Freedom fighter movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant freedom fighter movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, captivating, realistic, exciting, suspense and disturbing films and TV shows about / with freedom fighter, heroes, battles, military, revolution, fight, rebellion, danger, soldier and violence plots mostly in Drama, Action and War genres shot in USA, UK, India and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as freedom fighter: Ernesto (2017), The Man in the High Castle (2015), Goodbye Bafana (2007), The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002), Freedom (2000), Railroad Tigers (2016), W.I.T.C.H. (2004), This Life (2012), Rambo III (1988), Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy (2019).

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 5.7
 69
Ernesto (2017)
Genre: Biography
Country: Japan, Cuba
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Freddy Maemura Hurtado, a second-generation Japanese-Bolivian, heads to Cuba to study medicine. He meets revolutionist Che Guevara. When civil war breaks out in Bolivia, he decides to join Guevara’s revolutionary army under the name of “Ernesto ...
Style: disturbing, exciting, serious, captivating
Plot: freedom fighter, military, heroism, soldier, coup d'etat, betrayal, imperialism, military dictatorship, traitor, strike, union, labor ...
Place: cuba, bolivia, soviet union, japan, hiroshima japan
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The Man in the High Castle (2015)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Based on Philip K. Dick's award-winning novel, The Man in the High Castle explores what it would be like if the Allied Powers had lost WWII, and Japan and Germany ruled the United States.
Style: suspenseful, serious, tense, apocalyptic, captivating ...
Audience: family friendly, adult
Plot: alternate reality, resistance, fascism, alternate history, assassination, espionage, political intrigue, multiverse, spy, time traveler, freedom fighter, betrayal ...
Time: 60s, post world war two, 20th century, year 1962
Place: japan, usa, berlin germany, new york, san francisco ...
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 7.1
 12K
Goodbye Bafana (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany, France, Belgium, South Africa, Italy, UK, Luxembourg
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.
Style: uplifting, realistic, serious, touching, political ...
Plot: racism, apartheid, racial violence, leadership, prison life, interracial relations, freedom fighter, friendship, rebellion, human spirit, fighting the system, self discovery ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 70s, 90s
Place: south africa, africa
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The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story: The Legend of Bhagat Singh is a 2002 Indian historical biographical film about Bhagat Singh, a freedom fighter who fought for Indian independence.It shows in detail how Singh came to develop his views on the British Raj and his struggle for Indian ...
Style: realistic, patriotic, serious, emotional, sincere ...
Plot: revolution, freedom fighter, sikh, police brutality, patriotism, patriot, fighting the system, social decay, indian history, injustice, danger, life is a bitch ...
Time: 1930s, 1920s, 20th century
Place: asia, india
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 7.0
 159
Freedom (2000)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Freedom is a short-lived 2000 American science fiction television show on the UPN network. There were 12 episodes filmed but only 7 were aired in the US. Some episodes were further aired internationally, and the full series is still occasionally ...
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, bleak, futuristic
Plot: freedom fighter, resistance, military, dictatorship, rebelliousness, heroic mission, rebellion, danger, state affairs, revolution, society, on the run ...
Time: near future, 90s
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Railroad Tigers (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, War
Country: China
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A railroad worker in China in 1941 leads a team of freedom fighters against the Japanese in order to get food for the poor.
Style: sincere, captivating, suspense
Plot: world war two, railway, sino japanese war, fight, japanese occupation, freedom fighter, world war, fight for justice, martial arts, battles, japanese occupation of china, combat ...
Time: 1940s, year 1941
Place: china
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 7.3
 4K
W.I.T.C.H. (2004)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: W.I.T.C.H. is a European animated magical girl television series based on the Italian comic book series of the same name created by Gary Tomlin and Elisabetta Gnone. The series was produced by SIP Animation in association with and participation from ...
Style: exciting, feel good, humorous, semi serious, anime
Audience: girls' night, kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: magical girl, friendship, teenage life, team, friends, freedom fighter, youth, supernatural ability, parallel world, female protagonist, superhuman powers, imaginary ...
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 6.6
 3K
This Life (2012)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Denmark
Duration: 122 min.
Story: The true story of the Fiil's a family of innkeepers who during Nazi-Germany's occupation of Denmark took up arms against the German occupiers. But in the fight for freedom, some must die so that others may live.
Style: disturbing, emotional, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Plot: resistance fighter, nazi, world war two, freedom fighter, resistance, nazi occupation, sabotage, danger, heroes, wartime, showdown, self sacrifice ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: denmark, germany, scandinavia
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 5.8
 140K
Rambo III (1988)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
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: action packed, intense, homoerotic, realistic, serious ...
Audience: manly, family outing, boys' night
Plot: one man army, lone hero, rambo, heroes, desert, gunfight, revenge, violence, loner, war, cold war, military ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: middle east, afghanistan, pakistan, soviet union, thailand
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Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 167 min.
Story: Gwalior Fort, during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. In a moment of despair, Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi, encourages her men by telling them the heroic story of Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy, a brave Telugu chieftain who took up arms in 1846 to protest ...
