Resistance movies and TV shows – page 3
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List of resistance movies
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Norway
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Fredrik isn’t the bravest of men, but now he is faced with a great responsibility and an enormous task - to get the entire Norwegian gold reserve away from the Nazis during the invasion of Norway.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, dramatic, serious, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, resistance, stolen gold, gold, truck, responsibility, theft, assignment, war, danger, evacuation, occupation ...
Time:
1940s
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Genre: Action, History
Country: China
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Can a young woman prove her loyalty to her country and her family? Lan Yan Zhi is a privileged banker’s daughter in Shanghai and a student activist who mistakenly comes into possession of a letter from the Japanese Army in 1937. She gets ...
Style:
tense, suspense, costume drama, exciting, contemplative ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
espionage, sino japanese war, resistance, military, spy, female spy, secret agent, japanese occupation of china, chinese history, communist, world war two, female protagonist ...
Time:
year 1937, 1930s
Place:
china, shanghai
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
After the 8th September 1943 north of Italy is occupied by Germans. Italian army collapsed and the soldiers are escaped to the mountains trying to set up a resistance. Many civilians did the same and Johnny, an English literature student, is among ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, exciting, bleak
Plot:
resistance, world war two, resistance movement, partisan, fascism, war zone, murder, wartime life, italian history, nazi, world war, holocaust ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 179 min.
Story:
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that ...
Style:
epic, black and white, factual, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
world war two, military, french resistance, machine gun, nazi, courage, war, combat, beach, world war, brutality, allies ...
Time:
year 1962, 20th century, year 1944, 1940s
Place:
normandy, english channel, america, europe, france ...
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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: Crime, Drama, War
Country: France, Algeria, Belgium, Tunisia, Italy
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
After losing their family home in Algeria in the 1920s, three brothers and their mother are scattered across the globe. Messaoud joins the French army fighting in Indochina; Abdelkader becomes a leader of the Algerian independence movement in France ...
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, political, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
politics, french algerian war, algerian war, police brutality, resistance, revenge, war crime, political unrest, family relations, military, society, world war two ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 60s, 50s, post world war two ...
Place:
algeria, france, africa, europe, north africa
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Assassination is set in Korea and Shanghai in the 1930's during the Japanese occupation. The government resistance assigns a secret commando group with killing collaborators.
Style:
captivating, tense, exciting, suspense, historical drama ...
Plot:
japanese occupation, independence movement, imperial japan, resistance, japanese occupation of korea, ambush, assassination, revenge, hitman, nationalism, friendship, betrayal ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
japan, south korea, korea
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
This film depicts World War II through the eyes of several Dutch students. It follows them through the beginning of the war, the Nazi occupation and the liberation.
Style:
tense, stylized, realistic, colorful, edutainment ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi, gestapo, nazi occupation, resistance, war, tango, wartime, espionage, world war, betrayal, occupation ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, year 1977, 80s
Place:
netherlands, europe, london, germany
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.
Style:
futuristic, exciting, saga, action adventure, cyber ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, virtual reality, distopia, robot, post apocalyptic, alternate reality, chosen one, dystopia, resistance, prophecy, one against many ...
Time:
future, year 2003, 23rd century, 2000s, distant future ...
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, History, Music
Country: Austria, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Puppets! Pixels! Anime! Live action! Stock footage!
Lumpennerd Johannes Grenzfurthner gives an ideotaining cinematic revue about important political concepts. Everyone is talking about freedom! Privacy! Identity! Resistance! The Market! The Left! ...
Style:
philosophical, humorous, thought provoking, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
resistance, propaganda, society, rivalry, internet culture, capitalism, internet, critique of capitalism, surrealism, disorder, privacy invasion, culture clash ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, austria
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161K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in ...
Style:
sincere, period piece, epic, historical drama, dramatic ...
Audience:
manly, adult
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, war, nazi, genocide, partisan, shoah, judaism, world war, red army, hopes, rebellion ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, year 1941, 1940s, year 1942 ...
Place:
poland, germany, indiana, europe, russia ...
