Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "autocracy"

1. Robin Hood (2018)

PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A war-hardened Crusader and his Moorish commander mount an audacious revolt against the corrupt English crown.

Director: Otto Bathurst | Stars: Taron Egerton, Jamie Foxx, Ben Mendelsohn, Eve Hewson

Votes: 79,434 | Gross: $30.82M

2. The Wave (2008)

Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Thriller

A high school teacher's experiment to demonstrate to his students what life is like under a dictatorship spins horribly out of control when he forms a social unit with a life of its own.

Director: Dennis Gansel | Stars: Jürgen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Max Riemelt, Jennifer Ulrich

Votes: 114,997

3. Superman: Red Son (2020 Video)

PG-13 | 84 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi

What if baby Kal-El's rocket landed not in Kansas, but in the Soviet Union? That is the premise of this Elseworld's tale from DC Comics.

Director: Sam Liu | Stars: Jason Isaacs, Amy Acker, Diedrich Bader, Vanessa Marshall

Votes: 16,832

4. Dragonwyck (1946)

Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A simple Connecticut farm girl is recruited by a distant relative, an aristocratic patroon, to be governess to his young daughter in his Hudson Valley mansion.

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Vincent Price, Glenn Langan

Votes: 5,391

5. Leila (2019– )

48 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

In a near-future world where an oppressive regime segregates society, one woman skirts the system to search for the daughter taken from her years ago.

Stars: Huma Qureshi, Rahul Khanna, Siddharth, Leysha Mange

Votes: 9,306

6. Down to the Sea in Ships (1949)

Approved | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Whaling ship captain Bering Joy takes his grandson Jed on a whaling trip to teach him core life values while First Mate Dan Lunceford is tasked with tutoring Jed.

Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Richard Widmark, Lionel Barrymore, Dean Stockwell, Cecil Kellaway

Votes: 1,103

7. The Romanovs (2013)

60 min | History

This history of the Romanov dynasty, the family that ruled Russia from 1613 until the October Revolution of 1917.

Star: Ilya Sherbinin

Votes: 429

8. The Russian Revolution (2017)

TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary, History

A brief yet comprehensive documentary overview of the downfall of the Romanov dynasty and the evolution of Lenin's Ulyanov family, from the terrible acts and subsequent hanging of his brother to his own hunger for a revolution.

Director: Cal Seville | Stars: Daniel Beer, Helen Rappaport, Donald Rayfield, Victor Sebestyen

Votes: 713

9. The Big Bang (1987)

76 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Sex farce about Fred, an inept post WWIII superhero garbageman, who must prevent WW4 by disarming the continents of Virginia, where mutated feminists live, and USSSR, where mutated buttless men live. Beautiful Liberty is his only ally.

Director: Picha | Stars: Luis Rego, Georges Aminel, Perrette Pradier, Régine Teyssot

Votes: 344

10. Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel (2011)

PG-13 | 86 min | Documentary, Biography

A look at the life and work of the influential fashion editor of Harpers Bazaar, Diana Vreeland.

Directors: Lisa Immordino Vreeland, Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Frédéric Tcheng | Stars: Diana Vreeland, Richard Avedon, David Bailey, Lauren Bacall

Votes: 1,692 | Gross: $1.00M

11. Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy (2013)

127 min | Comedy, Drama

Mary is in her last course of school. She'll confront sudden changes in her life, loving relatins and friendship. Based on some tweets of an anonymous girl.

Director: Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit | Stars: Thanapob Leeratanakachorn, Chonnikan Netjui, Patcha Poonpiriya, Narissara Thanapreechakul

Votes: 1,061

12. Mat (1990)

200 min | Drama, History

Based on Maxim Gorky's novel about a woman torn between her loyalties to husband and son in the years of the Revolution.

Director: Gleb Panfilov | Stars: Inna Churikova, Viktor Rakov, Liubomiras Laucevicius, Aleksandr Shishonok

Votes: 191

13. Flowers of Reverie (1985)

102 min | Drama, History

In 1849 the Hungarian revolution is beaten down by the Russian Army. Ferenc Majláth, who was an officer in the army of the revolution, has to choose between imprisonment or getting enlisted... See full summary »

Director: László Lugossy | Stars: György Cserhalmi, Grazyna Szapolowska, Jirí Adamíra, Boguslaw Linda

Votes: 133

14. The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty (1927)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, History

In May 1913 the Romanov Dynasty celebrates its 300th anniversary at the Russian throne. The last emperor in the long line is Tsar Nicholas II. He rules over a country with huge social and ... See full summary »

Director: Esfir Shub | Stars: Mikhail Alekseyev, Alexei Brusilov, Nikolai Chkheidze, Emperor Franz Josef

Votes: 346

15. The Man on the Shore (1993)

106 min | Drama, History, War

Haiti during papa Doc's reign: not a fun place!

