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Kanopy
89
8.1
/74150/
78
/1157/
79
/842/
4.4
/108952/
99
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95
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96
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The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Paratrooper commander Colonel Mathieu, a former French Resistance fighter during World War II, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings of the Algerian War. There he faces Ali la Pointe, a former petty criminal who, as the leader of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale, directs terror strategies against the colonial French government occupation. As each side resorts to ever-increasing brutality, no violent act is too unthinkable.
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Kanopy
84
7.8
/66872/
74
/1360/
75
/1189/
4.1
/122194/
96
/56/
90
/1589/

Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
A few decades after the destruction of the Inca Empire, a Spanish expedition led by the infamous Aguirre leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon River in search of the lost city of El Dorado. When great difficulties arise, Aguirre’s men start to wonder whether their quest will lead them to prosperity or certain death.
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81
7.3
/1106/
73
/29/
67
/35/
3.8
/1923/
100
/41/
80
/36/

Sugar Cane Alley (1983)
Martinique, in the early 1930s. Young José and his grandmother live in a small village. Nearly everyone works cutting cane and barely earning a living. The overseer can fine a worker for the smallest infraction. The way to advance is to do well in school. José studies hard and succeeds in an exam allowing him to attend school in the capital. With only a partial scholarship, the tuition is very costly. José and his grandmother move to Fort-de-France to make José's studies easier...
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Criterion Channel
79
7.7
/6623/
75
/118/
72
/104/
4.1
/9863/
78
/9/
89
/20/

State of Siege (1972)
Using the interrogation of a US counterinsurgency agent as a backdrop, the film explores the consequences of the struggle between Uruguay's government and the leftist Tupamaro guerrillas.
poster
79
7.3
/154733/
71
/2891/
69
/1646/
3.6
/54345/
83
/189/
82
/7483/
82
/39/
cc age 16+

The Constant Gardener (2005)
Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife Tessa is killed he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a very dangerous conspiracy.
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Fandor
78
7.4
/3852/
72
/121/
67
/47/
3.6
/2473/
92
/59/
87
/211/
77
/23/

The Weather Underground (2002)
The remarkable story of The Weather Underground, radical activists of the 1970s, and of radical politics at its best and most disastrous.
poster
76
7.4
/1869/
78
/100/
73
/77/
3.8
/33567/
80
/5/
78
/12/

Hour of the Star (1985)
Macabéa has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. She gets a job as a typist and moves into a boarding house with three other women. In her spare time, she listens to a radio station called Time; on Sundays, she likes to ride the metro. Then she meets Olímpico, a northeasterner like herself, who has dreams of becoming a congressman.
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MUBI
76
7.4
/9611/
70
/163/
69
/164/
3.7
/13964/
88
/60/
84
/366/
79
/22/

The Five Obstructions (2003)
In 1967, experimental filmmaker Jorgen Leth created a striking short film, The Perfect Human, starring a man and women sitting in a box while a narrator poses questions about their relationship and humanity. Years later, Danish director Lars von Trier made a deal with Leth to remake his film five times, each under a different set of circumstances and with von Trier's strictly prescribed rules. As Leth completes each challenge, von Trier creates increasingly further elaborate stipulations.
poster
73
7.0
/7000/
71
/167/
62
/86/
3.7
/10712/
83
/36/
80
/126/
74
/7/

Barcelona (1994)
During the 1980s, uptight Ted Boynton is a salesman working in the Barcelona office of a Chicago-based company. He receives an unexpected visit from his cousin Fred, a naval officer who has come to Spain on a public relations mission for a U.S. fleet. Not exactly friends in the past, Ted and Fred strike up relationships with women in the Spanish city and experience conflicts -- Ted with his employer, and Fred with the Barcelona community.
poster
72
6.9
/2543/
66
/33/
58
/31/
3.5
/862/
80
/15/
75
/18/

The Legend of Rita (2000)
Radical West German terrorist Rita Vogt abandons the revolution and settles in East Germany with a new identity provided by the secret service. She lives in constant fear of having her cover blown, which unavoidably happens after the reunification.
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Criterion Channel
77
71
7.2
/6149/
72
/154/
71
/163/
3.8
/28278/
100
/15/
79
/54/
74
/6/

