| Year |
Title |
Director |
Genre |
Themes |
|---|
| 1912 |
Bandits en automobile |
Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset |
Thriller |
Bonnot Gang, Illegalism |
| 1913 |
Germinal |
Albert Capellani |
Drama |
Strike action |
| 1914 |
La Commune |
Armand Guerra |
Drama |
Paris Commune |
| 1914 |
Martin Eden |
Hobart Bosworth |
Drama |
Individualism |
| 1915 |
Gus and the Anarchists |
John A. Murphy |
Comedy |
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| 1917 |
In Again, Out Again |
John Emerson |
Comedy |
Anarcho-pacifism |
| 1919 |
The New Moon |
Chester Withey |
Adventure Drama |
Russian Revolution |
| 1921 |
The Earth |
André Antoine |
Drama |
Property |
| 1922 |
Cops |
Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton |
Comedy |
Anti-police sentiment |
| 1922 |
The Strangers' Banquet |
Marshall Neilan |
Drama |
Anarcho-syndicalism, Strike action |
| 1923 |
Legally Dead |
William Parke |
Drama |
Prison, Capital punishment |
| 1929 |
The New Babylon |
Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg |
Historical drama |
Paris Commune |
| 1930 |
All Quiet on the Western Front |
Lewis Milestone |
War Epic |
Anti-war, PTSD, World War I |
| 1930 |
L'Age d'Or |
Luis Buñuel |
Surrealism |
Modernity, Bourgeois Mores, Catholic Value system |
| 1931 |
The Front Page |
Lewis Milestone |
Comedy |
Capital Punishment, Yellow Journalism |
| 1932 |
¡Que viva Mexico! |
Sergei Eisenstein |
Historical |
History of Mexico (Mexican Revolution) |
| 1933 |
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum |
Lewis Milestone |
Musical |
Hobo lifestyle |
| 1933 |
Prisoner 13 |
Fernando de Fuentes |
War Drama |
Mexican Revolution |
| 1933 |
Godfather Mendoza |
Fernando de Fuentes |
War Drama |
Mexican Revolution, Zapatistas |
| 1933 |
Zero for Conduct |
Jean Vigo |
Comedy drama |
Anarchism and education |
| 1934 |
L'Atalante |
Jean Vigo |
Romantic Comedy drama |
Marriage, Jealousy |
| 1935 |
A Night at the Opera |
Sam Wood |
Comedy |
High society |
| 1935 |
Toni |
Jean Renoir |
Drama |
Migrant workers |
| 1936 |
The Crime of Monsieur Lange |
Jean Renoir |
Satirical Crime drama |
Cooperative |
| 1936 |
Sabotage |
Alfred Hitchcock |
Thriller |
Sabotage, Propaganda of the deed, Espionage |
| 1936 |
Let's Go with Pancho Villa |
Fernando de Fuentes |
War Drama |
Mexican Revolution, Pancho Villa |
| 1937 |
Aurora de esperanza |
Antonio Sau |
Drama |
Spanish Revolution of 1936 |
| 1937 |
Barrios bajos |
Pedro Puche |
Drama |
Prostitution, Second Spanish Republic |
| 1938 |
Nuestro culpable |
Fernando Mignoni |
Comedy |
Expropriation |
| 1938 |
No quiero! No quiero! |
Francisco Elías Riquelme |
Comedy |
|
| 1938 |
Port of Shadows |
Marcel Carné |
Film noir |
Desertion |
| 1938 |
You Can't Take It with You |
Frank Capra |
Romantic comedy |
Class divide |
| 1940 |
His Girl Friday |
Howard Hawks |
Romantic comedy |
Feminism, Gender, Love |
| 1940 |
The Great Dictator |
Charlie Chaplin |
Political satire |
Antisemitism, Fascism |
| 1941 |
Love on the Dole |
John Baxter |
Drama |
Great Depression, Unemployment benefits |
| 1941 |
"Pimpernel" Smith |
