Anti communism movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant anti communism movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, political, captivating, suspense and dramatic films and TV shows about / with anti communism, communism, politics, cold war, communist, society, runaway, biopic, culture clash and dialogue plots mostly in Drama, History and Biography genres shot in USA, France, Poland and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as anti communism: Dear Comrades! (2020), Captain Volkonogov Escaped (2021), Neruda (2016), The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Jimmy's Hall (2014), J. Edgar (2011), Billion Dollar Brain (1967), Berlin Wall (2019), Railway Heroes (2021), Operation Atlantis (1965).
Best films
New films
| Koblic (2016) | 6.4 | |
| Chile '76 (2022) | 6.7 | |
| Dear Comrades! (2020) | 7.4 | |
| Spider (2019) | 6.3 | |
| 1978 (2024) | 4.9 |
List of anti communism movies
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Novocherkassk, USSR, 1962. Liudmila is a Party executive and devout communist who fought at the front of WWII for Stalin’s ideology. Certain that her contribution will create a communist society, she detests any anti-Soviet sentiment. During a ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, suspense, exciting, black and white ...
Plot:
anti communism, brutality, communist party, communist, demonstration, army vs civilians, civil unrest, rebellion, lovers, riot, mother daughter relationship, strike ...
Time:
year 1962, 60s
Place:
ussr, russia, soviet union
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia, France, Estonia
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Captain Fedor Volkonogov works in law enforcement. He is on the good books of the management, and his colleagues respect him. But one day, his life abruptly changes: he is declared a criminal. The Captain manages to run away before he is arrested. ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
runaway, escape, military, anti communism, penance, moral dilemma, officer, special agent, stalinism, flashback, fire, death ...
Time:
year 1938, 1930s
Place:
ussr
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11K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Chile, Argentina, France, Spain, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
It’s 1948 and the Cold War has arrived in Chile. In the Congress, prominent Communist Senator and popular poet Pablo Neruda accuses the government of betraying the Party and is stripped of his parliamentary immunity by President González Videla. ...
Style:
costume drama, serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
political repression, latinx lead, writers, anti communism, poet, manhunt, latin american history, propaganda, biopic, politician, police detective, police investigation ...
Time:
1940s, year 2016, year 1948, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place:
chile, south america, santiago chile, latin america, andes mountains ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The Manchurian Candidate is a political thriller from American director John Frankenheimer. An American soldier is brainwashed into being a killer for the communist Russians during the Korean War.
Style:
political thriller, psychological, political, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
conspiracy, cold war, political conspiracy, brainwashing, assassin, manipulation, nightmare, senator, cold war era, communism, korean war, election ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, year 1962, 50s, year 1952
Place:
new york, north korea, china, washington d.c., korea ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Ireland, France, Belgium, Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In the 1930s political activist Jimmy Gralton is deported from Ireland during the 'Red Scare'.
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, touching, political ...
Plot:
anti communism, rebellion, politics, catholic priest, priest, fighting the system, deportation, idealism, rebelliousness, social relations, injustice, clergy ...
Time:
1930s, 2010s, year 2014, 20th century, 1920s ...
Place:
ireland, new york
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138K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
As the face of law enforcement in America for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life.
Style:
thought provoking, factual, political, compassionate, melancholic ...
Plot:
politics, homosexuality, gay, american history, fbi investigation, biopic, surveillance, corruption, fbi, fbi agent, investigation, abuse of power ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 1940s, year 2011, 1950s ...
Place:
washington d.c., usa, new jersey
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Finland
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A former British spy stumbles into in a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a supercomputer. But who is working for whom?
Style:
political thriller, psychotronic, suspense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, spy, espionage, computer, anti communism, spy thriller, cold war era, russian spy, secret service agent, martial arts, woman with a gun, revolt ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s
Place:
helsinki finland, finland, england, texas, russia ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story:
The life of three sisters shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, political
Plot:
german politics, berlin wall, iron curtain, anti communism, relationships, sisters, sister, family life, world war two, family relations, post war, sister sister relationship ...
Place:
east berlin, berlin germany, germany
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The historical story of an enemy fighting the wits and courage of an extraordinary brave group of ordinary heroes known as the "Lunan Railway Brigade" who desperately fight to defend their homeland.
Style:
tense, historical drama, thrilling, captivating, period piece ...
