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87
8.1
/260527/
80
/7665/
80
/4393/
4.4
/885442/
95
/80/
92
/1039/
82
/18/
cc age 16+

Memories of Murder (2003)
A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race against time to unravel the violent mind of the killer in a futile effort to solve the case.
poster
Kanopy
85
8.1
/222501/
82
/5111/
81
/4417/
4.5
/934809/
96
/73/
95
/2372/
cc age 16+

La Haine (1995)
After a chaotic night of rioting in a marginal suburb of Paris, three young friends, Vinz, Hubert and Saïd, wander around unoccupied waiting for news about the state of health of a mutual friend who has been seriously injured when confronting the police.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
85
7.9
/24650/
79
/1233/
77
/504/
4.2
/63884/
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
HBO Max Amazon Channel
85
8.1
/600219/
79
/24060/
80
/10680/
4.1
/789283/
90
/408/
87
/2607/
88
/50/
cc age 17+

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Jason Dixon, an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated.
poster
Hulu
83
7.5
/19077/
74
/789/
75
/418/
4.0
/106596/
97
/160/
94
/24/
84
/30/

The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024)
Investigating judge Iman grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran. When his gun vanishes, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing draconian measures that strain family ties as societal rules crumble.
poster
83
8.1
/201327/
80
/3121/
79
/1902/
4.2
/106854/
94
/50/
95
/1867/
84
/16/
cc age 16+

In the Name of the Father (1993)
A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in prison fighting to prove his innocence.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
7.6
/18468/
76
/660/
75
/403/
4.1
/72346/
100
/10/
86
/416/
80
/6/

Lady Snowblood (1973)
Yuki's family is nearly wiped out before she is born due to the machinations of a band of criminals. These criminals kidnap and brutalize her mother but leave her alive. Later her mother ends up in prison with only revenge to keep her alive. She creates an instrument for this revenge by purposefully getting pregnant. Yuki never knows the love of a family but only killing and revenge.
poster
81
7.4
/27051/
73
/566/
72
/460/
3.8
/37735/
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.
poster
81
8.1
/126119/
75
/919/
71
/485/
3.8
/20853/
90
/10/
94
/972/

Rang De Basanti (2006)
After a group of friends graduate from Delhi University, they listlessly haunt their old campus, until a British filmmaker casts them in a film she's making about freedom fighters under British rule. Although the group is largely apolitical, the tragic death of a friend owing to local government corruption awakens their patriotism. Inspired by the freedom fighters they represent in the film, the friends collectively decide to avenge the killing.
poster
Kanopy
80
7.1
/3123/
69
/64/
69
/115/
3.7
/4037/
100
/7/
78
/16/

The Watchmaker of St. Paul (1974)
Lyons, France. Michel Descombes is a watchmaker who lives alone with his teenage son Bernard. When the police visit and informs him that Bernard killed a man and is on the run with a girl, Michel realizes that he knew far less about his son than he thought.
poster
80
7.5
/43284/
80
/3139/
80
/2196/
3.7
/137821/
97
/225/
81
/725/
81
/44/
cc age 13+

The Hate U Give (2018)
Raised in a poverty-stricken slum, a 16-year-old girl named Starr now attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses a police officer shoot her unarmed best friend, she's torn between her two very different worlds as she tries to speak her truth.
poster
Kanopy
80
76
7.6
/9386/
74
/244/
73
/240/
3.9
/24760/
100
/8/
82
/124/

Strike (1925)
Workers in a factory in pre-revolutionary Russia go on strike and are met by violent suppression.
poster
Kanopy
76
7.2
/38526/
73
/1660/
70
/1018/
3.7
/28207/
91
/34/
78
/77/

Marshland (2014)
The Spanish Deep South, 1980. A series of brutal murders of adolescent girls in a remote and forgotten town bring together two disparate characters - both detectives in the homicide division - to investigate the cases.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
7.0
/6820/
66
/102/
66
/112/
3.6
/4329/
82
/74/
76
/64/
68
/19/

A Dry White Season (1989)
During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody.
poster
Netflix
75
7.4
/15441/
72
/324/
69
/287/
3.6
/16131/
87
/62/
85
/232/
69
/20/

