Anti fascism movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant anti fascism movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, tense, bleak, political and dramatic films and TV shows about / with anti fascism, politics, betrayal, death, capitalism, storytelling, husband wife relationship, murder, resistance and revenge plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and War genres shot in France, Italy, USA and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as anti fascism: Anthropoid (2016), V for Vendetta (2005), La grande quercia (1997), The Fascist (1961), The Patients of Dr. García (2023), Burnface (2010), The Rebellion of Red Maria (2011), Hungarians (1978), Rainbow: A Private Affair (2017), Underground (1995).
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK, France, USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In December 1941, Czech soldier Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš parachute into their occupied homeland to assassinate Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich
Style:
emotional, factual, visually stunning, slasher, social ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi, conspiracy, gestapo, murderer, assassination, betrayal, nazi occupation, friendship between men, ss, suspicion, repression ...
Time:
1940s, 2010s, year 2016, 90s, y2k ...
Place:
germany, prague, central europe, munich germany, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as 'V' conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When 'V' rescues a young woman from the secret police, he ...
Style:
futuristic, philosophical, intense, captivating, neo noir ...
Audience:
manly, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
revolution, distopia, revenge, vengeance, fighting the system, dystopia, vigilante, freedom, anti hero, protest, society, masked man ...
Time:
future, year 2005, 2000s, distant future, near future ...
Place:
london, england, britain, big ben london, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In 1943, Vincenzio and Maria take their children to his father's Tuscan farm. Vincenzio commutes to Rome where he's a physician and, in the hospital basement, prints an anti-Fascist paper. His brother is in the Resistance; his father ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, suspense, tension, poignant ...
Plot:
world war two, fascism, anti fascism, german occupation, war violence, coming of age, innocence lost, survival, revenge, trauma, brotherhood, high school life ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
rome italy, tuscany, italy
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
1944. Primo Arcovazzi a fanatic member of Brigate Nere (fascist organization) is in charge to bring an opponent to the regime, Prof. George Wilson, from Abruzzo to Roma. He accepted the mandate because of his wish to be upgraded to ...
Style:
road movie, political, dark comedy, art house, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
fascism, world war two, anti fascism, satire, italian fascism, irony, journey, moral ambiguity, desolation, character study, occupation, survival ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
rome italy, europe, italy
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In 1936 Madrid, an idealistic doctor's life changes forever when he shelters a wounded spy and joins a decades-long fight against the spread of fascism.
Style:
suspenseful, historical drama, period piece, political thriller, captivating ...
Plot:
franco regime (francoism), politics, spanish civil war, anti fascism, espionage, doctor, spy, diplomat, nazi, republican, doctors and patients, nazism ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
spain, madrid
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
"Caracremada" ("Burnface" in Catalan), a nickname given by the Spanish Civil Guard to Ramon Vila Capdevila, reflects about the libertarian resistance against Franco's regime through the last active guerrilla fighter. In 1951 ...
Style:
historical drama, bleak, realistic, tense, melancholic ...
Plot:
resistance, partisan, guerilla warfare, spanish history, anti fascism, political repression, anarchism, persecution, biopic, militant, isolation, legacy ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, year 1951, 50s
Place:
catalonia
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In a city - with heavy metal music haunting the heroes and the voice of Maria Callas being heard, an aged man, ex-terrorist, who dresses like a woman, the "red Maria", lives without any law and is hiding in the social shadows as a ...
Style:
transgressive, bleak, crime drama, intense, tragic ...
Plot:
rebellion, moral ambiguity, anti fascism, magic realism, urban decay, drag, survival, homelessness, addiction, performance art, existentialism, prostitution ...
Place:
poetic realism
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A group of landless Hungarian peasants accept work as migrant-laborers on a farm in northern Germany where the wages are good, and the wives and family are allowed to accompany them. Though it is in the midst of World War II, they are relatively ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, bleak, art house, grim ...
Plot:
world war two, migration, anti fascism, social realism, survival, class struggle, oppression, moral dilemma, working conditions, poverty, getting home, village life ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
hungary, northern germany
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Summer 1943, Piedmont, Italy. Milton loves Fulvia who plays with his love: she only likes the depth of his thought and the letters he writes to her. One year later, Milton has joined the Resistance and fights beside other partisans. He learns during ...
Style:
art house, suspense, historical drama, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
world war two, unrequited love, resistance, partisan, family problems, love triangle, male female relationship, couple relations, wartime, war, relationship problems, political conflict ...
Time:
1940s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, War
Country: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, France, Germany, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
Black marketeers Marko and Blacky manufacture and sell weapons to the Communist resistance in WWII Belgrade, living the good life along the way. Marko's surreal duplicity propels him up the ranks of the Communist Party, and he eventually ...
