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poster
89
8.4
/27472/
82
/465/
81
/593/
4.3
/17582/
94
/62/
98
/603/
89
/28/

The Best of Youth (2003)
After a fateful encounter in the summer of 1966, the lifepaths of two brothers from a middle-class Roman family diverge, intersecting with some of the most significant events of postwar Italian history in the following decades.
poster
Kanopy
81
7.5
/9133/
72
/391/
71
/157/
4.2
/61823/
95
/145/
64
/18/
91
/34/

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022)
The life of internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin is told through her slideshows, intimate interviews, ground-breaking photography, and rare footage of her personal fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the overdose crisis.
poster
80
7.2
/5126/
68
/110/
66
/79/
3.8
/10476/
96
/26/
78
/119/
87
/10/

Medium Cool (1969)
John Cassellis is the toughest TV news reporter around. After extensively reporting about violence and racial tensions in poor communities, he discovers that his network is helping the FBI by granting them access to his footage to find suspects.
poster
80
7.4
/104741/
73
/1899/
70
/1068/
3.7
/48433/
93
/226/
83
/4960/
80
/41/
cc age 13+

Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.
poster
Netflix
79
7.7
/203834/
77
/7475/
76
/3254/
3.8
/405516/
89
/344/
90
/454/
76
/49/
cc age 16+

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.
poster
MUBI
78
7.1
/510/
71
/45/
72
/13/
3.7
/3605/
100
/42/
88
/3/
73
/15/

Free Chol Soo Lee (2022)
On June 3, 1973, a man was murdered in a busy intersection of San Francisco’s Chinatown as part of an ongoing gang war. Chol Soo Lee, a 20-year-old Korean immigrant who had previous run-ins with the law, was arrested and convicted based on flimsy evidence and the eyewitness accounts of white tourists who couldn’t distinguish between Asian features. Sentenced to life in prison, Chol Soo Lee would spend years fighting to survive behind bars before journalist K.W. Lee took an interest in his case. The intrepid reporter’s investigation would galvanize a first-of-its-kind pan-Asian American grassroots movement to fight for Chol Soo Lee’s freedom, ultimately inspiring a new generation of social justice activists.
poster
fuboTV
77
7.6
/3451/
75
/187/
76
/50/
3.8
/7502/
87
76
/20/
cc age 15+

Nothing Compares (2022)
Since the beginning of her career, Sinéad O’Connor has used her powerful voice to challenge the narratives she was surrounded by while growing up in predominantly Roman Catholic Ireland. Despite her agency, depth and perspective, O’Connor’s unflinching refusal to conform means that she has often been patronized and unfairly dismissed as an attention-seeking pop star.
poster
Netflix
77
7.3
/1726/
75
/99/
72
/54/
3.6
/1716/
93
/14/
84
/13/
72
/9/
cc age 14+

Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower (2017)
When the Chinese Communist Party backtracks on its promise of autonomy to Hong Kong, teenager Joshua Wong decides to save his city. Rallying thousands of kids to skip school and occupy the streets, Joshua becomes an unlikely leader in Hong Kong and one of China’s most notorious dissidents.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.3
/8394/
74
/724/
69
/185/
3.7
/23846/
96
/133/
85
/99/
76
/31/

Hail Satan? (2019)
The story of The Satanic Temple, a controversial movement that combines religion and activism with the apparent purpose of questioning the basic foundations of US society.
poster
Kanopy
76
8.0
/22244/
74
/585/
76
/276/
3.8
/6889/
81
73
/28/
cc age 14+

The Corporation (2003)
Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant economic, political and social force around the globe. This film takes an in-depth psychological examination of the organization model through various case studies. What the study illustrates is that in the its behaviour, this type of "person" typically acts like a dangerously destructive psychopath without conscience. Furthermore, we see the profound threat this psychopath has for our world and our future, but also how the people with courage, intelligence and determination can do to stop it.
poster
73
7.5
/5245/
73
/169/
70
/102/
3.6
/1409/
75
/56/
78
/178/
71
/19/

The Yes Men Fix the World (2009)
THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD is a screwball true story about two gonzo political activists who, posing as top executives of giant corporations, lie their way into big business conferences and pull off the world's most outrageous pranks.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
71
6.8
/6220/
68
/145/
68
/100/
3.4
/1866/
87
/83/
67
/269/
68
/26/

