American films about repression

List of the best American films about repression according to the audience: Stonewall, Nobody Walks, Boulevard, Footloose, Inner Workings, Me, Myself & Irene, Anthropoid, Neruda, J. Edgar, Some Came Running.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 5.3
Genredrama, history
CountryUSA
Duration02:27

"Stonewall" is a drama about a young man in New York caught up during the 1969 Stonewall Riots, a pivotal event widely considered the starting point for the modern gay civil rights movement.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:23

A young woman's arrival sparks a surge of energy into a laid-back, artistic Los Angeles household, forcing the residents to confront their own fears and desires in an intricate dance of lust, denial and deception.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genredrama
CountryUSA, Mexico

Nolan Mack, a soft-spoken bank employee, undoubtedly loves his wife Joy, though their cavernous empty house only underscores how disconnected they’ve always been from each other. Nolan finds himself drifting from his familiar present-day life in pursuit of lost time after meeting a troubled young man named Leo on his drive home. What begins as an aimless drive down an unfamiliar street turns into a life-altering series of events.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
CountryUSA
Duration01:53

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 troubled daughter Ariel in the process.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon, short
CountryUSA

This is the story of the internal struggle between a man’s Brain—a pragmatic protector who calculates his every move, and his Heart—a free-spirited adventurer who wants to let loose.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrecomedy, adventure, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:56

Rhode Island State Trooper Charlie Baileygates has a multiple personality disorder. One personality is crazy and aggressive, while the other is more friendly and laid back. Both of these personalities fall in love with the same woman named Irene after Charlie loses his medication.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, military, biography, history
CountryCzech Republic, United Kingdom, USA, France
Duration02:24

In December 1941, Czech soldier Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš parachute into their occupied homeland to assassinate Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography, history
CountryChile, Argentina, France, Spain, USA
Duration02:00

It’s 1948 and the Cold War has arrived in Chile. In the Congress, prominent Communist Senator and popular poet Pablo Neruda accuses the government of betraying the Party and is stripped of his parliamentary immunity by President González Videla. The Chief of Investigative Police instructs inspector Óscar Peluchonneau to arrest the poet. Neruda tries to escape from the country with his wife, the painter Delia del Carril, but they are forced to go underground.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genremelodrama, drama, biography
CountryUSA
Duration02:17

    As the face of law enforcement in America for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA

    Hard-drinking novelist Dave Hirsh returns home after being gone for years. His brother wants Dave to settle down, and introduces him to English teacher Gwen French. Moody Dave resents his brother, and spends his days hanging out with Bama Dillert, a professional gambler who parties late into the night. Torn between the admiring Gwen and Ginny Morehead, an easy woman who loves him, Dave grows increasingly angry.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrecomedy, military, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:47

    A washed-up music producer finds one last shot at redemption with a golden-voiced young girl in Afghanistan. However, when jealousy gets the better of a disgruntled ex-boyfriend, he decides to oppose the young star with talent of his own.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Belgium, Canada, USA
    Duration02:30

    Stalin's core team of ministers tussle for control following the Russian leader's stroke in 1953.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    When Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated Long Island community where Shannan was last seen. Her search brings attention to over a dozen murdered sex workers.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:52

      After falling in love in Paris, Marina and Neil come to Oklahoma, where problems arise. Their church's Spanish-born pastor struggles with his faith, while Neil encounters a woman from his childhood.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:39

      When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father must finally take responsibility for their actions and each other in order to bring Wes home.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:05

      More than a dozen Angelenos navigate Valentine's Day from early morning until midnight. Three couples awake together, but each relationship will sputter; are any worth saving? A grade-school boy wants flowers for his first true love; two high school seniors plan first-time sex at noon; a TV sports reporter gets the assignment to find romance in LA; a star quarterback contemplates his future; two strangers meet on a plane; grandparents, together for years, face a crisis; and, an "I Hate Valentine's Day" dinner beckons the lonely and the lied to. Can Cupid finish his work by midnight?

