Top Rated War Politics TV Series - Page 18

Gulag, the Story

2020

Gulag, the Story

2020
8.2
A major political, historical, human and economic fact of the 20th century, the Gulag, the extremely punitive Soviet concentration camp system, remains largely unknown.
Hillary

2020

Hillary

2020
5.8
A portrait of a public woman, interweaving moments from never-before-seen 2016 campaign footage with biographical chapters of Hillary Rodham Clinton's life. Featuring exclusive interviews with Hillary herself, Bill Clinton, friends, and journalists, an examination of how she became simultaneously one of the most admired and vilified women in the world.
Macross II: Lovers Again

1992

Macross II: Lovers Again

1992
6.5
A.D. 2089 - 80 years have passed since Space War I changed the lives of both human and Zentraedi races. Both races are at peace on Earth when a new alien race called the "Marduk" appear within the Solar System. While covering the first battle between the U.N. Spacy and the Marduk fleet, SNN rookie reporter Hibiki Kanzaki discovers Ishtar, an "Emulator" that enhances the Marduk's combat abilities through singing. Hibiki brings Ishtar to Earth to teach her the values of life and culture. Together with ace Valkyrie pilot Silvie Gena, Hibiki and Ishtar must find a way to save Earth from total destruction at the hands of the Marduk leader Ingues.
Sleepers

2017

Sleepers

2017
6.1
Sleepers (sleeper agents) are agents deeply incorporated into the structure of opposing forces. They are recruited before they get access to classified information, sometimes even before they start working in the field that interests the recruiting party. They are often recruited "to grow up". The action takes place in Moscow in June 2013 on the eve of major geopolitical events and upheavals that, as a result, will change the future life of the world.
Einsatzgruppen: The Nazi Death Squads

2009

Einsatzgruppen: The Nazi Death Squads

2009
7.5
This documentary series examines the Einsatzgruppen, Nazis responsible for the mass murder of Jews, Romani and Soviet prisoners in Eastern Europe.
Tribes and Empires: Storm of Prophecy

2017

Tribes and Empires: Storm of Prophecy

2017
4.4
Muyun Sheng, born from a spirit mother, is the unfavoured sixth son of the reigning Emperor Ming of Duan. Discovering an ancient painting by chance, he is captivated by the spirit locked inside (Panxi), and together, they promise to search for the most beautiful places on Earth. Muru Hanjiang, friend of Muyun Sheng, is the son of General Muru Shuo, famous for conquering the Eight Tribes of Han Province. Many years later, the descendant of the Eight Tribes Shuofeng Heye sows discord between the Muyun and Muru families. Only when the friendship and loyalty between these two families is rebuilt will the Duan Dynasty be safe from invasion by the Eight Tribes. This drama tells of the loyalty, friendship, enmity and romance between the young descendants during the twilight years of the Duan Dynasty.
Apostle

2008

Apostle

2008
6.4
At the beginning of the war, the Germans throw their saboteur into the USSR. The landing is unsuccessful - the spy is captured by the NKVD. When trying to escape, a saboteur who turned out to be a Russian thief in law, accidentally remaining in the occupied territory, dies. In order to find the other spies involved in the operation, the security officers have to turn to the criminal's twin brother, a rural teacher. He takes the place of the deceased in the German intelligence network and enters into a deadly game...
ANZAC Girls

2014

ANZAC Girls

2014
7.2
The unique, and rarely told true stories of Australian and New Zealand nurses serving at Gallipoli and the Western Front during the First World War.
Julius Caesar

2003

Julius Caesar

2003
6.1
Twenty year-old Julius Caesar flees Rome for his life during the reign of Sulla but through skill and ambition rises four decades later to become Rome's supreme dictator.
TASS Is Authorized to Declare...

1984

TASS Is Authorized to Declare...

1984
6.9
The struggle of Soviet and American intelligence agencies during the Cold War era
Fafner in the Azure: Dead Aggressor

2004

Fafner in the Azure: Dead Aggressor

2004
6.6
Tatsumiyajima is the central island in the middle of a small cluster of islands, in a sleepy backwater of the Japanese isles. Not much happens there, and the island's young people go to school knowing that their lives are likely to remain peaceful and undisturbed. Or so they have been taught...but the truth is different. The fate of mankind is on the line, and Tatsumiyajima is the last line of defense against a hostile and incomprehensible enemy. At the center of it all, fighting for Humanity's continued existence, is the giant robot Fafner, the dragon that guards this final treasure of mankind.
Days of Honor

2008

Days of Honor

2008
6.8
Days of honor is a Polish World War II television drama series, broadcast on TVP2 since September 7, 2008.
The Young Turks

0000

The Young Turks

0000
6.1
Online American liberal/progressive political and social commentary program hosted by Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian
Turn A Gundam

1999

Turn A Gundam

1999
7.2
It is the Correct Century, two millenniums after a devastating conflict which left the world broken. Earth is now mostly uninhabitable, and thus a remnant of humanity has resided on the Moon while the Earth and its few survivors recover.
Emperor of the Sea

2004

Emperor of the Sea

2004
6.2
Emperor of the Sea is a South Korean television drama series directed by Kang Il-soo and Kang Byung-taek and starring Choi Soo-jong, Chae Shi-ra, Song Il-gook and Soo Ae. It aired on KBS2 from November 24, 2004 to May 25, 2005 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:50 for 51 episodes. The historical drama is based on Choi In-ho's novel of the same title, which depicts the life of Jang Bogo, who rises from a lowly slave to a powerful maritime figure who dominated the East Asia seas and international trade during the Unified Silla Dynasty. The drama was received extremely well, holding the number one spot in the ratings for majority of the weeks it aired. It was also exported to eight countries earning approximately US$1.8 million in profits. The filming set in Wando County, South Jeolla Province also became a tourist attraction.
Miss Governor

2025

Miss Governor

2025
4.4
As she tries to shine in politics, Mississippi's first Black lieutenant governor must manage her zany family and overcome a boss who's stuck in the past.
Oxen

2023

Oxen

2023
6.3
War veteran and former hunter soldier Niels Oxen, Denmark's most decorated soldier ever. Sent home with war trauma, he tries to create meaning in life and to make everyday life fit together.
The Lesson

2022

The Lesson

2022
6.4
In a sleepy high school in Kfar Sava, in a Citizenship class, 12th-grader Lianne and her teacher Amir get into a heated political confrontation that gets out of hand and soon reaches personal and painful places.
The Sorrow and the Pity

1969

The Sorrow and the Pity

1969
7.7
An investigation into the nature, details and reasons for the collaboration, from 1940 to 1944, during World War II, between the Vichy regime, established in the south of France and headed by Marshal Pétain, and Nazi Germany.
Clash of Futures (1918-1939)

2018

Clash of Futures (1918-1939)

2018
7.2
From the armistice of 1918, which marked the end of the First World War, to the declaration of war in September 1939, the beginning of the Second World War: an era during which there was an aspiration to create a new world, prosperous and at peace, but which provoked a new tragedy, seen through the destinies of thirteen people who were both actors and witnesses of the upheavals of the so-called inter-war period.