The Yes Men (2003)
A comic, biting and revelatory documentary following a small group of prankster activists as they gain worldwide notoriety for impersonating the World Trade Organization (WTO) on television and at business conferences around the world.
poster
Hoopla
70
6.9
/39830/
67
/777/
66
/799/
3.4
/36264/
83
/35/
74
/696/
67
/7/

Bananas (1971)
When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion.
poster
Starz
69
6.8
/49105/
71
/3624/
71
/1440/
3.3
/46636/
71
/45/
86
/101/
56
/7/
cc age 14+

Escape from Pretoria (2020)
South Africa, 1978. Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, two white political activists from the African National Congress imprisoned by the apartheid regime, put a plan in motion to escape from the infamous Pretoria Prison.
poster
The Roku Channel
68
6.7
/809/
65
/43/
71
/30/
3.4
/337/
81
/32/
56
/7/
61
/13/

The Yes Men Are Revolting (2014)
Activist-pranksters Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonnano pull the rug out from under mega-corporations, government officials and a complacent media in a series of outrageous stunts designed to draw awareness to the issue of climate change.
poster
AMC+
80
68
7.6
/2589/
78
/99/
75
/42/
4.0
/7715/
92
/53/
86
/71/
73
/15/
cc age 16+

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011)
Examines the evolution of the Black Power Movement in US society from 1967 to 1975. It features footage of the movement shot by Swedish journalists in the United States during that period and includes the appearances of Angela Davis, Bobby Seale, Huey P. Newton, Eldridge Cleaver, and other activists, artists, and leaders central to the movement.
poster
72
64
7.8
/19046/
74
/225/
70
/105/
3.4
/4225/
72
/30/

Nayak: The Real Hero (2001)
Shivajirao, a TV reporter, gets a chance to be the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for a day after being challenged by incumbent Chief Minister Balraj Chauhan. After his one-day stint turns out to be a huge success, his life spirals out of control and he is embroiled in political intrigue.
poster
Kanopy
76
61
7.4
/5677/
71
/64/
73
/155/
3.8
/5993/
82
/11/
83
/21/

Conversation Piece (1974)
A retired professor of American origin lives a solitary life in a luxurious palazzo in Rome. He is confronted by a vulgar Italian marchesa and her lover, her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend, and forced to rent to them an apartment on the upper floor of his palazzo. From this point on his quiet routine is turned into chaos by his tenants' machinations, and everybody's life takes an unexpected but inevitable turn.
poster
71
57
7.2
/3549/
66
/71/
68
/63/
3.5
/1570/
83
/78/

Salvador (Puig Antich) (2006)
The story of Salvador Puig Antich, one of the last political prisoners to be executed under Franco's Fascist State in 1974.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
73
57
7.4
/19922/
68
/198/
65
/68/
3.0
/5934/
88
/8/
83
/8/

Bharat Ane Nenu (2018)
Bharat, a graduate from Oxford, is forced to take up his father's position as the chief minister after his sudden demise. He is not happy with the way government is functioning in the state and tries to reform the corrupt society but faces obstacles from his enemies.
poster
MUBI
79
56
7.3
/752/
68
/22/
73
/25/
4.0
/6047/
96
/27/
87
/9/

A Night of Knowing Nothing (2022)
L, a student in India witness to the government's violent response to university protests, writes letters to her estranged lover while he is away.
poster
Kanopy
62
51
4.8
/554/
54
/75/
50
/48/
2.8
/4211/
88
/17/

Planet B (2024)
France, 2039. One night, a group of activists who are being pursued by the State vanish without a trace. Julia Bombarth is one of them. When she awakens, she finds herself trapped in an entirely unfamiliar world: PLANET B.
poster
MGM Plus
51
6.1
/92326/
64
/2227/
62
/1464/
3.4
/85208/
42
/71/
35
/1139/
52
/24/

Snake Eyes (1998)
All bets are off when shady homicide cop Rick Santoro witnesses a murder during a boxing match. Determined to solve the crime, he quickly learns that his search for answers will only uncover yet more questions in an ever-widening web of conspiracy, intrigue, and danger.
poster
75
49
7.5
/1767/
75
/80/
74
/32/
3.8
/4612/

Do Not Split (2020)
The story of the 2019 Hong Kong protests, told through a series of demonstrations by local protestors that escalate into conflict when highly armed police appear on the scene.
poster
61
47
7.8
/2651/
65
/32/
72
/38/
27
/30/
86
/283/
43
/11/

