Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "insurgent"

1. Star Wars: Rebels (2014–2018)

TV-Y7-FV | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The crew of the spaceship Ghost defends those who cannot fight for themselves against the Empire, providing the spark for a rebellion.

Stars: Dave Filoni, Taylor Gray, Freddie Prinze Jr., Vanessa Marshall

Votes: 58,400

2. The Mummy (2017)

PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

An ancient Egyptian princess is awakened from her crypt beneath the desert, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia and terrors that defy human comprehension.

Director: Alex Kurtzman | Stars: Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella, Annabelle Wallis, Russell Crowe

Votes: 206,442 | Gross: $80.10M

3. Captive State (2019)

PG-13 | 109 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

Set in a Chicago neighborhood nearly a decade after an occupation by an extraterrestrial force, 'Captive State' explores the lives on both sides of the conflict - the collaborators and dissidents.

Director: Rupert Wyatt | Stars: John Goodman, Ashton Sanders, Jonathan Majors, Vera Farmiga

Votes: 58,069 | Gross: $5.96M

4. Red Dawn (1984)

PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

It is the dawn of World War III. In the west mountains of America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town, and their country, from invading Soviet forces.

Director: John Milius | Stars: Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, Charlie Sheen

Votes: 63,180 | Gross: $38.38M

5. Buried (2010)

R | 95 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.

Director: Rodrigo Cortés | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, José Luis García-Pérez, Robert Paterson, Stephen Tobolowsky

Votes: 168,650 | Gross: $1.03M

6. The First Purge (2018)

R | 97 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

America's third political party, the New Founding Fathers of America, comes to power and conducts an experiment: no laws for 12 hours on Staten Island. No one has to stay on the island, but $5,000 is given to anyone who does.

Director: Gerard McMurray | Stars: Y'lan Noel, Lex Scott Davis, Joivan Wade, Steve Harris

Votes: 71,134 | Gross: $69.49M

7. Spectral (2016)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A sci-fi/thriller story centered on a special-ops team that is dispatched to fight supernatural beings.

Director: Nic Mathieu | Stars: James Badge Dale, Emily Mortimer, Bruce Greenwood, Max Martini

Votes: 64,935

8. The Leopard (1963)

PG | 186 min | Drama, History

The Prince of Salina, a noble aristocrat of impeccable integrity, tries to preserve his family and class amid the tumultuous social upheavals of 1860s Sicily.

Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale, Paolo Stoppa

Votes: 28,870

9. The Battle of Algiers (1966)

Not Rated | 121 min | Drama, War

In the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.

Director: Gillo Pontecorvo | Stars: Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Samia Kerbash

Votes: 65,746 | Gross: $0.06M

10. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016)

R | 113 min | Action, Drama, Sport

19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks, the film shows what really happened to his squad - contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.

Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Joe Alwyn, Garrett Hedlund, Arturo Castro, Mason Lee

Votes: 24,104 | Gross: $1.74M

11. House of Flying Daggers (2004)

PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A romantic police captain breaks a beautiful member of a rebel group out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.

Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Ziyi Zhang, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Dandan Song

Votes: 116,305 | Gross: $11.05M

12. Outside the Wire (2021)

R | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

In the near future, a drone pilot sent into a war zone finds himself paired with a top-secret android officer on a mission to stop a nuclear attack.

Director: Mikael Håfström | Stars: Anthony Mackie, Damson Idris, Enzo Cilenti, Emily Beecham

Votes: 45,497

13. Monsters: Dark Continent (2014)

R | 119 min | Action, Drama, Horror

Monsters' reign continues to spread throughout the Earth.

Director: Tom Green | Stars: Johnny Harris, Sam Keeley, Joe Dempsie, Sofia Boutella

Votes: 11,172

14. The Wild Geese (1978)

R | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A British banker hires a group of British mercenaries to rescue a deposed African President from the hands of a corrupt African dictator.

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris, Hardy Krüger

Votes: 14,192

15. Bushwick (2017)

TV-MA | 94 min | Action, Thriller

When a U.S. based military force invades their Brooklyn neighborhood, 20-year-old Lucy and war veteran Stupe must depend on each other to survive.

Directors: Jonathan Milott, Cary Murnion | Stars: Dave Bautista, Brittany Snow, Angelic Zambrana, Jeremie Harris

Votes: 13,897

16. xXx: State of the Union (2005)

PG-13 | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Darius Stone, a new agent in the xXx program, is sent to Washington, D.C. to stop a coup attempt against the President of the United States.

