Political Prisoner Movies

  • 1997
    Air Force One

    Air Force One

    Air Force One

    6.51997HD

    When Russian neo-nationalists hijack Air Force One, the world's most secure and extraordinary aircraft, the President is faced with a nearly...

    Air Force One
  • 1970
    Kiss of the Spider Woman

    Kiss of the Spider Woman

    Kiss of the Spider Woman

    01970HD

    An adaptation of the stage musical based on the novel about a gay man and a political prisoner sharing a 1980s Argentinean prison cell. The gay man...

    Kiss of the Spider Woman
  • 1974
    Hearts and Minds

    Hearts and Minds

    Hearts and Minds

    7.71974HD

    Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam War depended upon the U.S. military winning the "hearts...

    Hearts and Minds
  • 1996
    Inside

    Inside

    Inside

    4.61996HD

    A South African political prisoner is tortured to obtain information on apartheid conspirators. Ten years later, the head officer in charge of the...

    Inside
  • 1995
    The Perez Family

    The Perez Family

    The Perez Family

    6.31995HD

    In the midst of the Mariel boat lift -- a hurried exodus of refugees from Cuba going to America -- an immigration clerk accidentally presumes that...

    The Perez Family
  • 2010
    Burma Soldier

    Burma Soldier

    Burma Soldier

    02010HD

    The story of Myo Myint, a political prisoner, who made the transformation from being a soldier in Burma's junta to a pro-democracy activist.

    Burma Soldier
  • 1990
    Under The Ashes

    Under The Ashes

    Under The Ashes

    91990HD

    The Second World War. French authorities ban political parties and unions. In Algeria, the leaders of political and trade union organizations were...

    Under The Ashes
  • 2022
    48 Hours

    48 Hours

    48 Hours

    02022HD

    After three years in prison, Nader is given a furlough to go home. He has 48 hours to become a father to his four-year-old daughter.

    48 Hours
  • 2024
    Becoming Navalny

    Becoming Navalny

    Becoming Navalny

    8.52024HD

    A portrait of Alexei Navalny (1976), the staunchest opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, severely poisoned in 2020, arrested in 2021 and...

    Becoming Navalny
  • 1999
    The Right to Live in Peace

    The Right to Live in Peace

    The Right to Live in Peace

    6.21999HD

    A moving portrait of Chilean singer-songwriter and political activist Victor Jara (1932-73) that chronicles the life of the talented artist who was...

    The Right to Live in Peace
  • 1993
    Everyone Off to Jail

    Everyone Off to Jail

    Everyone Off to Jail

    6.11993HD

    A prison in Valencia hosts an event recognizing political prisoners jailed during Franco’s reign. The reunion proves more raucous than the...

    Everyone Off to Jail
  • 1989
    Golden Horseshoes

    Golden Horseshoes

    Golden Horseshoes

    4.51989HD

    Youssef Soltane, a 45-year-old Tunisian intellectual, is the product of a generation that lived the era of euphoria and great ideologies in the...

    Golden Horseshoes
  • 2019
    Born in Evin

    Born in Evin

    Born in Evin

    62019HD

    Follows filmmaker and actress, Maryam Zaree, on her quest to find out the violent circumstances surrounding her birth inside one of the most...

    Born in Evin
  • 1981
    Escape From Segovia

    Escape From Segovia

    Escape From Segovia

    61981HD

    In the summer of 1977, a political prisoner, living in exile, recounts the circumstances of his escape to a journalist: in April 76, a group of ETA...

    Escape From Segovia
  • 2022
    El día que me callé

    El día que me callé

    El día que me callé

    42022HD

    Victor was victim of a violent attack during the government of León Febres Cordero in 1987. More than 30 years later, he decides to free...

    El día que me callé
  • 1991
    Fires Within

    Fires Within

    Fires Within

    41991HD

    A Cuban emigre, living in Miami and involved in an affair with the American seaman who rescued her and her daughter years earlier, must face her...

    Fires Within
  • 2024
    Branded

    Branded

    Branded

    02024HD

    A woman struggles with the isolation of being confined as a prisoner in a war-torn country.

    Branded
  • 2024
    Entre el grito y la celda: Una historia sobre Lolita Lebrón

    Entre el grito y la celda: Una historia sobre Lolita Lebrón

    Entre el grito y la celda: Una historia sobre Lolita Lebrón

    02024HD

    “Entre el grito y la celda” is a film adaptation of the theatrical monologue “Lolita", which has been performed locally and...

    Entre el grito y la celda: Una historia sobre Lolita Lebrón
  • 1991
    Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier

    Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier

    Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier

    01991HD

    An intimate exploration of the circumstances surrounding the incarceration of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, convicted of murder in 1977,...

    Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier
  • 2016
    Orange Sunshine

    Orange Sunshine

    Orange Sunshine

    6.52016HD

    The never-before-told story of the Brotherhood of Eternal Love – a spiritual group of surfers and hippies in Southern California that became...

    Orange Sunshine