Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "corrupt-system"

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

PG-13 | 130 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Harry, Ron, and Hermione search for Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes in their effort to destroy the Dark Lord as the final battle rages on at Hogwarts.

Director: David Yates | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Michael Gambon

Votes: 951,577 | Gross: $381.01M

2. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)

PG-13 | 142 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Albus Dumbledore knows that Gellert Grindelwald is moving to take control of the wizarding world. Unable to stop him alone, he asks Newt Scamander to lead an intrepid team on a dangerous mission.

Director: David Yates | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law, Ezra Miller, Dan Fogler

Votes: 171,578 | Gross: $95.85M

3. In Time (2011)

PG-13 | 109 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

In a future where people stop aging at 25, but are engineered to live only one more year, having the means to buy your way out of the situation is a shot at immortal youth. Will Salas is accused of murder and on the run with a hostage.

Director: Andrew Niccol | Stars: Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy, Olivia Wilde

Votes: 447,942 | Gross: $37.52M

4. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Adventure, Family

With their warning about Lord Voldemort's return scoffed at, Harry and Dumbledore are targeted by the Wizard authorities as an authoritarian bureaucrat slowly seizes power at Hogwarts.

Director: David Yates | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Brendan Gleeson

Votes: 635,371 | Gross: $292.00M

5. Your Honor (II) (2020–2023)

TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A judge confronts his convictions when his son is involved in a hit-and-run that embroils an organized-crime family.

Stars: Bryan Cranston, Hope Davis, Michael Stuhlbarg, Lilli Kay

Votes: 65,646

6. Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)

PG-13 | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Young hero Thomas embarks on a mission to find a cure for a deadly disease known as "The Flare".

Director: Wes Ball | Stars: Dylan O'Brien, Ki Hong Lee, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster

Votes: 164,958 | Gross: $58.03M

7. Resident Evil (2022)

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

Nearly three decades after the discovery of the T-virus, an outbreak reveals the Umbrella Corporation's dark secrets.

Stars: Ella Balinska, Tamara Smart, Siena Agudong, Adeline Rudolph

Votes: 46,007

8. The Purge (2018–2019)

TV-MA | 42 min | Action, Drama, Horror

In an altered United States, several unrelated people discover how far they will go to survive a night during which all crime is legal for 12 hours.

Stars: Gabriel Chavarria, Derek Luke, Hannah Emily Anderson, Max Martini

Votes: 19,320

9. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016)

R | 107 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

Alice returns to where the nightmare began: The Hive in Raccoon City, where the Umbrella Corporation is gathering its forces for a final strike against the only remaining survivors of the apocalypse.

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson | Stars: Milla Jovovich, Iain Glen, Ali Larter, Shawn Roberts

Votes: 101,280 | Gross: $26.83M

10. The Forever Purge (2021)

R | 103 min | Action, Crime, Horror

All the rules are broken as a sect of lawless marauders decides that the annual Purge does not stop at daybreak and instead should never end.

Director: Everardo Gout | Stars: Ana de la Reguera, Tenoch Huerta, Josh Lucas, Leven Rambin

Votes: 43,663 | Gross: $44.54M

11. Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)

R | 95 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

Alice fights alongside a resistance movement to regain her freedom from an Umbrella Corporation testing facility.

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson | Stars: Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Michelle Rodriguez, Aryana Engineer

Votes: 150,489 | Gross: $42.35M

12. The First Purge (2018)

R | 97 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

America's third political party, the New Founding Fathers of America, comes to power and conducts an experiment: no laws for 12 hours on Staten Island. No one has to stay on the island, but $5,000 is given to anyone who does.

Director: Gerard McMurray | Stars: Y'lan Noel, Lex Scott Davis, Joivan Wade, Steve Harris

Votes: 71,310 | Gross: $69.49M

13. The Harder They Fall (1956)

Passed | 109 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Sport

An ex-sportswriter is hired by a shady fight promoter to promote his latest find, an unknown but easily exploitable rising star from Argentina.

Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling, Mike Lane

Votes: 9,135

14. Leviathan (2014)

R | 140 min | Crime, Drama

In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.

Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev | Stars: Aleksey Serebryakov, Elena Lyadova, Roman Madyanov, Vladimir Vdovichenkov

Votes: 57,021 | Gross: $1.09M

15. The Fool (II) (2014)

116 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Dima Nikitin is an ordinary honest plumber who suddenly decides to face the corrupt system of local politics in order to save the lives of 800 inhabitants of an old dormitory, which is about to collapse.