Director: Raoul Peck | Stars: Jennifer Zubar, Toto Bissainthe, Patrick Rameau, Jean-Michel Martial

Votes: 132

16. Madero of Mexico (1942)

Approved | 11 min | Short, Biography, Drama

This film chronicles the short political life of Francisco Madero (1873-1913), who tried to bring democracy and land reform to Mexico.

Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: John Nesbitt, Paul Guilfoyle, Joe Dominguez, John Picorri

Votes: 48

17. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia (2019)

TV-MA | 120 min | Documentary, News

On October 2, 2018, Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. He never walked out. Within days t was revealed that he had been murdered and dismembered by a 15-person Saudi hit squad.

Stars: Muqrin bin Abdulaziz, Yasin Aktay, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Fawziah Al-Bakr

Votes: 151

18. OverSimplified (2016– )
Episode: The Russian Revolution: Part 1 (2020)

TV-14 | 21 min | Documentary, Animation, Comedy

Oversimplified explains The Russian Revolution, in two parts.

Director: Stuart Webster | Star: Stuart Webster

Votes: 36

19. WION: Gravitas Plus (2020– )
Episode: How did North Korea Become the World's Most Isolated Country? (2021)

10 min | Documentary, Short, News

In this 60th episode of the 'WION: Gravitas Plus', Palki Sharma Upadhyay briefs about the rogue state, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, simply known as North Korea.

Star: Palki Sharma Upadhyay

20. WION: Gravitas Plus (2020– )
Episode: What does Xi Jinping Want? (2021)

9 min | Documentary, Short, News

In this 104th episode of the "WION: Gravitas Plus", Palki Sharma Upadhyay takes you inside the mind of the Chinese President.

Star: Palki Sharma Upadhyay

21. Mr. Beat (2011– )
Episode: Every Type of Government Explained (2021)

18 min | Documentary, History

Governments are generally divided into two types; democracy and authoritarian. Both date back to the dawn civilization but democracies today are the most common type of government having ... See full summary »

Stars: Matthew Beat, David Miano

22. Will Be Wild (2022– )
War Games (2022 Podcast Episode)

37 min | Documentary, Crime, History

What happens when disinformation infects more than just the far-right and spreads to the military, the last line of defense against autocracy? Is a military coup on the horizon or are the democratic structures strong enough to stop it?

Stars: Andrea Bernstein, Ilya Marritz

23. VisualPolitik EN (2017– )
Episode: Why has Capitalism Failed in Russa? (2022)

16 min | Documentary

Russia was supposed to abandon communism and adopt capitalism under Boris Yeltsin. Here's what went wrong.

Star: Grant Gallacher

24. Military Masterminds (2022)
Episode: Guerrilla Warfare (2022)

Documentary, History, War

Looking at how Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro, Josip Broz Tito and Võ Nguyên Giáp used Guerrilla Warfare to overcome a militarily superior enemy.

Director: Roberto Irwin | Stars: Eric Y. Shibuya, Eric Gomez, James Rogers, William Leogrande

25. Israel and the Arabs: Elusive Peace (2005– )
Episode: Sharon (2005)

58 min | Documentary, History, War

How the war in Iraq forced President Bush to court Arab allies.

Director: Daniel Edge | Stars: Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Alistair Crooke, Mohammed Abu Hamid, Nabil Shaath

26. Geo History (2018– )
Episode: The origins of Russia - Summary on a Map (2021)

16 min | Documentary, History

The 700 year story of the organization of Russia under the Rurik dynasty from the invasion by Varangian prince Rurik to the conquests of Ivan the Terrible when the Rurik line dies out under Boris Godunov and the Romanov's come to power.

27. The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode: The Real House of Saud - Saudi Arabia's Oil-for-Tyranny (2015)

Documentary, News, Talk-Show

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Stars: Ali Al Ahmed, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger

Votes: 20

28. House of Saud: A Family at War (2018)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2018)

58 min | Documentary

Takes a look at the crack down on corruption among the super rich in Saudi Arabia.

Director: Leo Telling | Stars: Saskia Reeves, Tony Pua, Clare Rewcastle Brown, Chas Freeman

Votes: 19

29. Rick Steves' Europe (2000–2023)
Episode: The Story of Fascism in Europe (2018)

TV-G | 56 min | Documentary, Reality-TV

Rick visits historical sites with local tour guides to explore the rise and fall of fascism in 20th-century Europe. He traces history after World War I to the rise of leaders who manipulated angry people to build totalitarian societies.

Stars: Rick Steves, Andreas Clemens, Alfio Di Mauro, Francesca Caruso

Votes: 94