Repression movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant repression movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, captivating, melancholic, disturbing and contemplative films and TV shows about / with repression, society, runaway, death, family relations, brutality, dialogue, violence, betrayal and storytelling plots mostly in Drama, Romance and History genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as repression: The Death of Stalin (2017), Anthropoid (2016), The Blind Sunflowers (2008), Repulsion (1965), Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984), Footloose (2011), The Turn of the Screw (2009), Calm at Sea (2011), Drop Dead Fred (1991), God's Not Dead (2014).
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: France, UK, Belgium, Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When tyrannical dictator Joseph Stalin dies in 1953, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to become the next Soviet leader. Among the contenders are the dweebish Georgy Malenkov, the wily Nikita Khrushchev and Lavrenti Beria ...
Style:
black comedy, satirical, sexy, dark comedy, political ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dictator, political satire, satire, power struggle, repression, communism, politics, totalitarian regime, death, chaos, funeral, nkvd ...
Time:
1950s, year 1953, 2010s, 90s, year 2017 ...
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr, moscow russia, siberia
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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: Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ourense, Spain, 1940. Every time that Elena locks the door, she locks her secrets. Her husband Ricardo spend years hidden in his house with his children (Elenita and Lorenzo), trying to dodge persecution. Salvador, a priest confused after battling ...
Style:
serious, disturbing, touching, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot:
repression, confession, family relations, survival, life is a bitch, spanish history, spanish civil war, republican, love and romance, clergy, soldier, society ...
Place:
spain, galicia
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In Roman Polanski's first English-language film, beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction with men). When her sister and roommate, Helen, leaves their London flat to go on an Italian ...
Style:
atmospheric, disturbing, cerebral, surreal, cult classic ...
Plot:
mental illness, surrealism, rape, insanity, schizophrenia, murder, isolation, delusion, hallucination, fear, nightmare, claustrophobia ...
Time:
20th century, year 1965, 60s
Place:
england, london, europe, britain, eastern europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, West Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, psychological, cult classic, political ...
Plot:
distopia, dystopia, politics, totalitarianism, dystopian future, brainwashing, technology, fascism, totalitarian state, satire, surveillance, political corruption ...
Time:
future, 80s, year 1984, near future, 20th century ...
Place:
london, england, europe, britain, united kingdom
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Ren MacCormack is transplanted from Boston to the small southern town of Bomont where loud music and dancing are prohibited. Not one to bow to the status quo, Ren challenges the ban, revitalizing the town and falling in love with the minister’s ...
Style:
teen, feel good, romantic, sincere, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
dancing, dance, small town, teenage love, love and romance, dancer's life, teenage girl, dancer, music, youth, young lovers, culture clash ...
Time:
year 2011, 80s, 21st century
Place:
georgia, usa, southern usa, boston
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young governess, Ann, is sent to a country house to take care of two orphans, Miles and Flora. Soon after her arrival, Miles is expelled from boarding school. Although charmed by her young charge, she secretly fears there are ominous reasons ...
Style:
suspenseful, costume drama, atmospheric, serious, gothic ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, children, mentally unstable, repression, estate, female nudity, sexual repression, haunted house, youth, sibling relationship, haunting ...
Time:
victorian era, 1920s, 20th century, 19th century
Place:
london, england
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A teenager joins the resistance in Nazi-occupied France during World War II.
Style:
bleak, tense, captivating, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, german soldier, repression, communist, french resistance, execution, suppression, nazi officer, concentration camp, hostage, assassination, wehrmacht ...
Time:
year 1941, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When Elizabeth returns to her mother's home after her marriage breaks up, she recreates her imaginary childhood friend, Fred, to escape from the trauma of losing her husband and her job. In between the chaos and mayhem that Fred creates, ...
Style:
surreal, dark comedy, humorous, absurd, light ...
Audience:
teens, kids, adult, teen drama
Plot:
imaginary friend, childhood memory, mental illness, emotional manipulation, friendship, vengeance, personal growth, emotional abuse, absent father, self discovery, mother daughter relationship, adult humor ...
Time:
80s
Place:
minnesota, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After he refuses to disavow his faith, a devout Christian student (Shane Harper) must prove the existence of God or else his college philosophy professor (Kevin Sorbo) will fail him.
