Extremist movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant extremist movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, captivating, epic, suspenseful and tense films and TV shows about / with extremist, religion, terrorism, death, terrorist, danger, murder, blood, society and religions or cults plots mostly in Drama, Action and History genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as extremist: Cavite (2005), Athena (2022), Flag (2006), Jalsa (2008), Jesus of Nazareth (1977), King Solomon's Mines (1985), Stargate (1994), The Passion of the Christ (2004), Silence (2016), Agora (2009).

List of extremist movies

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 6.0
 678
Cavite (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Adam, a security guard, travels from California to the Philippines, his native land, for his father's funeral. He arrives in Manila. As he waits, a phone rings in his backpack; he answers it, and a male voice tells him that his mother and ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, rough, tense, realistic ...
Plot: hostage, terrorism, heroes, leadership, danger, confined, chases and races, politics, homecoming, extremist, ransom, death of father ...
Place: the philippines, asia, manila philippines, san diego california
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 6.8
 22K
Athena (2022)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Hours after the tragic death of their youngest brother in unexplained circumstances, three siblings have their lives thrown into chaos.
Style: dramatic, captivating, thrilling, tense, suspense ...
Plot: gang, gangster, brother, social commentary, tragic event, fighting the system, violence, destruction, anger, family relations, mercilessness, loss of brother ...
Time: 2020s
Place: france, paris france
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 6.5
 139
Flag (2006)
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Saeko Shirasu is a 25-year-old war front-line photo-journalist who became a celebrity after taking a picture of civilians raising a makeshift UN flag in war-torn Uddiyana. The image then became an instant symbol for peace. However, just before the ...
Style: anime, mecha, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot: journalist, military officer, journalism, un, frontline, military, extremism, fight, terrorist, extremist, terrorism, wartime ...
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 7.4
 7K
Jalsa (2008)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 161 min.
Story: Sanjay falls in love with Indu. Her father Rammohan Reddy doesnt approve of it and she is married to someone else. Later, Bhagyamathi falls for him and he goes to meet her father who turns out to be Rammohan Reddy. Somewhere in between Sanjay's ...
Style: entertaining, satirical, captivating, humorous
Plot: criminal, father daughter relationship, re-education, family relations, lifestyle change, extremist, satire, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, terrorism, extremism, social problems, terrorist group ...
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Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 382 min.
TV show
Story: Passion, beauty, and brilliant storytelling are all on display in this six-hour-plus epic from Italian director Franco Zeffirelli. Robert Powell is superb in the title role, and with the overwhelming success of this TV movie throughout the world, ...
Style: biblical, epic, serious, atmospheric, inspirational ...
Plot: jesus, christianity, jesus christ, faith, religion, self sacrifice, roman empire, christian, new testament, prophet, apostle, bible ...
Time: 1st century, biblical epic, 1930s
Place: holy land, italy, tibet, ancient greece, jerusalem ...
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King Solomon's Mines (1985)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Ever in search of adventure, explorer Allan Quatermain agrees to join the beautiful Jesse Huston on a mission to locate her archaeologist father, who has been abducted for his knowledge of the legendary mines of King Solomon. As the kidnappers, led ...
Style: fantasy adventure, retro, grindhouse, funny, independent film ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: treasure, treasure hunt, chase, adventurer, giant spider, escapades, artifact, treasure hunter, lost world, cannon, afrikaans, explorer ...
Time: victorian era, year 1985, 20th century, 1910s, 1900s
Place: africa, south africa, ottoman empire
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 7.0
 204K
Stargate (1994)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France
Duration: 116 min.
Story: An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.
Style: exciting, futuristic, entertaining, visually stunning, visual ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: space travel, archaeology, space opera, slavery, pyramid, teleportation, creature, mythology, evil alien, archaeologist, ancient egypt, alien ...
Time: future, 90s, near future, 20th century, 1920s
Place: egypt, colorado, space western, middle east, africa
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The Passion of the Christ (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: "The Passion of the Christ" is a film about the last 12 hours in the life of Jesus. Director Mel Gibson received much criticism from critics and audiences for his explicit depiction of and focus on violence and on christs suffering, ...
Style: biblical, christian film, controversial, brutal, rough ...
Audience: chick flick, manly, adult
Plot: christianity, jesus, jesus christ, religion, redemption, religious, betrayal, torture, bible, roman empire, brutality, life philosophy ...
Time: year 2004, ancient times, 2000s, 1930s, 1st century ...
Place: holy land, jerusalem, rome italy, ancient greece, greece ...
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 7.2
 122K
Silence (2016)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA, UK, Taiwan, Japan, Mexico
Duration: 161 min.
Story: Two Jesuit priests travel to seventeenth century Japan which has, under the Tokugawa shogunate, banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact.
Style: philosophical, stylized, cerebral, melancholic, intellectual ...
