Movies and TvShows featuring "communist-dictatorship" theme.

Dave Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapaport run the celebrity tabloid show 'Skylark Tonight'. When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Jong-Un Kim, they are recruited by the CIA to assassinate him.

In this spoof of World War II spy movies, a rock star and a bookshop owner join forces to liberate prisoners from a communist dictatorship. Along the way, they encounter spies, romance, and plenty of absurd situations.

James Bond is assigned to help KGB General Georgi Koskov defect and uncovers an arms deal with major global ramifications. He tracks down the cellist Kara Milovy, who is Koskov's girlfriend, and together they uncover a plot involving the revival of the KGB's 'Smiert Spionam' policy. Bond teams up with KGB General Pushkin to expose the embezzlement of government funds and stop the arms deal. With the help of local Mujahideen, they thwart the plan, destroy the drugs, and capture Koskov. Bond and Kara embrace after the mission.

During the Russian Revolution, a medical student turned doctor, Yuri Zhivago, finds himself torn between his love for two women and his ideals. As the world around him changes, Yuri must navigate the chaos of war and political upheaval while trying to hold onto his principles and find love in a time of turmoil.

In a future of mass surveillance and political repression, Winston Smith begins a forbidden love affair amidst the constant surveillance and manipulation of the Party.

In a future where a totalitarian government controls every aspect of society, a man rebels against the system and falls in forbidden love, leading to consequences he couldn't have imagined. Set in the year 1984, this adaptation of George Orwell's novel explores themes of government surveillance, oppression, and the power of individual resistance.

Chuck Norris vs Communism is a fascinating documentary that explores the phenomenon of bootlegged Hollywood movies and their subversive impact in Communist Romania during the 1980s. The film follows a brave translator who secretly dubbed hundreds of films, introducing Romanian audiences to a world of forbidden culture and freedom of speech.

Explore the struggles, communism, poverty, and the passage of time in Cuba through the eyes of a cameraman. This investigative and provocative documentary takes you on a journey from the 1970s to the present, capturing the country's history and the impact of a communist dictatorship. Follow the lives of multiple protagonists as they navigate family relationships and the changing political landscape of Cuba.

British comedy satirising Stalin's inner circle as an absolute monarchs court. In the face of rampant abuse of power and poisonous distrust some still manage to keep faith with the Bolshevist creed until the very end. In front of the firing squad a stalwart bolshevist of the first hour exclaims: "Even in the best democracy errors are being made!"

Biography of Russian physicist & dissident Andrei Sakharov focuses on his first acts in his civil rights.

China Cry (1990) tells the story of a young girl living in China during the 1950s, who finds herself caught in the midst of the political turmoil and religious persecution of the time.

Freedom's Fury is a documentary film that focuses on the events of the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. It specifically examines the water polo match between Hungary and the Soviet Union, which took place during the height of the Hungarian Revolution. The film explores the historical and political context of the match and its significance in the greater Cold War era. Through interviews with Olympic athletes and individuals involved in the events, Freedom's Fury provides a detailed and compelling account of this intense and dramatic sporting event.

After seeing his parents and grandmother killed by the Vietnamese, a 12 year old Khmer boy flees with his baby sister in an attempt to reach safety in Thailand. On the way he befriends a group of Khmer fighters.

During a political purge, the Albanian government orders the disbanding of a military unit whose horses are also considered traitors.

This controversial documentary created a storm in Russia by taking the cloak off a violent, repressive period of Soviet history. Filmmaker Semyon Aranovich found the last surviving personal bodyguard of Joseph Stalin, Alexey Robin, who began working for the dictator in the 1930s.

Under the Khmer Rouge regime, Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch, directed the M13 prison for four years, before becoming the head of S21, the terrifying death machine that eliminated Khmer Rouge opponents. Some 12,280 Cambodians met their deaths here. In July 2010, Duch was the first Khmer leader to appear before an international court, which sentenced him to 35 years in prison. He appealed the sentence. While Duch waited for his new trial, Rithy Panh questioned him in depth.

The story starts in Romania in the last years of the Ceaucescu regime. The main character of the film is Petru, a ten-year-old Romanian boy. His world is one of action and dreams but, at the same time, presents an authentic vista of contemporary Central Europe.

A Bulgarian refugee chronicles her family's struggle against Communist rule and tries to uncover the long-suppressed facts behind the arrests of both of her grandfathers.