Insurgent movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant insurgent movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful and serious films and TV shows about / with insurgent, battles, fight, gun, violence, betrayal, rebellion, danger, ambush and murder plots mostly in Action, Drama and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, India and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as insurgent: Vlad The Impaler (2018), The Battle of Algiers (1966), Omar (2013), Star Wars: Rebels (2014), Red Alert: The War Within (2009), Andor (2022), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), The Immortal Wars: Resurgence (2019), Slaughterhouse (2022), Thuramukham (2023).
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List of insurgent movies
Genre: Action, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
The true story of 7 oddly dressed fearless men of ottoman army fight against cruel Vlad.
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, epic war
Plot:
turk, turkish army, insurgent, turkish history, barbarian, army, battles, showdown, power struggle, fight, fight for supremacy, warrior ...
Time:
15th century
Place:
ottoman empire, romania, azerbaijan, constantinople
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, Algeria
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Tracing the struggle of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale to gain freedom from French colonial rule as seen through the eyes of Ali from his start as a petty thief to his rise to prominence in the organisation and capture by the French in ...
Style:
black and white, political, philosophical, art house, cerebral ...
Plot:
revolution, colonialism, protest, torture, military, muslim, french algerian war, politics, terrorism, insurrection, independence, revolutionary ...
Time:
year 1957, 20th century, 50s, year 1954, year 1966 ...
Place:
africa, algeria, middle east, france, north africa ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: Palestine
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The drama, the story of three childhood friends and a young woman who are torn apart in their fight for freedom, is billed as the first fully-financed film to come out of the Palestinian cinema industry.
Style:
thought provoking, disturbing, suspenseful, mind blowing, controversial ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, power of love, friendship, moral dilemma, resistance, confession, gain trust, family relations, danger, love affair, terrorism, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
palestine, middle east, palestinian authority, maghreb, israel
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Set between the events of Star Wars: Episodes III and IV, the story unfolds during a dark time when the evil Galactic Empire is tightening its grip of power on the galaxy. Imperial forces have occupied a remote planet and are ruining the lives of ...
Style:
adult animation, stylized, serious, saga, anime ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
star wars, space opera, good versus evil, jedi, warrior, space travel, space battle, robot, battles, chases and races, escapades, master warrior ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
While delivering food in a forest area in Andhra Pradesh, impoverished Narasimha is held against his will by a band of Naxalites led by Velu, and forced to join them. He is anxious to collect his dues and return home to his wife, Uma; daughter, ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, patriotic
Plot:
undercover, rebel, insurgent, mutiny, runaway, social problems, escape, society, escape attempt, fleeing, terrorism, war ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The tale of the burgeoning rebellion against the Empire and how people and planets became involved. In an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue, Cassian Andor embarks on the path that is destined to turn him into a rebel hero.
Style:
futuristic, political thriller, saga, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
star wars, rebellion, space, galaxy, empire, mission, military, space wars, laser gun, space opera, spy, espionage ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.
Style:
futuristic, visually stunning, saga, scenic, tense ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, adult
Plot:
star wars, space opera, female protagonist, robot, strong female lead, rebel, space travel, tough girl, self sacrifice, redemption, jedi, rebellion ...
Time:
future, year 2016, 2010s
Place:
space western, london
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The war for freedom has just begun. Trikalypse joins forces with the rebel leader and her team of freedom fighters. They must now fight back to bring Dominion down and expose him to the world.
Style:
futuristic, controversial, exciting, entertaining, captivating
Plot:
independence movement, fight, revolt, fantasy world, post apocalypse, insurgent, freedom, mutiny, partner, heroic mission, courage, heroes ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
1975. An American filmmaker arrives in Argentina to film the story of the first revolt of laborers against landowners. Hoping to document history, instead, he finds himself becoming part of it as he’s swept into the revolt and soon finds himself ...
Style:
tense, thrilling, captivating, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
danger, class conflict, violence, revolt, social injustice, job, peril, landowner, worker, risk, insurgent, filmmaking ...
