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1. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A surreal, virtually plotless series of dreams centered around six middle-class people and their consistently interrupted attempts to have a meal together.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig, Paul Frankeur, Bulle Ogier
Votes: 46,782 | Gross: $0.20M
2. Brexit (2019 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 98 min | Biography, Drama, History
Political strategist Dominic Cummings leads a popular but controversial campaign to convince British voters to leave the European Union from 2015 up until the present day.
Director: Toby Haynes | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Sarah Belcher, Malcolm Freeman, Lucy Russell
Votes: 17,740
3. Save the Tiger (1973)
R | 100 min | Drama
A disillusioned war veteran has two days to let go of his shaken morals if he wants his small fashion company to survive.
Director: John G. Avildsen | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Jack Gilford, Laurie Heineman, Norman Burton
Votes: 5,602 | Gross: $2.33M
4. The Chinese (1967)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
A small group of French students are studying Mao, trying to find out their position in the world and how to change the world to a Maoistic community using terrorism.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Anne Wiazemsky, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Juliet Berto, Michel Semeniako
Votes: 8,333 | Gross: $0.04M
5. Serial (Bad) Weddings 2 (2019)
99 min | Comedy, Drama
Claude and Marie Verneuil face a new crisis: their four daughters' spouses--David, Rachid, Chao, and Charles--have decided to leave France for various reasons. Here they imagine their lives elsewhere.
Director: Philippe de Chauveron | Stars: Christian Clavier, Chantal Lauby, Ary Abittan, Medi Sadoun
Votes: 9,609
6. Mao Zedong 1949 (2019)
140 min | Biography, Drama, History
The film is set in 1949, as the members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China prepare to establish a new Chinese state, the People's Republic of China.
Directors: Jianxin Huang, Haiqiang Ning | Stars: Guoqiang Tang, Jin Liu, Ted Duran, Johnny Huang
Votes: 510
7. Loro 1 (2018)
104 min | Biography, Drama
A film about the life of Silvio Berlusconi.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Toni Servillo, Elena Sofia Ricci, Riccardo Scamarcio, Kasia Smutniak
Votes: 5,304
8. Front Cover (2015)
Unrated | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When a gay fashion stylist works with a renowned foreign actor, they both embark on a journey of self-discovery.
Director: Ray Yeung | Stars: Jake Choi, James Chen, Jennie Page, Elizabeth Sung
Votes: 1,407 | Gross: $0.03M
9. The Coming War on China (2016)
TV-PG | 113 min | Documentary, History
From award winning journalist John Pilger, reveals what the news doesn't - that the world's greatest military power, the United States, and the world's second economic power, China, both nuclear-armed, may well be on the road to war.
Director: John Pilger | Stars: Franklin Blaisdell, James Bradley, Bruce Cumings, Dana Rohrabacher
Votes: 1,688
10. Dead Souls (2018)
495 min | Documentary, History
A dozen aging survivors are interviewed from Jiabiangou, a complex of three work camps in Northwest China where supposed rightists were sent for re-education in the 1950s and 1960s under Mao Zedong.
Director: Wang Bing
Votes: 378
11. Aprile (1998)
Unrated | 78 min | Biography, Comedy
Nanni Moretti takes a comic look at the ebbs and flows of his life as he becomes a father for the first time. He struggles with distractions while trying to make a documentary of the Italian national elections.
Director: Nanni Moretti | Stars: Nanni Moretti, Silvio Orlando, Silvia Nono, Pietro Moretti
Votes: 3,583
12. Black Panthers (1968)
Not Rated | 31 min | Documentary, Short
A short film of interviews and protests at a rally to free Huey P. Newton.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Bill Brent, Huey P. Newton, Stokely Carmichael, Eldridge Cleaver
Votes: 2,682
13. United Red Army (2007)
Not Rated | 190 min | Crime, Drama
The film outlines Japanese students movements in the 60s, then shows the formation of the Japanese United Red Army, a communist armed resistance group.
Director: Kôji Wakamatsu | Stars: Maki Sakai, Arata Iura, Akie Namiki, Gô Jibiki
Votes: 882 | Gross: $0.00M
14. Horse (1970)
90 min | Crime, Thriller
Near the Baie de la Seine swamps, opposite the Port of Le Havre, Auguste Maroilleur, an elderly farmer, exploits 400 hectares of crop land with the help of his family, over which he rules ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Jean Gabin, Danièle Ajoret, Michel Barbey, Christian Barbier
Votes: 964
15. Pigs Have Wings (1977)
105 min | Drama, Romance
Rocco and Antonia, two 15-year-old students in the same Roman high school, meet at an event and fall in love.