Black God, White Devil (1964)
Wanted for killing his boss, Manuel flees with his wife Rosa to the sertão, the barren landscape of Northern Brazil. Thrust into a primordial violent region, Manuel and Rosa come under the influence and control of a series of frightening figures.
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Amazon Prime Video
71
6.8
/6219/
68
/145/
69
/97/
3.4
/1822/
87
/83/
67
/269/
68
/26/

The Yes Men (2003)
A comic, biting and revelatory documentary following a small group of prankster activists as they gain worldwide notoriety for impersonating the World Trade Organization (WTO) on television and at business conferences around the world.
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75
68
7.1
/5876/
72
/87/
69
/110/
3.8
/5424/
82
/11/
85
/140/
76
/15/

Cyclo (1995)
Follows a young cyclo driver on his poverty-driven descent into criminality in modern-day Ho Chi Minh City. The boy's struggles to scratch out a living for his two sisters and grandfather in the mean streets of the city lead to petty crime on behalf of a mysterious Madame from whom he rents his cyclo.
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Netflix
80
68
8.1
/2366/
77
/89/
73
/48/
3.9
/3199/
85
/13/
97
/588/
73
/6/

The Two Escobars (2010)
Pablo Escobar was the richest, most powerful drug kingpin in the world, ruling the Medellin Cartel with an iron fist. Andres Escobar was the biggest soccer star in Colombia. The two were not related, but their fates were inextricably-and fatally-intertwined. Pablo's drug money had turned Andres' national team into South American champions, favored to win the 1994 World Cup in Los Angeles. It was there, in a game against the U.S., that Andres committed one of the most shocking mistakes in soccer history, scoring an "own goal" that eliminated his team from the competition and ultimately cost him his life. The Two Escobars is a riveting examination of the intersection of sports, crime, and politics.
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Kanopy
68
6.7
/11731/
67
/262/
61
/128/
3.3
/21595/
68
/28/
68
/254/
63
/20/

SubUrbia (1997)
A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.
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MGM Plus
66
7.2
/9298/
72
/279/
73
/175/
3.7
/9912/
56
/9/
81
/197/
57
/13/

Powaqqatsi (1988)
An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.
poster
73
61
7.3
/3934/
75
/114/
73
/121/
3.9
/17009/
60
/5/
81
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Entranced Earth (1967)
Eldorado, a fictitious country in America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the jaded journalist Paulo Martins opposes two equally corrupt political candidates: a pseudopopulist and a conservative. In this context, Paulo is torn between the madness of the elite and the blind submission of the masses. But, in this complex tropical reality, nothing really is what it seems to be.
poster
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6.4
/29645/
65
/537/
64
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3.0
/5216/
14
/102/
72
/1150/
32
/31/
cc age 18+

Beyond Borders (2003)
Sarah Jordan, an American living in London in 1984, is married to the son of a wealthy British industrialist. She encounters Nick Callahan, a renegade doctor, whose impassioned plea for help to support his relief efforts in war-torn Africa moves her deeply. As a result, Sarah embarks upon a journey of discovery that leads to danger, heartbreak and romance in the far corners of the world.
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Kanopy
69
50
6.3
/1840/
60
/93/
67
/68/
3.4
/9956/
88
/52/
72
/4/
71
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Disco Boy (2023)
After a painful journey through Europe, Aleksei, a Belarusian, joins the Foreign Legion in France and clings to a confused hope of a European identity. Jomo, a Nigerian, fights for the survival and durability of his people in the Niger Delta and is ready to die to defend his ideas. These two young people who are sacrificed and smashed together will, against all odds, meet and their destinies will merge to continue across borders, bodies, life and death...
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Kanopy
68
50
7.2
/2270/
67
/48/
72
/29/
3.6
/1477/
63
/8/
74
/32/
58
/4/

