Nationalism movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant nationalism movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, tense, realistic, suspense, bleak and serious films and TV shows about / with nationalism, betrayal, military, propaganda, patriotism, war, mother son relationship, politics, moral ambiguity and tragedy plots mostly in Drama, History and War genres shot in USA, France, Poland and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as nationalism: Sons of Denmark (2019), This Is England (2006), Australia Day (2017), Z (1969), War and Peace (1965), The Goalkeeper (2000), Big Man, Little Love (2001), 120 (2008), Frantz (2016), Smolensk (2016).
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Denmark, in the near future. One year after a major bomb attack in Copenhagen, political radicalization has intensified and ethnic tensions are increasing. As next year's parliamentary elections approach, in which nationalist leader Martin ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
nationalism, politics, terrorist, terrorist attack, election, political protest, racial segregation, domestic terrorism, racial slur, racial tension, ethnic slur, political unrest ...
Time:
near future, future
Place:
copenhagen, denmark
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school, after a fight. They become his new best friends even like family. Based on experiences of director Shane Meadows.
Style:
political, depressing, cult classic, stylized, harsh ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
skinhead, racism, childhood, friendship, coming of age, neo nazi, adolescence, nationalism, boy, children, youth, violent ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, year 2006, 2000s, 20th century
Place:
england, britain, northern england, united kingdom, europe ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
On Australia's most controversial national holiday, the lives of three Australians from diverse cultural backgrounds will collide, illuminating contemporary issues of racial tension and national identity that simmer beneath the surface of ...
Style:
multicultural, sincere, touching, suspense, sociological ...
Plot:
nationalism, sociology, human trafficking, criminal underworld, immigration, racial tension, manhunt, tolerance, on the run, society, gang, culture ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
australia, austria, china, oceania
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Algeria
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Repression is the rule of the day in this film that skewers Greek governance of the 1960s. Z, a leftist rabble rouser, is killed in what appears to be a traffic accident. But given the political climate, the death of such a prominent activist raises ...
Style:
political thriller, political, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
conspiracy, politics, military, investigation, corruption, police, government, government corruption, justice, political corruption, politician, violence ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
greece, france, africa, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 373 min.
Story:
Seven-hour epic based on the eponymous book by Leo Tolstoy. Two main story-lines are complex and intertwined. One is the love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov, who is unhappy in his marriage. Another is the ...
Style:
epic, romantic, fairy tale, inspirational, smart ...
Plot:
napoleonic wars, nobility, true love, nationalism, russian history, battles, medieval, historical epic, war, napoleonic era, russian empire, passion ...
Time:
19th century, 1810s, 1800s, year 1966, regency period ...
Place:
russia, soviet union, ussr, europe
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Spain
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Ramiro Forteza is a Premier League goalkeeper whom the Civil War and the rigors of the war led to make a living visiting villages and challenging locals to mark him penalty goals. One evening he arrives to a town in Asturias and meets Manuela, a ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, sexual, sexy
Plot:
soccer, nationalism, fall in love, single parent, social decay, hopes, ambition, life is a bitch, rivalry, family life, politics, football ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s
Place:
europe, spain
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Greece, Hungary
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Hejar, meaning "Dispossessed", a little Kurdish orphan war victim, educates a Turkish judge!
Style:
sincere, sentimental, suspense, political, islamic ...
Plot:
kurd, racism, nationalism, political oppression, children, orphan, neighbor, cultural difference, injustice, old man, police, murder ...
Place:
kurdistan, turkey
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
During the Sarikamis Battle, the Ottoman army runs out of ammunition and appeals to the people of Van for help, who happen to have supplies. However, the First World War is on and all men are fighting at four corners of the empire and therefore can ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, educational, serious
Plot:
world war one, war, genocide, nationalism, battles, against humanity, military, turk, great war, turkish history, arab culture, islam ...
Place:
turkey, ottoman empire
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious French man who visits the fiance’s grave to lay flowers.
Style:
sentimental, touching, sexy, black and white, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
world war one, guilty conscience, german soldier, grave, french soldier, nationalism, death of loved one, war veteran, sadness, casualty of war, soldier, mourning ...
Time:
post world war one, 1910s, year 1919, year 2016, 90s ...
Place:
germany, paris france, france
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events of 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash in Smolensk, the film tells the partially fictional story of crash and various people affected by the tragedy. The protagonist is a journalist Nina, who refuses to accept the official ...
