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Kanopy
89
8.6
/863015/
85
/13825/
84
/7961/
4.6
/1018323/
91
/162/
97
/15605/
79
/33/
cc age 18+

City of God (2002)
In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.
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Amazon Prime Video
89
8.5
/283357/
82
/4511/
82
/3970/
4.3
/255991/
98
/113/
95
/1797/
96
/4/
cc age 6+

Modern Times (1936)
A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time..
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Peacock Premium
89
IMDb 43
9.3
/3150900/
91
/52419/
87
/29621/
4.6
/2500778/
89
/146/
98
/53483/
82
/22/
cc age 15+

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
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Amazon Prime Video
88
8.2
/191116/
80
/2690/
81
/2588/
4.3
/254338/
99
/67/
94
/2156/
cc age 12+

Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to his work—gets stolen. His job is doomed unless he can find the thief. With the help of his son, Antonio combs the city, becoming desperate for justice.
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Criterion Channel
87
8.2
/3568/
81
/167/
75
/64/
4.4
/18284/
100
/12/

Streetwise (1984)
This documentary about teenagers living on the streets in Seattle began as a magazine article. The film follows nine teenagers who discuss how they live by panhandling, prostitution, and petty theft.
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Kanopy
85
7.7
/11642/
79
/265/
75
/198/
4.0
/28376/
100
/13/
89
/128/

The Official Story (1985)
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1983. In the last and turbulent days of the military dictatorship, Alicia, a high school history teacher, begins to ask uncomfortable questions about the dark origins of Gaby, her adopted daughter.
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Criterion Channel
84
7.6
/2390/
77
/141/
82
/56/
3.9
/36074/
100
/34/
88
/8/

Pictures of Ghosts (2023)
Downtown Recife’s classic movie palaces from the 20th century are mostly gone. That city area is now an archaeological site of sorts that reveals aspects of life in society which have been lost. And that’s just part of the story.
poster
84
8.2
/2739/
81
/77/
77
/53/
4.0
/2552/
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.
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Criterion Channel
83
7.8
/4100/
76
/101/
75
/84/
4.0
/7806/
86
/7/
88
/33/

The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
In Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food leads to a voluntary but socially-enforced policy in which relatives carry 70-year-old family members up Narayama mountain to die. Granny Orin is approaching 70, content to embrace her fate. Her widowed son Tatsuhei cannot bear losing his mother, even as she arranges his marriage to a widow his age. Her grandson Kesa, who's girlfriend is pregnant, is selfishly happy to see Orin die. Around them, a family of thieves are dealt with severely, and an old man, past 70, whose son has cast him out, scrounges for food. Will Orin's loving and accepting spirit teach and ennoble her family?
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Criterion Channel
83
7.6
/10447/
74
/157/
76
/194/
4.0
/18773/
100
/11/
90
/77/

Drifting Clouds (1996)
The ever-poker-faced Ilona loses her job as a restaurant hostess, as her tram driver husband, Lauri, also finds himself out of work. Together they must hit the streets of Helsinki, facing up to hardship and humiliation in their quest for survival, guided through the gloom by a ray of hope.
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Netflix
82
7.6
/2980/
76
/127/
75
/35/
3.9
/9081/
100
/23/
87
/16/
cc age 15+

To Kill a Tiger (2023)
Ranjit, a farmer in India, takes on the fight of his life when he demands justice for his 13-year-old daughter, the victim of a brutal gang rape. His decision to support his daughter is virtually unheard of, and his journey unprecedented.
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fuboTV
82
7.5
/3285/
76
/209/
69
/42/
3.8
/8482/
100
/56/
87
/17/
87
/11/

Attica (2021)
Follows the largest prison uprising in US history, conducting dozens of new interviews with inmates, journalists, and other witnesses.
poster
82
7.6
/115048/
72
/2768/
71
/1587/
3.7
/58963/
90
/209/
83
/6638/
90
/40/
cc age 16+

