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Hulu
83
8.0
/245874/
76
/3528/
75
/2424/
3.7
/74819/
89
/112/
92
/2459/
79
/16/
cc age 12+

Gandhi (1982)
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
poster
Hulu
82
7.8
/231386/
77
/11422/
78
/4089/
3.8
/333755/
89
/244/
91
/2595/
72
/41/
cc age 17+

Straight Outta Compton (2015)
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.
poster
Criterion Channel
83
81
7.8
/12104/
78
/347/
77
/301/
4.2
/54895/
94
/16/
87
/177/
87
/9/

Good Morning (1959)
A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of inter­generational relationships, Good Morning tells the story of two young boys who stop speaking in protest after their parents refuse to buy a television set. Ozu weaves a wealth of subtle gags through a family portrait as rich as those of his dramatic films, mocking the foibles of the adult world through the eyes of his child protagonists. Shot in stunning color and set in a suburb of Tokyo where housewives gossip about the neighbors’ new washing machine and unemployed husbands look for work as door-to-door salesmen, this charming comedy refashions Ozu’s own silent classic I Was Born, But . . . to gently satirize consumerism in postwar Japan.
poster
80
7.5
/43011/
80
/3113/
80
/2189/
3.7
/131680/
97
/225/
81
/726/
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
78
7.6
/5051/
73
/68/
66
/47/
3.7
/2075/
89
/124/
86
/1056/
77
/27/
cc age 14+

Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing (2006)
Shut Up and Sing is a documentary about the country band from Texas called the Dixie Chicks and how one tiny comment against President Bush dropped their number one hit off the charts and caused fans to hate them, destroy their CD’s, and protest at their concerts. A film about freedom of speech gone out of control and the three girls lives that were forever changed by a small anti-Bush comment
poster
Amazon Prime Video
77
7.9
/36750/
80
/1617/
80
/1093/
4.2
/96327/
97
/30/
83
/90/
69
/7/

A Taxi Driver (2017)
May, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a foreigner who will pay big money for a drive down to Gwangju city. Not knowing that he’s a German journalist with a hidden agenda, Man-seob takes the job.
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Kanopy
73
6.9
/6340/
70
/146/
64
/158/
3.5
/7616/
86
/37/
67
/7/
76
/11/

The Student (2016)
A high school student becomes convinced that the world is lost to evil and begins to challenge the morals and beliefs of the adults surrounding him.
poster
72
7.1
/8132/
67
/149/
67
/82/
3.4
/1960/
92
/37/
68
/213/

The Big One (1997)
The Big One is an investigative documentary from director Michael Moore who goes around the country asking why big American corporations produce their product abroad where labor is cheaper while so many Americans are unemployed, losing their jobs, and would happily be hired by such companies as Nike.
poster
Kanopy
72
7.3
/117016/
73
/2896/
71
/1400/
3.5
/111954/
53
/176/
82
/37124/
56
/29/
cc age 14+

Across the Universe (2007)
When young dockworker Jude leaves Liverpool to find his estranged father in the United States, he is swept up by the waves of change that are re-shaping the nation. Jude falls in love with Lucy, who joins the growing anti-war movement. As the body count in Vietnam rises, political tensions at home spiral out of control and the star-crossed lovers find themselves in a psychedelic world gone mad.
poster
70
7.0
/424/
64
/20/
61
/10/
3.4
/238/
71
/7/
85
/12/

Mandela (1996)
A documentary that chronicles the life of South African leader Nelson Mandela. Mandela is probably best known for his 27 years of imprisonment, and for bringing an end to apartheid. But this film also sheds light on the little-known early period of Mandela's life.
poster
Kanopy
70
6.8
/759/
71
/20/
72
/21/
3.5
/1463/
88
/48/
64
/3/
68
/12/

What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire? (2019)
Summer 2017, a string of brutal police killings of young African American men has sent shockwaves throughout the country. A Black community in the American South tries to cope with the lingering effects of the past and navigate their place in a country that is not on their side. Meanwhile, the Black Panthers prepare a large-scale protest against police brutality.
poster
Netflix
70
6.5
/39546/
69
/2301/
67
/1421/
3.1
/101367/
86
/65/
72
/237/
53
/16/
cc age 13+

Dumplin' (2018)
To prove a point about measuring up and fitting in, Texas teen Willowdean “Dumplin’” Dickson enters a local pageant run by her ex-beauty queen mom.
poster
The Roku Channel
76
69
7.7
/7769/
78
/295/
81
/165/
3.9
/11343/
82
/11/
65
/18/

