List of films about revolution

This article is a selection of films both fictional and non-fictional which focus on revolution, revolutionary movements and/or revolutionary characters as a theme.“The Compilation Film of the Mexican Revolution: History as Catalogue and Monument.” 2017. Film History 29 (1): 30–56. Harison, Casey. “The French Revolution on Film: American and French Perspectives.” The History Teacher 38, no. 3 (2005): 299–324. .Rhoden, Nancy L. 2007. “Patriots, Villains, and the Quest for Liberty: How American Film Has Depicted the American Revolution.” Canadian Review of American Studies 37 (2): 205–38.

Films Year Title Director Genre Themes1914La CommuneArmand GuerraDramaParis Commune1919The New MoonChester WitheyAdventure DramaRussian Revolution1925StrikeSergei EisensteinHistorical dramaClass struggle1925Battleship PotemkinSergei EisensteinHistorical drama1905 Russian Revolution1928Revolution: Ten Days that Shook the WorldSergei EisensteinHistorical dramaOctober Revolution1929The New BabylonGrigori Kozintsev and Leonid TraubergHistorical dramaParis Commune1932¡Que viva Mexico!Sergei EisensteinHistorical dramaHistory of Mexico (Mexican Revolution)1933Prisoner 13Fernando de FuentesWar DramaMexican Revolution1933Godfather MendozaFernando de FuentesWar DramaMexican Revolution, Zapatistas1936Let's Go with Pancho VillaFernando de FuentesWar DramaMexican Revolution, Pancho Villa1937Aurora de esperanzaAntonio SauDramaSpanish Revolution of 19361952The FighterHerbert KlineFilm noirMexican Revolution1952Viva Zapata!Elia KazanHistorical dramaEmiliano Zapata, Mexican Revolution1954Animal FarmJohn Halas & Joy BatchelorDramaAnti-Stalinism, Russian Revolution1960SpartacusStanley KubrickHistorical dramaThird Servile War1963Ganga ZumbaCarlos DieguesHistorical dramaRevolution, Brazil1964ZuluCy EndfieldHistorical dramaBattle of Rorke's Drift 1966KhartoumBasil DeardenHistorical dramaSiege of Khartoum1966Here Is Your LifeJan TroellComing-of-age DramaRevolutionary Socialism, World War I1967The Battle of AlgiersGillo PontecorvoHistorical dramaAlgerian Revolution1970CromwellKen HughesHistorical dramaRevolution, England1970Emiliano ZapataFelipe CazalsHistorical dramaEmiliano Zapata, Mexican Revolution1970MetelloMauro BologniniDramaClass struggle1970Wind from the EastDziga Vertov GroupDramaClass struggle1971Mexico, The Frozen RevolutionRaymundo GleyzerDocumentaryMexican Revolution1971A Fistful of DynamiteSergio LeoneEpic WesternMexican Revolution1972SambizangaSarah MaldororHistorical dramaAngolan War of Independence1972Pink FlamingosJohn WatersExploitation comedySexual revolution1972A Luta ContinuaRobert Van LieropHistorical dramaMozambican War of Independence1972Tout Va BienJean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre GorinPolitical dramaClass struggle, May 681973El principioGonzalo Martínez OrtegaHistorical dramaMexican Revolution1975WinstanleyKevin Brownlow and Andrew MolloBiographicalRevolution, England1978Ora sí ¡tenemos que ganar!Raúl KamfferDramaMagonism, Mexican Revolution1979Zulu DawnDouglas HickoxHistorical dramaBattle of Isandlwana1979The Battle of ChilePatricio GuzmanDocumentaryCounterrevolution1979SiberiadeAndrei KonchalovskyHistorical dramaRussian Revolution1981RedsWarren BeatyHistorical dramaRussian Revolution1982GandhiRichard AttenboroughBiographicalIndian Independence Movement1985RevolutionHugh HudsonHistorical dramaAmerican Revolutionary War1986SalvadorOliver StoneHistorical