United 93 (2006)
A real-time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.
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Hoopla
81
7.6
/559/
80
/23/
67
/17/
4.0
/2133/
95
/20/
100
/2/

Children of the Mist (2022)
Di is a 12-year-old girl from the mist-shrouded mountains of northern Vietnam. She belongs to the Hmong, an ethnic minority in which girls get married at a very young age. This is often preceded by a controversial “bride-napping,” where the girl is abducted by her future husband on New Year’s Eve. Negotiations between the families follow. This also happened to Di’s sister and their mother, so it doesn’t seem strange that in preparation the women and girls discuss sex and married life without embarrassment. But Di also goes to school, where she learns very different values. And in her own way, even Di’s mother tries to warn her daughter about child marriage.
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Kanopy
81
7.7
/7455/
75
/272/
72
/119/
4.0
/8844/
94
/72/
89
/396/
75
/25/

Dark Days (2000)
A cinematic portrait of the homeless population who live permanently in the underground tunnels of New York City.
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FlixHouse
81
7.8
/54290/
75
/1370/
77
/1273/
3.9
/104943/
95
/59/
88
/1748/
80
/16/

Freaks (1932)
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
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Kanopy
81
7.7
/29871/
75
/525/
74
/449/
3.8
/14315/
91
/149/
89
/791/
83
/38/
cc age 16+

The Magdalene Sisters (2002)
Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.
poster
81
7.4
/27035/
73
/565/
72
/460/
3.8
/37440/
93
/132/
80
/421/
81
/36/

No (2012)
In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to Pinochet extending his rule for another eight years. Opposition leaders for the ‘No’ vote persuade a brash young advertising executive, René Saavedra, to spearhead their campaign. Against all odds, with scant resources and while under scrutiny by the despot’s minions, Saavedra and his team devise an audacious plan to win the election and set Chile free.
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Hoopla
80
7.2
/1659/
73
/59/
74
/52/
3.4
/7627/
96
/27/
83
/11/

Terrestrial Verses (2023)
A satirical take on the mundane absurdities of life in modern-day Iran, these nine vignettes illuminate the lighter side of enduring under authoritarian rule. Whether choosing a name for a newborn, graduating from grade school, getting a driver’s license, applying for a job, or seeking approval for a film script, if you live in Iran, you best come fluent in Orwellian discourse.
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Kanopy
80
8.0
/78144/
75
/1478/
73
/753/
3.7
/24781/
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.
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Amazon Prime Video
80
7.5
/7754/
74
/410/
72
/161/
3.8
/16237/
98
/102/
86
/53/
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
80
7.4
/4084/
73
/80/
72
/101/
3.8
/2941/
80
/10/
84
/52/
83
/23/

Ladybird Ladybird (1994)
Maggie has had four children, by four different fathers, removed by social services because of a previous violent relationship. When she meets Jorge, a gentle Latin American refugee, she gradually sees her chance for happiness, but her history still haunts her.
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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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Netflix
80
7.3
/68399/
73
/1675/
73
/1313/
3.9
/183206/
92
/99/
84
/3055/
87
/23/
cc age 11+

Little Women (1994)
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
poster
80
7.8
/48846/
77
/1862/
78
/1438/
4.0
/32496/
91
/105/
89
/114/
75
/26/

Land of Mine (2015)
In the days following the surrender of Germany in May 1945, a group of young German prisoners of war is handed over to the Danish authorities and subsequently sent to the West Coast, where they are ordered to remove the more than two million mines that the Germans had placed in the sand along the coast. With their bare hands, crawling around in the sand, the boys are forced to perform the dangerous work under the leadership of a Danish sergeant.
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Britbox Apple TV Channel
79
7.6
/12515/
77
/267/
71
/139/
3.7
/11319/
87
/30/
83
/1013/
cc age 10+

Persuasion (1995)
Living with her snobby family on the brink of bankruptcy, Anne Elliot is an unconforming woman with modern sensibilities. When Frederick Wentworth – the dashing one she once sent away – crashes back into her life, Anne must choose between putting the past behind her or listening to her heart when it comes to second chances.
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Hulu
79
7.2
/8042/
72
/423/
65
/68/
3.5
/22892/
82
/201/
97
/262/
75
/45/
cc age 13+

