Half of a Yellow Sun(2013)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 51

Sisters Olanna and Kainene return home to 1960s Nigeria, where they soon diverge on different paths. As civil war breaks out, political events loom larger than their differences as they join the fight to establish an independent republic.



The Guns of Navarone(1961)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 16

A British team is sent to cross occupied Greek territory and destroy the massive German gun emplacement that commands a key sea channel.



Les adieux à la reine(2012)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 34

A look at the relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her readers during the first days of the French Revolution.



While at War(2019)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 42

Writer Miguel de Unamuno faces himself and his ideals after the 1936's military coup d'etat.



Rollerball(1975)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 20

In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game.



Rule Breakers(2025)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 48

In a nation where educating girls is rebellion, a visionary woman sparks hope and opposition. Their courage ignites a movement that could transform their nation forever.



Railroad Tigers(2016)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 44

A railroad worker in China in 1941 leads a team of freedom fighters against the Japanese in order to get food for the poor.



Sight(2023)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 44

When a blind orphan arrives in his waiting room seeking a miracle, a world-renowned eye surgeon must confront his past--and draw on the resilience he gained growing up in China during the Cultural Revolution--to try to restore her sight.



Words of War(2025)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 47

Journalist Anna Politkovskaya's brave crusade, fighting for an independent voice in Putin's Russia.



Lucie Aubrac(1997)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 45

A love story or a tale of the resistance, this poignant movie tells both the haunting story of a French resistance cell in Lyon but also the love of Lucie Aubrac for her husband, and the ...



Canopy(2013)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 47

Wartime, 1942. Singapore. An Australian fighter pilot shot down in combat awakens suspended in the treetops. As night devours day, he must navigate through dangerous jungle in search of ...



Rang De Basanti(2006)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 6

This story is about six friends who help an English filmmaker create a documentary about Indian freedom struggle. During filming, this group of friends learn about those before them and the importance of fighting for their rights.



Kickboxer: Retaliation(2018)

Combined Rating:
34
Combined Critics Rating: 36

One year after the events of "Kickboxer: Vengeance", Kurt Sloan has vowed never to return to Thailand. However, while gearing up for a MMA title shot, he finds himself sedated and forced ...



Pandaemonium(2000)

Combined Rating:
34
Combined Critics Rating: 46

Friendship and betrayal between two poets during the French Revolution.



Shamshera(2022)

Combined Rating:
33
Combined Critics Rating: 6

In the fictitious city of Kaza, a warrior tribe is imprisoned, enslaved and tortured by a ruthless authoritarian Shudh Singh. Shamshera is a legend for his tribe who relentlessly fights for his tribe's freedom and dignity.



Marighella(2019)

Combined Rating:
33
Combined Critics Rating: 6

Facing a violent military dictatorship and an intimidated opposition, writer-turned-politician Carlos Marighella articulates a resistance all the while ousting heinous crimes of torture and the infamous censorship instituted by the regime.



Amsal(2015)

Combined Rating:
33
Combined Critics Rating: 32

While Korea is occupied by the Japanese Army in 1933, the resistance plans to kill the Japanese Commander. But their plan is threatened by a traitor within their group and also the enemies' forces are hunting them down.



Two Mules for Sister Sara(1970)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 11

Nun Sara is on the run in Mexico and is saved from cowboys by Hogan, who is preparing for a future mission to capture a French fort. The pair become good friends, but Sara never does tell him the true reason behind her being outlawed.



L'anglaise et le duc(2001)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 36

During the French Revolution, a Scottish aristocrat and her former lover, the Duke of Orleans, find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict.



Dance First(2023)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 43

Many parts of the literary Samuel Beckett giant's life: Parisian bon vivant, World War II Resistance fighter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright, philandering husband and recluse.




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