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:41

      Nina Geld's passion and talent have made her a rising star in the comedy scene, but she's an emotional mess offstage. When a new professional opportunity coincides with a romantic one, she is forced to confront her own deeply troubled past.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA

      Left broke and homeless by his wealthy parents' divorce, a young man moves in with an old friend and finally meets the woman of his dreams -- only to discover she's already dating his friend.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genrefantastic, thriller
      CountryUSA

      Joshua Lazarus (Nick Stahl) is a telepath who has been raised in a NSA foster home. Lazarus helps the government by using his abilities. He is told by the agency that the telepathy is a side effect of Widmann's Disease, and that he will become insane in time and eventually die from the illness. However, Lazarus meets a woman with similar powers (Taryn Manning) who does not have any sign of the disease, launching Lazarus to confront the lies he has been told

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:30

      Everybody has the sibling who is always just a little bit behind the curve when it comes to getting his life together. For sisters Liz, Miranda and Natalie, that person is their perennially upbeat brother Ned, an erstwhile organic farmer whose willingness to rely on the honesty of mankind is a less-than-optimum strategy for a tidy, trouble-free existence. Ned may be utterly lacking in common sense, but he is their brother and so, after his girlfriend dumps him and boots him off the farm, his sisters once again come to his rescue. As Liz, Miranda and Natalie each take a turn at housing Ned, their brother's unfailing commitment to honesty creates more than a few messes in their comfortable routines. But as each of their lives begins to unravel, Ned's family comes to realize that maybe, in believing and trusting the people around him, Ned isn't such an idiot after all.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genreaction, comedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:27

      Jean-Claude Van Damme is a global martial arts & film sensation, also operating under the simple alias of "Johnson" as the world's best undercover private contractor. Retired for years, a chance encounter with a lost love brings him back to the game. This time, he'll be deadlier than ever. Probably.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Denmark
      Duration01:11

      Joker teams up with Lex Luthor to destroy the world one brick at a time. It's up to Batman, Superman and the rest of the Justice League to stop them.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:22

      Arkin escapes with his life from the vicious grips of "The Collector" during an entrapment party where he adds beautiful Elena to his "Collection." Instead of recovering from the trauma, Arkin is suddenly abducted from the hospital by mercenaries hired by Elena's wealthy father. Arkin is blackmailed to team up with the mercenaries and track down The Collector's booby trapped warehouse and save Elena.

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:31

      Battling insomnia and undiagnosed PTSD, a war veteran works nights as a projectionist at a decrepit theater. While struggling to adapt to civilian life, he soon finds himself tangled in an inescapable web of seduction, addiction, and violence.

      Markimdb: 4.6
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:27

      Young Emily Walton, who has suffered from psychosomatic blindness ever since the car accident that took her mother's life, must summon every instinct at her disposal to protect herself and her loved ones from a mysterious intruder

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:39

      When her husband is sentenced to eight years in prison, Ruby drops out of medical school in order to focus on her husband's well-being while he's incarcerated - leading her on a journey of self-discovery in the process.

      Markimdb: 3.8
      Genrethriller
      CountryUSA

      7 minutes from now in Nogales, Arizona, Thomas Conrad's life will forever change when he gets caught up in a Mexican cartels poetic game of drug mule chess.

      Markimdb: 3.6
      Genremelodrama
      CountryUSA

      Before leaving for college, a recently dumped goth girl's life changes forever when she falls in love with a smart and professional college grad who is staying in the family's guest house.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrethriller, comedy
      CountryUSA

      Inspired by a true story, an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converge in a Georgia forest where a 500-pound black bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintentionally ingesting cocaine.

      Markimdb: 4
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:19

      Polar-opposite brothers Randy and Kirk never saw eye-to-eye, but their rivalry is taken to a new level when Randy hijacks Kirk's son's sleepover, taking the boys on a Scout Trip to remember.

      Markimdb: 3.1
      Genrehorror, action, comedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:37

      As Abraham Lincoln labors over the Gettysburg address, the importance of which he is fully aware, he learns that a menace from his past has returned, threatening to tear the already fractured nation to pieces. He must journey behind enemy lines to face an foe far more fearsome than the Confederate army: the walking dead.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA, Canada

      A young woman's plans to propose to her girlfriend while at her family's annual holiday party are upended when she discovers her partner hasn't yet come out to her conservative parents.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      A broken family finds their relationships to one another changed by a new arrival in the household.

