Totalitarian regime movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant totalitarian regime movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out tense, bleak, captivating, dark, suspense and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with totalitarian regime, dystopia, rebellion, survival, distopia, resistance, betrayal, communism, oppression and corruption plots mostly in Drama, Sci-Fi and Action genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as totalitarian regime: Chekist (1992), Child 44 (2015), Platform (2000), The Gift to Stalin (2008), The Killing Fields (1984), Summer Palace (2006), One, Two, Three (1961), 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007), Erasing Frank (2021), An Englishman's Castle (1978).
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List of totalitarian regime movies
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Srubov is a part of CHEKA, the secret police Lenin established after the Bolshevik Revolution. They arrest, interview for a minute, try in ten seconds, and execute intellectuals, aristocrats, Jews, clergy, and their families. In the building ...
Style:
disturbing, controversial, psychedelic, period drama, political drama
Plot:
totalitarian regime, bolshevik, atrocity, nudity, basement, extreme, female nudity, dead woman, dead man, woman killed, cold war, great war ...
Time:
near future, 1920s
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, USA, Russia, UK
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders -- a case that begins to connect with the very top of party leadership.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, factual, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, child murder, murder mystery, stalinism, investigation, murder, child murder investigation, politics, murder investigation, totalitarian regime, justice, betrayal ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 1950s, year 2015, 50s ...
Place:
moscow russia, soviet union, russia, ukraine, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
France. A near and probable future. The Sisterhood of Metacontrol governs Europe. Angeline, an exemplary and irreproachable citizen has just joined the order... But her relationship with a special man, Nono, will make her question profoundly the ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, captivating, stylized, serious ...
Plot:
chastity, forbidden love, distopia, feminism, dystopia, totalitarian regime, sexism, matriarchy, self sacrifice, male female relationship, love, political repression ...
Time:
future
Place:
france, paris france
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: China, Hong Kong, Japan, France
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
China’s rapid changes from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, as seen through the lives of four performers in a theater troupe.
Style:
semi serious, sentimental, humorous, realistic, contemplative ...
Plot:
cultural revolution, rebelliousness, society, social relations, culture clash, theatre group, politics, totalitarian regime, alienation, railway, journey, international relations ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
china, east asia, asia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Kazakhstan, Russia, Poland, Israel
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A Jewish child deported to Kazakhstan is saved and adopted by Kasym, an old Kazakh railway-man. Kasym gives him a Kazakh name, Sabyr, that in Kazakh language means humble. The child grows up in the small Kazakh village along with other deportees ...
Style:
historical drama, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
boy, totalitarian regime, loss, tragedy, deportation, nuclear testing, oppression, social problems, foster child, reprisal, dysfunctional family, repression ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
kazakhstan
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
The Killing Fields tells the real-life story of a friendship between two journalists, an American and a Cambodian, during the bloody Khmer Rouge takeover of Cambodia in 1975, which led to the death of 2-3 million Cambodians during the next four ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, rough, political, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
genocide, journalism, vietnam war, civil war, photographer, war, violence, reporter, photograph, brutality, khmer rouge, mass murder ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1973, 80s, year 1984 ...
Place:
cambodia, vietnam, east asia, asia, new york ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: China, France
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
Country girl Yu Hong leaves her village, her family and her lover to study in Beijing. At university, she discovers an intense world of sexual freedom and forbidden pleasure. Enraptured, compulsive, she falls madly in love with fellow student Zhou ...
Style:
serious, atmospheric, touching, emotional, sexual ...
Plot:
true love, longing, politics, political protest, rebelliousness, idealism, political unrest, road not taken, social differences, college life, youth, society ...
Time:
80s
Place:
china, europe, asia, germany, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Bucharest 1989 - the last year of Ceausecu's dictatorship. Eva lives with her parents and her 7 year old brother, Lalalilu. One day at school, Eva and her boyfriend accidentally break a bust of Ceausescu. They are forced to confess their crime ...
Style:
captivating, sentimental, sincere, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
youth, friendship, hopes, warning, coming of age, rebelliousness, human spirit, exile, siblings relations, reform, family relations, totalitarian regime ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
romania, eastern europe, europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A Coca-Cola executive in West Berlin tries to keep the boss's daughter from marrying a Communist.
Style:
funny, fast paced, black and white, biting, talky ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
cold war, iron curtain, coca cola, satire, capitalist, secretary, communism, forbidden love, farce, voice over narration, corporate executive, race against time ...
