Year
|
Title
|
Director
|
Genre
|
Themes
|
1912
|
Bandits en automobile
|
Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset
|
Thriller
|
Bonnot Gang, Illegalism
|
1913
|
Germinal
|
Albert Capellani
|
Drama
|
Strike action
|
1914
|
La Commune
|
Armand Guerra
|
Drama
|
Paris Commune
|
1914
|
Martin Eden
|
Hobart Bosworth
|
Drama
|
Individualism
|
1915
|
Gus and the Anarchists
|
John A. Murphy
|
Comedy
|
|
1917
|
In Again, Out Again
|
John Emerson
|
Comedy
|
Anarcho-pacifism
|
1919
|
The New Moon
|
Chester Withey
|
Adventure Drama
|
Russian Revolution
|
1921
|
The Earth
|
André Antoine
|
Drama
|
Property
|
1922
|
Cops
|
Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton
|
Comedy
|
Anti-police sentiment
|
1922
|
The Strangers' Banquet
|
Marshall Neilan
|
Drama
|
Anarcho-syndicalism, Strike action
|
1923
|
Legally Dead
|
William Parke
|
Drama
|
Prison, Capital punishment
|
1929
|
The New Babylon
|
Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg
|
Historical drama
|
Paris Commune
|
1930
|
All Quiet on the Western Front
|
Lewis Milestone
|
War Epic
|
Anti-war, PTSD, World War I
|
1930
|
L'Age d'Or
|
Luis Buñuel
|
Surrealism
|
Modernity, Bourgeois Mores, Catholic Value system
|
1931
|
The Front Page
|
Lewis Milestone
|
Comedy
|
Capital Punishment, Yellow Journalism
|
1932
|
¡Que viva Mexico!
|
Sergei Eisenstein
|
Historical
|
History of Mexico (Mexican Revolution)
|
1933
|
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
|
Lewis Milestone
|
Musical
|
Hobo lifestyle
|
1933
|
Prisoner 13
|
Fernando de Fuentes
|
War Drama
|
Mexican Revolution
|
1933
|
Godfather Mendoza
|
Fernando de Fuentes
|
War Drama
|
Mexican Revolution, Zapatistas
|
1933
|
Zero for Conduct
|
Jean Vigo
|
Comedy drama
|
Anarchism and education
|
1934
|
L'Atalante
|
Jean Vigo
|
Romantic Comedy drama
|
Marriage, Jealousy
|
1935
|
A Night at the Opera
|
Sam Wood
|
Comedy
|
High society
|
1935
|
Toni
|
Jean Renoir
|
Drama
|
Migrant workers
|
1936
|
The Crime of Monsieur Lange
|
Jean Renoir
|
Satirical Crime drama
|
Cooperative
|
1936
|
Sabotage
|
Alfred Hitchcock
|
Thriller
|
Sabotage, Propaganda of the deed, Espionage
|
1936
|
Let's Go with Pancho Villa
|
Fernando de Fuentes
|
War Drama
|
Mexican Revolution, Pancho Villa
|
1937
|
Aurora de esperanza
|
Antonio Sau
|
Drama
|
Spanish Revolution of 1936
|
1937
|
Barrios bajos
|
Pedro Puche
|
Drama
|
Prostitution, Second Spanish Republic
|
1938
|
Nuestro culpable
|
Fernando Mignoni
|
Comedy
|
Expropriation
|
1938
|
No quiero! No quiero!
|
Francisco Elías Riquelme
|
Comedy
|
|
1938
|
Port of Shadows
|
Marcel Carné
|
Film noir
|
Desertion
|
1938
|
You Can't Take It with You
|
Frank Capra
|
Romantic comedy
|
Class divide
|
1940
|
His Girl Friday
|
Howard Hawks
|
Romantic comedy
|
Feminism, Gender, Love
|
1940
|
The Great Dictator
|
Charlie Chaplin
|
Political satire
|
Antisemitism, Fascism
|
1941
|
Love on the Dole
|
John Baxter
|
Drama
|
Great Depression, Unemployment benefits
|
1941
|
"Pimpernel" Smith
|
Leslie Howard
|
Thriller
|
Anti-Nazism, World War II
|
1945
|
Espoir: Sierra de Teruel
|
André Malraux and Boris Peskine
|
War
|
Spanish Civil War (Battle of Teruel)
|
1948
|
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
|
John Huston
|
Western Adventure
|
|
1951
|
Venom and Eternity
|
Isidore Isou
|
Experimental drama
|
Lettrism
|
1952
|
The Fighter
|
Herbert Kline
|
Film noir
|
Mexican Revolution
|
1952
|
Viva Zapata!
