Political persecution movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant political persecution movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, suspense, tense, historical drama, suspenseful and psychological films and TV shows about / with political persecution, politics, political unrest, biopic, police, political prisoner, escape, human rights, husband wife relationship and communism plots mostly in Drama, History and Thriller genres shot in UK, Germany, USA and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as political persecution: Neruda (2014), The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020), Five Moons Plaza (2003), Preso No. 1 (2019), De Gaulle (2006), Escape From Pretoria (2020), Amsterdam Vice (2019), Army of Thieves (2021), Corrections Class (2014), The Man with the Carnation (1980).
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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Chile
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The speech called "Yo Acuso", 1948, resulted in Pablo Neruda went underground for 13 months, and began an intensive search of the political police of the time against him.
Style:
historical drama, lyrical, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political persecution, exile, writers, poet, literary, biopic, nobel prize, problem, social problems, political repression, political unrest, writer's life ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
chile, andes mountains, latin america
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, India, UK
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
What was intended to be a peaceful protest at the 1968 Democratic National Convention turned into a violent clash with police and the National Guard. The organizers of the protest — including Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden and Bobby Seale ...
Style:
political, factual, suspense, period piece, historical drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
courtroom drama, activist, political repression, courtroom, hippie, injustice, riot, jury, lawyer, political protest, political persecution, court ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s, 2020s, year 1968, 20th century ...
Place:
chicago, oakland california, washington d.c., mississippi, ohio ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, UK, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Just the night before his retirement District Attorney Saracini is given a film showing the kidnapping of Aldo Moro. As the District Attorney takes on the case he along with his team finds more compelling and secretive evidences. Too many secrets ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, controversial
Plot:
unsolved crime, political persecution, judge, kidnapping, politician, terrorism, deception, assassination, murder, political conspiracy, political intrigue, political unrest ...
Time:
70s
Place:
italy
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of a humble farmer who becomes President of Mexico. When he is falsely accused of fraud and incarcerated, he must fight back against the corrupt system behind the scheme and clear his name for the sake of his country and family.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, political thriller, intense ...
Plot:
political repression, political intrigue, confined, political persecution, president, wrongful imprisonment, corruption, politician, jail, jailed, political prisoner, politics ...
Place:
mexico, latin america, mexico city
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Genre: Biography, History
Country: France
Duration: 210 min.
TV show
Story:
Le Grand Charles was a 2006 French TV-drama on the life of Charles de Gaulle from 1939 to 1959, written and directed by Bernard Stora. De Gaulle was played by Bernard Farcy, Winston Churchill by David Ryall, and Franklin D. Roosevelt by Robert ...
Style:
captivating, tense, thought provoking, historical drama
Plot:
french politics, political persecution, political leader, national hero, historical event, politics, political conspiracy, politician, power struggle, political unrest, political campaign, fight ...
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Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, USA, South Africa, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
South Africa, 1978. Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, two white political activists from the African National Congress imprisoned by the apartheid regime, put a plan in motion to escape from the infamous Pretoria Prison…
Style:
political, suspense, tense, atmospheric, dramatic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, apartheid, prison escape, escape, political prisoner, political activism, political activist, politics, human spirit, prison break, rebelliousness, political persecution ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place:
south africa, africa, cape town south africa, adelaide south australia, australia ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A mild-mannered police detective freshly stationed in tumultuous 1980 Amsterdam enters a race against time when he encounters a violent plot against the Dutch royal family.
Style:
tense, exciting, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
coronation, murder, vice squad, political persecution, wounded, police interrogation, riot police, snitch, bullet wound, murder investigation, drug dealer, armed robbery ...
Time:
80s, year 1980
Place:
amsterdam, netherlands, belgium
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A prequel to Zack Snyder's upcoming Army of the Dead that is said to be 'international'.
Style:
suspense, saga, romantic, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
zombie, safecracking, zombie outbreak, bank teller, safecracker, bank robbery, safe, organized crime, childhood memory, tranquilizer, home alone, red herring ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
europe, berlin germany, munich germany, prague, germany ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Lena is a bright, disabled girl who, after years spent studying at home, is keen to get back to school. She is assigned to a special class for disabled pupils who have to present themselves before a school commission at the end of the year in order ...
