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92
9.0
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88
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85
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4.5
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98
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97
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95
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cc age 15+

Schindler's List (1993)
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
91
8.5
/647202/
82
/9134/
81
/5822/
4.3
/701291/
99
/135/
95
/19587/
100
/18/
cc age 10+

Casablanca (1943)
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
poster
fuboTV
89
8.6
/1610240/
85
/31641/
82
/16695/
4.2
/1252408/
94
/148/
95
/41372/
91
/38/
cc age 16+

Saving Private Ryan (1998)
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
poster
Kanopy
89
8.3
/118822/
82
/2877/
82
/1707/
4.6
/397885/
90
/60/
95
/928/
cc age 16+

Come and See (1985)
The invasion of a village in Belarus by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On returning home, Florya finds his family and fellow peasants massacred. His continued survival amidst the brutal debris of war becomes increasingly nightmarish, a battle between despair and hope.
poster
Disney Plus
88
8.3
/135086/
83
/5758/
75
/53/
4.2
/586401/
98
/203/
99
/598/
88
/42/
cc age 11+

Hamilton (2025)
Presenting the tale of American founding father Alexander Hamilton, this filmed version of the original Broadway smash hit is the story of America then, told by America now.
poster
88
8.2
/738412/
80
/17991/
77
/11137/
4.2
/893350/
95
/239/
91
/62198/
98
/37/
cc age 15+

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
In post–civil war Spain, 10-year-old Ofelia moves with her pregnant mother to live under the control of her cruel stepfather. Drawn into a mysterious labyrinth, she meets a faun who reveals that she may be a lost princess from an underground kingdom. To return to her true father, she must complete a series of surreal and perilous tasks that blur the line between reality and fantasy.
poster
87
8.3
/961655/
80
/32621/
80
/11039/
4.2
/3631578/
93
/513/
91
/6024/
90
/69/
cc age 15+

Oppenheimer (2023)
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
poster
87
8.0
/104200/
79
/2427/
78
/2055/
4.2
/202302/
96
/163/
92
/7558/
90
/31/
cc age 15+

Persepolis (2007)
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
87
8.1
/14109/
78
/482/
76
/176/
4.0
/22957/
99
/134/
89
/38/
95
/24/

Collective (2019)
In the aftermath of a tragic fire in a Romanian club, burn victims begin dying in hospitals from wounds that were not life threatening. A team of investigative journalists move into action uncovering the mass corruption of the health system and of the state institutions. Collective follows journalists, whistle blowers, and authorities alike. An immersive and uncompromising look into a dysfunctional system, exposing corruption, propaganda, and manipulation that nowadays affect not only Romania, but societies around the world.
poster
Kanopy
86
8.4
/256461/
82
/4183/
82
/3567/
4.3
/170573/
92
/52/
95
/1899/
cc age 10+

The Great Dictator (1940)
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
poster
Netflix
86
8.2
/38971/
81
/2462/
78
/771/
4.3
/115785/
97
/105/
90
/240/
81
/29/
cc age 16+

13th (2016)
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
poster
Criterion Channel
85
7.9
/558292/
78
/17111/
76
/7559/
4.3
/705052/
92
/253/
85
/39088/
84
/38/
cc age 15+

Children of Men (2006)
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
85
7.9
/24547/
79
/1216/
77
/498/
4.2
/62319/
99
/210/
83
/257/
95
/36/
cc age 13+

I Am Not Your Negro (2017)
Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the United States.
poster
85
8.3
/21950/
82
/465/
80
/350/
4.2
/21920/
87
/23/
96
/404/

To Live (1994)
Married couple Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in mid-20th century mainland China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry.
poster
Kanopy
84
7.7
/8588/
72
/105/
73
/165/
4.0
/11155/
100
/13/
88
/94/