|
Elia Kazan
|
Historical drama
|
Emiliano Zapata, Mexican Revolution
|
1953
|
Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot
|
Jacques Tati
|
Comedy
|
|
1954
|
Animal Farm
|
John Halas & Joy Batchelor
|
Drama
|
Anti-Stalinism, Russian Revolution
|
1954
|
Salt of the Earth
|
Herbert Biberman
|
Drama
|
Feminism, Strike action, Syndicalism
|
1955
|
Rififi
|
Jules Dassin
|
Film noir
|
Illegalism
|
1959
|
The Great War
|
Mario Monicelli
|
Comedy drama War film
|
Italian front (World War I)
|
1959
|
The Death Ship
|
Georg Tressler
|
Adventure drama
|
Anti-nationalism, Bureaucracy
|
1960
|
Macario
|
Roberto Gavaldón
|
Fantasy drama
|
Day of the Dead, Colonial Mexico
|
1960
|
The Siege of Sidney Street
|
Robert S. Baker & Monty Berman
|
Historical drama
|
Tottenham Outrage (Siege of Sidney Street)
|
1961
|
Rosa Blanca
|
Roberto Gavaldón
|
Thriller
|
Petroleum politics, Political corruption
|
1962
|
A Girl... and a Million
|
Luciano Salce
|
Comedy drama
|
Italian economic miracle, Anti-work
|
1962
|
Lonely Are the Brave
|
David Miller
|
Contemporary Western
|
Illegal Immigration, Jailbreak
|
1962
|
Warriors Five
|
Leopoldo Savona
|
War
|
Italian resistance movement
|
1963
|
Germinal
|
Yves Allégret
|
Drama
|
Strike action
|
1963
|
The Organizer
|
Mario Monicelli
|
Drama
|
Industrial unionism
|
1964
|
Behold a Pale Horse
|
Fred Zinnemann
|
War
|
Spanish Civil War, Spanish Maquis
|
1964
|
Diary of a Chambermaid
|
Luis Buñuel
|
Drama
|
Bourgeoisie, Nationalism
|
1964
|
La vita agra
|
Carlo Lizzani
|
Comedy
|
Italian economic miracle, Strike action
|
1965
|
Lady L
|
Peter Ustinov
|
Comedy
|
Love
|
1966
|
Here Is Your Life
|
Jan Troell
|
Coming-of-age Drama
|
Revolutionary Socialism, World War I
|
1967
|
Entranced Earth
|
Glauber Rocha
|
Drama
|
Anti-electoralism, Political corruption
|
1967
|
The Elusive Avengers
|
Edmond Keosayan
|
Adventure
|
Russian Civil War, Ukrainian War of Independence
|
1967
|
The Wall
|
Serge Roullet
|
Drama
|
Capital punishment, Existentialist anarchism, Spanish Civil War, "The Wall"
|
1967
|
Week-end
|
Jean-Luc Godard
|
Black comedy
|
Bourgeoisie, Nihilism
|
1968
|
The Bofors Gun
|
Jack Gold
|
Drama
|
Allied-occupied Germany
|
1968
|
if....
