Revolt movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant revolt movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, tense, suspenseful, suspense, serious and bleak films and TV shows about / with revolt, rebellion, survival, resistance, murder, oppression, revenge, violence, fight and battles plots mostly in Drama, Action and Thriller genres shot in USA, France, India and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as revolt: Snowpiercer (2013), Union of Salvation (2019), Red Psalm (1972), Burnt Out (2005), Braveheart (1995), Battlefield Earth (2000), Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War (2002), Red Dawn (1984), The Middle Passage (2000), Kings (2017).
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418K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Czech Republic
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, thought provoking, allegory, philosophical ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
train, post apocalypse, survival, distopia, dystopian future, dystopia, revolution, rebellion, violence, social differences, class struggle, winter ...
Time:
future, near future, 2030s, year 2013, year 2014 ...
Place:
east asia, britain, south korea
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Russian troops occupied Paris. Russia became the first power in the world. Now everything seems possible. Young winners, guards officers, are sure that equality and freedom will come - here and now. For this they are ready to sacrifice everything - ...
Style:
suspense, realistic, exciting, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
revolt, power struggle, czar, russian empire, pledge of allegiance, army, rebellion, cold weather, riot, military officer, russian revolution, fight for supremacy ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s
Place:
russia
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Genre: Drama, Musical, War
Country: Hungary
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Set in the 1890s on the Hungarian plains, a group of farm workers go on strike in which they face harsh reprisals and the reality of revolt, oppression, morality and violence.
Style:
political, contemplative, period drama
Plot:
revolt, surrealism, revolution, dancing, soldier, priest, female nudity, socialism, river, farmer, marxism, reform ...
Time:
1890s, 19th century
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434
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
François Durrieux, a man in his forties, married to Clémence and father of Benjamin, has been employed for years by the firm DSBO. In order not to lose his job, he always submits to his boss's demands whether it means working after office ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
workplace, revolt, friendship, parents and children, fighting the system, boss and employee, workplace situations, power relations, suffering, employee, middle aged man, suicide ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
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1.2M
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against ...
Style:
epic, factual, bloody, scenic, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
sword fight, war, courage, freedom, medieval, vengeance, tragic hero, battles, military, love story, warrior, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 14th century, ancient times, 20th century ...
Place:
scotland, england, europe, scottish highlands, britain ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In the year 3000, man is no match for the Psychlos, a greedy, manipulative race of aliens on a quest for ultimate profit. Led by the powerful Terl, the Psychlos are stripping Earth clean of its natural resources, using the broken remnants of ...
Style:
futuristic, cult classic, dutch angle, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, alien, post apocalypse, evil alien, heroic mission, violence, slavery, escape attempt, danger, escapades, survival, rat ...
Time:
future, year 2000, y2k, distant future
Place:
denver colorado, washington d.c.
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
Years before he becomes the tyrannical president of Panem, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow sees a chance for a change in fortunes when he mentors Lucy Gray Baird, the female tribute from District 12.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating, crying, fairy tale ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
dystopia, arena, mentor, fight to the death, death of friend, flashback, deception, singing, execution, murder, fight, love ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, India
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A woman, attended by two midwives, is giving birth in a small village in India. When the child's cry rings, the father bangs on a steel plate to attract the attention of all the villagers, ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, sexual, suspenseful, mind blowing ...
Plot:
gender, gang rape, physical abuse, marriage, dowry, jealousy, greed, revolt, incest, society, social decay, dystopian future ...
Time:
future
Place:
india, asia
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After her husband's death, woman starts looking for independence.
Style:
humorous, touching, feel good, captivating, light ...
Plot:
retirement home, elderly, life turned upside down, rebelliousness, family problems, revolt, widow, protest, humour, strong female presence, social relations, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
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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: Drama, History
Country: France, Martinique
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A realistic look at the horrors of the slave trade, told entirely through the voice of a dead African slave whose spirit haunts the ocean route
Style:
realistic, rough, serious, sentimental, suspenseful ...
Plot:
slave trade, slavery, genocide, social injustice, human rights, captive, prisoner, freedom, revolt, protest, racism, anguish ...
Place:
africa, atlantic ocean, senegal
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4K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, China, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A foster family in South Central a few weeks before the city erupts in violence following the verdict of the Rodney King trial in 1992.
Style:
social, bleak, suspense, serious, teen ...
Plot:
death, racism, sex scene, neighbor, erotic dream, african american, chaos and mayhem, children, protest, absent mother, riot, foster child ...
Time:
90s, year 1991, year 1992
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
After the uprising at Wushe, Mona Rudao faces a guerrilla war against the militarily superior Japanese and Seediq clans. He and his followers must fight for their dignity and honor so that they can truly be "Seediq Bale" or "real ...
Style:
historical drama, captivating, tense, intense, epic ...
Plot:
japanese occupation, medieval, rebellion, revolt, colonialism, resistance, honor, war, battles, martial arts, fight, power struggle ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
taiwan
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Genre: Action, Biography, History
Country: Iran
Story:
Based on the true story of the Azari war hero, Satar Khan, during the time of the Constitutional Revolution. The story follows Satar and Heidar as they join another hero Bagher Khan.
Style:
dramatic, epic, patriotic, tense, educational ...
