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Kanopy
80
8.0
/10205/
82
/552/
77
/195/
3.8
/5869/
92
/25/
84
/71/
cc age 12+

Requiem for the American Dream (2015)
Through interviews filmed over four years, Noam Chomsky unpacks the principles that have brought us to the crossroads of historically unprecedented inequality – tracing a half-century of policies designed to favor the most wealthy at the expense of the majority – while also looking back on his own life of activism and political participation. He provides penetrating insight into what may well be the lasting legacy of our time – the death of the middle class, and swan song of functioning democracy.
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Criterion Channel
80
7.6
/214375/
76
/5817/
73
/2197/
3.9
/543923/
94
/69/
90
/12146/
82
/21/
cc age 15+

Dazed and Confused (1993)
The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum when his football coach demands he sign a "no drugs" pledge.
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79
78
7.8
/18713/
77
/328/
72
/217/
3.9
/11444/
92
/25/
89
/165/
73
/6/

Seven Days in May (1964)
A U.S. Marine Corps colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
poster
77
7.7
/444/
72
/17/
68
/6/
3.9
/2620/
83
/9/

The Librarians (2025)
Librarians unite to combat book banning, defending intellectual freedom on democracy's frontlines amid unprecedented censorship in Texas, Florida, and beyond.
poster
75
7.2
/170829/
73
/9130/
70
/4808/
3.5
/222519/
88
/401/
74
/1418/
83
/51/
cc age 13+

The Post (2017)
A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.
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Apple TV
74
7.3
/42105/
76
/3648/
76
/1063/
3.5
/29728/
78
/79/
100
/49/
59
/19/
cc age 13+

The Banker (2020)
In the 1960s, two entrepreneurs hatch an ingenious business plan to fight for housing integration—and equal access to the American Dream.
poster
74
7.0
/7318/
70
/99/
66
/79/
3.4
/2771/
86
/50/
76
/171/
75
/31/
cc age 14+

Liberty Heights (1999)
This semi-autobiographical film by Barry Levinson follows various members of the Kurtzman clan, a Jewish family living in suburban Baltimore during the 1950s. As teenaged Ben completes high school, he falls for Sylvia, a black classmate, creating inevitable tensions. Meanwhile, Ben's brother, Van, attends college and becomes smitten with a mysterious woman while their father tries to maintain his burlesque business.
poster
73
7.0
/7028/
70
/170/
62
/86/
3.7
/11191/
83
/36/
80
/126/
74
/7/

Barcelona (1994)
During the 1980s, uptight Ted Boynton is a salesman working in the Barcelona office of a Chicago-based company. He receives an unexpected visit from his cousin Fred, a naval officer who has come to Spain on a public relations mission for a U.S. fleet. Not exactly friends in the past, Ted and Fred strike up relationships with women in the Spanish city and experience conflicts -- Ted with his employer, and Fred with the Barcelona community.
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Amazon Prime Video
72
7.2
/526/
71
/26/
69
/12/
3.6
/999/
83
/23/
75
/4/
66
/12/

By Sidney Lumet (2015)
An analysis of director Sidney Lumet's work (12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon, Before The Devil Knows You're Dead) in his own words, based on a five-day interview recorded shortly before his death.
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The Roku Channel
70
7.0
/1386/
65
/74/
54
/14/
3.4
/1805/
87
/82/
76
/28/
70
/26/

Where's My Roy Cohn? (2019)
Roy Cohn personified the dark arts of American politics, turning empty vessels into dangerous demagogues - from Joseph McCarthy to his final project, Donald J. Trump. This thriller-like exposé connects the dots, revealing how a deeply troubled master manipulator shaped our current American nightmare.
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Kanopy
70
6.9
/1031/
73
/50/
65
/35/
3.4
/1452/
73
/48/
67
/16/

