Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "social-issues"

1. Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–2000)

TV-PG | 44 min | Drama, Romance

A group of friends living in Beverly Hills, California make their way through life from their school days into adulthood.

Stars: Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty, Luke Perry, Jennie Garth

Votes: 37,605

2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

R | 133 min | Drama

In the Fall of 1963, a Korean War veteran and criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rallies up the scared patients against the tyrannical nurse.

Director: Milos Forman | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Michael Berryman, Peter Brocco

Votes: 1,072,762 | Gross: $112.00M

3. The O.C. (2003–2007)

TV-PG | 44 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A troubled youth becomes embroiled in the lives of a close-knit group of people in the wealthy, upper-class neighborhood of Newport Beach, Orange County, California.

Stars: Mischa Barton, Adam Brody, Peter Gallagher, Kelly Rowan

Votes: 96,200

4. Elemental (2023)

PG | 101 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Follows Ember and Wade, in a city where fire-, water-, earth- and air-residents live together.

Director: Peter Sohn | Stars: Leah Lewis, Mamoudou Athie, Ronnie Del Carmen, Shila Ommi

Votes: 126,694 | Gross: $154.43M

5. Supergirl (2015–2021)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The adventures of Superman's cousin and her own superhero career.

Stars: Melissa Benoist, Chyler Leigh, David Harewood, Katie McGrath

Votes: 129,600

6. Insecure (2016–2021)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Follows the awkward experiences and racy tribulations of a modern-day African-American woman.

Stars: Issa Rae, Yvonne Orji, Jay Ellis, Natasha Rothwell

Votes: 22,391

7. Snow White (2025)

Adventure, Drama, Family | Post-production

Live-action adaptation of the 1937 Disney animated film 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'.

Director: Marc Webb | Stars: Rachel Zegler, Gal Gadot, Martin Klebba, Andrew Burnap

8. Wagon Train (1957–1965)

TV-PG | 75 min | Western

Stories of the journeys of a wagon train as it leaves post-Civil War Missouri on its way to California through the plains, deserts, and Rocky Mountains.

Stars: Frank McGrath, Terry Wilson, Robert Horton, John McIntire

Votes: 3,755

9. Victorious (2010–2013)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Aspiring singer Tori Vega navigates life while attending a performing arts high school called Hollywood Arts.

Stars: Victoria Justice, Leon Thomas III, Matt Bennett, Elizabeth Gillies

Votes: 29,547

10. Barney Miller (1975–1982)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

The Captain of the NYPD 12th Precinct and his staff handle the various local troubles and characters that come into the squad room.

Stars: Hal Linden, Abe Vigoda, Max Gail, Steve Landesberg

Votes: 7,379

11. Do Revenge (2022)

TV-MA | 118 min | Comedy, Romance, Thriller

Drea and Eleanor agree to go after one another's bullies.

Director: Jennifer Kaytin Robinson | Stars: Camila Mendes, Maya Hawke, Austin Abrams, Rish Shah

Votes: 50,215

12. Rawhide (1959–1965)

TV-PG | 50 min | Western

Gil Favor is trail boss of a continuous cattle drive. He is assisted by Rowdy Yates. The crew runs into characters and adventures along the way.

Stars: Clint Eastwood, Paul Brinegar, Steve Raines, Eric Fleming

Votes: 4,616

13. The River (1984)

PG-13 | 124 min | Drama

A farming family battles severe storms, while taking a valiant stand against a bank foreclosure and a powerful land grabber.

Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Shane Bailey, Becky Jo Lynch

Votes: 7,717 | Gross: $11.49M

14. Brother Bear (2003)

G | 85 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

When a young Inuit hunter needlessly kills a bear, he is magically changed into a bear himself as punishment with a talkative cub being his only guide to changing back.

Directors: Aaron Blaise, Robert Walker | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Suarez, Rick Moranis, Jason Raize

Votes: 123,880 | Gross: $85.34M

15. Hollyoaks (1995– )

TV-PG | 30 min | Drama, Romance

Hollyoaks takes a look at the lives, loves, and careers of a group of teenage friends and their families as they graduate through GCSEs, A-Levels, and College into the world of work.

Stars: Nick Pickard, Ashley Taylor Dawson, Kieron Richardson, Jennifer Metcalfe

Votes: 4,499

16. Grange Hill (1978–2008)

30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

The long running television series of the Grange Hill Comprehensive School, and the children's everyday lives.

Stars: Stuart Organ, Gwyneth Powell, Lee Cornes, Sally Geoghegan

Votes: 1,661

17. 3% (2016–2020)

TV-MA | 49 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

A post-apocalyptic thriller set in near-future Brazil, where a select few are allowed to join a privileged society after undergoing an intense and competitive process.

Stars: Bianca Comparato, Vaneza Oliveira, Rodolfo Valente, Zezé Motta

Votes: 28,142

18. Guiding Light (1952–2009)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance

This show took place in the fictional Midwestern town of Springfield and centered on the middle class Bauer family.

