Anti capitalism movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant anti capitalism movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, thought provoking, suspense, melancholic and existential films and TV shows about / with anti capitalism, society, violence, greed, female nudity, murder, blood, death, satire and dialogue plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as anti capitalism: Sorry to Bother You (2018), Fight Club (1999), The East (2013), The Clockmaker of St. Paul (1974), The Ungrateful (1973), 8th Wonderland (2008), Epilogue (2012), Let the Wind Blow (2004), Spidarlings (2016), Network (1976).
Best films
List of anti capitalism movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which propels him into a macabre universe.
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, philosophical, absurd, surreal ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly
Plot:
black american, satire, social satire, capitalism, labor union, absurdism, labor strike, surrealism, absurd humor, slave labor, protest, performance art ...
Time:
90s, 2010s
Place:
oakland california, california
Is relevant?
2.6M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the ...
Style:
psychological, twist ending, surprise ending, cerebral, thought provoking ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, self destructing, psychology, split personality, plot twist, nihilism, insanity, obsession, dissociative identity disorder, insomnia, identity crisis, mental illness ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999, year 2013
Place:
delaware, seattle, iran, america, los angeles ...
Is relevant?
54K
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
An operative for an elite private intelligence firm finds her priorities irrevocably changed after she is tasked with infiltrating an anarchist group known for executing covert attacks upon major corporations.
Style:
suspenseful, political, cerebral, intense, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
terrorism, fighting the system, terrorist, environmentalism, espionage, anarchist, lost in the woods, undercover, working undercover, fbi, secret organization, anti capitalism ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Lyons, France. Michel Descombes is a watchmaker who lives alone with his teenage son Bernard. When the police visits and informs him that Bernard killed a man and is on the run with a girl, Michel realizes that he knew far less about his son than he ...
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, touching, sincere
Plot:
european, countryside, murder, anti capitalism, parent child relationship, legal, life is a bitch, legal action, society, introspection, small town life, small town ...
Time:
70s
Place:
france, lyon, paris france, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Somnath (Somu) lives in a shanty house in a Delhi slum with his widowed mom, and unmarried sister, Sarla. He is friendly with Calcutta-based wealthy Vikram (Vicky) Maharaj. When Vicky's dad, Damodar, has a heart attack and is advised to take ...
Style:
realistic, touching, semi serious, humorous, contemplative ...
Plot:
factory worker, factory, anti capitalism, introspection, working class, social differences, hopes, hidden identity, family relations, father son relationship, factory owner, irony of fate ...
Time:
70s
Place:
india, asia
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A website where people can virtually live in a true democracy becomes so popular that its leading members take questionable actions to improve the real world as well. This backfires and various governments brand them terrorists.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, talky, contemplative ...
Plot:
revolution, society, secret movement, fighting the system, politics, rebelliousness, social decay, political corruption, anti capitalism, political unrest, state affairs, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
205
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Hayuta and Berl, an elderly couple, find it hard to adjust to today's Israel and to the social changes surrounding them. After years of struggle, the two refuse to let go of their communal dreams, and of their revolutionary plans to build a ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, gloomy
Plot:
elderly, introspection, fighting the system, life is a bitch, society, idealism, anti capitalism, social decay, husband wife relationship, elderly lovers, public health, old age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: India, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A collegian in turbulent Mumbai attempts to improve his lifestyle.
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot:
coming of age, follow your dream, rich and poor, working class, society, youth, hopes, state affairs, parents and children, political unrest, social differences, family relations ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
asia, india, bombay india
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Musical, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Poverty stricken lovers Eden and Matilda have enough trouble just getting through the days, but when Eden buys a pet spider the real troubles start.
Style:
lgbt cinema, underground film, psychedelic, psychotronic, horror musical ...
Plot:
spider, drag queen, body horror, punk, lgbt, camp, tarantula, lgbtq, transvestite, strong female lead, punk rock, lesbian ...
Place:
england
Is relevant?
184K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A TV network cynically exploits a deranged ex-TV anchor's ravings and revelations about the media for their own profit.
Style:
clever, satirical, political, witty, black comedy ...
