Fighting the system movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant fighting the system movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, thought provoking, suspense, inspirational and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with fighting the system, society, rebellion, death, murder, violence, conspiracy, politics, life is a bitch and blood plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres shot in USA, Germany, UK and other countries.
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fighting the system movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as fighting the system: Fight Club (1999), The Fool (2014), Snowden (2016), Divergent (2014), V for Vendetta (2005), Equilibrium (2002), Enemy of the State (1998), Mr. Robot (2015), The Last Castle (2001), Law Abiding Citizen (2009).

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 8.8
 2.3M
Fight Club (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, USA
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: surprise ending, psychological, twist ending, cerebral, philosophical ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot: twists and turns, psychology, fight, plot twist, schizophrenia, self destructing, insanity, fighting the system, split personality, losing-it hero, against the rules, nihilism ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1999, year 2013
Place: delaware, america, los angeles, iran, seattle ...
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 8.0
 16K
The Fool (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The Fool is a movie about a simple plumber. An honest man, he is up against an entire system of corrupted bureaucrats. At stake are the lives of 800 inhabitants of an old dorm that is at risk of collapsing within the span of the night.
Style: atmospheric, realistic, suspense, bleak, serious ...
Plot: fighting the system, society, apartment building, corruption, injustice, tragedy, rebellion, moral dilemma, violence, small town, courage, dishonesty ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 90s, 21st century
Place: russia, soviet union
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 7.3
 162K
Snowden (2016)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, France
Duration: 134 min.
Story: CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.
Style: realistic, factual, political thriller, thought provoking, serious ...
Audience: family friendly, chick flick
Plot: espionage, journalism, whistleblower, fighting the system, hacking, moral dilemma, internet, surveillance, technology, cia, spying, idealism ...
Time: year 2016, 20th century, year 2015, year 2009, year 2012 ...
Place: hong kong, geneva switzerland, japan, russia, america ...
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 6.6
 486K
Divergent (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story: In a world divided into factions based on personality types, Tris learns that she's been classified as Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes ...
Style: exciting, serious, teen, suspenseful, futuristic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night
Plot: distopia, fighting the system, heroine, rebellion, survival, dystopia, danger, chosen one, choice, post apocalypse, society, youth ...
Time: future, year 2014, 2010s, near future
Place: chicago, usa
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 8.2
 1.2M
V for Vendetta (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany
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, stylized, captivating, intense ...
Audience: manly, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot: revolution, distopia, revenge, vengeance, dystopia, fighting the system, freedom, vigilante, anti hero, society, protest, mentor ...
Time: future, year 2005, near future, 2000s, year 2006 ...
Place: london, england, britain, big ben london, europe
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 7.3
 346K
Equilibrium (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.
Style: futuristic, philosophical, serious, psychological, atmospheric ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: distopia, martial arts, dystopia, fighting the system, cyberpunk, gunfight, rebellion, post apocalyptic, dystopian future, utopia, totalitarianism, dystopic future ...
Time: future, near future, 80s, year 2002, 2000s
Place: china, beijing china
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Enemy of the State (1998)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Hotshot Washington lawyer, Robert Dean becomes a victim of high-tech identity theft when a hacker slips an incriminating video into his pocket. Soon, a rogue National Security agent sets out to recover the tape – and destroy Dean.
Style: clever, tense, suspense, political thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, date night, kids
Plot: conspiracy, surveillance, espionage, cia, political conspiracy, uncover truth, on the run, investigation, politics, twists and turns, manhunt, intelligence ...
Time: year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place: baltimore, washington d.c., maryland, afghanistan, iraq ...
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 8.5
 415K
Mr. Robot (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story: A contemporary and culturally resonant drama about a young programmer, Elliot, who suffers from a debilitating anti-social disorder and decides that he can only connect to people by hacking them. He wields his skills as a weapon to protect the ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller, realistic, melancholic ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: hacker, computer hacker, hacking, computers and web, conspiracy, fighting the system, psychotherapy, paranoia, split personality, conspiracy theory, secret society, introvert ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, indiana
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The Last Castle (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: A Court Martialed general rallies together 1200 inmates to rise against the system that put him away.
Style: intense, exciting, tense, rough, inspirational ...
Plot: prison, fighting the system, military prison, convict, prison life, military, prison escape, murder, prison riot, manipulation, power struggle, rebellion ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: iraq
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Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.
