Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "military-industrial-complex"

1. Oppenheimer (I) (2023)

R | 180 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.

Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr.

Votes: 725,476 | Gross: $326.11M

2. Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Drama

After thirty years, Maverick is still pushing the envelope as a top naval aviator, but must confront ghosts of his past when he leads TOP GUN's elite graduates on a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those chosen to fly it.

Director: Joseph Kosinski | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller, Val Kilmer

Votes: 696,196 | Gross: $718.73M

3. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)

PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Black Manta seeks revenge on Aquaman for his father's death. Wielding the Black Trident's power, he becomes a formidable foe. To defend Atlantis, Aquaman forges an alliance with his imprisoned brother. They must protect the kingdom.

Director: James Wan | Stars: Jason Momoa, Patrick Wilson, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Amber Heard

Votes: 82,140

4. First Blood (1982)

R | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

A veteran Green Beret is forced by a cruel Sheriff and his deputies to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.

Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Brian Dennehy, Richard Crenna, Bill McKinney

Votes: 275,493 | Gross: $47.21M

5. Terminator Genisys (2015)

PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

When John Connor, leader of the human resistance, sends Sgt. Kyle Reese back to 1984 to protect Sarah Connor and safeguard the future, an unexpected turn of events creates a fractured timeline.

Director: Alan Taylor | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke, Emilia Clarke, Jai Courtney

Votes: 292,485 | Gross: $89.76M

6. Jacob's Ladder (I) (1990)

R | 113 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Mourning his dead child, a haunted Vietnam War veteran attempts to uncover his past while suffering from a severe case of dissociation. To do so, he must decipher reality and life from his own dreams, delusions, and perceptions of death.

Director: Adrian Lyne | Stars: Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña, Danny Aiello, Matt Craven

Votes: 117,849 | Gross: $26.12M

7. Eraser (1996)

R | 115 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A Witness Protection specialist becomes suspicious of his co-workers when dealing with a case involving high-tech weapons.

Director: Chuck Russell | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vanessa Williams, James Caan, James Coburn

Votes: 118,356 | Gross: $101.30M

8. Snowden (2016)

R | 134 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The NSA's illegal surveillance techniques are leaked to the public by one of the agency's employees, Edward Snowden, in the form of thousands of classified documents distributed to the press.

Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto

Votes: 162,940 | Gross: $21.59M

9. 12 Strong (2018)

R | 130 min | Action, Drama, History

12 Strong tells the story of the first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11; under the leadership of a new captain, the team must work with an Afghan warlord to take down the Taliban.

Director: Nicolai Fuglsig | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Peña, Navid Negahban

Votes: 91,801 | Gross: $45.82M

10. Aloha (I) (2015)

PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A celebrated military contractor returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs and reconnects with a long-ago love while unexpectedly falling for the hard-charging Air Force watchdog assigned to him.

Director: Cameron Crowe | Stars: Bradley Cooper, Rachel McAdams, Emma Stone, Alec Baldwin

Votes: 71,051 | Gross: $20.99M

11. Octopussy (1983)

PG | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

A fake Fabergé egg recovered from the body of a fellow agent leads James Bond to uncover a jewel smuggling operation led by the mysterious Octopussy, and a plot to blow up a NATO air base.

Director: John Glen | Stars: Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan, Kristina Wayborn

Votes: 112,965 | Gross: $67.90M

12. State of Play (2009)

PG-13 | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.

Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Russell Crowe, Rachel McAdams, Ben Affleck, Helen Mirren

Votes: 160,393 | Gross: $37.02M

13. Broadcast News (1987)

R | 133 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Take two rival television reporters: one handsome, one talented, both male. Add one producer, female. Mix well, and watch the sparks fly.

Director: James L. Brooks | Stars: William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter, Robert Prosky

Votes: 34,108 | Gross: $51.25M

14. The Siege (1998)

R | 116 min | Action, Thriller

The secret U.S. abduction of a suspected terrorist leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York City, which leads to the declaration of martial-law.

Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis, Annette Bening, Tony Shalhoub

Votes: 78,075 | Gross: $40.98M

15. Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)

PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

An officially "dead" cop is trained to become an extraordinary unique assassin in service of the US President.

Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Fred Ward, Joel Grey, Wilford Brimley, J.A. Preston

Votes: 13,873

16. Brainstorm (1983)

PG | 106 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

Researchers develop a system where they can jump into people's minds. But when people involved bring their personal problems into the equation, it becomes dangerous - perhaps deadly.

Director: Douglas Trumbull | Stars: Christopher Walken, Natalie Wood, Louise Fletcher, Cliff Robertson

Votes: 13,112 | Gross: $8.90M

17. Deal of the Century (1983)

PG | 99 min | Comedy, Crime

A small-time arms dealer in South America to sell weapons to the revolutionaries winds up negotiating the sale of an experimental plane to the nation's dictator.

Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Chevy Chase, Sigourney Weaver, Gregory Hines, Vince Edwards

Votes: 4,401 | Gross: $10.37M

18. The Damned (1969)

R | 157 min | Drama, War

The dramatic collapse of a wealthy, industrialist/Junker family during the reign of the Third Reich.

Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Ingrid Thulin, Helmut Griem, Helmut Berger

Votes: 9,924 | Gross: $0.63M

19. Seven Days in May (1964)

Approved | 118 min | Drama, Thriller

United States military leaders plot to overthrow the President because he supports a nuclear disarmament treaty and they fear a Soviet sneak attack.

Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March, Ava Gardner

Votes: 17,329 | Gross: $7.96M

20. Who Is America? (2018)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy

Sacha Baron Cohen offers his take on America's patriotism.

Stars: Sacha Baron Cohen, Roy Elghanayan, Emanuela Postacchini, Gloria Sandoval

Votes: 20,391

21. Special Bulletin (1983 TV Movie)

103 min | Drama

A TV reporter and cameraman are taken hostage on a tugboat while covering a workers strike. The demands of the hostage-takers are to collect all the nuclear detonators in the Charleston, SC... See full summary »

Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Ed Flanders, Kathryn Walker, Roxanne Hart, Christopher Allport

Votes: 1,326

22. The Great Hack (2019)

TV-MA | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The Cambridge Analytica scandal is examined through the roles of several affected persons.

Directors: Karim Amer, Jehane Noujaim | Stars: Brittany Kaiser, David Carroll, Paul-Olivier Dehaye, Ravi Naik

Votes: 25,021

23. Inchon (1981)

PG | 140 min | Drama, History, War

During the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur masterminds the amphibious invasion of Inchon in September 1950.

Director: Terence Young | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Jacqueline Bisset, Ben Gazzara, Toshirô Mifune

Votes: 848 | Gross: $5.20M

24. Duffle Bag Boy (2024)

Action, Adventure, Crime

Lost and forgotten, a homeless veteran hitchhikes his way into becoming an outlaw and goes to war with the kingpin of a criminal empire.

Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Alexander Raye Pimentel, Cheryce Livingston, James Anthony Perez, Don Tempesta

25. JFK to 9/11: Everything Is a Rich Man's Trick (2014 Video)

208 min | Documentary, History, War

This is one of the only documentaries that actually speaks on the real Secret Societies which for most are still a secret.

Stars: Francis Richard Conolly, Gordon Arnold, Charles Brehm, Howard Brennan

Votes: 716

26. Company Business (1991)

PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A retired CIA agent is recruited to participate in a prisoner exchange with the Russians.

Director: Nicholas Meyer | Stars: Gene Hackman, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Kurtwood Smith, Terry O'Quinn

Votes: 3,295 | Gross: $1.50M

27. Cold War (1998)

47 min | Documentary, History

A 24-part series which deals with the relations between the United States, the Soviet Union and their respective allies between the end of World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Anatoli Dobrynin, Robert McNamara, Vladimir Yerofeyev

Votes: 1,038

28. 24 City (2008)

Not Rated | 112 min | Documentary, Drama

When a factory is being torn down in Chengdu, China, workers reflect on their experiences and the importance of the factory in their lives.

Director: Zhangke Jia | Stars: Jianbin Chen, Joan Chen, Liping Lü, Tao Zhao

Votes: 2,338

29. The Power of Nightmares (2004)

60 min | Documentary, History

A series of three documentaries about the use of fear for political gain.

Stars: Gilles Kepel, William Kristol, Melvin Goodman, Richard Perle

Votes: 4,542

30. The Day After Trinity (1981)

Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Biography

Scientists and witnesses involved in the creation and testing of the first ever atomic bomb reflect on the Manhattan project and its fascinating leader, J. Robert Oppenheimer, who upon ... See full summary »

Director: Jon Else | Stars: Hans Bethe, Holm Bursom, Haakon Chevalier, Stirling Colgate

Votes: 1,234

31. Why We Fight (2005)

PG-13 | 98 min | Documentary, History, War

Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions.

Director: Eugene Jarecki | Stars: Gore Vidal, John McCain, Ken Adelman, John Ashcroft

Votes: 10,231 | Gross: $1.44M

32. A Good American (2015)

TV-14 | 100 min | Documentary, Biography, History

How a group of NSA code-breakers had a chance of preventing 9/11.

Director: Friedrich Moser | Stars: William Binney, Jesselyn Radack, Kirk Wiebe, Diane Roark

Votes: 1,334

33. 911: In Plane Site (2004 Video)

52 min | Documentary

What "In Plane Site" accomplishes that no other video expose' on September 11th has to date, is it exposes the viewer to a barrage of news clips from a majority of the mainstream news ... See full summary »

Director: William Lewis | Stars: George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Rudy Giuliani, Colin Powell

Votes: 1,505

34. Isolated (I) (2013)

Not Rated | 85 min | Adventure, Drama, Sport

Five world class surfers travel to New Guinea in search of undiscovered waves, but end up discovering so much more.

Director: Justin Le Pera | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Travis Potter, Jenny Useldinger, Andrew Mooney

Votes: 214

35. The Panama Deception (1992)

91 min | Documentary, History, War

A film about the true reasons for the 1989 US invasion of Panama and big media complicity in these activities.

