Movies: Revolution

  • 1952
    The Crimson Pirate

    The Crimson Pirate (1952)

    The Crimson Pirate

    6.91952HD

    Burt Lancaster plays a pirate with a taste for intrigue and acrobatics who involves himself in the goings on of a revolution in the Caribbean in the late 1700s. A light hearted adventure involving prison breaks, an oddball scientist, sailing ships, n...

    The Crimson Pirate
  • 1986
    Salvador

    Salvador (1986)

    Salvador

    7.01986HD

    In 1980, an American journalist covering the Salvadoran Civil War becomes entangled with both the leftist guerrilla groups and the right-wing military dictatorship while trying to rescue his girlfriend and her children....

    Salvador
  • 2003
    A Thousand Desires Like These

    A Thousand Desires Like These (2003)

    A Thousand Desires Like These

    7.22003HD

    Set against the backdrop of the Indian Emergency, the movie tells the story of three youngsters in the 70s, when India was undergoing massive social and political changes....

    A Thousand Desires Like These
  • 1995
    Jefferson in Paris

    Jefferson in Paris (1995)

    Jefferson in Paris

    5.11995HD

    His wife having recently died, Thomas Jefferson accepts the post of United States ambassador to pre-revolutionary France, though he finds it difficult to adjust to life in a country where the aristocracy subjugates an increasingly restless peasantry....

    Jefferson in Paris
  • 1957
    The Pride and the Passion

    The Pride and the Passion (1957)

    The Pride and the Passion

    5.81957HD

    During the Napoleonic Wars, when the French have occupied Spain, some Spanish guerrilla soldiers are going to move a big cannon across Spain in order to help the British defeat the French. A British officer is there to accompany the Spanish and along...

    The Pride and the Passion
  • 1995
    Land and Freedom

    Land and Freedom (1995)

    Land and Freedom

    7.31995HD

    David Carr is a British Communist who is unemployed. In 1936, when the Spanish Civil War begins, he decides to fight for the Republican side, a coalition of liberals, communists and anarchists, so he joins the POUM militia and witnesses firsthand the...

    Land and Freedom
  • 2015
    Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

    Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom (2015)

    Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

    7.92015HD

    A documentary on the unrest in Ukraine during 2013 and 2014, as student demonstrations supporting European integration grew into a violent revolution calling for the resignation of President Viktor F. Yanukovich....

    Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom
  • 1968
    if....

    if.... (1968)

    if....

    7.01968HD

    In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Upper Sixth. Three Lower Sixth students, Wallace, Johnny and leader Mick T...

    if....
  • 1973
    Sleeper

    Sleeper (1973)

    Sleeper

    6.91973HD

    Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government regime....

    Sleeper
  • 2006
    Land of the Blind

    Land of the Blind (2006)

    Land of the Blind

    5.82006HD

    A soldier recounts his relationship with a famous political prisoner attempting to overthrow their country's authoritarian government....

    Land of the Blind
  • 1982
    The Night of Varennes

    The Night of Varennes (1982)

    The Night of Varennes

    6.81982HD

    During the French Revolution, a surprising company shares a coach, trying to catch up something - the time itself, perhaps....

    The Night of Varennes
  • 1965
    Viva Maria!

    Viva Maria! (1965)

    Viva Maria!

    61965HD

    An IRA operative escapes to the Americas and teams up with a circus singer to create a popular vaudeville act. When the singer falls for a rebel, they leave the circus behind to become fierce revolutionaries....

    Viva Maria!
  • 1983
    The Honorary Consul

    The Honorary Consul (1983)

    The Honorary Consul

    5.61983HD

    Set in a small politically unstable Latin American country, the story follows the half English and half Latino Dr. Eduardo Plarr, who left his home to find a better life. Along the way he meets an array of people, including British Consul Charley For...

    The Honorary Consul
  • 1927
    The End of St. Petersburg

    The End of St. Petersburg (1927)

    The End of St. Petersburg

    6.61927HD

    Shortly before the outbreak of WWI, a peasant from rural Russia arrives in St. Petersburg to find work....

    The End of St. Petersburg
  • 2013
    Wałesa: Man of Hope

    Wałesa: Man of Hope (2013)

    Wałesa: Man of Hope

    5.72013HD

    How was it possible that a single man influenced contemporary world so significantly? This film is an attempt to capture the phenomenon of a common man’s metamorphosis into a charismatic leader — an attempt to see how a Gdansk shipyard electrician fi...

    Wałesa: Man of Hope
  • 1967
    I Am Curious (Yellow)

    I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967)

    I Am Curious (Yellow)

    5.61967HD

    Lena, aged twenty, wants to know all she can about life and reality. She collects information on everyone and everything, storing her findings in an enormous archive. She experiments with relationships, political activism, and meditation. Meanwhile, ...

    I Am Curious (Yellow)
  • 1938
    Marie Antoinette

    Marie Antoinette (1938)

    Marie Antoinette

    6.61938HD

    The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries. The opulent Marie indulges in various whims and flirtations. When Louis XV passes and ...

    Marie Antoinette
  • 2009
    South of the Border

    South of the Border (2009)

    South of the Border

    5.82009HD

    A road trip across five countries to explore the social and political movements as well as the mainstream media's misperception of South America while interviewing seven of its elected presidents....

    South of the Border
  • 1989
    Marquis

    Marquis (1989)

    Marquis

    6.41989HD

    On the eve of revolution, French activist and author Marquis and his talking penis, Colin, await judgment in the Bastille for allegedly plotting against the state. While Marquis dedicates himself to his art and Colin longs for action, the provocative...

    Marquis
  • 1969
    Che!

    Che! (1969)

    Che!

    51969HD

    Biography of Argentinian revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, who helped Fidel Castro in his struggle against the corrupt Batista regime, eventually resulting in the overthrow of that government and Castro's taking over of Cuba. The film covers Gueva...

    Che!