Liberation movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant liberation movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, tense, serious, captivating, suspenseful and suspense films and TV shows about / with liberation, heroes, war, battles, danger, fight, military, murder, freedom and violence plots mostly in Drama, War and History genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as liberation: Green Night (2023), Black Book (2006), Schindler's List (1993), Escape Plan: The Extractors (2019), Murder In Aveyron (2014), RRR (2022), The Liberation of Skopje (2016), Cinco de Mayo: La Batalla (2013), Peter Pan (2003), S.W.A.T. (2003).
Best films
New films
| Kora (2025) | 7.1 | |
| Amrum (2025) | 7.3 | |
| Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) | 7.4 | |
| Aladdin (2019) | 6.9 | |
| Liberation (2019) | 5.8 |
List of liberation movies
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Two lone female fighters who have learned to rely on no one but themselves venture into Seoul’s underworld. In search of the big hit that could mean liberation from their useless husbands, these disparate women grow closer.
Style:
lgbt cinema, dramatic, captivating, exciting, crime thriller ...
Plot:
liberation, independence, lgbt, lesbian sex, lesbianism, female friendship, female empowerment, abusive relationship, fight for freedom, husband, freedom, chinese woman ...
Place:
south korea, seoul
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Netherlands, Germany, UK, Belgium
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.
Style:
erotic, psychological, tense, sexy, dramatic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, espionage, nazi, spy, nazism, resistance, female spy, occupation, gestapo, german soldier, war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1956, 1950s, year 2006, 20th century ...
Place:
netherlands, israel, holland, germany, belgium ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
Style:
touching, emotional, heartbreaking, realistic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, genocide, nazi, wartime, war, concentration camp, storytelling, holocaust survivor, anti semitism, nazism, against humanity ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 90s, ancient times, year 1943 ...
Place:
poland, germany, iran, persia, europe ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After security expert Ray Breslin is hired to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a Hong Kong tech mogul from a formidable Latvian prison, Breslin's girlfriend is also captured. Now he and his team must pull off a deadly rescue mission to confront ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, captivating, tense, saga ...
Plot:
death, businessman, escape, mental health, prison escape, computer cracker, teamwork, murder, liberation, gunfight, vengeance, group of criminals ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
eastern europe, latvia, hong kong, los angeles
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A man is murdered in Laguiole, Aveyron, Aubrac country. The young Elisabeth Richard, deputy prosecutor of Rodez, is handling the case. She has to deal with the hostility of a police officer, promoted on his own strength and not keen on the idea of ...
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
love affair, father son relationship, family secret, death of wife, police captain, murder, murder investigation, liberation, crime investigation, old love, mental institution, twists and turns ...
Place:
france, south of france
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201K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 187 min.
Story:
A fictional history of two legendary revolutionaries' journey away from home before they began fighting for their country in the 1920s.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense, epic ...
Plot:
rescue, bare chested male, wolf, friendship between men, protest, british empire, freedom fighter, indian freedom fighter, liberation, male friendship, abduction, war ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
india, delhi, asia
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Croatia, Finland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Eight-year-old Zoran is the hero of this story set in Skopje during the German occupation of the city in World War II. Through his eyes, we experience all the cruelty, poverty and suffering of wartime. A love affair between his Macedonian mother and ...
Style:
suspense, thought provoking, psychological, rough, tense
Plot:
world war two, boy, liberation, assassination, partisan, nazi occupation, german officer, traitor, prisoner, german occupation, arrest, mother son relationship ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, year 1943
Place:
former yugoslavia, europe, macedonia, balkan
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Mexico
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
On May 5th, 1862, a few thousand Mexican soldiers put their lives on the line against the world's largest and most powerful army in one legendary battle for freedom and for Mexico.
Style:
exciting, realistic, captivating, factual, epic ...
Plot:
military, liberation, battles, against the odds, soldier, rivalry, ambition, war, army, danger, freedom fighter, political intrigue ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
mexico, america, latin america
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84K
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, Australia, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In stifling Edwardian London, Wendy Darling mesmerizes her brothers every night with bedtime tales of swordplay, swashbuckling and the fearsome Captain Hook. But the children become the heroes of an even greater story, when Peter Pan flies into ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, captivating, sweet, teen ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
childhood, fantasy world, pirate, fairy, children, boy, pirate ship, magic, young heroes, imaginary kingdom, peter pan, youth ...
