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Kanopy
89
8.6
/859375/
85
/13610/
84
/7900/
4.6
/968169/
91
/163/
97
/15605/
79
/33/
cc age 18+

City of God (2002)
In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.
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Amazon Prime Video
89
8.5
/282422/
82
/4442/
82
/3937/
4.3
/247938/
98
/113/
95
/1798/
96
/4/
cc age 6+

Modern Times (1936)
A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time..
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Amazon Prime Video
88
8.2
/190355/
80
/2629/
81
/2559/
4.3
/246529/
99
/67/
94
/2155/
cc age 12+

Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to his work—gets stolen. His job is doomed unless he can find the thief. With the help of his son, Antonio combs the city, becoming desperate for justice.
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Hoopla
87
8.1
/107287/
76
/1434/
78
/1060/
4.2
/57195/
100
/49/
88
/1136/
96
/16/
cc age 12+

The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.
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Criterion Channel
87
8.2
/3523/
81
/163/
74
/64/
4.4
/17109/
100
/12/

Streetwise (1984)
This documentary about teenagers living on the streets in Seattle began as a magazine article. The film follows nine teenagers who discuss how they live by panhandling, prostitution, and petty theft.
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The Roku Channel
86
8.2
/82297/
78
/3297/
77
/999/
3.9
/28925/
98
/147/
91
/2237/
88
/27/

Inside Job (2010)
A film that exposes the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, Inside Job traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation and academia.
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Kanopy
85
7.7
/11591/
79
/261/
74
/197/
4.0
/27530/
100
/13/
89
/128/

The Official Story (1985)
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1983. In the last and turbulent days of the military dictatorship, Alicia, a high school history teacher, begins to ask uncomfortable questions about the dark origins of Gaby, her adopted daughter.
poster
84
8.2
/2705/
81
/74/
77
/53/
4.0
/1878/
98
/45/
92
/123/
81
/23/

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (2003)
Hugo Chavez was a colourful, unpredictable folk hero who was beloved by his nation’s working class. He was elected president of Venezuela in 1998, and proved to be a tough, quixotic opponent to the power structure that wanted to depose him. When he was forcibly removed from office on 11 April 2002, two independent filmmakers were inside the presidential palace.
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Netflix
82
7.6
/2945/
76
/123/
75
/34/
3.9
/8943/
100
/23/
87
/16/
cc age 15+

To Kill a Tiger (2023)
Ranjit, a farmer in India, takes on the fight of his life when he demands justice for his 13-year-old daughter, the victim of a brutal gang rape. His decision to support his daughter is virtually unheard of, and his journey unprecedented.
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fuboTV
82
7.5
/3275/
76
/207/
69
/42/
3.8
/8430/
100
/56/
87
/17/
87
/11/

Attica (2021)
Follows the largest prison uprising in US history, conducting dozens of new interviews with inmates, journalists, and other witnesses.
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Amazon Prime Video
82
7.6
/35456/
77
/1518/
78
/712/
4.0
/152992/
96
/71/
91
/56/
78
/11/
cc age 14+

Argentina 1985 (2022)
In the 1980s, a team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship in a battle against odds and a race against time.
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Kanopy
81
7.7
/7429/
75
/265/
72
/119/
4.0
/8639/
94
/72/
89
/396/
75
/25/

Dark Days (2000)
A cinematic portrait of the homeless population who live permanently in the underground tunnels of New York City.
poster
81
7.4
/26990/
73
/563/
71
/455/
3.8
/36339/
93
/132/
80
/421/
81
/36/

No (2012)
In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to Pinochet extending his rule for another eight years. Opposition leaders for the ‘No’ vote persuade a brash young advertising executive, René Saavedra, to spearhead their campaign. Against all odds, with scant resources and while under scrutiny by the despot’s minions, Saavedra and his team devise an audacious plan to win the election and set Chile free.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
81
8.4
/1962055/
81
/53015/
77
/23781/
3.8
/1793391/
87
/376/
90
/33846/
78
/45/
cc age 15+

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.
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Kanopy
80
8.0
/78065/
75
/1475/
73
/745/
3.7
/24185/
91
/216/
87
/19972/
74
/39/
cc age 14+

Sicko (2007)
A documentary about the corrupt health care system in The United States who's main goal is to make profit even if it means losing people’s lives. "The more people you deny health insurance the more money we make" is the business model for health care providers in America.
poster
80
7.4
/4070/
73
/79/
72
/101/
3.8
/2877/
80
/10/
84
/52/
83
/23/

