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89
8.4
/26990/
82
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80
/582/
4.3
/16728/
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
FXNow
89
8.5
/496203/
86
/22026/
83
/8078/
4.4
/3057491/
95
/397/
95
/4558/
86
/60/
cc age 9+

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse’s very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most.
poster
89
8.5
/13631/
84
/640/
82
/296/
4.4
/26863/
98
/102/
92
/48/
89
/19/
cc age 15+

For Sama (2019)
A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her. Her camera captures incredible stories of loss, laughter and survival as Waad wrestles with an impossible choice– whether or not to flee the city to protect her daughter’s life, when leaving means abandoning the struggle for freedom for which she has already sacrificed so much.
poster
87
8.4
/438352/
82
/6331/
80
/3939/
4.3
/179798/
92
/162/
96
/11154/
89
/39/
cc age 17+

The Lives of Others (2006)
In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the couple, and faces conflicting loyalties when his superior takes a liking to Christa-Maria.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
84
IMDb 60
7.9
/839684/
80
/40040/
78
/13298/
4.0
/3425167/
97
/472/
92
/12386/
82
/52/
cc age 13+

Knives Out (2019)
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.
poster
83
7.7
/109091/
77
/3011/
75
/1801/
4.3
/171505/
89
/83/
91
/2301/
73
/15/
cc age 13+

Malcolm X (1992)
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.
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
Kanopy
81
7.5
/7627/
71
/202/
75
/146/
3.8
/14073/
98
/53/
90
/6/
82
/15/

There Is No Evil (2020)
Set against the backdrop of Iran's strict and oppressive legal system, this anthology film tells the stories of four men who each face a moral crisis when having to deal with death penalties.
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
80
7.5
/5289/
74
/71/
69
/64/
3.9
/2519/
93
/45/
91
/383/
74
/14/

Blame It on Fidel! (2006)
A 9-year-old girl weathers big changes in her household as her parents become radical political activists in 1970-71 Paris.
poster
79
7.7
/158294/
77
/3331/
75
/2532/
3.9
/147039/
91
/108/
93
/2986/
68
/32/
cc age 14+

Good Bye, Lenin! (2003)
Alex Kerner's mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell. When she wakes up he must try to keep her from learning what happened (as she was an avid communist supporter) to avoid shocking her which could lead to another heart attack.
poster
Fandor
78
7.4
/3850/
73
/117/
67
/47/
3.6
/2411/
92
/59/
87
/211/
77
/23/

The Weather Underground (2002)
The remarkable story of The Weather Underground, radical activists of the 1970s, and of radical politics at its best and most disastrous.
poster
77
7.1
/1947/
68
/24/
63
/31/
3.4
/596/
91
/11/
80
/19/

A World Apart (1988)
A White enclave in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the 1960s. Molly Roth, 13 years old, is the daughter of leftist parents, and she must piece together what's happening around her when her father disappears one night, barely evading arrest, and, not long after, her mother is detained by the authorities. Some of Molly's White friends turn against her, and her family's friendships with Blacks take on new meaning. Relationships are fragile in the world of apartheid. How will she manage?
poster
77
6.9
/6359/
68
/75/
69
/96/
3.8
/7861/
86
/51/
71
/237/
82
/22/

Three Times (2005)
In three separate segments, set respectively in 1966, 1911, and 2005, three love stories unfold between three sets of characters, under three different periods of Taiwanese history and governance.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.4
/2205/
74
/190/
70
/61/
3.8
/3937/
92
/65/
71
/28/
79
/20/

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015)
The story of the Black Panthers is often told in a scatter of repackaged parts, often depicting tragic, mythic accounts of violence and criminal activity; but this is an essential story, vibrant, human; a living and breathing chronicle of a pivotal movement that birthed a new revolutionary culture in America.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.6
/19551/
75
/335/
74
/338/
4.0
/35913/
81
/31/
69
/448/
67
/17/
cc age 14+

Running on Empty (1988)
The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effort to hinder the government's Vietnam war campaign. Ever since then, the Popes have been on the run with the authorities never far behind. Their survival is threatened when their eldest son falls in love with a girl, and announces his wish to live his life on his own terms.
poster
80
76
7.7
/8196/
74
/244/
73
/193/
4.1
/21980/
92
/12/
86
/231/