The Red Chapel (2010)
Two Danish comedians join the director on a trip to North Korea, where they have been allowed access under the pretext of wanting to perform a vaudeville act.
poster
74
46
7.6
/733/
75
/21/
56
/12/
83
/24/
87
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68
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Bhutto (2010)
BHUTTO is the definitive documentary that chronicles the life of one of the most complex and fascinating characters of our time. Hers is an epic tale of Shakespearean dimension. It’s the story of the first woman in history to lead a Muslim nation: Pakistan. Newsweek called it the most dangerous place in the world, and the home of nuclear war heads and the Taliban.
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Kanopy
78
39
7.9
/1083/
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/11/
80
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93
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79
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76
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Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders (2008)
In the war-zones of Liberia and Congo, four volunteers with Doctors Without Borders struggle to provide emergency medical care under extreme conditions. With different levels of experience, each volunteer must find their own way to face the challenges, the tough choices, and the limits of their idealism. "Living in Emergency" is a window into the seldom portrayed and less-than glamorous side of humanitarian aid work. It explores a world that is challenging, complex, and fraught with dilemmas - the struggles, both internal and external, that aid workers face when working in war zones and other difficult contexts.
poster
72
38
7.4
/1762/
79
/41/
75
/35/
3.5
/275/
65
/330/

Let's Make Money (2008)
Let’s Make Money is an Austrian documentary by Erwin Wagenhofer released in the year 2008. It is about aspects of the development of the world wide financial system.
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Amazon Prime Video
65
37
5.3
/642/
47
/13/
46
/12/
3.1
/263/
94
/71/
92
/2245/

The Kidnapping of the President (1980)
A South American quasi-revolutionary/guerilla/terrorist and a misled, admiring girl compatriot manage to kidnap the U.S. President during a diplomatic visit to Toronto.
poster
55
35
6.1
/855/
53
/22/
55
/19/
59
/17/
51
/37/
54
/8/

Empire of Silver (2009)
In 1899, Lord Kang must decide which of his three sons will take over his family's Chinese banking empire. When circumstances dictate that he appoint his unreliable youngest son, family bonds are pushed to the limit as father and son clash in a climate of political turmoil. Winner of the Special Jury Award at the 2009 Shanghai International Film Festival.
poster
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33
6.9
/1135/
62
/23/
68
/91/
3.5
/949/

Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? (1968)
A rich businessman is fed up with work, family, society, and goes with his accountant to Africa, in search of his brother-in-law who had vanished there in mysterious circumstances. They will find him alright - as a tribal chief, surrounded with lots of topless, shapely wives. They are going to return to civilisation, but will their friend come with them?
poster
62
32
6.3
/506/
54
/14/
59
/28/
3.6
/2170/

The Lion Has Seven Heads (1971)
A white-robed preacher wanders and sermonizes across African lands; European communists and CIA spies conspire out of mutual self-interest to engineer the appointment of an African bourgeois to a puppet government presidency; and a revolutionary group marches in exile.
poster
61
32
6.3
/775/
65
/56/
57
/43/
3.7
/36220/
48
/5/

Stolen Dreams (2009)
Jessica, Sabrina and Daiane have dreams, just like all young people of any social class or place in the world. They live in a low-income neighborhood in the periphery of Rio de Janeiro and find in prostitution a way to survive and satisfy their consumer desires. However, even faced with the trials of absolute uncertainty and lack of hope, Jessica, Sabrina and Daiane insist on loving, having fun and planning their future.
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Kanopy
70
31
7.4
/480/
69
/11/
79
/10/
52
/23/
76
/37/

The End of Poverty? (2008)
The End of Poverty? asks if the true causes of poverty today stem from a deliberate orchestration since colonial times which has evolved into our modern system whereby wealthy nations exploit the poor. People living and fighting against poverty answer condemning colonialism and its consequences; land grab, exploitation of natural resources, debt, free markets, demand for corporate profits and the evolution of an economic system in in which 25% of the world's population consumes 85% of its wealth. Featuring Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen and Joseph Stiglitz, authors/activist Susan George, Eric Toussaint, Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera and more.
poster
76
28
8.0
/316/
74
/19/
73
/10/
4.0
/3510/

Babilônia 2000 (2001)
Documentary on poor people living in a slum in Rio de Janeiro, on the occasion of New Year's Eve of 1999.
poster
68
27
7.0
/349/
58
/11/
70
/18/
3.7
/1541/

Toss Me a Dime (1958)
Everyday the children of the neighborhood known as "Tire Dié", in the city of Santa Fe, wait for the train to ask for money, shouting "Tire dié!" (toss me a dime!) to the passengers. Considered the first survey-on-film in Latin America.
poster
69
23
6.6
/596/
68
/6/
75
/16/
3.5
/1085/

Notes Towards an African Orestes (1975)
The director presents takes and scenes filmed on location in Africa for a film-that-never-was, a black Oresteia.
poster
61
22
6.2
/140/
43
/3/
47
/11/
88
/16/
69
/2/