Style: twist ending, suspense, psychological, surprise ending, clever ...
Audience: manly, adult
Plot: vengeance, prison, vigilantism, justice, investigation, master criminal, twists and turns, lawyer, fighting the system, rape and revenge, murder, revenge ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: philadelphia, usa
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: While serving time for insanity at a state mental hospital, implacable rabble-rouser, Randle Patrick McMurphy inspires his fellow patients to rebel against the authoritarian rule of head nurse, Mildred Ratched.
Style: psychological, thought provoking, dramatic, serious, surprise ending ...
Audience: date night, family friendly, teen drama, adult
Plot: mental illness, mental institution, fighting the system, human spirit, insanity, freedom, psychiatrist, unlikely friendships, psychopath, society, nurse, escaped mental patient ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1975
Place: oregon, eastern europe, america, persia
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 6.7
 443K
In Time (2011)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In the not-too-distant future the aging gene has been switched off. To avoid overpopulation, time has become the currency and the way people pay for luxuries and necessities. The rich can live forever, while the rest try to negotiate for their ...
Style: futuristic, philosophical, stylized, serious, suspense ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, family friendly, girls' night, boys' night
Plot: time, dystopian future, immortality, fighting the system, survival, love, distopia, dystopic future, dystopia, class differences, life & death, social differences ...
Time: future, year 2011, 2010s, near future, distant future
Place: usa, los angeles
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The Life of David Gale (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Spain, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
Style: surprise ending, thought provoking, suspense, twist ending, serious ...
Plot: death penalty, investigation, suicide, death row, fighting the system, professor, reporter, activist, murder, journalism, death, death sentence ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: texas, austin texas, houston texas, usa, new york ...
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Underground: The Julian Assange Story (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Julian Assange is one of the most significant figures of the twenty first century. But before he was famous, before WikiLeaks, before the internet even existed, he was a teenage computer hacker in Melbourne. This is his story. In 1989, known as ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, captivating, serious, deep ...
Plot: hacker, computer hacker, fighting the system, computers and web, programmer, computer virus, hacking, computer, computer system, troublemaker, politics, disorder ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: australia
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 7.7
 321K
Gattaca (1997)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Science fiction drama about a future society in the era of indefinite eugenics where humans are set on a life course depending on their DNA. The young Vincent Freeman is born with a condition that would prevent him from space travel, yet he is ...
Style: futuristic, thought provoking, intellectual, neo noir, psychological ...
Audience: teens
Plot: distopia, genetics, fighting the system, discrimination, philosophy, society, eugenics, paraplegic, twists and turns, science, utopia, dystopia ...
Time: future, 20th century, year 1997, 1900s, distant future ...
Place: riviera, detroit, french riviera
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Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story: True story of Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine brought to thrilling, dramatic life. Sophie Scholl stars Julia Jentsch in a luminous performance as the fearless activist of the underground student resistance group, The White Rose. Armed ...
Style: touching, tense, sincere, suspenseful, emotional ...
Audience: teens
Plot: nazism, politics, world war two, nazi germany, nazi, death sentence, resistance, gestapo, historical character, trial, lawyer, rebellion ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 2005, 2000s, year 1943
Place: germany, munich germany, europe
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 7.4
 83K
Felon (2008)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A family man convicted of killing an intruder must cope with life afterward in the violent penal system.
Style: brutal, realistic, tense, emotional, serious ...
Audience: date night, boys' night
Plot: prison, fighting the system, prison life, prison riot, life is a bitch, prison escape, prison gang, organized crime, life turned upside down, rivalry, murder, brutality ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.9
 1.4M
Avatar (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 162 min.
Story: In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.
Style: futuristic, breathtaking, exciting, captivating, serious ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot: alien, fantasy world, ecology, culture clash, creature, beautiful scenery, battles, space and aliens, alien life-form, alien planet, space travel, alien encounter ...
Time: future, 2000s, 20th century, year 2009, 22nd century
Place: iran, space western
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 7.5
 82K
Miss Sloane (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France, Canada, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.
Style: political, suspense, clever, tense, intellectual ...
Plot: twists and turns, politics, lobbyist, career woman, courtroom, determination, lawyer, female protagonist, strong female lead, world politics, strong female character, fighting the system ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., maryland, chicago, charleston south carolina, michigan ...
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All the King's Men (2006)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: The story of an idealist's rise to power in the world of Louisiana politics and the corruption that leads to his ultimate downfall. Based on the1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel written by Robert Penn Warren.
