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Movies and TV Series

  1. 1984
  2. A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, UK, 1971)
  3. Age of Uprising - The Legend of Michael Kholhaas (Germany 2013)
  4. Alephia 2053 (2021)
  5. Alexanderplatz by Rainer Fassbinder (West Germany, 1980) in 14 episodes
  6. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Angst essen Seele auf , Rainer Fassbinder, Germany 1974)
  7. Al-ijtiyaah (The Invasion, 2007, TV series in Levantine Arabic with English subtitles)
  8. Al-Taghriba al-Falastiniyya التغريبة الفلسطينية
  9. A Man Escaped (Robert Bresson, France 1956)
  10. American History X (USA, 1998)
  11. Amistad (Steven Spielberg, 1997)
  12. Amores Perros (Dir. by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mexico, 2000)
  13. Animal Farm
  14. Anthropoid
  15. Ashes in the Snow (2019)
  16. Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Copola1979)
  17. A Prophet (France 2009)
  18. A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
  19. A Twelve-Year Night (2018)
  20. Battle for Sevastopol (Ukraine and Russia 2015)
  21. Beginning of Great Revival (China 2011)
  22. Birds of Passage (dir. by Ciro Guerra, 2018)
  23. Black ‘47 (Lance Daly, Ireland 2018)
  24. Bloody Sunday (2002) also available here
  25. Bonhoeffer (Ireland, Belgium 2024)
  26. Bread and Roses (Ken Loach, 2000)
  27. Burnt by the Sun (Nikita Mikhalkov, Russia, 1994)
  28. Cairo Station (Egypt)
  29. Camp X-Ray (USA 2014)
  30. Carla’s Song (a film by Ken Loach, 1996)
  31. City of Life and Death (2009)
  32. Comrades (UK 1986)
  33. Contagion (2011)
  34. Coup 53 (UK,Iran, 2019)
  35. Danton (France, 1983)
  36. Das Boot (a war drama in 2 seasons)
  37. Deep State (TV series, United Kingdom, 2018)
  38. Defiance (2008)
  39. Der Hauptmann - The Captain (2017)
  40. Deutschland 83 (Germany 2015)
  41. Dr Strangelove (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
  42. El Chapo (2017)
  43. El Postino (The Postman, Michael Radford, 1994)
  44. Elysium (USA 2013)
  45. Emancipation (USA, 2022)
  46. Emperor (Mark Amin, USA 2020
  47. Escape from Pretoria (2020)
  48. Escape from Sobibor (1987)
  49. Five Broken Cameras (2012)
  50. Frantz Fanon – Black Skin  White Mask (BFI documentary, 1995)
  51. Forbidden (Germany 1984)
  52. Free State of Jones (US, 2016)
  53. Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick, 1987)