Time:
year 1961, 20th century, 60s, 1930s
Place:
berlin germany, west berlin west germany, east berlin, germany, east germany ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, Netherlands
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Gabita is pregnant, abortion is strictly forbidden in Romania during the communist regime. Despite this it is common practice and Gabita wants an abortion. The movie follows her and her friend Otilia during the day she has made the appointment with ...
Style:
disturbing, bleak, sexy, tense, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
abortion, friendship, sexual abuse, unwanted pregnancy, rape, communism, communist, realism, doctor, brutality, female pubic hair, female nudity ...
Time:
80s, year 2007, 2000s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
romania, eastern europe, transylvania, europe, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Set in 1983, behind the Iron Curtain of Eastern Europe in Budapest, the film follows Frank, the charismatic singer of a banned punk band that carries the voice of their generation against a totalitarian regime. Taken to the police psychiatric ...
Style:
dark, tense, historical drama, period piece, political drama ...
Plot:
totalitarian regime, political repression, authoritarianism, anti establishment, punk, police station, resistance, political persecution, oppression, iron curtain, imprisonment, mental institution ...
Time:
80s
Place:
budapest, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in an alternative 1970s where Germany won the Second World War and occupied Europe, a soap opera called 'An Englishman's Castle' plays out through writer Peter Ingram.
Style:
political thriller, thought provoking, tense, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
alternate history, dystopia, nazi occupation, totalitarian regime, resistance, underground movement, collaboration, social commentary, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, propaganda, betrayal ...
Time:
70s, 1940s
Place:
united kingdom, britain
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Genre: Documentary, History
Country: UK
TV show
Story:
The Kim family's dark and surreal story provides a fresh perspective on North Korea.
Style:
political, psychological, captivating, dark, grim ...
Plot:
dynasty, dictator, authoritarianism, power struggle, totalitarian regime, investigation, family relations, ruler, father son relationship, government, kids and family, three generations ...
Place:
north korea
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Serbia
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
The story is set in an ambiance of a dark utopian future, a city of mentally dead zombies under the firm grip of military dictatorship. Boldly, like a man on a mission, the Tailor will walk the Kafkaesque and macabre streets of a city where terror ...
Style:
sinister, existential, surreal, bleak, art house ...
Plot:
city, totalitarian regime, dystopia, dark future, military dictatorship, isolation, urban decay, macabre, most dangerous game, moral ambiguity, anti hero, mystery woman ...
Time:
near future
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, New Zealand
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The year is 2043. A military occupation controls disenfranchised cities in post-war North America. Children are property of the State. A desperate Cree woman joins an underground band of vigilantes to infiltrate a State children’s academy and get ...
Style:
bleak, political, suspense, intense, tense ...
Plot:
distopia, post apocalyptic, rescue, mother daughter relationship, dystopia, brutality, gang, resilience, mother and daughter, totalitarian regime, female protagonist, colonialism ...
Time:
future
Place:
usa, north america
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In 1951 USSR, as the Cold War intensifies, infamous dictator Joseph Stalin is suffering with illness and his death is imminent. Meanwhile, KGB agent Stoichkov discovers a mysterious stage show in the Baltic region featuring three creepy dolls - ...
Style:
bleak, suspense, psychotronic, captivating, scary
Plot:
doll, evil doll, violent death, russophobia, murder, toy maker, cold war, scary doll, communism, funeral, socialism, repression ...
Time:
year 1951, 1950s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
moscow russia, ussr, soviet union
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Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Fourteen-year-old Jeanne has lived in a farm commune since she was two years old. Her mother and father live in city communes and rarely visit. This is one of the commandments given by Otto, who rules the commune: children are to grow up without ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, period piece, melancholic ...
Plot:
utopia, society, commune, coming of age, female protagonist, adolescence, totalitarianism, forbidden love, rebel, social issues, totalitarian regime, love interest ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Czech Republic
Story:
Based on true events. USSR, 1950s. As the reach of the oppressive communist regime escalates,
Style:
detective, dramatic, exciting, captivating, historical drama ...
Plot:
dictatorship, spy, dictator, sex scene, communism, female nudity, jazz, political oppression, repression, resistance movement, young girl, jazz club ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
central europe, czechoslovakia
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the not too distant future where a deadly disease has gripped the world, Arcadia has been built as safe disease-free haven for the privileged. Outside Arcadia, the average life lasts merely 40 years - unless they can earn a place amongst the ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, social ...