Style:
christian film, thought provoking, spiritual, serious, biblical ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night
Plot:
christianity, religious, christian, religion, jesus, religious persecution, belief in god, atheism, propaganda, faith, repression, alienation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, middle east, israel, egypt
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Canada
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years just before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. The abused and suppressed children of the villagers seem to be at the heart of this mystery.
Style:
disturbing, breathtaking, art house, cerebral, visually stunning ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
punishment, children, sexual abuse, cruelty, physical appearance, suicide, child abuse, death, small town, authoritarianism, transgression, priest ...
Time:
year 1914, year 2009, 1910s, pre world war one, 2000s ...
Place:
germany, northern germany, europe, italy
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
This is the hard and shocking story of life in a British Borstal for young offenders. The brutal regime made no attempt to reform or improve the inmates and actively encouraged a power struggle between the 'tough' new inmate and the ...
Style:
tense, serious, controversial, independent film, grindhouse ...
Plot:
boy, rebellion, corruption, rape, criminal, prison, humiliation, youth, prison life, juvenile delinquent, racism, revenge ...
Time:
year 1979, near future, 70s, 20th century
Place:
england, britain, united kingdom
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Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she ...
Style:
adult animation, political, black and white, visually stunning, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
coming of age, revolution, feminist, female protagonist, politics, iraq iran war, self discovery, biopic, childhood, repression, adolescence, culture clash ...
Time:
80s, year 2007, 70s, 20th century, year 1978 ...
Place:
iran, middle east, tehran iran, france, vienna ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia, France
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Russia, 1936: revolutionary hero Colonel Kotov is spending an idyllic summer in his dacha with his young wife and six-year-old daughter Nadia and other assorted family and friends. Things change dramatically with the unheralded arrival of Cousin ...
Style:
touching, stylized, captivating, sad, political ...
Plot:
politics, communist, stalinism, communism, father daughter relationship, nkvd, countryside, repression, symbolism, love, tragedy, redemption ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1994, year 1936
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr, poland
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 317 min.
Story:
Set in Bertolucci's ancestral region of Emilia, the film chronicles the lives of two men during the political turmoils that took place in Italy in the first half on the 20th century.
Style:
epic, controversial, compassionate, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fascism, politics, world war two, italian history, friendship, revolution, class struggle, communism, peasant, socialist, sex, brutality ...
Time:
1900s, 1940s, 1920s, 1930s, 1910s ...
Place:
italy, paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Sex, politics and American culture are mixed into a combustible combination in Now & Later. Angela is an illegal Latina immigrant living in Los Angeles who stumbles across Bill, a disgraced banker on the run. She takes him in. Through ...
Style:
sexy, contemplative, talky, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
explicit sex, bisexuality, sexual intercourse, coitus, making love, naked man, sex scene, erotica, erection, repression, free love, poverty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nicaragua, los angeles, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A series of snapshots from the life of a fictional actress named Shirley serves to weave together thirteen paintings by Edward Hopper (e.g. "Office at Night", "Western Motel", "Usherette", "A Woman in the ...
Style:
serious, contemplative, realistic, atmospheric, postmodern ...
Plot:
couple relations, relationship vs career, art, idealism, hopes, workplace, repression, actor's life, couples, supportive spouse, painter, painting ...
Time:
50s, 1940s, 60s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, France, Poland, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Ceci, a seven year old girl, has to keep a huge secret, but she doesn't completely understand what is the secret about. The life of her family depends on her silence. But what exactly must she keep silent about? Ceci and her mom live hidden ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, emotional, touching, contemplative ...
Plot:
school, dictatorship, little girl, secret, military, rebelliousness, family in danger, parents and children, political unrest, repression, family relations, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
argentina, latin america
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
The story is real story that tells about a man's life who has a very influential philosopher that had lived in between 1877-1960. His name is 'Said Nursi' and he is originally Kurdish. But, he speaks perfectly Turkish, Kurdish, ...
Style:
serious, emotional, controversial, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot:
disagreement, redemption, life is a bitch, society, politics, injustice, repression, religions or cults, political unrest, hopes, humble, kurd ...
Time:
19th century, 20th century, 1920s, 1930s
Place:
ottoman empire, turkey
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is "convicted" of adultery and forced to ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, costume drama, sexual, period piece ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
forbidden love, adultery, betrayal, interracial relations, pregnancy, skinny dipping, women, sin, swimming, baby girl, tragic romance, sinner ...