Director: Lee Tamahori | Stars: Ice Cube, Samuel L. Jackson, Willem Dafoe, Scott Speedman

Votes: 73,643 | Gross: $26.87M

17. Redemption Day (2021)

R | 99 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

When the love of his life is kidnapped and held for ransom by terrorists, a war hero Brad Paxton races against the clock to rescue her in a daring and deadly operation that pits him against the most powerful and shadowy forces.

Director: Hicham Hajji | Stars: Gary Dourdan, Serinda Swan, Andy Garcia, Brice Bexter

Votes: 24,254

18. Tangerines (2013)

Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, War

In 1992, war rages in Abkhazia, a breakaway region of Georgia. An Estonian man, Ivo, has decided to stay behind and harvest his crops of tangerines. In a bloody conflict at his door, a wounded man is left behind, and Ivo takes him in.

Director: Zaza Urushadze | Stars: Lembit Ulfsak, Elmo Nüganen, Giorgi Nakashidze, Misha Meskhi

Votes: 49,040 | Gross: $0.14M

19. Dovbush (2023)

124 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In the Carpathian mountains, a man becomes an outlaw who helps his people.

Director: Oles Sanin | Stars: Sergey Strelnikov, Oleksiy Hnatkovskyy, Daria Plakhtii, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz

Votes: 1,895

20. Masked and Anonymous (2003)

PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A singer, whose career has gone on a downward spiral, is forced to make a comeback to the performance stage for a benefit concert.

Director: Larry Charles | Stars: Bob Dylan, John Goodman, Jessica Lange, Jeff Bridges

Votes: 5,005 | Gross: $0.53M

21. Vlad the Impaler (2018)

121 min | Action, History, War

Fierce warriors battle the cruel and merciless Vlad the Impaler as he wreaks bloody havoc across Turkey in the 15th century.

Director: Osman Kaya | Stars: Cem Uçan, Erkan Petekkaya, Yetkin Dikinciler, Nur Fettahoglu

Votes: 3,536

22. 15 Minutes of War (2019)

TV-14 | 98 min | Action, Drama, History

In February 1976 in Djibouti, a school bus was taken hostage at the Somali border. The GIGN is sent on the spot. After 30 hours of tension, a rescue operation is organized.

Director: Fred Grivois | Stars: Alban Lenoir, Olga Kurylenko, Sébastien Lalanne, David Murgia

Votes: 3,392

23. Romero (1989)

PG-13 | 102 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The life and work of Archbishop Oscar Romero who opposed, at great personal risk, the tyrannical repression in El Salvador.

Director: John Duigan | Stars: Raul Julia, Richard Jordan, Ana Alicia, Eddie Velez

Votes: 2,454 | Gross: $1.32M

24. Atlantis (2019)

108 min | Drama, War

A soldier suffering from PTSD befriends a young volunteer hoping to restore peaceful energy to a war-torn society.

Director: Valentyn Vasyanovych | Stars: Andriy Rymaruk, Liudmyla Bileka, Vasyl Antoniak, Lily Hyde

Votes: 2,674

25. Alien Outpost (2014)

Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A documentary crew follows an elite unit of soldiers in the wake of an alien invasion.

Director: Jabbar Raisani | Stars: Adrian Paul, Reiley McClendon, Brandon Auret, Rick Ravanello

Votes: 6,525

26. Memorial Day (2012)

R | 104 min | Action, Drama, History

Memorial Day, 1993. When 13-year-old Kyle Vogel discovers the World War II footlocker belonging to his grandfather, Bud, everyone tells Kyle to put it back. Luckily, he ignores them. ... See full summary »

Director: Samuel Fischer | Stars: Jonathan Bennett, James Cromwell, John Cromwell, Jackson Bond

Votes: 2,749

27. Reflection (2021)

125 min | Drama, War

Ukrainian surgeon Serhiy is captured by the Russian military forces in the conflict zone in Eastern Ukraine and while in captivity, he is exposed to horrifying scenes of humiliation, violence and indifference towards human life.

Director: Valentyn Vasyanovych | Stars: Roman Lutskyi, Stanislav Aseyev, Oleksandr Danyliuk, Vasiliy Kukharskiy

Votes: 630

28. Standard Operating Procedure (2008)

R | 116 min | Documentary, Crime, War

Errol Morris examines the incidents of abuse and torture of suspected terrorists at the hands of U.S. forces at the Abu Ghraib prison.

