List of films dealing with anarchism explained

Films, fictional and non-fictional, which focus on anarchism, anarchist movements, and/or anarchist characters as a theme, include:

Films with actors and fictional films

YearTitleDirectorGenreThemes
1912Bandits en automobileVictorin-Hippolyte JassetThrillerBonnot Gang, Illegalism
1913GerminalAlbert CapellaniDramaStrike action
1914La CommuneArmand GuerraDramaParis Commune
1914Martin EdenHobart BosworthDramaIndividualism
1915Gus and the AnarchistsJohn A. MurphyComedy
1917In Again, Out AgainJohn EmersonComedyAnarcho-pacifism
1919The New MoonChester WitheyAdventure DramaRussian Revolution
1921The EarthAndré AntoineDramaProperty
1922CopsEdward F. Cline and Buster KeatonComedyAnti-police sentiment
1922The Strangers' BanquetMarshall NeilanDramaAnarcho-syndicalism, Strike action
1923Legally DeadWilliam ParkeDramaPrison, Capital punishment
1929The New BabylonGrigori Kozintsev and Leonid TraubergHistorical dramaParis Commune
1930All Quiet on the Western FrontLewis MilestoneWar EpicAnti-war, PTSD, World War I
1930L'Age d'OrLuis BuñuelSurrealism
1931The Front PageLewis MilestoneComedyCapital Punishment, Yellow Journalism
1932¡Que viva Mexico!Sergei EisensteinHistoricalHistory of Mexico (Mexican Revolution)
1933Hallelujah, I'm a BumLewis MilestoneMusicalHobo lifestyle
1933Prisoner 13Fernando de FuentesWar DramaMexican Revolution
1933Godfather MendozaFernando de FuentesWar DramaMexican Revolution, Zapatistas
1933Zero for ConductJean VigoComedy dramaAnarchism and education
1934L'AtalanteJean VigoRomantic Comedy dramaMarriage, Jealousy
1935A Night at the OperaSam WoodComedyHigh society
1935ToniJean RenoirDramaMigrant workers
1936The Crime of Monsieur LangeJean RenoirSatirical Crime dramaCooperative
1936SabotageAlfred HitchcockThrillerSabotage, Propaganda of the deed, Espionage
1936Let's Go with Pancho VillaFernando de FuentesWar DramaMexican Revolution, Pancho Villa
1937Aurora de esperanzaAntonio SauDramaSpanish Revolution of 1936
1937Barrios bajosPedro PucheDramaProstitution, Second Spanish Republic
1938Nuestro culpableFernando MignoniComedyExpropriation
1938No quiero! No quiero!Francisco Elías RiquelmeComedy
1938Port of ShadowsMarcel CarnéFilm noirDesertion
1938You Can't Take It with YouFrank CapraRomantic comedyClass divide
1940His Girl FridayHoward HawksRomantic comedyFeminism, Gender, Love
1940The Great DictatorCharlie ChaplinPolitical satireAntisemitism, Fascism
1941Love on the DoleJohn BaxterDramaGreat Depression, Unemployment benefits
1941"Pimpernel" SmithLeslie HowardThrillerAnti-Nazism, World War II
1945André Malraux and Boris PeskineWarSpanish Civil War (Battle of Teruel)
1948The Treasure of the Sierra MadreJohn HustonWestern Adventure
1951Venom and EternityIsidore IsouExperimental dramaLettrism
1952The FighterHerbert KlineFilm noirMexican Revolution
1952Viva Zapata!Elia KazanHistorical dramaEmiliano Zapata, Mexican Revolution
1953Les Vacances de Monsieur HulotJacques TatiComedy
1954Animal FarmJohn Halas & Joy BatchelorDramaAnti-Stalinism, Russian Revolution
1954Salt of the EarthHerbert BibermanDramaFeminism, Strike action, Syndicalism
1955RififiJules DassinFilm noirIllegalism
1959The Great WarMario MonicelliComedy drama War filmItalian front (World War I)
1959The Death ShipGeorg TresslerAdventure dramaAnti-nationalism, Bureaucracy
1960MacarioRoberto GavaldónFantasy dramaDay of the Dead, Colonial Mexico
1960The Siege of Sidney StreetRobert S. Baker & Monty BermanHistorical dramaTottenham Outrage (Siege of Sidney Street)
1961Rosa BlancaRoberto GavaldónThrillerPetroleum politics, Political corruption
1962A Girl... and a MillionLuciano SalceComedy dramaItalian economic miracle, Anti-work