Director: Yuriy Bykov | Stars: Artyom Bystrov, Natalya Surkova, Yuriy Tsurilo, Boris Nevzorov

Votes: 16,494

16. Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018)

R | 128 min | Documentary

Filmmaker Michael Moore examines the current state of American politics, particularly the Donald Trump presidency and gun violence, while highlighting the power of grassroots democratic movements.

Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Jim Acosta, Roger Ailes, Brooke Baldwin, Ashleigh Banfield

Votes: 20,429 | Gross: $6.35M

17. Ang probinsyano (2015–2022)

TV-14 | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

The story of Cardo Dalisay as he faces terrorists, drug dealers, and other criminals in the Philippines.

Stars: Coco Martin, Jaime Fabregas, Malou Crisologo, Susan Roces

Votes: 456

18. The Iron Heart (2022–2023)

TV-14 | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

An undercover agent goes on a dangerous mission to bring down a crime ring. Fueled by a bitter and painful past, Apollo and his allies face the grueling task that will challenge his resolve and strength.

Stars: Richard Gutierrez, Sue Ramirez, Albert Martinez, Anthony Jennings

Votes: 65

19. Dirty Linen (2023)

TV-MA | Action, Crime, Drama

Four houseworkers of a well-known aristocratic family mysteriously vanished one by one without a trace, meanwhile four people are out to get their hellish revenge against the prominent family itself.

Stars: Zanjoe Marudo, Francine Diaz, Janine Gutierrez, John Arcilla

Votes: 185

20. Zeitgeist: Addendum (2008 Video)

Not Rated | 123 min | Documentary, History, War

Zeitgeist: Addendum attempts to locate the root causes of the pervasive social corruption, while also offering a solution.

Director: Peter Joseph | Stars: Jacque Fresco, Roxanne Meadows, John Perkins, George Carlin

Votes: 18,698

21. Wildflower (2017–2018)

TV-MA | 30 min | Action, Crime, Drama

It follows the story of Ivy Aguas, a beautiful and smart heiress who is seeking justice for her parents' death against the family of Ardiente.

Stars: Tirso Cruz III, Aiko Melendez, Maja Salvador, Zsa Zsa Padilla

Votes: 212

22. The Goodbye Kiss (2006)

107 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Giorgio Pellegrini, a former left-wing activist turned terrorist has fled to Central America and fought with a guerrilla movement. Fifteen years later he is fed up with living in the jungle... See full summary »

Director: Michele Soavi | Stars: Alessio Boni, Michele Placido, Isabella Ferrari, Alina Nedelea

Votes: 1,386

23. Vladimir and Rosa (1971)

Not Rated | 103 min | Drama

In Godard and Gorin's free interpretation of the Chicago Eight trial, Judge Hoffman becomes Judge Himmler (who doodles notes on Playboy centerfolds), the Chicago Eight become microcosms of ... See full summary »

Directors: Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Gorin | Stars: Yves Afonso, Juliet Berto, Frankie Dymon, Jean-Luc Godard

Votes: 570

24. Falling Leaves (1966)

91 min | Drama, Romance

A young idealist takes a job at a local state run winery only to discover and become disillusioned by the corruption of the Soviet State.

Director: Otar Iosseliani | Stars: Ramaz Giorgobiani, Gogi Kharabadze, Marina Kartsivadze, Aleksandre Omiadze

Votes: 1,009

25. Twist again à Moscou (1986)

89 min | Comedy

Igor, who manages a fancy hotel and is on the take, has to juggle several problems at once. He has a two-hour window to get his ill-got gain out of the hotel, he must misdirect and obstruct... See full summary »

Director: Jean-Marie Poiré | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Christian Clavier, Martin Lamotte, Bernard Blier

Votes: 659

26. The Caviar Connection (2021)

86 min | Documentary, Thriller

How do dictatorships like Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan launder their reputations from despotic to democratic? This investigative series exposes how Lady Gaga, luxury gifts and ... See full summary »

Director: Benoit Bringer | Stars: Sunna Aevarsdóttir, Heydar Aliyev, Ilham Aliyev, Daniel Freund

Votes: 88

27. The Punishment (1976)

112 min | Drama

In 1919 at the end of WW1 Romanian peasant Manolache Preda returns to his native village where he finds his woman taken by another and his land sold to the local landowner.

Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Amza Pellea, Ernest Maftei, Gheorghe Dinica, Ioana Pavelescu

Votes: 730

28. 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: 3,688

29. Hero (2012)

Action, Fantasy

A 3D fantasy drama set in the year of 2020 in the fictional city of Muyoung which is full of corruption. Kim Heung Chul obtains a superhuman power by a special chance. He becomes a hero with that ability in the world where justice is gone.