Director: Paolo Pietrangeli | Stars: Cristiana Mancinelli, Franco Bianchi, Lou Castel, Anna Nogara
Votes: 76
16. Mao Ce Dun (2007)
91 min | Comedy
The film unfolds the reality in a communist country in the 1970s through the eyes and wise ways of an ordinary gypsy. The events take place in a small town in Albania. Besides the ... See full summary »
Director: Besnik Bisha | Stars: Fadil Hasa, Miola Sitaj, Ola Sadiku, Marko Bitraku
Votes: 59
17. China Is Near (1967)
107 min | Drama
Vittorio is running as a Socialist candidate for the municipal office, but he gets overwhelmed by love, family and political entanglements.
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Glauco Mauri, Elda Tattoli, Paolo Graziosi, Daniela Surina
Votes: 449
18. Working Slowly (Radio Alice) (2004)
111 min | Drama
This documentary-style film takes place in Bologna, Italy. The Radio Alice program began on February 9, 1976. The radio station used an ex-military transmitter. They were mao-dadaists. The ... See full synopsis »
Director: Guido Chiesa | Stars: Marco Luisi, Tommaso Ramenghi, Claudia Pandolfi, Valerio Mastandrea
Votes: 648
19. Underground (1976)
87 min | Documentary
It's the mid 1970s and the Weather Underground Organization (WUO), a radical (and violent) offshoot of the Students for a Democratic Society, explains to leftist filmmakers the difficulties... See full summary »
Directors: Emile de Antonio, Mary Lampson, Haskell Wexler | Stars: Bill Ayers, Kathy Boudin, Emile de Antonio, Bernardine Dohrn
Votes: 173
20. Pravda (1970)
58 min | Documentary
Co-directed by Godard with the Dziga Vertov group in 1969, 'Pravda's a direct attack to revisionism and socialist imperialism. With his usual collage of images taken from real life, the ... See full summary »
Directors: Paul Burron, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Henri Roger | Stars: Jean-Luc Godard, Vera Chytilová
Votes: 293
21. Fidel (2016)
5 min | Short
The last will of Fidel Castro.
Director: Eduardo Casanova | Stars: José Luis de Madariaga, Ileana Wilson
Votes: 83
22. Battle for Korea (2001 TV Movie)
110 min | Documentary, History, War
A detailed military history of the Korean War and preceding events, from 1945 to 1953.
Star: Gavin MacFadyen
Votes: 24
23. Exploring Central China (2011)
28 min | Short, History
A visit to Beijing, home to the forbidden city - the great wall of China...and other sites.
Director: Fred Heiman | Star: Peggy Heiman
24. Pieni punainen (2020)
76 min | Documentary, History
The Maoists of Finland were critical of the Soviet Union, opposed the occupation of Czechoslovakia and were among the first to speak of Finnishization. They opposed Kekkonen's supremacy and his re-election by way of exception.
Director: Jouko Aaltonen | Stars: Kyösti Mankamo, Heli Santavuori, Heikki Pihlaja, Raimo Laakia
Votes: 23
25.
Absolutely Fabulous (1992–2012)
Episode:
Happy New Year
(1995)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
Edina finds her New Year's Eve plans ruined by the sudden arrival of Patsy's acid-tongued sister, Jackie.
Director: Bob Spiers | Stars: Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, Jane Horrocks
Votes: 364
26.
Oz (1997–2003)
Episode:
Conversions
(2001)
TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
New inmate Burr Reading arrives, ready to take charge of the African-American drug scene. Dr. Nathan returns to Em City, and finds the biggest adjustment is dealing with her feelings for ... See full summary »
Director: Adam Bernstein | Stars: Kirk Acevedo, Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Rita Moreno
Votes: 1,981
27.
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977)
Episode:
An Affair to Forget
(1974)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Ted convinces the newsroom that he is having an affair with Mary. No one believes her when she tries to deny it and then she has to face Georgette.
Director: Jay Sandrich | Stars: Mary Tyler Moore, Edward Asner, Gavin MacLeod, Ted Knight
Votes: 157
28.
The Family (2019)
Episode:
Submersion
(2019)
TV-14 | 50 min | Documentary, Mystery
Journalist Jeff Sharlet details his days living at Ivanwald, a men's residence where he discovers the Family's allegiance to Jesus - and to power.
Director: Jesse Moss | Stars: Jeff Sharlet, Gannon Sims, Carla Von Bernewitz, Mary McCutcheon
Votes: 255
29.
World War II in Numbers (2019)
Episode:
The war of the world
(2019)
Documentary
Director: Mike Ibeji | Stars: Neville Chamberlain, Mary Fulbrook, Max Hastings, John Heffernan
Votes: 5
30.
Can't Get You Out of My Head (2021)
Episode:
Bloodshed on Wolf Mountain
(2021)
Documentary, History
We are living through strange days. Across Britain, Europe and America societies have become split and polarised. There is anger at the inequality and the ever growing corruption - and a ... See full summary »
Stars: Fidel Castro, Adam Curtis, Michael de Freitas, Robin Douglas-Home
Votes: 155
31.