Even the Rain (2011)
As a director and his crew shoot a controversial film about Christopher Columbus in Cochabamba, Bolivia, local people rise up against plans to privatize the water supply.
poster
Kanopy
74
6.0
/1444/
67
/55/
58
/20/
3.8
/1769/
98
/86/
72
/10/
79
/26/
cc age 16+

Whose Streets? (2017)
A nonfiction account of the Ferguson uprising told by the people who lived it, this is an unflinching look at how the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown inspired a community to fight back—and sparked a global movement.
poster
74
7.3
/11453/
73
/157/
70
/172/
3.7
/6471/
84
/19/
77
/121/
57
/8/

Ragtime (1981)
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.
poster
Kanopy
74
7.4
/18959/
73
/517/
72
/570/
3.6
/15322/
81
/57/

The Professional (1981)
French secret service agent Josselin Beaumont is dispatched to take down African warlord N'Jala. But when his assignment is canceled, he's shocked to learn that his government is surrendering him to local authorities. He is given a mock trial and sentenced to 20 years of hard labor. But Beaumont escapes from prison and vows not only to avenge himself against his betrayers but also to finish his original assignment.
poster
Netflix
73
6.8
/1669/
65
/92/
56
/23/
3.6
/5849/
87
/46/
80
/19/
70
/8/

Brother (2023)
Sons of Caribbean immigrants, Francis and Michael face questions of masculinity, identity and family amid the pulsing beat of Toronto's early hip-hop scene. A mystery unfolds when escalating tensions set off a series of events which changes the course of the brothers’ lives forever.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
73
8.3
/1671618/
80
/58101/
81
/27252/
3.8
/4287733/
68
/598/
89
/23597/
59
/60/
cc age 16+

Joker (2019)
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
poster
73
7.2
/3146/
67
/54/
67
/37/
3.5
/933/
75
/16/
86
/58/
cc age 15+

Some Mother's Son (1996)
Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. The film focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle to save the lives of their sons.
poster
Kanopy
72
6.8
/966/
65
/81/
67
/9/
3.8
/6296/
94
/64/
59
/8/
76
/13/

All Light, Everywhere (2021)
Filmmaker Theo Anthony offers a far-ranging look at the biases in how people see things, focusing on the recorded image.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
72
6.4
/19861/
64
/1071/
62
/263/
3.5
/168049/
88
/256/
68
/110/
76
/46/
cc age 16+

Zola (2021)
A waitress agrees to accompany an exotic dancer, her put-upon boyfriend, and her mysterious and domineering roommate on a road trip to Florida to seek their fortune at a high-end strip club.
poster
Kanopy
72
7.4
/6362/
72
/201/
73
/212/
3.6
/5776/
78
/41/
77
/13/
69
/15/

What Will People Say (2017)
Sixteen year-old Nisha lives a double life. At home with her family she is the perfect Pakistani daughter, but when out with her friends, she is a normal Norwegian teenager. When her father catches her in bed with her boyfriend, Nisha's two worlds brutally collide. To set an example, Nisha's parents decide to kidnap her and place her with relatives in Pakistan. Here, in a country she has never been to before, Nisha is forced to adapt to her parents' culture.
poster
72
7.3
/58663/
74
/3647/
72
/1717/
3.7
/59392/
82
/301/
79
/633/
77
/49/
cc age 16+

Detroit (2017)
A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.
poster
DocAlliance Films
71
7.0
/1184/
69
/138/
63
/28/
3.6
/857/
91
/44/
62
/268/
69
/14/

Do Not Resist (2017)
Do Not Resist is an exploration of the rapid militarization of the police in the United States. Opening on startling on-the-scene footage in Ferguson, Missouri, the film then broadens its scope to present scenes from across the country.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
71
7.4
/97604/
73
/1416/
72
/1178/
3.9
/64113/
66
/151/
75
/1684/
58
/33/
cc age 17+

