French woman fights for her coffee crop, her family and ultimately for her life.
Director: Claire Denis | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Christopher Lambert, Isaach De Bankolé, Nicolas Duvauchelle
Votes: 8,418 | Gross: $0.30M
20. I Still Hide to Smoke (2016)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
Fatima, a strong-minded woman, is the lead masseuse of a hammam in Algiers. This is 1995 and the situation is tense in the capital. The day ahead promises to be hectic for all, and for ... See full summary »
Director: Rayhana Obermeyer | Stars: Hiam Abbass, Fadila Belkebla, Nadia Kaci, Nassima Benchicou
Votes: 1,189
21. Shaft in Africa (1973)
R | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Private investigator John Shaft is recruited to go undercover to break up a modern slavery ring where young Africans are lured to Paris to do chain-gang work.
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Richard Roundtree, Frank Finlay, Vonetta McGee, Neda Arneric
Votes: 3,214 | Gross: $3.18M
22. Deutschland 86 (2018)
TV-MA | 472 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Abandoned by Moscow and desperate for cash, the East German leadership pushes their secret operatives to experiment with global capitalism and save their sinking socialist ship. Long ... See full summary »
Stars: Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Florence Kasumba, Sylvester Groth
Votes: 5,285
23. Land of Plenty (2004)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama, War
A drama that investigates anxiety and disillusionment in America.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Michelle Williams, John Diehl, Wendell Pierce, Shaun Toub
Votes: 4,115
24. In My Country (2004)
R | 105 min | Drama, Romance
A journalist and a poetess meet during the hearings of South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Director: John Boorman | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Samuel L. Jackson, Brendan Gleeson, Menzi Ngubane
Votes: 2,944 | Gross: $0.16M
25. The Night of the Askari (1976)
R | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A colonial police officer in Rhodesia hunts down the albino terrorist who raped and murdered his fiancée.
Director: Jürgen Goslar | Stars: Christopher Lee, James Faulkner, Horst Frank, Sybil Danning
Votes: 325
26. Amin: The Rise and Fall (1981)
R | 91 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The chronicle of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin and his tyranic rule from 1971 to his overthrow in 1979.
Director: Sharad Patel | Stars: Joseph Olita, Thomas Baptiste, Leonard Trolley, Geoffrey Keen
Votes: 495
27. Operation Delta Force (1997 TV Movie)
R | 93 min | Action, Thriller
A team of military experts and scientists go after a terrorist group that has seized a deadly virus and is threatening to release it.
Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: Ernie Hudson, Jeff Fahey, Rob Stewart, Frank Zagarino
Votes: 1,035
28. The Grid (2004)
266 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A team of American and British counter-terrorists are tasked with stopping a terrorist cell who's operating on a global level.
Stars: Jemma Redgrave, James Remar, Piter Marek, Silas Carson
Votes: 826
29. Something of Value (1957)
Approved | 113 min | Drama, War
In British Colonial Kenya during the Mau Mau uprising, Peter and Kimani, who grew up together, find themselves on the opposite sides.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Rock Hudson, Dana Wynter, Wendy Hiller, Juano Hernandez
Votes: 1,307
30. Sentinelles (2022)
Drama
In the Mopti region of Mali, Lieutenant Anaïs Collet's section, deployed as part of Operation Barkhane, is dedicated to tracking down terrorists. However, an ambush rekindles tensions between the military and the Malian population.
Stars: Yannick Choirat, Birane Ba, François Loriquet, Jonathan Turnbull
Votes: 116
31. Search and Destroy (2020)
93 min | Action, Comedy
When American Ranger John Cutter fails to save a family being held hostage and loses his entire team in a battle with infamous Ukrainian Arms Dealer Igor Rodin, John is discharged from the ... See full summary »
Director: Danny Lerner | Stars: Dylan Bruce, Sergey Badyuk, Julian Kostov, Tim Fellingham
Votes: 496
32. Boko Haram: Terror in Africa (2016)
PG-13 | 52 min | Documentary
Last month, 82 Nigerian schoolgirls were released after 3 years of imprisonment. In exchange, 5 terrorist leaders walked free - These leaders belong to Boko Haram, the most bloodthirsty ... See full summary »
Director: Patrick Forestier
Votes: 59
33. Terror Force Commando (1986)
86 min | Action, Thriller
A Cameroonese police officer (Alphonse Beni) and a CIA agent (Richard Harrison) try to prevent the Pope from being assassinated by Italian terrorists during his African tour.
Director: Richard Harrison | Stars: Richard Harrison, Alphonse Beni, Romano Kristoff, Ninette Assor
Votes: 64
34. Wild Daze (2020)
100 min | Documentary
Wild Daze, If It Doesn't Challenge You, It Cannot Change You. This feature-length documentary was forged by a fierce desire to save the African wildlife, while protecting its exploited women, children and forest peoples.
Director: Phyllis Stuart | Stars: Hayley Adams, Lawrence Anthony, Jonathan Balcombe, Richard Bonham
Votes: 82
36. The Many Faces of Death, Part 6 (1995 Video)
Documentary
Stars: Jacques Chirac, Jeff Doucet, Anatoly Golovkin, Jim Jones
Votes: 41
37. Poutine, le retour de l'ours dans la danse (2022 TV Movie)
54 min | Documentary
In February 2007, at the Munich Conference for World Security, Vladimir Putin denounced the unilateralism of the United States and announced the end of a unipolar world. Although virulent, ... See full summary »
Director: Frédéric Tonolli | Stars: Saskia Weber, Cornelia Schönwald, Christian Le Peutrec, Jean-Yves Huchet
Votes: 57
39. Closer to the Sun (2016)
76 min | Drama
A New York insurance company is assessing a claim related to the accidental death of six workers on an oil platform off the coast of Nigeria.
Directors: Gianluca Spadafina, Nick Peterson | Stars: Old-Nick, Vincent X. Hall, Alex Hall, John Waterhouse
40. Failed New York City Terrorist Attack: True News (2017 Video)
25 min | Short, News
The latest attempt at terror in New York City leads Stefan Molyneux to a discussion of the welfare state.
Star: Stefan Molyneux
41.
America First (2017– )
Episode:
Coronavirus Pandemic - US Economy Set to Reopen on Easter
(2020)
News
Star: Nick Fuentes
42.
Part of the Problem (2018– )
The Great Scott Horton on Corona, Martial Law and Everything Else
(2020 Podcast Episode)
News, Talk-Show
Stars: Dave Smith, Scott Horton
43.
Make It Plain with Mark Thompson (2019– )
Mark Responds to Capitol Hill Violence and Part 2 of Assessing the Impact of the 2020 Presidential Election on Black America and the Pan African World
(2021 Podcast Episode)
Talk-Show
Mark responds to the horrific, violent display on Capitol Hill yesterday by Trump supporters, followed by part two of yesterday's panel discussion. Panelists: Ras Baraka, Mayor of Newark, ... See full summary »
Star: Mark Thompson
44.
Coffee with Scott Adams (2018– )
CWSA 12/20/23 How About That Colorado Decision Barring Trump? That and Lots More
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News
Star: Scott Adams
45.
The Matt Walsh Show (2018– )
Representative Ilhan Omar Must Be Expelled from Congress and Deported
(2024 Podcast Episode)
News, Talk-Show
Star: Matt Walsh
Votes: 13