1987: When the Day Comes (2017)
In January 1987, a 22-year-old college student dies during a police interrogation. Under the orders of Director Park, the police request the body to be cremated in order to destroy evidence. Public Prosecutor Choi, who was on duty on the day of the incident, denies the request and calls for an autopsy. The police maintain the lie that the death was a simple accident, resulting from shock. The autopsy results, however, point to torture as the cause of death. Yoon, a journalist following the case, reports that the death was a result of asphyxiation during torture. Director Park attempts to conceal the truth by ending the case, arresting two detectives including inspector Cho. While in prison, inspector Cho reveals the truth to prison guard Han Byung-yong, who embarks on a dangerous mission to relay the information to an opposition politician through his niece, Yeon-hee.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
69
6.7
/26586/
67
/658/
63
/440/
3.3
/30570/
90
/80/
66
/1698/
69
/25/

Starter for 10 (2006)
In 1985, against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Brian Jackson enrolls in the University of Bristol, a scholarship boy from seaside Essex with a love of knowledge for its own sake and a childhood spent watching University Challenge, a college quiz show. At Bristol he tries out for the Challenge team and falls under the spell of Alice, a lovely blond with an extensive sexual past.
poster
76
68
7.9
/4989/
77
/207/
73
/81/
3.9
/7782/

Louis Theroux: The Most Hated Family in America (2007)
Louis meets the Phelps family — the people at the heart of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church. The Phelps have rabid anti-homosexual beliefs, and often campaign at the funerals of American soldiers. They believe that every tragedy in the world is God's punishment for homosexuality.
poster
73
68
7.7
/8337/
79
/286/
78
/207/
3.8
/6974/
77
/13/
70
/28/
55
/7/

The Attorney (2013)
Song Woo-seok is a lawyer with no clients. When his friend's son is falsely accused of a crime and tortured, he takes up the case and the course of his life changes for good.
poster
Kanopy
68
7.1
/12716/
68
/382/
67
/220/
3.3
/7940/
72
/18/
70
/286/
68
/5/

The Method (2005)
Seven candidates to a high executive position on a multinational company show up for a selection test in a skyscraper at the financial district. Among them, the most disparate personalities: the winner, the aggressive, the insecure, the critic, the indecisive…
poster
Hulu
67
6.7
/7946/
69
/770/
67
/129/
3.5
/37659/
76
/97/
82
/58/
61
/23/
cc age 15+

Suncoast (2024)
While caring for her brother along with her audacious mother, a teenager strikes up an unlikely friendship with an eccentric activist who is protesting one of the most landmark medical cases of all time.
poster
Netflix
67
6.5
/14449/
66
/674/
65
/201/
3.1
/52997/
83
/173/
82
/89/
68
/39/
cc age 13+

Rustin (2023)
Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights history by orchestrating the 1963 March on Washington.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
65
IMDb 79
6.6
/41162/
64
/2159/
65
/518/
3.4
/389318/
69
/281/
65
/323/
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
77
64
8.1
/6052/
79
/123/
72
/56/
3.8
/10334/

The New Year That Never Came (2024)
The New Year That Never Came is a tragicomedy whose action takes place in a single day, before the counter-revolution of 1989, in which the characters search for normality, safety, love, freedom and meaning in an absurd world.
poster
Kanopy
69
64
6.8
/4624/
66
/254/
62
/74/
3.2
/1494/
90
/29/
65
/705/
71
/18/

Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (2005)
This documentary takes the viewer on a deeply personal journey into the everyday lives of families struggling to fight Goliath. From a family business owner in the Midwest to a preacher in California, from workers in Florida to a poet in Mexico, dozens of film crews on three continents bring the intensely personal stories of an assault on families and American values.
poster
AMC+ Amazon Channel
67
64
6.6
/6226/
68
/292/
64
/175/
3.4
/7156/
77
/22/
59
/205/

Dream Home (2010)
A woman will go to whatever lengths necessary to obtain her dream home with a view of the sea. This includes driving down the property value and decreasing the occupancy rate by killing her potential neighbors.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
68
63
7.0
/9556/
65
/184/
61
/113/
3.4
/1861/
73
/63/
80
/280/
62
/18/

Stander (2003)
The life and career of Andre Stander, a South African police officer turned bank robber.
poster
63
6.5
/67387/
67
/944/
62
/681/
3.4
/39838/
63
/188/
75
/9922/
55
/40/
cc age 16+

I ♥ Huckabees (2004)
A husband-and-wife team play detective, but not in the traditional sense. Instead, the happy duo helps others solve their existential issues, the kind that keep you up at night, wondering what it all means.
poster
Kanopy
62
6.6
/15481/
63
/390/
63
/255/
3.0
/2499/
57
/58/
64
/570/
54
/17/
cc age 16+