Stars: Kim Zimmer, Beth Chamberlin, Maureen Garrett, Robert Newman

Votes: 1,861

19. The First Purge (2018)

R | 97 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

America's third political party, the New Founding Fathers of America, comes to power and conducts an experiment: no laws for 12 hours on Staten Island. No one has to stay on the island, but $5,000 is given to anyone who does.

Director: Gerard McMurray | Stars: Y'lan Noel, Lex Scott Davis, Joivan Wade, Steve Harris

Votes: 71,070 | Gross: $69.49M

20. Black Lightning (2018–2021)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

A crusading school principal gets back into action as the original African-American electrical superhero.

Stars: Cress Williams, Nafessa Williams, Christine Adams, Marvin Jones III

Votes: 27,249

21. Degrassi High (1987–1991)

TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Family, Romance

The lives and trials of students of a city high school.

Stars: Pat Mastroianni, Stefan Brogren, Maureen Deiseach, Angela Deiseach

Votes: 3,183

22. Two Distant Strangers (2020)

Not Rated | 32 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi

A man trying to get home to his dog gets stuck in a time loop that forces him to relive a deadly run-in with a cop.

Directors: Travon Free, Martin Desmond Roe | Stars: Joey Bada$$, Zaria, Vincent Mordente, Ana González

Votes: 20,255

23. The Forsyte Saga (2002–2003)

TV-PG | 276 min | Drama, History, Romance

Chronicles the lives of three generations of the upper-middle-class British family, the Forsytes, from the 1870s to 1920.

Stars: Damian Lewis, Rupert Graves, Gina McKee, Amanda Root

Votes: 6,550

24. Bobby (I) (2006)

R | 117 min | Biography, Drama, History

The destinies of 22 people of different races, sexes, beliefs and social classes are intertwined on the night that politician Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated.

Director: Emilio Estevez | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Demi Moore, Sharon Stone, Harry Belafonte

Votes: 42,810 | Gross: $11.24M

25. Norma Rae (1979)

PG | 114 min | Drama

A young single mother and textile worker agrees to help unionize her mill despite the problems and dangers involved.

Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Sally Field, Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman, Pat Hingle

Votes: 12,843 | Gross: $22.23M

26. Priceless (II) (2016)

PG-13 | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A widower who's lost custody of his daughter finds himself unable to hold down a job. He agrees to drive a truck cross-country, no questions asked, but when he discovers the nature of his cargo, he is faced with a life-changing decision.

Director: Ben Smallbone | Stars: Joel Smallbone, Bianca A. Santos, David Koechner, Jim Parrack

Votes: 4,135 | Gross: $1.50M

27. Freaks of Nature (2015)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

In the town of Dillford, humans, vampires and zombies were all living in peace - until the alien apocalypse arrived. Now three teenagers - one human, one vampire, and one zombie - have to team up to figure out how to get rid of the visitors.

Director: Robbie Pickering | Stars: Nicholas Braun, Mackenzie Davis, Josh Fadem, Denis Leary

Votes: 13,376

28. Disconnect (I) (2012)

R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A drama centered on a group of people searching for human connections in today's wired world.

Director: Henry Alex Rubin | Stars: Jason Bateman, Jonah Bobo, Haley Ramm, Hope Davis

Votes: 78,144 | Gross: $7.44M

29. How Green Was My Valley (1941)

Passed | 118 min | Drama, Family

At the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, the Morgans, he stern, she gentle, raise coal-mining sons and hope their youngest will find a better life.

Director: John Ford | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee, Donald Crisp

Votes: 26,495

30. Everyone Is Doing Great (2018– )

37 min | Comedy

Five years after the end of their hit series "Eternal," Seth and Jeremy lean on each other as they struggle to regain their former level of success and relevance.

Stars: James Lafferty, Stephen Colletti, Alexandra Park, Cariba Heine

Votes: 1,806

31. Robyn Hood (2023– )

Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Follows Robyn Loxley and anti-authoritarian masked hip-hop band, The Hood, as they call out injustices and fight for freedom and equality in the city of New Nottingham.

Stars: Ksenia Daniela Kharlamova, Jessye Romeo, Nykeem, Ian Matthews

Votes: 6,282

32. Change of Habit (1969)

G | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Music

As an incognito nun tries to help a doctor clean up an inner-city ghetto, the pair grow closer with time.

Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Elvis Presley, Mary Tyler Moore, Barbara McNair, Jane Elliot

Votes: 2,720

33. Caged (1950)

Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A gentle, naive, pregnant 19-year-old widow is slowly, inexorably ground down by the hardened criminals, sadistic guards, and matron at a woman's prison. Will she be the same person when her sentence is up?

Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Eleanor Parker, Agnes Moorehead, Ellen Corby, Hope Emerson

Votes: 4,715

34. Son of the South (2020)

PG-13 | 105 min | Biography, Drama

The true story of one young white Southerner in the Summer of 1961, caught in a place and time where he had to choose which side he was on.

Director: Barry Alexander Brown | Stars: Lucas Till, Jim Klock, Michael Sirow, Jake Abel

Votes: 2,441

35. Sicko (2007)

PG-13 | 123 min | Documentary, Drama

A documentary comparing the highly profitable American health care industry to other nations, and HMO horror stories including shotgun deaths.

Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, Tucker Albrizzi, Tony Benn, George W. Bush

Votes: 76,833 | Gross: $24.54M

36. Glenn Fredly: The Movie (2024)

TV-14 | 109 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Starting from the determination and great desire to create a music concert to embrace peace in Ambon City, Glenn ultimately gave up all his income to hold the concert.

Director: Lukman Sardi | Stars: Marthino Lio, Zulfa Maharani, Sonia Alyssa, Bucek Depp

Votes: 26

37. Superior Donuts (2017–2018)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy

Sympathetic old-school doughnut-shop owner Arthur, his spunky young employee and aspiring artist Franco, and their friends and patrons keep the shop going in a changing culturally-mixed inner-city Chicago neighborhood.

Stars: Jermaine Fowler, David Koechner, Maz Jobrani, Katey Sagal

Votes: 3,502

38. The Young and the Damned (1950)

Not Rated | 80 min | Crime, Drama

A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent and crime-filled life in the festering slums of Mexico City, as the morals of young Pedro are gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.

Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Alfonso Mejía, Roberto Cobo, Estela Inda, Miguel Inclán

Votes: 22,011

39. The Strawberry Statement (1970)

R | 109 min | Drama, Romance

An apolitical college student joins a group of campus protesters to meet girls but gets swept up in their cause and involved in a violent confrontation with police.

Director: Stuart Hagmann | Stars: Bruce Davison, Kim Darby, Bud Cort, Murray MacLeod

Votes: 1,805 | Gross: $0.80M

40. The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996)

Unrated | 195 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Story of a woman who merely wished to be a loving wife, but always had to live the life of crime.

Stars: James Bowers, Alex Kingston, Daniel Craig, Trevyn McDowell

Votes: 1,417

41. The Simple-Minded Murderer (1982)

108 min | Drama

A mentally challenged man escapes from his tyrannical master and finds happiness when a poor family takes him in.

Director: Hans Alfredson | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Maria Johansson, Hans Alfredson, Per Myrberg

Votes: 3,712

42. Bhavesh Joshi Superhero (2018)

Not Rated | 154 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The origin story of Bhavesh Joshi, an Indian superhero, who sets out to fulfill his slain friend's wish to clean and reform the country, by training himself to fight and wearing a mask.

Director: Vikramaditya Motwane | Stars: Harshvardhan Kapoor, Priyanshu Painyuli, Ashish Verma, Shreiyah Sabharwal

Votes: 10,262

43. The Century of the Self (2002)

59 min | Documentary

A documentary about the rise of psychoanalysis as a powerful means of persuasion for both governments and corporations.

Stars: Adam Curtis, Robert Reich, Ann Bernays, Alfred Pritz

Votes: 6,362

44. Cartel Land (2015)

R | 100 min | Documentary

Filmmaker Matthew Heineman examines the state of the ongoing drug problem along the U.S.-Mexican border.

Director: Matthew Heineman | Stars: Tim Foley, José Manuel 'El Doctor' Mireles, Paco Valencia, Chaneque

Votes: 18,829 | Gross: $0.70M

45. My Name Is Joe (1998)

R | 105 min | Drama, Romance

Two thirty-somethings, unemployed former alcoholic Joe and community health worker Sarah, begin a romantic relationship in one of Glasgow''s toughest neighborhoods.

Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Peter Mullan, Louise Goodall, Gary Lewis, Lorraine McIntosh

Votes: 8,912 | Gross: $0.35M

46. My Husband Won't Fit (2019– )

TV-MA | 40 min | Drama, Romance

A couple's relationship is threatened by an unusual problem.

Stars: Aoi Nakamura, Natsumi Ishibashi, Mariko Tsutsui, Satoru Matsuo

Votes: 986

47. Bushman (1971)

73 min | Drama

In 1968's tumult, a Nigerian student in San Francisco experiences clashing cultures and elucidates society's ineptitude at living humanely.

Director: David Schickele | Stars: Paul Eyam Nzie Okpokam, Mike Slye, Elaine Featherstone, Lothario Lotho

Votes: 62

48. Les misérables (2000)

400 min | Drama, History

The scene is set during the French Restoration at the beginning of the 19th century. Jean Valjean, a galley slave who was sent to prison for stealing food, is now released after serving ... See full summary »

Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Christian Clavier, John Malkovich, Virginie Ledoyen

Votes: 4,569

49. Mutant Action (1993)

93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

In a future ruled by attractive people, mutant terrorists kidnap a rich man's daughter to claim rights for the ugly. Escaping police, the mutant leader crashes into a planet of crazy miners where no women live.

Director: Álex de la Iglesia | Stars: Antonio Resines, Álex Angulo, Frédérique Feder, Juan Viadas

Votes: 5,786

50. Under Pressure (2017– )

60 min | Drama, Thriller

A medical drama series portraying patient-doctor dramas in a substandard hospital in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro.

Stars: Júlio Andrade, Marjorie Estiano, Bruno Garcia, Pablo Sanábio

Votes: 690