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Kanopy
86
8.4
/256783/
82
/4191/
82
/3571/
4.3
/171374/
92
/52/
95
/1899/
cc age 10+

The Great Dictator (1940)
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
poster
Kanopy
82
8.2
/11922/
81
/240/
78
/239/
4.4
/37795/
100
/5/
62
/5/
91
/20/

I Am Cuba (1964)
Four vignettes on the lives of the Cuban people in the pre-revolutionary era. In Havana, Maria is ashamed when a man she loves discovers how she makes a living. Pedro, an old farmer, discovers that the land he cultivates is being sold to an American company. A student sees his friends attacked by the police while they distribute leaflets supporting Fidel Castro. Finally, a peasant family is threatened by Batista's army.
poster
81
8.2
/840126/
82
/18682/
81
/11109/
4.2
/926210/
90
/87/
94
/18512/
78
/20/
cc age 17+

Full Metal Jacket (1987)
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
poster
81
8.0
/3154/
74
/31/
71
/30/
3.8
/1094/
96
/25/
87
/38/

The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl (1993)
This documentary recounts the life and work of one of most famous, and yet reviled, German film directors in history, Leni Riefenstahl. The film recounts the rise of her career from a dancer, to a movie actor to the most important film director in Nazi Germany who directed such famous propaganda films as Triumph of the Will and Olympiad. The film also explores her later activities after Nazi Germany's defeat in 1945 and her disgrace for being so associated with it which includes her amazingly active life over the age of 90.
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Criterion Channel
80
7.1
/969/
69
/18/
67
/27/
3.6
/1119/
100
/10/
80
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Innocence Unprotected (1968)
A documentary about the famous athlete and movie enthusiast who made Serbia's first sound film, Innocence Unprotected. The Nazi occupation of Belgrade prevented the film from gaining wider acclaim. Director Makavejev intersperses clips of the original film with interviews of surviving cast and crew members, as well as newsreel and archival footage.
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Hoopla
79
7.6
/4786/
76
/159/
73
/71/
3.8
/5310/
93
/27/
85
/159/

The Atomic Cafe (1982)
A disturbing collection of 1940s and 1950s United States government-issued propaganda films designed to reassure Americans that the atomic bomb was not a threat to their safety.
poster
79
7.5
/763071/
76
/37761/
74
/18053/
3.9
/1865409/
90
/291/
89
/12033/
76
/49/
cc age 14+

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
After surviving the Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta struggle with the consequences of their victory as unrest spreads across Panem. Forced back into the spotlight, they become symbols of hope and resistance while the Capitol prepares a new and deadly challenge that will change the future of the nation forever.
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Criterion Channel
77
7.3
/2106/
70
/24/
67
/39/
3.7
/2798/
100
/11/
72
/19/

Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator (1967)
After many adventures, a young female switchboard operator starts a love relationship with a serious young man. But while he's away on business, she gets lonely and succumbs to her colleague's passes.
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Kanopy
76
7.4
/5361/
74
/267/
71
/116/
3.7
/5469/
94
/32/
70
/15/
81
/14/

Under the Sun (2015)
Over the course of one year, this film follows the life of an ordinary Pyongyang family whose daughter was chosen to take part in Day of the Shining Star (Kim Jong-il's birthday) celebration. While North Korean government wanted a propaganda film, the director kept on filming between the scripted scenes. The ritualized explosions of color and joy contrast sharply with pale everyday reality, which is not particularly terrible, but rather quite surreal.
poster
75
7.6
/4037/
71
/243/
74
/97/
3.5
/2056/
86
/87/
78
/55/
70
/24/
cc age 13+

Merchants of Doubt (2014)
Spin doctors spread misinformation and confusion among American citizens to delay progress on such important issues as global climate change.
poster
74
7.1
/19488/
68
/376/
68
/297/
3.0
/14316/
84
/25/
72
/471/

Triumph of the Will (1935)
A showcase of German chancellor and Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler at the 1934 Nuremberg Rally.
poster
77
72
7.3
/11433/
73
/248/
69
/183/
3.6
/10459/
94
/17/
81
/138/

This Gun for Hire (1942)
Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss, nightclub executive Gates, Raven sits beside Gates' lovely new employee, Ellen, on a train out of town. Although Ellen is engaged to marry the police lieutenant who's hunting down Raven, she decides to try and set the misguided hit man straight as he hides from the cops and plots his revenge.
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Kanopy
81
72
8.1
/5092/
82
/114/
75
/92/
3.9
/2644/
78
/9/
94
/177/

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)
A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's role in modern propaganda.
poster
78
71
7.3
/6608/
68
/144/
70
/164/
3.6
/10165/
100
/5/
84
/61/