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83K
Genre: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A city in Washington state awakens to the surreal sight of foreign paratroopers dropping from the sky - shockingly, the U.S. has been invaded and their hometown is the initial target. Quickly and without warning, the citizens find themselves ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, teen, intense, action packed ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
invasion, war, survival, battles, heroic mission, save the day, against the odds, friends, super weapon, heroes, escapades, weapon system ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, north korea, washington d.c., detroit, latin america ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Germany, Australia, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
This is a drama set in Nazi-occupied France at the height of World War II. Charlotte Gray tells the compelling story of a young Scottish woman working with the French Resistance in the hope of rescuing her lover, a missing RAF pilot. Based on the ...
Style:
sexy, sentimental, romantic, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
espionage, war, french resistance, nazi, holocaust, world war two, wartime life, women, resistance, wartime, secret agent, world war ...
Time:
1940s, year 2001, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
france, london, paris france, europe, scotland ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Lucien, 14, can’t understand why his father, a serious and respected teacher, makes a fool of himself by dressing up as a clown and giving a show. André, Lucien’s father’s best friend, feels for the teenager and decides to reveal something ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating, poignant ...
Plot:
world war two, occupied france, occupation, sabotage, resistance, french resistance, friendship, nazi occupation, german occupation, father son relationship, family secret, fight ...
Time:
1940s, year 2003
Place:
france
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Kazuda Xiono, a young pilot for the Resistance, is tasked with a top secret mission to investigate the First Order, a growing threat in the galaxy.
Style:
saga, futuristic, colorful, disturbing, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
star wars, resistance, pilot, teamwork, good versus evil, robot, star trek, secret mission, heroic mission, reconnaissance, galaxy, military ...
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378K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico, Netherlands
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Construction worker Douglas Quaid discovers a memory chip in his brain during a virtual-reality trip. He also finds that his past has been invented to conceal a plot of planetary domination. Soon, he's off to Mars to find out who he is and who ...
Style:
futuristic, cerebral, cult classic, mind bending, ambiguous ending ...
Audience:
kids, manly, boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, mars, dystopia, secret agent, dystopian future, virtual reality, memory, memory loss, false memory, space colony, conspiracy, chase ...
Time:
future, 20th century, near future, 90s, year 1990 ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: China
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
During the Japanese occupation of China, two prisoners are dumped in a peasant's home in a small town. The owner is bullied into keeping the prisoners until the next New Year, at which time they will be collected. The village leaders convene to ...
Style:
cerebral, semi serious, atmospheric, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
japanese occupation, world war two, military, resistance, anti war, wartime life, village, rebelliousness, confined, captivity, society, nothing goes right ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
china, japan, asia
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Norway, Denmark, UK, Czech Republic, Sweden
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The story about the heavy water war unfolds during the prolouge, eruption and the end of the second world war. We follow the story of the the key personnel in the race of who develops the atomic bomb first.
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, period piece ...
Plot:
world war two, inventions and discoveries, resistance, chemistry, atomic bomb, danger, heroic mission, moral dilemma, military, soldier, nazi, mountain ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1930s
Place:
europe, germany, scotland, england
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Denmark
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The true story of the Fiil's a family of innkeepers who during Nazi-Germany's occupation of Denmark took up arms against the German occupiers. But in the fight for freedom, some must die so that others may live.
Style:
realistic, emotional, disturbing, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
resistance fighter, nazi occupation, nazi, freedom fighter, resistance, world war two, sabotage, danger, heroes, showdown, wartime life, battles ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
denmark, germany, scandinavia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.
Style:
futuristic, saga, exciting, scenic, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, boys' night, adult
Plot:
star wars, alien, space travel, death, obesity, space opera, resistance fighter, destiny, fantasy world, super weapon, space and aliens, duel ...
Time:
future, year 2015, 2010s
Place:
space western
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Greece
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
One of filmmaker and expatriate writer Adonis Kyrou's best-known quotes translates roughly as "I urge you: Learn to look at 'bad' films, they are so often sublime." The same could be said of Kyrou's own directorial work ...
Style:
historical drama, tension, suspense, political, controversial ...
Plot:
resistance, world war two, occupation, traitor, nazi, betrayal, moral dilemma, black market, survival, underground movement, collaboration, guilt ...