Biutiful (2010)
This is a story of a man in free fall. On the road to redemption, darkness lights his way. Connected with the afterlife, Uxbal is a tragic hero and father of two who's sensing the danger of death. He struggles with a tainted reality and a fate that works against him in order to forgive, for love, and forever.
poster
70
7.1
/1383/
72
/31/
61
/25/
3.6
/1373/
67
/27/
66
/28/

The Spirit of '45 (2013)
How the spirit of unity, which buoyed Britain during the war years, carried through to create a vision of a fairer, united society.
poster
74
69
7.2
/9094/
67
/166/
66
/151/
3.7
/12641/
89
/19/
78
/88/
78
/10/

On Dangerous Ground (1951)
A big-city cop is reassigned to the country after his superiors find him too angry to be an effective policeman. While on his temporary assignment he assists in a manhunt of a suspected murderer.
poster
Kanopy
69
6.7
/1525/
64
/41/
65
/51/
3.5
/1791/
100
/19/
54
/4/
74
/11/

As I Open My Eyes (2015)
Tunis, summer 2010, a few months before the Revolution: Farah, 18 years old, has just graduated and her family already sees her as a future doctor. But she doesn't have the same idea. She sings in a political rock band, has a passion for life, gets drunk, discovers love and her city by night against the wishes of her mother Hayet, who knows Tunisia and its dangers all too well.
poster
69
7.0
/24317/
74
/849/
70
/467/
3.4
/16630/
66
/122/
66
/1518/
65
/30/
cc age 16+

Cadillac Records (2008)
The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.
poster
68
6.7
/21793/
67
/519/
66
/441/
3.5
/32431/
87
/52/
66
/296/
65
/4/

The Sugarland Express (1974)
Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Jean gets Clovis out of jail, and the two steal their son from his foster home, in addition to taking a highway patrolman hostage. As a massive dragnet starts to pursue them across Texas, the couple become unlikely folk heroes and even start to bond with the captive policeman.
poster
Kanopy
68
6.5
/1755/
63
/46/
64
/58/
3.5
/2156/
90
/10/
66
/3/
70
/6/

Paulina (2015)
Paulina is a young lawyer with a promising career in Buenos Aires, who chooses to go back to her home town. Her father, Fernando, is a well known judge. Against his will, Paulina decides to teach in a suburban high school as part of an inclusion program. One night, after the second week working there, she's brutally assaulted by a gang. With the disapproval of the people around her, she decides to go back to work, in the neighborhood where she was attacked, without realizing that her attackers may be even closer than she thought.
poster
Fandor
68
6.4
/4291/
61
/170/
61
/134/
3.5
/10325/
79
/91/

Coonskin (1975)
A multi-layered satire of race relations in America. Live-action sequences of a prison break bracket the animated tale of Brother Rabbit, Brother Bear, and Preacher Fox, who rise to the top of the crime ranks in Harlem by going up against a con-man, a racist cop, and the Mafia.
poster
68
6.7
/7314/
65
/212/
67
/203/
3.4
/5280/
78
/99/
61
/68/
63
/24/

Jimmy's Hall (2014)
Jimmy Gralton returns from New York and reopens his beloved community hall, only to meet opposition from the local parish.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
68
6.7
/84255/
66
/3153/
64
/1446/
3.4
/43968/
86
/194/
65
/1239/
73
/42/
cc age 16+

A Most Wanted Man (2014)
A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg and becomes a person of interest for a covert government team tracking the movements of potential terrorists.
poster
Kanopy
67
6.6
/4247/
68
/97/
66
/198/
3.3
/1621/
76
/42/
63
/76/
59
/14/

Outside the Law (2010)
After losing their family home in Algeria in the 1920s, three brothers and their mother are scattered across the globe. Messaoud joins the French army fighting in Indochina; Abdelkader becomes a leader of the Algerian independence movement in France and Saïd moves to Paris to make his fortune in the shady clubs and boxing halls of Pigalle.
poster
66
6.6
/10971/
68
/527/
62
/181/
3.7
/30731/
60
/25/
69
/359/

Tales from the Hood (1995)
A strange mortician tells four horrific tales to three drug dealers that he traps in their local funeral parlor.
poster
Kanopy
66
6.4
/4851/
62
/89/
58
/95/
3.4
/5500/
81
/73/
47
/40/
76
/22/