Style:
mockumentary, semi documentary, factual, political, serious ...
Plot:
conspiracy theory, propaganda, paranoia, plane crash, crash, ghost, female journalist, air disaster, nationalism, airplane crash, investigation, journalism ...
Time:
year 2010
Place:
poland
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Former Danish servicemen Lars and Jimmy are thrown together while training in a neo-Nazi group. Moving from hostility through grudging admiration to friendship and finally passion, events take a darker turn when their illicit relationship is ...
Style:
emotional, captivating, sexual, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, love affair, racism, couples, love and romance, neo nazi, homosexuality, neo nazism, male bonding, friendship, unlikely couple, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, scandinavia, denmark
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Neo-Nazi falls in love with a woman who has a black son and finds himself fighting with conflicting feelings.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, psychological, sincere ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, racism, fascism, skinhead, fall in love, violent content, psychopath, single parent, love and romance, gang, nationalism, neo nazi ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
finland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Summer 1968. 14-year-old Wolfgang is deported from his family in the secluded Church Welfare Institution sanctuary. One thing is clear for Wolfgang: His yearning for freedom, he will not soon buried in the bog.
Style:
sad
Plot:
stepfather, boy, violence, coming of age, lgbt, gay, boyhood, nationalism, distopia, traumatic childhood, little boy, childhood ...
Time:
60s, year 1968
Place:
germany
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic
TV show
Style:
suspense, serious, realistic, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, politics, lifestyle change, czech history, occupation, betrayal, social climbing, father son relationship, politician, family relations, czech german relations, opportunist ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s
Place:
central europe
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A war widow determined to clear the name of her disgraced husband, who was court-martialed for desertion and executed. Official records have been destroyed, and the ministry that distributes benefits continues to deny her a pension. Twenty-six years ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, captivating, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot:
world war two, military, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, heroic mission, dealing with death, obsessive quest, survival, danger, japanese military, japanese soldier, truth ...
Time:
70s, 1940s, post world war two, year 1972
Place:
japan, asia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, War
Country: Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Year 1993, the bleakest time of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A group of actors from Belgrade, utterly unaware of what they're setting themselves up for, embark on a search for quick earnings - on a "tour" around the Serbian Krajina. ...
Style:
semi serious, bleak, realistic, humorous, islamic ...
Plot:
political unrest, anti war, military, actor's life, war, danger, state affairs, dark humor, disorder, civil war, balkan war, nationalism ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
europe, balkan, bosnia, bosnia herzegovina, croatia ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Modern day soldiers travel back in time and meet Admiral Lee, the greatest soldier of all time, and motivate him to drive out invaders.
Style:
semi serious, exciting, stylized, humorous, rough ...
Plot:
time travel, military, destiny, heroic mission, korean army, save the kingdom, battles, chaos, imaginary, rivalry, soldier, escapades ...
Time:
16th century, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
asia, japan, korea, china
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a ...
Style:
emotional, touching, heartbreaking, sad, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, family outing, kids, teen drama ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, concentration camp, war, children, friendship, childhood, nazi, nazism, gas chamber, boy, morality ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, ancient times, year 2008, year 1941 ...
Place:
germany, poland, europe, berlin germany, switzerland
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Genre: Drama, Action, Adventure, War
Country: Israel, West Germany, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
At the start of the 1967 Six-Day War (June 5-10) between Israel and the surrounding Arab nations, a team of eight Israeli commandos, with their female boat captain in tow, are sent on a suicide mission deep into the Sinai to destroy an important ...
Style:
tense, period piece, political, independent film
Plot:
commando, nationalism, patriotism, military, arab israeli conflict, battlefield, combat, heroism, special forces, propaganda, invasion, sacrifice ...
Time:
60s
Place:
middle east, israel
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Finland
Duration: 154 min.
TV show
Story:
Activists follows the years from 1899 to 1906 when Finland as an independent nation started to form. At the center stage are young restless souls who operate against the backdrop of the phenomena of the time: deep social divisions, political ...
Style:
period piece, historical drama, dramatic, tension, tense ...
Plot:
activism, nationalism, civil unrest, independence movement, realism, political intrigue, class conflict, revolutionary, frustration, power struggle, idealism, riot ...
