Propaganda Movies

Old rivals are pitted against each other in basic training and fight for the same woman.

A World War II propaganda film about the need to remain calm and logical during wartime.

Peaceful citizens (one of whom resembles Felix the Cat) are dancing to music before their island is being invaded by a gigantic rodent that resembles...

Documentary Feature winner "Design for Death" (1947) examines Japanese culture and how it led to Japan's role in WWII.

Kieslowski’s later film Dworzec (Station, 1980) portrays the atmosphere at Central Station in Warsaw after the rush hour.

An American soldier pleads to the folks at home to conserve scarce wartime resources.

Yael Hersonski's powerful documentary achieves a remarkable feat through its penetrating look at another film-the now-infamous Nazi-produced film...

An industrialist's son becomes part of the communist party.

Earthlings chafe at the peace established by a benevolent alien race and set about to rebel.

Norwegian propaganda film and cult drama about Eva (16) and Arne (17), both from well established homes, attend a class where a professor says that...

This documentary recounts the life and work of one of most famous, and yet reviled, German film directors in history, Leni Riefenstahl. The film...

The Three Little Pigs sell Canadian war bonds.

Russia, 1917. Revolution is in the air. The Sevastopol anchors In Saint Petersburg. The sailors are thirsty for women and celebration. The ship...

Banned in the Soviet Union for its "negative" content and never released, Kalatozov was forced to retreat from filmmaking for seven years because of...

Propaganda short film depicting the rise of Nazism in Germany and how political propaganda is similarly used in the United States. The film was made...

Programming the Nation? takes an encompassing look at the history of subliminal messaging in America. According to many authorities, since the late...

In the near future: Europe is in chaos. Right-wing extremists have taken power in many countries. The democratic state that once was Germany has...

Winsor McCay recreates the sinking of the ocean liner Lusitania by a German U-boat in this propaganda piece designed to stir up anti-German sentiment...

This short film, produced at the end of WWII, warns that although Adolf Hitler is dead, his ideas live on.