Based on the life of the Korean anarchist Park Yeol, the film shows his struggle to counter the massacre of Koreans by the government during the 1923 great Kanto earthquake, focusing on his activities as the leader of the anti-Japanese organization Bulryeongsa and his relationship with Japanese comrade Fumiko Kaneko.

Sound and Fury

1988

French

7.2

♡ 3

Jean-Claude Brisseau Director

Jean Cherlian as Chef d'équipe

Fabienne Babe as Le professeur

Bruno Cremer as Marcel Rophy

Fejria Deliba as Mina

This drama depicts the misery of neglected children in big cities. 13 years old Bruno is of a good family, but since the death of his grandmother he spends most of his time alone, in a phantasy world, while his mother is away at work. But then he befriends the violent Jean-Roger, who's from a severely disturbed family, where nobody cares what he's doing. In school Jean-Roger drives their teacher into despair just for fun. To separate the two boys, she starts to stimulate Bruno's interests by giving him extra lessons. When Jean-Roger fears loosing his one and only friend, he becomes even more aggressive.

Freedomfighters

1996

Spanish

6.9

♡ 7

83%

spanish civil war (1936-39)

War

Vicente Aranda Director

Claudia Gravy as Madama del burdel

Ariadna Gil as María

Enrique Villén as Miliciano

Daniel Medrán as Miliciano

At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the nun Maria is forced to flee her convent. She takes refuge in a brothel, until it is liberated by a woman's anarchist group. Maria joins the group and eventually goes to the front. The women's group faces the problems of fighting not only the nationalists, but also factions on the left seeking to impose a more traditional military structure.

Les anarchistes

2015

French

5.7

♡ 6

1890s

Action

anarchist

assassination attempt

Elie Wajeman Director

Swann Arlaud as Elisée Mayer

Guillaume Gouix as Eugène Levèque

Tahar Rahim as Jean Albertini

Adèle Exarchopoulos as Judith Lorillard

Set in 1899 Paris, a young police sergeant is chosen to infiltrate a group of anarchists, an opportunity he sees to rise through the ranks. However, he soon finds himself becoming attached to the group.

Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven

1975

German

7.5

♡ 3

100%

parent child relationship

suicide

widow

Rainer Werner Fassbinder Director

Kurt Raab as Barbesitzer Gustav

Irm Hermann as Helene

Volker Spengler as Photograph

Peter Chatel as Photograph

After a worker kills a superior and commits suicide, each of his family members attempts to forge a path forward in life.

Sacco & Vanzetti

1971

Italian

7.7

♡ 5

Giuliano Montaldo Director

Pier Giovanni Anchisi as Defense Board Member

Milo O'Shea as Fred Moore

Geoffrey Keen as Judge Webster Thayer

Valentino Macchi as Man in Courtroom

Boston, 1920. Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are charged and unfairly tried for murder on the basis of their anarchist political beliefs.

The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine

6.2

Takahisa Zeze Director

Maho Yamada as Haru Kozakura

Yôko Kamon as Mitsu Tamatsubaki

Masatoshi Nagase as Narrator

Masahiro Higashide as Tetsu Nakaham

In the wake of the social unrest caused by the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, two female sumo athletes, Kiku and Tokachi, and an anarchist group called the Guillotine Society, spark an unlikely connection.

Wild

2016

German

6.4

♡ 4

Nicolette Krebitz Director

Christine Voigt as Chefin Recyclinganlage

Saskia Rosendahl as Jenny - Ania's Sister

Pit Bukowski as Tom Cossa

Cossa as Wolf

An anarchist young woman breaks the tacit contract with civilization and fearlessly decides on a life without hypocrisy or an obligatory safety net.

Children of Paradise

1945

French

8.3

♡ 26

98%

Marcel Carné Director

Jean-Louis Barrault as Baptiste Debureau Arletty

Arletty as Claire Reine, dite Garance

Lucienne Legrand as La première jolie théâtreuse

Jean Carmet as Un spectateur au paradis des Funambules

In a chaotic 19th-century Paris teeming with aristocrats, thieves, psychics, and courtesans, theater mime Baptiste is in love with the mysterious actress Garance. But Garance, in turn, is loved by three other men: pretentious actor Frederick, conniving thief Lacenaire, and Count Edouard of Montray.

The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years

1988

English

7.2

♡ 8

76%

Penelope Spheeris Director

Ozzy Osbourne as Self

Alice Cooper as Self

Gene Simmons as Self - Kiss Bassist

Bret Michaels as Self - Poison Vocalist

An exploration of the heavy metal scene in Los Angeles, with particular emphasis on glam metal. It features concert footage and interviews of legendary heavy metal and hard rock bands and artists such as Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Kiss, Megadeth, Motörhead, Ozzy Osbourne and W.A.S.P..