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)
The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent creator: a musical prodigy, an excellent painter, a master of theater and radio, a modern Shakespeare, a magician who was always searching for a new trick to surprise his audience, a romantic and legendary figure who lived only for cinema.
poster
70
7.3
/10264/
71
/183/
70
/176/
3.6
/6562/
68
/25/
74
/171/

The Front (1976)
A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.
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Kanopy
70
7.4
/87243/
73
/3381/
71
/1650/
3.4
/55581/
74
/206/
79
/771/
60
/33/
cc age 16+

Trumbo (2015)
The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.
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Amazon Prime Video
69
7.1
/70682/
68
/3846/
68
/878/
3.6
/373023/
82
/250/
84
/115/
64
/54/
cc age 16+

The Apprentice (2024)
A young Donald Trump, eager to make his name as a hungry scion of a wealthy family in 1970s New York, comes under the spell of Roy Cohn, the cutthroat attorney who would help create the Donald Trump we know today. Cohn sees in Trump the perfect protégé—someone with raw ambition, a hunger for success, and a willingness to do whatever it takes to win.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
69
6.8
/1157/
69
/63/
61
/23/
3.3
/1918/
74
/38/
67
/4/
65
/11/

Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn (2019)
Legendary and controversial attorney Roy Cohn was a power broker in the rough and tumble world of New York City business and politics. Senator Joseph R. McCarthy’s top counsel during investigations into Communist activities in the 1950s, Cohn is also known for being Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, fixer and mentor.
poster
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6.9
/104129/
71
/3916/
69
/3576/
3.4
/157043/
72
/193/
68
/1044/
62
/40/
cc age 13+

Big Eyes (2014)
In the late 1950s and early '60s, artist Walter Keane achieves unbelievable fame and success with portraits of saucer-eyed waifs. However, no one realizes that his wife, Margaret, is the real painter behind the brush. Although Margaret is horrified to learn that Walter is passing off her work as his own, she is too meek to protest too loudly. It isn't until the Keanes' marriage comes to an end and a lawsuit follows that the truth finally comes to light.
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7.0
/11161/
70
/269/
67
/194/
3.2
/1933/
55
/20/
68
/170/
53
/11/
cc age 10+

That's What I Am (2011)
A coming-of-age story that follows 12-year-old Andy Nichol, a bright student who, like most kids his age, will do anything to avoid conflict for fear of suffering overwhelming ridicule and punishment from his junior high school peers.
poster
60
6.5
/137610/
65
/3228/
62
/2527/
2.9
/56308/
44
/242/
44
/2915/
59
/42/
cc age 15+

J. Edgar (2011)
As the face of law enforcement in the United States for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career, and his life.
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MGM Plus
60
51
5.9
/3852/
60
/92/
55
/53/
3.0
/2216/
83
/12/
33
/29/
68
/8/

Semi-Tough (1977)
A three-way friendship between two free-spirited professional football players and the owner's daughter becomes compromised when two of them become romantically involved.
poster
49
5.3
/22045/
58
/727/
60
/525/
2.7
/21769/
27
/15/
46
/1466/
cc age 11+

My Girl 2 (1994)
Vada Sultenfuss has a holiday coming up, and an assignment: to do and essay on someone she admires and has never met. She decides she wants to do an assignment on her mother, but quickly realises she knows very little about her. She manages to get her father to agree to let her go to LA to stay with her Uncle Phil and do some research on her mother.
poster
68
46
7.1
/1554/
66
/81/
69
/58/
3.3
/2473/

And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
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Amazon Prime Video
46
40
4.8
/3794/
51
/139/
45
/70/
2.6
/3765/
50
/104/
32
/4/

Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death (1989)
The U.S. government, eager to protect the nation's avacado supplies, recruits feminist professor Margo Hunt to make contact with the Piranha Women, an all-female tribe who believe men are only good as a source of food. Accompanying Dr. Hunt on her trip are Jim, a guide of questionable competence, and Bunny, a student of unquestionable incompetence.
poster
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39
7.1
/2019/
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63
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3.4
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Under the Hood (2009)
Stars from the Watchmen movie team up in the amazing live-action/CGI Under the Hood, based on Nite Owl's powerful firsthand account of how the hooded adventurers came into existence.
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fuboTV
59
38
6.0
/648/
65
/45/
61
/52/
3.4
/9142/
44
/9/