Time:
1940s
Is relevant?
174
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Freedom is a short-lived 2000 American science fiction television show on the UPN network. There were 12 episodes filmed but only 7 were aired in the US. Some episodes were further aired internationally, and the full series is still occasionally ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, bleak, futuristic
Plot:
freedom fighter, resistance, military, dictatorship, heroic mission, rebellion, rebelliousness, society, danger, revolution, state affairs, on the run ...
Time:
near future, 90s
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In Paris during WWII, an Algerian immigrant is inspired to join the resistance by his unexpected friendship with a Jewish man. Based on not very known facts about the Muslim community in Paris during WWII, when the Paris Mosque and its dynamic ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching
Plot:
german occupation, world war two, resistance, friendship, idealism, moral dilemma, rebellion, wartime life, anti semitism, against humanity, life is a bitch, hopes ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, year 1942, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
Karl from Germany and Marcelo from France emigrated to Argentina and became brothers-in-law. Karl soon returned to Germany to serve in the army. Marcelo and his children Julio and Chichi became Argentinean citizens but later returned to Paris. Karl ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, retro ...
Plot:
resistance, death, family relations, wartime life, military, life is a bitch, state affairs, politics, society, heroic mission, holocaust, manhood ...
Time:
year 1938, year 1939, 1940s, 1930s
Place:
argentina, france, latin america, europe, normandy ...
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20K
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
The Amanto, aliens from outer space, have invaded Earth and taken over feudal Japan. As a result, a prohibition on swords has been established, and the samurai of Japan are treated with disregard as a consequence.
However one man, Gintoki Sakata, ...
Style:
anime, parody, semi serious, exciting, entertaining ...
Plot:
samurai, resistance, rebellion, imaginary, rebelliousness, alien invasion, evil alien, culture clash, society, law enforcement, space and aliens, badass ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: Taiwan, USA, Hong Kong, China
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
During World War II a secret agent must seduce, then assassinate an official who works for the Japanese puppet government in Shanghai. Her mission becomes clouded when she finds herself falling in love with the man she is assigned to kill.
Style:
sexy, sexual, disturbing, sensual, erotic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
forbidden love, world war two, sensuality, sex, sex scene, adultery, lust, sexual attraction, japanese occupation, extramarital affair, sexual relations, passionate sex ...
Time:
1940s, year 2007, 2000s, 1930s, 20th century ...
Place:
asia, hong kong, china, japan, shanghai ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, France, Egypt
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Two sisters are abruptly separated, the eldest, Hasna, struggles to find her identity and place in the world.
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, resistance, identity crisis, personality change, sisters, sister, secret, losing-it hero, sister sister relationship, changing lives, lifestyle change, trauma ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: China
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
1942, Nanjing (Nanking). Following a series of assassination attempts on officials of the Japanese-controlled puppet government, the Japanese spy chief gathers a group of suspects in a mansion house for questioning. A tense game of "cat and ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, realistic, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
japanese occupation, espionage, world war two, medieval, code breaking, resistance, assassination, undercover, wartime life, rivalry, danger, chinese history ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1942
Place:
china, asia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Libya, USA
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya in WWII. It gives western viewers a glimpse into this little-known region and chapter of history, and exposes the savage means by which ...
Style:
epic, exciting, inspirational, historical drama, dramatic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
muslim, desert, islam, bedouin, rebel, resistance, revolution, italian history, medieval, italian fascism, military, battles ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, year 1980, 20th century
Place:
africa, middle east, maghreb, libya, north africa ...
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385K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, India, UK, Mexico, Japan, Canada
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy and daring son of Kevin Flynn, investigates his father's disappearance and is pulled into The Grid. With the help of a mysterious program named Quorra, Sam quests to stop evil dictator Clu from crossing into the real ...
Style:
stylized, visually stunning, cyber, exciting, visual ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, family friendly, boys' night
Plot:
artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, computer program, cyberspace, disappearance, chase, virtual reality, dystopic future, dystopia, hacker, distopia, computer genius ...
Time:
future, year 2010, 2010s, near future, 80s ...
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