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1. 13th (2016)
TV-MA | 100 min | Documentary, Crime, History
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: Melina Abdullah, Michelle Alexander, Cory Booker, Dolores Canales
Votes: 37,683
2. Can't Get You Out of My Head (2021)
80 min | Documentary, History
Love, power, money, ghosts of empire, conspiracies, artificial intelligence and You. An emotional history of the modern world by Adam Curtis.
Star: Adam Curtis
Votes: 2,360
3. The Edukators (2004)
R | 127 min | Drama, Romance
Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.
Director: Hans Weingartner | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Julia Jentsch, Stipe Erceg, Burghart Klaußner
Votes: 32,380 | Gross: $0.18M
4. La Commune (Paris, 1871) (2000)
345 min | Drama, History, War
In this war drama blurring the lines between documentary and fiction, the working class and the bourgeoisie of 19th century Paris are interviewed and covered on television, before and during a tragic workers' class revolt.
Director: Peter Watkins | Stars: Eliane Annie Adalto, Pierre Barbieux, Bernard Bombeau, Maylis Bouffartigue
Votes: 1,336
5. Period. End of Sentence. (2018)
TV-PG | 26 min | Documentary, Short
Indian women fight the stigma surrounding menstruation and begin manufacturing sanitary pads.
Director: Rayka Zehtabchi | Stars: Ajeya, Anita, Gouri Choudari, Healthy Emmie
Votes: 6,557
6. Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)
Not Rated | 167 min | Documentary, Biography, War
A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's role in modern propaganda.
Directors: Mark Achbar, Peter Wintonick | Stars: Noam Chomsky, Mark Achbar, Karin Aguilar-San Juan, Paul Andrews
Votes: 4,936
7. The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel (2020)
105 min | Documentary
Exposes how companies are desperately rebranding as socially responsible - and how that threatens democratic freedoms.
Directors: Jennifer Abbott, Joel Bakan | Stars: Anjali Appadurai, Chris Barrett, Heidi Boghosian, Wendy Brown
Votes: 647
8. Sambizanga (1972)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama
A man is wrongfully arrested and tortured to death after he is suspected of being part of a revolutionary group.
Director: Sarah Maldoror | Stars: Elisa Andrade, Domingos de Oliveira, Jean M'Vondo, Dino Abelino
Votes: 774
9. Goya - oder Der arge Weg der Erkenntnis (1971)
136 min | Drama
As a painter in the court of King Carlos IV, Goya - played by the great Lithuanian actor Donatas Banionis (The Red Tent, Solaris) - has attained wealth and reputation. He believes in King ... See full summary »
Director: Konrad Wolf | Stars: Donatas Banionis, Olivera Katarina, Fred Düren, Tatyana Lolova
Votes: 382
10. Whose Streets? (2017)
R | 102 min | Documentary
An unflinching look at how the police killing of 18-year-old Mike Brown inspired a community to fight back and sparked a global movement.
Directors: Sabaah Folayan, Damon Davis | Stars: Lezley McSpadden, Michael Brown Sr., David Whitt, Montague Simmons
Votes: 1,411 | Gross: $0.18M
11. The Zero Hour (2010)
100 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
The Zero Hour is a gritty, fast-paced heist film. Set in Caracas during the 24 hours of a controversial medical strike, the film tells the story of Parca (The Reaper) a feared hit man that ... See full summary »
Director: Diego Velasco | Stars: Zapata 666, Amanda Key, Erich Wildpret, Laureano Olivares
Votes: 1,257
12. Project Power (2014)
102 min | Documentary, Drama
A group of everyday citizens take on the provincial government of New Brunswick over a historical attempt to privatize the publicly owned crown corporation, New Brunswick Power.
Director: Jon Mann | Star: Raj Patel
Votes: 22
13. Cured (2020)
80 min | Documentary
"Cured" takes viewers inside the campaign that led to a pivotal yet largely unknown moment in the struggle for LGBT equality: the American Psychiatric Association's 1973 decision to remove ... See full summary »
Directors: Patrick Sammon, Bennett Singer | Stars: Harry Adamson, Gary Alinder, Irving Bieber, Robert Campbell
Votes: 167
14. Bringing Down a Dictator (2002 TV Movie)
TV-G | 56 min | Documentary
A student group called Otpor! ("Resistance!" in Serbian) forms part of the nonviolent opposition movement that toppled the regime of Slobodan Milosevic.
Director: Steve York | Stars: Shahla Arasteh, Zoran Djindjic, Robert Helvey, Vojislav Kostunica
Votes: 92
15. Senses of Cinema (2022)
89 min | Documentary, History
This history of the co-op film movements of Sydney and Melbourne comes from two of the major figures in Australian documentary who were intimately involved in the filmmaking groundswell ... See full summary »
Directors: John Hughes, Tom Zubrycki | Stars: Martha Ansara, Gillian Armstrong, Richard Brennan, Bryan Brown
Votes: 12
16. Blood from a Stone (I) (2011)
98 min | Drama
The day his bank refuses to finance him, Georges will do everything he can to save his shipyard and his employees.
