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1. Narcos (2015–2017)
TV-MA | 50 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A chronicled look at the criminal exploits of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, as well as the many other drug kingpins who plagued the country through the years.
Stars: Pedro Pascal, Wagner Moura, Boyd Holbrook, Alberto Ammann
Votes: 471,925
2. The A-Team (2010)
PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A group of Iraq War veterans look to clear their name with the U.S. Military, who suspect the four men of committing a crime for which they were framed.
Director: Joe Carnahan | Stars: Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Sharlto Copley, Jessica Biel
Votes: 269,303 | Gross: $77.22M
3. The Island (2005)
PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A man living in a futuristic sterile colony begins to question his circumscribed existence when his friend is chosen to go to the Island, the last uncontaminated place on earth.
Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Ewan McGregor, Djimon Hounsou, Steve Buscemi
Votes: 328,070 | Gross: $35.82M
4. Roma (2018)
R | 135 min | Drama
A year in the life of a middle-class family's maid in Mexico City in the early 1970s.
Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Diego Cortina Autrey, Carlos Peralta
Votes: 170,091
5. Swamp Thing (1982)
PG | 91 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
After a violent incident with a special chemical, a research scientist is turned into a swamp plant monster.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Louis Jourdan, Adrienne Barbeau, Ray Wise, David Hess
Votes: 16,460
6. Guava Island (2019)
TV-MA | 55 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A young musician seeks to hold a festival to liberate the oppressed people of Guava Island, even if only for a day.
Director: Hiro Murai | Stars: Donald Glover, Rihanna, Letitia Wright, Nonso Anozie
Votes: 11,817
7. Castle Falls (2021)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Rival gangs seek out millions of dollars hidden inside a hospital that's scheduled to be demolished, but first they have to deal with the construction worker who found the loot first.
Director: Dolph Lundgren | Stars: Scott Adkins, Dolph Lundgren, Vas Sanchez, Scott Hunter
Votes: 2,861
8. Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland (2023)
Documentary, History, War
Twenty-five years on from a peace agreement being reached, Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland shares intimate, unheard testimonies from all sides of the conflict.
Votes: 941
9. The Last Serb in Croatia (2019)
85 min | Adventure, Comedy, Horror
Croatia, seven years after bankruptcy. There is a fight going on in the world - water has become more precious than oil. In order to get hold of it, the powerful are ready to start wars, ... See full summary »
Director: Predrag Licina | Stars: Kresimir Mikic, Hristina Popovic, Tihana Lazovic, Dado Cosic
Votes: 1,819
10. Apartment Zero (1988)
R | 124 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In early 1980s Buenos Aires, a struggling movie theater owner takes in a roommate but suspects he is responsible for a series of political assassinations.
Director: Martin Donovan | Stars: Hart Bochner, Colin Firth, Dora Bryan, Liz Smith
Votes: 4,245 | Gross: $0.67M
11. The Secret Army (2024)
89 min | Documentary
Darragh MacIntyre reveals the strange story of the lost documentary that unmasked the IRA. Right at the bloodiest point of the conflict, IRA bombers were filmed unmasked, and most of its underground leadership appeared on camera.
Star: Darragh MacIntyre
Votes: 69
12. 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
13. Press (I) (2010)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, History
Turkey's first Kurdish language newspaper is under siege. After exposing human rights abuses in Diyarbakir, the journalists become the target of increasingly ruthless government-sanctioned intimidation.
Director: Sedat Yilmaz | Stars: Aram Dildar, Engin Emre Deger, Kadim Yasar, Sezgin Cengiz
Votes: 723
14. 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
15. Beyond the Myth: The SS Unveiled (2022– )
Documentary, History, War
It showcases the twisted motivations and origins of the SS (the Schutzstaffel), which was Nazi Germany's paramilitary unit that was a key architect of the Holocaust.
Stars: Richard John Evans, Bastian Hein, James Newton, Alexandra Richie
Votes: 17
16. The Patriot Game (1979)
93 min | Documentary, History
A history of the Northern Irish conflict from 1922 until the 1970s.
Director: Arthur MacCaig | Star: Winnie Marshall
Votes: 177
17. Hitler's Coup 1923 (2023 TV Special)
Documentary, History
In 1923, Adolf Hitler led the infamous Beer Hall Putsch, an attempt to take power in Germany by force. It was a day that changed the world forever, birthing Hitler's regime.