Director: Errol Morris | Stars: Megan Ambuhl Graner, Javal Davis, Ken Davis, Anthony Diaz

Votes: 4,116 | Gross: $0.23M

29. Chakravyuh (2012)

Not Rated | 152 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

On the request of his friend Kabir, SP Adil Sends him to the Naxal group as an informer. When Kabir finds the truth he becomes one of their gang leader.

Director: Prakash Jha | Stars: Manoj Bajpayee, Kabir Bedi, Arjun Rampal, Om Puri

Votes: 3,425

30. Hotsunlight (2021)

133 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Lugansk region, May 2014. The Novozhilov family, by chance, finds itself in the thick of events in Lugansk. Vlad Novozhilov is a former participant in the war in Afghanistan. He knows ... See full summary »

Directors: Maksim Brius, Mikhail Vasserbaum | Stars: Vladimir Ilin, Aleksandr Bukharov, Aleksey Kravchenko, Maksim Dakhnenko

Votes: 642

31. A Bright Shining Lie (1998 TV Movie)

R | 118 min | Drama, War

True story of Army man John Paul Vann, whose military success provided him the fulfillment he never found in his personal life.

Director: Terry George | Stars: Bill Paxton, Bo Eason, William L. Mansey, Karina Logue

Votes: 1,547

32. Revealing Ukraine (2019)

Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary

"Revealing Ukraine" by Igor Lopatonok continues investigations on of the ongoing Ukrainian crisis following "Ukraine on Fire". In addition, it analyzes the current political backstage and its dangerous potential for the world.

Director: Igor Lopatonok | Stars: Oliver Stone, Viktor Medvedchuk, Oksana Marchenko, Vladimir Putin

Votes: 2,918

33. Red Alert: The War Within (2009)

120 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

An impoverished cook is forced to join a band of Naxalites.

Director: Anant Mahadevan | Stars: Suniel Shetty, Sameera Reddy, Ashish Vidyarthi, Vinod Khanna

Votes: 380

34. A Sniper's War (2018)

83 min | Documentary, War

A story of a sniper fighting for the pro-Russian rebels in Eastern Ukraine.

Director: Olya Schechter

Votes: 8,126

35. Art of War (2009 TV Movie)

91 min | Documentary, History, War

Documentary on the main principles of Sun Tzu's "Art of War" illustrated with examples from the Vietnam War (Demoralization), the Second World War (Invasion of Normandy), the American Civil War (Gettysburg) and Tzu's own battles.

Director: David Padrusch | Stars: James Lurie, James Wong, Toshishiro Obata, Andrew Amani

Votes: 151

36. The Earth Is Blue as an Orange (2020)

74 min | Documentary, War

To cope with the daily trauma of living in a war-zone, Anna and her children are making a film together about their life in the most surreal surroundings.

Director: Iryna Tsilyk | Stars: Danylo Dydenko, Ganna Gladka, Olena Gladka, Olga Gladka

Votes: 773

37. Bad Roads (2020)

105 min | Drama

Four short stories are set along the roads of Donbas, Ukraine during the war.

Director: Natalya Vorozhbit | Stars: Igor Koltovskyy, Andrey Lelyukh, Volodymyr Hurin, Anna Zhurakovskaya

Votes: 859

38. Sniper: Inside the Crosshairs (2009 TV Movie)

Documentary, War

Sniper-Inside the crosshairs is a documentary based show profiling the worlds best Sniper shots and feats known to man. This documentary takes you behind the scenes to give the viewer and ... See full summary »

Director: Emre Sahin | Stars: Scott Levy, Chad Mathews, Matthew R. Anderson, Nathan Lee Brynner

Votes: 152

39. Ukraine on Fire (2016)

95 min | Documentary

Ukraine. Across its eastern border is Russia and to its west-Europe. For centuries, it has been at the center of a tug-of-war between powers seeking to control its rich lands and access to the Black Sea. 2014's Maidan Massacre triggered a bloody uprising that ousted president Viktor Yanukovych and painted Russia as the perpetrator by Western media. But was it? "Ukraine on Fire" by Igor Lopatonok ... See full summary »

Director: Igor Lopatonok | Stars: Oliver Stone, Vladimir Putin, Victor Yanukovich, Vitaliy Zakharchenko

Votes: 4,229

40. The Cisco Kid (1994 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 91 min | Comedy, Western

This update of the 1950 western TV series changes Cisco and Pancho from wandering heroes of the old west to somewhat anti-"gringo" Mexican revolutionaries.

