Land and Freedom (1995)

Summer 1936: young unemployed communist David Carr leaves Liverpool to join the fight against fascism in Spain. He joins an international group of Militia-men and women, the POUM (Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista). After being wounded, he goes to Barcelona, where he joins another group of fighters.

Genres: War, Drama, History

What to watch after Land and Freedom

• The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) — Ken Loach directed both
• Bread and Roses (2000) — Same feel: realistic, dramatic
• It's a Free World... (2007) — Same subject: worker
• Salvador (1986) — Same subject: revolution
• Manderlay (2005)
• Michael Collins (1996) — Ian Hart appears in both