1962Lonely Are the BraveDavid MillerContemporary WesternIllegal Immigration, Jailbreak
1962Warriors FiveLeopoldo SavonaWarItalian resistance movement
1963GerminalYves AllégretDramaStrike action
1963The OrganizerMario MonicelliDramaIndustrial unionism
1964Behold a Pale HorseFred ZinnemannWarSpanish Civil War, Spanish Maquis
1964Diary of a ChambermaidLuis BuñuelDramaBourgeoisie, Nationalism
1964La vita agraCarlo LizzaniComedyItalian economic miracle, Strike action
1965Lady LPeter UstinovComedyLove
1966Here Is Your LifeJan TroellComing-of-age DramaRevolutionary Socialism, World War I
1967Entranced EarthGlauber RochaDramaAnti-electoralism, Political corruption
1967The Elusive AvengersEdmond KeosayanAdventureRussian Civil War, Ukrainian War of Independence
1967The WallSerge RoulletDramaCapital punishment, Existentialist anarchism, Spanish Civil War, "The Wall"
1967Week-endJean-Luc GodardBlack comedyBourgeoisie, Nihilism
1968The Bofors GunJack GoldDramaAllied-occupied Germany
1968if....Lindsay AndersonDramaInsurrectionary anarchism, Anti-establishment
1968HeadBob RafelsonSatirical Musical Adventure filmFreedom of Expression
1968La Bande à BonnotPhilippe FourastiéCrime dramaIllegalism, Bonnot Gang
1969Eros Plus MassacreYoshishige YoshidaBiographyAnarchism, Free love, Ōsugi Sakae
1969Gaily, GailyNorman JewisonComedyPolitical corruption
1969SirokkóMiklós JancsóDrama filmAssassination of Alexander I of Yugoslavia, Propaganda of the deed
1969The Secret of Santa VittoriaStanley KramerWar DramedyAnti-fascism
1969The Milky WayLuis BuñuelSurrealist Comedy dramaHeresy
1970Charles, Dead or AliveAlain TannerDramaProtests of 1968
1970Emiliano ZapataFelipe CazalsHistorical dramaEmiliano Zapata, Mexican Revolution
1970MalatestaPeter LilienthalBiographical dramaErrico Malatesta
1970MetelloMauro BologniniDramaClass struggle
1970The Molly MaguiresMartin RittHistorical dramaMolly Maguires, Pinkertons, Strike action, Social justice
1970Wind from the EastDziga Vertov GroupDramaClass struggle
1971A Fistful of DynamiteSergio LeoneEpic WesternMexican Revolution
1971Joe HillBo WiderbergBiopicJoe Hill, Industrial Workers of the World
1971Dušan MakavejevFantasy ComedyCommunism, Sexuality, Wilhelm Reich
1971Sacco & VanzettiGiuliano MontaldoDocudramaSacco and Vanzetti
1972Lenin, You Rascal, YouKirsten StenbækMusical comedyVladimir Lenin, Ten Days That Shook the World
1972Pink FlamingosJohn WatersExploitation comedySexual revolution
1972St. Michael Had a RoosterPaolo and Vittorio TavianiDramaAnarchism and Marxism
1972Tout Va BienJean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre GorinPolitical dramaClass struggle, May 68
1973Can Dialectics Break Bricks?René ViénetComedySituationism, Dialectics
1973El principioGonzalo Martínez OrtegaHistorical dramaMexican Revolution
1973The Iceman ComethJohn FrankenheimerDramaAnarcho-syndicalism, Existentialism
1973Love and AnarchyLina WertmüllerRomantic dramaAnarchism, Anti-fascism, Relationship anarchy
1973O Lucky Man!Lindsay AndersonFantasy Comedy dramaCapitalism
1973The Year 01Jacques Doillon, Alain Resnais, Jean RouchComedyAnarcho-syndicalism, Labor strike, Social ecology
1974AllonsanfànPaolo and Vittorio TavianiDramaComradeship
1974Between WarsMichael ThornhillWar dramaAnti-fascism, Psychiatry
1974The Front PageBilly WilderBlack comedyCapital Punishment, Yellow journalism
1974La prima AngélicaCarlos SauraDramaAnti-fascism, Spanish Civil War
1974NadaClaude ChabrolSocial thrillerPropaganda of the deed
1974The Phantom of LibertyLuis BuñuelSurrealist comedyMores
1974QuebrachoRicardo WullicherDramaAnarcho-syndicalism
1974Rebellion in PatagoniaHéctor OliveraPeriod dramaAnarcho-syndicalism, Patagonia Rebelde
1974We All Loved Each Other So MuchEttore ScolaComedy dramaItalian resistance movement