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1958)
This is the second part of a projected three-part epic biopic of Russian Czar Ivan Grozny, undertaken by Soviet film-maker Sergei Eisenstein at the behest of Josef Stalin. Production of the epic was stopped before the third part could be filmed, due to producer dissatisfaction with Eisenstein's introducing forbidden experimental filming techniques into the material, more evident in this part than the first part. As it was, this second part was banned from showings until after the deaths of both Eisenstein and Stalin, and a change of attitude by the subsequent heads of the Soviet government. In this part, as Ivan the Terrible attempts to consolidate his power by establishing a personal army, his political rivals, the Russian boyars, plot to assassinate him.
poster
84
8.2
/2703/
81
/74/
77
/53/
4.0
/1878/
98
/45/
92
/123/
81
/23/

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (2003)
Hugo Chavez was a colourful, unpredictable folk hero who was beloved by his nation’s working class. He was elected president of Venezuela in 1998, and proved to be a tough, quixotic opponent to the power structure that wanted to depose him. When he was forcibly removed from office on 11 April 2002, two independent filmmakers were inside the presidential palace.
poster
84
7.8
/175660/
76
/3457/
74
/2182/
3.9
/64088/
91
/201/
86
/10115/
89
/37/
cc age 16+

Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
poster
Kanopy
83
7.8
/62924/
76
/1315/
74
/791/
3.9
/33452/
91
/45/
91
/1094/
76
/18/
cc age 16+

The Killing Fields (1984)
New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff. When the U.S. Army pulls out amid escalating violence, Schanberg makes exit arrangements for Pran and his family. Pran, however, tells Schanberg he intends to stay in Cambodia to help cover the unfolding story — a decision he may regret as the Khmer Rouge rebels move in.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
83
8.1
/75819/
80
/3406/
78
/1156/
4.0
/98244/
98
/132/
90
/1533/
83
/33/
cc age 14+

Blackfish (2013)
Notorious killer whale Tilikum is responsible for the deaths of three individuals, including a top killer whale trainer. Blackfish shows the sometimes devastating consequences of keeping such intelligent and sentient creatures in captivity.
poster
Kanopy
82
7.6
/5618/
75
/355/
75
/322/
4.1
/77153/
100
/59/
83
/16/

Souleymane's Story (2024)
As he pedals through the streets of Paris to deliver meals, Souleymane recounts his story. In two days, he has to go through his asylum application interview, the key to obtaining papers, but Souleymane is not ready.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
82
7.6
/35352/
77
/1507/
78
/711/
4.0
/152389/
96
/71/
91
/57/
78
/11/
cc age 14+

Argentina 1985 (2022)
In the 1980s, a team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship in a battle against odds and a race against time.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
82
7.5
/1958/
74
/155/
71
/44/
3.8
/3026/
96
/57/
84
/10/

In the Same Breath (2021)
This documentary recounts the experiences of people on the ground in the earliest days of the novel coronavirus and the way two countries dealt with its initial spread, from the first days of the outbreak in Wuhan to its rampage across the United States.
poster
Disney Plus
82
7.3
/894994/
75
/52276/
73
/22988/
3.7
/2466625/
96
/526/
79
/9118/
88
/55/
cc age 12+

Black Panther (2018)
King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne by factions within his own country as well as without. Using powers reserved to Wakandan kings, T'Challa assumes the Black Panther mantle to join with ex-girlfriend Nakia, the queen-mother, his princess-kid sister, members of the Dora Milaje (the Wakandan 'special forces') and an American secret agent, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.
poster
Kanopy
82
8.2
/11895/
81
/240/
78
/238/
4.4
/37795/
100
/5/
62
/5/
91
/20/

I Am Cuba (1964)
Four vignettes on the lives of the Cuban people in the pre-revolutionary era. In Havana, Maria is ashamed when a man she loves discovers how she makes a living. Pedro, an old farmer, discovers that the land he cultivates is being sold to an American company. A student sees his friends attacked by the police while they distribute leaflets supporting Fidel Castro. Finally, a peasant family is threatened by Batista's army.
poster
82
7.5
/184758/
74
/3353/
72
/2320/
3.8
/107662/
93
/241/
89
/11621/
83
/39/
cc age 16+