Can't Get You Out of My Head (2021)
Episode:
Shooting and F**king Are the Same Thing
(2021)
Documentary, History
The story of what tore the revolutions in the 1960s apart. Jiang Qing in China, Michael X in London, Afeni Shakur in New York believed that millions of people's minds were haunted by the ... See full summary »
Stars: H. Rap Brown, Stokely Carmichael, Adam Curtis, Michael de Freitas
Votes: 121
32.
Can't Get You Out of My Head (2021)
Episode:
The Lordly Ones
(2021)
Documentary, History
It wasn't just the Slave Trade. 150 years ago Britain had wrecked China by forcing opium on the country. It made Britain the richest and most powerful country in the world. But it enslaved ... See full summary »
Star: Adam Curtis
Votes: 102
33.
The Freak Brothers (2020– )
Episode:
The Expendables
(2021)
TV-MA | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When the guys need money for rent, they go to work as astronauts.
Director: Juan Jose Meza-Leon | Stars: Woody Harrelson, John Goodman, Tiffany Haddish, Pete Davidson
Votes: 37
34.
laowhy86 (2012– )
Episode:
No, China Won't Rule the World
(2021)
19 min | Documentary
Star: Matthew Tye
35.
1945-1953: From World War to Cold War (2018)
Episode:
The Dawn of the Cold War
56 min | Documentary, History, War
For the past four years, the top scientists on the planet had been perfecting what was to become the absolute weapon: the atomic bomb.
Director: Emilie Lançon | Stars: François Kersaudy, Clifton Truman Daniel, Curtis Roosevelt, Yuri Borko
36.
The Armchair Historian (2017– )
Episode:
Vietnam War from the North Vietnamese Perspective
(2020)
20 min | Documentary, Animation
The Vietnam War is a highly controversial topic at the best of times. But during their many debates on the subject, Western historians rarely pause to consider how the conflict was seen ... See full summary »
Director: Griffin Johnsen | Stars: Griffin Johnsen, Ho Chí Minh
37.
World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode:
The Gathering Storm
(2009)
TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
The activities of nations after World War I that lead to World War II.
Stars: Robert Powell, Adolf Hitler, Paul von Hindenburg, Kai-Shek Chiang
Votes: 408
39.
Exploring History (2015– )
Episode:
Why China's Social Credit System Is Worse Than You Think
(2019)
17 min | History, Documentary
China is building more sophisticated methods to monitor and control the social behavior of it's citizens.
Star: William Fox
40.
La Zanzara (2017– )
La Zanzara del 7 settembre 2023
(2023 Podcast Episode)
100 min | News
Stars: Nevio Ciriello, Giuseppe Cruciani, David Parenzo, Filippo Romeo
41.
PolyMatter (2015– )
Episode:
How the Chinese Communist Party Works
(2022)
17 min | Documentary
The rise to leadership in China is more a matter of accumulating political influence than wining a particular office.
42.
Big Think (2008– )
Episode:
The 10 tactics of fascism | Jason Stanley | Big Think
(2021)
10 min | Documentary
Fascism uses a collection of techniques that induce fear to persuade you to turn to it for salvation.
Star: Jason Stanley
43.
Military Masterminds (2022)
Episode:
Guerrilla Warfare
(2022)
Documentary, History, War
Looking at how Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro, Josip Broz Tito and Võ Nguyên Giáp used Guerrilla Warfare to overcome a militarily superior enemy.
Director: Roberto Irwin | Stars: Eric Y. Shibuya, Eric Gomez, James Rogers, William Leogrande
44.
1992 (2015)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2015)
54 min | Drama
Politician Mario Chiesa's arrest ignites a nationwide scandal: Italy's Tangentopoli ("Bribesville"). As the political fallout spreads across the country, we follow the intertwining lives and ambitions of six main characters.
Director: Giuseppe Gagliardi | Stars: Stefano Accorsi, Guido Caprino, Miriam Leone, Domenico Diele
Votes: 127
45.
Thomas SowellTV (2021– )
Episode:
Slaves were often Paid in the United States - Here is Why
(2024)
4 min | Documentary, History
While the majority of slaves in the American South worked under threat of punishment some were paid to incentivize them to apply their talents toward high value work. This is a basic economic principle that has broad application.
Star: Thomas Sowell
46.
Designated Survivor (2016–2019)
Episode:
Original Sin
(2018)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
The team must minimize the fallout of the President visiting a prison. A surprise White House demonstration has a closer tie to the President than anyone first realizes.
Director: Bosede Williams | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Paulo Costanzo, Adan Canto, Italia Ricci
Votes: 930
47.
#Killstream (2014– )
The #Healstream
(2018 Podcast Episode)
Comedy, News, Talk-Show
Stars: Ethan Ralph, Gator, Zidan, Failure Accomplished
48.
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens (2020– )
Episode:
Grandma & Chill
(2020)
TV-MA | 21 min | Comedy
Grandma tells Nora the story of how she met her husband in the style of a Korean drama.
Directors: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert | Stars: Awkwafina, Lori Tan Chinn, Jamie Chung, Stephanie Hsu
Votes: 355