Andy Marlow, an ex British S.A.S serviceman turned mercenary, is sent into the Balkans after a military coup has arisen to rescue a U.S ambassador and his aide.

The Fatal Encounter

2014

Korean

6.7

♡ 13

60%

J.Q. Lee Director

Sung-woong Park as Hong Gook-yeong

Hyun Bin as King Jeongjo

Ji-min Han as Queen Jeongsun

Jong-goo Lee as Sim Hwan Ji

Late 18th-century Joseon dynasty. The King is beleaguered and surrounded by traitors of the ruling elite. They plan to assassinate and replace him with a puppet. But the King has some aces up his sleeve that may help him defeat them all.

The Colossus of Rhodes

1961

Italian

5.8

♡ 13

56%

Sergio Leone Director

Rory Calhoun as Dario

Lea Massari as Diala

Georges Marchal as Peliocle

Rafael Hernández as (uncredited)

While on holiday in Rhodes, Athenian war hero Darios becomes involved in two different plots to overthrow the tyrannical king, one from Rhodian patriots and the other from sinister Phoenician agents.

McBain

1991

English

4.9

♡ 7

33%

James Glickenhaus Director

Victor Argo as El Presidente

Mary Walter as Old Woman

Luis Guzmán as Papo

Christopher Walken as Robert McBain

Santos attempts to lead a people's revolt in Colombia to overthrow the Presidente. When his revolt fails and he is killed, his sister Christina goes to New York to find McBain, a lieutenant Santos rescued during the Vietnam War. McBain agrees to help, recruits his old war buddies, raises some cash by killing a few drug dealers, then leads an attack to topple the Colombian government.

Women Without Men

2009

Persian

6.3

♡ 8

73%

Shirin Neshat Director

Bijan Daneshmand as Abbas

Navid Navid as Ali

Essa Zahir as Amir Khan

Nader Farman as Babak

Against the tumultuous backdrop of Iran's 1953 CIA-backed coup d'état, the destinies of four women converge in a beautiful orchard garden, where they find independence, solace and companionship.

Steel Rain

2017

Korean

7.1

♡ 48

58%

Woo-seok Yang Director

Woo-jin Jo as Choi Myung-rok

Kristen Dalton as Joanne Martin

Won Hee Lee as Kiowa Radio Operator

Ron Donachie as US Secretary of State Michael Dobbs

Amid a coup, a North Korean agent escapes south with the country's injured leader in an attempt to keep him alive and prevent a Korean war.

Steel Rain 2

2020

Korean

6.2

♡ 37

Woo-seok Yang Director

Kristen Dalton as Joanne Martin

Yeon-Seok Yoo as North Korea Chairperson

Colby French as Secretary of Defense

Angus Macfadyen as U.S. President Smoot

A futuristic film about a crisis near the brink of war after three leaders are kidnapped by a North Korean nuclear submarine in a coup d’état during a summit between the two Koreas and the United States.

The Face Reader

2013

Korean

6.8

♡ 7

57%

political instability

political unrest

Jae-rim Han Director

Jong-Suk Lee as Jin-hyeong

Kang-ho Song as Nae-kyung

Jung-jae Lee as Prince Suyang

Hye-su Kim as Yeon-hong

An exceptionally talented face reader becomes entangled in a bloody power struggle between a child king and his uncle who plans to usurp the throne.

Missing

1982

English

7.7

♡ 27

94%

85%

Action

based on novel or book

Costa-Gavras Director

John Shea as Charles Horman

Gary Richardson as Operator U.S. Embassy

Melanie Mayron as Terry Simon

Richard Venture as U.S. Ambassador

Based on the real-life experiences of Ed Horman. A conservative American businessman travels to Chile to investigate the sudden disappearance of his son after a military takeover. Accompanied by his son's wife he uncovers a trail of cover-ups that implicate the US State department which supports the dictatorship.

My Perestroika

2010

Russian

7.2

♡ 3

93%

Robin Hessman Director

Tells the story of five people from the last generation of Soviet children who were brought up behind the Iron Curtain. Just coming of age when the USSR collapsed, they witnessed the world of their childhood crumble and change beyond recognition. Through the lives of these former schoolmates, this intimate film reveals how they have adjusted to their post-Soviet reality in today's Moscow.

