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1. The Many Saints of Newark (2021)

R | 120 min | Crime, Drama

Witness the making of Tony Soprano. The story that reveals the humanity behind Tony's struggles and the influence his family - especially his uncle, Dickie Moltisanti - had over him becoming the most iconic mob boss of all time.

Director: Alan Taylor | Stars: Alessandro Nivola, Leslie Odom Jr., Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga

Votes: 63,640

2. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (2013 Video)

PG-13 | 76 min | Animation, Action, Crime

The Batman has returned after a 10-year absence. The Gotham authorities want to arrest him. An old foe wants a reunion. The Feds want the Man of Tomorrow to put a stop to him.

Director: Jay Oliva | Stars: Peter Weller, Ariel Winter, Michael Emerson, David Selby

Votes: 57,167

3. 1987: When the Day Comes (2017)

Not Rated | 129 min | Drama, History, Thriller

In 1987 Korea under an oppressive military regime, the unlawful interrogation and death of a college student ignite ordinary citizens to fight for the truth and bring about justice.

Directors: Jung Sung Ho, Joon-Hwan Jang | Stars: Kim Tae-ri, Yeo Jin-goo, Gang Dong-won, Ha Jung-woo

Votes: 6,873

4. Praying for Armageddon (2023)

97 min | Documentary, Thriller

An influential movement of Christian fundamentalists in the US, who with millions of dollars in backing and threads into the government are fighting for the end of the world.

Directors: Tonje Hessen Schei, Michael Rowley | Stars: Arik Ascherman, Gary Burd, Ralph Drollinger, Mohammed el Kurd

Votes: 360

5. Anhell69 (2022)

75 min | Documentary, Drama

A funeral car cruises the streets of Medellin, while a young director tells the story of his past in this violent and conservative city. He remembers the pre-production of his first film, a Class-B movie with ghosts.

Director: Theo Montoya | Stars: Alejandro Hincapié, Camilo Machado, Alejandro Mendigana, Julian David Moncada

Votes: 278

6. Danganronpa 3: The End of Kibougamine Gakuen - Zetsubou-hen (II) (2016)

TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Drama, Horror

Set before the events of "Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc," The Despair side of Danganronpa 3 shows the events leading to the rise of the Remnants of Despair and the fall of Hope's Peak and the world into anarchy.

Stars: Mai Nakahara, Ai Kayano, Miho Arakawa, Yû Kobayashi

Votes: 967

7. First Contact: An Alien Encounter (2022 TV Movie)

86 min | Documentary

Since the mid-20th century, astronomers have been searching for extra-terrestrial life in the Universe. This documentary imagines how the scientific community and world would react if an alien object passed through our Solar System.

Director: Nic Stacey | Stars: Jill Winternitz, Shannon Sullivan, Cerys Matthews, Siân Lloyd

Votes: 182

8. Heroes for Sale (1933)

Passed | 76 min | Drama, Romance, War

A veteran fights drug addiction to make his way in the business world.

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Loretta Young, Richard Barthelmess, Aline MacMahon, Gordon Westcott

Votes: 2,525

9. Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993)

119 min | Documentary

A film account about the military 1990 siege of a Native American reserve near Oka, Quebec, Canada and its causes.

Director: Alanis Obomsawin | Stars: Jack Burning, Herbie Barnes, Alanis Obomsawin, Ethel Blondin

Votes: 485

10. Endangered (II) (2022)

TV-MA | 90 min | Documentary

An investigation of threats against journalists in the United States and internationally, from intimidation to physical violence.

Directors: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady | Stars: Carl Bernstein, Pedro Bial, Jair Bolsonaro, Tom Brokaw

Votes: 407

11. Caged Birds (2020)

118 min | Drama, Romance

Barbara Hug is a young lawyer fighting Switzerland's antiquated prison system in the 1980s. Walter Stürm is in and often escaping out of jail, becoming known as the Jailbreak King. When the two meet, an unlikely alliance is formed.

Director: Oliver Rihs | Stars: Jella Haase, Anatole Taubman, Joel Basman, Marie Leuenberger

Votes: 277

12. Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley (2018 TV Movie)

90 min | Documentary, History

An overview of the events of the Suffragette Movement for Votes For Women. It follows the individual women who were part of the movement and uses dramatised testimony to tell their stories at key points of their dangerous campaign.