Time:
1900s, victorian era, year 2003, 19th century, 20th century
Place:
london, fictional island, europe, big ben london, england ...
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159K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Hondo Harrelson recruits Jim Street to join an elite unit of the Los Angeles Police Department. Together they seek out more members, including tough Deke Kay and single mom Chris Sanchez. The team's first big assignment is to escort crime boss ...
Style:
serious, exciting, realistic, action packed, saga ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, teens
Plot:
swat, squad, swat team, police, basic training, law enforcement, sniper, police brutality, tough law enforcer, criminal, corrupt cop, hostage ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, north america, california
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Denmark
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When a folk high school is turned into an internment camp for German refugees, the headmaster couple Jakob and Lis and their children are thrust into an impossible situation. Should the family help the refugees - or stand firm in the Danish ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, psychological, serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
liberation, refugee camp, resistance, refugee, moral dilemma, occupation, world war, great war, wartime, prisoner of war camp, wartime life, war ...
Time:
year 1945, 1940s
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149K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Combat has taken its toll on Rambo, but he's finally begun to find inner peace in a monastery. When Rambo's friend and mentor Col. Trautman asks for his help on a top secret mission to Afghanistan, Rambo declines but must reconsider when ...
Style:
intense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
family outing, boys' night, manly
Plot:
one man army, desert, lone hero, cold war, violence, rambo, revenge, heroes, tank, loner, gunfight, shootout ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
afghanistan, pakistan, middle east, soviet union, asia ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, Netherlands
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.
Style:
action packed, harsh, intense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
one man army, revenge, prison, rambo, vietnam war, chase, violent, behind enemy lines, torture, soldier, guerilla warfare, propaganda ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, arizona, thailand, asia, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Naked Among Wolves (German: Nackt unter Wölfen) is a German drama film directed by Philipp Kadelbach in 2015. It is based on the novel of the same name by Bruno Apitz, which was published in 1958 by the East German Publishing house. It was created ...
Style:
captivating, tense, realistic, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, nazi, world war two, nazi concentration camp, liberation, world war, shoah, little boy, resistance, death, child in peril ...
Time:
year 1945, 1940s
Place:
germany, switzerland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A story of the caring friendship formed between a crusty, old anti-Semite and an eight-year-old Jewish boy who goes to live with him during World War II.
Style:
semi autobiographical, anthology, cult classic, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, boy, liberation, countryside, youth, wartime life, holocaust, aerial bombardment, old man, nazi, love letter, pet dog ...
Time:
1940s, year 1967, 20th century
Place:
vichy, france, europe, alps
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Egypt, Lebanon, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After studying literature at Cairo University, Dunia, 23 years old, wants to become a professional dancer. She attends audition for an oriental dance contest where she recites Arabian poetry without any body movement. She explain to the perplexed ...
Style:
realistic, serious, thought provoking, disturbing
Plot:
belly dancer, self discovery, female sexuality, friendship, tradition, professor, audition, liberation, husband wife relationship, arab, feminism, freedom ...
Place:
cairo egypt, persia, egypt, middle east
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, USA
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
The title is Adolf Hitler's question to his chief of staff Alfred Jodl on the eve of the liberation of Paris (August 25): the military governor of Paris, General Dietrich von Choltitz, had been ordered to destroy Paris rather than let it fall ...
Style:
harsh, factual, tense, suspense, emotional ...
Plot:
french resistance, world war two, resistance, holocaust, nazi, ss, moral ambiguity, military, moral dilemma, totalitarianism, rescue, against the odds ...
Time:
1940s, year 1966, year 1944
Place:
france, paris france, europe, germany, warsaw poland
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An account of karate competitor Choi Yeung-Eui who went to Japan after World War II to become a fighter pilot but found a very different path instead. He changed his name to Masutatsu Oyama and went across the country, defeating martial artists one ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, medieval, world war two, geisha, fight, japanese occupation, atrocity, heroes, fight for supremacy, contests and competitions, love and romance, fall in love ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
japan, korea, asia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Musical
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Ahn Jung-geun, a commander in the Korean Independence Army, leaves behind his country, his family and his mother Cho Maria. Ahn Jung-geun and his comrades cut off the last segment of their ring fingers as a symbol of their dedication to liberate ...
Style:
historical drama, psychological, captivating, political thriller, inspirational ...