      Markimdb: 5.1
      Genrefantasy, comedy, family, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:34

      Brian is a 16 year-old who can't play basketball, but he still wants to play like his hero, Kevin Durant. At an Oklahoma City Thunder game, Brian gets chosen to shoot a half court shot which he misses and hits the mascot in the process. Later on, he gets a chance to meet Durant and expresses his desire to play just like him. When Kevin gives Brian the ball, the two unknowingly switch talents.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:30

      Adam West and Burt Ward returns to their iconic roles of Batman and Robin. Featuring the voices of Adam West, Burt Ward, and Julie Newmar, the film sees the superheroes going up against classic villains like The Joker, The Riddler, The Penguin and Catwoman, both in Gotham City… and in space.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA, Mexico
      Duration02:09

      An aging Latin lover gets dumped by his sugar mama and must fend for himself in a harsh world.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genredrama, military, history
      CountryUSA

      Set against the backdrop of the greatest clandestine race against time in the history of science with the mission to build the world's first atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Flawed scientists and their families attempt to co-exist in a world where secrets and lies infiltrate every aspect of their lives.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genrethriller, drama, detective
      CountryFrance, Canada, USA
      Duration02:24

      A widowed child psychologist lives in an isolated existence in rural New England. When caught in a deadly winter storm, she must find a way to rescue a young boy before he disappears forever.

      Markimdb: 4.9
      Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:03

      In an oppressive future, a 'fireman' whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.

      Markimdb: 7.9
      Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA, Canada, India
      Duration02:32

      Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genremelodrama, drama, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:26

      Estranged from her family, Franny returns home when an accident leaves her brother comatose. Retracing his life as an aspiring musician, she tracks down his favorite musician, James Forester. Against the backdrop of Brooklyn’s music scene, Franny and James develop an unexpected relationship and face the realities of their lives.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genredrama, sport
      CountryUSA

      Reeling from his mother’s death and his father’s abandonment, Zach, an All-State athlete, finds glory on the football field, working to earn a college scholarship and the brothers’ ticket out of town. When a devastating injury puts Zach—and his dreams—on the sidelines, David laces up his track cleats to salvage their future and point Zach toward hope.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genredocumentary
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:01

      Going Clear intimately profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientology, shining a light on how they attract true believers and the things they do in the name of religion.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genredrama, crime
      CountryUSA

      The story of the investigation and trial of abortion provider Dr Kermit Gosnell.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, military
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:12

      Colombian drug kingpin Jesús Morales secretly pays for the services of a sniper nicknamed "The Devil," capable of killing one-by-one the enemies of anyone who hires him. With no adversaries left alive, Morales grows stronger and gains control of more smuggling routes into the United States. The DEA, alarmed by this threat to the country, sends agent Kate Estrada, who has been following Morales for years, and Marine sniper Brandon Beckett to Colombia. Their mission: Kill "The Devil" and bring Morales back to the US to be tried for his crimes. The agents think they have everything under control, but Morales and "The Devil" have prepared plenty of surprises to keep the mission from succeeding.

      Genrefantastic, comedy, drama
      CountryUSA

      Two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn humankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrehorror, thriller, comedy, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:38

      A former mental patient's repressed anger reaches the boiling point, leading him to embark on a mission of revenge against the thugs who once subjected him to severe physical and mental trauma.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:24

      When new kid in town Ed Wallis is given an assignment to interview an older person, he turns to his mysterious neighbor, Ashby Holt for help. That new connection leads to unexpected journeys for both of them, as Ashby – who turns out to be a retired CIA assassin – deals with a terminal prognosis, and Ed deals with adjusting to life with his newly single mom and developing relationship with a brainy classmate, Eloise.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrethriller, drama, documentary, crime, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:39

      It’s 1994: a 13-year-old boy disappears from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Three and a half years later, he is found alive, thousands of miles away, in Spain. Disoriented and quivering with fear, he divulges his shocking story of kidnap and torture. His family is overjoyed to bring him home. But all is not what it seems. Sure, he has the same tattoos, but he looks decidedly different, and he now speaks with a strange accent. Why doesn't the family seem to notice these glaring inconsistencies? It's only when an investigator starts asking questions that this astounding true story takes an even stranger turn.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genremelodrama, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:56

      A teen drama set during the fall potato harvest in a small northern Maine town.




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