|
Lindsay Anderson
|
Drama
|
Insurrectionary anarchism, Anti-establishment
|
1968
|
Head
|
Bob Rafelson
|
Satirical Musical Adventure film
|
Freedom of Expression
|
1968
|
La Bande à Bonnot
|
Philippe Fourastié
|
Crime drama
|
Illegalism, Bonnot Gang
|
1969
|
Eros Plus Massacre
|
Yoshishige Yoshida
|
Biography
|
Anarchism, Free love, Ōsugi Sakae
|
1969
|
Gaily, Gaily
|
Norman Jewison
|
Comedy
|
Political corruption
|
1969
|
Sirokkó
|
Miklós Jancsó
|
Drama film
|
Assassination of Alexander I of Yugoslavia, Propaganda of the deed
|
1969
|
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
|
Stanley Kramer
|
War Dramedy
|
Anti-fascism
|
1969
|
The Milky Way
|
Luis Buñuel
|
Surrealist Comedy drama
|
Heresy
|
1970
|
Charles, Dead or Alive
|
Alain Tanner
|
Drama
|
Protests of 1968
|
1970
|
Emiliano Zapata
|
Felipe Cazals
|
Historical drama
|
Emiliano Zapata, Mexican Revolution
|
1970
|
Malatesta
|
Peter Lilienthal
|
Biographical drama
|
Errico Malatesta
|
1970
|
Metello
|
Mauro Bolognini
|
Drama
|
Class struggle
|
1970
|
The Molly Maguires
|
Martin Ritt
|
Historical drama
|
Molly Maguires, Pinkertons, Strike action, Social justice
|
1970
|
Wind from the East
|
Dziga Vertov Group
|
Drama
|
Class struggle
|
1971
|
A Fistful of Dynamite
|
Sergio Leone
|
Epic Western
|
Mexican Revolution
|
1971
|
Joe Hill
|
Bo Widerberg
|
Biopic
|
Joe Hill, Industrial Workers of the World
|
1971
|
W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism
|
Dušan Makavejev
|
Fantasy Comedy
|
Communism, Sexuality, Wilhelm Reich
|
1971
|
Sacco & Vanzetti
|
Giuliano Montaldo
|
Docudrama
|
Sacco and Vanzetti
|
1972
|
Lenin, You Rascal, You
|
Kirsten Stenbæk
|
Musical comedy
|
Vladimir Lenin, Ten Days That Shook the World
|
1972
|
Pink Flamingos
|
John Waters
|
Exploitation comedy
|
Sexual revolution
|
1972
|
St. Michael Had a Rooster
|
Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
|
Drama
|
Anarchism and Marxism
|
1972
|
Tout Va Bien
|
Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin
|
Political drama
|
Class struggle, May 68
|
1973
|
Can Dialectics Break Bricks?
|
René Viénet
|
Comedy
|
Situationism, Dialectics
|
1973
|
El principio
|
Gonzalo Martínez Ortega
|
Historical drama
|
Mexican Revolution
|
1973
|
The Iceman Cometh
|
John Frankenheimer
|
Drama
|
Anarcho-syndicalism, Existentialism
|
1973
|
Love and Anarchy
|
Lina Wertmüller
|
Romantic drama
|
Anarchism, Anti-fascism, Relationship anarchy
|
1973
|
O Lucky Man!