Leslie Howard |
Thriller |
Anti-Nazism, World War II |
| 1945 |
Espoir: Sierra de Teruel |
André Malraux and Boris Peskine |
War |
Spanish Civil War (Battle of Teruel) |
| 1948 |
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
John Huston |
Western Adventure |
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| 1951 |
Venom and Eternity |
Isidore Isou |
Experimental drama |
Lettrism |
| 1952 |
The Fighter |
Herbert Kline |
Film noir |
Mexican Revolution |
| 1952 |
Viva Zapata! |
Elia Kazan |
Historical drama |
Emiliano Zapata, Mexican Revolution |
| 1953 |
Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot |
Jacques Tati |
Comedy |
|
| 1954 |
Animal Farm |
John Halas & Joy Batchelor |
Drama |
Anti-Stalinism, Russian Revolution |
| 1954 |
Salt of the Earth |
Herbert Biberman |
Drama |
Feminism, Strike action, Syndicalism |
| 1955 |
Rififi |
Jules Dassin |
Film noir |
Illegalism |
| 1959 |
The Great War |
Mario Monicelli |
Comedy drama War film |
Italian front (World War I) |
| 1959 |
The Death Ship |
Georg Tressler |
Adventure drama |
Anti-nationalism, Bureaucracy |
| 1960 |
Macario |
Roberto Gavaldón |
Fantasy drama |
Day of the Dead, Colonial Mexico |
| 1960 |
The Siege of Sidney Street |
Robert S. Baker & Monty Berman |
Historical drama |
Tottenham Outrage (Siege of Sidney Street) |
| 1961 |
Rosa Blanca |
Roberto Gavaldón |
Thriller |
Petroleum politics, Political corruption |
| 1962 |
A Girl... and a Million |
Luciano Salce |
Comedy drama |
Italian economic miracle, Anti-work |
| 1962 |
Lonely Are the Brave |
David Miller |
Contemporary Western |
Illegal Immigration, Jailbreak |
| 1962 |
Warriors Five |
Leopoldo Savona |
War |
Italian resistance movement |
| 1963 |
Germinal |
Yves Allégret |
Drama |
Strike action |
| 1963 |
The Organizer |
Mario Monicelli |
Drama |
Industrial unionism |
| 1964 |
Behold a Pale Horse |
Fred Zinnemann |
War |
Spanish Civil War, Spanish Maquis |
| 1964 |
Diary of a Chambermaid |
Luis Buñuel |
Drama |
Bourgeoisie, Nationalism |
| 1964 |
La vita agra |
Carlo Lizzani |
Comedy |
Italian economic miracle, Strike action |
| 1965 |
Lady L |
Peter Ustinov |
Comedy |
Love |
| 1966 |
Here Is Your Life |
Jan Troell |
Coming-of-age Drama |
Revolutionary Socialism, World War I |
| 1967 |
Entranced Earth |
Glauber Rocha |
Drama |
Anti-electoralism, Political corruption |
| 1967 |
The Elusive Avengers |
Edmond Keosayan |
Adventure |
Russian Civil War, Ukrainian War of Independence |
| 1967 |
The Wall |
Serge Roullet |
Drama |
Capital punishment, Existentialist anarchism, Spanish Civil War, "The Wall" |
| 1967 |
Week-end |
Jean-Luc Godard |
Black comedy |
Bourgeoisie, Nihilism |
| 1968 |
The Bofors Gun |
Jack Gold |
Drama |
Allied-occupied Germany |
| 1968 |
if.... |
Lindsay Anderson |
Drama |
Insurrectionary anarchism, Anti-establishment |
| 1968 |
Head |
Bob Rafelson |
Satirical Musical Adventure film |
Freedom of Expression |
| 1968 |
La Bande à Bonnot |
Philippe Fourastié |
Crime drama |
Illegalism, Bonnot Gang |
| 1969 |
Eros Plus Massacre |
Yoshishige Yoshida |
Biography |
Anarchism, Free love, Ōsugi Sakae |
| 1969 |
