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51. Pays de cocagne (1971)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
After the events of May 1968, the French went on vacations - and they were filmed during three months on the rural fairs, on the beaches, on promotional campaigns for products and ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Étaix | Stars: Pierre Étaix, Maurice Biraud, Michel Lewin
Votes: 407
52. Before the Ferry Arrives (2018)
85 min | Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
A portrait of Havana in the middle of the whirlwind of the post restoration of US-Cuba relations. An impasse of uncertainty and vertigo, a feeling of time standing still while future flies away.
Directors: Juan Caunedo Domínguez, Raul Escobar Delgado, Vladimir García | Stars: Enrique Molina, Yordanka Ariosa, Luis Alberto García, Jazz Vilá
Votes: 12
53. Saint-Jérôme (1968)
117 min | Documentary
-Documentary and social action film, "St-Jérôme" focuses on technological changes and their effects on a small town.
Director: Fernand Dansereau | Stars: Maurice Bellemare, Gérard Brunet, Gérard Desgagné, Édouard Gagnon
54. Make Me A Leader (2018)
PG | 85 min | Documentary
A feature-length documentary on how leaders can optimise brain and body performance to thrive in the 21st Century.
Director: Silvia Damiano | Stars: Bradley Andrews, Chris Berka, Anna Bligh, Yvonne Coburn
Votes: 29
55. Stoned: Hemp Nation on Trial (1998 TV Movie)
48 min | Documentary
Chris Clay, 27 year-old store owner of Hemp Nation, is arrested for selling cannabis cuttings and seeds, and faces three life sentences in Canada.
Directors: Russell Bennett, Sarah Jane Flynn
56. La última siembra (1991)
113 min | Drama, Western
Director: Miguel Pereira | Stars: Patricio Contreras, Leonor Manso, Mario Pasik, Alberto Benegas
Votes: 30
57. The Flopping Uplifter (1917)
Short, Comedy
Lord Helpus (Ernest Shields) has no money so he accepts a job as a social worker/uplifter. It pays no salary but the city will provide funds for the needy...if needed. Helen (Yvette Mitchell... See full summary »
Director: Pat Hartigan | Stars: Ernest Shields, Yvette Mitchell, Orin Jackson, Albert MacQuarrie
58. The Naked Option: A Last Resort (2011 Video)
75 min | Documentary
The Naked Option: A Last Resort tells the story of Niger Delta women who take a stand. Bucking transnational corporations, the corrupt Nigerian government, and a culture which dictates ... See full summary »
Director: Candace Schermerhorn
Votes: 9
59. Nyt! (1969 TV Movie)
71 min | Drama
Director: Reima Kekäläinen | Stars: Tiia Louste, Paavo Pentikäinen, Sirkku Hiltunen, Heikki Huopainen
Votes: 11
60. The Rancho High School Riots (2012 TV Movie)
57 min | Documentary, History
Forty years after the tumultuous season of race riots that spread like wildfire through Rancho High School in Las Vegas, Nevada, the participants on all sides of the cultural divide come ... See full summary »
Director: Stan Armstrong | Stars: Michael Brophy, Dan Crevoisier, Antonio Fargas, Dan Gray
61. Support: Web Series (2015– )
Support depicts the lives of 7 strangers attending an LGBT support group only to find that that stories have strange impacts on each others lives.
Stars: Emily Buchan, Benjamin Waters, Nija Okoro, Adrienne Brown
62. Free Swim (2009)
50 min | Documentary, Sport
A documentary about the paradox of Bahamian islanders not knowing how to swim.
Director: Jennifer Galvin
63. Croíthe Radacacha (2023)
70 min | Documentary
Director: Ciara Hyland | Stars: Síobhra Aiken, Jean Law, Bríona Nic Dhiarmada, Ailbhe Smyth
64. 24 Days in Brooks (2007)
42 min | Documentary, Short
In a decade, tiny Brooks, Alberta has been transformed from a socially conservative, primarily Caucasian town to one of the most diverse places in Canada. Hijabs have become commonplace, ... See full synopsis »
Director: Dana Inkster | Star: Clifton Joseph
Votes: 18
65. Crossing Desert and Sea
110 min | Documentary | Pre-production
Syrian and Iraqi refugees, who fled their homes out of fear, risk their lives by traveling hundreds of miles across desert and sea to find new hope for a better life.