Milk (2008)
The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available to all Americans.
poster
81
8.2
/838765/
82
/18630/
81
/11100/
4.2
/920989/
90
/87/
94
/18512/
78
/20/
cc age 17+

Full Metal Jacket (1987)
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
poster
81
8.5
/1256428/
84
/23335/
83
/12194/
4.2
/754967/
84
/88/
96
/34093/
62
/32/
cc age 17+

American History X (1998)
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.
poster
81
8.0
/3152/
74
/31/
71
/29/
3.8
/1094/
96
/25/
87
/38/

The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl (1993)
This documentary recounts the life and work of one of most famous, and yet reviled, German film directors in history, Leni Riefenstahl. The film recounts the rise of her career from a dancer, to a movie actor to the most important film director in Nazi Germany who directed such famous propaganda films as Triumph of the Will and Olympiad. The film also explores her later activities after Nazi Germany's defeat in 1945 and her disgrace for being so associated with it which includes her amazingly active life over the age of 90.
poster
81
7.9
/5466/
79
/215/
75
/75/
3.9
/3254/
94
/65/
85
/143/
77
/24/
cc age 16+

The House I Live In (2012)
In the past 40 years, the War on Drugs has accounted for 45 million arrests, made America the world's largest jailer, and destroyed impoverished communities at home and abroad. Yet drugs are cheaper, purer, and more available today than ever. Where did we go wrong?
poster
Amazon Prime Video
81
7.8
/13624/
77
/809/
79
/606/
4.1
/38259/
97
/74/
87
/21/
73
/21/
8.2
/83304/
cc age 10+

In This Corner of the World (2016)
Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her creativity to overcome deprivation quickly makes her indispensable at home. Inhabited by an ancestral wisdom, Suzu impregnates the simple gestures of everyday life with poetry and beauty. The many hardships, the loss of loved ones, the frequent air raids of the enemy, nothing alters her enthusiasm…
poster
81
7.4
/104369/
73
/1850/
71
/1059/
3.7
/46980/
93
/226/
83
/4959/
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
80
7.4
/35287/
73
/861/
72
/496/
3.8
/20218/
88
/42/
81
/448/
81
/16/
cc age 13+

The China Syndrome (1979)
While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicize the incident, but soon finds herself entangled in a sinister conspiracy to keep the full impact of the incident a secret.
poster
Kanopy
80
8.0
/78043/
75
/1475/
73
/743/
3.7
/24185/
91
/216/
87
/19972/
74
/39/
cc age 14+

Sicko (2007)
A documentary about the corrupt health care system in The United States who's main goal is to make profit even if it means losing people’s lives. "The more people you deny health insurance the more money we make" is the business model for health care providers in America.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
80
7.5
/7713/
75
/403/
72
/159/
3.8
/15991/
98
/102/
86
/54/
85
/25/
cc age 17+

One Child Nation (2019)
Through interviews with both victims and instigators, Nanfu Wang, a first-time mother, breaks open decades of silence on a vast, unprecedented social experiment that shaped — and destroyed — countless lives in China.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
8.2
/6517/
78
/203/
77
/92/
4.2
/6876/
90
/42/
90
/191/
68
/9/
cc age 15+

Hearts and Minds (1974)
Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam War depended upon the U.S. military winning the "hearts and minds" of the Vietnamese people. Filmmaker Peter Davis uses Johnson's phrase in an ironic context in this anti-war documentary, filmed and released while the Vietnam War was still under way, juxtaposing interviews with military figures like U.S. Army Chief of Staff William C. Westmoreland with shocking scenes of violence and brutality.
poster
Kanopy
80
8.0
/10184/
82
/550/
77
/195/
3.8
/5864/
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.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
7.4
/8266/
70
/143/
68
/171/
3.7
/7373/
85
/13/
82
/106/