Style:
lyrical, emotional, compassionate, sad, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenage rape, teenager, handicapped, female protagonist, school, bullying, love, disabled person, friendship, disability, political persecution, ambition ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Greece
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The story of Nikos Belogiannis member of the communist party and officer of Ellas that has come back to Greece only to get arrested, tried for espionage on behalf of Russia and executed.
Style:
historical drama, bleak, period piece, emotional, political drama ...
Plot:
greek history, political persecution, communism, political activism, biopic, cold war, greek civil war, execution, martyrdom, sacrifice, politics, resistance fighter ...
Place:
greece
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Portugal
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Andalusia in the fifties. Enrique and Carmen just meet and fall deeply in love. Carmen gets him to stay in military service in a court of the city. Enrique, in view of the injustices he witnesses every day, realizes that to change the course of ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot:
soldier, against the rules, rebelliousness, moral dilemma, rebellion, fighting the system, life turned upside down, society, military, dishonesty, legal, state affairs ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
spain, andalusia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A timid painter falls for a charming window arranger but his inexperience, her jealous boyfriend and her sudden disappearance pose romantic challenges.
Style:
romantic
Plot:
love triangle, father son relationship, jealousy, painter, painting, neighbor, drunkenness, bankruptcy, breakup, political persecution, coworker relationship, suicidal ...
Place:
europe, prague, czech republic
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Tom and Anna Wright, a young American couple, fall into severe debt while renovating Anna's family home in London. As the couple faces the loss of their dream to have a house and start a family, they discover that the tenant in the apartment ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
couples, bag of money, life turned upside down, profanity, hidden money, drug addict, childless couple, crime gone awry, unlikely criminals, moral dilemma, criminal's revenge, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Iceland, France, Ukraine
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A middle aged woman declares war on the heavy industry in her town. She resorts to sabotage and is willing to risk everything for nature and these virgin highlands… until a Ukrainian orphan enters her life.
Style:
light, captivating, feel good, humorous, atmospheric ...
Plot:
environmental activist, adoption, climate change, sabotage, strong female character, tourist, sister sister relationship, dog, twins, environmentalism, musician, women ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iceland, sarajevo, reykjavik iceland, ukraine
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Brazil
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The movie tells the story of Laerte (Lázaro Ramos), a talented violinist who after failing to be admitted into the OSESP Orchestra is forced to give music classes to teenagers in a public school at Heliopolis. His path is full of difficulties, but ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, touching, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
music teacher, teacher, political persecution, police chase, teenager, death, police, chase, homeless, poverty, classical music, phone ringing ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
26 year-old Karl Marx embarks with his wife, Jenny, on the road to exile. In 1844 in Paris, he meets Friedrich Engels, an industrialist’s son, who has been investigating the sordid birth of the British working class. Engels, the dandy, provides ...
Style:
political, captivating, psychological, thought provoking, social ...
Plot:
capitalism, socialism, communism, communist, philosopher, poverty, biopic, factory, writers, industry, money, working class ...
Time:
ancient times, 19th century, year 2017
Place:
soviet union, paris france, manchester, london, prussia ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, India
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:
spiritual, epic, political, inspirational, breathtaking ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
protest, idealism, biopic, freedom, politics, life philosophy, independence, british empire, leadership, religious intolerance, assassination, indian history ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, year 1948, 19th century, victorian era ...
Place:
india, south africa, britain, los angeles, new delhi ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, Italy, Japan, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
With the use of flashback, an elderly Charlie Chaplin discusses his autobiography with his editor, who urges him to be more vulnerable and emotionally honest with his memoirs while journeying through his poverty-stricken childhood, closest ...
Style:
sentimental, inspirational, period piece, costume drama, factual ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
biopic, rising to stardom, mccarthyism, childhood, filmmaker, flashback, actor's life, hollywood, female nudity, success, film history, filmmaking ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 70s, 1930s, 1800s ...
Place:
london, california, england, los angeles, switzerland
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Lithuania, UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The story about one man - an artist and an intellectual - who was imprisoned by two brutal regimes, the Nazis and the Soviets. 'The Professor' is a man who lives by his own personal version of the Ten Commandments. After miraculously ...
Style:
compassionate, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
nazi, memories, world war two, life is a bitch, scientist, artist, performer's life, communism, historical figure, government agency, professor, life turned upside down ...