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, exciting, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: freedom fighter, rebellion, freedom, folk hero, good versus evil, underdog, battles, military, betrayal, legend, revolution, politics ...
Time: 19th century
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The Soldier's Star (2006)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, Germany, Afghanistan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A Russian guitarist was enlisted in 1984 in the Afghan war. Imprisoned, he will meet an Afghan musician and a French journalist.
Style: realistic, serious, disturbing, exciting, captivating
Plot: heroes, military, fight, freedom fighter, journalism, danger, state affairs, soldier, hostage, war, prisoners of war, soviet afghanistan war ...
Time: september 11 2001
Place: afghanistan, middle east
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Out of the Darkness (2022)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Denmark
Duration: 152 min.
Story: This Danish movie "Out of The Darkness" ( in Danish 'De Forbandede år 2' ) is a continuation of the popular WW II drama "Into The Darkness" ( in Danish 'De forbandede år' ) and it portraits the Danish ...
Style: suspenseful, captivating, serious, dramatic
Plot: world war two, resistance, freedom fighter, war, german occupation, wartime, nazism, fight, wartime life, occupation, nazi, nazi soldier ...
Time: 1940s
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 7.8
 166K
RRR (2022)
Genre: Action, 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: suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, epic ...
Plot: rescue, british empire, protest, bare chested male, wolf, freedom fighter, abduction, liberation, unlikely friendships, investigation, uncover truth, fight ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: india, delhi
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Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Canada, Germany, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German clergyman of great distinction, who actively opposed Hitler and the Nazis. His convictions cost him his life. What is a moral person to do in a time of savage immorality? That question tormented Dietrich ...
Style: thought provoking, captivating, emotional, suspense, christian film ...
Plot: world war two, idealism, human spirit, rebelliousness, against the odds, christian, fighting the system, life is a bitch, rebellion, society, religions or cults, clergy ...
Place: europe, new york, usa, germany, switzerland
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 6.7
 3K
Sarajevo (2014)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Austria, Czech Republic
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The events in Sarajevo in June 1914 are the backdrop for a thriller directed by Andreas Prochaska and written by Martin Ambrosch, focusing on the examining magistrate Dr. Leo Pfeffer (Florian Teichtmeister) investigating the assassination of ...
Style: captivating, factual, tense, serious, historical drama
Plot: world war one, assassination, political conspiracy, freedom fighter, investigation, royalty, world war two, dictator, dictatorship, great war, society, rivalry ...
Time: 1910s, year 1914
Place: sarajevo, serbia, germany, bosnia herzegovina
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 6.8
 1K
Hanamizuki (2010)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Sae (Yui Aragaki) is a high school student who is studying hard for her college entrance exams. She lost her father when she was very young and so lives with her mother Ryoko (Hiroko Yakushimaru) in Hokkaido, Japan. Her father Kemimichi (Arata) once ...
Style: romantic, shoujo, touching, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot: first love, boy, pretty girl, love at first sight, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, wedding, professor, dreaming, breakup, determination, begging ...
Place: nova scotia, japan, hokkaido, canada, tokyo
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 6.6
 856
When I Saw You (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Jordan, Greece, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Jordan, 1967: displaced to a refugee camp after the occupation of their West Bank village, an eleven-year old boy and his mother enact the emancipating dream that every refugee has imagined countless times, in Annemarie Jacir's passionate and ...
Style: serious, emotional, realistic, touching, atmospheric ...
Plot: coming of age, camp, hopes, human spirit, parents and children, forceful separation, youth, family relations, teenage life, search for father, missing father, freedom fighter ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1967
Place: jordan, middle east, palestine, greece
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The Green Berets (1968)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Col. Mike Kirby picks two teams of crack Green Berets for a mission in South Vietnam. First off is to build and control a camp that is trying to be taken by the enemy the second mission is to kidnap a North Vietnamese General
Style: realistic, serious, thought provoking, captivating, retro ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, propaganda, green beret, military, culture clash, politics, war, freedom, soldier, battlefield, journalism, special forces ...
Place: vietnam, asia
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The Living Daylights (1987)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 130 min.
Story: James Bond helps a Russian General escape into the west. He soon finds out that the KGB wants to kill him for helping the General. A little while later the General is kidnapped from the Secret Service leading 007 to be suspicious.
Style: suspense, saga, exciting, spectacular, action adventure ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: 007, espionage, cold war, soviet afghanistan war, betrayal, spy, secret service, cello, secret agent, agent, assassin, car chase ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: czechoslovakia, vienna, tangier morocco, england, morocco ...
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Kalushi : The Story of Solomon Mahlangu (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Solomon Mahlangu is a Mamelodi township schoolboy-hawker who, after the events of June 16th joins the military wing of the ANC to fight against the brutal oppression of the Apartheid regime and ends up becoming an icon of South Africa's ...
