Civil unrest movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant civil unrest movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, suspense, captivating, independent film and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with civil unrest, protest, murder, politics, society, police, death, violence, fight and blood plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Action genres shot in USA, France, Sweden and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as civil unrest: Gangs of New York (2002), Hunt (2022), Kung Fu Hustle (2004), Enforcement (2020), Huss (2021), Awakening of Insects (2019), Brutus vs César (2020), Even the Rain (2010), Dear Comrades! (2020), Michael Collins (1996).

List of civil unrest movies

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Gangs of New York (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 167 min.
Story: It's 1863. America was born in the streets. Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points of America to seek vengeance against the psychotic gangland kingpin, Bill the Butcher, who murdered his father years earlier. With an eager pickpocket by ...
Style: epic, rough, tense, atmospheric, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: revenge, gang, gangster, vengeance, organized crime, street gang, racism, crime boss, betrayal, violent, courage, gang war ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s, edwardian era, 50s ...
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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 6.7
 5K
Hunt (2022)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 131 min.
Story: After a high-ranking North Korean official requests asylum, KCIA Foreign Unit chief Park Pyong-ho and Domestic Unit chief Kim Jung-do are tasked with uncovering a North Korean spy, known as Donglim, who is deeply embedded within their agency. When ...
Style: suspenseful, captivating, psychological, surprise ending
Plot: espionage, politics, secret agent, inter-korean relations, double agent, intelligence agency, civil unrest, traitor, assassination plot, special agent, spy mission, counter intelligence ...
Time: 80s
Place: korea, south korea, seoul, tokyo, north korea ...
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 7.7
 150K
Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong, China, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Set in Canton, China in the 1940s, the story revolves in a town ruled by the Axe Gang, Sing who desperately wants to become a member. He stumbles into a slum ruled by eccentric landlords who turns out to be the greatest kung-fu masters in disguise. ...
Style: humorous, stylized, surreal, parody, spoof ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, gangster, kung fu fighting, master warrior, heroes, mob boss, wuxia, gang, murder, contests and competitions, tough guy ...
Time: 1940s, 2000s, year 2004, 20th century
Place: china, east asia, shanghai, asia
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 6.5
 7K
Enforcement (2020)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The exact details of what took place while Talib Ben Hassi was in police custody remain unclear. Police officers, Jens and Mike, are on routine patrol in Svalegården's ghetto when news of Talib's death comes in over the radio, igniting ...
Style: tense, suspense, captivating, perverse, hood ...
Plot: gang, ghetto, police partner, teenage boy, riot, police officer, partner, urban ghetto, civil unrest, showdown, struggle for survival, trapped ...
Place: copenhagen, denmark
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 6.7
 1K
Huss (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: When Katarina Huss starts as a police officer, she must learn to cope with the hard everyday life on the streets of Gothenburg. At the same time, her colleagues seem to be hiding something and soon she is drawn into a tangle of corruption and ...
Style: captivating, suspense, disturbing, tense, suspenseful
Plot: police, policewoman, female protagonist, disorder, civil unrest, coworker, fighting crime, corruption, police station, nordic, female police officer, police officer
Place: scandinavia, eastern europe
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Awakening of Insects (2019)
Genre: Drama, History, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: China
TV show
Story: Set during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai in 1941, the drama follows Chen Shan who was forced to be a Japanese spy to save his younger sister who was held in captive; and his journey to become a patriotic fighter.
Style: psychological, disturbing, suspense, captivating
Plot: conflict, society, patriot, ethnic conflict, public, civil unrest, fight for supremacy, fight, battles, patriotism, world war two, spy ...
Time: 1940s
Place: china
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Brutus vs César (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Faced with the tyranny of Caesar who acts as absolute master over Rome, Senators Rufus and Cassius form a plot to assassinate him.
Style: light, not serious, humorous, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot: roman, roman empire, ancient history, julius caesar, ancient rome, goofy hero, assassination plot, conspiracy, intrigue, politics, escapades, fight scenes ...
Place: rome italy
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 7.4
 14K
Even the Rain (2010)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain, Mexico, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Focuses on Sebastian and Costa, obsessive filmmakers who, in their quest to uncover the myth of Christopher Columbus and resistance to colonial power by Indian rebel Hatuey, ultimately end up embroiled in a modern revolt against Western ...
Style: political, talky, visually appealing, tense, harsh ...
Plot: filmmaking, politics, protest, culture clash, society, rebellion, demonstration, prejudice, audition, unlikely friendships, storytelling, mentor ...
Time: year 2010, year 2000, 21st century
Place: bolivia, latin america
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Dear Comrades! (2020)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Novocherkassk, USSR, 1962. Liudmila is a Party executive and devout communist who fought at the front of WWII for Stalin’s ideology. Certain that her contribution will create a communist society, she detests any anti-Soviet sentiment. During a ...
Style: exciting, suspense, realistic, psychological, black and white ...
Plot: rebellion, communist party, anti communism, communist, brutality, riot, mother daughter relationship, labor union, labor strike, cold war, conflict, tyrant ...