Something in the Air (2012)
During the 1970s a student named Gilles gets entangled in contemporary political turmoils although he would rather just be a creative artist. While torn between his solidarity to his friends and his personal ambitions he falls in love with Christine.
poster
72
66
7.0
/5809/
74
/169/
69
/170/
3.8
/11914/
65
/17/
80
/180/

PTU (2003)
Follows a police tactical unit during one dangerous night on the streets of Hong Kong as they try to recover a cop's stolen gun. Things turn deadly when they run into a web of gangland crimes.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
67
66
6.5
/17665/
67
/404/
65
/494/
3.5
/16863/
75
/8/
74
/294/
53
/12/

Subway (1985)
Fred, a raffish safe blower, takes refuge in the Paris Metro after being chased by the henchmen of a shady businessman from whom he has just stolen some documents. While hiding out in the back rooms and conduits of the Metro, Fred encounters a subterranean society of eccentric characters and petty criminals.
poster
66
6.6
/187668/
69
/9247/
65
/4104/
3.1
/151504/
65
/182/
71
/5647/
60
/37/
cc age 17+

The Heat (2013)
Uptight and straight-laced, FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn is a methodical investigator with a reputation for excellence--and hyper-arrogance. Shannon Mullins, one of Boston P.D.'s "finest," is foul-mouthed and has a very short fuse, and uses her gut instinct and street smarts to catch the most elusive criminals. Neither has ever had a partner, or a friend for that matter. When these two wildly incompatible law officers join forces to bring down a ruthless drug lord, they become the last thing anyone expected: buddies.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
65
6.6
/51112/
64
/2614/
64
/623/
3.4
/460077/
68
/282/
66
/324/
65
/50/
cc age 16+

Eddington (2025)
In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff and mayor sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
65
6.4
/21593/
67
/541/
62
/332/
3.3
/13516/
75
/36/
50
/241/
61
/26/

Unlawful Entry (1992)
Happily married Michael and Karen Carr call the police after Karen is held at knife point during a failed robbery attempt in their home. Before long, one of the responding officers, Officer Pete Davis, helps arrange the installation of a new security system, taking extra interest in the couple's case. As a result, the grateful Carrs invite him to stay for dinner and they strike up an unexpected friendship. However, as the lonely policeman develops an intense fixation on Karen, his take on friendship develops into a dangerous obsession soon becoming the Carrs' worst nightmare.
poster
Kanopy
79
63
7.7
/20886/
76
/344/
71
/263/
3.5
/14341/
95
/20/
85
/1/

Law of Tehran (2019)
Samad is nobody’s fool. The narcotics officer has seen his share of a drug dealer’s lies and games, and his patience has come to run thin. While searching for the infamous drug baron Nasser Khakzad, he and his colleague Hamid scour the streets of Tehran, turning an overcrowded prison on its head. With his rough and dubious approach, Samad finally manages to find the criminal’s whereabouts – but things do not quite go according to plan...
poster
Plex
70
63
7.0
/7204/
69
/151/
65
/126/
3.5
/7892/
85
/13/
62
/59/

Fallen Angel (1945)
An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman named June Mills. Since Stella isn't interested in Eric unless he has money, the lovelorn guy comes up with a scheme to win her over, and it involves June. Before long, murder works its way into this passionate love triangle.
poster
Netflix
68
61
6.5
/5758/
64
/129/
65
/121/
3.3
/6784/
95
/21/
56
/36/
67
/8/

White Elephant (2012)
While working alongside his long-time friend and colleague in building a hospital for the residents of a Buenos Aries shantytown, a troubled priest finds solace in a young, atheist social worker.
poster
YouTube TV
67
60
7.1
/9144/
70
/114/
67
/127/
3.5
/4885/
74
/19/
72
/89/
53
/8/

Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
Gigolo and drifter Chance Wayne returns to his hometown as the companion of a faded movie star, Alexandra Del Lago, whom he hopes to use to help him break into the movies. Chance runs into trouble when he finds his ex-girlfriend, the daughter of the local politician Tom "Boss" Finley, who more or less forced him to leave his daughter and the town many years ago.


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