Gaily, Gaily |
Norman Jewison |
Comedy |
Political corruption |
| 1969 |
Sirokkó |
Miklós Jancsó |
Drama film |
Assassination of Alexander I of Yugoslavia, Propaganda of the deed |
| 1969 |
The Secret of Santa Vittoria |
Stanley Kramer |
War Dramedy |
Anti-fascism |
| 1969 |
The Milky Way |
Luis Buñuel |
Surrealist Comedy drama |
Heresy |
| 1970 |
Charles, Dead or Alive |
Alain Tanner |
Drama |
Protests of 1968 |
| 1970 |
Emiliano Zapata |
Felipe Cazals |
Historical drama |
Emiliano Zapata, Mexican Revolution |
| 1970 |
Malatesta |
Peter Lilienthal |
Biographical drama |
Errico Malatesta |
| 1970 |
Metello |
Mauro Bolognini |
Drama |
Class struggle |
| 1970 |
The Molly Maguires |
Martin Ritt |
Historical drama |
Molly Maguires, Pinkertons, Strike action, Social justice |
| 1970 |
Wind from the East |
Dziga Vertov Group |
Drama |
Class struggle |
| 1971 |
A Fistful of Dynamite |
Sergio Leone |
Epic Western |
Mexican Revolution |
| 1971 |
Joe Hill |
Bo Widerberg |
Biopic |
Joe Hill, Industrial Workers of the World |
| 1971 |
W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism |
Dušan Makavejev |
Fantasy Comedy |
Communism, Sexuality, Wilhelm Reich |
| 1971 |
Sacco & Vanzetti |
Giuliano Montaldo |
Docudrama |
Sacco and Vanzetti |
| 1972 |
Lenin, You Rascal, You |
Kirsten Stenbæk |
Musical comedy |
Vladimir Lenin, Ten Days That Shook the World |
| 1972 |
Pink Flamingos |
John Waters |
Exploitation comedy |
Sexual revolution |
| 1972 |
St. Michael Had a Rooster |
Paolo and Vittorio Taviani |
Drama |
Anarchism and Marxism |
| 1972 |
Tout Va Bien |
Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin |
Political drama |
Class struggle, May 68 |
| 1973 |
Can Dialectics Break Bricks? |
René Viénet |
Comedy |
Situationism, Dialectics |
| 1973 |
El principio |
Gonzalo Martínez Ortega |
Historical drama |
Mexican Revolution |
| 1973 |
The Iceman Cometh |
John Frankenheimer |
Drama |
Anarcho-syndicalism, Existentialism |
| 1973 |
Love and Anarchy |
Lina Wertmüller |
Romantic drama |
Anarchism, Anti-fascism, Relationship anarchy |
| 1973 |
O Lucky Man! |
Lindsay Anderson |
Fantasy Comedy drama |
Capitalism |
| 1973 |
The Year 01 |
Jacques Doillon, Alain Resnais, Jean Rouch |
Comedy |
Anarcho-syndicalism, Labor strike, Social ecology |
| 1974 |
Allonsanfàn |
Paolo and Vittorio Taviani |
Drama |
Comradeship |
| 1974 |
Between Wars |
Michael Thornhill |
War drama |
Anti-fascism, Psychiatry |
| 1974 |
The Front Page |
Billy Wilder |
Black comedy |
Capital Punishment, Yellow journalism |
| 1974 |
La prima Angélica |
Carlos Saura |
Drama |
Anti-fascism, Spanish Civil War |
| 1974 |
Nada |
Claude Chabrol |
Social thriller |
Propaganda of the deed |
| 1974 |
The Phantom of Liberty |
Luis Buñuel |
Surrealist comedy |
Mores |
| 1974 |
Quebracho |
Ricardo Wullicher |
Drama |
Anarcho-syndicalism |
| 1974 |
Rebellion in Patagonia |
Héctor Olivera |
Period drama |
Anarcho-syndicalism, Patagonia Rebelde |
| 1974 |
We All Loved Each Other So Much |
Ettore Scola |
Comedy drama |
Italian resistance movement |
| 1975 |
Libera, My Love |
Mauro Bolognini |
Drama |
Anarchism in Italy, Italian resistance movement |