Time: year 1962, 60s
Place: ussr, russia, soviet union
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Michael Collins (1996)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Ireland, UK
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a completely independent Irish republic.
Style: political, brutal, harsh, intense, factual ...
Plot: politics, terrorism, biopic, revolution, civil war, irish history, ira, fighting the system, freedom, british empire, fight, secret service ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century, edwardian era, 90s, 1910s ...
Place: ireland, england, london, northern ireland, europe ...
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 7.2
 78K
Strange Days (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: Set in the year 1999 during the last days of the old millennium, the movie tells the story of Lenny Nero, an ex-cop who now deals with data-discs containing recorded memories and emotions. One day he receives a disc which contains the memories of a ...
Style: tech noir, futuristic, cyber, serious, psychological ...
Plot: cyberpunk, virtual reality, murder, dystopia, police brutality, conspiracy, violence, corruption, haunted by the past, uncover truth, serial killer, computer ...
Time: future, 20th century, year 1995, near future, year 1999 ...
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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 6.3
 64K
Spectral (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural being that have taken over a European city.
Style: stylized, exciting, suspenseful, serious, intense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: supernatural, danger, science, technology, chase, military, heroes, heroic mission, chaos and mayhem, escapades, super soldier, survival ...
Time: future, near future
Place: virginia, usa, eastern europe, new york
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 6.3
 30K
Risen (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Clavius, a powerful Roman military tribune, and his aide, Lucius, are tasked with solving the mystery of what happened to Jesus in the weeks following the crucifixion, in order to disprove the rumors of a risen Messiah and prevent an uprising in ...
Style: biblical, christian film, atmospheric, historical drama, tense ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: christianity, roman empire, apostle, investigation, jesus christ, easter, resurrection, messiah, religion, jesus, religious, christian ...
Time: 1st century, biblical epic, 1930s
Place: jerusalem, china
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 7.6
 26K
Bloody Sunday (2002)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Ireland, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a massacre by British troops.
Style: political, bleak, rough, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: ira, rebellion, civil rights, protest, conflict, politics, terrorism, injustice, civil war, ethnic conflict, political unrest, fighting the system ...
Time: year 2002, 70s, 90s, 20th century, year 1972 ...
Place: ireland, europe, northern ireland, united kingdom
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 3.3
 2K
The Reliant (2019)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Economic collapse causes widespread rioting and social unrest, leaving a lovesick 19-year-old girl struggling to care for her siblings in a stretch of woods bordered by lawless anarchy, wondering why a good God would let this happen.
Style: disgusting, patriotic, christian film
Plot: religious, riot, anarchy, lawlessness, patriot, distopia, god, civil unrest, revenge, survival, religion, forgiveness ...
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Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976)
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The European equivalent of "The Return of the Secaucus 7," this Swiss film looks at the lives of several men and women in their 30s as they confront the slim gains of the "revolutionary" sixties. Max, a dissatisfied copy editor; ...
Style: talky, experimental, contemplative, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: utopia, anarchist, politics, rebellion, protest, civil unrest, bohemian, professor, friends, couples, idealism, self discovery ...
Time: future, year 1976, 60s, 70s
Place: switzerland, paris france, geneva switzerland, europe, france
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 4.7
 12K
Ishtar (1987)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Music, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the CIA, the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime
Style: humorous, light, talky, feel good, not serious ...
Plot: politics, fish out of water, camel, friendship, friendship between men, nightclub singer, partner, disorder, nothing goes right, misfit partners, state affairs, satire ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: morocco, sahara, middle east, austin texas, africa ...
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Zabriskie Point (1970)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: An epic portrait of late Sixties America, as seen through the portrayal of two of its children: anthropology student Daria (who's helping a property developer build a village in the Los Angeles desert) and dropout Mark (who's wanted by the ...
Style: road movie, surreal, serious, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot: hippie, desert, counterculture, on the road, sex orgy, rebellion, politics, materialism, love and romance, rebelliousness, twentysomething life, parents and children ...
Time: 20th century, year 1970, 70s, 60s
Place: los angeles, usa, california, italy, phoenix arizona ...
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Exterior Night (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 330 min.
TV show
Story: The 1978 kidnapping and assassination of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro by Red Brigades terrorists
Style: factual
Plot: alternate history, resistance, fascism, italian history, corruption, vatican, terrorism, years of lead, cold war, anti capitalism, grandfather grandson relationship, nightmare ...
Time: 70s, year 1978
Place: switzerland, italy, rome italy
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Britannia Hospital (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative reporter Mick Travis arrives to cover the celebration, he finds the hospital under siege by ...
Style: dark comedy, surreal, mind bending, psychedelic, cult classic ...
Plot: hospital, medical, satire, social satire, hoodie, medicine, medical experiment, naked man, frankenstein's monster, nudity, chaos, dark humor ...
Time: year 1982, 80s, 20th century, 70s
Place: britain, england, europe
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 6.7
 2K
Walkout (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Walkout is the true story of a young Mexican American high school teacher, Sal Castro. He mentors a group of students in East Los Angeles, when the students decide to stage a peaceful walkout to protest the injustices of the public school system. ...