Time:
turn of the century
Place:
finland, russia
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
After Poland won freedom from of its long overlordship by Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918, it took a further four years for its National Assembly to elect Gabriel Narutowicz as its first president. Narutowicz was a professor who until ...
Style:
period piece, tense, bleak, costume drama, dramatic ...
Plot:
assassination, election, nationalism, political conflict, fanaticism, biopic, democracy, intrigue, moral ambiguity, great war, renaissance, world war two ...
Time:
year 1919
Place:
poland, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Story of three people, a barber, a Christian and a graduate of the Tokyo Military Academy during the 2nd World War.
Style:
controversial
Plot:
world war two, imperial japan, pacific war, nationalism, militarism, propaganda, authoritarianism, patriotism, controversy, loyalty, duty, biopic ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
pearl harbor, the philippines, okinawa japan, japan, usa
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Ireland
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
How the Anglo-Irish Treaty between the unrecognised Irish Republic, represented by Michael Collins, and the British government was concluded after high-stakes negotiations in 1921.
Style:
historical drama, tense, period piece, educational, suspenseful ...
Plot:
irish history, politics, negotiation, diplomacy, nationalism, british government, leadership, moral ambiguity, biopic, betrayal, sacrifice, mature ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
ireland, northern ireland
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Philippines
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Sakay is a 1993 Filipino historical drama film directed by Raymond Red. The film stars Julio Diaz, Tetchie Agbayani, and Leopoldo Salcedo. The film covers the life of Filipino patriot and hero Macario Sakay, who was declared an outlaw and a ...
Style:
period piece, dramatic, bleak, reflective, educational ...
Plot:
revolution, patriotism, colonialism, biopic, resistance, nationalism, guerilla warfare, sacrifice, national hero, rebellion, heroism, tragedy ...
Place:
the philippines
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The love between Mateusz Krol, a Kashubian boy, and Marita von Krauss, a Prussian aristocrat in whose family home he is taken in when his mother dies, grows and matures thorough the years, while Kashubia, the northern Polish region where they live, ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, disturbing, captivating, poignant ...
Plot:
world war two, forbidden love, wartime, war crime, world war one, family home, butler, ethnic conflict, nationalism, political unrest, life is a bitch, love affair ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 1900s
Place:
poland
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Croatia, Slovenia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Ivan is a 36-year old ex-rock singer and a disillusioned war veteran who lost both legs in the recent Croatian Homeland War. His father, Izidor, was a well-known political prisoner in the former Yugoslavia, and is now standing as an independent ...
Style:
tense, art house, suspenseful, melancholic, tragic
Plot:
war veteran, family secret, nationalism, moral ambiguity, betrayal, father son relationship, identity crisis, social realism, disability, blackmail, small town, corruption ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
croatia, bosnia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
The series follows Benito Mussolini's career from his founding of the Fasci Italiani in 1919 through the assassination of socialist politician Giacomo Matteotti in 1925.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, dramatic, political thriller, grim ...
Plot:
italian history, fascism, rise to power, nationalism, biopic, italian politics, authoritarianism, political violence, tyranny, character study, ambition, assassination ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 1920s
Place:
rome italy, italy
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Genre: History, War
Country: China
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In 1894 the Japanese Imperial Navy provokes the Chinese navy to test defenses. Some Chinese want to make concessions while others want to fight. When Japan invades, some naval officers put up a heroic resistance.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, patriotic, intense, suspense ...
Plot:
naval battle, battleship, sea battle, nationalism, sacrifice, bravery, patriotism, imperialism, conflict, leadership, propaganda, morality ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s
Place:
japan, china, east asia
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Amidst rising anti-Semitism in Billings, Montana, Rae, a 22 year-old descendant of Holocaust survivors uncovers the truth about a childhood accident.
Style:
realistic, psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
anti semitism, coming of age, problem, holocaust, neo nazi, nazism, nationalism, life is a bitch, female protagonist, nazi, racial discrimination, tragic past ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When the war in Yugoslavia breaks out, an army officer who's ethnic Slovenian yet still believes in Yugoslavia, decides to move to Belgrade. The country continues to fall apart and so does his family failing to find acceptance there.
Style:
dark, historical drama, bleak, melancholic, intense ...
Plot:
ethnic conflict, identity crisis, nationalism, social realism, alienation, civil war, male nudity, humiliation, life story, bosnian war, balkan war, family drama ...
Time:
90s
Place:
belgrade, balkan, former yugoslavia
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