1975Libera, My LoveMauro BologniniDramaAnarchism in Italy, Italian resistance movement
1975Monty Python and the Holy GrailTerry Gilliam & Terry JonesComedyAnarcho-syndicalism, King Arthur, Monarchy
1975Mother Küsters' Trip to HeavenRainer Werner FassbinderDramaAnarchism and Marxism, Weimar Republic
1975The Travelling PlayersTheodoros AngelopoulosHistorical dramaHistory of Greece (Greek Civil War, Greek Resistance)
1975WinstanleyKevin BrownlowPeriod dramaDiggers, English Revolution, Gerrard Winstanley, Ranters
1976Letters from MarusiaMiguel LittínHistorical dramaMarusia massacre, Strike action
1976Long Vacations of 36Jaime CaminoDramaBourgeoisie, Neutrality, Spanish Civil War
1976Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000Alain TannerDramaProtests of 1968, Intentional community, Trade unionism
1977Spoiled ChildrenBertrand TavernierDramaTenants' union
1978La Barricade du point du jourRené RichonHistorical dramaParis Commune
1978Ora sí ¡tenemos que ganar!Raúl KamfferDramaMagonism, Mexican Revolution
1978A Man Called Autumn FlowerPedro OleaDramaGender variance, Queer anarchism, Dictatorship of Primo de Rivera
1979Heart of the ForestManuel Gutiérrez AragónDramaSpanish Maquis
1980Alexander the GreatTheodoros AngelopoulosHistorical dramaAnarcho-communism, Class conflict, Dilessi murders
1980The Crime of CuencaPilar MiróDramaCrime of Cuenca, Miscarriage of justice
1980Journeys from Berlin/1971Yvonne RainerDramaAnarcha-feminism, Psychoanalysis, Red Army Faction, Russian Revolution
1980La verdad sobre el caso SavoltaAntonio DroveDramaAnarcho-syndicalism, Pistolerismo
1980The Mystery of OberwaldMichelangelo AntonioniDramaPropaganda of the deed, Class conflict
1981Deprisa, DeprisaCarlos SauraCrime dramaJuvenile delinquency
1981Lenin in ParisSergei YutkevichBiopicVladimir Lenin
1981L'ombre rougeJean-Louis ComolliThrillerSpanish Civil War
1981RagtimeMiloš FormanDramaRacism
1981RedsWarren BeattyPeriod dramaEmma Goldman, John Reed, Russian Revolution
1982Britannia HospitalLindsay AndersonBlack comedyNational Health Service
1982Une chambre en villeJacques DemyMusical dramaStrike action
1983And the Ship Sails OnFederico FelliniHistorical dramaHigh society, Refugees, World War I
1983Born in FlamesLizzie BordenScience fictionClassism, Feminism, Heterosexism, Racism
1983Sweet BunchNikos NikolaidisExperimental Crime dramaAnti-statism, Surveillance
1983Vive la sociale!Gérard MordillatComedyAnarcho-communism
1984Bicycles Are for the SummerJaime ChávarriDramaSpanish Civil War
1984Nineteen Eighty-FourMichael RadfordDystopian Sci-fiAnti-authoritarianism, Mass surveillance, Totalitarianism
1984SuburbiaPenelope SpheerisDrama/ThrillerPunk subculture, Squatting
1985Bairoletto, la aventura de un rebeldeAtilio Polverini and Sebastián LarretaHistorical dramaJuan Bautista Bairoletto
1985Die Küken kommenEckhart SchmidtComedy
1985Mambru Went to WarFernando Fernán-GómezDramaDeath of Francisco Franco
1986Shadows in ParadiseAki KaurismäkiComedy drama
1986Year of EnlightmentFernando TruebaComing-of-ageFrancoist Spain, Love
1987Dedé MamataRodolfo BrandãoDramaMilitary dictatorship in Brazil
1987MatewanJohn SaylesDramaBattle of Matewan, Strike action
1988ArielAki KaurismäkiDramaProletariat
1988They LiveJohn CarpenterSci-fi Action-thrillerCommercialization, Subliminal messaging
1989My 20th CenturyIldikó EnyediComedy dramaAnarcha-feminism
1990¡Ay Carmela!Carlos SauraComedy dramaSpanish Civil War
1990The Match Factory GirlAki KaurismäkiComedy dramaProletariat
1990SlackerRichard LinklaterComedy dramaSocial class, Unemployment
1991Manuel, le fils empruntéFrançois LabontéRefugees, Spanish Civil War
1991SandinoMiguel LittínBiographicalAugusto César Sandino, United States occupation of Nicaragua