Director: Barbara Trent | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Carlos Cantú, Diviana Ingravallo, Abraham Alvarez

Votes: 1,167 | Gross: $0.31M

36. Ethos (I) (2011)

Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary

Hosted by twice Oscar nominated actor Woody Harrelson, Ethos explores the mechanisms in our systems that work against democracy, the environment and our own personal liberty.

Director: Pete McGrain | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Justin Lewis, Bill Hogan, Noam Chomsky

Votes: 1,253

37. Drone (II) (2014)

78 min | Documentary, History, War

The documentary is about the covert CIA drone war. Through voices on both sides of this new technology, the film reveals crucial information about the drone war in Pakistan and offers unique insights into the nature of drone warfare.

Director: Tonje Hessen Schei | Stars: Brandon Bryant, Zubair Rehman, John Bellinger III, Mark Mazzetti

Votes: 754

38. Loss of Feeling (1935)

85 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi

In an unnamed English-speaking capitalist land, a young engineer invents inexhaustible giant robots to replace the fragile human workers on high-volume assembly-lines, and soon finds his ... See full summary »

Director: Aleksandr Andriyevsky | Stars: Sergei Vecheslov, Vladimir Gardin, Mariya Volgina, Anna Chekulaeva

Votes: 182

39. Where is Gilgamesh? (2024)

90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller | Post-production

A priceless tablet of Gilgamesh, the oldest and most important work of literature is stolen from a Museum. A security guard vows to do whatever it takes to get it back from a group of smugglers. Along the way, he face his own inner demons.

Director: Karzan Kardozi | Stars: Barzan Yunis, Goran Dlshad, Ragash Kizhan, Yasin Omar

40. Blackmark (2018)

Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

In 1963, military industrialist Arthur Blackmark and a Soviet commander must race against the clock to stop an international nuclear incident which threatens to fire up the Cold War and end the world.

Director: A.J. Martinson | Stars: Kaiwi Lyman, Jeff Hatch, Corey MacIntosh, Eliot

Votes: 342

41. False Alarm (2021)

53 min | Documentary

The surreal, traumatic, and revelatory fallout from the morning when everyone on Hawai'i thought a nuclear missile strike was imminent.

Director: Nick Lyell

Votes: 12

42. The 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction (2006 TV Movie)

Documentary

Documentary examining the growing number of conspiracy theories surrounding the destruction of the World Trade Center that have been circulating online.

Stars: Jon Rand, Lester Holt, Charles B. Strozier, Chip Berlet

Votes: 32

43. The Secret Government: The Constitution in Crisis (1987 TV Movie)

90 min | Documentary, History, War

This special report by Bill Moyers illustrates and evidences about the contradictions revolving U.S. government when it comes to actually follow and obey the Constitution and its rulings. ... See full summary »

Stars: Scott Armstrong, Richard Bissell, Jackson Browne, Carl Channel

Votes: 39

44. The Bob Hope Christmas Special (1970 TV Special)

90 min | Documentary, Comedy, Music

Bob and crew entertain military personnel at stops through Southeast Asia and Europe.

Director: Mort Lachman | Stars: Bob Hope, Connie Stevens, The Golddiggers, Teresa Graves

Votes: 25

45. The Bob Hope Vietnam Christmas Show (1966 TV Special)

Documentary, Comedy, Music

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Stars: Bob Hope, Carroll Baker, Les Brown, Anita Bryant

Votes: 45

46. Unmanned: America's Drone Wars (2013)

Not Rated | 63 min | Documentary, War

America's Drone War investigates the impact of US drone strikes, at home and abroad, through more than 70 separate interviews, including a former American drone operator who shares what he has witnessed in his own words.

Director: Robert Greenwald | Stars: Akbar Ahmed, Shahzad Akbar, Philip Alston, Abdul Aziz

Votes: 101

47. Revenge Is My Destiny (1971)

PG | 95 min | Drama, Mystery

A Vietnam vet returns home to his wife. His home is there, but his wife isn't. When the authorities prove to be no help, he cuts a violent swath across the countryside in search of his missing missus.

Director: Joseph Adler | Stars: Chris Robinson, Sidney Blackmer, Elisa Ingram, Joe E. Ross

Votes: 67

48. War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State (2013)

Not Rated | 67 min | Documentary

War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State highlights four cases where whistleblowers noticed government wrong-doing and took to the media to expose the fraud and abuse.

Director: Robert Greenwald | Stars: Daniel Ellsberg, Franz Gayl, Seymour Hersh, David Carr

Votes: 216

49. The Truth Game (1983 Video)

79 min

John Pilger's penetrating film which show the world-wide propaganda surrounding the nuclear arms race. When the two American atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, ... See full summary »

Star: John Pilger

Votes: 11

50. The Black Pants Legion (2011– )

Documentary, Comedy, History

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Stars: Tex, Captain Obvious, Sir Digs With Hands, Meme Meat Machine