Director: Emma Frank | Stars: Amy Gavin, Lucy Worsley, Joanne Thomson, Kate Burdette

Votes: 173

13. The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden (2020 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, History

In the midst of the historic coronavirus pandemic, economic hardship, rising unemployment, race riots and growing insecurity, U.S. citizens were called upon to choose between incumbent ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Kirk | Stars: Will Lyman, Jeremiah Kissel, Mike McNally, Heike Hagen

Votes: 85

14. Lyra (2022)

92 min | Documentary, Biography

Follows the life of Northern Irish investigative journalist Lyra McKee by telling her story through her own work and words.

Director: Alison Millar | Star: Lyra McKee

Votes: 148

15. 30 de ani de democratie (2019)

181 min | Documentary

Two journalists born in the mid '80s decide to take a look back at how their country changed in the last 30 years since the fall of communism. The end product is a documentary containing ... See full summary »

Directors: Cristian Delcea, Mihai Voinea | Stars: Madeleine Albright, Ilie Alexandru, Ioan Amarie, Crin Antonescu

Votes: 503

16. World War C (2021)

85 min | Documentary

It's war. War against an invisible enemy that is not as deadly as we are told. The world is changing rapidly. Disproportionate measures are taken worldwide that disrupt society as a whole. ... See full summary »

Director: Belgin Inal | Stars: Tucker Carlson, King Charles III, Bill Gates, António Guterres

Votes: 17

17. Six Days in August (2024)

35 min | Short, Crime, History

Thirteen years after the shooting of Mark Duggan that sparked several days of protests and violence in the United Kingdom, award-winning filmmaker Thomas Gardner examines that turbulent period through rarely seen archival footage.

Director: Thomas Gardner

18. Nihon Kaiho sensen: Sanrizuka no natsu (1968)

108 min | Documentary

Farmers in a collective of ancient villages near Tokyo fight back one summer ,with the help of student activists, against plans by the Japanese government to demolish their homes to make ... See full summary »

Director: Shinsuke Ogawa

Votes: 54

19. L'enfance de l'art (1992)

7 min | Short, Drama

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Directors: Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville | Star: Antoine Reyes

Votes: 55

20. Baseballschlägerjahre - Die Wendegeneration und rechte Gewalt (2020 TV Movie)

89 min | Documentary, History

After the end of the GDR, thrashings, threats and hunts were part of everyday life. In the years after the reunification of the early 1990s, hatred, racism and violence against foreigners ... See full summary »

Directors: Christian Bangel, Claudia Bracholdt, Paul Buske, Dilan Gropengiesser, Heike Kleffner, Stella Könemann, Lydia Meyer, Ulrike Neubecker, Johannes Radke, Elke Sasse, Toralf Staud, Adama Ulrich, Sven Wolters | Stars: Nurcan Özdemir, Amadeu António, Klaus Baldauf, Christian Bangel

Votes: 10

21. The Algerian War, 1954-1962 (1984)

280 min | Documentary, History, War

The Algerian War was a momentous struggle for independence from France by Algerian nationalists between 1954 and 1962. This eight-year conflict caused the fall of six French Prime Ministers... See full summary »

Star: Jim Norton

Votes: 17

22. Normal! (2011)

111 min | Drama

After the December riots and the first peaceful marches in Algeria, while the Arab Spring begins in Tunisia and Egypt, Fouzi wants to gather his actors to show them the unfinished editing ... See full summary »

Director: Merzak Allouache | Stars: Nadjib Oulebsir, Adila Bendimerad, Nabil Asli, Mina Lachter

Votes: 29

23. Endgame in Ireland (2001 TV Movie)

240 min | Documentary

A comprehensive look at the Irish people's struggle for Civil rights and how it transpired into a military campaign for independence, before a political agreement was made for fair ... See full summary »

Directors: Mark Anderson, Mick Gold | Stars: Gerry Adams, Bertie Ahern, Tony Blair, Denis Bradley

Votes: 42

24. Undercurrent (II) (2020)

20 min | Short

In a winter evening of 1979, the arrest of anti-government protesters involved in the Formosa Incident is underway. The city is under curfew, but a teenage student, out of curiosity, ... See full summary »

Director: Yu-Tong Weng | Stars: Lee-Fong Huang, Chih-Han Chang, Ming-fan Wu

Votes: 26

25. Rights of Man (2023)

19 min | Short, Thriller

While the protectorate fights opposition in a brutal civil war, a soldier decides to cut the snake's head and to avenge his family by assassinating the protectorate's leader.