Director: Luis Valdez | Stars: Jimmy Smits, Cheech Marin, Sadie Frost, Bruce Payne

Votes: 327

41. Brothers at War (2009)

R | 110 min | Documentary, War

An intimate portrait of an American family during a turbulent time. Jake Rademacher sets out to understand the experience, sacrifice, and motivation of his two brothers serving in Iraq. The... See full summary »

Director: Jake Rademacher | Stars: Jake Rademacher, Isaac Rademacher, Joe Rademacher, Mahmoud Hamid Ali

Votes: 595 | Gross: $0.15M

42. Gunner Palace (2004)

PG-13 | 85 min | Documentary, War

American soldiers of the 2/3 Field Artillery, a group known as the "Gunners," tell of their experiences in Baghdad during the Iraq War. Holed up in a bombed out pleasure palace built by Sadaam Hussein, the soldiers endured hostile situations some four months after President George W. Bush declared the end of major combat operations in the country.

Directors: Petra Epperlein, Michael Tucker | Stars: Bryant Davis, Devon Dixon, Javorn Drummond, Elliot Lovett

Votes: 1,953 | Gross: $0.61M

43. Frost (2017)

Not Rated | 132 min | Drama, Mystery, War

Rokas and Inga, a couple of young Lithuanians, volunteer to drive a cargo van of humanitarian aid to Ukraine. When plans change and they find themselves left to their own devices, they cross the vast snowy lands of the Donbass region.

Director: Sharunas Bartas | Stars: Mantas Janciauskas, Lyja Maknaviciute, Andrzej Chyra, Vanessa Paradis

Votes: 796

44. Call Sign Banderas (2018)

113 min | Drama, Thriller, War

In the autumn of 2014, in the ATO zone, an intelligence group headed by experienced captain Anton Sayenko (called by nickname "Banderas") tries to prevent sabotage and neutralize the Russian saboteur.

Director: Zaza Buadze | Stars: Oleg Shulga, Yuliya Chepurko, Sergey Lefor, Oleg Oneshchak

Votes: 952

45. Orapronobis (1989)

R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In 1985, in the obscure town of Santa Filomena, the Orapronobis, a cult under the leadership of Kumander Kontra (Roco), murders a foreign priest who gave the last rites to an alleged rebel,... See full synopsis »

Director: Lino Brocka | Stars: Phillip Salvador, Dina Bonnevie, Gina Alajar, Bembol Roco

Votes: 169

46. The Divergent Series: Insurgent - Shatter Reality (2015 Video Game)

4 min | Short, Action

Existing between the time lines of Divergent and Insurgent in the Divergent film series, this short film viewed in 360 degree places you in the chair as Jeanine and the head of her Erudite faction test your skills as a Divergent.

Director: Cory Strassburger | Stars: Patrick Cronen, Mekhi Phifer, Miles Teller, Kate Winslet

Votes: 1,048

47. Anak ng Kumander (2008)

110 min | Action

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Director: Jose 'Kaka' Balagtas | Stars: Manny Pacquiao, Ara Mina, Dan Alvaro, Alvin Anson

Votes: 27

48. Donbass. Okraina (2019)

96 min | Drama, History, Thriller

People with different beliefs find themselves in the epicenter of a military conflict, but in order to survive, they will have to unite.

Director: Renat Davletyarov | Stars: Gela Meskhi, Evgeniy Mikheev, Sergey Kholmogorov, Ulyana Pokhlebaeva

Votes: 405

49. Papaflessas (1971)

130 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

Under the Ottomans' reign of terror in early-1820s Greece, Papaflessas played a key role in the nation's uprising to gain its independence, until his heroic fall against the tyrants' brutal multitudes, on May 20, 1825.

Director: Errikos Andreou | Stars: Dimitris Papamichael, Alekos Alexandrakis, Angelos Antonopoulos, Katia Dandoulaki

Votes: 922

50. Watch (I) (2019)

17 min | Short, War

During the war in Donbas, Ukraine, a young separatist fighter is sent into enemy lines on a dangerous mission. Recording the events with a helmet camera, the young soldier will learn the ... See full summary »

Director: Patrick Newall | Stars: Erik Vent, Raphael Sikic, Igor Bulanov, Sergei Cherniakoff