Director: Jacques Maillot | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Maud Wyler, Yann Trégouët, Alain Beigel
Votes: 260
17. Lives Worth Living (2011)
60 min | Documentary, History
Director: Eric Neudel | Stars: Marca Bristo, William Bronston, Dale Bumpers, George Bush
Votes: 33
18. The Last Child: The Global Race to End Polio (2004 TV Movie)
G | 56 min | Documentary, History
From the frontlines in Nigeria, India, Haiti and elsewhere, "The Last Child" takes you behind the scenes where you'll witness the victories and challenges of trying to wipe out a disease for only the second time in history.
Director: Scott Thigpen
Votes: 9
19. Voto + fusil (1971)
70 min | Drama
During the election that finally brought Salvador Allende to power, the volatility of the left-wing spectrum was evident in Chile.
Director: Helvio Soto | Stars: Leonardo Perucci, Marcelo Romo, Patricia Guzmán, Jorge Guerra
Votes: 31
20. Die gläserne Fackel (1989– )
615 min | Drama, History
Stars: Walter Plathe, Walfriede Schmitt, Renate Blume, Alfred Müller
Votes: 18
21. Made in Pakistan (2009)
56 min | Documentary
MADE IN PAKISTAN is an insider's look into "The Most Dangerous Country in the World" as labeled by a cover story in Newsweek Oct 29th 2007. The documentary follows the lives of four ... See full summary »
Director: Nasir Khan
Votes: 40
22. Hugo Blanco, Deep River (2019)
109 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Portrait of Hugo Blanco, the 'Peruvian Che Guevara". A mythical peasant leader and famous Trotskyist "guerrilla fighter" who preferred to encourage self- government and to become an anonymous: Hugo Indio.
Director: Malena Martinez | Star: Hugo Blanco Galdos
Votes: 14
23. One Story (2013)
85 min | Drama
Third-generation Mexican teenagers Angie and Josh Navarro from Laguna Beach's upper class estates, are forced to move into their grandparent's house in the barrio. It is there they will ... See full summary »
Director: Clint Nitkiewicz Hernandez | Stars: Jessie Nickson, Tadie Acosta, Manny Alvarez Jr., Martin J. Ayala
24. Modesta (1955)
35 min | Short, Drama
A barrio woman's rebellion against her abusive husband blossoms into a full-fledged movement when other women from her community join in the fight against oppression.
Director: Benjamin Doniger | Stars: Antonia Hidalgo, Juan Ortiz Jiménez, Barrio Sonadora Community
Votes: 105
25. Public House (2015)
120 min | Documentary
Experimental exploration of The Ivy House pub in Peckham, which was sold to developers as part of the gentrification of South London.
Director: Sarah Turner
26. Taiwanese School: The Experiment of Sergei Eisenstein's Montage Theory (2009)
Not Rated | 3 min | Short, Biography, Drama
Taiwanese School: The Experiment of Sergei Eisenstein's Montage Theory is a film featuring Sergei Eisenstein 's montage art and revolutionary spirit, 'unification of society' as its theme. ... See full summary »
Director: Ryota Nakanishi | Stars: Xianling Chen, Su Yusan, Nikolay Cherkasov, Sergei Eisenstein
Votes: 724
27. Superior People (1995)
Documentary, Short
28. Historia de un movimiento (2023)
97 min | Documentary
A group of friends remember how their participation in the student movement #YoSoy132 was a seed for other social movements such as Ayotzinapa.
Director: Eduardo Velasco | Stars: Diego Alberico, Fernando Cuautle, Fernanda Echevarría, Belén Mercado
29. Youth Marches On (1938)
Approved | 20 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary about the Oxford Group, a propagandist spiritual-movement, for young men and women, with its origins in England. Their message was a cheery exposition of brotherhood and ... See full summary »
Director: Dick Bird | Stars: Eric Parfit, Earle Beattie, Cecil Broadhurst, Paul Campbell
30. To the Moon (III) (2013)
85 min | Documentary, Adventure, Comedy
To the Moon is a coming-of-age story about a cross-country adventure for a better future. In the summer of 2012, 18 college students decided to travel from California to Massachusetts by ... See full summary »
Director: Emma Thatcher
32. A Voz da Ponta (2003 Video)
Documentary
A group of community leaders in Rio manages to take part in the World Social Forum, where progressive leaders will be discussing their future.