Plot:
resistance, independence movement, japanese occupation of korea, liberation, biopic, assassination, war for independence, social problems, fight, homeland, independence, life is a bitch ...
Time:
1900s, 20th century
Place:
korea, seoul
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312K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Singapore, Canada, Czech Republic, Serbia, China
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A live-action retelling of the 1992 Disney film of the same name.
Style:
fairy tale, romantic, entertaining, visually stunning, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot:
aladdin, arabian nights, wish fulfillment, genie, princess, magic, disney princess, giant bird, palace, sultan, happy ending, shapeshifting ...
Time:
year 2019, 2010s, 18th century
Place:
baghdad iraq, arabia, saudi arabia, middle east, iraq
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
Children of War is a movie based on the true events of the 1971 Genocide. Can we, in search of power, become animals? A genocide; neglected! The first use of rape as a weapon of war; undocumented! The lives of millions; unaccounted! The culprits; ...
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, unusual plot structure, suspenseful ...
Plot:
brutality, islam, independence, genocide, rape victim, bangladesh liberation war, cruelty, war for independence, indo pakistani war, women's rights, liberation, multiple storylines ...
Time:
70s, year 1971
Place:
india, bangladesh
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The mysterious arrival of a foreigner to a small village in a Mediterranean island, awake the sudden interest from a diverse group of residents, who will appear unexpectedly in the stranger's life, believing that he's going to reopen an ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, sincere, light
Plot:
social relations, language barrier, redemption, family relations, village life, young man, liberation, fatherhood, stranger, faith, irishman, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, ireland
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Genre: Documentary, Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Learn how one man reluctantly took on the most powerful institution of his day and won. Martin Luther is credited with expounding a new vision of man's relationship with God and, by extension, a redefinition of man's relationship with ...
Style:
christian film, tense, thought provoking, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
reformation, christianity, faith, church, bible, conflict, priest, theology, protestant, conscience, liberation, catholic church ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
germany
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Spain, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A group of animals look for a way off of an eccentric billionaire's own personal Noah's Ark 'n stuff
Style:
exciting, not serious, humorous, 3d animation, anime ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
nothing goes right, chases and races, on the run, kidnapping, rescue, danger, heroes, disorder, wilderness, goofy hero, pets, hunting ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, spain
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A rich industrialist is brutally kidnapped. While he physically and mentally degenerates in imprisonment, the kidnappers, police and the board of the company of which he is director negotiate about the ransom of 50 million euro.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
kidnapping, hostage, life turned upside down, uncover truth, dishonesty, confined, danger, captivity, abduction, ransom, double life, liberation ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
belgium, europe, paris france
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, History
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
After their town is occupied the citizens are trying to fight the enemy. Based on Tamara Gabbe fairy tale.
Style:
folk tale, heroic, allegory, fairy tale, period drama
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
medieval, liberation, rebellion, freedom, resistance, castle, courage, oppression, occupation, tyranny, underdog, community ...
Time:
60s, medieval times
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: China
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Based on real life events, the film is set in January 1949 and focuses around a group of soldiers involved in the final stages of the Battle of Pingjin
Style:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
battles, soldier, military, chinese civil war, liberation, military base, military officer, fight, military life, wartime life, heroism, sacrifice ...
Place:
china
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Artistic portrayal of the difficult personality of Bohdan Khmelnytsky and his dramatic life against the backdrop of National-liberation war in the mid-17th century and the Cossack state building. The main storyline shows Khmelnytsky not only as ...
Style:
realistic, epic, serious
Plot:
cossack, independence movement, doomed love, historical figure, heroes, historical character, historical event, war for independence, politics, free spirit, freedom fighter, freedom ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
ukraine, poland, europe
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Genre: Crime
Country: Denmark
TV show
Story:
Crime story about a notorious gang of criminals and the policeman who went for broke to catch them. The gang were radical left-wing activists. In 1989, seven of them were charged with being behind a series of the most professional robberies in the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
rebellion, robbery, gang, political activist, danger, partner, liberation, escapades, rivalry, society, investigation, activist ...
Time:
80s
Place:
denmark, europe
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
During WWII, a three-man commando team places its trust in the hands of a band of Filipino resistors, as they try to knock out a Japenese communication center.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, tense, psychotronic ...
Plot:
world war two, espionage, danger, war, anti war, escapades, mission, world war, liberation, reconnaissance, battles, soldier ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
the philippines, japan, asia, usa
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