Ashes and Diamonds (1958), Carlos (2010), Inherit the Wind (1960), The Manchurian Candidate (1962), State of Siege (1972), The Mortal Storm (1940), Punishment Park (1971), Land and Freedom (1995) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Ideological Conflict movies.
Storyline: A British nurse (Pauline Murray) joins the underground after a supposed Nazi takeover of England in 1943.
Plot Keywords: world war ii, britain, alternate history, propaganda, documentary style, black and white, independent film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A small-town librarian is branded as a Communist by local politicians when she refuses to withdraw a controversial book from the library's shelves.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
Plot Keywords: political persecution, cold war, american history, 1950s, education, small town life, social pressure ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Based on a true incident, this tells the story of a troubled young man who kills his sister's reactionary, violent and abusive husband and is eventually arrested for the murder. However, the dead husband happened to be a member of the Italian nobility, and the trial starts to turn into more of a prosecution of the defendant's socialist politics and the activities of his father, a well known liberal social reformer, than the actual crime itself.—frankfob2@yahoo.com
Plot Keywords: political thriller, historical event, based on true story, judicial injustice, social criticism, conspiracy theory, courtroom drama ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Ruth Loomis becomes the first woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court. A staunch conservative, she immediately runs into conflict with Dan Snow, the high court's resident liberal. Although they never agree on the issues before the Court, they develop a respect and affection for each other after several comedic encounters.—Dave Gan <longbow@bigfoot.com>
Plot Keywords: courtroom, law, politics, sexism, judicial system, female lead, power struggle ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Suffering from hysteria, Sabina Spielrein is hospitalized under the care of Dr. Carl Jung who has begun using Dr. Sigmund Freud's talking cure with some of his patients. Spielrain's psychological problems are deeply rooted in her childhood and violent father. She is highly intelligent however and hopes to be a doctor, eventually becoming a psychiatrist in her own right. The married Jung and Spielrein eventually become lovers. Jung and Freud develop an almost father-son relationship with Freud seeing the young Jung as his likely successor as the standard-bearer of his beliefs. A deep rift develops between them when Jung diverges from Freud's belief that while psychoanalysis can reveal the cause of psychological problems it cannot cure the patient.
Plot Keywords: psychology, psychoanalysis, history, biography, drama, british film, german film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Jack Moore is an American attorney having talks in Bejing about founding the first satellite TV joint venture. Suddenly he is arrested, accused of murder and has to prove it was a frame-up together with his court-appointed attorney Shen Yuelin.
Plot Keywords: political thriller, legal drama, justice system, cultural clash, international relations, courtroom drama, corruption ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Stranded student Pete (Ron Eldard) gets a lift from racist trucker Zack and repays the favor by inviting him in for dinner with his roommates, Jude (Cameron Diaz), Luke (Courtney B. Vance), Marc (Jonathan Penner) and Paulie (Annabeth Gish). When Zack praises Hitler and pulls a knife at the table, the roommates kill him. Rationalizing their actions as a favor to humanity, they bury Zack in the yard and begin to invite other offensive types to a string of similarly murderous meals.
Plot Keywords: black comedy, moral dilemma, political satire, murder, dinner party, social commentary, ideological conflict ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A clerk in the Soviet embassy in Canada after World War II, Igor Gouzenko (Dana Andrews) is increasingly troubled by his work for duplicitous government officials. Hoping to forge a better life for his wife, Anna (Gene Tierney), and their young son, Igor decides to defect. Though he's pursued by loyal Soviets who are charged with bringing him back to the Soviet Union, he provides Canadian officials with key documents detailing his government's underhanded efforts to obtain atomic bomb plans.
Plot Keywords: cold war, espionage, soviet union, propaganda, based on true events, 1940s, film noir ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In Rochester, a pre-teen girl is abducted, raped, and murdered. Detective Megan Paige investigates: she works long hours obsessively, and soon she's seeing visions of the dead girl. The FBI profiles the killer as a spontaneous drifter, lucky not to get caught; Megan thinks he's local and a methodical planner. She notes that the victim's first and last names and the place the body was left start with "C." When a second murder follows the same pattern, Megan is vindicated, but her obsessions get the best of her, and her mental state impedes her work. With the help of medication, therapy, and a friend, can she regain her equilibrium and catch the alphabet killer?—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: world war ii, jews, paris, historical drama, political persecution, heroism, sacrifice ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: At a July 4 barbecue, gramps tells the kids the story of Michael Malone, a documentary filmmaker and Michael Moore look-alike who hates America and wants to abolish July 4th. He refuses to celebrate with his nephew Josh, who's shipping out soon to the Middle East. That night, Michel has a vision of his hero, JFK, who predicts that three ghosts will visit Michael. Sure enough, General Patton, George Washington, and country music star Trace Adkins visit Michael show him the fruits of patriotism, just wars, and pacifism. Meanwhile, Arab terrorists want Malone to help them with a propaganda film. Is he the next Leni Riefenstahl or will he see the light?—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: political satire, comedy, american culture, independent film, media satire, holiday theme, politically incorrect ...
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