Punishment Park (1971)
In this fictional documentary, U.S. prisons are at capacity, and President Nixon declares a state of emergency. All new prisoners, most of whom are connected to the antiwar movement, are now given the choice of jail time or spending three days in Punishment Park, where they will be hunted for sport by federal authorities. The prisoners invariably choose the latter option, but learn that, between the desert heat and the brutal police officers, their chances of survival are slim.
poster
Kanopy
75
7.2
/2187/
71
/34/
68
/33/
3.7
/1997/
81
/59/
83
/48/
78
/22/

Lumumba (2000)
The true story of the rise to power and brutal assassination of the formerly vilified and later redeemed leader of the independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba. Using newly discovered historical evidence, Haitian-born and later Congo-raised writer and director Raoul Peck renders an emotional and tautly woven account of the mail clerk and beer salesman with a flair for oratory and an uncompromising belief in the capacity of his homeland to build a prosperous nation independent of its former Belgian overlords. Lumumba emerges here as the heroic sacrificial lamb dubiously portrayed by the international media and led to slaughter by commercial and political interests in Belgium, the United States, the international community, and Lumumba's own administration; a true story of political intrigue and murder where political entities, captains of commerce, and the military dovetail in their quest for economic and political hegemony.
poster
75
7.9
/1789/
73
/32/
78
/19/
3.6
/499/
92
/63/
87
/284/
cc age 13+

An Unreasonable Man (2007)
An Unreasonable Man is a 2006 documentary film that traces the life and career of political activist Ralph Nader, the founder of modern consumer protection. The film examines Nader's advocacy for auto safety features, such as federally mandated seat belts and air bags, as well as his rise to national prominence following an invasion of privacy lawsuit against General Motors.
poster
fuboTV
74
6.9
/6215/
72
/462/
68
/219/
2.7
/15093/
100
/6/
83
/54/

The Thing About Harry (2020)
Two high school enemies, uber-jock Harry and out-and-proud Sam, are forced to share a car ride to their Missouri hometown for a friend's engagement party on Valentine's Day. Things take a turn when Sam learns Harry has come out.
poster
Kanopy
74
7.4
/3558/
73
/34/
66
/46/
3.5
/835/
85
/41/
80
/171/
70
/23/

The Syrian Bride (2004)
In Majdal Shams, the largest Druze village in Golan Heights on the Israeli-Syrian border, the Druze bride Mona is engaged to get married with Tallel, a television comedian that works in the Revolution Studios in Damascus, Syria. They have never met each other because of the occupation of the area by Israel since 1967; when Mona moves to Syria, she will lose her undefined nationality and will never be allowed to return home. Mona's father Hammed is a political activist pro-Syria that is on probation by the Israeli government. His older son Hatten married a Russian woman eight years ago and was banished from Majdal Shams by the religious leaders and his father. His brother Marwan is a wolf trader that lives in Italy. His sister Amal has two teenager daughters and has the intention to join the university, but her marriage with Amin is in crisis. When the family gathers for Mona's wedding, an insane bureaucracy jeopardizes the ceremony.
poster
Hoopla
74
7.2
/58683/
71
/873/
71
/695/
3.5
/24444/
75
/125/
83
/2061/
70
/31/

Quills (2000)
In early 19th-century France, the Marquis de Sade is confined to an asylum where his forbidden writings continue to circulate beyond its walls. As the authorities tighten control, a clash unfolds between the Marquis’ unyielding imagination, the reformist ideals of the Abbé in charge, and the repressive measures of a doctor sent to silence him. Desire, power, and censorship collide in a battle over freedom of expression.
poster
Kanopy
81
72
8.1
/5089/
82
/113/
75
/92/
3.9
/2644/
78
/9/
94
/177/

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)
A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's role in modern propaganda.
poster
fuboTV
78
71
7.5
/9753/
74
/149/
73
/117/
3.7
/7309/
89
/18/
85
/119/

The Talk of the Town (1942)
Hilarity ensues when a falsely accused fugitive from justice hides at the house of his childhood friend, which she has recently rented to a high-principled law teacher.
poster
Fandor
71
7.1
/8458/
71
/234/
72
/323/
3.6
/4594/
72
/50/
79
/86/
62
/19/

