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24 results for “systemic oppression”

Irmãos Coragem

1970 ★ 9.3

The fight for freedom and against oppression is the central theme of this soap opera that tells the story of the Coragem brothers: João, Jerônimo and Duda, in t

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K.G.F: Chapter 1

2018 ★ 7.5

A period drama set in the 1970s, KGF follows the story of a fierce rebel who rises against the brutal oppression in Kolar Gold Fields and becomes the symbol of

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Apocalypto

2006 ★ 7.7

Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world rul

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The Mask of Zorro

1998 ★ 6.6

It has been twenty years since Don Diego de la Vega fought Spanish oppression in Alta California as the legendary romantic hero, Zorro. Having escaped from pris

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Pallichattambi

2026 ★ 4.7

Set in the politically turbulent late 1950s, Krishnan Pillai, a playful ruffian chosen by the Church to lead a defensive force, the Christopher Sena. His missio

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Love in Exile

2026 ★ 0.0

Set to a jazz accompaniment, the dramatic performance centered on Black love and survival weaves together Bible verses, free-verse and prose Davis wrote for the

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Shangri-La

2009 ★ 7.4

The story of a young woman fighting for her survival in a real "urban jungle." Only 18 years old, Kuniko Hojo finds herself at the heart of the battle for human

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Watermelon in Wintertime

2026 ★ 0.0

Set in Oakland, Watermelon in Wintertime is a radical horror music video following a being who embodies society’s outcasts. Compelled to exist, in spite of syst

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Sinners

2025 ★ 7.5

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to wel

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DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

2022 ★ 8.0

This series examines the gruesome and horrific true crimes of Jeffrey Dahmer and the systemic failures that enabled one of America’s most notorious serial kille

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Moriarty the Patriot

2020 ★ 8.3

In the late 19th century, the British Empire nobility reigns while its working class suffers at their hands. Sympathetic to their plight, William James Moriarty

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Gurren Lagann

2007 ★ 8.2

When a young laborer escapes to the world aboveground, he discovers a violent land in which humans battle robots controlled by a power-hungry noble. Gurren Laga

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The Road

1982 ★ 7.3

When five Kurdish prisoners are granted one week's home leave, they find to their dismay that they face continued oppression outside of prison from their famili

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A Generation

1955 ★ 7.0

Stach is a wayward teen living in squalor on the outskirts of Nazi-occupied Warsaw. Guided by an avuncular Communist organizer, he is introduced to the undergro

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Son of God

2014 ★ 6.8

In the Holy Land, the Roman occupation has produced a cauldron of oppression, anxiety and excessive taxes levied upon the Jewish people. Fearing the wrath of Ro

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Shatter Me

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Based on the bestselling novel Shatter Me, the story follows a girl with a deadly touch living under a ruthless dystopian regime, who discovers she may be the k

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Kahan Bhetiyela

2008 ★ 0.0

Young traveler Abhishek falls in love with a dancer Muna at a highway restaurant. Both of them attempt to escape from the goons who don't want Muna to get away

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Algiers, the Mecca of Revolutionaries (1962-1974)

2016 ★ 10.0

From the early 1960s to the mid-1970s, independent Algeria provided significant support to anti-colonial movements and revolutionaries worldwide. Successive pre

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The Yellow Stork

1950 ★ 4.8

The film is based on an ancient Chinese fairy tale about the simple people of China who despite of heavy work and oppression, did not lose belief in life and lo

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Loving Strangers

2026 ★ 7.5

Jiang Jiaqi, nearing forty, struggles with a failing marriage and workplace oppression. His life becomes more complicated when he is implicated in a bribery cas

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Sandglass

1995 ★ 8.7

Sandglass is a South Korean television series considered one of the most significant and highest-rated Korean dramas in history. Written by Song Ji-na and direc

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My Body is Political

2017 ★ 7.7

Paula, Beatriz, Giu and Fernando live in one of the poorest favelas of São Paulo. A world of marginalization and despair, in which they struggle for their right

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Closed Doors

1999 ★ 5.6

During the Gulf War, Fatma works as a maid for a wealthy man, and her son Mohammed is suffering from oppression by his teacher Mansour, who's having an affair w

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Welcome to Tool Shed

2026 ★ 0.0

At the long-standing Palm Springs gay bar Tool Shed—a desert oasis for leather-loving, sex-positive seniors—a generation who once faced the HIV/AIDS epidemic an

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