| 1975 |
Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones |
Comedy |
Anarcho-syndicalism, King Arthur, Monarchy |
| 1975 |
Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven |
Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
Drama |
Anarchism and Marxism, Weimar Republic |
| 1975 |
The Travelling Players |
Theodoros Angelopoulos |
Historical drama |
History of Greece (Greek Civil War, Greek Resistance) |
| 1975 |
Winstanley |
Kevin Brownlow |
Period drama |
Diggers, English Revolution, Gerrard Winstanley, Ranters |
| 1976 |
Letters from Marusia |
Miguel Littín |
Historical drama |
Marusia massacre, Strike action |
| 1976 |
Long Vacations of 36 |
Jaime Camino |
Drama |
Bourgeoisie, Neutrality, Spanish Civil War |
| 1976 |
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 |
Alain Tanner |
Drama |
Protests of 1968, Intentional community, Trade unionism |
| 1977 |
Spoiled Children |
Bertrand Tavernier |
Drama |
Tenants' union |
| 1978 |
La Barricade du point du jour |
René Richon |
Historical drama |
Paris Commune |
| 1978 |
Ora sí ¡tenemos que ganar! |
Raúl Kamffer |
Drama |
Magonism, Mexican Revolution |
| 1978 |
A Man Called Autumn Flower |
Pedro Olea |
Drama |
Gender variance, Queer anarchism, Dictatorship of Primo de Rivera |
| 1979 |
Heart of the Forest |
Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón |
Drama |
Spanish Maquis |
| 1980 |
Alexander the Great |
Theodoros Angelopoulos |
Historical drama |
Anarcho-communism, Class conflict, Dilessi murders |
| 1980 |
The Crime of Cuenca |
Pilar Miró |
Drama |
Crime of Cuenca, Miscarriage of justice |
| 1980 |
Journeys from Berlin/1971 |
Yvonne Rainer |
Drama |
Anarcha-feminism, Psychoanalysis, Red Army Faction, Russian Revolution |
| 1980 |
La verdad sobre el caso Savolta |
Antonio Drove |
Drama |
Anarcho-syndicalism, Pistolerismo |
| 1980 |
The Mystery of Oberwald |
Michelangelo Antonioni |
Drama |
Propaganda of the deed, Class conflict |
| 1981 |
Deprisa, Deprisa |
Carlos Saura |
Crime drama |
Juvenile delinquency |
| 1981 |
Lenin in Paris |
Sergei Yutkevich |
Biopic |
Vladimir Lenin |
| 1981 |
L'ombre rouge |
Jean-Louis Comolli |
Thriller |
Spanish Civil War |
| 1981 |
Ragtime |
Miloš Forman |
Drama |
Racism |
| 1981 |
Reds |
Warren Beatty |
Period drama |
Emma Goldman, John Reed, Russian Revolution |
| 1982 |
Britannia Hospital |
Lindsay Anderson |
Black comedy |
National Health Service |
| 1982 |
Une chambre en ville |
Jacques Demy |
Musical drama |
Strike action |
| 1983 |
And the Ship Sails On |
Federico Fellini |
Historical drama |
High society, Refugees, World War I |
| 1983 |
Born in Flames |
Lizzie Borden |
Science fiction |
Classism, Feminism, Heterosexism, Racism |
| 1983 |
Sweet Bunch |
Nikos Nikolaidis |
Experimental Crime drama |
Anti-statism, Surveillance |
| 1983 |
Vive la sociale! |
Gérard Mordillat |
Comedy |
Anarcho-communism |
| 1984 |
Bicycles Are for the Summer |
Jaime Chávarri |
Drama |
Spanish Civil War |
| 1984 |
Nineteen Eighty-Four |
Michael Radford |
Dystopian Sci-fi |
Anti-authoritarianism, Mass surveillance, Totalitarianism |