Plot:
totalitarianism, distopia, family relations, dystopia, disease, pandemic, dystopian future, social commentary, social injustice, illness, totalitarian state, dystopian society ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
london
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A US submarine runs into a time rift. A special unit goes on a mission to see what's on the other side. They find themselves in an alternate dystopian America, now a one-man dictatorship. They decide to help the rebels.
Style:
dark, grim, suspenseful, tense, action thriller ...
Plot:
time travel, submarine, bermuda triangle, dystopia, travel, rebellion, alternate history, alternate timeline, parallel universe, resistance movement, totalitarian regime, secret mission ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Slovakia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Soldier Jack deserts his unit and finds his wife Eva in isolated village in the mountains. She moved there to work in a factory unaware of the cruel owner Bar. Secret police arrives and it seems both Jack and Eva's time is up.
Style:
suspense, tense, tension, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
soldier, survival, danger, fear, oppression, secret police, world war two, military life, star crossed lovers, military officer, love affair, wartime ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Egypt
TV show
Story:
In 2120 Jerusalem, an engineer tries to find a solution to the energy problem in light of the restrictions that the regime imposes on the population. However, everything changes when he comes across his robotic doppelganger.
Style:
futuristic, thrilling, captivating, thought provoking, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
technology, energy, clone, artificial intelligence, dystopia, robotics, afrofuturism, futuristic technology, androids, doppelganger, identity crisis, cloning ...
Time:
near future, 22nd century
Place:
jerusalem, middle east
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Set in a dystopian America where all people who aren't straight, white, Christian and cis gender are kept track of by the government with bar codes.
Style:
bleak, political thriller, grim, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
dystopia, social commentary, surveillance, bigotry, racial discrimination, injustice, oppression, fear, resistance, civil rights, totalitarian regime, gay ...
Time:
near future
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The future. The corrupt regime broadcasts the illusion of a beautiful city to the chip in your head, when in fact the city is in ruins. The rebels know the truth and seek to foment revolution.
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, serious, captivating, futuristic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dystopia, post apocalypse, evil computer, city, virtual reality, rebellion, dystopic future, demolished city, dystopian future, distopia, power, destruction ...
Time:
future, near future
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
In the year of 2008, war and sickness have overtaken the planet. The deranged government declares single women a threat to the human race. Singles women are imprisoned. The corrupt warden is determined to keep the prisoners locked up.
Style:
dark, bleak, grim, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dystopia, escape, escape attempt, corruption, sexism, oppression, post apocalyptic, post apocalypse, social commentary, survival, claustrophobia, desperation ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
In a Dystopian Mushroom Kingdom, corruption and avarice reign supreme. Even the greatest heroes of the land have buckled beneath the overwhelming will of the amoral elite. When a series of grisly crimes pushes an unlikely champion to seek the truth, ...
Style:
neo noir, parody, humorous, not serious, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
heroes, dystopia, silly humor, escapades, rivalry, good versus evil, imaginary kingdom, imaginary, political corruption, greed, corruption, mature ...
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335
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
All her life, teen-hacker Robin of Sherwood thought she was an orphan. But when a mysterious Gauntlet unlocks a secret that turns her world upside down, Robin joins forces with a group of renegades who teach her the true value of love, loyalty, and ...
Style:
adult animation, anime, scenic, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
survival, heroes, fantasy world, robin hood, dystopia, hacker, folk hero, warrior, rebellion, young adult, oppression, cyberpunk ...
Time:
23rd century
Place:
london
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Genre: Crime, History, Thriller
Country: Hungary
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
The police hire a convicted bank robber to crack the Ministry of Interior's vault during the final days of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. But what they find inside is quite different from what they were expecting.
Style:
tense, twist ending, suspense, crime drama, noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
safecracking, political intrigue, heist, political unrest, betrayal, moral ambiguity, cat and mouse, conspiracy, anti hero, locked room, totalitarian regime, claustrophobia ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
eastern europe, budapest
Is relevant?
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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, serious, philosophical, cerebral, psychological ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
distopia, martial arts, dystopian future, dystopia, gunfight, post apocalyptic, fighting the system, cyberpunk, violence, totalitarianism, rebellion, dictatorship ...
Time:
future, near future, 80s, year 2002, 2000s
Place:
china, beijing china
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In a totalitarian society of the future, in which the government controls all facets of the media, a homicide detective investigates a string of bombings, and finds out more than he bargained for.
Style:
art house, parody, intellectual, detective
Plot:
dystopia, dystopian society, cyberpunk, killed in a car crash, totalitarian regime, police officer, bomb threat, resistance fighter, crime investigation, totalitarian state, surrealism, post apocalypse ...
Time:
future, year 1982, year 1989
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