Battle in Seattle (2007)
Thousands of activists arrive in Seattle, Washington in masses to protest the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999 (World Trade Organization). Although it began as a peaceful protest with a goal of stopping the WTO talks, it escalated into a full-scale riot and eventually, a State of Emergency that pitted protesters against the Seattle Police Department and the National Guard.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
62
6.3
/20484/
69
/792/
63
/401/
3.2
/12153/
58
/19/
71
/498/
47
/13/

Convoy (1978)
Trucker Rubber Duck and his buddies Pig Pen, Widow Woman and Spider Mike use their CB radios to warn one another of the presence of cops. But conniving Sheriff Wallace is hip to the truckers' tactics, and begins tricking the drivers through his own CB broadcasts. Facing constant harassment from the law, Rubber Duck and his pals use their radios to coordinate a vast convoy and rule the road.
poster
81
60
8.0
/613/
74
/14/
81
/17/
4.1
/4700/
100
/23/
74
/7/

All That's Left of You (2025)
In the Occupied West Bank of the 1980s, a Palestinian teenager is swept into a protest that changes the course of his family's life. Reeling from its aftermath, his mother, Hanan, shares the story that led them to that fateful moment. Spanning seven decades, this epic drama traces the hopes and heartaches of one uprooted family, revealing not only the scars of displacement, but the unbreakable spirit of survival.
poster
Criterion Channel
70
59
6.6
/2590/
68
/125/
60
/76/
4.0
/18991/
89
/35/
56
/24/
75
/10/

Born in Flames (1983)
In near-future New York, ten years after the “social-democratic war of liberation,” diverse groups of women organize a feminist uprising as equality remains unfulfilled.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
58
6.1
/69685/
64
/2114/
60
/1001/
3.0
/38414/
62
/89/
54
/2270/
50
/9/
cc age 18+

Red State (2011)
Set in Middle America, a group of teens receive an online invitation for sex, though they soon encounter Christian fundamentalists with a much more sinister agenda.
poster
58
6.2
/132993/
66
/3464/
63
/2143/
3.1
/168320/
42
/121/
59
/5358/
42
/30/
cc age 14+

Two Weeks Notice (2002)
Dedicated environmental lawyer Lucy Kelson goes to work for billionaire George Wade as part of a deal to preserve a community center. Indecisive and weak-willed George grows dependent on Lucy's guidance on everything from legal matters to clothing. Exasperated, Lucy gives notice and picks Harvard graduate June Carter as her replacement. As Lucy's time at the firm nears an end, she grows jealous of June and has second thoughts about leaving George.
poster
Fandor
72
57
7.0
/2052/
71
/78/
66
/50/
3.5
/1931/
83
/35/
73
/29/
72
/8/
cc age 16+

Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer (2013)
In the winter of 2011, after a controversial election, Vladimir Putin was reinstalled as president of Russia. In response, hundreds of thousands of citizens rose up all over the country to challenge the legitimacy of Putin’s rule. Among them were a group of young, radical-feminist punk rockers, better known as Pussy Riot. Wearing colored balaclavas, tights, and summer dresses, they entered Moscow’s most venerated cathedral and dared to sing “Mother Mary, Banish Putin!” Now they have become victims of a “show” trial.
poster
AMC+
70
56
7.0
/2347/
61
/30/
65
/62/
3.6
/1872/
81
/16/
74
/55/

Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980)
Seven former college friends, along with a few new friends, gather for a weekend reunion at a summer house in New Hampshire to reminisce about the good old days, when they got arrested on the way to a protest in Washington, D.C.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
74
56
6.4
/2499/
71
/175/
66
/62/
3.3
/1162/
100
/10/
78
/21/

Pork Pie (2017)
A trio of accidental outlaws travel the length of New Zealand, protesting conformity and chasing lost love, with a posse of cops and a media frenzy in pursuit.
poster
55
6.1
/109746/
61
/2209/
59
/1283/
2.8
/29393/
52
/166/
36
/2147/
56
/37/
cc age 18+

The Rum Diary (2011)
Tired of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, itinerant journalist Paul Kemp travels to the pristine island of Puerto Rico to write for a local San Juan newspaper run by the downtrodden editor Lotterman. Adopting the rum-soaked lifestyle of the late ‘50s version of Hemingway’s 'The Lost Generation', Paul soon becomes entangled with a very attractive American woman and her fiancée, a businessman involved in shady property development deals.  It is within this world that Kemp ultimately discovers his true voice as a writer and integrity as a man.
poster
The Roku Channel
54
5.8
/2455/
61
/90/
56
/189/
3.0
/1970/
50
/14/
34
/40/
52
/5/