Director: Micha Strecker | Stars: Vaslov Goom, Saskia Kovacs, Atdhe Krasniqi, Alex Lipitch

26. Se fate i bravi (2022)

102 min | Documentary

It's been twenty years since Genoa, 2001. Twenty years is the time in which a newborn becomes a person: nowadays there is an entire generation that is autonomous and present, yet which was ... See full summary »

Directors: Stefano Collizzolli, Daniele Gaglianone

Votes: 14

27. Captain Brazil (2017)

17 min | Short, Drama

In a country that's tearing apart, the life of a ten-year old boy suddenly falls to pieces. When despair settles in, Captain Brazil finds room for action.

Director: Felipe Poroger | Stars: Antonio Haddad Aguerre, Camila Márdila, Georgette Fadel, Helena Albergaria

28. Petrol Bombs & Peace: Welcome to Belfast (2013 TV Movie)

Documentary

Alys Harte follows Pride of Ardoyne, a loyalist marching band from Belfast, over the summer of 2013 leading up to the Twelfth of July.

Director: Declan Lawn

29. Nedjelja 13. (2015)

90 min | Documentary

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Directors: Igor Grahovac, Mario Kovac | Stars: Refik Ahmetovic, Josip Kuze, Milojko Pantic, Dragoslav Sekularac

30. Rahana 1984 (2022)

Short, Drama

Following the horrific murder of innocent Sikhs on October 31st 1984 in Delhi. This short movie tells a fictional tale on 1st November 1984 in Jamlashrinagar Pind a small town a few miles ... See full summary »

Director: Suchet Budon | Stars: Manoj Anand, Suchet Budon, Bharat Mistri, Navdeep Monga

31. News Magazine of the Screen, Vol. 7 (1956)

22 min | Documentary, Short, News

A newsreel showing footage of the aftermath of a typhoon in Japan and a hurricane in Louisiana; the construction of a replica of the Mayflower in a British ship[yard; army medics jumping ... See full summary »

Star: Pope Pius XII

32. A Tottenham Tale (2021)

Documentary

Tottenham is a very diverse and creative area and has been placed on the map from the 2011 London riots. This film shows the new Tottenham, from all aspects. It is giving a voice to many ... See full summary »

Director: Sean Reilly

33. Trouble (2017–2020)

30 min | Documentary

Trouble, a brand-new monthly show offering an in-depth anarchist analysis of current struggles, tactics and movement dynamics.

34. Its Name Was 2020 (2020)

13 min | Short

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Director: Daniel Brown | Stars: Lily Elaine, Adela-Adriana Moscu

35. Ghost Machines (2018 Music Video)

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In this music video featuring the indie rock band, Stereoriots, a young boy dreams of becoming a drummer.

Director: Paige Compton | Stars: Wahid Hashime, Moe Sesay, Chris Ruffin, Bullet C.

36. L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode: Watts a Matter? (1990)

TV-PG | 48 min | Drama

Racial tensions threaten to explode in city-wide rioting when Rollins represents an innocent black family suing the Los Angeles Police Department for excessive violence when the police ... See full summary »

Director: Tom Moore | Stars: Harry Hamlin, Susan Dey, Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry

Votes: 192

37. Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007)
Episode: The Road Not Taken (2007)

TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

During a failed experiment, Samantha is transported into a parallel universe where she cloaks Earth to save it from an Ori attack. Getting back to her own universe is not met with sympathy.

Director: Andy Mikita | Stars: Ben Browder, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Claudia Black

Votes: 983

38. The Merv Griffin Show (1962–1986)
Episode: Bobby Darin, Dick Gregory, Raymond Massey, Marguerite Piazza, Peter Nero (1962)

TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Family, Music

This compilation episode features guests Robert F. Kennedy, Carl Reine, Jane Fonda, and Roger Vadim.

Stars: Merv Griffin, Bobby Darin, Jane Fonda, Dick Gregory

39. The Bridge (2011–2018)
Episode: Avsnitt 6 (2011)

TV-14 | 57 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A rogue policeman is killed by someone in uniform. The detectives believe that the killer for whom they are searching was the killer. They also now suspect that the killer may indeed be one of them - that he is actually is a cop.

Director: Lisa Siwe | Stars: Sofia Helin, Kim Bodnia, Dag Malmberg, Christian Hillborg

Votes: 1,135

40. New British Canon (2019– )
Episode: "Ghost Town" by The Specials: The Sound of Impending Doom (2019)

16 min | Documentary

This is New British Canon and this is the Story of "Ghost Town".

Director: Trash Theory | Stars: Trash Theory, The Specials, Jerry Dammers, Terry Hall