Ladybird Ladybird (1994)
Maggie has had four children, by four different fathers, removed by social services because of a previous violent relationship. When she meets Jorge, a gentle Latin American refugee, she gradually sees her chance for happiness, but her history still haunts her.
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Kanopy
80
8.0
/10194/
82
/551/
77
/195/
3.8
/5864/
92
/25/
84
/71/
cc age 12+

Requiem for the American Dream (2015)
Through interviews filmed over four years, Noam Chomsky unpacks the principles that have brought us to the crossroads of historically unprecedented inequality – tracing a half-century of policies designed to favor the most wealthy at the expense of the majority – while also looking back on his own life of activism and political participation. He provides penetrating insight into what may well be the lasting legacy of our time – the death of the middle class, and swan song of functioning democracy.
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Hoopla
79
7.2
/18663/
68
/307/
67
/242/
3.8
/4698/
95
/106/
91
/1029/
78
/32/

Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)
Documentary depicting the lives of child prostitutes in the red light district of Songachi, Calcutta. Director Zana Briski went to photograph the prostitutes when she met and became friends with their children. Briski began giving photography lessons to the children and became aware that their photography might be a way for them to lead better lives.
poster
79
7.7
/25242/
74
/470/
72
/409/
3.9
/20397/
94
/35/
85
/269/
78
/10/
cc age 14+

Missing (1982)
Based on the real-life experiences of Ed Horman. A conservative American businessman travels to Chile to investigate the sudden disappearance of his son after a military takeover. Accompanied by his son's wife he uncovers a trail of cover-ups that implicate the US State department which supports the dictatorship.
poster
79
7.9
/745736/
77
/23717/
74
/10021/
3.8
/493926/
90
/309/
82
/39344/
81
/36/
cc age 17+

District 9 (2009)
Thirty years ago, aliens arrive on Earth. Not to conquer or give aid, but to find refuge from their dying planet. Separated from humans in a South African area called District 9, the aliens are managed by Multi-National United, which is unconcerned with the aliens' welfare but will do anything to master their advanced technology. When a company field agent contracts a mysterious virus that begins to alter his DNA, there is only one place he can hide: District 9.
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Kanopy
82
78
7.6
/6492/
76
/210/
73
/161/
4.0
/15088/
100
/49/
84
/108/
91
/19/

Nostalgia for the Light (2010)
In Chile's Atacama Desert, astronomers peer deep into the cosmos in search for answers concerning the origins of life. Nearby, a group of women sift through the sand searching for body parts of loved ones, dumped unceremoniously by Pinochet's regime.
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Kanopy
77
7.2
/32201/
72
/534/
69
/334/
3.5
/11028/
82
/130/
86
/1673/
70
/35/
cc age 17+

Tsotsi (2005)
A young South African boy from the Johannesburg ghetto named Tsotsi, meaning Gangster, leaves home as a child to get away from his helpless parents. Now a teenage thug, Tsotsi finds a baby in the back seat of a car he's just stolen. He decides that it is his responsibility to care for the infant and in the process learns that maybe the criminal life isn’t the best way.
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MGM Plus
76
7.5
/498560/
75
/11394/
73
/6981/
3.7
/421631/
72
/210/
81
/11176/
72
/39/
cc age 17+

Gangs of New York (2002)
In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He knows that revenge can only be attained by infiltrating Cutting's inner circle. Vallon's journey becomes a fight for personal survival and to find a place for the Irish people.
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Kanopy
76
7.6
/3050/
77
/97/
69
/73/
3.9
/6053/
93
/46/
80
/10/
80
/18/

The Pearl Button (2015)
The ocean contains the history of all humanity. The sea holds all the voices of the earth and those that come from outer space. Water receives impetus from the stars and transmits it to living creatures. Water, the longest border in Chile, also holds the secret of two mysterious buttons which were found on its ocean floor. Chile, with its 2,670 miles of coastline and the largest archipelago in the world, presents a supernatural landscape. In it are volcanoes, mountains and glaciers. In it are the voices of the Patagonian Indigenous people, the first English sailors and also those of its political prisoners. Some say that water has memory. This film shows that it also has a voice.
poster
76
7.0
/3309/
71
/213/
62
/66/
3.5
/2677/
100
/37/
76
/20/
85
/9/