Niki (2024)
French-American artist Niki de Saint-Phalle, from the age of 23, is a model and an aspiring actor who is married and has a two year old daughter. Together, they flee the U.S. during the oppressive McCarthy era and come to France, where they experience a short-lived euphoria. Soon, distant and frightening memories begin to emerge in Niki’s mind. Her vocation as an artist will be her salvation.
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Hoopla
55
38
5.6
/1155/
53
/42/
61
/37/
3.0
/1585/
67
/6/
37
/34/

The Return of Captain Invincible (1983)
In WWII, Captain Invincible used his superpowers against the Nazis and was hailed as a hero. But when he was accused of treason, he retired to Australia in disgrace. Cut to the present, when a US super secret super weapon is stolen and he's asked to come back to the States in order to help stop evil and restore his sterling reputation. Unfortunately, Captain Invincible is a drunk now...
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Kanopy
73
33
7.5
/698/
65
/25/
53
/14/
3.5
/356/
100
/5/
76
/18/

After Stonewall (1999)
This sequel to "Before Stonewall" documents the history of gay and lesbian life from the riots at Stonewall in 1969 to the present. Narrated by Melissa Etheridge, the film explains the work, struggles, victories, and defeats the gay community has weathered to become a vibrant and integral part of North American society.
poster
55
14
6.0
/568/
51
/19/
53
/18/
3.4
/714/
43
/2/

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979)
An abusive sexual relationship between a white spinster schoolteacher and a young black janitor in 1956 Kansas complicates her struggle to come to grips with her sexuality and emotions.
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Hoopla
75
11
7.6
/238/
85
/12/
65
/4/
3.7
/624/

An Injury to One (2002)
An experimental documentary exploring the turn-of-century lynching of union organizer Frank Little in Butte, Montana.
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Kanopy
?
7.6
/73/
70
/2/
45
/6/

Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class (2005)
Based on the forthcoming book by Pepi Leistyna, Class Dismissed navigates the steady stream of narrow working class representations from American television's beginnings to today's sitcoms, reality shows, police dramas, and daytime talk shows.
poster
?
7.1
/63/
58
/5/
70
/2/

Burp! Pepsi v. Coke in the Ice-Cold War (1984)
Burp! Pepsi Vs Coke in the Ice Cold War traces the history of these brands against the backdrop of global politics. The second world war was the perfect vehicle for Coca-Cola distribution (including to the Nazis), with bottling plants on front lines paid for by the US war department.
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Kanopy
58
?
7.7
/153/
20
/1/
77
/6/

Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press (1996)
This documentary examines the 80 year career of journalist George Seldes, his encounters with Lenin and J. Edgar Hoover, his long battle against press censorship, the tobacco lobby, and his eventual blacklisting.With Ben Bagdikian, Jeff Cohen, Daliel Ellsberg, Ralph Nader, and Marian Seldes
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Fandango at Home Free
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5.0
/96/
47
/4/
58
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As Long As I'm Famous (2020)
Writer/Director Bruce Reisman pays homage to the Golden Age of Broadway during the summer of 1948. Inspired by true events, this is the story of private, often forbidden romances of legends from Montgomery Clift to Richard Rodgers, told through the perspective of 24-year-old Sidney Lumet. This special director’s cut adds 12 minutes of previously-unseen footage.
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Amazon Prime Video
?
6.1
/31/
50
/2/

Gehlen: Hitler's Superspy (1974)
This is the remarkable story of Reinhard Gehlen, former Head of the German Secret Service, who helped to found the CIA, the American Central Intelligence Agency.
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McCarthy
A personal look at the influential former politician who rose to fame as a driving force behind anti-communist and anti-homosexual U.S. political sentiment during the Cold War.


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