Escape from Pretoria

Movie · 7.2 / 10 · 6 Mar 2020 · English

South Africa, 1978. Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, two white political activists from the African National Congress imprisoned by the apartheid regime, put a plan in motion to escape from the infamous Pretoria Prison.

Maze

Movie · 5.8 / 10 · 22 Sept 2017 · English

Inspired by the true events of the infamous 1983 prison breakout of 38 IRA prisoners from HMP Maze, which was to become the biggest prison escape in Europe since World War II.

Firebrand

Movie · 6.3 / 10 · 27 Mar 2024 · English

Katherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, is named regent while the tyrant battles abroad. When the king returns, increasingly ill and paranoid, Katherine finds herself fighting for her own survival.

Made in Britain

Movie · 7.0 / 10 · 10 Jul 1983 · English

16-year-old skinhead Trevor has no regard for authority, and would rather spend his time stealing cars than sitting in the detention centre to which he is sent. Social worker Harry Parker tries his best, but Trevor is only interested when there's something in it for him. The centre authorities try to conform Trevor to the norms of society, but he takes no notice, and would rather speak in a torrent of four-letter words and racial abuse.

Outlaws - For Greater Glory

Movie · 6.8 / 10 · 1 Jun 2012 · English

A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.

Iron Jawed Angels

Movie · 6.8 / 10 · 16 Jan 2004 · English

Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.

The Stanford Prison Experiment

Movie · 6.8 / 10 · 17 Jul 2015 · English

In 1971, Stanford's Professor Philip Zimbardo conducts a controversial psychology experiment in which college students pretend to be either prisoners or guards, but the proceedings soon get out of hand. Based on a true story.

Confirmation

Movie · 6.9 / 10 · 16 Apr 2016 · English

Judge Clarence Thomas' nomination to the United States' Supreme Court is called into question when former colleague, Anita Hill, testifies that he had sexually harassed her.

Birdman of Alcatraz

Movie · 7.5 / 10 · 4 Jul 1962 · English

After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard and nurses it back to health. Despite having only a third grade education, Stroud goes on to become a renowned ornithologist and achieves a greater sense of freedom and purpose behind bars than most people find in the outside world.

Hunger

Movie · 7.2 / 10 · 15 May 2008 · English

The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike during The Troubles in which Irish Republican prisoners tried to win political status.

Panther

Movie · 6.3 / 10 · 3 May 1995 · English

In this sprawling, fictionalized history of the Black Panthers, 1960s Oakland becomes a war zone as the Panthers battle for the right to exist.

Truth & Treason

Movie · 8.0 / 10 · 16 Oct 2025 · English

When loyalty to country becomes loyalty to a lie, one teen risks everything to expose the truth. With the Gestapo closing in, he must decide what it really means to be a good German.