Amnesty movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant amnesty movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, intellectual, suspenseful, captivating and social films and TV shows about / with amnesty, murder, death, violence, prison, freedom, politics, execution, exile and family relations plots mostly in Drama, History and Thriller genres shot in USA, France, Spain and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as amnesty: Siberian Exile (2013), Amnesty (2011), Alias Smith and Jones (1971), The Endless Trench (2019), The Man Without a Country (1973), Of Love and Shadows (1994), Machuca (2004), Missing (1982), The Black Pimpernel (2007), Post Mortem (2010).
Best films
New films
| Dark Blue World (2001) | 7.2 | |
| Invisible Heroes (2019) | 7.7 | |
| No (2012) | 7.4 | |
| Anonymous (2011) | 6.8 | |
| Koblic (2016) | 6.4 |
List of amnesty movies
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Poland, Russia
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
An epic tale of Poles, Ukrainians, Jews who are deported to Russia. Their fate is shown from the perspective of a young boy Staszek, who goes to Siberia with his family and neighbors from a small village in the eastern Polish borderlands. Together ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, touching, thought provoking, rough
Plot:
fall in love, world war two, amnesty, cruelty, jewish family, hard labor, death of mother, death of wife, stupidity, getting home, suppression, cold weather ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
siberia, poland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Albania, Greece, France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Amnesty is a 2011 Albanian movie directed by Buyar Alimani. It’s a story about two people who meet up in jail when they come for monthly visits of their spouses. They fall in love after becoming witnesses to a wedding in jail but relationship has ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, atmospheric, erotic ...
Plot:
prison, forbidden love, love affair, fall in love, dishonesty, love and romance, couple relations, life is a bitch, couples, pardon, legislation, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
albania, europe
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Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Alias Smith and Jones is an American Western series that originally aired on ABC from 1971 to 1973. It stars Pete Duel as Hannibal Heyes and Ben Murphy as Jedediah "Kid" Curry, a pair of cousin outlaws trying to reform. The governor offers ...
Style:
humorous, lighthearted, suspense, realistic, semi serious
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
outlaw, fugitive, redemption, reformation, wild west, amnesty, moral ambiguity, morality, dialogue, spy, partner, wanted ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
wyoming, usa
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain, France, Canada
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Higinio and Rosa have only been married for a few months when the Civil War breaks out, representing a serious threat to his life. Helped by his wife, they decide to use a hole dug into their own home as a provisional hiding place. The fear of ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, hispanic ...
Plot:
dictatorship, spanish civil war, secret, revenge, assassination, political repression, fear, arrest, small village, spanish history, hiding place, delusion ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1936, year 1945 ...
Place:
iberian peninsula, spain, andalusia, europe, morocco ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
At his court-martial, an American Army officer renounces his country. For his punishment he is ordered to spend the rest of his life on a ship that sails all over the world, but he will never be allowed to set foot on his country's soil. nor ...
Plot:
patriot, amnesty, rebellious youth, bravery, naval battle, taboo subject, respect, cannon, sword, friendship, mercy, translator ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
washington d.c.
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Argentina
Duration: 103 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, eros, scenic, independent film ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dictatorship, politics, military coup, female nudity, escape, lust, photographer, military, hospital, rebellion, investigation, justice ...
Time:
70s, year 1994, year 1973, 1920s
Place:
chile, latin america, south america, europe, spain ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Chile, Spain, UK, France
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Santiago, capital of Chile during the Marxist government of elected, highly controversial president Salvador Allende. Father McEnroe supports his leftist views by introducing a program at the prestigious "collegio" (Catholic prep school) ...
Style:
political, touching, sincere, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
childhood, coming of age, sexual initiation, politics, friendship, poverty, youth, dictatorship, boy, communism, trauma, demonstration ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
chile, latin america, south america, santiago chile, spain ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Based on the real-life experiences of Ed Horman. A conservative American businessman travels to a South American country to investigate the sudden disappearance of his son after a right-wing military takeover. Accompanied by his son's wife he ...
Style:
political, emotional, political thriller, thought provoking, talky ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dictatorship, politics, military coup, missing person, coup d'etat, political conspiracy, political intrigue, corruption, conspiracy, journalist, violence, military ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1982, year 1973
Place:
chile, latin america, south america, santiago chile, washington d.c. ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Mexico, Denmark
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The story about Swedish ambassador in Chile - Harald Edelstam - and his heroic actions to protect the innocent people from the execution during and after the military coup on September 11th 1973.
Style:
serious, captivating, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
coup d'etat, military coup, ambassador, politics, society, life is a bitch, political unrest, injustice, human spirit, revolution, diplomacy, human rights ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1973
Place:
chile, latin america, europe, south america
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Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, Mexico
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In Chile, 1973, during the last days of Salvador Allende's presidency, an employee at a Morgue's recording office falls for a burlesque dancer who mysteriously disappears.
