🏷 Discover The Best Coup D'etat Movies & TV Shows To Watch Today

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Uncover the Thrilling World of Coup d'etat Movies and TV Shows

Get ready to immerse yourself in a world of intrigue, power struggles, and high-stakes drama as we explore the most captivating movies and TV shows related to coup d'etat. From historical epics to thought-provoking thrillers, discover the stories that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Cast

Yves Montand

Irene Papas

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Jacques Perrin

Z (1969)

7.8 633 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: Algeria, France

Duration: 122 min.

Audience: NR

Story: A prominent politician is murdered during a demonstration. The government and army are trying to suppress the truth, but a tenacious magistrate is determined to not to let them get away with it.

Plot: central intelligence agency (cia), assassination, government, corruption, police, politics, fascism, investigation, ...

Place: greece

Cast

John Lone

Joan Chen

Peter O'Toole

Ruocheng Ying

The Last Emperor (1987)

7.6 1.9K votes

Genre: Drama, History

Country: China, France

Duration: 163 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.

Plot: suicide, experiment, isolation, buddhism, becoming an adult, war crimes, suicide attempt, war on drugs, ...

Time: world war ii, 1920s, 1940s, ...

Place: china

Cast

John Hurt

Hugh Dancy

Dominique Horwitz

Nicola Walker

Shooting Dogs (2006)

7.5 163 votes

Genre: Drama, History

Country: Germany, United Kingdom

Duration: 115 min.

Audience: 15

Story: Two westerners, a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in danger and protect the refugees, or escape the country with their lives? Based on a true story.

Plot: destruction of a civilization, rape, civil war, hutu, tutsi, rwandan genocide, inhumanity, aggression, ...

Cast

Alicia Vikander

Mads Mikkelsen

Mikkel Boe Fu00f8lsgaard

Trine Dyrholm

A Royal Affair (2012)

7.3 949 votes

Genre: Drama, History, Romance

Country: Czech Republic, Denmark

Duration: 137 min.

Audience: R

Story: A young queen falls in love with her physician, and they start a revolution that changes their nation forever.

Plot: infidelity, secret love, love triangle, politics, queen, coup d'etat, royal family, royalty, ...

Time: 18th century

Seven Days in May (1964)

7.3 228 votes

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 118 min.

Audience: U

Story: A U.S. Marine Corps colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.

Plot: the white house, based on novel or book, general, kidnapping, pentagon, coup d'etat, u.s. air force, conspiracy, ...

Time: cold war

Cast

Owen Wilson

Lake Bell

Sterling Jerins

Claire Geare

No Escape (2015)

6.9 2.8K votes

Genre: Action, Thriller

Country: Thailand, United States of America

Duration: 103 min.

Audience: R

Story: In their new overseas home, an American family soon finds themselves caught in the middle of a coup, and they frantically look for a safe escape in an environment where foreigners are being immediately executed.

Plot: hotel, rebellion, race against time, revolution, coup d'etat, engineer, survival, execution, ...

Cast

Gerard Butler

Gary Oldman

Toby Stephens

Common

Hunter Killer (2018)

6.9 2.4K votes

Genre: Action, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 121 min.

Audience: R

Story: Untested American submarine commander, Capt. Joe Glass of the USS Arkansas, is on the hunt for a U.S. sub in distress in the Arctic Ocean. He soon learns a secret Russian coup is in the offing, a conspiracy that threatens to dismantle the world order. With crew and country on the line, Glass must coordinate with an elite group of Navy SEALs to sneak through enemy waters, rescue the kidnapped Russian president, and hopefully prevent World War III.

Plot: washington dc, usa, based on novel or book, coup d'etat, covert operation, u.s. navy seal, russian president, rescue operation, ...

Cast

John Cena

Alison Brie

Juan Pablo Raba

Christian Slater

Freelance (2023)

6.4 1.2K votes

Genre: Action, Comedy

Country: United States of America, United Kingdom

Duration: 108 min.

Audience: R

Story: An ex-special forces operative takes a job to provide security for a journalist as she interviews a dictator, but a military coup breaks out in the middle of the interview, they are forced to escape into the jungle where they must survive.

Plot: coup d'etat, dictatorship, political assassination, duringcreditsstinger, investigative journalism, ex special forces, hilarious, amused, ...

Cast

Antonio Banderas

Johnny Depp

Cheech Marin

Salma Hayek Pinault

Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)

6.3 2.4K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Country: United States of America, Mexico

Duration: 102 min.

Audience: R

Story: A corrupt CIA agent Sands hires hitman El Mariachi to assassinate a Mexican general hired by a drug kingpin attempting a coup d'état of the President of Mexico.

Plot: central intelligence agency (cia), corruption, coup d'etat, revenge, gun battle, body double, political assassination, mariachi, ...

Place: mexico

Cast

Sacha Baron Cohen

Ben Kingsley

Anna Faris

Jason Mantzoukas

The Dictator (2012)

6.2 6.5K votes

Genre: Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 83 min.

Audience: R

Story: The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.

Plot: petrol, culture clash, dictator, coup d'etat, satire, parody, uncle, conspiracy, ...

Cast

James Franco

Seth Rogen

Lizzy Caplan

Randall Park

The Interview (2014)

6.2 6.3K votes

Genre: Action, Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 112 min.

Audience: R

Story: Dave Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapaport run the celebrity tabloid show "Skylark Tonight". When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, they are recruited by the CIA to turn their trip to Pyongyang into an assassination mission.

Plot: central intelligence agency (cia), socialism, coup d'etat, assassination attempt, evil dictator, disdainful, disgusted, doubtful, ...

Place: north korea

Cast

Russell Brand

James Marsden

Kaley Cuoco

Hank Azaria

Hop (2011)

5.8 1.4K votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family

Country: United States of America

Duration: 95 min.

Audience: PG

Story: E.B., the Easter Bunny's teenage son, heads to Hollywood, determined to become a drummer in a rock 'n' roll band. In L.A., he's taken in by Fred after the out-of-work slacker hits E.B. with his car.

Plot: bunny, coup d'etat, villain, slacker, easter, easter bunny, rabbit, aftercreditsstinger, ...

xXx: State of the Union (2005)

5.1 2.1K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime

Country: United States of America

Duration: 101 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Darius Stone's criminal record and extreme sports obsession make him the perfect candidate to be the newest XXX agent. He must save the U.S. government from a deadly conspiracy led by five-star general and Secretary of Defense George Deckert.

Plot: helicopter, usa president, washington dc, usa, general, coup d'etat, sequel, military prison, ...