Director: Grazyna Kolondra | Star: Lara Salmon
66. Twilight (Physics in the Twilight) (1995)
Documentary, Short
Is Physics coming to an end? Documentary filmmaker Jeffrey Gold explores how the natural limitations of experimentation is preventing theory from being tested at the levels to which we've ... See full summary »
Director: Jeffrey Gold | Stars: Peter Fivas, Richard Price
Votes: 15
67. Art for Social Change: Silent No More - Louise Pentz: A Voice for Social Change (2015)
27 min | Documentary, Short
Silence gives consent; Nova Scotia ceramist Louise Pentz found her voice through her sculpture which calls attention to the many injustices faced by women world-wide due to social, political, religious or family circumstance.
Directors: Grace Butland, Andrea Vandenboer
68. A Silent Transformation (2017)
70 min | Documentary
A Silent Transformation explores the innovative self-help efforts and the radical vision of co-operation in communities across the Canada province of Ontario.
69. Fei nu zheng zhuan (1969)
100 min | Drama
Director: Kong Lung | Stars: Josephine Siao, Nancy Sit, Lydia Shum, Kenneth Tsang
Votes: 24
70. Vengeance of the Deep (1938)
Approved | 68 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A concert pianist, as concert panists are wont to do, goes pearl diving in the South Seas to find a giant pearl for his girlfriend. He does, and that's when all the trouble begins.
Director: Ken G. Hall | Stars: Lloyd Hughes, Ann Richards, Sidney Wheeler, James Raglan
Votes: 53
71. Period Stories (2015)
20 min | Documentary, Short
Period Stories is a crowdsourced short documentary about menstruation experiences from around the world.
Director: Charlotte Forsgård
72. Wings of Evolution (2007)
48 min | Documentary
The film revolves around the revolutionary educational system of Siragu, a school for homeless and underprivileged children, located in the remote outskirts of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India.... See full summary »
Directors: Ramesh Mourthy, Stanzin Raghu
73. The World Cup Project (2014)
Documentary
A documentary mini series focusing on how football and soccer can be used in different ways around the world for development and social change.
74. The Social Reformer (2012)
82 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Set months before the recent social movements that rocked Chile and the world, we are introduced to Ulises Morales, an exemplary citizen of Santiago who believes that Chilean citizens have ... See full summary »
Director: Victor Cubillos | Stars: Víctor Montero, Daniela Castillo Toro, Ricardo Cubillos
Votes: 78
76. Kick Like a Girl (2008)
G | 25 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
The story of what happens when "The Mighty Cheetahs," an undefeated all-girls soccer team, competes in the boys division. With humor and candor this documentary gets at the heart of the ... See full summary »
Director: Jenny Mackenzie | Star: Mighty Cheetahs Soccer Team
Votes: 30
77. Stolarz (1976)
13 min | Documentary, Short
The film is reminiscent of "Gosciminska" by virtue of both analogy and a reversal. Both films are based on a written text - a colloquially worded document written and read out by the ... See full summary »
Director: Wojciech Wiszniewski | Stars: Jan Himilsbach, Adolf Hitler, Józef Pilsudski, Joseph Stalin
Votes: 77
78. Half A Million Steps (2019)
84 min | Documentary
Shantell's local prison is yards away, but her nearest suitable rehab centre is 400km away, which is Half A Million Steps.
Director: Dominic Streeter
79. Blackboard (I) (2015)
6 min | Short, Drama, Family
An illiterate 14-year-old boy becomes an educator of a slum.
Director: Hyash Tanmoy | Stars: Omprakash Mahato, Suvojit Das, Kingshuk Das, Sobha Prasad
Votes: 12
80. Dominance and Terror: A Discussion with Noam Chomsky (2004 TV Short)
15 min | Documentary, Short, History
An illuminating window into the mind of American linguist, philosopher, political activist, author and the most cited scholar of our time. Director Roberto S. Oregel composes a provocative ... See full summary »
Director: Roberto S. Oregel | Star: Noam Chomsky
Votes: 24
81. Mi lugar en el mundo
Documentary | Filming
This is a look on the vital goals and longings of a girl born in the 21st Century, the reality of those destined to live in a near future involving cultural and social transcendental changes.