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, captivating, political ...
Plot: politics, discrimination, society, righting the wronged, fighting the system, teachers and students, lifestyle, rebelliousness, dedicated educator, activism, resistance, high school ...
Time: 60s, year 1969, year 1968
Place: los angeles, california, usa, malibu california
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 7.5
 5K
Gueros (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Set amidst the 1999 student strikes in Mexico City, this coming-of-age tale finds two brothers venturing through the city in a sentimental search for an aging legendary musician. Shot in black-and-white, Güeros brims with youthful exuberance.
Style: road movie, humorous, captivating, light, black and white ...
Plot: coming of age, brother brother relationship, on the road, friendship, family relations, disorder, escapades, youth, migrant, phd, latina, boy ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: mexico, mexico city
Is relevant ?
 7.4
 6K
Clash (2016)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Egypt, France, Germany, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Inspired by a real event , Clash takes place almost entirely in a riot van during a demonstration in Cairo after the removal of President Morsi in 2013.
Style: suspense, emotional, rough, disturbing, political ...
Plot: arab, muslim, egyptian revolution, humiliation, death, journalist, riot, protest, chaos, street riots, lynching, nurse ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s
Place: egypt, africa, middle east, maghreb, cairo egypt ...
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The Nile Hilton Incident (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Morocco, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In Cairo, weeks before the 2011 revolution, Police Detective Noredin is working in the infamous Kasr el-Nil Police Station when he is handed the case of a murdered singer. He soon realizes that the investigation concerns the power elite, close to ...
Style: suspense, crime thriller, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: police corruption, hotel, murder investigation, murder, witness, riot, member of parliament, police detective, revolution, intrigue, twists and turns, black ...
Time: year 2017, year 2011, 2010s
Place: egypt, cairo egypt, middle east, maghreb, africa
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Day of Resurrection (1980)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 156 min.
Story: Scientists in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure to a military virus that was released in a plane crash and has wiped out the rest of the world.
Style: retro, cult classic, serious, suspenseful, futuristic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: pandemic, apocalypse, disaster, epidemic, virus, submarine, post apocalypse, deadly virus, biohazard, nuclear holocaust, infection, dystopian future ...
Time: year 1980, 80s, year 1988, year 1982, year 1983 ...
Place: antarctica, new york, london, tokyo, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
Is relevant ?
 8.2
 3K
Edvard Munch (1974)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Mystery, Romance
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 210 min.
Story: A biographical film about the Norwegian Expressionist painter Edvard Munch. It was originally created as a three-part miniseries co-produced by the Norwegian and Swedish state television networks, but subsequently gained an American theatrical ...
Style: expressionism, art film, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot: painter, painting, biopic, artist, art, art history, philosophy, disease, artists' life, depression, famous, based on real people ...
Time: year 1974, 19th century, 1890s, 1900s, 1870s ...
Place: germany, copenhagen, berlin germany, paris france, oslo norway
Is relevant ?
 6.0
 11K
Boxcar Bertha (1972)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Based on "Sister of the Road," the fictionalized autobiography of radical and transient Bertha Thompson as written by physician Dr. Ben L. Reitman, 'Boxcar' Bertha Thompson, a woman labor organizer in Arkansas during the ...
Style: grindhouse, lyrical, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: lovers on the run, depression, justice, visceral, mafia, loneliness, train, female nudity, chases and races, on the road, great depression, anarchist ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, year 1972
Place: usa, arkansas, chicago, illinois, memphis
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Year of the Gun (1991)
Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In this thriller, American novelist David Raybourne (Andrew McCarthy) accidentally becomes entangled in the Red Brigade's terrorist plan to kidnap Italian Premier Aldo Moro during a research trip to Rome. As the terrorists attempt to kill ...
Style: suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Plot: terrorism, political intrigue, journalism, mistaken identity, politics, journalist, spy, sexual content, italian history, explosions, photojournalism, writers ...
Time: 70s, year 1991, 20th century, year 1978
Place: italy, rome italy, europe, venice
Is relevant ?
 8.2
 133K
Watchmen (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 527 min.
TV show
Story: Television series based on the comic-book 'Watchmen', which was published by DC Comics in 1986 - 1987.
Style: atmospheric, bleak, non-linear, suspense, dark ...
Plot: superhero, villain, anti hero, vigilantism, team, black, heroes, racial slur, racial tension, police officer, racial discrimination, fight ...
Time: 2010s, 90s, year 2019
Place: usa, new york
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Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min.
Story: United States President Lex Luthor uses the oncoming trajectory of a Kryptonite meteor to frame Superman and declare a $1 billion bounty on the heads of the Man of Steel and his ‘partner in crime’, Batman. Heroes and villains alike launch a ...
Style: stylized, anime, atmospheric, talky, exciting ...
Audience: kids
Plot: superhero, batman, good versus evil, justice, false accusation, frame up, superman, violence, transformation, comic book, heroes, fight scenes ...
Time: year 2016
Place: washington d.c., new york, tokyo, japan
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