Audience: teens
Plot: missionary, religion, christianity, religious persecution, culture clash, crisis of faith, faith, torture, doubt, betrayal, christian, clergy ...
Time: 17th century, 2010s, year 2016, year 2015
Place: japan, portugal, asia
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 7.1
 73K
Agora (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Spain, Malta, Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria and her relationship with her slave Davus, who is torn between his love for her and the possibility of gaining his freedom by joining the rising tide of Christianity.
Style: sincere, philosophical, stylized, epic, political ...
Plot: roman empire, ancient history, mathematics, atheism, medieval, impossible love, political unrest, antiquity, ancient world, historical character, religions or cults, unrequited love ...
Time: 5th century, middle ages, ancient times, medieval times
Place: ancient greece, egypt, alexandria egypt, greece, iberian peninsula ...
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Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, Spain, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.
Style: epic, biblical, stylized, serious, harsh ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: ancient egypt, god, religion, old testament, christian, bible, moses, christianity, ancient history, belief in god, slavery, judaism ...
Time: year 2014, middle ages, biblical epic, 2010s, 14th century ...
Place: egypt, holy land, middle east, xian
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 5.8
 265K
Noah (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: A man who suffers visions of an apocalyptic deluge takes measures to protect his family from the coming flood.
Style: biblical, exciting, captivating, apocalyptic, fairy tale ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, kids, chick flick
Plot: apocalypse, survival, religion, chaos, god, natural disaster, old testament, belief, ancient history, life & death, christianity, animal ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, ancient times, middle ages, biblical epic
Place: holy land, peru
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 5.7
 20K
Son of God (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: The life story of Jesus is told from his humble birth through his teachings, crucifixion and ultimate resurrection.
Style: uplifting, biblical, captivating, inspirational, historical drama ...
Plot: jesus, christianity, jesus christ, bible, tragic hero, crucifixion of jesus, prophet, religions or cults, clergy, faith, christian, religion ...
Time: 1st century
Place: holy land
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A.D. The Bible Continues (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: A.D.: The Bible Continues is a television miniseries, based on the Bible, and a sequel to the 2013 miniseries. It is produced by Roma Downey, Mark Burnett, and Richard Bedser.
Style: biblical, serious, epic, exciting, contemplative ...
Plot: religions or cults, faith, religion, christian, religious, bible, jesus, heroes, human nature, society, hopes, escapades ...
Time: 1st century, biblical epic
Place: holy land
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Kannathil Muthamittal (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story: A little girl is told by her parents that she is adopted. Determined to find her birth mother, her family eventually agrees to take her to Sri Lanka, where they are abducted by the terrorist group known as the Tamil Tigers.
Style: contemplative, serious, touching, realistic, emotional ...
Plot: suicide bomber, adoption, family relations, parents and children, uncover truth, family problems, on the run, civil war, baby, birthday, flash forward, father daughter relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, sri lanka, asia
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Girls of the Sun (2018)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Belgium, Georgia, Switzerland
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Bahar, the commanding officer of the Daughters of the Sun, a battalion made up entirely of Kurdish female soldiers, is on the cusp of liberating their town, which has been overrun by ISIS extremists.
Style: independent film, islamic
Plot: kurd, isis, islam, partisan, woman with a gun, woman, terrorist, revolution, resistance, violent, girl, prostitution ...
Place: kurdistan, middle east, maghreb
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 7.6
 70K
Hotel Mumbai (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA, UK, Singapore
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Based on the 2009 documentary Surviving Mumbai about the Mumbai attacks in 2008 at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in India.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, factual, sad ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: terrorism, terrorist attack, terrorist, jihad, hotel, religious fanatic, islamic terrorism, chaos, courage, hostage, survival, shooting ...
Time: year 2019, 2000s, year 2008
Place: india, mumbai india, australia, pakistan, bombay india ...
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 7.6
 12K
Shooting Dogs (2005)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Two westerners, a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in danger and protect the refugees, or escape the country with their lives? Based on a true story.
Style: disturbing, bleak, sad, emotional, sincere ...
Plot: genocide, politics, violence, survival, rwandan genocide, survivor, priest, teacher, against the odds, fighting the system, moral dilemma, human spirit ...
Time: year 2005, 90s, year 1994
Place: africa, rwanda, united kingdom
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 7.3
 85K
Four Lions (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Four Lions tells the story of a group of British jihadists who push their abstract dreams of glory to the breaking point. As the wheels fly off, and their competing ideologies clash, what emerges is an emotionally engaging (and entirely plausible) ...
Style: dark comedy, humorous, funny, black comedy, surreal ...
Audience: adult
Plot: terrorism, suicide, stupidity, farce, recruit, comedy of errors, islam, bomb, religion, goofy hero, plan gone awry, team ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, yorkshire, britain, iraq, pakistan ...
