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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
The Roku Channel
86
8.2
/82228/
78
/3291/
77
/996/
3.9
/28848/
98
/147/
91
/2237/
88
/27/

Inside Job (2010)
A film that exposes the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, Inside Job traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation and academia.
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
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
Amazon Prime Video
82
8.2
/1040120/
81
/21261/
78
/10734/
3.9
/544188/
74
/214/
93
/20844/
72
/33/
cc age 14+

A Beautiful Mind (2001)
From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash Jr. experiences it all. As a brilliant but socially awkward mathematician, he made a groundbreaking discovery early in his career and stands on the brink of international acclaim. But as the handsome and arrogant Nash accepts secret work in cryptography, he becomes entangled in a mysterious conspiracy. His life takes a nightmarish turn and he soon finds himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery.
poster
HBO Max
82
7.9
/39344/
79
/1538/
77
/898/
3.8
/26310/
94
/49/
88
/379/
cc age 17+

The Normal Heart (2014)
The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose the truth about the burgeoning epidemic to a city and nation in denial.
poster
80
7.8
/24629/
75
/440/
75
/392/
3.9
/17236/
90
/21/
86
/416/
cc age 9+

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.
poster
80
7.3
/282260/
72
/6661/
68
/3943/
3.6
/204603/
89
/288/
80
/8654/
87
/45/
cc age 13+

Lincoln (2012)
The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
poster
MGM Plus
79
7.5
/402114/
73
/8416/
72
/5627/
3.8
/308207/
86
/227/
79
/7991/
77
/41/
cc age 16+

The Aviator (2004)
A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.
poster
Netflix
79
7.7
/203005/
77
/7349/
76
/3228/
3.8
/397305/
89
/344/
90
/453/
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
79
78
7.8
/18606/
77
/328/
72
/214/
3.9
/10887/
92
/25/
89
/165/
73
/6/

Seven Days in May (1964)
A U.S. Marine Corps colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
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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
78
7.5
/234314/
75
/4725/
71
/2312/
3.6
/103141/
86
/183/
87
/13171/
71
/36/
cc age 16+

Thank You for Smoking (2005)
Nick Naylor is a charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who'll fight to protect America's right to smoke -- even if it kills him -- while still remaining a role model for his 12-year old son. When he incurs the wrath of a senator bent on snuffing out cigarettes, Nick's powers of "filtering the truth" will be put to the test.
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.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
80
75
7.2
/6825/
73
/721/
69
/69/
3.6
/62429/
100
/5/
94
/26/

This Place Rules (2022)
Acclaimed for his unfiltered reporting and deadpan humor, Andrew Callaghan brings his gonzo style reporting to the undercurrents that led to the January 6 Capitol Riot. As one of the best-known and hardest working journalists of his generation, the 25-year-old ventures on a wild RV journey through America to take the pulse of a divided nation.
poster
Kanopy
77
75
7.4
/4568/
74
/350/
69
/111/
3.7
/6275/
95
/97/
86
/43/
70
/20/

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2018)
The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.
poster
75
7.2
/170112/
73
/9051/
70
/4785/
3.5
/218177/
88
/401/
74
/1418/
83
/51/
cc age 13+

The Post (2017)
A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
7.4
/39570/
74
/3101/
73
/1163/
3.4
/44677/
78
/9/
85
/345/
cc age 13+

Batman: Assault on Arkham (2014)
Batman works desperately to find a bomb planted by the Joker while Amanda Waller sends her newly-formed Suicide Squad to break into Arkham Asylum and recover vital information stolen by the Riddler.
poster
Hoopla
74
7.0
/34270/
69
/528/
69
/385/
3.6
/18268/
76
/63/
74
/691/
66
/22/
cc age 15+

Nixon (1995)
A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.
poster
Netflix
74
6.5
/56980/
66
/2561/
64
/1134/
3.5
/147347/
92
/315/
53
/665/
82
/49/
cc age 17+

Da 5 Bloods (2020)
Four African-American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader and the promise of buried treasure. These heroes battle forces of humanity and nature while confronted by the lasting ravages of the immorality of the Vietnam War.
poster
73
6.6
/823/
66
/47/
61
/42/
3.5
/780/
91
/34/
74
/7/
73
/12/