Time:
70s
Place:
argentina
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
The Harbour shows how two brothers end up on opposing sides of this system. One becomes the leader of an employer’s gang of thugs, while the other becomes an activist. All the while, the women in their family go hungry and the community is ravaged ...
Style:
dramatic, suspenseful, tense, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
protest, harbor, social justice, class struggle, class conflict, brothers, brother vs brother, rebel leader, political protest, insurgent, political party, communist party ...
Time:
1950s
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Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
In ancient times, the Yun clan appeared in the world and was able to control the power between heaven and earth. While other races had previously bowed to this power, the human King Xin chose a different path and challenged the overwhelming power as ...
Style:
epic fantasy, captivating, costume drama
Plot:
wuxia, revenge, martial arts, chinese mythology, epic battle, deity, god, prince, mythology, rebel leader, problem, leader ...
Place:
ancient china
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The rebels gear up for battle against the Motherworld as unbreakable bonds are forged, heroes emerge — and legends are made.
Style:
epic, captivating, exciting, inspirational, dark fantasy ...
Plot:
spaceship, robot, moon, space adventure, space opera, space, sidearm, battles, combat, soldier, insurgent, rebel leader ...
Time:
future
Place:
space western
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Bologna, 2002. Amidst protests against the labor reform, the assassination of a lawyer opens old wounds between Italy and France. Former far-left terrorist Marco, convicted of murder during the Years of Lead and living in Paris since then thanks to ...
Style:
tense, captivating, political thriller, intense, crime drama ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, assassination, political unrest, father daughter conflict, haunted by the past, years of lead, daughter, father and daughter, social problems, teenager, insurgent, life is a bitch ...
Place:
paris france
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, Czech Republic
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
There is no possibility of escape from slavery in the New Territories: the choice is simple, the mine slave mines or love slave.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, suspense, sensual, sexploitation film
Plot:
sex slavery, female warden, women's prison, lesbian sex, lesbianism, lesbian threesome, erotica, rebel army, sex slave, dominant woman, seduction, fight ...
Time:
future, year 2001, 2000s
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A heroic tale of three blood brothers and their struggle in the midst of war and political upheaval. It is based on "The Assassination of Ma," a Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) story about the killing of general Ma Xinyi.
Style:
sincere, suspenseful, epic, serious, rough ...
Plot:
medieval, martial arts, fight, wuxia, asian history, soldier, civil war, kung fu, pow, battles, political unrest, treason ...
Time:
19th century, medieval times, 1860s, 1800s, year 2007 ...
Place:
china, east asia, ancient china, asia, beijing china
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Genre: Biography
Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A cinematic exploration of the indomitable spirit of Che Guevara, capturing his remarkable journey as a fighter and a symbol of revolution.
Style:
political, historical drama, period piece, inspirational, epic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
biopic, che guevara, revolution, legacy, socialism, ideology, struggle, freedom fighter, symbolism, guerilla warfare, character study, rebellion ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
cuba, latin america, bolivia, argentina
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Ukraine, Poland
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
In the early eighteenth century, foreign rule means dark times for the Hutsuls of the Carpathians. The two Dovbush brothers become opryshkos - mountain outlaws. But the two brothers become enemies - one cares only about money, the other - Oleksa - ...
Style:
captivating, tense, thrilling, psychological
Plot:
ukrainian history, rebellion, folk hero, legend, national hero, rebel army, battles, brothers, warrior, fight, insurgent, rebel ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
ukraine, romania, europe, poland
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Lugansk region, May 2014. The Novozhilov family, by chance, finds itself in the thick of events in Lugansk. Vlad Novozhilov is a former participant in the war in Afghanistan. He knows firsthand what war is. Having seen enough of the horrors of war ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
war zone, tragic love, propaganda, relationships, life is a bitch, moral dilemma, couple relations, struggle for survival, male female relationship, dead body, ambulance driver, terrorist ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014
Place:
kiev ukraine, eastern europe, afghanistan, ukraine, russia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Hungary, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In the near future, a drone pilot is sent into a deadly militarized zone and must work with an android officer to locate a doomsday device.