Style:
black comedy, epic, satirical, cynical, art house ...
Plot:
world war two, communism, satire, surrealism, genocide, brutality, greed, lie, culture clash, imagination, tragedy, propaganda ...
Time:
90s, 1940s, year 1995, year 1941, 60s ...
Place:
former yugoslavia, serbia, balkan, eastern europe, europe ...
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Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany, France, Czech Republic
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex depicts the political turmoil in the period from 1967 to the bloody "Deutschen Herbst" in 1977. The movie approaches the events based on Stefan Aust's standard work on Die Rote Armee Fraktion (RAF). The ...
Style:
political, bleak, realistic, harsh, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
terrorism, politics, revolutionary, protest, prison, political unrest, assassination, capitalism, terrorist attack, revolution, idealism, trial ...
Time:
70s, year 2008, 60s, 20th century, year 1970 ...
Place:
germany, rome italy, west berlin west germany, somalia, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore dead and Voldemort's unscrupulous ...
Style:
dark fantasy, saga, epic, teen, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, teen fantasy, family friendly ...
Plot:
magic, witch, harry potter, magical, boarding school, good versus evil, wizard, bravery, wizards and magicians, chosen one, young heroes, fantasy world ...
Time:
year 2010, year 1997, year 1998, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
london, europe, england
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Returning for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts, Harry is stunned to find that his warnings about the return of Lord Voldemort have been ignored. Left with no choice, Harry takes matters into his own hands, training a small group of students – ...
Style:
sexy, exciting, saga, teen, scenic ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, pre-teens, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
witch, magic, magical, harry potter, coming of age, school, creature, boarding school, chosen one, boarding school life, wizards and magicians, good versus evil ...
Time:
year 2007, year 1995, year 1996, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
london, england, scotland, europe
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Spain, Italy, Belgium
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the nun Maria is forced to flee her convent. She takes refuge in a brothel, until it is liberated by a woman's anarchist group. Maria joins the group and eventually goes to the front. The women's ...
Style:
political, social, sad, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
spanish civil war, anarchist, anarchism, feminism, spanish history, civil war, rebellion, revolution, radical, female soldier, revolt, strike ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1938, year 1939, year 1936 ...
Place:
barcelona, iberian peninsula, europe, spain, basque country ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
In the fascist Italy of 1935, a painter trained as a doctor is exiled to a remote region near Eboli. Over time, he learns to appreciate the beauty and wisdom of the peasants, and to overcome his isolation.
Style:
thought provoking, serious, realistic, uplifting, sincere ...
Plot:
fascism, artist, world war two, painter, world war one, biopic, world war, anarchist, solar eclipse, italian fascism, priest, peasant ...
Time:
year 1979, year 1936, 1930s, year 1935
Place:
rome italy, naples italy, italy, europe, new york ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Paris, in the early 1960s. Jean-Louis Joubert is a serious but uptight stockbroker, married to Suzanne, a starchy class-conscious woman and father of two arrogant teenage boys, currently in a boarding school. The affluent man lives a steady yet ...
Style:
sentimental, inspirational, unusual plot structure, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
couples, high society, adultery, working class, immigrant, hopes, maid, class differences, impossible love, strong female character, starting over, self discovery ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1965, year 1962
Place:
paris france, spain, europe, france, argentina ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, Algeria
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Tracing the struggle of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale to gain freedom from French colonial rule as seen through the eyes of Ali from his start as a petty thief to his rise to prominence in the organisation and capture by the French in ...
Style:
black and white, political, philosophical, art house, cerebral ...
Plot:
revolution, colonialism, protest, torture, military, muslim, french algerian war, politics, terrorism, insurrection, independence, revolutionary ...
Time:
year 1957, 20th century, 50s, year 1954, year 1966 ...
Place:
africa, algeria, middle east, france, north africa ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy, UK, USA
Duration: 197 min.
Story:
Doctor Zhivago is the filmed adapation of the Russian novel by Boris Pasternak from director David Lean that was an international success and today deemed a classic. Omar Sharif and Julie Christie play two protagonists who in fact love each other ...
Style:
costume drama, epic, period piece, breathtaking, visually stunning ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
world war one, revolution, war, communism, love story, train, forbidden love, rape, poet, deportation, love triangle, wartime ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 1920s, 1940s, ancient times ...
Place:
russia, soviet union, moscow russia, ussr
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Genre: Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Demonic gang-leader Alex goes on the spree of rape, mugging and murder with his pack of "droogs". But he's a boy who also likes Beethoven's Ninth and a bit of "the old in-out, in-out". He later finds himself at the ...