Origin (2023)
While investigating the global phenomenon of caste and its dark influence on society, a journalist faces unfathomable personal loss and uncovers the beauty of human resilience.
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Disney Plus
79
7.9
/460962/
79
/23365/
79
/7946/
4.0
/1974430/
82
/410/
94
/5747/
64
/63/
cc age 13+

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him to defend the universe along with protecting one of their own. A mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
79
7.4
/563218/
77
/54622/
73
/13939/
3.7
/1041112/
89
/283/
85
/3431/
75
/43/
cc age 17+

John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous killers.
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Hoopla
79
7.2
/18720/
69
/315/
68
/244/
3.8
/4756/
95
/106/
91
/1029/
78
/32/

Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)
Documentary depicting the lives of child prostitutes in the red light district of Songachi, Calcutta. Director Zana Briski went to photograph the prostitutes when she met and became friends with their children. Briski began giving photography lessons to the children and became aware that their photography might be a way for them to lead better lives.
poster
79
7.7
/25361/
75
/472/
72
/413/
3.9
/21137/
94
/35/
85
/269/
78
/10/
cc age 14+

Missing (1982)
Based on the real-life experiences of Ed Horman. A conservative American businessman travels to Chile to investigate the sudden disappearance of his son after a military takeover. Accompanied by his son's wife he uncovers a trail of cover-ups that implicate the US State department which supports the dictatorship.
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Criterion Channel
79
7.3
/51323/
70
/802/
70
/656/
3.8
/48912/
87
/222/
79
/1099/
84
/37/
cc age 16+

Far from Heaven (2002)
In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife's life is upended by a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in society.
poster
79
7.2
/34797/
75
/691/
72
/479/
3.6
/20551/
93
/28/
83
/1270/
73
/11/
cc age 14+

Mask (1985)
A significantly deformed but highly intelligent teenage boy and his biker gang mother attempt to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.
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MGM Plus
79
7.5
/49365/
75
/1894/
74
/911/
3.9
/66383/
93
/70/
86
/2059/
76
/15/
cc age 8+

The Secret of NIMH (1982)
A widowed field mouse must move her family -- including an ailing son -- to escape a farmer's plow. Aided by a crow and a pack of superintelligent, escaped lab rats, the brave mother struggles to transplant her home to firmer ground.
poster
79
8.2
/279955/
79
/4394/
80
/3811/
4.3
/386144/
91
/65/
93
/3299/
78
/16/
cc age 14+

The Elephant Man (1980)
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.
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Netflix
78
7.9
/194446/
81
/12278/
81
/8143/
3.6
/581702/
86
/189/
88
/1328/
66
/33/
cc age 10+

Wonder (2017)
The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
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Kanopy
82
78
7.6
/6510/
76
/217/
73
/162/
4.0
/15418/
100
/49/
84
/108/
91
/19/

Nostalgia for the Light (2010)
In Chile's Atacama Desert, astronomers peer deep into the cosmos in search for answers concerning the origins of life. Nearby, a group of women sift through the sand searching for body parts of loved ones, dumped unceremoniously by Pinochet's regime.
poster
83
77
8.5
/8943/
79
/233/
79
/118/
4.2
/5790/
88
/241/

9/11 (2002)
An on-the-scene documentary following the events of September 11, 2001 from an insider's view, through the lens of two French filmmakers who simply set out to make a movie about a rookie NYC fireman and ended up filming the tragic event that changed our lives forever.
poster
YouTube
85
77
7.8
/7567/
80
/625/
77
/155/
3.9
/8883/
100
/10/
100
/17/
cc age 10+

