Political Prisoner Movies

  • 1997
    Air Force One

    Air Force One

    Air Force One

    6.51997HD

    When Russian neo-nationalists hijack Air Force One, the world's most secure and extraordinary aircraft, the President is faced with a nearly...

    Air Force One
  • 1974
    Hearts and Minds

    Hearts and Minds

    Hearts and Minds

    7.6931974HD

    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...

    Hearts and Minds
  • 1995
    The Perez Family

    The Perez Family

    The Perez Family

    6.31995HD

    In the midst of the Mariel boat lift -- a hurried exodus of refugees from Cuba going to America -- an immigration clerk accidentally presumes that...

    The Perez Family
  • 2019
    Born in Evin

    Born in Evin

    Born in Evin

    62019HD

    Follows filmmaker and actress, Maryam Zaree, on her quest to find out the violent circumstances surrounding her birth inside one of the most...

    Born in Evin
  • 2025
    Kiss of the Spider Woman

    Kiss of the Spider Woman

    Kiss of the Spider Woman

    02025HD

    Valentín, a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina, a window dresser convicted of public indecency. The two form an unlikely bond as...

    Kiss of the Spider Woman
  • 2016
    Orange Sunshine

    Orange Sunshine

    Orange Sunshine

    6.52016HD

    The never-before-told story of the Brotherhood of Eternal Love – a spiritual group of surfers and hippies in Southern California that became...

    Orange Sunshine
  • 1993
    Everyone Off to Jail

    Everyone Off to Jail

    Everyone Off to Jail

    6.11993HD

    A prison in Valencia hosts an event recognizing political prisoners jailed during Franco’s reign. The reunion proves more raucous than the...

    Everyone Off to Jail
  • 2022
    48 Hours

    48 Hours

    48 Hours

    02022HD

    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.

    48 Hours
  • 1991
    Fires Within

    Fires Within

    Fires Within

    41991HD

    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...

    Fires Within
  • 1990
    Under The Ashes

    Under The Ashes

    Under The Ashes

    91990HD

    The Second World War. French authorities ban political parties and unions. In Algeria, the leaders of political and trade union organizations were...

    Under The Ashes
  • 1996
    Inside

    Inside

    Inside

    4.61996HD

    A South African political prisoner is tortured to obtain information on apartheid conspirators. Ten years later, the head officer in charge of the...

    Inside
  • 1981
    Escape From Segovia

    Escape From Segovia

    Escape From Segovia

    61981HD

    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...

    Escape From Segovia
  • 2024
    Becoming Navalny

    Becoming Navalny

    Becoming Navalny

    8.52024HD

    A portrait of Alexei Navalny (1976), the staunchest opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, severely poisoned in 2020, arrested in 2021 and...

    Becoming Navalny
  • 2018
    Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship

    Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship

    Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship

    6.82018HD

    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...

    Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship
  • 2017
    Dawn of the Nazis

    Dawn of the Nazis

    Dawn of the Nazis

    62017HD

    How Germany was when its people entered the nightmare of World War II? Despair and fear lead a hungry population to follow the chilling call of just...

    Dawn of the Nazis
  • 2010
    Burma Soldier

    Burma Soldier

    Burma Soldier

    02010HD

    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.

    Burma Soldier
  • 1982
    Presencia lejana

    Presencia lejana

    Presencia lejana

    01982HD

    A documentary about Finnish twin sisters, one of whom disappeared in Argentina in 1977.

    Presencia lejana
  • 2017
    Todxs somos López. Donde empieza la vida y termina la muerte

    Todxs somos López. Donde empieza la vida y termina la muerte

    Todxs somos López. Donde empieza la vida y termina la muerte

    02017HD

    A chronicle on the days without Jorge Julio López, key witness and complainant on the first trial on genocide in Argentina, dated in 2006....

    Todxs somos López. Donde empieza la vida y termina la muerte
  • 1991
    Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier

    Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier

    Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier

    01991HD

    An intimate exploration of the circumstances surrounding the incarceration of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, convicted of murder in 1977,...

    Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier
  • 1999
    The Right to Live in Peace

    The Right to Live in Peace

    The Right to Live in Peace

    6.21999HD

    A moving portrait of Chilean singer-songwriter and political activist Victor Jara (1932-73) that chronicles the life of the talented artist who was...

    The Right to Live in Peace