1993GerminalClaude BerriEpicStrike action
1993The Strategy of the SnailSergio CabreraComedyRight to housing, Squatting
1994La Vie sexuelle des Belges 1950–1978Jan BucquoyBiographical ComedyJan Bucquoy
1995Land and FreedomKen LoachWarBarcelona May Days, POUM, Spanish Civil War
1995Ennio MarzocchiniDramaBiennio Rosso, Anti-fascism
1995Long Live the Hobos!Ana PoliakBiographyHobos, Immigration
1996La Belle VerteColine SerreauSci-fi ComedyUtopia
1996LibertariasVicente ArandaWarAnarcha-feminism, Mujeres Libres, Spanish Civil War
1997The Son of BakuninGianfranco CabidduDramaAnarchism in Italy
1997Men with GunsJohn SaylesDrama
1998Le PoulpeGuillaume NiclouxCrime comedyPolitical corruption
1998The Girl of Your DreamsFernando TruebaDramaAnti-fascism, Spanish Civil War
1998The Story of PuPuKensaku WatanabeComedy
1999Butterfly's TongueJosé Luis CuerdaDramaEducation, Spanish Civil War
1999Le Petit VoleurErick ZonkaCrime dramaExpropriation
1999Human ResourcesLaurent CantetComedy dramaEmployment, Social class
1999OutlawEnzo MonteleoneCrime Comedy dramaHorst Fantazzini, Illegalism
2000AnarchistsYoo Young-sikActionInsurrectionary anarchism, Japanese occupation of Korea, Propaganda of the deed
2000La Commune (Paris, 1871)Peter WatkinsHistorical dramaParis Commune
2000Murderous MaidsJean-Pierre DenisBiographical Crime dramaChristine and Léa Papin, Class conflict
2000TogetherLukas MoodyssonComedy drama
2001South West 9Richard ParryDramaBrixton Rave scene
2001What to Do in Case of Fire?Gregor SchnitzlerAction Comedy dramaGentrification, Squatting
2002The Anarchist CookbookJordan SusmanRomantic comedyNihilism, The Anarchist Cookbook
2003AcerchiataFlavio SciolèartAntifilm, Anarchist
2004The EdukatorsHans WeingartnerCrime dramaAnti-capitalism
2004Working Slowly (Radio Alice)Guido ChiesaCrime dramaAutonomism, Radio Alice, Pirate radio
2005I Saw Ben Barka Get KilledSerge Le Péron and Saïd SmihiDramaMehdi Ben Barka
2005This RevolutionStephen MarshallThriller2003 invasion of Iraq, Black Bloc, Media bias
2006Les Brigades du TigreJérôme CornuauCrime dramaBonnot Gang, Illegalism
2006Salvador (Puig Antich)Manuel HuergaBiographyCapital punishment, Iberian Liberation Movement, Salvador Puig Antich
2006V for VendettaJames McTeiguePolitical thrillerAnti-fascism, Propaganda of the deed
2007Battle in SeattleStuart TownsendAction-thriller1999 Seattle WTO protests, Economic inequality
2007HomotopiaEric Stanley & Chris VargasDramaCultural assimilation, Gay Shame, Queer anarchism
2008The Anarchist's WifeMaria Noelle and Peter SehrPeriod dramaAnti-fascism
2008The WaveDennis GanselThrillerAnti-fascism, The Third Wave (experiment)
2012No God, No MasterTerry GreenCrime thriller1919 United States anarchist bombings, Ludlow Massacre, Sacco and Vanzetti
2013The EastZal BatmanglijThrillerEco-terrorism, Green anarchism
2013Night MovesKelly ReichardtThrillerEco-terrorism
2016Free State of JonesGary RossPeriod dramaAbolitionism, Civil rights, Free State of Jones
2016Captain FantasticMatt RossComedy-dramaIntentional community, Self-reliance, Anarcho-primitivism
2017Anarchist from ColonyLee Joon-ikBiographical period dramaFumiko Kaneko, Japanese dissidence during the early Shōwa period, Pak Yol
2017OkjaBong Joon-hoAction-adventureAnimal Liberation Front, animal rights, veganarchism
2018Gun City
2020The Trial of the Chicago 7Aaron SorkinHistorical legal dramaChicago 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
2022How to Blow Up a PipelineDaniel GoldhaberAction-ThrillerEco-terrorism, Social justice, Property destruction, Environmental justice

Documentaries

YearTitleDirectorThemes
1901Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn PrisonEdwin S. PorterAssassination of William McKinley, Leon Czolgosz
