Political Prisoner Movies
- 1997
Air Force One
Air Force One6.4791997HD
When Russian neo-nationalists hijack Air Force One, the world's most secure and extraordinary aircraft, the President is faced with a nearly impossibl...
- 1974
Hearts and Minds
Hearts and Minds7.71974HD
Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam War depended upon the U.S. military winning the "hearts...
- 1995
The Perez Family
The Perez Family6.31995HD
In the midst of the Mariel boat lift -- a hurried exodus of refugees from Cuba going to America -- an immigration clerk accidentally presumes that dis...
- 1993
Everyone Off to Jail
Everyone Off to Jail6.11993HD
A prison in Valencia hosts an event recognizing political prisoners jailed during Franco’s reign. The reunion proves more raucous than the organizers...
- 1991
Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier
Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier01991HD
An intimate exploration of the circumstances surrounding the incarceration of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, convicted of murder in 1977, w...
- 2024
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Kiss of the Spider Woman02024HD
An adaptation of the stage musical based on the novel about a gay man and a political prisoner sharing a 1980s Argentinean prison cell. The gay man na...
- 2022
El día que me callé
El día que me callé42022HD
Victor was victim of a violent attack during the government of León Febres Cordero in 1987. More than 30 years later, he decides to free himself from...
- 1996
Inside
Inside4.61996HD
A South African political prisoner is tortured to obtain information on apartheid conspirators. Ten years later, the head officer in charge of the que...
- 2022
48 Hours
48 Hours02022HD
After three years in prison, Nader is given a furlough to go home. He has 48 hours to become a father to his four-year-old daughter.
- 2016
Orange Sunshine
Orange Sunshine6.52016HD
The never-before-told story of the Brotherhood of Eternal Love – a spiritual group of surfers and hippies in Southern California that became the large...
- 2010
Burma Soldier
Burma Soldier02010HD
The story of Myo Myint, a political prisoner, who made the transformation from being a soldier in Burma's junta to a pro-democracy activist.
- 1990
Under The Ashes
Under The Ashes91990HD
The Second World War. French authorities ban political parties and unions. In Algeria, the leaders of political and trade union organizations were arr...
- 2024
Entre el grito y la celda: Una historia sobre Lolita Lebrón
Entre el grito y la celda: Una historia sobre Lolita Lebrón02024HD
“Entre el grito y la celda” is a film adaptation of the theatrical monologue “Lolita", which has been performed locally and internationally for the pa...
- 1999
The Right to Live in Peace
The Right to Live in Peace6.21999HD
A moving portrait of Chilean singer-songwriter and political activist Victor Jara (1932-73) that chronicles the life of the talented artist who was im...
- 1997
Eyes of the Rainbow
Eyes of the Rainbow7.21997HD
"Eyes of the Rainbow" deals with the life of Assata Shakur, the Black Panther and Black Liberation Army leader who escaped from prison and was given p...
- 1991
Fires Within
Fires Within41991HD
A Cuban emigre, living in Miami and involved in an affair with the American seaman who rescued her and her daughter years earlier, must face her husba...
- 1981
Escape From Segovia
Escape From Segovia61981HD
In the summer of 1977, a political prisoner, living in exile, recounts the circumstances of his escape to a journalist: in April 76, a group of ETA me...
- 2024
Becoming Navalny
Becoming Navalny8.52024HD
A portrait of Alexei Navalny (1976),the staunchest opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, severely poisoned in 2020, arrested in 2021 and died...
- 2018
Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship
Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship6.82018HD
It’s the last dictatorship of Europe, caught in a Soviet time-warp, where the secret police is still called the KGB and the president rules by fear. D...
- 2019
Born in Evin
Born in Evin62019HD
Follows filmmaker and actress, Maryam Zaree, on her quest to find out the violent circumstances surrounding her birth inside one of the most notorious...