America: Freedom to Fascism (2006)
This is a documentary about an honest search for the truth about the Federal Reserve Bank and the legality of the Internal Revenue System. Through extensive interviews with recognised experts and authority, the director shows an astonishing revelation of how the Federal Government and the Bankers have fooled the American public by taking thier wages and putting it in the pockets of the super-rich.
poster
75
47
7.0
/2216/
76
/34/
66
/22/
3.5
/492/
100
/9/
70
/73/

McLibel (2005)
McLibel is a documentary film directed by Franny Armstrong for Spanner Films about the McLibel case. The film was first completed, as a 52 minute television version, in 1997, after the conclusion of the original McLibel trial. It was then re-edited to 85 minute feature length in 2005, after the McLibel defendants took their case to the European Court of Human Rights.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
47
6.1
/19398/
65
/1292/
61
/730/
2.8
/11008/
24
/123/
32
/106/
43
/30/
cc age 16+

American Pastoral (2016)
Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter's new political affiliation threatens to destroy their family.
poster
85
43
8.5
/1520/
84
/46/
82
/32/
4.1
/2139/
94
/6/

Revolution of Our Times (2021)
Throughout Hong Kong’s history, Hongkongers have fought for freedom and democracy but have yet to succeed. In 2019, a controversial extradition bill was introduced that would allow Hongkongers to be tried in mainland China. This decision spurred massive protests, riots, and resistance against heavy-handed Chinese rule over the City-State. Award-winning director Kiwi Chow documents the events to tell the story of the movement, with both a macro view of its historical context and footage and interviews from protestors on the front lines.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
45
36
4.5
/3246/
62
/78/
55
/85/
3.0
/3732/
26
/19/
28
/19/
44
/9/

Lula, the Son of Brazil (2010)
The true story of a working class boy who moves to the nation's financial capital at a young age and becomes one the most influential politicians in Brazilian history.
poster
Kanopy
75
35
7.5
/805/
73
/24/
58
/10/
3.6
/540/
100
/6/
76
/21/

Berkeley in the Sixties (1990)
A documentary about militant student political activity at the University of California, Berkeley in the 1960s.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
75
34
7.6
/752/
73
/44/
72
/16/
3.5
/585/
Popcorn
85
/183/

Poverty, Inc. (2015)
Poverty, Inc. explores the hidden side of doing good. From disaster relief to TOMs Shoes, from adoptions to agricultural subsidies, Poverty, Inc. follows the butterfly effect of our most well-intentioned efforts and pulls back the curtain on the poverty industrial complex - the multi-billion dollar market of NGOs, multilateral agencies, and for-profit aid contractors. Are we catalyzing development or are we propagating a system in which the poor stay poor while the rich get hipper?
poster
47
30
6.0
/1469/
60
/37/
53
/26/
26
/19/
47
/87/
36
/12/

Poster Boy (2004)
The gay son of a conservative senator who is also the poster boy for his father's re-election unknowingly befriends a gay activist bent on destroying the hypocritical campaign.
poster
67
28
6.7
/152/
63
/6/
66
/18/
75
/5/

The State Against Mandela and the Others (2018)
South Africa, July 11th, 1963. Several members of the African National Congress, an organization declared illegal, are arrested in Rivonia, a country house near Johannesburg. The detainees, along with Nelson Mandela, imprisoned since 1962, are charged with serious crimes for their radical activism against the apartheid regime.
poster
57
28
5.8
/1738/
62
/18/
53
/23/
3.2
/776/
48
/35/

Comrade Pedersen (2006)
A drama focused on Norwegian society in the 1970s, an era politically influenced by Marxism and Leninism.
poster
75
26
7.6
/641/
87
/8/
55
/8/
3.8
/3906/
83
/6/

The 70s (2002)
Amanda and Julian are doing their best to rear their five sons during the repressive dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. Though the parents view themselves as apolitical, most of their sons bristle at life under martial law and turn to various forms of activism -- or to simple teenage rebellion -- for release. After the family becomes the victim of extremist violence, Amanda begins to find her own dissident voice.
poster
The Roku Channel
60
22
6.3
/562/
62
/9/
48
/6/
60
/5/
69
/16/

Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story (1996)
The firebrand reporter, feminist and philanthropist Dorothy Day co-founds The Catholic Worker with Peter Maurin, an eccentric philosopher.
poster
54
21
5.1
/2139/
57
/27/
63
/16/
2.9
/1090/
46
/5/