Style: captivating, thought provoking, disturbing
Plot: oppression, apartheid, freedom fighter, fighting the system, social activism, social injustice, social issues, historical figure, historical character, social problems, leadership
Place: south africa, africa
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Queen of Jhansi (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Family
Country: India
TV show
Story: Ek Veer Stree Ki Kahaani... Jhansi Ki Rani is an Indian historical drama based on the life of Lakshmi Bai, the Rani of Jhansi, one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The series was directed by Jitendra Srivastava and written by ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, thought provoking, historical drama
Audience: family outing
Plot: female warrior, freedom fighter, patriotism, fight for freedom, historical figure, life, female protagonist, leader, revolutionary war, revolutionary, struggle, revolution ...
Place: india
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Kammara Sambhavam (2018)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: India
Duration: 182 min.
Story: Set against the backdrop of World War 2, the film spans over three different phases of the life of the protagonist Kammaran who gets inspired by freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose and joins INA to secure Indian independence from British rule.
Style: captivating, entertaining, thrilling, semi serious, satirical ...
Plot: world war two, manipulation, satire, countryside, deception, battles, freedom fighter, con artists, criminal, fight, malayalam
Place: india
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The Forgotten Battle (2020)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 124 min.
Story: November 1944. On the flooded isle of Walcheren, Zeeland, thousands of Allied soldiers are battling the German army. Three young lives become inextricably connected. A Dutch boy fighting for the Germans, an English glider pilot and a girl from ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, tense, powerful
Plot: world war two, military, combat, war, british soldier, british military, killed in action, soldier, dam, shell shock, royal air force, british army ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944
Place: netherlands, germany, holland
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Blade Runner: Black Lotus (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, UK
Duration: 298 min.
TV show
Story: Los Angeles 2032. A young woman wakes up with no memories, and possessing deadly skills. The only clues to her mystery are a locked data device and a tattoo of a black lotus. Putting together the pieces, she must hunt down the people responsible for ...
Style: anime, suspense, futuristic, tech noir, neo noir ...
Plot: cyberpunk, bounty hunter, mission, heroes, danger, superpower, death, mercilessness, ex soldier, rivalry, dishonesty, freedom fighter ...
Time: future, 2030s
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 8.0
 240K
Gandhi (1982)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, India, USA, South Africa
Duration: 191 min.
Story: In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of ...
Style: epic, spiritual, inspirational, political, uplifting ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: protest, biopic, idealism, life philosophy, politics, independence, freedom, british empire, leadership, human spirit, religious intolerance, indian history ...
Time: 1930s, 1920s, 19th century, victorian era, 1940s ...
Place: india, south africa, britain, los angeles, new delhi ...
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The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: India, UK, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: The film begins in 1857, when India was ruled by the British East India Company. Mangal Pandey is a sepoy, a soldier of Indian origin, in the army of the East India Company. Pandey is fighting in the Anglo-Afghan Wars and saves the life of his ...
Style: epic, captivating, emotional, serious, patriotic ...
Plot: rebellion, revolution, betrayal, military life, leadership, fighting the system, rebelliousness, battles, political unrest, culture clash, state affairs, society ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1850s, 1800s
Place: india, britain, asia, afghanistan
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 6.8
 148K
The Creator (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Amid a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who ...
Style: futuristic, epic, tension, psychotronic, light ...
Plot: artificial intelligence, robot, ex special forces, space station, interracial marriage, u.s. army, future war, husband wife relationship, technology, human versus robot, secret laboratory, space shuttle ...
Time: future, near future, distant future, 21st century
Place: asia, tokyo, los angeles
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 8.1
 918K
The Terminator (1984)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical ...
Style: tech noir, suspenseful, neo noir, serious, breathtaking ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, teens, kids, date night ...
Plot: time travel, cyborgs, cyberpunk, man versus machine, dystopia, good versus evil, terminator, androids, artificial intelligence, androids and robots, gunfight, car chase ...
Time: 80s, future, 20th century, near future, year 1984 ...
Place: los angeles, usa, mexico
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Of Love and Shadows (1994)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Argentina
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Irene is a magazine editor living under the shadow of the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile. Francisco is a handsome photographer and he comes to Irene for a job. As a sympathizer with the underground resistance movement, Francisco opens her eyes and ...
Style: erotic, political, scenic, eros, independent film ...
Audience: adult
Plot: dictatorship, politics, resistance movement, lust, military coup, military, photographer, hospital, rebellion, male nudity, truth, freedom ...
Time: 70s, year 1994, year 1973
Place: chile, south america, latin america
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Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, War, Western
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Hogan, on his way to do some reconnaissance for a future mission to capture a French fort, encounters Sister Sara, a nun in trouble. Before he knows it, Hogan is accompanying Sister Sara in the dangerous frontier while she seeks to achieve a hidden ...
Style: spaghetti western, light, entertaining, stylized, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: nun, gunfight, cowboy, cowboys and outlaws, heroes, rescue, danger, partner, gunslinger, rivalry, rebelliousness, indians ...
Time: 19th century, year 1970, 1860s
Place: mexico, latin america, sonora
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