Directors: Dominic Saville, Lyndy Saville | Stars: Giles Milton, Clare Mulley, Nicholas O'Shaughnessy, Richard John Evans
18. 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
20. Peter Taylor: My Journey Through the Troubles (2019)
Documentary
In a uniquely personal journey on the 50th anniversary of the deployment of British troops in August 1969, Peter Taylor reflects on almost a half century of covering the Northern Ireland conflict.
Director: Maurice May | Star: Peter Taylor
Votes: 25
21. Croisade américaine en Afrique (2019 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary
So gigantic the success, so reprehensible the backgrounds. The video of the social campaign 'KONY 2012' of the NPO 'Invisible Children, Inc.' was clicked one hundred million times within a ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Baptiste Renaud | Stars: Milton Allimadi, Joseph Bowo, Guillaume Cailleaux, Colonel W.
Votes: 6
22. Memórias de guamocó: minería y conflicto armado (2018)
66 min | Documentary
Between 1996 and 2002, paramilitary groups broke into the region of Guamocó, located on the border of the departments of Antioquia and Bolivar, Colombia. They terrorized miners, peasants ... See full summary »
Directors: Daniel Ifanger, Augusto Niño Villamizar
23. Peter Taylor: Ireland After Partition (2021 TV Special)
Documentary
In a uniquely personal journey, award-winning reporter Peter Taylor revisits the films he has made over the past 50 years to reflect on the controversial issue of a united Ireland.
Director: Sam Collyns | Star: Peter Taylor
Votes: 8
24.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Indian Wars
(1988)
TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Castillo goes under cover as a drug lord to break up another operation, but things are complicated by a group of paramilitary Indian tribe members who want to stop the ring and restore ... See full summary »
Director: Leon Ichaso | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 297
25.
Rise of the Nazis (2019–2023)
Episode:
Politics
(2019)
Documentary, History
Delving into the corridors of power where Germany's top political mastermind sees an opportunity to use the popularity of the Nazis for his own ends.
Director: Julian Jones | Stars: Stephan Malinowski, Mike Jackson, Richard John Evans, Helena Kennedy
Votes: 139
26.
Rise of the Nazis (2019–2023)
Episode:
Night of the Long Knives
(2019)
Documentary, History
Threatened by the ambition of SA leader Ernst Röhm, Hitler is persuaded by Himmler to destroy Röhm and his stormtroopers and make the SS Germany's only paramilitary force.
Director: Julian Jones | Stars: Heike B. Görtemaker, Richard John Evans, Mike Jackson, Richard Overy
Votes: 113
27.
Brits (2000– )
Episode:
The Secret War
(2000)
50 min | Documentary
Director: Sam Collyns | Star: Peter Taylor
28.
Cocaine Trade Exposed (The Invisibles) (2020)
Episode:
Escobar's Successor
Documentary, Crime, History
From the ruins of Escobar's Colombian cocaine empire, a new drug lord emerges and goes on to become one of the most feared and dangerous traffickers ever.
Stars: Derek Maltz, John Barry, Jeremy McDermott, Peter Vincent
29.
Cocaine Trade Exposed (The Invisibles) (2020)
Episode:
The Phantom
Documentary, Crime, History
Journalist Jeremy McDermott looks to track down the elusive Memo Fantasma, rumoured to have built a drug empire from cocaine stolen from Pablo Escobar.
Stars: Jeremy McDermott, Diego Murillo Bejarano, Carlos Mario Jiménez, Salvatore Mancuso
30.
Ill Gotten Gains (2016–2020)
Episode:
Episode #4.7
(2020)
44 min | Documentary
Police in Belfast show off a large collection of designer goods they found at a suspected paramilitary drug dealer's house, and a cheating boyfriend has his assets sold off after he stole money from his former girlfriends.
Director: Mark Hebden | Stars: Angellica Bell, Rav Wilding
31.
The Early Rundown (2019– )
Episode:
Episode dated 23 September 2020
(2020)
News
Stars: Niall Paterson, Jon Craig, Nazaneen Ghaffar, Sunetra Gupta
32.
