social justice movies

Serpico (1973)
7.541 / 10

Crime, Drama

Frank Serpico is an idealistic New York City cop who refuses to take bribes, unlike the rest of the force. His actions get Frank shunned by the other...

Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles (2019)
6.985 / 10

Animation, Drama, History

Paris, 1930. Luis Buñuel is penniless after the scandal surrounding the release of his last movie. Sculptor Ramón Acín, a good friend, buys a...

The Legend of Billie Jean (1985)
6.536 / 10

Action, Comedy, Drama

Average Texas teen, Billie Jean Davy, is caught up in an odd fight for justice. She is usually followed and harrased around by local boys, who, one...

There's Something in the Water (2019)
7.2 / 10

Documentary

Elliot Page brings attention to the injustices and injuries caused by environmental racism in his home province, in this urgent documentary on...

Bankrolled (2021)
5.6 / 10

Comedy

While blind drunk, two unemployed millennials entrepreneurs drunkenly post a video pitch about their revolutionary app to a crowdfunding site. When...

Batti Gul Meter Chalu (2018)
6.023 / 10

Comedy, Drama

The life of three friends takes a tragic turn due to an inflated electricity bill, which leads to a courtroom drama and social awakening.

Cotton Wool (2017)
6 / 10

Drama

A single mother suffers a devastating stroke leaving her teenage daughter and 7-year-old son to care for her, testing the family's strength to hold...

Black Thoughts (2020)
1 / 10

Documentary

A man that is a stranger, is an incredibly easy man to hate. However, walking in a stranger’s shoes, even for a short while, can transform a...

#Shakespeare's Shitstorm (2020)
6.2 / 10

Comedy, Horror

Mad scientist Prospero runs away with his blind daughter Miranda to Tromaville, hiding from evil pharmaceutical execs, including his own sister...

The Pulpit - Prelude (2022)
0 / 10

Drama, Thriller, Crime

When a progressive, midwestern pastor's life is threatened by extremists, she must answer to a gang of interrogating FBI Agents as she reels from the...

Phoolan (1969)
10 / 10

Documentary

Phoolan is a documentary film about the extraordinary life of a village girl, gang-rape survivor, bandit leader, and finally parliamentarian. This is...

Aruvi (2017)
7.5 / 10

Drama

A gentle girl born and brought up amidst the ever growing eco-social-consumeristic environment finds it difficult to fit in the society. She decides...

The Judge (2017)
6.1 / 10

A verité legal drama about Judge Kholoud Al-Faqih, the first woman appointed to a Shari'a court in the Middle East, whose career provides rare...

The Cabin in the Cotton (1932)
6.389 / 10

Drama

Sharecropper's son Marvin tries to help his community overcome poverty and ignorance.

The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel (2020)
7.1 / 10

Documentary

Exposes how companies are desperately rebranding as socially responsible — and how that threatens democratic freedoms.

The Final Year (2018)
7.1 / 10

Documentary

Featuring unprecedented access inside the White House and State Department, The Final Year offers an uncompromising view of the inner workings of the...

Big Brother: A World Under Surveillance (2020)
7.7 / 10

Documentary

Under the pretext of fighting terrorism or crime, the major powers have embarked on a dangerous race for surveillance technologies. Facial...

Tinkebell - Who Killed the Blue Bird? (2024)
0 / 10

Documentary

Artist Katinka Simonse, alias Tinkebell, is a controversial, very mediagenic phenomenon. In her universe there is no distinction between life, art...

Riotsville, USA (2022)
6.2 / 10

Documentary, History

An archival documentary about the U.S. military’s response to the political and racial injustices of the late 1960s: take a military base, build a...

Perianayaki (2022)
0 / 10

Drama

Fifty-six-year-old Perianayaki contends with the difficulties of fitting into her new home, especially at the local supermarket where she works....