| 1984 |
Suburbia |
Penelope Spheeris |
Drama/Thriller |
Punk subculture, Squatting |
| 1985 |
Bairoletto, la aventura de un rebelde |
Atilio Polverini and Sebastián Larreta |
Historical drama |
Juan Bautista Bairoletto |
| 1985 |
Die Küken kommen |
Eckhart Schmidt |
Comedy |
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| 1985 |
Mambru Went to War |
Fernando Fernán-Gómez |
Drama |
Death of Francisco Franco |
| 1986 |
Shadows in Paradise |
Aki Kaurismäki |
Comedy drama |
Proletariat |
| 1986 |
Year of Enlightment |
Fernando Trueba |
Coming-of-age |
Francoist Spain, Love |
| 1987 |
Dedé Mamata |
Rodolfo Brandão |
Drama |
Military dictatorship in Brazil |
| 1987 |
Matewan |
John Sayles |
Drama |
Battle of Matewan, Strike action |
| 1988 |
Ariel |
Aki Kaurismäki |
Drama |
Proletariat |
| 1988 |
They Live |
John Carpenter |
Sci-fi Action-thriller |
Commercialization, Subliminal messaging |
| 1989 |
My 20th Century |
Ildikó Enyedi |
Comedy drama |
Anarcha-feminism |
| 1990 |
¡Ay Carmela! |
Carlos Saura |
Comedy drama |
Spanish Civil War |
| 1990 |
The Match Factory Girl |
Aki Kaurismäki |
Comedy drama |
Proletariat |
| 1990 |
Slacker |
Richard Linklater |
Comedy drama |
Social class, Unemployment |
| 1991 |
Manuel, le fils emprunté |
François Labonté |
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Refugees, Spanish Civil War |
| 1991 |
Sandino |
Miguel Littín |
Biographical |
Augusto César Sandino, United States occupation of Nicaragua |
| 1993 |
Germinal |
Claude Berri |
Epic |
Strike action |
| 1993 |
The Strategy of the Snail |
Sergio Cabrera |
Comedy |
Right to housing, Squatting |
| 1994 |
La Vie sexuelle des Belges 1950–1978 |
Jan Bucquoy |
Biographical Comedy |
Jan Bucquoy |
| 1995 |
Land and Freedom |
Ken Loach |
War |
Barcelona May Days, POUM, Spanish Civil War |
| 1995 |
Empoli 1921: film in rosso e in nero |
Ennio Marzocchini |
Drama |
Biennio Rosso, Anti-fascism |
| 1995 |
Long Live the Hobos! |
Ana Poliak |
Biography |
Hobos, Immigration |
| 1996 |
La Belle Verte |
Coline Serreau |
Sci-fi Comedy |
Utopia |
| 1996 |
Libertarias |
Vicente Aranda |
War |
Anarcha-feminism, Mujeres Libres, Spanish Civil War |
| 1997 |
The Son of Bakunin |
Gianfranco Cabiddu |
Drama |
Anarchism in Italy |
| 1997 |
Men with Guns |
John Sayles |
Drama |
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| 1998 |
Le Poulpe |
Guillaume Nicloux |
Crime comedy |
Political corruption |
| 1998 |
The Girl of Your Dreams |
Fernando Trueba |
Drama |
Anti-fascism, Spanish Civil War |
| 1998 |
The Story of PuPu |
Kensaku Watanabe |
Comedy |
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| 1999 |
Butterfly's Tongue |
José Luis Cuerda |
Drama |
Education, Spanish Civil War |
| 1999 |
Le Petit Voleur |
Erick Zonka |
Crime drama |
Expropriation |
| 1999 |
Human Resources |
Laurent Cantet |
Comedy drama |
Employment, Social class |
| 1999 |
Outlaw |
Enzo Monteleone |
Crime Comedy drama |
Horst Fantazzini, Illegalism |
| 2000 |
Anarchists |
Yoo Young-sik |
Action |
Insurrectionary anarchism, Japanese occupation of Korea, Propaganda of the deed |
| 2000 |
La Commune (Paris, 1871) |
