Django
2017 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 147 votes
The story of Django Reinhardt, famous guitarist and composer, and his flight from German-occupied Paris in 1943. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
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Updated 2026-08-04 · Ratings from TMDB
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Eligible titles are ranked using TMDB popularity, audience rating, and vote count. Streaming availability and ratings can change over time.
Aimée & Jaguar
1999 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 113 votes
In 1943, while the Allies are bombing Berlin and the Gestapo is purging the capital of Jews, a dangerous love affair blossoms between two women – one a Jewish member of the underground, the other an exemplar of Nazi motherhood. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Look of Silence
2014 · TMDB 7.8/10 · 315 votes
An Indonesian man with a communist background named Ramli was brutally murdered when the "Communist" purge occurred in 1965. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Song for a Raggy Boy
2003 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 145 votes
William Franklin is a teacher who was born in Ireland and moved to the United States only to repatriate in 1939 after his leftist political views cause him to lose his job. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The People vs. Fritz Bauer
2015 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 219 votes
It is the late 1950s. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Confirmation
2016 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 159 votes
Judge Clarence Thomas' nomination to the United States' Supreme Court is called into question when former colleague, Anita Hill, testifies that he had sexually harassed her. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood
2012 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 439 votes
On July 19–21, 2001, over 200,000 people took to the streets of Genoa to protest against the ongoing G8 summit. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Raazi
2018 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 196 votes
An Indian spy is married to a Pakistani military officer during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Werewolf
2019 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 108 votes
Summer of 1945. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Ideal Palace
2019 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 150 votes
Follows Joseph Ferdinand Chavel a French postman who built a palace in the French countryside over 33 years. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Black Rain
1989 · TMDB 7.6/10 · 134 votes
Shigematsu Shizuma, who lives with his family in a village near Fukuyama, was in Hiroshima with his wife and niece just after the devastating atomic bombing, a tragedy that cruelly took the lives of thousands of people and forever marked the harsh existence of the survivors. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Sleeping Voice
2011 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 105 votes
Finished the Spanish Civil War in April 1939, in November 1940, while Spain is being crushed by the ruthless boot of dictator Franco, Pepita travels from rural Córdoba to Madrid to be near her sister Hortensia, who is seven months pregnant and imprisoned, haunted by the shadow of a death sentence. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Sacco & Vanzetti
1971 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 213 votes
Boston, 1920. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Mattei Affair
1972 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 118 votes
Enrico Mattei helped change Italy’s future, first as freedom-fighter against the Nazis, then as an investor in methane gas through a public company, A.G.I.P., and ultimately as the head of ENI, a state body formed for the development of oil resources. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Josep
2020 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 122 votes
February 1939. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Even the Rain
2011 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 296 votes
As a director and his crew shoot a controversial film about Christopher Columbus in Cochabamba, Bolivia, local people rise up against plans to privatize the water supply. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Salt of the Earth
1954 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 102 votes
At New Mexico's Empire Zinc mine, Mexican-American workers protest the unsafe work conditions and unequal wages compared to their Anglo counterparts. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
One Hundred Steps
2000 · TMDB 7.8/10 · 740 votes
Peppino Impastato is a quick-witted lad growing up in 1970s Sicily. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Army of Crime
2009 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 116 votes
This gripping historical drama recounts the story of Armenian-born Missak Manouchian, a woodworker and political activist who led an immigrant laborer division of the Parisian Resistance on 30 operations against the Nazis in 1943. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Pasolini
2014 · TMDB 5.7/10 · 235 votes
We are with Pasolini during the last hours of his life, as he talks with his beloved family and friends, writes, gives a brutally honest interview, shares a meal with Ninetto Davoli, and cruises for the roughest rough trade in his gun-metal gray Alfa Romeo. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.