  54. Gangs of New York (USA 2002)
  55. Germinal (France 1993)
  56. God of War (China, Hong Kong 2017)
  57. Gomorrah (Roberto Saviano, Italy, 2008)
  58. Good Bye, Lenin!
  59. Hidden Blade (China, 2023)
  60. Hoffa (The Irishman)
  61. In Dubious Battle (US 2016)
  62. In Tranzit (2008)
  63. Ivan the Terrible (1945)
  64. James Collins
  65. Kalashnikov AK-47
  66. Katyn (Andrzej Wajda, Poland 2007)
  67. King Rat (1965)
  68. Kursk (2018)
  69. La Grande Bouffe (Marco Ferreri, 1973)
  70. Land and Freedom
  71. Landscape After Battle (Poland 1970)
  72. Last Tango in Paris (Bernando Bertolucci, 1972)
  73. Legend (Brian Helgeland 2015)
  74. Les Amants du Pont Neuf (France 1991)
  75. Les Misérables (in French, France 1982, not the one with Russell Crowe)
  76. Life of Brian (UK)
  77. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (UK 1998)
  78. Lolita (Stanley Kubrick, 1962)
  79. Lola by Rainer Fassbinder
  80. Lust, Caution (2007)
  81. Manufacturing Consent (1992)
  82. Maze (Stephen Burke, 2017)
  83. Mesrine - Killer Instinct (2008)
  84. Mesrine - Public Enemy (2008)
  85. Midnight Express (Oliver Stone, 1978)
  86. Nana (Dan Wolman, 1983)
  87. Narcos (2015)
  88. Ned Kelly (2013)
  89. Of Mice and Men (1939)
  90. Oliver Twist (Roman Polinsky)
  91. Omar (Palestinian, 2013)
  92. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1970)
  93. Operation Finale (2018) also available here
  94. Palestine 1948 (July 2007, 9:39)
  95. Papillon (1973) a French movie based on the novel Papillon)
  96. Passion (Bab al-Maqam, Mohammad Malas, Syria 2005)
  97. Peaky Blinders (British drama, 2013)
  98. Penance by Tommy Collins
  99. Peterloo (2018)
  100. Persepolis
  101. Pier Paolo Pasolini's films (Italy)
  102. Platoon (Oliver Stone, 1986)
  103. Playing for Time (1980)
  104. Red Sorghum (1987)
  105. Reds (Warren Beatty, USA 1981)
  106. Rebellion (historical drama, Ireland 2016)
  107. Rise of the Footsoldier : Origins (UK, 2021)
  108. Route Irish (Ken Loach, 2010)
  109. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy 1975)
  110. Score (Radley Metzger, 1974)
  111. Silverton Siege (South Africa, 2022)
  112. Sinners (2025, USA)
  113. Snakehead (U.S.A, 2021)
  114. Somos (Mexico, 2021)
  115. Sophie Scholl - The Final Days (Germany, 2005)
  116. Sovereign (USA, 2025)
  117. Spartacus (Stanley Kubrick, 1960)
  118. Stalingrad (1993)
  119. Stray Dogs (Taiwan 2013)
  120. Taste of Cherry (Abbas Kiarostami, Iran, 1997)
  121. Taxi Driver
  122. Tears of Gaza (a documentary by Vibeke Løkkerberg, 2010)
  123. The 12th Man (Norway 2017)
  124. The Admiral (South Korea 2014)
  125. The Age of Shadows by Jee-Woon Kim (South Korea, 2016)
  126. The Ascent (Larisa Shepitko, 1977)
  127. The Assassin (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 2015)
  128. The Assassination of Leon Trotsky (1972)
  129. The Battle of Algiers (1966)
  130. The Battle: Roar to Victory (South Korea, 2019)
  131. The Battleship Island (South Korea, 2017)
  132. The Battleship Potemkine
  133. The Black Panthers Speak (2003, 53 mins)
  134. The Captain/ Der Hauptmann (Germany, 2017)
  135. The First Emperor of China
  136. The Godfather (1972)
  137. The Good Lord Bird (season 1, US, 2020)
  138. The Grey Zone (Tim Blake Nelson, USA, 2001)
  139. The Gunman (USA, Pierre Morel, 2015)
  140. The Hidden Fortress (Akira Kurosawa, Japan, 1958)
  141. This is England (2006)
  142. The Last Note (Greece 2017)
  143. The Last Train to Auschwitz (2006)
  144. The Man with the Iron Heart by Cédric Jimenez, 2017. Also available here
  145. The Night (Mohamad Malas, Syria 1992)
  146. The Nokdu Flower (South Korean historical drama in 24 episodes)
  147. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)
  148. Three Kings (1999)
  149. The Road to Guantanamo (2006, 1h: 31 mins)
  150. The Sicilian (US 1987)
  151. They Fought For Their Country (1975)
  152. The Young Marx
  153. The War Lords (2007, about the Taiping Rebellion)
  154. The War on Democracy (a documentary by John Pilger (2007, 1hr 34mns)
  155. The Wire (series, USA, 2002)
  156. Unknown Soldier (Finland, 2018)
  157. Waiting for the Barbarians (Ciro Guerra, 2019)
  158. Waltz with Bashir (2008)
  159. Ways of Seeing by John Berger (in 4 episodes)
  160. Wrath of Silence (China 2017)
  161. Who’s Afraid of Wilhelm Reich
  162. Z (1969)
  163. Some films by Youcef Chahine (Egypt)
  164. Some of Pedro Almodovar's movies

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