Best Authoritarian Movies

Looking for the best authoritarian movies? These 39 are the highest-rated on 3eyedraven, weighted by vote count so a handful of glowing reviews never beats a proven favourite.

The Departed 2006 ★ 8.2

Hidden Figures 2016 ★ 8.0

Heat 1995 ★ 7.9

Network 1976 ★ 7.8

The Color Purple 1985 ★ 7.7

Planet of the Apes 1968 ★ 7.7

Apocalypto 2006 ★ 7.6

Get Out 2017 ★ 7.6

Memoirs of a Geisha 2005 ★ 7.6

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1958 ★ 7.6

The Housemaid 2025 ★ 7.3

Boyka: Undisputed IV 2016 ★ 7.2

What Happened to Monday 2017 ★ 7.1

Set It Off 1996 ★ 7.2

Enemy of the State 1998 ★ 7.1

Trash 2014 ★ 7.1

The King and I 1956 ★ 7.1

Held for Ransom 2019 ★ 7.1

Brother's Keeper 2021 ★ 7.2

Love Story 1970 ★ 6.8

Monster's Ball 2001 ★ 6.8

Nineteen Eighty-Four 1984 ★ 6.8

Pushpa: The Rise 2021 ★ 6.8

The Burning Bed 1984 ★ 6.9