Stars: Yang Dong-geun, Han Chae-ah, Park Bo-gum, Jo Jae-yoon

Votes: 11

30. Ako si Ninoy (2023)

120 min | Action, Biography, Crime

The film chronicles the life and tragic death of Philippine's national hero, former Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Simeon Aquino Jr.

Director: Vince Tañada | Stars: Juan Karlos Labajo, Sarah Holmes, Bodjie Pascua, Johnrey Rivas

Votes: 241

31. Hour of Danger (2023)

104 min | Crime, Drama, History

As unrest unfolds, a family who lives in the slums grapple with the murder of their patriarch in the hands of corrupt policemen, turning from passive victims of social injustice into active participants in the final hours of the uprising.

Director: Joel Lamangan | Stars: Cherry Pie Picache, Allen Dizon, Therese Malvar, Dave Bornea

Votes: 160

32. Dobar, los, zao (2017– )

60 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show

Journalist Nenad Kulacin and author Marko Vidojkovic host "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," their weekly uncompromisingly opinionated talk and news satire show that fights for political and media freedoms in Serbia.

Stars: Marko Vidojkovic, Nenad Kulacin, Dragoljub Draza Petrovic, Dragan Djilas

Votes: 102

33. Sinivalkoinen valhe (2012)

119 min | Documentary, Sport

Investigative documentary probing the background of the Finnish doping scandal of Lahti 2001 FIS Nordic world ski championship and the sports culture that enabled it.

Director: Arto Halonen | Stars: Arto Halonen, Paavo M. Petäjä, Leila Ketola, Suvi Lindén

Votes: 496

34. Death Certificate (2017)

75 min | Drama

A water server in a small railway station in Eastern India doesn't return home one evening. His wife comes to term with inhumane reality while looking for him far away from her picturesque ... See full summary »

Director: Rajaditya Banerjee | Stars: Rajaditya Banerjee, Deepamala Sengupta

Votes: 16

35. The Raging Elephant (2018)

60 min | Drama

Jean Negus Péralte has been physically abused by the police, and the judicial system who let his abusers free are now preparing to arrest him. To right these wrongs he will use the gun. He is now in a fight against the corrupt system.

Director: Gunnar Dessources | Stars: Moses Sesay, Maya Posey, Joshua Retemiah, Dante Jayce

36. Doping Top Secret - Showdown for Russia (2016 TV Movie)

35 min | Documentary, Sport

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Director: Hajo Seppelt | Stars: Nikita Kamaev, Vitaliy Mutko, Grigory Rodchenkov, Hajo Seppelt

37. The Deposition (2007 Video)

90 min | Drama

The Deposition is the story of a lawyer who uncovers a multi-million dollar insurance fraud, being run by a group of well connected high priced lawyers in Maryland.

Directors: Sid Burston, James Adam Tucker | Stars: Sudi Burnett, Sid Burston, Vince Campbell, Rick Chatham

38. The Fugitive (1963–1967)
Episode: Nicest Fella You'd Ever Want to Meet (1965)

TV-PG | 51 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

When Kimble (David Janssen) witnesses a town sheriff (Pat Hingle) murder a prisoner (Tom Skerritt), the sheriff plans on killing him next.

Director: Sutton Roley | Stars: David Janssen, Pat Hingle, Mary Murphy, Dabney Coleman

Votes: 189

39. Beckmann (1999–2014)
Episode: Urteil gegen Uli Hoeneß was wird jetzt aus dem Bayern-Präsidenten? (2014)

Talk-Show

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Stars: Reinhold Beckmann, Erwin Huber, Annette Kleinfeld, Heribert Prantl

40. Afghanistan: The Wounded Land (2020)
Episode: Die NATO-Truppen (2020)

53 min | Documentary, History

Following 9/11 and the overthrow of the Taliban, an international coalition tried to bring peace and democracy to Afghanistan. But hopes were short-lived.

Directors: Mayte Carrasco, Marcel Mettelsiefen | Stars: Nadja Berlinghoff, Khaled Hosseini, Sima Samar, Shukria Barakzai

Votes: 39

41. Coffee with Scott Adams (2018– )
CWSA 04/29/24 (2024 Podcast Episode)

News

Topics include robot trucks, a persuasive pro-Trump/anti-Biden slogan, Californians lining up to recriminalize crime, Jerry Seinfeld at 70, and more. Scott ends with an emotional reflection on the most important moments of his life.

Star: Scott Adams

42. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014– )
Episode: Prosecutors (2018)

TV-MA | 29 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show

John Oliver talks about an important but less widely known element of America's criminal justice system: 'Prosecutors'. Prosecutors hold a powerful influence over cases, but they do not ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Pennolino | Stars: David Kaye, John Oliver

Votes: 262