Style: political, intense, harsh, captivating, serious ...
Plot: fighting the system, bodyguard, corruption, political corruption, politics, blackmail, mistress, manipulation, moral ambiguity, journalist, ambition, world politics ...
Time: 1930s, year 2006, 20th century, 1950s
Place: louisiana, usa, new orleans, southern usa
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 6.8
 52K
The East (2013)
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: suspense, suspenseful, political, intense, serious ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: terrorism, fighting the system, environmentalism, spy, anarchist, espionage, fbi, environmental issue, revenge, anti capitalism, radical, undercover ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c.
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 7.2
 46K
Conviction (2010)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Switzerland, UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: When Betty Anne Waters' older brother Kenny is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, Betty Anne, a Massachusetts wife and mother of two, dedicates her life to overturning the murder conviction. Convinced that her brother is ...
Style: emotional, sincere, touching, inspirational, sad ...
Audience: family friendly, adult
Plot: lawyer, legal, courtroom drama, trial, fighting the system, prison, injustice, false accusation, court, strong female character, freedom, hopes ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1995, year 1992, year 2001 ...
Place: massachusetts, rhode island, usa
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 7.6
 100K
Dark Waters (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: A corporate defense attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against the DuPont chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution.
Style: serious, realistic, factual, thought provoking, political ...
Audience: adult
Plot: lawyer, courtroom drama, contamination, lawsuit, corruption, environmental, fighting the system, legal investigation, corporate crime, price of justice, investigation, uncover truth ...
Time: 2010s, 90s, year 2019, 2000s, 70s ...
Place: cincinnati ohio, ohio, columbus ohio, west virginia
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 7.8
 265K
Changeling (2008)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story: Christine Collins is overjoyed when her kidnapped son is brought back home. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her isn't her child, the police captain has her committed to an asylum.
Style: psychological, heartbreaking, sentimental, tense, disturbing ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: kidnapping, serial killer, investigation, fighting the system, missing child, missing person, police corruption, uncover truth, disorder, trial, kidnapped child, corruption ...
Time: 1920s, year 2008, 2000s, 20th century, year 1935 ...
Place: los angeles, california, usa, canada, seattle
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Rampage: Capital Punishment (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A man takes over a TV station and holds a number of hostages as a political platform to awaken humanity, instead of money.
Style: serious, exciting, disturbing, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: fighting the system, hostage, psychopath, siege, chaos, vigilantism, vengeance, revolution, losing-it hero, media, danger, hostage situation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c.
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The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, France, Spain
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne ...
Style: exciting, intense, rough, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: cia, conspiracy, espionage, spy, secret agent, corruption, secret service, escapades, hitman, fighting the system, danger, memory ...
Time: 2000s, year 2007, 21st century
Place: langley virginia, new york, paris france, tangier morocco, moscow russia ...
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Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.
Style: political thriller, tense, suspense, atmospheric, exciting ...
Plot: conspiracy, espionage, cia, fighting the system, political conspiracy, uncover truth, who to trust, life turned upside down, hitman, manhunt, assassin, cold war ...
Time: 70s, year 1975, 20th century
Place: new york, middle east, persia, usa, washington d.c. ...
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 7.9
 210K
Brazil (1985)
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, futuristic, psychological, dark comedy, cerebral ...
Audience: adult
Plot: dystopia, dream, fighting the system, distopia, surrealism, cyberpunk, christmas, bureaucracy, imagination, mistaken identity, alternate reality, dystopian future ...
Time: future, year 1985, year 1984
Place: england, london, britain, europe
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Labyrinth of Lies (2014)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A young prosecutor in postwar West Germany investigates a massive conspiracy to cover up the Nazi pasts of prominent public figures.
Style: serious, disturbing, realistic, captivating, heartbreaking ...
Plot: holocaust, lawyer, nazi, investigation, prosecutor, world war two, idealism, fighting the system, nazi war criminal, post war germany, ex nazi, genocide ...
Time: 20th century, post world war two, 1950s, year 2014, year 1963 ...
Place: germany, frankfurt germany, west germany
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 6.2
 253K
Insurgent (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart.
Style: exciting, teen, futuristic, intense, apocalyptic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: distopia, post apocalypse, tough girl, teenager, strong female lead, chosen one, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage love, dystopian future, good versus evil, rebellion, female fighter ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 2015, near future
Place: chicago
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