Place:
ussr
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Turkey, France
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
Life is good for Derya and Aziz, a celebrated artist couple from Turkey, until an incident at their play’s premiere. Suddenly targeted by the state and struggling to balance their ideals with life’s necessities, their marriage is pushed to a ...
Style:
art house, political drama
Plot:
marriage crisis, social commentary, political persecution, family drama, realism, human rights, moral dilemma, domestic drama, city life, compromise, identity crisis, reputation ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The Political drama shows the denunciation and persecution of the 19-year-old Sanne in the Nazi state. After she falls in love with her cousin, Sanne is betrayed by her jealous aunt to the Gestapo.
Style:
historical drama, bleak, period piece, tension, gloomy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female nudity, accusation, gestapo, jealousy, love, political persecution, political oppression, victimization, totalitarianism, nazi germany, forbidden love, social injustice ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
germany
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Soviet Union, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The tragic story of the life of revolutionary and romantic Nikolai Bukharin and his failed attempt to refute the charges against him. In parallel with the trial of Nikolai Bukharin, the whole life of this amazing man, who was ready to die for his ...
Style:
bleak, melancholic, tense, intellectual, grim ...
Plot:
repression, biopic, political persecution, tragedy, courtroom, historical figure, idealism, ideology, communism, totalitarianism, trial, revolutionary ...
Time:
20th century, year 1936
Place:
soviet union, eastern europe, moscow russia
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
An Iranian couple (Shohreh Aghdashloo, Mohsen Marzban) declare themselves political refugees after police detain them on their way to Cuba.
Style:
realistic, emotional, melancholic, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
political persecution, survival, migration, human rights, social realism, exile, escape attempt, tragedy, diaspora, nostalgia, sexual torture, politics ...
Time:
80s
Place:
turkey, holland, iran
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
The true story of a young couple (Babis and Eleni) fighting for love and freedom. An odyssey in and out of prisons during the dark period between the Greek civil war until the end of dictatorship in 1974
Style:
romantic drama, historical drama, period piece, bleak, suspense
Plot:
greek civil war, political persecution, star crossed lovers, tragic romance, resistance, radical, myth, greek history, artist, mythology, greek, politics ...
Place:
greece
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany, Poland, Belgium
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
During Stalin's reign of terror, Evgenia Ginzburg, a literature professor, was sent to 10 years hard labor in a gulag in Siberia. Having lost everything, and no longer wishing to live, she meets the camp doctor and begins to come back to life.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspense, historical drama
Plot:
political repression, jailed, male female relationship, gulag, political persecution, political prisoner, couple relations, love affair, wartime, relationships, love story, wartime life ...
Time:
year 1934
Place:
siberia, soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A city PR girl goes on the run accused of leaking information from the military supply company where she works. Chased by ex-soldiers she hides with her brother, a member of a shadowy hacker group, and has to choose between her luxury life - and the ...
Style:
tense, suspense, thrilling, captivating, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
escape, female protagonist, brother sister relationship, hacker, accusation, past coming back to haunt, conspiracy, whistleblower, hacking, threat, pursuit, framed for a crime ...
Place:
london
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Serbia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The story takes place around 2001, which follows the last 48 hours of Slobodan Milošević's life together with his family at large until his arrest and subsequent extradition to The Hague.
Style:
political, captivating, thrilling, psychological, political drama
Plot:
political unrest, political intrigue, society, eccentric family, politics, family problems, high society, political conspiracy, political persecution, money problems, husband wife relationship, life is a bitch ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
serbia
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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: Drama, History
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Set against Indonesia’s turbulent post-independence years in the 1960s, the story revolves around the domestic life of a woman whose personal life has been completely overturned by the political turmoil.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, independent film, period drama
Plot:
female protagonist, family problems, political persecution, despot, tragic past, dysfunctional marriage, male female relationship, life is a bitch, family relations, troubled past, confronting the past, relationship problems ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Horror
Country: Chile, Germany
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
María, a girl from Colonia Dignidad, in Chile —a kind of sectarian community, tyrannically mastered by the ruthless Paul Schäfer, a German madman, religious fanatic and child predator, who would end up turning the place into a torture center at ...
Style:
surreal, adult animation, disturbing, dark, suspenseful ...
Plot:
stop motion, wolf, pig, military dictatorship, surrealism, haunted house, female protagonist, escape, terror, doll, darkness, folklore ...
Place:
chile, germany
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