Peter Watkins |
Historical drama |
Paris Commune |
| 2000 |
Murderous Maids |
Jean-Pierre Denis |
Biographical Crime drama |
Christine and Léa Papin, Class conflict |
| 2000 |
Together |
Lukas Moodysson |
Comedy drama |
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| 2001 |
South West 9 |
Richard Parry |
Drama |
Brixton Rave scene |
| 2001 |
What to Do in Case of Fire? |
Gregor Schnitzler |
Action Comedy drama |
Gentrification, Squatting |
| 2002 |
The Anarchist Cookbook |
Jordan Susman |
Romantic comedy |
Nihilism, The Anarchist Cookbook |
| 2003 |
Acerchiata |
Flavio Sciolè |
art |
Antifilm, Anarchist |
| 2004 |
The Edukators |
Hans Weingartner |
Crime drama |
Anti-capitalism |
| 2004 |
Working Slowly (Radio Alice) |
Guido Chiesa |
Crime drama |
Autonomism, Radio Alice, Pirate radio |
| 2005 |
I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed |
Serge Le Péron and Saïd Smihi |
Drama |
Mehdi Ben Barka |
| 2005 |
This Revolution |
Stephen Marshall |
Thriller |
2003 invasion of Iraq, Black Bloc, Media bias |
| 2006 |
Les Brigades du Tigre |
Jérôme Cornuau |
Crime drama |
Bonnot Gang, Illegalism |
| 2006 |
Salvador (Puig Antich) |
Manuel Huerga |
Biography |
Capital punishment, Iberian Liberation Movement, Salvador Puig Antich |
| 2006 |
V for Vendetta |
James McTeigue |
Political thriller |
Anti-fascism, Propaganda of the deed |
| 2007 |
Battle in Seattle |
Stuart Townsend |
Action-thriller |
1999 Seattle WTO protests, Economic inequality |
| 2007 |
Homotopia |
Eric Stanley & Chris Vargas |
Drama |
Cultural assimilation, Gay Shame, Queer anarchism |
| 2008 |
The Anarchist's Wife |
Maria Noelle and Peter Sehr |
Period drama |
Anti-fascism |
| 2008 |
The Wave |
Dennis Gansel |
Thriller |
Anti-fascism, The Third Wave (experiment) |
| 2012 |
No God, No Master |
Terry Green |
Crime thriller |
1919 United States anarchist bombings, Ludlow Massacre, Sacco and Vanzetti |
| 2013 |
The East |
Zal Batmanglij |
Thriller |
Eco-terrorism, Green anarchism |
| 2013 |
Night Moves |
Kelly Reichardt |
Thriller |
Eco-terrorism |
| 2016 |
Free State of Jones |
Gary Ross |
Period drama |
Abolitionism, Civil rights, Free State of Jones |
| 2016 |
Captain Fantastic |
Matt Ross |
Comedy-drama |
Intentional community, Self-reliance, Anarcho-primitivism |
| 2017 |
Anarchist from Colony |
Lee Joon-ik |
Biographical period drama |
Fumiko Kaneko, Japanese dissidence during the early Shōwa period, Pak Yol |
| 2017 |
Okja |
Bong Joon-ho |
Action-adventure |
Animal Liberation Front, animal rights, veganarchism |
| 2018 |
Gun City |
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| 2020 |
The Trial of the Chicago 7 |
Aaron Sorkin |
Historical legal drama |
Chicago Seven, 1968 Democratic National Convention protest activity, Black Panther Party, National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, Students for a Democratic Society, Youth International Party |
| 2022 |
How to Blow Up a Pipeline |
Daniel Goldhaber |
Action-Thriller |
Eco-terrorism, Social justice, Property destruction, Environmental justice |
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