|
Lindsay Anderson
|
Fantasy Comedy drama
|
Capitalism
|
1973
|
The Year 01
|
Jacques Doillon, Alain Resnais, Jean Rouch
|
Comedy
|
Anarcho-syndicalism, Labor strike, Social ecology
|
1974
|
Allonsanfàn
|
Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
|
Drama
|
Comradeship
|
1974
|
Between Wars
|
Michael Thornhill
|
War drama
|
Anti-fascism, Psychiatry
|
1974
|
The Front Page
|
Billy Wilder
|
Black comedy
|
Capital Punishment, Yellow journalism
|
1974
|
La prima Angélica
|
Carlos Saura
|
Drama
|
Anti-fascism, Spanish Civil War
|
1974
|
Nada
|
Claude Chabrol
|
Social thriller
|
Propaganda of the deed
|
1974
|
The Phantom of Liberty
|
Luis Buñuel
|
Surrealist comedy
|
Mores
|
1974
|
Quebracho
|
Ricardo Wullicher
|
Drama
|
Anarcho-syndicalism
|
1974
|
Rebellion in Patagonia
|
Héctor Olivera
|
Period drama
|
Anarcho-syndicalism, Patagonia Rebelde
|
1974
|
We All Loved Each Other So Much
|
Ettore Scola
|
Comedy drama
|
Italian resistance movement
|
1975
|
Libera, My Love
|
Mauro Bolognini
|
Drama
|
Anarchism in Italy, Italian resistance movement
|
1975
|
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
|
Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones
|
Comedy
|
Anarcho-syndicalism, King Arthur, Monarchy
|
1975
|
Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven
|
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
|
Drama
|
Anarchism and Marxism, Weimar Republic
|
1975
|
The Travelling Players
|
Theodoros Angelopoulos
|
Historical drama
|
History of Greece (Greek Civil War, Greek Resistance)
|
1975
|
Winstanley
|
Kevin Brownlow
|
Period drama
|
Diggers, English Revolution, Gerrard Winstanley, Ranters
|
1976
|
Letters from Marusia
|
Miguel Littín
|
Historical drama
|
Marusia massacre, Strike action
|
1976
|
Long Vacations of 36
|
Jaime Camino
|
Drama
|
Bourgeoisie, Neutrality, Spanish Civil War
|
1976
|
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000
|
Alain Tanner
|
Drama
|
Protests of 1968, Intentional community, Trade unionism
|
1977
|
Spoiled Children
|
Bertrand Tavernier
|
Drama
|
Tenants' union
|
1978
|
La Barricade du point du jour
|
René Richon
|
Historical drama
|
Paris Commune
|
1978
|
Ora sí ¡tenemos que ganar!
|
Raúl Kamffer
|
Drama
|
Magonism, Mexican Revolution
|
1978
|
A Man Called Autumn Flower
|
Pedro Olea
|
Drama
|
Gender variance, Queer anarchism, Dictatorship of Primo de Rivera
|
1979
|
Heart of the Forest
|
Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
|
Drama
|
Spanish Maquis
|
1980
|
Alexander the Great
|
Theodoros Angelopoulos
|
Historical drama
|
Anarcho-communism, Class conflict, Dilessi murders
|
1980
|
The Crime of Cuenca
|
Pilar Miró
|
Drama
|
Crime of Cuenca, Miscarriage of justice
|
1980
|
Journeys from Berlin/1971
|
Yvonne Rainer
|
Drama
|
Anarcha-feminism, Psychoanalysis, Red Army Faction, Russian Revolution
|
1980
|
La verdad sobre el caso Savolta
|
Antonio Drove
|
Drama
|
Anarcho-syndicalism, Pistolerismo
|
1980
|
The Mystery of Oberwald
|
Michelangelo Antonioni
|
Drama
|
Propaganda of the deed, Class conflict
|
1981
|
Deprisa, Deprisa
|
Carlos Saura
|
Crime drama
|
Juvenile delinquency
|
1981
|
Lenin in Paris
|
Sergei Yutkevich
|
Biopic
|
Vladimir Lenin
|
1981
|
L'ombre rouge
|
Jean-Louis Comolli
|
Thriller
|
Spanish Civil War
|
1981
|
Ragtime
|
Miloš Forman
|
Drama
|
Racism
|
1981
|
Reds
|
Warren Beatty
|
Period drama
|
Emma Goldman, John Reed, Russian Revolution
|
1982
|
Britannia Hospital
|
Lindsay Anderson
|
Black comedy
|
National Health Service
|
1982
|
Une chambre en ville
|
Jacques Demy
|
Musical drama
|
Strike action
|
1983
|
And the Ship Sails On
|
Federico Fellini
|
Historical drama
|
High society, Refugees, World War I
|
1983
|
Born in Flames
|
Lizzie Borden
|
Science fiction
|
Classism, Feminism, Heterosexism, Racism
|
1983
|
Sweet Bunch
|
Nikos Nikolaidis
|
Experimental Crime drama
|
Anti-statism, Surveillance
|
1983
|
Vive la sociale!