Plot:
media, journalism, satire, television, social commentary, media manipulation, adultery, corruption, murder, dark humor, business, assassination ...
Time:
70s, year 1976, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
usa, new york, california, manhattan new york city, middle east ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A couple moves to Patagonia escaping from the impositions of modern capitalist society. At first, the place, the people, the life seems to be what they are looking for. A new world away from everything. But soon they will discover that not ...
Style:
contemplative, melancholic, existential, art house, poetic ...
Plot:
escape, village life, self discovery, alienation, intimate, personal growth, realism, identity, bittersweet, resilience, anti capitalism, revelation ...
Place:
patagonia, argentina
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Switzerland, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
David, a recently fired scrapyard worker and Marie, a prostitute, both about 20 years old, meet on New Year's Eve in Berlin and decide to run away together. As David's arm is plastered from an accident Marie continues to prostitute herself ...
Style:
road movie, emotional, realistic, romantic drama, independent film ...
Plot:
young lovers, working class, poverty, resilience, prostitution, social commentary, survival, desperation, slice of life, urban decay, intimacy, anti capitalism ...
Place:
berlin germany, germany
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Öllers and Niederländer have everything under control. For the past six years, the two successful business consultants have been traveling through some of the seediest countries around the world in order to satisfy their clients greed. They have ...
Style:
dark comedy, semi serious, captivating, disturbing, satirical ...
Plot:
greed, money, business, satire, office politics, businessman, counselor, corporate greed, job, power struggle, ambition, absurdism ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A communist kangaroo moves in with an artist in Berlin.
Style:
light, touching, unusual plot structure, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
kangaroo, talking animal, capitalism, german humor, artists' life, unlikely friendships, art, apartment building, political satire, social satire, satire, irony ...
Place:
berlin germany
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Dreamlike satire about a young man who resists getting a job at the lone employing conglomerate in his dreary industrial town, but changes his mind when he discovers the plant's boiler room has the perfect climate to assist him with his pet ...
Style:
psychedelic, satirical, dark comedy, surreal, black comedy ...
Plot:
counterculture, employment, satire, small town, bureaucracy, conformity, machine, absurd humor, individualism, anti establishment, character study, deadpan ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, future
Place:
england
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Takeharu Takami (Ryuhei Matsuda) is a bank teller, but he becomes allergic to money. He decides not to use money at all. Takeharu decides to move to a small village in the Tohoku region. There, he encounters residents who are not so easy.
Style:
feel good, satirical, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
allergy, money, village, village life, banker, money problems, villager, satire, countryside, fish out of water, culture clash, self discovery ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Soviet Union
TV show
Story:
Love and betrayal in a small fishing village in Latvia from 1930s until the Soviet time. Time before WW2, during WW2, punishment in Siberia, Soviet Union, returning home, and above all that - undying love, that still survives no matter what. And, ...
Style:
historical drama, melancholic, emotional, period piece, family saga ...
Plot:
world war two, longing, nostalgia, forbidden love, tragic romance, loss of innocence, village life, moral ambiguity, class conflict, betrayal, trauma, survival ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 1930s
Place:
latvia, soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Canada, West Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The winner (Carole Laure) of the Miss World Virginity contest marries, escapes from her masochistic husband and ends up involved in a world of debauchery.
Style:
sexy, controversial, disturbing, surreal, erotic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
extreme, decadence, orgy, erotica, erotic scene, surrealism, breast feeding, fetish sex, virginity, virgin, female orgasm, woman in a bikini ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
amsterdam, balkan, paris france, france, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Jake Cassevetes is a world renowned shooter just back from being embedded during the U.S. invasion of Iraq. As a well-paid stringer for the networks, Jake does not buy into the currently vogue, left-wing conspiracy theory of a corporate-controlled ...
Style:
disturbing, clever, serious, realistic, political ...
Plot:
anarchist, conspiracy, politics, dishonesty, life is a bitch, rebelliousness, rebellion, society, injustice, political unrest, anarchism, anarchy ...
Time:
september 11 2001
Place:
iraq, afghanistan, new york, usa, middle east ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 202 min.
Story:
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
Style:
epic, captivating, neo noir, saga, retro ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, revenge, murder, gangster, cosa nostra, sicilian mafia, literary, immigration, crime boss, assassination, melancholy ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 1940s, 20th century, 1920s ...
