Dictatorship Movies

  • 2017
    Cuba and the Cameraman

    Cuba and the Cameraman

    Cuba and the Cameraman

    7.52017HD

    This revealing portrait of Cuba follows the lives of Fidel Castro and three Cuban families affected by his policies over the last four decades.

    Cuba and the Cameraman
  • 2001
    In the Time of the Butterflies

    In the Time of the Butterflies

    In the Time of the Butterflies

    6.312001HD

    Based on the book by Julia Alvarez. Three sisters become activists during the Dominican Republic's Trujillo regime when members of their family are...

    In the Time of the Butterflies
  • 1975
    The Battle of Chile: Part I

    The Battle of Chile: Part I

    The Battle of Chile: Part I

    7.21975HD

    The chronicle of the political tension in Chile in 1973 and of the violent counter revolution against the democratically elected government of...

    The Battle of Chile: Part I
  • 2022
    Chile '76

    Chile '76

    Chile '76

    6.9772022HD

    Chile, 1976. Carmen heads off to her beach house. When the family priest asks her to take care of a young man he is sheltering in secret, Carmen...

    Chile '76
  • 2004
    Olga

    Olga

    Olga

    7.22004HD

    Based upon the true story of Olga Benário, the German-born wife of Brazilian communist leader Luís Carlos Prestes. During the...

    Olga
  • 2023
    1988

    1988

    1988

    72023HD

    In the winter of 1988, in the depths of the Iraq/Iran war, the border town of Halabja was attacked by chemical weapons with all its people and their...

    1988
  • 2015
    The Pearl Button

    The Pearl Button

    The Pearl Button

    6.92015HD

    The ocean contains the history of all humanity. The sea holds all the voices of the earth and those that come from outer space. Water receives...

    The Pearl Button
  • 1989
    Esmeralda Bay

    Esmeralda Bay

    Esmeralda Bay

    4.41989HD

    A priest secretly leads rebels in their struggle against the corrupt military dictatorship of the Central American country of Puerto Santo.

    Esmeralda Bay
  • 2016
    The Lovers and the Despot

    The Lovers and the Despot

    The Lovers and the Despot

    6.8832016HD

    Hong Kong, 1978. South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee is kidnapped by North Korean operatives following orders from dictator Kim Jong-il.

    The Lovers and the Despot
  • 2016
    The White King

    The White King

    The White King

    5.42016HD

    Djata is a care-free 12-year-old growing up in a brutal dictatorship shut off from the outside world. When the government imprisons his father,...

    The White King
  • 2019
    The Silence of Others

    The Silence of Others

    The Silence of Others

    8.12019HD

    The story of the tortuous struggle against the silence of the victims of the dictatorship imposed by General Franco after the victory of the rebel...

    The Silence of Others
  • 1950
    Crisis

    Crisis

    Crisis

    6.61950HD

    An American doctor gets caught in the middle of a revolution when he's forced to operate on a South American dictator.

    Crisis
  • 2025
    The Battle

    The Battle

    The Battle

    92025HD

    21 sequence shots depict moments in a defining night of the Battle of Rua Maria Antônia, in October 1968, from the point of view of the...

    The Battle
  • 2020
    Black Box Syria: The Dirty War

    Black Box Syria: The Dirty War

    Black Box Syria: The Dirty War

    82020HD

    A look back over nine years of the Syrian Civil War, an inextricable conflict, like a black box, due to the competing interests of the many factions...

    Black Box Syria: The Dirty War
  • 1986
    Night of the Pencils

    Night of the Pencils

    Night of the Pencils

    71986HD

    The Night of the Pencils was a series of kidnappings and forced disappearances, followed by the torture, rape, and murder of a number of young...

    Night of the Pencils
  • 2021
    Montenegro: A Land Divided

    Montenegro: A Land Divided

    Montenegro: A Land Divided

    62021HD

    Montenegro is the newest European country with a proud history, one that is being falsified for current political purposes, thus creating an...

    Montenegro: A Land Divided
  • 1967
    Entranced Earth

    Entranced Earth

    Entranced Earth

    7.31967HD

    Eldorado, a fictitious country in America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the...

    Entranced Earth
  • 2010
    The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu

    The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu

    The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu

    7.72010HD

    The three-hour-long documentary covers 25 years in the life of Nicolae Ceaușescu and was made using 1,000 hours of original footage from the...

    The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
  • 2022
    The Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros

    The Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros

    The Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros

    8.52022HD

    This documentary tells of the extraordinary rise of Jair Bolsonaro, from relative obscurity to the ultimate seat of South American power. Told...

    The Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros
  • 2013
    Until Tomorrow, Comrades

    Until Tomorrow, Comrades

    Until Tomorrow, Comrades

    6.52013HD

    Portugal, 1944. In a country oppressed by a brutal dictatorship, there are those who resist and mobilize the people to fight for bread and freedom,...

    Until Tomorrow, Comrades