Land Without Bread (1933)
An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in 1932. Insalubrity, misery and lack of opportunities provoke the emigration of young people and the solitude of those who remain in the desolation of one of the poorest and least developed Spanish regions at that time.
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Netflix
71
7.0
/25679/
71
/2151/
68
/554/
3.3
/21748/
85
/55/
67
/119/
67
/18/
cc age 15+

The Great Hack (2019)
Data—arguably the world’s most valuable asset—is being weaponized to wage cultural and political wars. The dark world of data exploitation is uncovered through the unpredictable, personal journeys of players on different sides of the explosive Cambridge Analytica/Facebook data story.
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Criterion Channel
74
68
7.3
/8376/
69
/148/
69
/117/
3.6
/7080/
88
/16/
76
/122/

49th Parallel (1941)
In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade capture, a small band of German soldiers led by commanding officer Lieutenant Hirth attempts to cross the border into the United States, which has not yet entered the war and is officially neutral. Along the way, the German soldiers encounter brave men such as a French-Canadian fur trapper, Johnnie, a leader of a Hutterite farming community, Peter, an author, Philip and a soldier, Andy Brock.
poster
59
5.5
/326/
60
/14/
45
/12/
72
/18/
43
/14/
65
/10/

Windfall (2012)
Wind power... It's green... It's good... It reduces our dependency on foreign oil... That's what the people of Meredith, in upstate New York first thought when a wind developer looked to supplement this farm town's failing economy with a farm of their own — that of 40 industrial wind turbines. Attracted at first to the financial incentives, residents grow increasingly alarmed as they discover side effects they never dreamed of, as well as the potential for disturbing financial scams. With wind development growing rapidly at 39% annually in the US, WINDFALL is an eye-opener for anyone concerned about the future of renewable energy.
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Kanopy
78
59
7.4
/1958/
68
/55/
64
/32/
3.6
/887/
98
/65/
86
/107/
88
/19/

A Film Unfinished (2010)
Yael Hersonski's powerful documentary achieves a remarkable feat through its penetrating look at another film-the now-infamous Nazi-produced film about the Warsaw Ghetto. Discovered after the war, the unfinished work, with no soundtrack, quickly became a resource for historians seeking an authentic record, despite its elaborate propagandistic construction. The later discovery of a long-missing reel complicated earlier readings, showing the manipulations of camera crews in these "everyday" scenes. Well-heeled Jews attending elegant dinners and theatricals (while callously stepping over the dead bodies of compatriots) now appeared as unwilling, but complicit, actors, alternately fearful and in denial of their looming fate.
poster
52
6.2
/56123/
62
/1132/
60
/804/
2.7
/20258/
28
/181/
47
/7366/
47
/36/
cc age 16+

Lions for Lambs (2007)
Three stories told simultaneously in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a skeptical television reporter, detailing a strategy for victory in Afghanistan; two special forces ambushed on an Afghani ridge await rescue as Taliban forces close in; a poli-sci professor at a California college invites a student to re-engage.
poster
71
51
6.8
/1369/
64
/31/
65
/53/
3.4
/1883/
94
/53/

The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918)
Winsor McCay recreates the sinking of the ocean liner Lusitania by a German U-boat in this propaganda piece designed to stir up anti-German sentiment during World War I.
poster
77
51
7.5
/4899/
71
/138/
69
/162/
3.6
/6354/
100
/5/

Der Fuehrer's Face (1943)
A marching band of Germans, Italians, and Japanese march through the streets of swastika-motif Nutziland, serenading "Der Fuehrer's Face." Donald Duck, not living in the region by choice, struggles to make do with disgusting Nazi food rations and then with his day of toil at a Nazi artillery factory. After a nervous breakdown, Donald awakens to find that his experience was in fact a nightmare.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
63
49
6.4
/2346/
61
/57/
64
/46/
3.2
/2165/
75
/16/
53
/28/

Louisiana Story (1948)
The idyllic life of a young Cajun boy and his pet raccoon is disrupted when the tranquility of the bayou is broken by an oil well drilling near his home.
poster
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46
4.4
/4784/
64
/197/
50
/23/
1.9
/930/
60
/5/
87
/42/

My Son Hunter (2022)
Hunter Biden lives a lifestyle of parties and corruption when he meets stripper Grace Anderson, who learns more about American politics as she gets closer and closer to the president's son.
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Hoopla
66
46
7.0
/1641/
67
/89/
63
/24/
3.1
/1474/
58
/12/
78
/56/