Style:
captivating, serious, sincere, atmospheric, disturbing ...
Plot:
morgue, autopsy, latin american history, missing person, obsessive quest, love and romance, political unrest, cabaret, imperialism, coup d'etat, unsettling, coup ...
Time:
70s, 2010s, year 2010, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
latin america, chile, south america, bolivia
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Chile, France, Mexico, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to Pinochet extending his rule for another eight years. Opposition ...
Style:
political, cerebral, psychological, sentimental, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dictatorship, campaign, democracy, protest, politics, advertising, underdog, dictator, political conspiracy, society, exile, rebellion ...
Time:
80s, year 2012, year 1988, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place:
chile, latin america, santiago chile, south america, venezuela ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: Argentina, UK, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
In a David-vs-Goliath battle and under constant threat, Julio Strassera, Luis Moreno Ocampo and their young legal team of unlikely heroes dared to prosecute Argentina’s bloodiest military dictatorship against all odds and in a race against time to ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, psychological, intellectual, social ...
Plot:
military dictatorship, lawyer, court, boy, politics, trial, attorney, courtroom, murder, investigation, courtroom drama, lawyers and clients ...
Time:
year 1985, year 1984, 80s
Place:
argentina, venezuela, brazil, italy, germany ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Tomás Kóblic, a former pilot and captain of the Argentinian Navy, disobeys an order and becomes a fugitive in order to survive. He chooses to hide in a small town in the south of the country, where his presence will catch the attention of the ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, social, intellectual ...
Plot:
military dictatorship, forced incest, haunted by the past, sex scene, military, guilty conscience, murder, colonel, dog, airplane, pilot, uncle ...
Time:
year 1977, year 2016, 70s
Place:
argentina, italy, south america, europe, spain ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Cristina's life is thrown into turmoil when she is suddenly escorted from her strict Catholic school in Buenos Aires and told that she is really Sofía Lombardi, the daughter of activists who disappeared in the '70s. Questioning everything ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, suspenseful, political ...
Plot:
family relations, society, uncover truth, haunted by the past, against humanity, life is a bitch, adoption, missing person, political unrest, teenage life, hidden truth, kidnapping ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
latin america, spain, france, italy, europe ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain, Brazil
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Juan lives in clandestinity. Just like his mum, his dad and his adored uncle Beto, outside his home he has another name. At school, Juan is known as Ernesto. And he meets María, who only has one name. Based on true facts, set in the Argentina of ...
Style:
serious, atmospheric, realistic, intellectual, social
Plot:
dictatorship, youth, coming of age, family relations, disappearance, hidden identity, school, family life, disorder, parents and children, dishonesty, boy ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1979
Place:
latin america, argentina, buenos aires argentina, italy, south america ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The true story of four men who narrowly escaped death at the hands of Argentina's military death squads during the 1970s is brought to the screen in this thriller. In 1977, Claudio Tamburrini (Rodrigo de la Serna) was a goalie for a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, thrilling, crime drama ...
Plot:
dictatorship, politics, false accusation, murder, prison, terrorism, on the run, danger, prison escape, football, operation condor, prison life ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
latin america, south america, argentina, bolivia, europe ...
Is relevant?
355
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Nothing is more important to Mexican-American Marta Delacruz than her quinceanera -- the traditional 15th birthday celebration that symbolically ushers a young girl into adulthood. Marta is understandably angry and resentful when her father cancels ...
Style:
hispanic
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, gang, quinceanera, amnesty, brother sister relationship, husband wife relationship, school, father daughter relationship, celebration, forgiveness, dream, promotion ...
Place:
los angeles, california
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Gangster (Lino Ventura) with his accomplice (Charles Gérard), prepares to take part in the "first psychological hold-up in the history of crime". Next door to the jewellers of Van Cleef & Arpels, on the Croisette, in Cannes, the ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, stylized, humorous, clever ...
Plot:
caper, robbery, jewel theft, gay club, jewelry, new year, couples, love and romance, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, crime gone awry, on the run ...
Time:
70s, 60s, year 1967, year 1973, year 1972 ...
Place:
france, europe, paris france, marseille
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, France, Spain
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
June 1946: Stalin invites Russian emigres to return to the motherland. It's a trap: when a ship-load from France arrives in Odessa, only a physician and his family are spared execution or prison. He and his French wife (her passport ripped up) ...
Style:
touching, heartbreaking, harsh, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot:
iron curtain, propaganda, kgb, communism, stalinism, destiny, survival, brutality, tragedy, runaway, brainwashing, love story ...
Time:
1940s, year 1999, 20th century, post world war two, year 1946
Place:
france, russia, soviet union, europe, ussr ...