Sainikudu (2006)
Siddharth strives to help flood victims and saves the relief material from falling into the wrong hands. This sets off a war between him and a corrupt politician, which leads to many twists and turns.
poster
63
18
7.2
/370/
51
/5/
62
/13/
3.5
/1021/

The Sixth Side of the Pentagon (1968)
Chris Marker and François Reichenbach document the massive anti–Vietnam War protest held in Washington, D.C., on October 21, 1967, where more than 100,000 demonstrators gathered at the Lincoln Memorial before marching on the Pentagon. Filmed amid the crowd, the short captures the tension, idealism, and growing radicalism of the American peace movement.
poster
66
13
7.1
/540/
66
/13/
63
/15/
3.4
/530/
65
/1/

Corbo (2015)
Montreal, spring 1966. Jean Corbo, 16 years old, born to a Quebec mother and an Italian father, is torn between his two affiliations. After befriending two young far-left activists, he joined the Front de Libération du Québec, an underground radical group. Jean, from then on, marches inexorably towards his destiny.
poster
62
13
7.1
/152/
47
/4/
67
/7/
3.6
/964/

Sister Stella L. (1984)
A nun who acts as a counselor in a home for unwed mother undergoes political awakening when her friend and namesake belonging to the same congregation as hers inspires her to get involved in the struggle for justice and freedom of striking workers in a cooking oil company.
poster
Netflix
70
11
6.8
/287/
73
/11/
68
/6/
3.6
/530/

Then Barbara Met Alan (2022)
The untold disability civil-rights love story of two cabaret performers, Barbara and Alan, who met at a gig, fell in love, and became the driving force behind an unprecedented campaign of direct action that ultimately led to the passing of the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act.
poster
66
11
7.1
/254/
66
/12/
57
/11/
3.5
/459/

Half a Life (1982)
Michel Recanati was a militant leader in the May, 1968 riots in Paris, organizing many groups to meet, discuss, and act on leftist principles both before and after the disturbances. He was imprisoned for a short while in 1973. Disillusioned after the failure of the demonstrations and the death of the only woman he had loved, his life seems to have changed from a period of hope and activism to one of bottomless despair. His friend, Romain Goupil wrote and directed this biographical documentary. Death at 30 received the 1982 Cannes Film Festival's Golden Camera Award for "Best First Feature-Length Film."
poster
Kanopy
53
7
6.6
/127/
48
/7/
32
/4/
3.3
/544/

For People in Trouble (2023)
When two people meet one night in London, their relationship blossoms and fractures, intertwined with impending societal collapse.
poster
?
60
/1/

21 years after (2010)
This is the first referendum held in Hong Kong and probably the last. Some people want to grasp the chance to directly participate in the democratic process. They try in various ways to push for greater democracy in society so that the people can become emancipated.
poster
43
?
3.1
/530/
44
/5/
55
/2/

To Die For (2022)
Frustrated by the liberal left and what he deems the destruction of the country he risked his life for, reclusive veteran Quint North (Schneider) is ordered by the court to keep his distance from the local high school with the American flag on the back of his El Camino or face a fine and jail time. In an ultimate exhibition of patriotism, he sets forth a series of events that just may get him killed in his own front yard.
poster
?
40
/7/
42
/2/

Bill Hicks: Bill Loses it in Chicago (1989)
One of Hicks's most famous quotes was delivered during a gig in Chicago - known s the "Infamous Bill Looses it in Chicago" show - in 1989 (later released as the bootleg I'm Sorry, Folks). After a heckler repeatedly shouted "Free Bird", Hicks screamed that "Hitler had the right idea, he was just an underachiever!" Hicks followed this remark with a misanthropic tirade calling for unbiased genocide against the whole of humanity.
poster
Kanopy
?
10
/1/

Art With a Message: Protest, Propaganda, Satire and Social Comment (1988)
This program investigates the ways various art forms are used to sway minds and to argue political causes. Examples include Napoleon and Hitler; artist such as Daumier, Hogarth and Shann; writers Dickens, Swift and Orwell; and pop artists who mock popular ideals.
poster
Hulu
55
?
7.3
/53/
70
/2/
10
/1/
3.5
/306/

Hoops, Hopes & Dreams (2025)
The untold story about how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and an all-star team of civil rights activists took to basketball courts to rally young voters while winning hearts of communities, and how their strategy has echoed in contemporary politics.


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