Time:
17th century, victorian era
Place:
massachusetts, nova scotia, boston, new england, england ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A fragile Kansas girl's unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.
Style:
touching, sad, emotional, sentimental, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, forbidden love, small town, adolescence, love story, sexual repression, mental illness, teenager, suicide attempt, unrequited love, high school football, true love ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1961, future ...
Place:
kansas, yale university, new york, connecticut, usa ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Carmen spends 40 years of her life seeking for justice after the murder of her husband.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, psychological, historical drama ...
Plot:
dictatorship, investigation, human rights, repression, justice, military coup, activism, authoritarianism, testimony, trauma, problem, attorney ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, year 1973, 70s
Place:
chile, bolivia, south america, venezuela, brazil ...
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Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In a post-apocalyptic world brought on by the Coronavirus, communism runs rampant, meetings are forbidden and Christianity is illegal. A band of young believers launch an underground revolution to reunite Christians and regain freedom from their ...
Style:
tense, serious, captivating, disturbing, philosophical ...
Plot:
religious persecution, christian, authoritarianism, politics, faith, republican, pandemic, tyranny, repression, virus, resistance, dystopian future ...
Time:
near future, future, 2020s
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Soviet Union, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The tragic story of the life of revolutionary and romantic Nikolai Bukharin and his failed attempt to refute the charges against him. In parallel with the trial of Nikolai Bukharin, the whole life of this amazing man, who was ready to die for his ...
Style:
bleak, melancholic, tense, intellectual, grim ...
Plot:
repression, biopic, political persecution, tragedy, courtroom, historical figure, idealism, ideology, communism, totalitarianism, trial, revolutionary ...
Time:
20th century, year 1936
Place:
soviet union, eastern europe, moscow russia
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Genre: Biography
Country: Russia, Lithuania
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
He considers himself a genius but the publishers refuse to print his works. He loves women but they don’t always understand him. Constantly without money and out of touch with reality. The elegant fop Daniil Yuvachov names himself Kharms- a name ...
Style:
avant garde, rough, psychological, thought provoking, bleak ...
Plot:
absurdism, writer's block, arrested, repression, writers, poet, father son relationship, gulag, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, publisher, world war two, arrest ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 1920s
Place:
soviet union, st. petersburg russia, ussr
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When 19-year-old gay-rights activist Tommy and 24-year-old Alan first meet in 1973, they find themselves on the opposite sides of the political coin...
Style:
sentimental, realistic, touching, political, semi serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay relationship, gay interest, gay, homosexuality, aids, closeted homosexual, gay slur, road trip, human nature, lgbtq, repressed homosexual, first gay sexual experience ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1984, year 1977, year 1973
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, mexico
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Intertwines the lives of six young Iranians as they struggle to satisfy their private desires in the face of conservative Islamic society.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, underground film ...
Plot:
forbidden love, injustice, love and romance, young lovers, society, youth, bittersweet, infidelity, muslim, repression, hijab, islam ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, middle east, tehran iran
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Lilli Palmer owns and runs a school for wayward girls in France. Her absolute discipline has fostered a social order among the girls with rampant sex, lesbianism and torture the norm. Palmer also has an adolescent son (Moulder Brown) she tries to ...
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, scary, serious, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
humiliation, danger, bullying, cruelty, desire, voyeurism, teenage girl, serial killer, missing person, boarding school, woman in danger, youth ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
france, europe, south of france
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Rachel is a 35 year old school teacher who has no man in her life and lives with her mother. When a man from the big city returns and asks her out, she begins to have to make decisions about her life and where she wants it to go.
Style:
sexual, crying, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
lesbian, midlife crisis, lesbian subtext, school, lesbian friend, sexual repression, small town, teacher, loss of virginity, lesbianism, outdoor sex, bird ...
Time:
year 1968, 60s
Place:
oregon, new england, usa, connecticut
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A rich housewife enlists her maid's help to murder her husband; they go on the lam and end up in Mortville, a homeless community built into a garbage dump.
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, controversial, cult classic, surreal ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
surrealism, male nudity, fascism, children, murder, lesbian, castration, satire, absurd violence, lesbian sex, nudist colony, male pubic hair ...
Time:
year 1977, 20th century, 70s
Place:
texas, california
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