Danton (1983)
Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 Robespierre was France's ruler, determined to wipe out opposition with a series of mass executions that became known as the Reign of Terror. Danton, well known as a spokesman of the people, had been living in relative solitude in the French countryside, but he returned to Paris to challenge Robespierre's violent rule and call for the people to demand their rights. Robespierre, however, could not accept such a challenge, even from a friend and colleague, and he blocked out a plan for the capture and execution of Danton and his allies.
poster
Kanopy
79
7.6
/5350/
73
/125/
74
/58/
3.7
/1818/
95
/109/
87
/323/
79
/33/
cc age 17+

Control Room (2004)
A chronicle which provides a rare window into the international perception of the Iraq War, courtesy of Al Jazeera, the Arab world's most popular news outlet. Roundly criticized by Cabinet members and Pentagon officials for reporting with a pro-Iraqi bias, and strongly condemned for frequently airing civilian causalities as well as footage of American POWs, the station has revealed (and continues to show the world) everything about the Iraq War that the Bush administration did not want it to see.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
79
7.5
/204534/
74
/7292/
72
/3653/
3.9
/363456/
90
/51/
89
/8531/
81
/7/
cc age 17+

Battle Royale (2000)
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
poster
79
7.8
/24382/
77
/478/
75
/404/
4.0
/21465/
88
/25/
87
/306/
73
/8/

One, Two, Three (1961)
C.R. MacNamara is a managing director for Coca-Cola in West Berlin during the Cold War, just before the Wall is put up. When Scarlett, the rebellious daughter of his boss, comes to West Berlin, MacNamara has to look after her, but this turns out to be a difficult task when she reveals to be married to a communist.
poster
79
7.6
/868/
74
/66/
67
/9/
3.7
/2408/
100
/42/
77
/5/
81
/8/
cc age 14+

A Thousand Cuts (2020)
Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Journalist Maria Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
79
7.4
/4358/
76
/275/
71
/90/
3.8
/3258/
98
/102/
83
/22/
86
/31/
cc age 16+

City of Ghosts (2017)
With unprecedented access, this documentary follows the extraordinary journey of “Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently”—a group of anonymous citizen journalists who banded together after their homeland was overtaken by ISIS—as they risk their lives to stand up against one of the greatest evils in the world today.
poster
Netflix
79
7.3
/16397/
78
/792/
76
/372/
3.8
/40305/
97
/34/
68
/174/
81
/13/

The Edge of Democracy (2019)
A cautionary tale for these times of democracy in crisis—the personal and political fuse to explore one of the most dramatic periods in Brazilian history. With unprecedented access to Presidents Dilma Rousseff and Lula da Silva, we witness their rise and fall and the tragically polarized nation that remains.
poster
The Roku Channel
79
7.4
/25591/
71
/516/
70
/421/
3.7
/25969/
95
/43/
81
/349/
89
/18/

Foreign Correspondent (1940)
American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a beautiful politician’s daughter and an urbane English journalist to uncover the truth.
poster
Kanopy
79
7.3
/3689/
73
/114/
71
/93/
3.8
/5257/
99
/88/
77
/51/
87
/23/

The Missing Picture (2013)
Rithy Panh uses clay figures, archival footage, and his narration to recreate the atrocities Cambodia's Khmer Rouge committed between 1975 and 1979.
poster
Hoopla
79
7.6
/4778/
76
/159/
73
/71/
3.8
/5310/
93
/27/
85
/159/

The Atomic Cafe (1982)
A disturbing collection of 1940s and 1950s United States government-issued propaganda films designed to reassure Americans that the atomic bomb was not a threat to their safety.
poster
Kanopy
79
7.3
/2352/
75
/140/
74
/80/
3.6
/2237/
100
/14/
85
/48/

Urbanized (2011)
A documentary about the design of cities, which looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design and features some of the world's foremost architects, planners, policymakers, builders, and thinkers.
poster
79
7.5
/761963/
76
/37711/
74
/18038/
3.9
/1839588/
90
/291/
89
/12032/
76
/49/
cc age 14+

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
After surviving the Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta struggle with the consequences of their victory as unrest spreads across Panem. Forced back into the spotlight, they become symbols of hope and resistance while the Capitol prepares a new and deadly challenge that will change the future of the nation forever.


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