Float (2007)
The story of a young painter from the Bahamas, Jonny Roberts, who travels to an exotic island to find inspiration but finds unexpected love and adventure in a complex and tortured Romeo.
poster
52
21
5.6
/1020/
56
/18/
57
/28/
3.1
/323/
29
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The Plague (1992)
In a city in South America an outbreak of bubonic plague occurs. While people try to flee and the military close the city, an idealistic doctor decides to stay and help the sick. In the ever-changing circumstances, he puts up a brave fight, being helped by others but also involving them without being able to control the situation.
poster
71
18
7.3
/563/
66
/9/
58
/14/
3.4
/306/
94
/15/

Binta and the Great Idea (2004)
Binta, a little girl from Senegal, tells us about the everyday life in her village, the importance of education for the girls, and about her father's great idea to make the world a better place.
poster
73
17
7.0
/186/
68
/6/
78
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3.6
/1157/
Popcorn
80
/4/

Five Times Favela (1962)
Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.
poster
39
15
5.3
/335/
50
/6/
36
/11/
43
/7/
16
/37/

Cooking With Stella (2010)
Inside the Canadian diplomatic compound in New Delhi, a mischievous cook affects the lives of her employers and fellow staff.
poster
68
13
6.9
/389/
70
/15/
61
/9/
74
/11/

2012: Time for Change (2010)
2012: Time For Change is a documentary feature that presents ways to transform our unsustainable society into a regenerative planetary culture. This can be achieved through a personal and global change of consciousness and the systemic implementation of ecological design.
poster
67
10
6.7
/263/
74
/9/
61
/11/
3.5
/363/
67
/3/

Dooman River (2010)
Chang-ho, 12, becomes friends with a North-Korean immigrant about the same age who just crossed the Dooman river, border between North-Korea and China. His mute sister and his wise grandfather accompany him through a series of misfortunes.
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?
6.8
/24/
100
/2/

Ebony Goddess: Queen of Ilê Aiyê (2010)
Ebony Goddess: Queen of Ilê Aiyê follows three women competing to be the carnival queen of Ilê Aiyê, a prominent and controversial Afro-Brazilian group with an all-black membership. The selection is based on Afro-centric notions of beauty, in counterpoint to prevailing standards of beauty in Brazil, a country famous for slim supermodels and plastic surgery. Contestants for the title of Ebony Goddess dress in flowing African-style garments, gracefully performing traditional Afro-Brazilian dances to songs praising the beauty of black women.
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?
20
/1/

Lovebug (2009)
In a technological utopia, a man and woman depend on artificial means to determine their love for each other.
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?
70
/2/
50
/1/

Battlefield (2011)
Due to social unrest in the streets of La Paz (Bolivia), the owner of a modest beauty salon in a suburb of the city and her family, are forced to spend a few days together trapped inside with two clients. As the hours go by,petty fights between the five of them will make the coexistence in the confined space insufferable, turning the beauty salon into an unexpected battlefield.
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?
6.7
/9/

Saving Levi (2009)
A baby is left to die in a field in China. An old man is the only one to care.
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?
7.7
/12/
60
/1/

Slave Warrior: The Beginning (2007)
A man travels back in time to fight slavery.
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?
10
/2/

Harraga (2009)
Harraga is an illegal immigrant who do it by land, by air or by sea. With no visa, nor passport. Out of the law (...) Yes, that's the key, outlaw ... but what happens when those harraga are kids?
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?
3.4
/31/
10
/1/

Cigarette (2005)
A young man learns a valuable lesson when he succumbs to peer pressure and attempts to smoke his first and last cigarette.
poster
?
9.1
/22/
100
/1/

Namaste Nepal (2009)
American high school students from the privileged Silicon Valley travel to Manang, Nepal in this documentary about how travel and life experiences can change personal perceptions. Together with a group of Manangi high schoolers, the students expand their cultural knowledge and experience a slice of life as a citizen of the globe.
poster
?
7.7
/9/

The Story of Walls (2009)
An absurdist history of trade protectionism. Throughout history, our world has allowed simple misunderstandings, greed, and an all-consuming love of nachos to divide us. To succeed as a people, we must understand that our success is based on our collective success. More importantly, we must also understand that there are enough nachos for everyone.


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