Set in the near future where Rhett Murphy and his estranged sister Jean are forced to flee from a militant police state after witnessing the dark secrets of a nefarious corporation.

Jubilee

1978

English

5.9

♡ 10

100%

58%

Action

Comedy

corrupt police officials

music videos and concerts

Derek Jarman Director

Jack Birkett as Borgia Ginz

Richard O'Brien as John Dee

Toyah Willcox as Mad

Karl Johnson as Sphinx

Queen Elizabeth I visits late 1970s England to find a depressing landscape where life has changed since her time.

The Silent Revolution

2018

German

7.4

♡ 21

90%

Lars Kraume Director

Michael Gwisdek as Edgar

Ronald Zehrfeld as Hermann Lemke

Rainer Reiners as Lehrer Mosel

Götz Schubert as Pfarrer Melzer

Stalinstadt, East Germany, 1956. While the Hungarian uprising against Soviets is taking place, teenage members of a classroom of the local school perform a seemingly harmless act that causes unexpected consequences.

Children of Men

2006

English

7.9

♡ 240

92%

85%

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

Alfonso Cuarón Director

Goran Kostic as Bexhill Market Hustler

Michael Caine as Jasper

Julianne Moore as Julian

Charlie Hunnam as Patric

In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.

Brazil

1985

English

7.8

♡ 84

98%

90%

Action

bureaucracy

christmas movie alternative

Terry Gilliam Director

Jim Broadbent as Dr. Jaffe

Robert De Niro as Harry Tuttle

Ian Holm as Mr. Kurtzmann

Jonathan Pryce as Sam Lowry

Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.

Good Bye Lenin!

2003

German

7.7

♡ 39

91%

husband wife relationship

police state

Romance

tragicomedy

Wolfgang Becker Director

Daniel Brühl as Alex

Michael Gwisdek as Klapprath

Chulpan Khamatova as Lara

Alexander Beyer as Rainer

Alex Kerner's mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell. When she wakes up he must try to keep her from learning what happened (as she was an avid communist supporter) to avoid shocking her which could lead to another heart attack.

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