Tales of the Grim Sleeper (2014)
When Lonnie Franklin Jr. was arrested in South Central Los Angeles in 2010 as the suspected murderer of a string of young black women, police hailed it as the culmination of 20 years of investigations. Four years later documentary filmmaker Nick Broomfield took his camera to the alleged killer’s neighborhood for another view.
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Kanopy
76
8.0
/22217/
74
/570/
76
/274/
3.8
/6771/
77
/13/
81
/10/
73
/28/
cc age 14+

The Corporation (2003)
Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant economic, political and social force around the globe. This film takes an in-depth psychological examination of the organization model through various case studies. What the study illustrates is that in the its behaviour, this type of "person" typically acts like a dangerously destructive psychopath without conscience. Furthermore, we see the profound threat this psychopath has for our world and our future, but also how the people with courage, intelligence and determination can do to stop it.
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Amazon Prime Video
76
7.5
/26381/
76
/2280/
72
/507/
3.6
/17314/
79
/194/
77
/436/
64
/38/
cc age 15+

Where to Invade Next (2015)
To understand firsthand what the United States of America can learn from other nations, Michael Moore playfully “invades” some to see what they have to offer.
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Fandor
80
75
7.7
/13086/
77
/185/
78
/208/
3.8
/18926/
87
/38/
91
/349/
76
/19/

Machuca (2004)
Santiago, capital of Chile during the Marxist government of elected, highly controversial president Salvador Allende. Father McEnroe supports his leftist views by introducing a program at the prestigious "collegio" (Catholic prep school) St. Patrick to allow free admission of some proletarian kids. One of them is Pedro Machuca, slum-raised son of the cleaning lady in Gonzalo Infante's liberal-bourgeois home. Yet the new classmates become buddies, paradoxically protesting together as Gonzalo gets adopted by Pedro's slum family and gang. But the adults spoil that too, not in the least when general Pinochet's coup ousts Allende, and supporters such as McEnroe.
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Kanopy
75
7.6
/2130/
69
/52/
69
/28/
3.5
/764/
95
/57/
78
/58/
72
/23/

The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002)
This riveting documentary depicts former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger as a warmonger responsible for military cover-ups in Vietnam, Cambodia and East Timor, as well as the assassination of a Chilean leader in 1970. Based on a book by journalist Christopher Hitchens, the film includes interviews with historians, political analysts and such journalists as New York Times writer William Safire, a former Nixon speechwriter.
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Kanopy
74
6.8
/2908/
69
/283/
69
/61/
3.4
/4832/
100
/49/
60
/10/
73
/7/
cc age 11+

Coded Bias (2020)
Exploring the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini's startling discovery that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces accurately, and her journey to push for the first-ever legislation in the U.S. to govern against bias in the algorithms that impact us all.
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Kanopy
73
6.7
/2176/
62
/76/
70
/50/
3.5
/9247/
91
/56/
96
/10/
78
/19/

Chile '76 (2022)
Chile, 1976. Carmen heads off to her beach house. When the family priest asks her to take care of a young man he is sheltering in secret, Carmen steps onto unexplored territories, away from the quiet life she is used to.
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Kanopy
73
7.1
/6702/
67
/95/
67
/68/
3.6
/5801/
89
/27/
81
/348/
64
/14/

Fire (1997)
In a barren, arranged marriage to an amateur swami who seeks enlightenment through celibacy, Radha's life takes an irresistible turn when her beautiful young sister-in-law seeks to free herself from the confines of her own loveless marriage.
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Hoopla
73
7.5
/16248/
73
/343/
72
/238/
3.9
/13875/
80
/70/
86
/156/
64
/28/

Mondays in the Sun (2002)
After the closure of their shipyard in Northern Spain, a few former workers: Santa, José, Lino, Amador, Sergei and Reina keep in touch. They meet mainly at a bar owned by their former colleague Rico. Santa is the most superficially confident and unofficial leader of the group. A court case hangs over him relating to a shipyard lamp he smashed during a protest against the closure. José is bitter that his wife, Ana, is employed when he is not.
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The Roku Channel
73
7.1
/16514/
71
/406/
67
/317/
3.4
/8123/
80
/129/
75
/705/
65
/31/
cc age 16+

Made in Dagenham (2010)
A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
poster
73
7.5
/222725/
76
/7449/
73
/3934/
3.7
/186132/
75
/57/
84
/4036/
56
/21/
cc age 16+