Breakfast with Kay Burley (2019– )
Episode:
Episode dated 23 September 2020
(2020)
News
Stars: Kay Burley, David Blevins, Enda Brady, Gordon Dougan
33.
All Out Politics (2016– )
Episode:
Episode dated 23 September 2020
(2020)
News, Talk-Show
Stars: Adam Boulton, Kenneth Clarke, Mark Drakeford, Claire Fox
34.
Sky News Today (2001– )
Episode:
Episode dated 23 September 2020
(2020)
News
Stars: Jayne Secker, Keir Starmer, Boris Johnson, Sam Coates
35.
Sky News with Sarah Hewson (2019– )
Episode:
Episode dated 23 September 2020
(2020)
News
Stars: Sarah Hewson, Keir Starmer, Boris Johnson, Sam Coates
36.
Sky Midnight News (2010– )
Episode:
Episode dated 23 September 2020
(2020)
News
Stars: Kimberley Leonard, Boris Johnson, Keir Starmer, Nicola Sturgeon
37.
Sky World News (1989– )
Episode:
Episode dated 23 September 2020
(2020)
News
Stars: Kimberley Leonard, Boris Johnson, Keir Starmer, Nicola Sturgeon
38.
Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode:
The Last Don
(2021)
TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Crime, History
In the mid-1990s, left-wing guerrillas and far-right paramilitaries plunge Colombia into a civil war financed by the profits from cocaine trafficking.
Stars: Carlos Ramón Zapata, Chris Feistl, Jeremy McDermott, Salud Hernandez Mora
Votes: 19
39.
Timewatch (1982– )
Episode:
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
(1993)
99 min | Documentary, History
A detailed look at the early life of Oswald and his movements on the day of the Kennedy assassination.
Stars: James P. Hosty, Gerald Posner, G. Robert Blakey, Evelyn Segal
Votes: 10
40.
The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)
Episode:
The Golden Door (Beginnings-1938)
(2022)
TV-14 | 129 min | Documentary, History
A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response.
Directors: Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Peter Hayes, Daniel Mendelsohn, Rebecca Erbelding
Votes: 203
41.
Apocalypse: The Rise of Hitler (2011)
Episode:
La menace
(2011)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History, War
Hitler's charismatic speeches may have won the impoverished but would the National Socialist Party risen to power without the Great Depression?
Director: Isabelle Clarke | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Richard Lintern, Doug Rand, Hans Baur
Votes: 146
42.
Apocalypse: The Rise of Hitler (2011)
Episode:
Le Führer
(2011)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History, War
Was the support of a politically polarized minority of the population all Hitler needed to maneuver the Nazi party from a position of moderate influence to control of the government or was there more?
Directors: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Richard Lintern, Doug Rand, Hans Baur
Votes: 139
43.
The Balkans in Flames (2021–2022)
Episode:
A State Falls Apart
(2021)
Documentary, History, War
We are in the fateful year of Yugoslavia's first free elections since World War II: 1990. It is the hour of the nationalists, and the collapse of the multi-ethnic state is only a matter of ... See full summary »
Stars: Vjekoslav Skrinjar, Marie-Janine Calic, Laura Silber, James Gow
44.
Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland (2023)
Episode:
Do Paramilitaries Lie Awake at Night
(2023)
Documentary, History, War
Neighborhoods and society in the cities have become very segregated. Both sides of the conflict are using paramilitary organizations. Botha sides are using hatred and fear to attempt to ... See full summary »
Director: James Bluemel
Votes: 55
45.
Hitler's Circle of Evil (2018)
Episode:
Heroes and Misfits
(2018)
TV-14 | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Warheroes, unsatisfied workers, a rich playwright, and the mysterious veteran Adolf Hitler start a movement based on mythology and racism.
Director: Ashley Morris | Stars: Guy Walters, Frank McDonough, Richard Overy, Emma Craigie
Votes: 258
46.
Hitler's Circle of Evil (2018)
Episode:
Regrouping
(2018)
TV-14 | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, History
It's 1923, Hitler is imprisoned and he has little support. His career seems at an end until he and Rudolf Hess think of a new way to get power.
Director: Matthew Hinchcliffe | Stars: Guy Walters, Nigel Jones, Michael Lynch, Richard Overy
Votes: 228