The Brainwashing of My Dad (2015)
A filmmaker examines the rise of right-wing media through the lens of her father, whose immersion in it radicalized him and rocked the foundation of their family. She discovers this political phenomenon recurring in living rooms everywhere, and reveals the consequences conservative media has had on families and a nation.
poster
55
46
5.5
/4677/
53
/102/
56
/109/
2.9
/1740/
54
/85/

My Führer (2007)
Hitler no longer believes in himself, and can barely see himself as an equal to even his sheep dog. But to seize the helm of the war he would have to create one of his famous fiery speeches to mobilize the masses. Goebbels therefore brings a Jewish acting teacher Grünbaum and his family from the camps in order to train the leader in rhetoric. Grünbaum is torn, but starts Hitler in his therapy ...
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MGM Plus
63
45
6.6
/2640/
62
/94/
60
/75/
3.2
/2655/
65
/18/

The Battle of San Pietro (1945)
This documentary movie is about the battle of San Pietro, a small village in Italy. Over 1,100 US soldiers were killed while trying to take this location, that blocked the way for the Allied forces from the Germans. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.
poster
69
43
7.1
/1597/
67
/48/
69
/64/
3.5
/1792/

Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi (1943)
A propaganda film during World War II about a boy who grows up to become a Nazi soldier.
poster
68
42
7.1
/1350/
68
/48/
67
/39/
3.4
/4972/

Stolz der Nation (2009)
Director Quentin Tarantino tasked Eli Roth to craft a mini-movie called Stolz der Nation (Nation's Pride) that will be included in the theatrical cut of Inglourious Basterds. To help promote Inglourious Basterds via the film-within-a-film, Roth has slapped together a trailer for Nation's Pride blending black and white photography with modern multi-layered camera effects.
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MGM Plus
45
42
3.8
/9796/
47
/243/
43
/125/
2.1
/11537/
39
/28/
37
/678/
70
/4/

Tell Your Children (1938)
High-school principal Dr. Alfred Carroll relates to an audience of parents that marijuana can have devastating effects on teens: a drug supplier entices several restless teens, Mary and Jimmy Lane, sister and brother, and Bill, Mary's boyfriend, into frequenting a reefer house. Gradually, Bill and Jimmy are drawn into smoking dope, which affects their family lives.
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Kanopy
78
40
7.5
/983/
67
/19/
63
/24/
3.9
/1594/
100
/7/
85
/3/

Salt for Svanetia (1930)
An ethnographic treasure that documents with visual bravado the harsh conditions of life in the isolated mountain village of Ushkul.
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Hoopla
81
40
8.1
/118/
82
/9/
70
/12/
78
/9/
94
/177/

Propaganda: Engineering Consent (2018)
How can the masses be controlled? Apparently, the American publicist Edward L. Bernays (1891-1995), a pioneer in the field of propaganda and public relations, knew the answer to such a key question. The amazing story of the master of manipulation and the creation of the engineering of consent; a frightening true story about advertising, lies and charlatans.
poster
57
40
6.4
/1348/
58
/112/
56
/47/
2.7
/1915/
53
/336/

Victory Through Air Power (1943)
Based on the book by Major Alexander de Seversky's about his theories of the practical uses of long range strategic bombing. Using a combination of animation humorously telling about the development of air warfare, the film shows de Seversky illustrating his ideas of how air power could win World War II for the Allies.
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Kanopy
63
40
6.1
/2873/
62
/159/
55
/226/
3.3
/6599/
75
/2/

Jacky in the Kingdom of Women (2014)
In a country where women are in charge, a man goes to unusual lengths to make his dream of marrying the daughter of a military leader come true.
poster
68
32
6.8
/808/
68
/36/
62
/43/
3.9
/3916/
67
/1/

Now! (1965)
Using morgue photos, newsreel footage, and a recording by Lena Horne, Cuban filmmaker Santiago Alvarez fired off 'Now!', one of the most powerful bursts of propaganda rendered in the 1960s.
poster
65
31
7.7
/459/
67
/8/
69
/9/
50
/6/
68
/24/
60
/8/

WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception (2004)
There were two wars in Iraq--a military assault and a media war. The former was well-covered; the latter was not. Until now... Independent filmmaker, Emmy-award winningTV journalist, author and media critic, Danny Schechter turns the cameras on the role of the media. His new film, WMD, is an outspoken assessment of how Pentagon propaganda and media complicity misled the American people...
poster
42
31
4.5
/4077/
46
/42/
45
/48/
2.1
/1220/
32
/46/

The Eternal Jew (1940)
A Nazi propaganda film made to promote anti-Semitism among the German people. Newly-shot footage of Jewish neighborhoods in recently-conquered Poland is combined with preexisting film clips and stills to defame the religion and advance Hitler's slurs that its adherents were plotting to undermine European civilization.
poster
79
31
7.3
/575/
69
/10/
56
/24/
3.8
/747/
100
/5/
100
/1/