A Royal Affair

2012

Danish

7.5

♡ 19

90%

Nikolaj Arcel Director

Alicia Vikander as Caroline Mathilde

Mads Mikkelsen as Johann Friedrich Struensee

Laura Bro as Louise von Plessen

David Dencik as Ove Høegh-Guldberg

A young queen falls in love with her physician, and they start a revolution that changes their nation forever.

xXx: State of the Union

2005

English

4.5

♡ 116

17%

Lee Tamahori Director

Samuel L. Jackson as Agent Augustus Eugene Gibbons

Scott Speedman as Agent Kyle Christopher Steele

Willem Dafoe as General George Deckert

Kent Shocknek as Newscaster

Darius Stone's criminal record and extreme sports obsession make him the perfect candidate to be the newest XXX agent. He must save the U.S. government from a deadly conspiracy led by five-star general and Secretary of Defense George Deckert.

The Dictator

2012

English

6.5

♡ 307

56%

Larry Charles Director

Aasif Mandvi as Doctor

Edward Norton as Edward Norton

Megan Fox as Megan Fox

Anna Faris as Zoey

The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.

No Escape

2015

English

♡ 144

47%

John Erick Dowdle Director

Nophand Boonyai as Concierge

Pierce Brosnan as Hammond

Owen Wilson as Jack Dwyer

Spencer Garrett as Recruiter

In their new overseas home, an American family soon finds themselves caught in the middle of a coup, and they frantically look for a safe escape in an environment where foreigners are being immediately executed.

Hop

2011

English

5.4

♡ 61

25%

Tim Hill Director

James Marsden as Fred O'Hare

Gary Cole as Henry O'Hare

Chelsea Handler as Mrs. Beck

Kaley Cuoco as Sam O'Hare

E.B., the Easter Bunny's teenage son, heads to Hollywood, determined to become a drummer in a rock 'n' roll band. In L.A., he's taken in by Fred after the out-of-work slacker hits E.B. with his car.

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

2003

English

6.3

♡ 108

66%

64%

Action

central intelligence agency (cia)

Robert Rodriguez Director

Willem Dafoe as Barillo

Salma Hayek as Carolina

Antonio Banderas as El Mariachi

Johnny Depp as Sands

A corrupt CIA agent Sands hires hitman El Mariachi to assassinate a Mexican general hired by a drug kingpin attempting a coup d'état of the President of Mexico.

3 Musketeers

2011

English

2.5

♡ 3

25%

Cole S. McKay Director

Simon Rhee as Commander

David Chokachi as General Richard Lewis

Steven Williams as Planchet

Alan Rachins as Treville the Cardinal

Alexandra D'Artagnan, junior member of NSA uncovers a conspiracy that the goal is to assassinate the American president. Alexandra has secured the support of three famous and notorious international spies in order to stop the assassination.

12.12: The Day

2023

Korean

7.5

♡ 17

5%

Sung-su Kim Director

Jeong-min Hwang as Chun Doo-gwang

Woo Mi-Hwa as Defense Minister Cheo

Seong-gyoon Kim as Military Police Inspector Kim Jun-yeop

Hae-In Jung as Special Forces Major Oh Jin-ho

After the assassination of President Park, martial law has been declared. A coup d'état bursts out by DefenseSecurity Commander Chun Doo-gwang and a private band of officers following him. Capital Defense Commander Lee Tae-shin, an obstinate soldier who believes the military should not take political actions, fights against Chun Doo-gwang to stop him. The conflict between the two grows while military leaders are holding their decision and Defense Minister is gone. In the midst of chaos, the spring of Seoul that everyone longed for heads to unexpected direction.

American Coup

2010

English

7.5

♡ 3

Action

central intelligence agency (cia)

Joe Ayella Director

Ervand Abrahamian as Self

Ehsan Yarshater as Self

AMERICAN COUP tells the story of the first coup ever carried out by the CIA - Iran, 1953. Explores the blowback from this seminal event, as well as the coup's lingering effects on the present US-Iranian relationship. Includes a segment on the 1979 Iranian Hostage Crisis and its relation to the 1953 coup. Concludes with a section on the recent Iranian presidential election. Contains interviews with noted Middle East experts and historians and prominent public figures such as Stephen Kinzer (author, All The Shah's Men), Prof. Ervand Abrahamian, Trita Parsi, Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, Ted Koppel and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas. With Iranian cinematography by James Longley.

Coup 53

2019

English

7.8

♡ 10

100%

teheran (tehran), iran

Taghi Amirani Director

Ralph Fiennes as Norman Darbyshire

Dwight D. Eisenhower as Self

Winston Churchill as Self

Allen Dulles as Self

Tehran, Iran, August 19, 1953. A group of Iranian conspirators who, with the approval of the deposed tyrant Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, have conspired with agents of the British MI6 and the US CIA, manage to put an end to the democratic government led by Mohammad Mosaddegh, a dramatic event that will begin the tragic era of coups d'état that, orchestrated by the CIA, will take place, over the following decades, in dozens of countries around the world.

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