Style:
disturbing, controversial, psychedelic, philosophical, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
psychology, insanity, dystopia, surrealism, gang, rape, violent, controversy, violence, psychopath, sociopath, murder ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 90s, 70s, 80s ...
Place:
britain, london, england, united kingdom, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After having been forced to leave the Soviet Union 1929 Trotsky has ended up in Mexico 1940. He is still busy with the politics. Stalin has sent out an assassin, Frank Jacson. Jacson befriends a young communist and gets an invitation to ...
Style:
independent film, political thriller, political, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
assassination, biopic, mexican history, communism, communist, russian history, political intrigue, anarchist, anarchism, socialism, russian politics, assassin ...
Time:
year 1940, year 1972, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
mexico city, america, russia, latin america, mexico
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the ...
Style:
serious, captivating, atmospheric, epic, dramatic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangster, revenge, crime family, betrayal, mob boss, wedding, greed, pride and honor, cosa nostra, violence ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s, 20th century, 50s, year 1972 ...
Place:
italy, new york, bronx new york city, manhattan new york city, sicily ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, West Germany, Chile
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Like most of Costa-Gavras' political thrillers, the French State of Siege is based on a true story. The incident dramatized herein is the kidnapping of a U.S. official somewhere in Latin America. The director's sympathies clearly lie with ...
Style:
political, social, political thriller, talky, tense ...
Plot:
politics, coup d'etat, dictatorship, dictator, political intrigue, torture, radical, protest, capitalism, imperialism, journalism, shooting ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Place:
latin america, uruguay, france, chile, santiago chile ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Tito's break-up with Stalin in 1948 marked the beginning of not only confusing, but also very dangerous years for many hard-core Yugoslav communists. A careless remark about the newspaper cartoon is enough for Mesha to join many arrested ...
Style:
erotic, grindhouse, independent film, manga, contemplative ...
Plot:
coming of age, nude bathing, anti communist, family relations, children, young love, making love, communism, traumatic childhood, politics, youth, boy ...
Time:
1950s, year 1985, 50s, 20th century
Place:
bosnia, serbia, eastern europe, europe, former yugoslavia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.
Style:
philosophical, inspirational, sentimental, uplifting, touching ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, kids, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
teacher, suicide, poetry, coming of age, poet, mentor, teenager, literature, teachers and students, friendship, philosophy, dedicated educator ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, 20th century, year 1989, year 1959
Place:
vermont, new england, usa, harvard university
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A satirical comedy about the oddball inhabitants of a Tehran apartment building and their landlord.
Plot:
iranian, anti fascism, capitalism, sibling relationship, collaboration, con men, apartment building, marital problem, landlord, irony, urban setting, satire ...
Place:
iran, persia, middle east
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Greece, Switzerland, Italy
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Alexandre, a TV reporter, is working for a few days in a border town, where a lot of refugees from Albania, Turkey and Kurdistan are packed in. Among them, he notices an old man and thinks he is an important Greek politician who disappeared ...
Style:
slow cinema, art house, aesthetic, metafiction, contemplative ...
Plot:
refugee, greek, capitalism, anti fascism, time travel, love, underground, filmmaking, chaos, reporter, immigrant, politics ...
Time:
90s
Place:
albania, greece, france, europe, balkan
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in present day Washington, D.C., House of Cards is the story of Frank Underwood, a ruthless and cunning politician, and his wife Claire who will stop at nothing to conquer everything. This wicked political drama penetrates the shadowy world of ...
Style:
clever, serious, political, cynical, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
politics, political intrigue, political corruption, state affairs, manipulation, intrigue, strategy, usa politics, lobbyist, u.s. president, journalism, media ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, syria
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A contemporary British re-working of The Twilight Zone with stories that tap into the collective unease about our modern world.
Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to ...
Style:
anthology, thought provoking, philosophical, serious, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly
Plot:
technology, dystopian future, dystopia, twists and turns, satire, human nature, social decay, computers and web, alternate reality, society, social satire, media ...
Time:
future, 2010s, near future
Place:
england, london, united kingdom
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son’s custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.
Style:
bleak, thought provoking, emotional, depressing, controversial ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
injustice, child abuse, pedophile, false accusation, life turned upside down, social injustice, divorce, social relations, parents and children, friendship between men, church, punched in the face ...
Time:
2010s, year 2013, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
denmark
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.
Style:
depressing, bleak, atmospheric, thought provoking, emotional ...
Plot:
lawyer, adultery, corruption, politics, courtroom, poverty, small town, corrupt mayor, alcohol abuse, drunk, alcoholism, small town life ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place:
russia, soviet union
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