|
Gérard Mordillat
|
Comedy
|
Anarcho-communism
|
1984
|
Bicycles Are for the Summer
|
Jaime Chávarri
|
Drama
|
Spanish Civil War
|
1984
|
Nineteen Eighty-Four
|
Michael Radford
|
Dystopian Sci-fi
|
Anti-authoritarianism, Mass surveillance, Totalitarianism
|
1984
|
Suburbia
|
Penelope Spheeris
|
Drama/Thriller
|
Punk subculture, Squatting
|
1985
|
Bairoletto, la aventura de un rebelde
|
Atilio Polverini and Sebastián Larreta
|
Historical drama
|
Juan Bautista Bairoletto
|
1985
|
Die Küken kommen
|
Eckhart Schmidt
|
Comedy
|
|
1985
|
Mambru Went to War
|
Fernando Fernán-Gómez
|
Drama
|
Death of Francisco Franco
|
1986
|
Shadows in Paradise
|
Aki Kaurismäki
|
Comedy drama
|
Proletariat
|
1986
|
Year of Enlightment
|
Fernando Trueba
|
Coming-of-age
|
Francoist Spain, Love
|
1987
|
Dedé Mamata
|
Rodolfo Brandão
|
Drama
|
Military dictatorship in Brazil
|
1987
|
Matewan
|
John Sayles
|
Drama
|
Battle of Matewan, Strike action
|
1988
|
Ariel
|
Aki Kaurismäki
|
Drama
|
Proletariat
|
1988
|
They Live
|
John Carpenter
|
Sci-fi Action-thriller
|
Commercialization, Subliminal messaging
|
1989
|
My 20th Century
|
Ildikó Enyedi
|
Comedy drama
|
Anarcha-feminism
|
1990
|
¡Ay Carmela!
|
Carlos Saura
|
Comedy drama
|
Spanish Civil War
|
1990
|
The Match Factory Girl
|
Aki Kaurismäki
|
Comedy drama
|
Proletariat
|
1990
|
Slacker
|
Richard Linklater
|
Comedy drama
|
Social class, Unemployment
|
1991
|
Manuel, le fils emprunté
|
François Labonté
|
|
Refugees, Spanish Civil War
|
1991
|
Sandino
|
Miguel Littín
|
Biographical
|
Augusto César Sandino, United States occupation of Nicaragua
|
1993
|
Germinal
|
Claude Berri
|
Epic
|
Strike action
|
1993
|
The Strategy of the Snail
|
Sergio Cabrera
|
Comedy
|
Right to housing, Squatting
|
1994
|
La Vie sexuelle des Belges 1950–1978
|
Jan Bucquoy
|
Biographical Comedy
|
Jan Bucquoy
|
1995
|
Land and Freedom
|
Ken Loach
|
War
|
Barcelona May Days, POUM, Spanish Civil War
|
1995
|
Empoli 1921: film in rosso e in nero
|
Ennio Marzocchini
|
Drama
|
Biennio Rosso, Anti-fascism
|
1995
|
Long Live the Hobos!
|
Ana Poliak
|
Biography
|
Hobos, Immigration
|
1996
|
La Belle Verte
|
Coline Serreau
|
Sci-fi Comedy
|
Utopia
|
1996
|
Libertarias
|
Vicente Aranda
|
War
|
Anarcha-feminism, Mujeres Libres, Spanish Civil War
|
1997
|
The Son of Bakunin
|
Gianfranco Cabiddu
|
Drama
|
Anarchism in Italy
|
1997
|
Men with Guns
|
John Sayles
|
Drama
|
|
1998
|
Le Poulpe
|
Guillaume Nicloux
|
Crime comedy
|
Political corruption
|
1998
|
The Girl of Your Dreams
|
Fernando Trueba
|
Drama
|
Anti-fascism, Spanish Civil War
|
1998
|
The Story of PuPu
|
Kensaku Watanabe
|
Comedy
|
|
1999
|
Butterfly's Tongue
|
José Luis Cuerda
|
Drama
|
Education, Spanish Civil War
|
1999
|
Le Petit Voleur
|
Erick Zonka
|
Crime drama
|
Expropriation
|
1999
|
Human Resources
|
Laurent Cantet
|
Comedy drama
|
Employment, Social class
|
1999
|
Outlaw
|
Enzo Monteleone
|
Crime Comedy drama
|
Horst Fantazzini, Illegalism
|
2000
|
Anarchists
|
Yoo Young-sik
|
Action
|
Insurrectionary anarchism, Japanese occupation of Korea, Propaganda of the deed
|
2000
|
La Commune (Paris, 1871)
|
Peter Watkins
|
Historical drama
|
Paris Commune
|
2000
|
Murderous Maids
|
Jean-Pierre Denis
|
Biographical Crime drama
|
Christine and Léa Papin, Class conflict
|
2000
|
Together
|
Lukas Moodysson
|
Comedy drama
|
|
2001
|
South West 9
|
Richard Parry
|
Drama
|
Brixton Rave scene
|
2001
|
What to Do in Case of Fire?