Fragment of an Empire (1929)
Director Frederick Ermler’s last silent feature and the last of four collaborations with actor Fiodor Nikitin. Nikitin plays an officer who spends a decade after the Great War as a shell-shocked amnesiac, until a glimpse of a woman through a train window sparks the return of his memory. He makes his way back to St. Petersburg, now Leningrad, a man out of time who struggles to make sense of the new society brought about by the revolution.
poster
50
31
5.3
/1496/
57
/55/
55
/53/
3.1
/4727/
28
/11/

Pulgasari (1985)
In feudal Korea, a group of starving villagers grow weary of the orders handed down to them by their controlling king and set out to use a deadly monster under their control to push his armies back.
poster
67
31
6.0
/520/
80
/22/
65
/11/
3.3
/383/
67
/21/
66
/5/

Our New President (2018)
The story of Donald Trump's election told entirely through Russian propaganda. By turns horrifying and hilarious, the film is a satirical portrait of Russian meddling in the 2016 election that reveals an empire of fake news and the tactics of modern day information warfare.
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Kanopy
65
30
6.8
/257/
69
/12/
57
/9/
69
/16/
69
/13/
60
/8/
cc age 14+

American Teacher (2011)
As the debate over the state of America's public school system rages on, one thing everyone agrees on is the need for great teachers. Yet, while research proves that teachers are the most important school factor in a child's future success, America's teachers are so woefully underpaid that almost a third must divide their time between a second job in order to make a living. Chronicling the stories of four teachers in different areas of the country, American Teacher reveals the frustrating realities of today's educators, the difficulty of attracting talented new teachers, and why so many of our best teachers feel forced to leave the profession altogether. But this wake-up call to our system's failings also looks at possibilities for reform. Can we re-value teaching in the United States and turn it into a prestigious, financially attractive and competitive profession? With almost half of American teachers leaving the field in the next five years, now is the time to find out.
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Fandango at Home Free
68
29
6.8
/1523/
72
/97/
69
/26/
3.2
/324/

Hoaxed (2019)
An insider's look at the fake news phenomenon and the consequences of media misinformation. Interviews from those who have been accused of spreading it themselves are featured in variety throughout the film.
poster
Criterion Channel
58
27
6.4
/725/
54
/15/
47
/32/
3.4
/1508/

Railway Station (1980)
Warsaw's Central Railway Station. 'Someone has fallen asleep, someone's waiting for somebody else. Maybe they'll come, maybe they won't. The film is about people looking for something.
poster
76
27
7.9
/1095/
77
/17/
80
/27/
3.5
/493/

Propaganda (2013)
An anti-western propaganda film about the influences of American visual and consumption culture on the rest of the world, as told from a North Korean perspective.
poster
58
27
6.1
/1164/
57
/30/
58
/22/
3.0
/852/
50
/8/
64
/9/

Curtiz (2019)
Hollywood, 1942. The US government pressures Hungarian-born film director Michael Curtiz, who is about to finish shooting Casablanca, to accentuate the film's propaganda message in order to sway public opinion in favor of the country's intervention in the European war.
poster
63
27
7.1
/923/
70
/23/
52
/12/
3.4
/212/
63
/8/
68
/13/
49
/7/

The Protector (2009)
A Czech journalist joins a Prague radio station what broadcasts Nazi propaganda in order to protect his Jewish wife. However, as the Nazi rule over Czechoslovakia calls for more and more collaboration, his relationship with his wife spirals downward.
poster
49
25
5.6
/1791/
63
/64/
66
/66/
14
/7/
50
/3/

Sky Hunter (2017)
An elite group of Chinese pilots must take part in a dangerous mission to thwart a terrorist plot and resolve a hostage situation.
poster
Netflix
42
22
4.7
/868/
52
/78/
52
/38/
1.9
/2217/
22
/5/
cc age 15+

Who's a Good Boy? (2022)
Chema has a mission: to date Claudia, the attractive new girl at his school, and lose his virginity. Can he fulfill his dream before graduating?
poster
68
22
7.1
/765/
69
/20/
63
/28/
3.5
/526/

The Vanishing Private (1942)
Private Duck is a camouflage painter. He paints a giant cannon with some very gaudy colors, until Sergeant Pete explains that the point is to make it so the cannon can't be seen. Donald finds a bucket of experimental invisible paint and makes the cannon disappear. Pete isn't happy with this, and knocks Donald into the paint, then chases him, until he runs into the general. As Pete tries to explain, Donald prods him with a cactus, then goes off to steal some pies. Eventually, Pete goes berserk and starts throwing grenades willy-nilly and gets in more trouble with the general.


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