The Names of Love (2010)
Bahia Benmahmoud, a free-spirited young woman, has a particular way of seeing political engagement, as she doesn't hesitate to sleep with those who don't agree with her to convert them to her cause - which is a lot of people, as all right-leaning people are concerned. Generally, it works pretty well. Until the day she meets Arthur Martin, a discreet forty-something who doesn't like taking risks. She imagines that with a name like that, he's got to be slightly fascist. But names are deceitful and appearances deceiving.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
71
7.6
/60980/
73
/1858/
70
/618/
3.3
/16449/
69
/154/
78
/4736/
56
/31/
cc age 16+

Religulous (2008)
Commentator-comic Bill Maher plays devil's advocate with religion as he talks to believers about their faith. Traveling around the world, Maher examines the tenets of Christianity, Judaism and Islam and raises questions about homosexuality, proof of Christ's existence, Jewish Sabbath laws, violent Muslim extremists.
poster
Kanopy
76
70
7.4
/10288/
72
/153/
71
/217/
3.7
/10231/
88
/24/
82
/119/

Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)
Celestine has a new job as a chambermaid for the quirky M. Monteil, his wife and her father. When the father dies, Celestine decides to quit her job and leave, but when a young girl is raped and murdered, Celestine believes that the Monteils' groundskeeper, Joseph, is guilty, and stays on in order to prove it. She uses her sexuality and the promise of marriage to get Joseph to confess -- but things do not go as planned.
poster
Kanopy
70
7.0
/9656/
67
/167/
65
/141/
3.6
/14455/
80
/25/
74
/201/
63
/18/

Citizen Ruth (1996)
"Citizen Ruth" is the story of Ruth Stoops, a woman who nobody even noticed -- until she got pregnant. Now, everyone wants a piece of her. The film is a comedy about one woman caught in the ultimate tug-of-war: a clash of wild, noisy, ridiculous people that rapidly dissolves into a media circus.
poster
Kanopy
82
70
7.9
/2393/
76
/102/
68
/44/
3.9
/1827/
100
/45/
86
/92/
94
/11/

We Were Here (2011)
A reflective look at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco and how individuals rose to the occasion during the first years of the crisis.
poster
70
7.4
/15175/
73
/305/
69
/224/
3.5
/5839/
73
/26/
87
/394/
59
/15/
cc age 12+

Cry Freedom (1987)
A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods is a white liberal journalist in South Africa who begins to follow the activities of Stephen Biko, a courageous and outspoken black anti-apartheid activist.
poster
MGM Plus
69
6.9
/90015/
69
/1951/
69
/1743/
3.4
/53069/
62
/170/
67
/4448/
62
/34/
cc age 16+

The Duchess (2008)
A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.
poster
72
69
7.2
/7719/
73
/310/
68
/222/
3.5
/3631/
78
/102/

23 (1998)
The movie's plot is based on the true story of a group of young computer hackers from Hannover, Germany. In the late 1980s the orphaned Karl Koch invests his heritage in a flat and a home computer. At first he dials up to bulletin boards to discuss conspiracy theories inspired by his favorite novel, R.A. Wilson's "Illuminatus", but soon he and his friend David start breaking into government and military computers. Pepe, one of Karl's rather criminal acquaintances senses that there is money in computer cracking - he travels to east Berlin and tries to contact the KGB.
poster
Starz
69
6.8
/48691/
71
/3605/
71
/1424/
3.3
/44808/
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
67
6.4
/2572/
67
/54/
57
/37/
3.4
/1783/
88
/16/
53
/19/

The Big Fix (1978)
Private detective Moses Wine is hired by his former college girlfriend to investigate a political smear campaign and he sets out to find out who is responsible, with deadly results.
poster
Kanopy
67
6.6
/4228/
68
/97/
66
/196/
3.3
/1560/
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
6.8
/7289/
70
/114/
65
/87/
3.4
/2536/
61
/33/
74
/124/