My Piece of the Pie (2011)
France, a factory worker, lives with her three daughters in Dunkirk. The factory where she worked has been closed, leaving France and all of her workmates without a job. She decides to go to Paris to look for work. There she finds a cleaning job at the home of a rich man, Steve, whose world is radically different from her own. As their paths keep crossing, she discovers that her employer played a part in closing the factory in Dunkirk...
poster
Criterion Channel
70
51
7.1
/1678/
60
/22/
67
/43/
3.6
/2249/
82
/459/

Tokyo Chorus (1931)
In Depression-era Tokyo, a young man struggles to provide for his family after he is fired from his job.
poster
61
49
7.0
/3173/
66
/82/
59
/41/
3.4
/1303/
53
/55/
69
/98/
45
/19/

South of the Border (2009)
A road trip across five countries to explore the social and political movements as well as the mainstream media's misperception of South America while interviewing seven of its elected presidents.
poster
85
43
8.5
/1518/
84
/44/
83
/31/
4.1
/2083/
94
/6/

Revolution of Our Times (2021)
Throughout Hong Kong’s history, Hongkongers have fought for freedom and democracy but have yet to succeed. In 2019, a controversial extradition bill was introduced that would allow Hongkongers to be tried in mainland China. This decision spurred massive protests, riots, and resistance against heavy-handed Chinese rule over the City-State. Award-winning director Kiwi Chow documents the events to tell the story of the movement, with both a macro view of its historical context and footage and interviews from protestors on the front lines.
poster
43
4.4
/14183/
74
/1076/
61
/416/
1.7
/10403/
10
/39/
62
/724/
22
/8/
cc age 10+

God's Not Dead 2 (2016)
When a high school teacher is asked a question in class about Jesus, her reasoned response lands her in deep trouble and could expel God from the public square once and for all.
poster
56
36
6.3
/1767/
72
/23/
62
/35/
3.3
/1705/
33
/9/
39
/9/
58
/6/

Getting Straight (1970)
Graduate student Harry Bailey was once one of the most visible undergraduate activists on campus, but now that he's back studying for his master's, he's trying to fly right. Trouble is, the campus is exploding with various student movements, and Harry's girlfriend, Jan, is caught up in most of them. As Harry gets closer to finishing his degree, he finds his iconoclastic attitude increasingly aligned with the students rather than the faculty.
poster
72
33
7.6
/365/
61
/5/
65
/23/
3.5
/712/
87
/79/

The Heist (1976)
In Mexico City's infamous Lecumberri prison, three drug-addicted convicts celebrate getting drugs from one of their the mothers. They are found out and locked up in the "apando," the dreaded punishment cell. Protests over the treatment of those held in the cell lead to a bloody confrontation.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
58
32
6.0
/2113/
60
/41/
54
/31/
3.1
/466/
56
/117/

Wedding Wars (2006)
In the midst of organizing his brother Ben's wedding, Shel, a gay party planner, decides to go on strike for equal rights when he learns that Ben is behind a political speech against gay marriage.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
73
31
6.0
/748/
68
/53/
83
/10/
2.9
/323/
Popcorn
97
/128/
cc age 8+

Running the Bases (2022)
When a small-town baseball coach gets the offer of a lifetime from a larger 6A high school, he uproots his family and leaves the only home he's ever known. But as a man of faith, he soon faces extreme opposition to his coaching methods from the school superintendent.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
70
28
7.1
/1203/
70
/39/
66
/16/
3.3
/401/
78
/27/
cc age 13+

Boycott (2001)
This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
poster
67
27
7.0
/669/
65
/39/
66
/34/
3.0
/1280/
77
/5/

Testament (2023)
A retired archivist is annoyed and confused by a group of protestors who are angered by a mural inside the retirement home where he resides that glorifies colonialism.
poster
63
23
7.1
/356/
50
/3/
50
/2/
83
/326/

Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee (1994)
Mary Crow Dog, daughter of a desperately poor Indian family in South Dakota, is swept up in the protests of the 1960s and becomes sensitized to the injustices that society inflicts on her people. She aids the Lakota in their struggle for their rights: a struggle that culminates in an armed standoff with US government forces at the site of an 1890 massacre.
poster
52
21
5.9
/1461/
67
/14/
51
/25/
3.1
/664/
30
/10/
46
/8/

Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958)
Harry Bannerman, a Connecticut suburbanite, becomes involved in various shenanigans when his wife Grace leads a protest movement against a secret army plan to set up a missile base in their community.


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