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2. Che: Part One (2008) Not Rated | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History. In 1956, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara and a band of Castro-led Cuban exiles mobilize an army to topple the regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista. Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Julia Ormond, Benicio Del Toro, Oscar Isaac, Pablo Guevara.
- They Live
- Red Dawn
- Bananas
- V For Vendetta
- The Patriot
- The Matrix
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- Battleship Potemkin
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In most movies where the world is overrun by aliens or some outside malevolent force, there is usually an element of revolt in the narrative. Independence Day, for example, sees our heroes rise against the invading forces in a grand militaristic bid to take back their planet. The thing about those movies, though, is that their views are always a bi...
Before America became infatuated with the idea of a world where zombies rule, most people in the United States were obsessed with the concept of Russia taking over. Though some simply felt that the war would consist of a series of nuclear missiles being launched from across the globe, others were prepared for the kind of traditional ground invasion...
There are many, many different kinds of rebellion films out there but, for the most part, they tend to be pretty serious pieces of work. That makes sense considering that rebellions tend to be pretty serious by their very nature most of the time. But you know, even in the most serious of circumstances, you have to be able to find some laughter. Lif...
Here’s the thing about V for Vendetta: It’s maybe a little too effective in its portrayal of rebellion. The character of V is a larger than life representation of the human spirit who is not only the one man in an oppressed world willing to rise up and perform direct actions against the totalitarian government that rules the day, but he’s also a co...
It’s easy to pick apart The Patriot from a filmmaking standpoint. Its heroes are almost entirely pure (the writers go out of their way to even clarify that the family slaves are, in fact, paid laborers), the villains are the kind of evil usually reserved for cartoons, its historical accuracy is laughable at best, and the film’s writing is about as ...
It’s odd that The Matrix is never really talked about as a revolutionist film. While later movies in the trilogy (you know, the ones that you try to forget about) directly tapped into the revolutionist themes when it came to portraying the battle of Zion, the original Matrixrarely directly presents itself as the story of a small band of humans tryi...
Steven Soderbergh’s two-part epic about the life of Cuban revolutionist Che Guevara was always destined to be a somewhat controversial film. After all, anytime you make a revolutionist movie about the complex life and times of a man whose very visage has become symbolic of the act of revolution itself, you’re going to have some detractors ready to ...
If you have trouble watching films made around the dawn of cinema, we can’t say that we blame you. Though we're personally a fan of these early works, there is no denying that the films of the ’20s can be incredibly rough pieces of entertainment with merits that are hidden under a layer of technical shortcomings and that era’s fondness for elaborat...
When American journalist John Reed published his book Ten Days That Shook The World in 1919, it was something of a controversial piece of work. Reed had become so lost in the plight of the Russian revolutionist of the October Revolution that he was no longer able to remain a conscientious objector and instead found himself sympathizing deeply with ...
Les Miserables has been successful as a stage play, television series, Broadway musical and a film adaptation of that musical. In fact, the only time Les Mis wasn’t considered an overwhelming success is when it first debuted as a novel. At that time, the book was met with many critics who file that author Victor Hugo’s winding narrative was too con...
A list of movies that depict various forms of rebellion, from aliens to zombies, from aliens to communists, from aliens to Nazis. The list includes classics like They Live, Red Dawn, and V for Vendetta, as well as some more recent titles like The Patriot and Bananas. Find out why these films are among the best revolution movies ever made.
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Best films of protest/ rebellion / revolution. 1. Battleship Potemkin (1925) Not Rated | 66 min | Drama, History, Thriller. In the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin mutiny against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers.
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- 'RRR' (2022) RRR has proven itself to be just about the best action movie of 2022 so far, providing excitement and action that trumps much of what Hollywood has been putting out lately.
- 'Metropolis' (1927) Set in the distant future (or maybe the present? After all, this is nearly a century old), Metropolis focuses on a revolution by the working class, who are fed up with being exploited in an idyllic, sleek, and modern city that's only really idyllic for the rich.
- 'Fight Club' (1999) Debatably, Fight Club is more of an anarchist film than a revolutionary one, and generally heavier on chaos and being nihilistic over trying to "fix" a broken society.
- 'Spartacus' (1960) One of Stanley Kubrick's most underappreciated films, Spartacus tells the story of a slave who uses his expertise as a gladiator to lead an uprising against the Roman Empire, eventually leading an army and coming remarkably close to achieving his goal.
Mexican Revolution, Pancho Villa: 1937 Aurora de esperanza: Antonio Sau Drama: Spanish Revolution of 1936: 1952 The Fighter: Herbert Kline Film noir: Mexican Revolution: 1952 Viva Zapata! Elia Kazan: Historical drama: Emiliano Zapata, Mexican Revolution: 1954 Animal Farm: John Halas & Joy Batchelor: Drama: Anti-Stalinism, Russian Revolution ...
Revolution. (1985 film) Revolution is a 1985 British historical drama film directed by Hugh Hudson, written by Robert Dillon, and starring Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, and Nastassja Kinski. The film stars Pacino as a fur trapper in the Colony of New York who involuntarily gets enrolled in the Revolutionary forces during the American ...
Dec 25, 1985 · Revolution: Directed by Hugh Hudson. With Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski, Joan Plowright. A trapper and his young son get pulled into the American revolution early as unwilling participants and remain involved through to the end.