Director: Karlos Alastruey | Stars: Angela Lopez, Mikele Grande, Uxue Tihista, Rakel Vizcay
82. TransAmazon: A Gender Queer Journey (2003)
Not Rated | 41 min | Documentary, Short
TransAmazon is a 41-minute documentary film about gender identity and the struggle for social change as seen through the eyes of one self-styled transgender warrior. This film explores ... See full summary »
Star: Joelle Ruby Ryan
Votes: 23
83. Visionaries: Small Solutions to Enormously Large Problems (1989–1993)
53 min | Documentary
Stars: M.C. Perrera, Manfred Max-Neef, James Dibble, Bill Mollison
84. Rebel Citizen (2015)
76 min | Documentary, Biography
Pamela Yates' latest documentary, REBEL CITIZEN takes you on a revelatory tour of two time Oscar-winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler's political documentary work, letting the veteran ... See full summary »
Director: Pamela Yates | Stars: Haskell Wexler, Pamela Yates
Votes: 9
85. Peti (1965)
3 min | Animation, Short, Music
A persistent trumpeter tries to join the quartet, who doesn't want him.
Directors: Zlatko Grgic, Pavao Stalter
Votes: 151
87. Art Is Life (2008)
11 min | Documentary, Short
Art is crucial to social change; this short documentary takes an artistic view on the necessity of art.
Directors: Julia Danae Brymer, Justin Wagner
89. Encounters (2004)
55 min | Documentary, Biography
The documentary director's reminiscences of his past protagonists, themes and inspirations as well as meetings with old friends and colleagues.
Director: Kazimierz Karabasz | Stars: Kazimierz Karabasz, Jan Lomnicki, Jerzy Mierzejewski, Stanislaw Niedbalski
90. A Little Someone (Chotu) (2022)
Animation, Short
Chotu is a kid with oversized shoes, carrying them around in the hope of growing into them someday.
Director: Ramya Ankilla
Votes: 8
91. How to Change the World (2012 TV Short)
18 min | Documentary, Short
How is one individual able to save the world? How are we able to overcome the oppression that society inflicts upon us in order to help it evolve towards a healthy direction?
Director: Wendell Charles NeSmith | Star: Wendell Charles NeSmith
92. Let It Go: A FIlm for Social Change (2012)
10 min | Short, Drama
Andrew discovers he is HIV+ and must learn to deal with it.
Director: Joey Umana | Stars: Barbara Caffarel, Alberto Jorrin, Tom Patrick, Carlos Sanchez
93. The Peaceful Revolution: Journey to Freedom (2021)
Musical
Based on the award-winning episodic, THE PEACEFUL REVOLUTION: JOURNEY TO FREEDOM is a musical vision quest along the back roads of our contemporary landscape. Our guide on this journey is a... See full summary »
Director: Ed Munter | Stars: Stephanie Dietz, Ed Munter
95. The Art of Resistance (2006)
61 min | Documentary
Argentina's troubled history, culminating in the major crisis of 2001, has seen the rise of a wave of original artistic and cultural expression. The documentary The Art of Resistance ... See full summary »
Director: Alexandra Guité
96. Paulicéia (1978)
11 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Director: Flavio del Carlo | Star: Zanoni Ferrite
97. Stirring It Up: The New Dissenters (2007)
55 min | Documentary
Five young activists with diverse convictions embark on a quest to affect political change, each in their own unique way. But can regular citizens really change the system nowadays? The 60'... See full summary »
Director: Louis Yansen | Stars: Alexis Baden-Mayer, Tom Hayden, Emcee Lynx
98. Eugenio Trías: la aventura filosófica en busca del arcano (2015)
Documentary
Eugenio Trías is considered in wide circles as the most influential philosopher in Spanish language since Ortega y Gasset. We explore the keys to his way of thinking as well as his core concept - the philosophy of limit.
Director: Karlos Alastruey | Star: Ander Janin
100. At the Crossroads
5 min | Short, Drama
Director: Tanveer Ahmad | Stars: Fahad Hashmi, Namra Waris