Falling Down (1993)
An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.
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Kanopy
81
72
8.1
/5092/
82
/114/
75
/92/
3.9
/2644/
78
/9/
94
/177/

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)
A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's role in modern propaganda.
poster
75
72
7.3
/13776/
75
/286/
72
/188/
3.8
/12366/
91
/32/
79
/218/
61
/10/
cc age 13+

Norma Rae (1979)
Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the gumption to be the key associate to a visiting labor union organizer. Together, they undertake the difficult, and possibly dangerous, struggle to unionize her factory.
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HBO Max
72
7.2
/20837/
72
/762/
69
/245/
3.4
/8939/
77
/30/
75
/108/
cc age 14+

Too Big to Fail (2011)
An intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few weeks.
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Starz
72
7.4
/44484/
71
/1213/
70
/552/
3.6
/17080/
74
/184/
74
/2733/
61
/36/
cc age 14+

Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)
Michael Moore comes home to the issue he's been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans (and by default, the rest of the world).
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
7.2
/116273/
68
/4614/
67
/1726/
3.1
/109764/
92
/168/
72
/13223/
73
/37/
cc age 13+

Super Size Me (2004)
Morgan Spurlock subjects himself to a diet based only on McDonald's fast food three times a day for thirty days without exercising to try to prove why so many Americans are fat or obese. He submits himself to a complete check-up by three doctors, comparing his weight along the way, resulting in a scary conclusion.
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Kanopy
71
7.2
/16790/
71
/418/
70
/288/
3.7
/9352/
74
/81/
78
/696/
63
/25/
cc age 17+

City of Men (2007)
Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.
poster
Hulu
71
7.2
/210955/
69
/8037/
70
/2653/
3.7
/832845/
72
/285/
80
/71/
63
/47/
cc age 15+

Triangle of Sadness (2022)
A celebrity model couple are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged, alcoholic captain. What first appears Instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island in a struggle of hierarchy.
poster
70
6.6
/1314/
67
/49/
67
/15/
3.6
/4127/
97
/98/
57
/6/
76
/18/

Shayda (2023)
Shayda, a young Iranian woman living in Australia, finds refuge in a women’s shelter with her 6-year-old daughter, Mona. Having fled her husband, Hossein, and filed for divorce, Shayda struggles to maintain normalcy for Mona. Buoyed by the approach of Nowruz, she tries to forge a fresh start with new and unfettered freedoms. But when a judge grants Hossein visitation rights, he reenters their life, stoking Shayda’s fear that he’ll attempt to take Mona back to Iran.
poster
80
70
7.6
/4599/
76
/127/
78
/364/
4.0
/12583/
91
/351/

The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971)
After losing a finger in a work accident, an Italian worker becomes increasingly involved in political and revolutionary groups.
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Kanopy
67
6.6
/7722/
68
/351/
68
/319/
3.4
/16420/
63
/51/
71
/28/
62
/14/

The Young Karl Marx (2017)
26 year-old Karl Marx embarks with his wife, Jenny, on the road to exile. In 1844 in Paris, he meets Friedrich Engels, an industrialist’s son, who has been investigating the sordid birth of the British working class. Engels, the dandy, provides the last piece of the puzzle to the young Karl Marx’s new vision of the world. Together, between censorship and the police’s repression, riots and political upheavals, they will lead the labor movement during its development into a modern era.
poster
66
6.4
/4087/
55
/66/
58
/45/
3.2
/2644/
69
/103/
61
/87/
70
/28/
cc age 17+

Personal Velocity (2002)
In a series of three vignettes, three women in turn struggle to free themselves from the men who restrict their personal freedom.
poster
Kanopy
66
7.9
/12467/
79
/710/
74
/203/
3.0
/4067/
17
/6/
92
/445/
cc age 15+

The Red Pill (2016)
When a feminist filmmaker sets out to document the mysterious and polarizing world of the Men’s Rights Movement, she begins to question her own beliefs. Chronicling Cassie Jaye’s journey exploring an alternate perspective on gender equality, power and privilege.
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Kanopy
74
65
7.5
/3921/
77
/174/
69
/87/
3.5
/5075/
80
/68/
cc age 14+

Miss Representation (2011)
The film MISS REPRESENTATION exposes how American youth are being sold the concept that women and girls’ value lies in their youth, beauty and sexuality. Explores the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America, and challenges the media's limited portrayal of what it means to be a powerful woman. It’s time to break that cycle of mistruths.


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