Movies and TvShows featuring "police-riot" theme.

In 1968, during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, massive protests against the Vietnam War occurred. After a curfew was imposed, the protests escalated into a police riot. Seven demonstrators, including Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Bobby Seale, and others, were charged with conspiracy. The story revolves around their trial and the events leading up to it.

In the year 1999, as the new millennium approaches, a former cop turned street hustler gets involved in a dangerous conspiracy while exploring virtual reality experiences that allow people to relive their memories. As he becomes entangled in a murder case and encounters police brutality, he must navigate a world of corruption, civil unrest, and personal demons.

In 1988, Chilean dictator Pinochet holds a referendum on his presidency. A clever and unorthodox advertising campaign tries to convince the Chilean people to vote 'no' and oust the dictator. The campaign faces government intimidation, police riots, and threats from the opposition. The protagonist, an advertising director, navigates through a treacherous political landscape while facing personal challenges.

When Martin Luxford (Hugo Speer) leaves jail, he decides to form a swing band, having been taught to play the saxophone by his cellmate Jack. Returning to his native Liverpool, Martin pulls together a backing band of misfits and loners, and recruits his ex-girlfriend Joan (Lisa Stansfield) as a singer. Things are complicated somewhat by the fact that Joan is now married to the policeman who arrested Martin, and when the band's first gig - at a heavy metal pub - goes badly, it seems as though the road to musical success may be a rocky one.

Whose Streets? is a documentary that examines the Ferguson uprising in 2014, following the police shooting of Michael Brown. It provides an inside look at the protests and the community's response to police violence.

A college student joins a student protest in San Francisco during the anti-war movement. He witnesses police brutality and corruption, and becomes a part of the student movement against tyranny and social issues.

Award winning documentary about the police tactics during the G-8 summit in Genoa in 2002 which lead to the death of one person and left many people wounded.

Made from a combination of footage of the Genoa protests against the G8 shot by 10 members of IMC Ireland, material from the Italy IMC Archives and material from various other sources, this footage, combined with on-the-spot interviews and reenacted voiceover commentary and analysis from various websites which were active during the protests, provides a in-depth, blow-by-blow retelling of the story of the three days of the Genoa protests against the G8.

From suspected arson to illegal evictions, Paul Garrin’s documentary follows two years of police harassment of unsheltered people in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, as well as acts of protests and resistance in the fight for housing justice.