Place:
cuba, sicily, new york, las vegas, italy ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A Mexican master leads a Christ figure and other disciples to a mountain of immortal wise men. The scandal of the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, writer/director Alejandro Jodorowsky's flood of sacrilegious imagery and existential symbolism in The ...
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, avant garde, atmospheric, mind bending ...
Plot:
satire, trippy, alchemist, enlightenment, surrealism, hermaphrodite, sex, spiritual journey, sex scene, absurdism, hippopotamus, lsd ...
Time:
year 1973, 70s, 20th century
Place:
mexico, south america, latin america, peru
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure. On the way, Arthur battles the Black ...
Style:
humorous, absurd, parody, spoof, surreal ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
monty python, medieval, knight, holy grail, satire, king arthur, arthurian legend, sword fight, surrealism, monk, absurd humor, camelot ...
Time:
medieval times, middle ages, 10th century, year 1975, 20th century ...
Place:
arizona, britain, europe, england, xian ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Five friends visiting their grandfather's house in the country are hunted and terrorized by a chain-saw wielding killer and his family of grave-robbing cannibals.
Style:
slasher, grindhouse, scary, suspenseful, controversial ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, massacre, cannibalism, chainsaw, masked killer, murder, homicidal maniac, psychopath, danger, macabre, killer, maniac ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1974, year 1973
Place:
texas, midwest, austin texas, usa, north america
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Stranded and alone on a desert island during a cruise, a spoiled rich woman and a deckhand fall in love and make a date to reunite after their rescue. He is stood up.
Style:
sexy, sexual, harsh, talky, melancholic ...
Plot:
island, happy ending, sodomy, survival, abuse, fall in love, master and servant, yacht, bare breasts, stranded, love story, opposites attract ...
Time:
20th century, year 1974, 70s
Place:
mediterranean sea, italy
Is relevant?
1.1M
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs ...
Style:
scary, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, frightening ...
Audience:
kids, manly, adult
Plot:
monster, alien, space travel, outer space, space and aliens, heroine, survival horror, evil alien, spaceship, female protagonist, creature, alien monster ...
Time:
future, 22nd century, 20th century, year 1979, distant future
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, War
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter ...
Style:
bleak, psychological, cult classic, surreal, sexy ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
vietnam war, jungle, insanity, anti war, military, army, secret mission, violence, mission, soldier, violent, river ...
Time:
20th century, year 1979, 60s, year 1969
Place:
vietnam, cambodia, southeast asia, asia, the philippines ...
Is relevant?
875K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Hong Kong
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
Style:
neo noir, futuristic, tech noir, atmospheric, thought provoking ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, dystopia, existentialism, dystopian future, distopia, androids, cyborgs, fugitive, police detective, fugitives, flying car ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2019, 20th century, near future ...
Place:
los angeles, california, bolivia, usa
Is relevant?
221K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent ...
Style:
surreal, cult classic, mind bending, psychological, futuristic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dystopia, dream, satire, distopia, cyberpunk, surrealism, surveillance, absurdism, fighting the system, bureaucracy, christmas, hallucination ...
Time:
future, year 1985, year 1984
Place:
england, london, britain, europe, brazil ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A model named Barbara Hallen has disappeared and her father gets private detective Sam Morgan to go to Paris to find his daughter. Barbara's trail leads Morgan to a plastic surgery clinic owned by Dr. Flamand. Morgan's investigation ...
Style:
disturbing, slasher, suspenseful, scary, rough ...
Plot:
private detective, evil doctor, death, sadism, kidnapping, hospital, mad scientist, missing person, woman in danger, murder, christmas, surgery ...
Time:
80s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A rich businessman makes a bet he can survive on the streets of a rough Los Angeles neighborhood for 30 days completely penniless. During his stay he discovers another side of life and falls in love with with a homeless woman.
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, melancholic, semi serious ...
Plot:
homeless, wealth, goofy hero, satire, poverty, homelessness, businessman, rags to riches, self discovery, survival, switching roles, social differences ...
Time:
90s, year 1991
Place:
arizona, usa, los angeles
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