Style:
suspense, futuristic, intense, psychotronic, surprise ending ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, humanoid robot, terrorism, terrorist, androids, cyborgs, military, fear, showdown, nuclear threat, fight, violence ...
Time:
near future, 2030s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
utah, ukraine, russia, europe
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When an unknown military force invades Bushwick, a Brooklyn neighborhood, young student Lucy and war veteran Stupe must rely on each other to escape and survive.
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, bleak ...
Plot:
invasion, mercenary, subway, running for your life, community, veteran, intruder, woman with a gun, student, grandmother, civil war, first aid ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york, texas
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who ...
Style:
captivating, apocalyptic, saga, action adventure, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
cure, vaccine, virus, disease, distopia, battles, desert, fight, maze, danger, post apocalypse, laboratory ...
Time:
2010s, future
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader who is also critically ill and ...
Style:
exciting, tense, harsh, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, mercenary, politics, rescue, battles, heroes, dishonesty, danger, against the odds, political unrest, political corruption, behind enemy lines ...
Time:
20th century, year 1978, 70s, 80s
Place:
africa, zimbabwe, south africa, london, england ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural being that have taken over a European city.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, suspense, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
supernatural, violence, danger, technology, science, super soldier, chase, heroes, heroic mission, chaos and mayhem, military, escapades ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
virginia, usa, eastern europe, new york
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, UK, France, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, psychological, bad ending, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, trapped, buried alive, isolation, confined, claustrophobia, terrorist, captivity, twists and turns, threat, panic, desperation ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, year 2006 ...
Place:
iraq, middle east
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Ice Cube stars as Darius Stone, a thrill-seeking troublemaker whose criminal record and extreme sports obsession make him the perfect candidate to be the newest XXX agent. He must save the U.S. government from a deadly conspiracy led by five-star ...
Style:
intense, exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
espionage, u.s. president, secret agent, undercover, gunfight, betrayal, horse ranch, heroes, coup d'etat, conspiracy, heroic mission, daring rescue ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, virginia, pentagon
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Something in his past keeps career Army man John Paul Vann from advancing past colonel. He views being sent to Vietnam as part of the US military advisory force a stepping stone to promotion. However, he disagrees vocally (and on the record) with ...
Style:
serious, realistic
Plot:
vietnam war, vietcong, soldier, military, adultery, corruption, adulterous husband, ambassador, peasant, womanizer, patriotism, helicopter ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, saigon, asia, indochina
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Memorial Day, 1993. When 13-year-old Kyle Vogel discovers the World War II footlocker belonging to his grandfather, Bud, everyone tells Kyle to put it back. Luckily, he ignores them. Although Bud has never talked about the war, he finds himself ...
Style:
sincere, exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
iraq war, soldier, military, family relations, war, military life, battles, world war, army, national guard, war on terror, world war two ...
Time:
1940s, 90s, 20th century, year 1944, year 1945 ...
Place:
iraq, germany, minnesota, usa, europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
English General Charles George Gordon, a devout Christian, is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, Gordon stays on to protect the people of Khartoum, who are under ...
Style:
epic, realistic, factual, talky, suspenseful ...
Plot:
islam, imperialism, military, culture clash, politics, british empire, colonialism, siege, pyramid, wartime, war, idealism ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1880s, year 1966, turn of the century ...
Place:
africa, sudan, england, cairo egypt, belgium ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.
Style:
sexy, breathtaking, visually stunning, epic, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
martial arts, wuxia, sword fight, swords and armor, medieval, tragic love, warrior, fight, kung fu, emperor, tragic event, power of love ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, year 2004, 2000s, 9th century ...
Place:
china, east asia, asia, ancient china, hong kong
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of oppressors meets the rage of ...
Style:
psychological thriller, rough, suspenseful, hood, saga ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
blood, survival horror, social injustice, abuse of power, murder, atrocity, massacre, politics, nightmare, racism, killing spree, resistance movement ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, year 2017
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa
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