Directors: Daniela Broitman, Fernando Salis | Stars: Noam Chomsky, Benedita da Silva, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, José Dirceu
Votes: 6
34. One Summer in New Paltz: A Cautionary Tale (2008)
54 min | Documentary
President Bush's call for an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to enshrine a heterosexual definition of marriage ignited a wave of civil disobedience same-sex marriages ... See full summary »
Director: Nancy Nicol
35. Guatemala En Reconstrucción (2007 Video)
26 min | Documentary, Short
Kim Tzuk Pop movement is an instance of political articulation and programmatic Nongovernmental Organizations, and committed to the processes of social, economic, political and cultural transformation in Guatemala.
Director: Annia García
36. Mai 68 (1968 TV Movie)
98 min | Documentary
Directors: Guy Demoy, Francis Espressade, André Harris, Alain de Sedouy, Jean-Paul Thomas | Stars: Recteur Capelle, Olivier Castro, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, André Fanton
37. Volem rien foutre al païs (2006)
107 min | Documentary
Directors: Pierre Carles, Christophe Coello, Stéphane Goxe | Star: Ada Colau
Votes: 96
38. RePresente (2020)
60 min | Documentary
Argentina's social movements generate viable alternatives of economies and human relations within a crisis-ridden, exploitative, neoliberal and neo-colonial economic system. RePresente is a... See full summary »
Directors: Dario Farcy, Bettina Müller, Joana Splieth, Tina Wilke
39. Cracks in the patriarchy (2020)
77 min | Documentary
A documentary illustrated from seven perspectives about the multi-faceted struggles of the Buenos Aires LGBTQI+ Community.
Directors: Cagdas Celtikli, Kai Münch | Stars: Ezequiel Bassa, María Gutierrez, Constance Majdalani, Carlos Alvarez Nazareno
40.
The Styxhexenhammer666 Channel (2010– )
Episode:
Thoughts on the Fat Acceptance Movement
(2016)
News
Styx says nix to the fat-acceptance movement.
Star: Styxhexenhammer666
41. Newen Mapuche, la fuerza de la gente de la tierra (2011)
125 min | Documentary
Director: Elena Varela López
Votes: 11
42. O Pontal do Paranapanema (2005)
52 min | Documentary
Historical documentary about the violent land occupation that took place in the western region of the wealthy state of São Paulo over the past century.
Director: Chico Guariba
43. Love is Over (2017)
48 min | Documentary
"Love is Over" is a documentary about June 2013 protests in Brazil aiming to refresh our own memories of struggle by listening to the stories from another part of the world from the view point of a Gezi protestor from Turkey.
Director: Mert Kaya
Votes: 24
44. ¿Sería Buenos Aires? (2006)
47 min | Documentary
A universal story that touches upon many of the themes that cross the modern world we live in: dislocation of people, destruction of their dreams overnight by crises they are not responsible for and their efforts to survive.
Director: Xavier Satorra Larriba | Stars: Tomás Abraham, Anonymous, Andres Blanco, Luis Caro
45. The Working Class on Film (1975)
14 min | Documentary, Short, History
Discusses the documentary film movements inspired in England in the 1930s and in Canada in the 1940's by John Grierson whose idea was to portray the working class. Traces the development of this idea over the past 50 years.
Director: Susan Schouten
46. Sonhos Brasileiros (1991)
57 min | Documentary
The documentary explores social movements in Brazil, taking viewers on a journey from feminist activists in the slums of Sao Paulo to the militants of the Partido dos Trabalhadores, and to ... See full summary »
Stars: Marta Baiano, Zé Carratú, Caitlin Manning, Chico Mendes
47. Godspeed Taiwan (2013)
60 min | Documentary
Godspeed Taiwan is an experimental mid-length documentary that explores the history of Taiwan through an outsider, 21st political lens. Taiwan is the the only modern democracy not ... See full summary »
Directors: Kai Boydell, Jeff Broadway | Stars: Shinzo Abe, Peng Ming-min, Lee Teng-hui, Nien-Jen Wu
48. We V Machine: Alive (2011 Music Video)
5 min | Animation, Music
Director: James Durkin | Stars: We v Machine, John Hetherington, Graham Wilkes, Nic Marsden
49.
Outreach Connection (2007– )
Episode:
'Veterans Victorious' Program
(2009)
Unrated | Talk-Show
Dr. Debra Peppers, host of the "Outreach Connection" show with friends from the "Veterans Victorious " program Rick Haynes and Gary Schluckebier. Reverend Dr. Gary E. Schluckebier Associate... See full summary »
Director: Donette Douglas | Stars: Debra Peppers, Gary Schluckebier
50.
Fault Lines (2009– )
Episode:
History of an Occupation
(2012)
Documentary, News
Stars: Josh Boss, Lisa Fithian, David Graeber, Manissa Maharawal