Plot:
resistance, heroism, railway, courage, militia, sino japanese war, underground movement, wartime, anti communism, war, communism, fight ...
Place:
china
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An American agent discovers that the Red Chinese have built a secret atomic city from which they will attempt to invade America.
Style:
suspenseful, period piece, retro, eurospy
Audience:
adult
Plot:
spy, espionage, cold war, invasion, atomic weapons, anti communism, covert operation, patriotism, government conspiracy, underground city, surveillance, agent ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A dramatization of the life of Sen. Joseph McCarthy, the alcoholic senator from Wisconsin whose tactics of accusing prominent people of Communist sympathies were initially designed to give him a national power base when he later planned to run for ...
Style:
serious, dramatic, period piece, grim, educational ...
Plot:
mccarthyism, cold war, biopic, witch hunt, alcoholism, rise and fall, character study, anti communism, manipulation, senate, political intrigue, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
washington d.c.
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210
Genre: Biography
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Rossellini’s biopic of the postwar Christian Democrat leader, Alcide De Gaspari (Vannucchi), who was responsible for keeping the Communists out of power in the years that followed the fall of fascism.
Style:
period piece, serious, educational, art house, reflective ...
Plot:
politics, political leader, biopic, democracy, leadership, anti communism, cold war, european history, national identity, ideology, catholic church, bureaucracy ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s, post world war two
Place:
italy
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Two teenage girls, both named Marie, decide that since the world is spoiled they will be spoiled as well; accordingly they embark on a series of destructive pranks in which they consume and destroy the world about them. This freewheeling, madcap ...
Style:
psychedelic, avant garde, surreal, experimental, art house ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
surrealism, female friendship, feminism, flapper, nihilism, feminist, absurd humor, female protagonist, female antagonist, teenage girl, women, satire ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s
Place:
czech republic, czechoslovakia, eastern europe, prague, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
It's the summer of '68 and the young Czech playwright Vaclav Havel is enjoying the heady atmosphere of new- found freedom as the iron grip of Soviet repression gradually loosens throughout Central Europe. In Havel's Prague, politics ...
Style:
non-linear, captivating, serious, realistic, period drama
Plot:
playwright, czech history, conscience, political activist, lifestyle change, husband wife relationship, rivals, jail, fight, friendship between men, communist, extramarital affair ...
Time:
year 1977, year 1968, year 1976, year 1989, 60s ...
Place:
prague, central europe
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6K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
"Loro", in two parts, is a period movie that chronicles, as a fiction story, events likely happened in Italy (or even made up) between 2006 and 2010. "Loro" wants to suggest in portraits and glimps, through a composite ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, factual, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
politics, society, lie, political corruption, sex trafficking, politician, party, sex scene, extramarital affair, family relations, anti communism, female nudity ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
italy, rome italy
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34K
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, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Patty is lying awake one night in a church basement, distraught and scared. She is to be executed the next morning for refusing to take the Mark of the Beast. Patty knows what lies ahead if she takes the mark but can still not believe in Christ.When ...
Style:
apocalyptic, religious drama, independent film, bleak, tension ...
Plot:
end of the world, christian, salvation, persecution, judgment, prophecy, evangelical christianity, evangelist, doomsday, moral dilemma, female protagonist, dystopian society ...
Time:
year 1970, future
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Estonia, Finland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Based on an acclaimed 1935 novel about the War of Liberation (1918-1920) that ensured Estonia's independence, the film tells about a group of young schoolboys heading to the front to fight the army of Soviet Russia.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, period drama
Plot:
anti communist, military, heroes, battles, soldier, independence movement, world war one, wartime life, wartime, war for independence, showdown, frontline ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
estonia, russia, europe
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA, Poland, United Arab Emirates, India
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Peter Weir's follow-up to Master & Commander (2003) is the stark & brilliant The Way Back, which takes on the theme of man's struggle for freedom. At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag. The film ...
Style:
epic, inspirational, realistic, road movie, rough ...
Plot:
survival, wilderness, prison escape, escape, journey, war, pow, freedom, gulag, world war two, explorer, human spirit ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 2010s
Place:
himalaya, russia, tibet, mongolia, soviet union ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A Senate investigation into the President's newly-nominated Secretary of State gives light to a secret from the past, which may not only ruin the candidate, but the President's character as well.
