Movies about the uprising

Movies about the uprising
List of the best movies about the uprising, riots and rebellion, selected by visitors to our site: King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Outlaw King, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Sobibor, Divergent, No Escape, Taffin, Killing Jesus, No, They Have Escaped.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Country
Markimdb: 6.7
Genreaction, fantasy, drama, adventure
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Australia
Duration02:34

When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern, Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword Excalibur from the stone, his life is turned upside down and he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy... whether he likes it or not.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genredrama, military, biography, history
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:57

Forced into exile by the English after being crowned King of Scotland, legendary warrior Robert the Bruce fights to reclaim the throne.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrefantasy, adventure, family
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:25

Gellert Grindelwald has escaped imprisonment and has begun gathering followers to his cause—elevating wizards above all non-magical beings. The only one capable of putting a stop to him is the wizard he once called his closest friend, Albus Dumbledore. However, Dumbledore will need to seek help from the wizard who had thwarted Grindelwald once before, his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genredrama, military, history
CountryRussia
Duration01:51

Based on the true story, international historical project “Sobibor” is dedicated to the heroism of the Soviet o cer Alexander Pechersky. During the great Patriotic war, being in a Nazi concentration camp Sobibor he managed to do the impossible — for only three weeks to organize a revolt and mass escape of the prisoners. Part of the escapees were caught and shot, and the rest led by Pechersky managed to escape and joined the partisans.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, melodrama, adventure, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:14

    In a world divided into factions based on personality types, Tris learns that she's been classified as Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it's too late.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:58

    In the year 2022, a ruthless prison warden has created the ultimate solution for his most troublesome and violent inmates: Absolom, a secret jungle island where prisoners are abandoned and left to die. But Marine Captain John Robbins, convicted of murdering a commanding officer, is determined to escape the island in order to reveal the truth behind his murderous actions and clear his name.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, USA
    Duration01:37

    When a small Irish town is terrorized by a corrupt business syndicate, a lone hero wages an all out war.

    Markimdb: 4.6
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:30

    Jesus of Nazareth’s life and ministry were subject to seismic social and political events that led to his execution and changed the world forever.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama, history
    CountryChile, France, Mexico, USA
    Duration01:55

    In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to Pinochet extending his rule for another eight years. Opposition leaders for the ‘No’ vote persuade a brash young advertising executive, Rene Saavedra, to spearhead their campaign. Against all odds, with scant resources and while under scrutiny by the despot’s minions, Saavedra and his team devise an audacious plan to win the election and set Chile free.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genredrama
    CountryFinland, Netherlands
    Duration01:37

    Two troubled youths break out of their halfway house and make their way to one's home.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genredrama, military, history
    CountrySpain

    Spain, 1808. The Napoleonic Army suffers its first defeat at the hands of a single man: a drummer boy who used the Montserrat mountains to echo his drums and send the enemy troops into a panicked retreat. When the news reaches Napoleon, he furiously orders the captain of the Imperial Guard to bring back the head of the young hero responsible for his army's defeat…

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryUSA

    Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic 1971 film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." Playing his father in the film, Van Peebles offers an unapologetic account of Melvin's brash and sometimes deceptive conduct on the set of the film, including questionable antics like writing bad checks, tricking a local fire department and allowing his son, Mario, to shoot racy sex scenes at the age of 11.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:58

      Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genredocumentary
      CountryUSA, Spain
      Duration01:00

      Documentary on the director's meeting with Castro.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrefantastic, action, short
      CountryUSA

      2081 depicts a dystopian future in which, thanks to the 212th Amendment to the Constitution and the unceasing vigilance of the United States Handicapper General, everyone is "finally equal...." The strong wear weights, the beautiful wear masks and the intelligent wear earpieces that fire off loud noises to keep them from taking unfair advantage.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, sport
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, USA
      Duration01:52

      Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing for fun one day, her impressive skills are seen by Jules Paxton, who then convinces Jess to play for her semi-pro team. Jess uses elaborate excuses to hide her matches from her family while also dealing with her romantic feelings for her coach, Joe.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:21

      A woman and her new husband returns to her hometown roots in coastal northern Florida, and must deal with family, business, and encroaching real estate development.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genredrama, military
      CountryUSA, Germany
      Duration01:41

      A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands of young men in 1971.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUSA

      The stories of the men and women who work the overnight shift at San Antonio Memorial Hospital. They are an irreverent and special breed, particularly adrenaline junkie T.C. Callahan.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:05

      The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant.