AlphaGo (2017)
The ancient Chinese game of Go has long been considered a grand challenge for artificial intelligence. Yet in 2016, Google's DeepMind team announced that they would be taking on Lee Sedol, the world's most elite Go champion. AlphaGo chronicles the team as it prepares to test the limits of its rapidly-evolving AI technology. The film pits man against machine, and reveals as much about the workings of the human mind as it does the future of AI.
poster
Netflix
76
7.6
/93696/
74
/5670/
74
/1724/
3.3
/176377/
84
/67/
83
/213/
78
/9/
cc age 13+

The Social Dilemma (2020)
This documentary-drama hybrid explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations.
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Kanopy
76
7.6
/3057/
77
/98/
69
/73/
3.9
/6227/
93
/46/
80
/10/
80
/18/

The Pearl Button (2015)
The ocean contains the history of all humanity. The sea holds all the voices of the earth and those that come from outer space. Water receives impetus from the stars and transmits it to living creatures. Water, the longest border in Chile, also holds the secret of two mysterious buttons which were found on its ocean floor. Chile, with its 2,670 miles of coastline and the largest archipelago in the world, presents a supernatural landscape. In it are volcanoes, mountains and glaciers. In it are the voices of the Patagonian Indigenous people, the first English sailors and also those of its political prisoners. Some say that water has memory. This film shows that it also has a voice.
poster
76
7.0
/3314/
71
/215/
63
/66/
3.5
/2689/
100
/37/
76
/20/
85
/9/

Tales of the Grim Sleeper (2014)
When Lonnie Franklin Jr. was arrested in South Central Los Angeles in 2010 as the suspected murderer of a string of young black women, police hailed it as the culmination of 20 years of investigations. Four years later documentary filmmaker Nick Broomfield took his camera to the alleged killer’s neighborhood for another view.
poster
The Roku Channel
76
7.1
/20689/
70
/474/
68
/364/
3.9
/59893/
84
/64/
82
/551/
75
/14/

Orlando (1992)
England, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she will grant him land and fortune if he agrees to satisfy a very particular request.
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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
Amazon Prime Video
76
7.5
/26413/
76
/2286/
72
/509/
3.6
/17594/
79
/194/
77
/435/
64
/38/
cc age 15+

Where to Invade Next (2015)
To understand firsthand what the United States of America can learn from other nations, Michael Moore playfully “invades” some to see what they have to offer.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
6.1
/3773/
63
/344/
69
/297/
3.6
/35918/
89
/18/
85
/101/

Shin Kamen Rider (2023)
A man forced to bear power and stripped of humanity. A woman skeptical of happiness. Takeshi Hongo, an Augmentation made by SHOCKER, and Ruriko Midorikawa, a rebel of the organization, escape while fighting off assassins. What’s justice? What’s evil? Will this violence end? Despite his power, Hongo tries to remain human. Along with freedom, Ruriko has regained a heart. What paths will they choose?
poster
Fandor
80
75
7.7
/13118/
77
/187/
77
/209/
3.8
/19841/
87
/38/
91
/351/
76
/19/

Machuca (2004)
Santiago, capital of Chile during the Marxist government of elected, highly controversial president Salvador Allende. Father McEnroe supports his leftist views by introducing a program at the prestigious "collegio" (Catholic prep school) St. Patrick to allow free admission of some proletarian kids. One of them is Pedro Machuca, slum-raised son of the cleaning lady in Gonzalo Infante's liberal-bourgeois home. Yet the new classmates become buddies, paradoxically protesting together as Gonzalo gets adopted by Pedro's slum family and gang. But the adults spoil that too, not in the least when general Pinochet's coup ousts Allende, and supporters such as McEnroe.
poster
Kanopy
75
7.6
/2132/
69
/52/
69
/28/
3.5
/775/
95
/57/
78
/58/
72
/23/

The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002)
This riveting documentary depicts former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger as a warmonger responsible for military cover-ups in Vietnam, Cambodia and East Timor, as well as the assassination of a Chilean leader in 1970. Based on a book by journalist Christopher Hitchens, the film includes interviews with historians, political analysts and such journalists as New York Times writer William Safire, a former Nixon speechwriter.


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