(T)ERROR (2015)
This real-life look at FBI counterterrorism operations features access to both sides of a sting: the government informant and the radicalized target.
poster
73
6.6
/2384/
61
/31/
64
/33/
3.3
/1014/
100
/9/
69
/18/

Country (1984)
Jewell and Gil are farmers. They seem to be working against the odds, producing no financial surplus. Gil has lost hope of ever becoming prosperous, but Jewell decides to fight for her family.
poster
73
7.0
/4391/
72
/180/
68
/91/
3.6
/5195/
82
/103/
70
/97/
69
/30/

The Unknown Known (2013)
Former United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, discusses his career in Washington D.C. from his days as a congressman in the early 1960s to planning the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
poster
73
6.6
/86173/
68
/6963/
62
/1981/
3.3
/76143/
83
/239/
67
/923/
76
/44/
cc age 12+

Midnight Special (2016)
A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.
poster
72
7.3
/5737/
71
/99/
67
/66/
3.5
/2092/
77
/95/
81
/854/
64
/26/

The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006)
A documentary on the life of John Lennon, with a focus on the time in his life when he transformed from a musician into an antiwar activist.
poster
The Roku Channel
72
7.2
/21368/
74
/1388/
71
/461/
3.6
/25059/
82
/184/
60
/838/
69
/46/
cc age 16+

Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018)
Michael Moore's provocative documentary explores the two most important questions of the Trump Era: How did we get here, and how do we get out.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
6.9
/18152/
70
/840/
68
/441/
3.4
/13156/
86
/106/
77
/75/
68
/19/
cc age 15+

Mr. Jones (2019)
In 1933, Welsh journalist Gareth Jones travels to Ukraine, where he experiences the horrors of a famine. Everywhere he goes he meets henchmen of the Soviet secret service who are determined to prevent news about the catastrophe from getting out. Stalin’s forced collectivisation of agriculture has resulted in misery and ruin—the policy is tantamount to mass murder.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
71
6.8
/6219/
68
/142/
69
/97/
3.4
/1822/
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
Amazon Prime Video
71
7.2
/4078/
70
/254/
69
/98/
3.5
/1847/
73
/48/
76
/55/
66
/27/
cc age 10+

Dinosaur 13 (2014)
Two years after the discovery of "Sue," the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton found to date, government officials seize the remains and claim that "Sue" was stolen from federal land.
poster
The CW
71
7.1
/41302/
70
/1002/
69
/521/
3.4
/5420/
82
/61/
73
/947/
64
/12/
cc age 14+

Nothing But the Truth (2008)
When reporter Rachel Armstrong writes a story that reveals the identity of a covert CIA operative, the government demands that Rachel reveal her source. She defies the special prosecutor and is thrown in jail. Meanwhile, her attorney, Albert Burnside argues her case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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
71
7.5
/87445/
77
/5616/
74
/1910/
3.7
/51005/
76
/192/
72
/546/
64
/41/
cc age 16+

Miss Sloane (2016)
An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.
poster
Netflix
70
7.5
/70421/
75
/3560/
74
/1215/
3.7
/55831/
75
/219/
85
/196/
53
/35/
cc age 16+

The Mauritanian (2021)
The true story of the Mauritanian Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who was held at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center without charges for over a decade and sought help from a defense attorney for his release.
poster
Kanopy
70
6.2
/4157/
59
/82/
58
/58/
3.3
/7433/
92
/24/
53
/38/
77
/13/

Winter Kills (1979)
The younger brother of an assassinated US President is led down a rabbit hole of conspiracies and dead ends after learning of a man claiming to be the real shooter.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
70
7.2
/55521/
73
/2797/
70
/1106/
3.5
/78506/
83
/246/
82
/179/
66
/33/
cc age 15+

The Report (2019)
The story of Daniel Jones, lead investigator for the US Senate’s sweeping study into the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program, which was found to be brutal, immoral and ineffective. With the truth at stake, Jones battled tirelessly to make public what many in power sought to keep hidden.
poster
Hoopla
78
70
7.5
/6582/
72
/112/
72
/99/
3.8
/5169/
92
/13/
84
/45/