      Markimdb: 4.7
      Genrethriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA

      Deadline is the story of the murder of an African American youth in rural Alabama that has gone uninvestigated, unsolved, and unpunished for almost twenty years. That changes when Nashville Times reporter Matt Harper (Steve Talley) meets an idealistic young blueblood bent on discovering the truth. Harper undertakes the investigation despite the opposition of his publisher, violent threats from mysterious forces, a break-up with his fiancée, and his father's cancer diagnosis.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:04

      Sylvia Barrett is a rookie teacher at New York's inner-city Calvin Coolidge High: her lit classes are overcrowded, a window is broken, there's no chalk, books arrive late. The administration is concerned mainly with forms and rules (there's an up and and a down staircase); bells ring at the wrong time. Nevertheless, she tries. How she handles the chaos and her despair in her first semester makes up the film: a promising student drops out, another sleeps through class, a girl with a crush on a male teacher gets suicidal, and a bright but troublesome student misunderstands Sylvia's reaching out. A discussion of Dickens, parents' night, and a mock trial highlight the term. Can she make it?

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:09

      Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his girlie magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for all people.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:24

      In Havana, Cuba in the late 1950's, a wealthy family, one of whose sons is a prominent nightclub owner, is caught in the violent transition from the oppressive regime of Batista to the Marxist government of Fidel Castro. Castro's regime ultimately leads the nightclub owner to flee to New York.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:44

      Dr Jake Terrell, who has been training a pair of dolphins for many years, has had a breakthrough. He has taught his dolphins to speak and understand English, although they do have a limited vocabulary. When the dolphins are stolen, he discovers they're to be used in an assassination attempt. Now he is in a race to discover who is the target, and where the dolphins are, before the attempt is carried out.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genredrama
      CountryFrance, USA, Iran

      A wealthy Iranian family struggles to contain a teenager's growing sexual rebellion and her brother's newfound conservatism.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genredocumentary, music, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:59

      Fueled by a raging libido, Wild Turkey, and superhuman doses of drugs, Thompson was a true "free lance, " goring sacred cows with impunity, hilarity, and a steel-eyed conviction for writing wrongs. Focusing on the good doctor's heyday, 1965 to 1975, the film includes clips of never-before-seen (nor heard) home movies, audiotapes, and passages from unpublished manuscripts.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genredrama, western, biography, history
      CountryUSA, Mexico
      Duration01:34

      William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to install a new government by a coup d'etat.

      Markimdb: 8.2
      Genredrama, adventure, military
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:35

      The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson , the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:56

      Biopic of the famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair.

      Markimdb: 8.1
      Genredrama, adventure, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:28

      The true story of top student and athlete, Christopher McCandless, who after graduating from Emory University in 1992, abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:37

      During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genreaction, comedy, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:45

      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, naval fights, and tons of swordplay.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrethriller, drama, history
      CountryFrance, USA
      Duration01:57

      A young priest speaks out against the Communist regime in Poland and is killed for it.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:36

      Jeff Powers is the newest member of a very elite and very secret LAPD division. Their mission is to target important criminals and to get them to stop. Police brutality is not a known term for the division and they will stop at nothing to get the job done, even if it means murder.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:44

      If they missed Beatles' first appearance in the U.S.A. they would hate themselves for the rest of their lives! So six young girls from New Jersey set off even though they don't have tickets for the show! The journey is full of surprises and misfortunes but the young ladies are determined to reach their idols.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography, sport
      CountryCanada, USA
      Duration01:42

      Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:51

      A high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared mentally incompetent.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, military
      CountryUSA, Germany
      Duration01:56

      When the body of Army Capt. Elizabeth Campbell is found on a Georgia military base, two investigators, Warrant Officers Paul Brenner and Sara Sunhill, are ordered to solve her murder. What they uncover is anything but clear-cut. Unseemly details emerge about Campbell's life, leading to allegations of a possible military coverup of her death and the involvement of her father, Lt. Gen. Joseph Campbell.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:49

      At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.

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