The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
The accidental breakdown of an irrigation valve launches a hot confrontation between the mainly Latino farmers in a tiny New Mexico town and the real estate developers and politicians determined to acquire their land for a golf resort.
poster
Kanopy
66
7.9
/12458/
79
/710/
74
/203/
3.0
/4067/
17
/6/
92
/445/
cc age 15+

The Red Pill (2016)
When a feminist filmmaker sets out to document the mysterious and polarizing world of the Men’s Rights Movement, she begins to question her own beliefs. Chronicling Cassie Jaye’s journey exploring an alternate perspective on gender equality, power and privilege.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
72
64
7.0
/5474/
71
/124/
66
/81/
3.4
/5804/
86
/7/
73
/165/

If These Walls Could Talk (1996)
A powerful, intimate portrait of three women living in the same house during different eras who all face unplanned pregnancies. The vignettes follow a recently widowed nurse struggling to take control of her life in the early 50s, a mother of four balancing raising a family and maintaining a career in the 70s, and a student making a difficult decision with the help of one woman that will change the course of both their lives in the 90s.
poster
64
7.1
/23486/
70
/906/
70
/639/
3.4
/12506/
66
/44/
70
/100/
50
/18/

Trash (2014)
Set in Brazil, three kids who make a discovery in a garbage dump soon find themselves running from the cops and trying to right a terrible wrong.
poster
fuboTV
63
6.4
/77739/
63
/1794/
61
/952/
3.1
/52381/
66
/168/
52
/3989/
63
/35/
cc age 17+

Youth in Revolt (2009)
As a fan of Albert Camus and Jean-Luc Godard, teenage Nick Twisp is definitely out of his element when his mother and her boyfriend move the family to a trailer park. When a pretty neighbor named Sheeni plays records by French crooners, it's love at first sight for frustrated and inexperienced Nick. Learning that she is dating someone, Nick launches a hilarious quest to find his way into Sheeni's heart -- and bed.
poster
Kanopy
76
61
7.4
/5634/
71
/64/
73
/153/
3.8
/5637/
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
60
7.5
/131154/
75
/2928/
74
/2118/
3.5
/45203/
19
/155/
81
/2962/
31
/36/
cc age 17+

The Life of David Gale (2003)
A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
poster
59
6.1
/1778/
55
/20/
59
/28/
3.2
/507/
67
/6/
59
/13/

To Kill a Priest (1988)
A young priest speaks out against the Communist regime in Poland and is killed for it.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
79
59
7.6
/2170/
75
/43/
76
/75/
3.7
/1812/
97
/55/

Red Like the Sky (2006)
A nearly sightless boy is sent to a school for blind children, where he secretly discovers the possibilities of the recorded sound.
poster
59
6.3
/5221/
69
/88/
59
/53/
3.1
/1822/
50
/16/
72
/251/
52
/10/

Zorro, The Gay Blade (1981)
In 19th century Mexico, legendary swordsman Zorro has passed on his weapon and his sense of duty to his noble son, Diego, a dashing swashbuckler like his father. But after an injury sidelines Diego, he is forced to hand the mask over to his twin, Ramon.
poster
55
5.8
/741/
46
/12/
36
/12/
3.3
/374/
66
/29/
37
/11/
60
/17/

Signs & Wonders (2001)
Under the influence of signs and premonitions, a man allows himself to veer in and out of a love affair with his colleague.
poster
55
5.7
/1890/
51
/35/
56
/23/
2.9
/2541/
62
/13/
22
/38/

Drive, He Said (1971)
Hector is a star basketball player for the College basketball team he plays for, the Leopards. His girlfriend, Olive, doesn't know whether to stay with him or leave him. And his friend, Gabriel, who may have dropped out from school and become a protestor, wants desperately not to get drafted for Vietnam.
poster
55
6.5
/16294/
65
/263/
59
/217/
3.2
/2686/
18
/90/
61
/265/
40
/27/
cc age 18+

Head in the Clouds (2004)
Gilda Bessé shares her Paris apartment with an Irish schoolteacher, Guy Malyon, and Mia, a refugee from Spain. As the world drifts toward war, Gilda defiantly pursues her hedonistic lifestyle and her burgeoning career as a photographer. But Guy and Mia feel impelled to join the fight against fascism, and the three friends are separated.


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