Wild River (1960)
A young bureaucrat for the Tennessee Valley Authority goes to rural Tennessee to oversee the building of a dam. He encounters opposition from the local people, in particular a farmer who objects to his employment (with pay) of local black laborers. Much of the plot revolves around the eviction of a stubborn octogenarian from her home on an island in the river, and the young man's love affair with that woman's widowed granddaughter. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation.
poster
69
7.4
/6232/
74
/165/
75
/130/
3.8
/27518/
59
/17/
76
/47/

Four Days in September (1997)
Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties. César, however, is wounded and captured during a bank hold up. Fernando then decides to kidnap the American ambassador in Brazil and ask for the release of fifteen political prisoners in exchange for his life.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
69
6.6
/86403/
67
/4846/
64
/2387/
3.5
/167333/
87
/358/
60
/862/
81
/53/
cc age 15+

Jackie (2016)
An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.
poster
Hoopla
68
6.6
/3433/
70
/170/
70
/47/
3.4
/3037/
83
/105/
49
/52/
67
/31/
cc age 13+

The Final Year (2018)
Featuring unprecedented access inside the White House and State Department, The Final Year offers an uncompromising view of the inner workings of the Obama Administration as they prepare to leave power after eight years.
poster
68
6.9
/49937/
69
/2235/
66
/888/
3.3
/13811/
76
/129/
69
/437/
60
/36/
cc age 16+

Kill the Messenger (2014)
A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.
poster
Starz
68
7.3
/170786/
75
/15337/
71
/4515/
3.3
/126218/
61
/261/
70
/881/
58
/43/
cc age 16+

Snowden (2016)
CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.
poster
Kanopy
67
7.2
/3666/
73
/92/
65
/35/
3.4
/897/
74
/19/
77
/160/
64
/19/

Grass (1999)
Marijuana is the most controversial drug of the 20th Century. Smoked by generations to little discernible ill effect, it continues to be reviled by many governments on Earth. In this Genie Award-winning documentary veteran Canadian director Ron Mann and narrator Woody Harrelson mix humour and historical footage together to recount how the United States has demonized a relatively harmless drug.
poster
Kanopy
71
66
6.5
/4979/
68
/194/
66
/110/
3.8
/60836/
100
/10/
61
/73/
62
/6/

Totally F***ed Up (1994)
Gay, alienated Los Angeles teens have a hard time as their parents kick them out of their homes, they don’t have money, their lovers cheat, and they are harassed by gay-bashers.
poster
Kanopy
66
7.0
/1729/
71
/137/
67
/50/
3.4
/1310/
72
/39/
61
/35/
64
/18/

Bettie Page Reveals All (2013)
The world's greatest pin-up model and cult icon, Bettie Page, recounts the true story of how her free expression overcame government witch-hunts to help launch America's sexual revolution. When she saw the film The Notorious Bettie Page, produced by HBO in 2006, the main person concerned reacted unequivocally: “Lies! Lies!” In a long interview recorded shortly before her death, the woman who entered the collective unconscious as the ultimate pin-up gave her version of events to director Mark Mori. In a gravelly voice, Bettie Page tells her own story and lifts the veil on areas often hidden by images that have made so many men and women fantasize since the 1950s: her abused childhood, an eclipse that lasted forty years, her mental illness. Through testimonies and unpublished archives, this documentary brings back to life a body and a face endlessly declined before our eyes, just as Bettie wanted: “I would like people to remember me as I was in the photos.”
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
70
65
7.1
/8191/
69
/222/
65
/128/
3.4
/3504/
78
/394/
cc age 14+

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007)
Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, the story is told through two unique perspectives: Charles Eastman, a young, white-educated Sioux doctor held up as living proof of the alleged success of assimilation, and Sitting Bull the proud Lakota chief whose tribe won the American Indians’ last major victory at Little Big Horn.
poster
65
6.7
/109360/
69
/2696/
67
/1808/
3.5
/68587/
69
/154/
65
/2297/
65
/39/
cc age 16+

Ali (2001)
In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. Yet at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test.
poster
63
6.4
/7922/
65
/142/
61
/100/
3.3
/2693/
51
/55/
77
/257/
59
/27/

Waking the Dead (2000)
A congressional candidate questions his sanity after seeing the love of his life, presumed dead, suddenly emerge.


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