|
Gregor Schnitzler
|
Action Comedy drama
|
Gentrification, Squatting
|
2002
|
The Anarchist Cookbook
|
Jordan Susman
|
Romantic comedy
|
Nihilism, The Anarchist Cookbook
|
2003
|
Acerchiata
|
Flavio Sciolè
|
art
|
Antifilm, Anarchist
|
2004
|
The Edukators
|
Hans Weingartner
|
Crime drama
|
Anti-capitalism
|
2004
|
Working Slowly (Radio Alice)
|
Guido Chiesa
|
Crime drama
|
Autonomism, Radio Alice, Pirate radio
|
2005
|
I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed
|
Serge Le Péron and Saïd Smihi
|
Drama
|
Mehdi Ben Barka
|
2005
|
This Revolution
|
Stephen Marshall
|
Thriller
|
2003 invasion of Iraq, Black Bloc, Media bias
|
2006
|
Les Brigades du Tigre
|
Jérôme Cornuau
|
Crime drama
|
Bonnot Gang, Illegalism
|
2006
|
Salvador (Puig Antich)
|
Manuel Huerga
|
Biography
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Capital punishment, Iberian Liberation Movement, Salvador Puig Antich
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2006
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V for Vendetta
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James McTeigue
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Political thriller
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Anti-fascism, Propaganda of the deed
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2007
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Battle in Seattle
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Stuart Townsend
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Action-thriller
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1999 Seattle WTO protests, Economic inequality
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2007
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Homotopia
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Eric Stanley & Chris Vargas
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Drama
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Cultural assimilation, Gay Shame, Queer anarchism
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2008
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The Anarchist's Wife
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Maria Noelle and Peter Sehr
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Period drama
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Anti-fascism
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2008
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The Wave
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Dennis Gansel
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Thriller
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Anti-fascism, The Third Wave (experiment)
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2012
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No God, No Master
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Terry Green
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Crime thriller
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1919 United States anarchist bombings, Ludlow Massacre, Sacco and Vanzetti
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2013
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The East
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Zal Batmanglij
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Thriller
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Eco-terrorism, Green anarchism
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2013
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Night Moves
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Kelly Reichardt
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Thriller
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Eco-terrorism
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2016
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Free State of Jones
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Gary Ross
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Period drama
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Abolitionism, Civil rights, Free State of Jones
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2016
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Captain Fantastic
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Matt Ross
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Comedy-drama
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Intentional community, Self-reliance, Anarcho-primitivism
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2017
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Anarchist from Colony
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Lee Joon-ik
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Biographical period drama
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Fumiko Kaneko, Japanese dissidence during the early Shōwa period, Pak Yol
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2017
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Okja
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Bong Joon-ho
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Action-adventure
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Animal Liberation Front, animal rights, veganarchism
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2018
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Gun City
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2020
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The Trial of the Chicago 7
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Aaron Sorkin
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Historical legal drama
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Chicago Seven, 1968 Democratic National Convention protest activity, Black Panther Party, National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, Students for a Democratic Society, Youth International Party
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2022
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How to Blow Up a Pipeline
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Daniel Goldhaber
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Action-Thriller
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Eco-terrorism, Social justice, Property destruction, Environmental justice
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