social activism movies

Noble (2014)
6.515 / 10

Drama

Christina Noble overcomes the harsh difficulties of her childhood in Ireland to discover her destiny on the streets of Saigon. A true story.

Boycott (2001)
6.6 / 10

History, Drama, TV Movie

This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Nothing Compares (2022)
7.897 / 10

Documentary, Music, Drama

Since the beginning of her career, Sinéad O’Connor has used her powerful voice to challenge the narratives she was surrounded by while growing up...

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012)
7 / 10

Documentary

An account of the many tribulations that Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, known for his subversive art and political activism, endured between 2008 and...

Drop Squad (1994)
2.8 / 10

Drama, Comedy

Controversial film about an underground organization that kidnaps and 'deprograms' African Americans who sell out or deny their cultural heritage....

Emma Mae (1976)
6 / 10

Comedy, Drama, Romance

A naive young woman moves from the South to stay with her aunt and uncle in Compton. As an outsider, she struggles at first to find her footing, but...

Beyond Barricades (2020)
8 / 10

Music, Documentary

Beyond Barricades is a documentary on political punk band Anti-Flag, featuring interviews with Tom Morello, Billy Bragg, Tim McIlrath, Brian Baker &...

The Monopoly of Violence (2020)
7.3 / 10

Documentary

As anger and resentment grow in the face of social inequalities, many citizens-led protests are being repressed with an ever-increasing violence. In...

Aarakshan (2011)
6.054 / 10

Drama, Thriller

The decision by India's supreme court to establish caste-based reservations for jobs in education causes conflict between a teacher and his mentor.

Freedom Downtime (2001)
7.1 / 10

Documentary

A feature-length documentary about the Free Kevin movement and the hacker world.

Paper City (2021)
8 / 10

Documentary

Just after midnight on 10 March 1945, the US launched an air-based attack on eastern Tokyo; continuing until morning, the raid left more than 100,000...

A Good Day to Die (2010)
6.5 / 10

History, Documentary

Interviews and archival footage profile the life of Dennis Banks, American Indian Movement leader who looks back at his early life and the rise of...

The Yes Men Are Revolting (2014)
7.1 / 10

Documentary

Activist-pranksters Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonnano pull the rug out from under mega-corporations, government officials and a complacent media in a...

Then Barbara Met Alan (2022)
6.6 / 10

Drama

The untold disability civil-rights love story of two cabaret performers, Barbara and Alan, who met at a gig, fell in love, and became the driving...

The Brave Class (2017)
6.7 / 10

Documentary

Three college students start a social experiment to prove that reality changes according to the words we use to describe it. Through research,...

Nimir (2018)
6 / 10

Comedy, Thriller

An amiable photographer in a small-town, who is nursing a breakup, unwittingly becomes embroiled in a street brawl that turns him into a man obsessed...

Les Champs de la colère (2017)
8 / 10

Documentary, Drama

Windflowers (1968)
0 / 10

Drama

Arthouse portraiture of a disestablishmentarian during his six-year draft dodge.

Spain: A Country Divided (2022)
3 / 10

Documentary, TV Movie

Obsessively referring to the traumas and wounds that the Spanish civil war (1936-39) and Franco's dictatorship (1939-75) caused in their day no...

Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home (2012)
6.4 / 10

Documentary

Los Angeles' Skid Row is home to one of the largest homeless populations in the United States. And we found, inside that community, the remarkable...