dramaSalvadoran Revolution1989China: A Century of RevolutionSue WilliamsDocumentaryRevolution, China1989The French RevolutionRobert Enrico (Part 1) Richard T. Heffron (Part 2)DocumentaryFrench Revolution1992The Crying GameNeil JordanHistorical dramaRevolution, Ireland1995BraveheartMel GibsonHistorical dramaRevolution, Great Britain1996Michael CollinsNeil JordanBiographicalRevolution, Ireland1996EvitaAlan ParkerSocio-Political Musical FilmPeronism1997Living UtopiaJuan GameroDocumentaryAnarcho-syndicalism, Spanish Revolution1998A Place Called ChiapasNettie WildDocumentaryZapatista Army of National Liberation1998Jose RizalMarilou Diaz-Abaya BiographicalPhilippine Revolution2000LumumbaRaoul PeckBiographicalCongolese National Movement2000The PatriotRoland EmmerichHistorical dramaAmerican Revolutionary War2002Bringing Down a DictatorSteve YorkDocumentaryOtpor!2003To Kill a KingMike BarkerHistorical dramaRevolution, England2004In My CountryJohn BoormanHistorical dramaAnti-Apartheid Movement2005V for VendettaJames McTeiguePolitical action film Revolution2006The Wind That Shakes the BarleyKen LoachHistorical dramaIrish War of Independence2006AlatristeAgustín Díaz YanesHistorical fictionRevolution, Netherlands2006Thomas Sankara: The Upright ManRobin ShuffieldDocumentaryRevolution, Burkina Faso2007Namibia: The Struggle for LiberationCharles BurnettHistorical dramaNamibian War of Independence 2008BalerMark MeilyHistorical dramaPhilippine Revolution2008CheSteven SoderberghBiographicalCuban revolution2009Terror! Robespierre and the French RevolutionCarl HindmarchDocumentaryFrench Revolution2009Bodyguards and AssassinsTeddy ChanHistorical drama1911 Revolution2009Iran and the WestNorma PercyDocumentaryIranian revolution2010Revolución: el cruce de los AndesLeandro IpiñaHistorical dramaArgentina War of Independence2010Hidalgo: The story never toldAntonio SerranoBiographicalMexican War of Independence2010Outside the LawRachid BoucharebHistorical dramaRevolution, Algeria2010Taita BovesLuis Alberto LamataBiographicalRevolution, Venezuela2010Amílcar CabralAna Ramos LisboaDocumentaryRevolution, Guinea Bisseau2011How to Start a RevolutionRuaridh ArrowDocumentaryRevolution2012Toussaint LouverturePhilippe NiangBiographicalHaitian Revolution2011Merdeka 17805Yukio FujiHistorical dramaIndonesian National Revolution2013Mandela: Long Walk to FreedomJustin ChadwickBiographicalAnti-Apartheid Movement2013Tula: The RevoltJeroen LeindersHistorical dramaSlave Revolt of 17952013The LiberatorAlberto ArveloHistorical dramaRevolution, South America20137 AssassinsHung Yan-yanHistorical dramaRevolution, China2015Michiel de RuyterRoel ReinéHistorical dramaRevolution, Netherlands2016KalushiMandla DubeHistorical dramaRevolution, South Africa2016The Birth of a NationNate ParkerHistorical dramaNat Turner's slave rebellion2017Revolution SelfieSteven de CastroDocumentaryNew People's Army2019Ginnen Upan SeethalaAnuruddha JayasingheBiographicalRevolution, Sri Lanka

See also List of films about the American Revolution List of films set during the French Revolution and French Revolutionary Wars List of Irish revolutionary period films List of Iranian Revolution films List of films about revolutionary terrorism in the Russian Empire List of historical films List of films on imperialism List of films featuring colonialism List of films featuring slavery List of films that depict class struggle

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