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Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, France, China, Cambodia, USA, Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Based on the true life experience of Billy Moore who survived his Thai prison ordeal by becoming a Muay Thai boxing champion.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, suspense, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
boxing, prison, brutality, prison rape, tattoo, violence, male rape, boxing match, friendship, drug addict, muay thai, martial arts ...
Time:
2000s, year 2017, year 2010
Place:
bangkok thailand, thailand
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In 1953, the year Stalin died, many prisoners (some political, but mostly common criminals) were released from the Soviet Gulags. This is the story of a remote settlement which was under attack by a bunch of these recently-released blood-thirsty ...
Style:
rough, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, cold weather, injustice, village life, criminal heroes, village, fighting crime, life is a bitch, down on your luck, danger, rivalry, perestroika ...
Time:
1950s, year 1953, 50s
Place:
russia, soviet union, siberia, ussr, moscow russia
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Gunslinger Clayton Drumm (Testi) is about to be hanged when he is given a chance to live if he will agree to murder Matthew (Oates), a miner who has steadfastly refused to sell his land to the railroad company. Matthew’s refusal is a major ...
Style:
spaghetti western, independent film, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
skinny dipping, prostitute, ranch, hired killer, brothel, attempted rape, hanging, old west, hitman, jail cell, acrobat, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
year 1978
Place:
arizona
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Brazil, the 1920s. The sadistic colonel Minas massacres the hometown of a famous cangaceiro (a kind of revolutionary bandit). The only survivor is a young farmer called Espedito; he is nursed back to health by a (crazy?) hermit who thinks he has ...
Style:
spaghetti western, cult classic, euro western
Plot:
oil, village, rebel, wild west, cannon, shooting, shootout, poverty, governor, pistol, soldier, violence ...
Place:
brazil
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Anna, a nurse, meets her wartime lover Marcel in 1951. Learning that he has been sentenced to death for his role in the Home Army, she hides him in her cellar for five years. She gets pregnant with his child and has the baby out of the wedlock. ...
Style:
period piece
Plot:
death, persecution, polish history, lovers, chase, basement, nurse, pneumonia, escape, secret life, doctor, hiding place ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A famous gunman decides to change his life around and turn himself in when amnesty is declared by the new governor of the New Mexico Territory, but a vindictive sheriff sets out to stop him from reaching the Territory.
Style:
spaghetti western, euro western
Plot:
gunslinger, sheriff, outlaw, gun fu, wild west, bare chested male, fugitive, heroes, gunfight, showdown, brawl, tragic hero ...
Place:
new mexico
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two intertwined families, one American, one Mexican, and their fight to save three year old illegal Angelina from deportation.
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, intercultural, political, tense ...
Plot:
immigration, deportation, family bonds, social issues, undocumented immigrant, human rights, child protagonist, justice, cultural conflict, legal battle, empathy, moral dilemma ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A former counterrevolutionary pirate befriends a mentally ill young woman and this in turn leads to tragedy when she falls in love with a French naval officer.
Plot:
sailor, pirate, peplum, napoleonic wars, french revolution, redheaded woman, swashbuckler, boat, treasure, mediterranean, duel, amnesty ...
Time:
year 1967, 18th century
Place:
mediterranean sea, france
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Genre: Drama
Country: Peru
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Juan, a young man convicted of terrorism, is given amnesty from a Lima prison; he boards a bus to return home and, in his mind's eye, recalls events in his village near Huaraz when he was 10 or 12. His father is long dead, his mother lives with ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot:
youth, love and romance, chaos and mayhem, friend, reunited friends, terrorism, juvenile detention, prison, coming of age, chaos, society, innocence lost ...
Time:
80s
Place:
latin america, peru
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In a farmhouse in southern Italy, an old woman dies. Her husband summons their sons: from Rome, Raffaele, a judge facing a political case for which he risks assassination; from Naples, the religious and ideological Rocco, a counselor at a ...
Style:
contemplative, realistic, serious, touching, gloomy ...
Plot:
chess, peasant, terrorism, mafia, death, funeral, family relations, hopes, farm, social worker, estrangement, family problems ...
Time:
year 1981, 20th century, 80s
Place:
italy, europe, naples italy, germany, southern italy ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In this sly Mexican sex comedy, a manipulative mama deftly manages the life of her homosexual son so that he can have his cake and eat it too. A woman of means, she does this by allowing her son, a doctor, to tryst in her home with his lover. ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, biting, cynical, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
lgbt, doctor, sex, marriage of convenience, marriage proposal, glbt, lgbtq, family relations, gay subtext, mother son relationship, couple relations, feminism ...
Time:
year 1985, 80s
Place:
mexico, latin america, new orleans, germany, hawaii
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