1930À propos de NiceJean VigoSocial inequality
1963To Die in MadridFrédéric RossifSpanish Civil War
1969My Girlfriend's WeddingJim McBrideFree love, Marriage of convenience
1971Mexico, The Frozen RevolutionRaymundo GleyzerMexican Revolution
1973The Society of the SpectacleGuy DebordSituationism, The Spectacle, Mass marketing, Social alienation
1974El SoparPere PortabellaPrison, Salvador Puig Antich
1976Deus, Pátria, AutoridadeRui SimõesHistory of Portugal (5 October 1910 revolution, Estado Novo, Carnation Revolution)
1979The Old MemoryJaime CaminoSpanish Civil War
1980The Free Voice of LaborSteven Fischler and Joel SucherJewish Anarchism
1981Anarchism in AmericaSteven Fischler and Joel SucherAnarchism in USA
1981The Decline of Western CivilizationPenelope SpheerisAnarcho-punk, Punk rock in California
1983Mientras el cuerpo aguanteFernando TruebaChicho Sánchez Ferlosio, Anti-authoritarianism, Anarchism and Marxism
1983Nice... À Propos de Jean VigoManoel de OliveiraJean Vigo
1983Signals Through the FlamesSheldon RochlinThe Living Theatre
1991Allan SegalMiddle East, Geopolitics
1992Mark Achbar and Peter WintonickManufacturing Consent, Media bias, Noam Chomsky
1993The Revenge of the Dead IndiansHenning LohnerJohn Cage
1995Nestor Makhno, Peasant of UkraineHélène ChâtelainNestor Makhno
1997Living UtopiaJuan GameroAnarcho-syndicalism, Spanish Revolution
1998A Place Called ChiapasNettie WildZapatista Army of National Liberation
1999Breaking the SpellCrimethInc.1999 Seattle WTO protests, Anti-capitalism
2000ÁcratasVirginia MartínezAnarchism in Uruguay
2000Coleman RomalisEmma Goldman
2001Los cuentos del timonelEduardo Montes-BradleyOsvaldo Bayer
2001The CodeHannu PuttonenFree Software Movement
2001Revolution OSJ. T. S. MooreGNU, Free Software Movement
2002Power and TerrorJohn JunkermanTerrorism
2003The CorporationMark Achbar and Jennifer AbbottCorporatocracy
2003Distorted Morality – America's War On Terror?John JunkermanWar on Terror
2003The Fourth World WarRichard RowleyIsrael-Palestine conflict
2004The Diary of Sacco and VanzettiDavid RothauserSacco and Vanzetti
2004The Miami ModelIndependent Media CenterMiami model
2004The TakeAvi LewisHorizontalidad, Organizational Self-management
2005The Oil FactorGerard UngermanPetroleum politics, War on Terror
2006Lake of FireTony KayeAbortion in the United States
2006Sacco and VanzettiPeter MillerSacco and Vanzetti
2006There Is No Authority But YourselfAlexander OeyAnarcho-punk, Crass
2007In Prison My Whole LifeMarc EvansCommonwealth v. Abu-Jamal
2007LucioJosé María Goenaga & Aitor ArregiLucio Urtubia
2008I Need That Record!Brendan TollerCounterculture, Independent record stores
2010The Chicago ConspiracyCrimethInc.2006 student protests in Chile, Armed resistance in Chile (1973–1990), Mapuche conflict, Military dictatorship of Chile (1973–1990)
2010Spanish; Castilian: El cine libertario: Cuando las películas hacen historia[1] José María Almela, Verónica VigilAnarchist cinema during the Spanish Civil War
2011pickAxeCrimethInc.Ecotage
2011END:CIVFranklin LópezAnti-civ, Peak Oil
2011Hombres de ideas avanzadasDiego FidalgoJoaquim Penina
2011Je lutte donc je suisYannis YoulountasPolitical struggles in Greece and Spain
2013Simón, hijo del puebloRolando Goldman & Julián TroksbergSimón Radowitzky
2016American AnarchistCharlie SiskelInterviews with William Powell, author of The Anarchist Cookbook, published in 1971.
2016No Gods, No Masters: A History of AnarchismTancrède RamonetHistory of Anarchism

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Notes and References

  1. News: Corto de la semana: 'El cine libertario' . 22 November 2022 . El País . 3 February 2011 . es.