social justice movies

Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles (2019)
7 / 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...

Serpico (1973)
7.539 / 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...

The Legend of Billie Jean (1985)
6.538 / 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...

Bankrolled (2021)
5.55 / 10

Comedy

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

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...

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...

Aruvi (2017)
7.481 / 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 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.

Once Upon a Time in Venezuela (2020)
8.2 / 10

Documentary

Once upon a time, the Venezuelan village of Congo Mirador was prosperous, alive with fisherman and poets. Now it is decaying and disintegrating—a...

Circus of Life (2020)
8.8 / 10

Drama

A devout Muslim who writes, composes, and even records hymns praising the Prophet, Muhammad Rahat Khawaja is a respected elderly man who works in...

Dacait (1987)
4.8 / 10

Action, Crime, Drama

Arjun Yadav return from the city after completing his studies to get settled in his village with his family consisting of his mother Devi Chaudaran,...

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...

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 Messenger (2024)
0 / 10

Thriller, Drama

Fulfilling her work as a bailiff in Salvador, Íris delivers warrants and is often forced to execute orders that go directly against what she...

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.

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...

Nefarious: Merchant of Souls (2011)
6.2 / 10

Documentary

Travel across four continents, through 19 countries, and into dingy Cambodian karaoke bars, Amsterdam’s infamous red-light district, Moldovan...

Worthy (2018)
10 / 10

Drama, Crime

Fresh off a winning case that brought her unwanted internet fame, a rising ADA learns of the district's most respected judge allegedly assaulting her...

Atacada: la teoría del dolor (2015)
7.3 / 10

Thriller

A young woman is sexually assaulted by a powerful businessman, starting a public trial in which she will have to endure the abuse of those who do not...