Plot:
revolution, revolt, biopic, heroism, struggle, bravery, resistance, nationalism, battles, national identity, military, sacrifice ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
iran, tehran iran
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Genre: Action, Fantasy
Country: Argentina, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In a world where women rule and men are meant only for breeding purposes, two women start a revolt against the system when they begin to believe that the men are treated poorly.
Style:
fantasy adventure, action adventure, action packed, suspense
Plot:
matriarchy, sword and sorcery, female whipping, sorcery, female warrior, revolt, rebellion, heroine, dystopia, justice, mysterious stranger, revenge ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
Kazakhstan. 1954. Copper mines. Concentration camp. In the center of the plot - a revolt which prisoners raised in protest against the inhuman treatment.
Style:
historical drama, serious, period piece, bleak, intense ...
Plot:
prison, revolt, concentration camp, oppression, escape, brutality, resistance, gulag, dehumanization, injustice, forced labor, political repression ...
Time:
year 1954, 1950s
Place:
kazakhstan, soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
An atrocious British general is in charge of a secluded fictional village in pre-Independence Madras. Spanning in three days, from 14 August to 16 August 1947 and follows the illiterate and oppressed villagers’ lives as they fail to receive the ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, historical drama, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
colonialism, oppression, revolt, social injustice, resistance, battles, villager, countryside, fight, intrigue, nationalism, isolation ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An amateur fighter is lured by a trafficking syndicate specializing in elite underground fighting where her brutal captor forces her to fight or face certain death.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, intense, action thriller ...
Plot:
underground fighting, martial arts, female wrestler, kidnapping, kidnapped woman, kick-butt women, female empowerment, human trafficking, revolt, fight, organized crime, female protagonist ...
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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, Crime, Drama, History
Country: China
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
Toward the end of Northern Song Dynasty, the government was deeply corrupted. The oppressed people finally rebelled. A hundred and eight men and women fought against the government and took their last stand in a place called Liangshan.
Style:
historical drama, captivating, epic, costume drama, period drama
Plot:
battles, outlaw, martial arts, heroism, corruption, brotherhood, rebellion, adaptation, wuxia, fighting the system, revolt, political corruption ...
Time:
11th century
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iceland
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Einar, a charismatic history teacher is committed to a remote mental asylum in Iceland. During the bank holiday weekend he initiates an uprising that transforms into a proper revolution where the lunatics literally take over the asylum.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, satirical, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
mental illness, mental institution, revolution, satire, rebellion, psycho, revolt, mental patient, mentally unstable, escapades, disturbed individual, rebelliousness ...
Time:
90s
Place:
iceland
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
“Keep it clean!” – The new president is serious about that, including looks. When Paul, whose large jug ears are quite apparent on class photo day, and some of the other “ugly” kids are taken on a surprise trip, they realize that the ...
Style:
bleak, suspense, disturbing, unusual plot structure, dark comedy ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
escape, children, deformity, coming of age, rebellion, politics, revolt, teenager, society, dictatorship, escapades, revolution ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
netherlands
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After the death of his brother, Mick travels to America to seek Justice. Wrongly convicted of extortion and attempted murder, Mick is sent to Pleasant Hill Penitentiary's notorious death block 13. Seething with revenge after discovering the ...
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
prison, wrongful conviction, prison gang, prison escape, escape, revenge, prison break, jail, revolt, prison fight, prison riot, prison life ...
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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: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Angel Beats takes place in the afterlife and focuses on Otonashi, a boy who lost his memories of his life after dying. He is enrolled into the afterlife school and meets a girl named Yuri who invites him to join the Afterlife Battlefront — an ...
Style:
anime, cute, touching, psychological, light ...
Plot:
supernatural ability, young heroes, high school, school, reincarnation, art, christ allegory, life after death, revolt, rebellion, teenage life, parents and children ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
An MLA and his son, who are from oppressed community, are forced to stand up against the privileged, arrogant scion of a late politician, who is determined to make them bow down to him.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, dramatic, bleak, serious ...
Plot:
politician, power struggle, social justice, oppression, revolt, combat, scuffle, beaten up, blood, fistfight, power, rebelliousness ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story:
The fate of two brothers diverge after the murder of their coal miner father, with one joining the mob and the other becoming a successful lawyer.
Style:
tense, suspense, emotional, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
small town, intrigue, mine, miner, class conflict, family drama, body swapping, brothers, family secret, sibling rivalry, tragedy, ambition ...
Place:
korea
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11K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Mexico, France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In the near future, a popular uprising in Mexico City interrupts a wedding held at the home of a wealthy family. After the riots have been quashed, they discover the bride has gone missing and plea with the military to help locate her.
Style:
tense, captivating, social, mindfuck, surreal ...
Plot:
revolution, sexual assault, male nudity, female nudity, class differences, working class, social relations, class conflict, social problems, class struggle, troubled marriage, high society ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Narrates the preparation for a wedding of a Spanish couple in which everything goes wrong.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, romantic
Plot:
wedding, blackmail, air traffic controller, bride and groom, wedding preparations and rituals, nothing goes right, fiancee, plan gone awry, comedy of errors, engaged, road trip, groom ...
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A hard-nosed detective deliberately commits a crime to get thrown in prison, allowing him the chance to seek vengeance on a criminal serving a life sentence for brutally murdering his wife.
Style:
perverse, suspense, entertaining, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, revenge, lone hero, prisoner, obsession, life & death, human nature, injustice, transformation, tough guy, life turned upside down, prison life ...
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