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Dangerous Clue (1984)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A small group of extreme Albanian nationalists are hunted by Yugoslav security services.
Plot: extremist, hunting, tragic event, traffic accident, secret service, innocent, police, traitor, receptionist, motorcycle, machine gun, hotel ...
Place: kosovo, former yugoslavia
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The Siege at Ruby Ridge (1996)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 192 min.
Story: A mini-series dramatization of the controversial 1992 attack by federal agents on the Idaho home of Randy Weaver, a white seperatist. The ten-day siege, begun over a minor gun charge, resulted in the deaths of Weaver's son, wife and dog, and a ...
Style: realistic, serious, thought provoking, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, social change, fbi, conspiracy, true crime, siege, white supremacist, shootout, extremist, police, religion, crime gone awry ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, idaho
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 5.5
 77K
Mortdecai (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Art dealer, Charles Mortdecai, searches for a stolen painting rumored to contain a secret code that gains access to hidden Nazi gold.
Style: humorous, funny, exciting, melancholic, entertaining ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot: art dealer, spy, art theft, treasure hunt, art, chase, escapades, stolen painting, eccentricity, cons and scams, british, justice ...
Time: year 2015, year 1945, year 1943
Place: england, london, los angeles, paris france, big ben london ...
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Superman: Red Son (2020)
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Set in the thick of the Cold War, Red Son introduces us to a Superman who landed in the USSR during the 1950s and grows up to become a Soviet symbol that fights for the preservation of Stalin’s brand of communism.
Style: anime, suspense, heroic, adult animation, psychotronic ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: superhero, monster, villain, violence, revenge, superman, symbolism, destruction, fictional city, artificial intelligence, human alien, escalation ...
Time: 2020s, year 1955, year 1946, year 1967, 80s ...
Place: russia, berlin germany, nevada, washington d.c., moscow russia ...
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 7.3
 260
Panchagni (1986)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story: The movie revolves around Indira, who is serving life sentence in the jail. She has been charged for the murder of Avarachan, a landlord who killed a young tribal woman after raping her.
Plot: feminist, indian woman, murder, anger, attraction, happiness, dysfunctional family, love, parole, unemployment, death of mother, activist ...
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Let's Have a Riot (1970)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Episodes centering on different aspects of early 1970s Italian life:set in a television studio, a factory, a university, and a Catholic parish.
Style: intellectual
Plot: eccentricity, illicit love, con man, years of lead, translator, mogul, police officer, weirdo, extremist, satire, revolutionary, male female relationship ...
Place: new york
Is relevant ?
 8.0
 99
Imortal (2010)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Philippines
TV show
Story: 300 years ago, a group of powerful clan came to this island. They were known as vampires or blood drinkers. They quickly grew in numbers and their violence increased. Unknown to them another powerful clan lived in the island, the werewolves. Sensing ...
Style: gothic, captivating, serious, exciting, epic ...
Plot: vampire, werewolf, love triangle, femme fatale, opposites attract, murder, love, treason, revenge, betrayal, mysterious man, mass murder ...
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 6.6
 28K
A Mighty Heart (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Based on Mariane Pearl's account of the terrifying and unforgettable story of her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl's life and death.
Style: emotional, realistic, serious, factual, political ...
Plot: loss of spouse, murder, jihad, journalism, execution, friendship, justice, storytelling, faith, new love, terrorism, death ...
Time: year 2007, september 11 2001, 2000s, 90s, 21st century
Place: pakistan, middle east, manhattan new york city, new york, los angeles ...
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 6.9
 2K
Sacred (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The year 2000 approaches in Jerusalem's Orthodox Mea Shearim quarter, where the women work, keep house, and have children so the men can study the Torah and the Talmud. Rivka is happily and passionately married to Meir, but they remain ...
Style: thinking, philosophical, controversial, realistic, serious ...
Plot: marital abuse, religion, judaism, orthodox jew, israeli, feminism, arab, women, strong female presence, rabbi, couples, family relations ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: israel, middle east, persia, palestine, jerusalem
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 6.7
 49K
The Enforcer (1976)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Dirty Harry Callahan returns again, this time saddled with a rookie female partner. Together, they must stop a terrorist group consisting of angry Vietnam veterans.
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, detective, grindhouse, perverse ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: dirty harry, murder, police, tough girl, female nudity, buddy cop, cop, gangster, investigation, serial killer, kidnapping, violence ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: san francisco, usa, california
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 4.3
 135
Crisis (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Alex reluctantly collects debts for the mob. Alex has led his brother Tony to believe that he is a shoe-salesman. However Alex's real talents will be desperately needed as the story unfolds. Tony has aligned himself with a group of mercenaries ...
Style: independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hostage, hitman, terrorism, martial arts, battles, chases and races, confined, danger, rivalry, master and servant, siblings relations, crooked businessman ...
Time: 90s
Place: canada
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