Style:
political, black and white, realistic, clever, thought provoking ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, politics, gay bar, courtroom drama, president, cold war, political corruption, journalism, american politics, corruption, government, secret past ...
Time:
year 1962, 60s, 20th century, 70s, 1930s
Place:
washington d.c., new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A spy thriller telling a historically based story of a man who alone dares to challenge Soviets being in the middle of the communistic system himself. Planning the maneuvers of Warsaw Pact forces he discovers that the American plans of nuclear ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
spy, martial law, state affairs, undercover, politics, government agency, political unrest, dishonesty, iron curtain, cold war, chase, danger ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s, 90s, 60s
Place:
poland, europe, soviet union, warsaw poland, ussr
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, Japan, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The story of journalist, Edward R Murrow's stand against Senator McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.
Style:
political, tense, period piece, factual, melancholic ...
Plot:
politics, media, television, mccarthyism, journalist, reporter, fighting the system, cold war, propaganda, terrorist, patriotism, communism ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 50s, year 2005, 90s ...
Place:
new york, washington d.c., california, usa, soviet union ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
South Korean Air Force pilots engage in perilous missions against Communist North Koreans during the Korean War.
Style:
tension, historical drama, period piece, melancholic
Plot:
air force, camaraderie, military, aerial combat, military aviation, brotherhood, bravery, sacrifice, patriotism, heroism, resilience, fatalism ...
Time:
1950s, year 1952, 50s
Place:
north korea, south korea, korea
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Based on Nicole Valery-Grossu's European best seller autobiographic novel "Bless you, prison", the film is a true story, with real events and characters. A young intellectual woman, Nicole is arrested. There follow three months of ...
Style:
uplifting, thought provoking, disturbing, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
prison, exhaustion, human spirit, confined, survival, prison life, rebelliousness, society, politics, religions or cults, captivity, stalinism ...
Time:
50s
Place:
romania, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.
Style:
feel good, sentimental, period piece, touching, serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
amnesia, small town, happy ending, mistaken identity, writers, writer's life, hollywood, life philosophy, justice, memory, parents and children, lovers reunited ...
Time:
1950s, year 2001, 20th century, 50s, year 1951
Place:
california, usa, canada
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, France, Switzerland
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
East-Berlin, 1961, shortly after the erection of the Wall. Konrad, Sophie and three of their friends plan a daring escape to Western Germany. The attempt is successful, except for Konrad, who remains behind. From then on, and for the next 28 years, ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, sincere, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
politics, berlin wall, spy, impossible love, cold war, cold war era, crisis, iron curtain, stasi, anti communism, fall in love, love and romance ...
Time:
80s, 60s, 1920s
Place:
germany, east germany, berlin germany, prague, europe ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Tito's break-up with Stalin in 1948 marked the beginning of not only confusing, but also very dangerous years for many hard-core Yugoslav communists. A careless remark about the newspaper cartoon is enough for Mesha to join many arrested ...
Style:
erotic, grindhouse, independent film, manga, contemplative ...
Plot:
coming of age, nude bathing, anti communist, family relations, children, young love, making love, communism, traumatic childhood, politics, youth, boy ...
Time:
1950s, year 1985, 50s, 20th century
Place:
bosnia, serbia, eastern europe, europe, former yugoslavia
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68K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town, and their country, from invading Soviet forces.
Style:
intense, serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
survival, propaganda, cold war, dystopia, politics, anti communist, invasion, betrayal, high school, small town, fictional war, winter ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century, future, near future
Place:
colorado, soviet union, ussr, china, new mexico ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The main character, nicknamed "Teddy Bear" by his friends and acquaintances, is a manager of a sports club in Poland. One day he is detained at the border just as his sport team is off to a tournament. It appears that somebody has torn out ...
Style:
funny, parody, cult classic, biting, semi serious ...
Plot:
communism, satire, female nudity, artist, communist, outlaw, mistaken identity, filmmaking, anti communism, uninhibited rivalry, dishonesty, race against time ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
poland, brazil, new jersey, tokyo
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Two desperate people have a wonderful romance, but their political views and convictions drive them apart.
Style:
sentimental, captivating, serious, romantic, intellectual ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
mccarthyism, love story, naval officer, couples, politics, husband wife relationship, passion, breakup, world war two, adultery, true love, love and romance ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, 1930s, 1950s, post world war two ...
Place:
usa, california, new york, middle east, malibu california ...
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