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1. Fellow Travelers (2023– )
TV-MA | 59 min | Drama, Romance
Follows the lives and volatile romance of two different men, through purges, wars, protests, and plagues, overcoming obstacles in the world.
Stars: Matt Bomer, Jonathan Bailey, Jelani Alladin, Linus Roache
Votes: 10,901
2. 1984 (1984)
R | 113 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In a totalitarian future society, a man, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.
Director: Michael Radford | Stars: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack
Votes: 79,216 | Gross: $8.40M
3. Fahrenheit 451 (2018)
TV-14 | 100 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In a terrifying care-free future, a young man, Guy Montag, whose job as a fireman is to burn all books, questions his actions after meeting a young woman - and begins to rebel against society.
Director: Ramin Bahrani | Stars: Michael B. Jordan, Aaron Davis, Cindy Katz, Michael Shannon
Votes: 22,728
4. Land of the Giants (1968–1970)
TV-G | 60 min | Sci-Fi
A spaceship from Earth crash-lands on an Earth-like planet on which everything, including the human-like inhabitants, is twelve times the size of its counterpart on Earth.
Stars: Gary Conway, Don Matheson, Stefan Arngrim, Don Marshall
Votes: 2,872
5. Warrior of the Lost World (1983)
R | 92 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A nomad mercenary on a high-tech motorcycle helps bring about the downfall of the evil Orwellian government, the Omega.
Director: David Worth | Stars: Robert Ginty, Persis Khambatta, Donald Pleasence, Fred Williamson
Votes: 2,881
6. As I Open My Eyes (2015)
Unrated | 102 min | Drama, Music
A few months before the revolution in Tunisia, 18 year-old Farah has a passion for life and sings in a political rock band. Her mother, knowing the dangers of Tunisia, wants her to pursue a career as a doctor.
Director: Leyla Bouzid | Stars: Baya Medhaffar, Ghalia Benali, Montassar Ayari, Lassaad Jamoussi
Votes: 1,467 | Gross: $0.03M
7. 1984
Drama, Sci-Fi | Announced
A man struggles to keep his autonomy under an oppressive regime that monitors his every move.
Director: Paul Greengrass
8. The Lawless Land (1988)
R | 81 min | Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
Action-adventure set in a world of the near-future, where young love is forbidden among the lower classes. Nevertheless, one couple defies their police-state world to fight and hold on to ... See full summary »
Director: Jon Hess | Stars: Jsu Garcia, Leon, Xander Berkeley, Amanda Peterson
Votes: 145
9. Toward the Terra (2007)
TV-PG | Animation, Action, Drama
When 14-year-old Jomy begins to question how society is run, he suddenly becomes a target for both the government and the Mu, an outcast race with extra-sensory abilities who have been fighting against the government for generations.
Stars: Mitsuki Saiga, Takehito Koyasu, Jûrôta Kosugi, Yousuha Akimoto
Votes: 302
10. The Nomad Soul (1999 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Mystery
Omikron is a massive city-state in which the people are ruled blindly by an ancient supercomputer and a communist dictator with an iron fist who carries out the computer's orders. Little do... See full summary »
Director: David Cage | Stars: David Bowie, David Gasman, Paul Bandey, Karen Strassman
Votes: 276
11. The Last Protestor (2018)
Short, Drama, Sci-Fi
A father must come to terms with the oppressive government he works for upon finding out his daughter is rebelling against it.
Director: Nicole Castillo | Stars: Elizabeth Lambert, Joe Duffy, Ivy Beech, Devorah Lynne Dishington
12. Chubbies (2014 Video)
89 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
It's Halloween night at the Bowl-o-Rama where Samantha and her friends are having a party. Everyone's having a great time... until the Chubbies arrive. From the distant planet of Snerd, ... See full summary »
Director: Mike C. Hartman | Stars: Gary Boettcher, Slasher Dave, Patrick L. Dear, David Gibson
Votes: 97
13. The Forgotten Village (1941)
Approved | 67 min | Documentary, Drama
Documentary examining the conflicts between the coming of modernization and the traditional culture of a small Mexican village.
Directors: Herbert Kline, Alexander Hammid | Star: Burgess Meredith
Votes: 99
14. Acta General de Chile (1986)
240 min | Documentary
In 1985, exiled director Miguel Littin returned clandestinely to Pinochet's Chile to make this documentary about the socio-political reality of the country.
Director: Miguel Littin | Stars: Hortensia Allende, Salvador Allende, Fidel Castro, Joan Garcés
Votes: 45
15. Uprising (2012)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Action, History
The inside story of the Egyptian revolution from the perspective of its principal leaders and organizers, including four Nobel Peace Prize nominees. Their success in forcing the downfall of... See full summary »
Director: Fredrik Stanton | Stars: Rasha Abdulla, Lisa Anderson, Shaima El-Elaimy, Mohamad El-Gebba
Votes: 68
16. L'Iran: une révolution cinématographique (2006 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary
Today Iranian cinema is one of the most highly regarded national cinemas in the world, regularly winning festival awards and critical acclaim for films which combine remarkable artistry and... See full summary »
Director: Nader T. Homayoun | Stars: Rakhshan Banietemad, Bahram Beyzaie, Farokh Ghafari, Bahman Ghobadi
Votes: 236
18. Muzyczna partyzantka (2007)
52 min | Documentary
Documentary raises the burning problem of the regime in Belarus.
Director: Miroslaw Dembinski
Votes: 24
19. Moja Kuba, moja Polska (2007)
54 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz | Star: Jose Torres
20. Quantum Gate (1993 Video Game)
Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Private Drew Griffin is part of a unit sent in 2057 through quantum gate to planet AJ3905 to locate a rare mineral that can save Earth from a cataclysm. They must also fight hostile alien bugs there. However, things aren't what they seem.
Director: Greg Roach | Stars: Ruth Aguilar, James Monroe Black, Jamie Callahan, Jamie Callahan
Votes: 15
21. Sega Ninja (1985 Video Game)
Action, Adventure
The game features Princess Kurumi, the titular female ninja, battling enemies using throwing knives and throwing stars.
22.
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979–1981)
Episode:
Olympiad
(1980)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Buck attends a new version of the Olympics. He meets Lara, one of the athletes, who tells him that she is involved with Jorex, an athlete from a planet, that's ruled by a dictator, who has ... See full summary »
Director: Larry Stewart | Stars: Gil Gerard, Erin Gray, Tim O'Connor, Nicolas Coster
Votes: 214
23.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)
Episode:
Vortex
(1993)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A man named Croden tells Odo he can take him to a place where aliens much like Odo himself exist, which would help Odo find out where he truly comes from.
Director: Winrich Kolbe | Stars: Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Alexander Siddig, Terry Farrell
Votes: 2,349