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Kanopy
80
7.3
/600/
72
/25/
72
/13/
3.7
/788/
97
/31/
74
/4/
78
/13/

Hooligan Sparrow (2016)
The danger is palpable as intrepid young filmmaker Nanfu Wang follows maverick activist Ye Haiyan (a.k.a Hooligan Sparrow) and her band of colleagues to Hainan Province in southern China to protest the case of six elementary school girls who were sexually abused by their principal. Marked as enemies of the state, the activists are under constant government surveillance and face interrogation, harassment, and imprisonment. Sparrow, who gained notoriety with her advocacy work for sex workers’ rights, continues to champion girls’ and women’s rights and arms herself with the power and reach of social media.
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Amazon Prime Video
78
IMDb 83
7.3
/211661/
74
/11772/
69
/2707/
3.8
/2371083/
88
/406/
95
/15128/
73
/63/
cc age 10+

Wicked (2024)
In the land of Oz, ostracized and misunderstood green-skinned Elphaba is forced to share a room with the popular aristocrat Glinda at Shiz University, and the two's unlikely friendship is tested as they begin to fulfill their respective destinies as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
77
7.6
/1615/
73
/88/
56
/42/
3.9
/4494/
100
/67/
68
/12/
81
/18/

The Janes (2022)
Defying the state legislature that outlawed abortion, the Catholic Church that condemned it, and the Chicago Mob that was profiting from it, the members of “Jane” risked their personal and professional lives to support women with unwanted pregnancies. In the pre-Roe v. Wade era — a time when abortion was a crime in most states and even circulating information about abortion was a felony in Illinois — the Janes provided low-cost and free abortions to an estimated 11,000 women.
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Hulu
66
7.5
/8555/
62
/259/
58
/123/
3.5
/5988/
77
/84/
43
/58/
69
/20/
cc age 10+

I Am Greta (2020)
Greta Thunberg, a 15-year-old student in Sweden, started a school strike for the climate as her question for adults was, if you don’t care about my future on earth, why should I care about my future in school? Within months, her strike evolved into a global movement as the quiet teenage girl on the autism spectrum becomes a world-famous activist.
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The Roku Channel
71
60
7.2
/4301/
64
/179/
68
/80/
3.3
/6090/
86
/28/
79
/16/
63
/4/

Margarita with a Straw (2015)
A rebellious young woman with cerebral palsy leaves India to study in New York. On her journey of self-discovery, she unexpectedly falls in love.
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65
58
7.0
/4026/
73
/238/
66
/166/
3.5
/2140/
50
/8/
84
/31/
42
/4/

55 Steps (2018)
The inspiring true story of Eleanor Riese, a mental illness patient herself, who brings a class action suit to give competent mental patients the right to have a say in their medication while they’re in a hospital, and Colette Hughes, the lawyer appointed to her case.
poster
74
55
6.2
/376/
67
/63/
66
/60/
3.2
/2654/
95
/22/
90
/104/

The Green Deal (2024)
Carole tries to save the life of her son who has been wrongfully sentenced to death in a rigged trial.
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Kanopy
55
5.9
/9050/
64
/233/
58
/163/
2.7
/3399/
30
/69/
62
/2/
45
/25/
cc age 17+

Peace, Love & Misunderstanding (2011)
A conservative lawyer named Diane takes her two teenage children Jake and Zoe to meet their estranged, hippie grandmother in Woodstock after her husband asks for a divorce.
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Netflix
62
50
6.0
/3849/
61
/100/
60
/37/
2.9
/4252/
73
/11/
47
/9/
77
/5/
cc age 16+

And Tomorrow the Entire World (2021)
Luisa, a 20-year-old law student, joins a cell of the Antifa group when she and her friends Alfa and Lenor get to know about an upcoming attack planned by a local neo-Nazi gang. As they try to find out more, the three youngsters delve deeper into the scene linked to right-wing movements and their political connections, to the point where they will understand how much they are willing to go further, in order to defend their own beliefs.
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fuboTV
49
5.8
/31519/
62
/2251/
62
/960/
2.7
/46553/
31
/205/
50
/360/
43
/40/
cc age 15+

Antebellum (2020)
Successful author Veronica finds herself trapped in a horrifying reality and must uncover the mind-bending mystery before it's too late.
poster
58
45
6.0
/3096/
61
/284/
59
/301/
2.8
/22137/
50
/8/
64
/5/

A Difficult Year (2023)
Compulsive spenders Albert and Bruno are in debt up to their necks. While seeking help from community workers to get their lives back on track, they run into a group of young green activists. Lured by the free beer and snacks rather than by the ideals of eco-activists, Albert and Bruno find themselves joining the movement without much conviction.
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Kanopy
62
34
5.9
/633/
53
/43/
56
/43/
3.3
/2954/
67
/9/
71
/1/

Saturn Bowling (2022)
In a family-owned bowling alley, tension arises between two brothers following their father's death. Meanwhile one of them, a cop, is investigating a series of disturbing murders. Both brothers soon find themselves trapped in a looming darkness.
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63
33
6.9
/2521/
70
/29/
47
/15/
3.3
/533/
67

Sonja and the Bull (2012)
Sonja, a city girl from Zagreb, a vegetarian and a hardcore animal-rights activist, strongly opposes bullfighting in Dalmatinska zagora (Dalmatian Hinterland). People find this irritating and they conclude that no matter how passionately Sonja loves animals, she would never dare to stand in front of a bull. Bets are raised and Sonja faces a challenge in the form of Ante, known far and wide for his powers of persuasion.
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Amazon Prime Video
73
25
7.5
/281/
75
/14/
76
/14/
3.6
/376/
68
/4/

Vessel (2014)
A fearless sea captain, Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, sails a ship through loopholes in international law, providing abortions on the high seas, and leaving in her wake a network of emboldened activists who trust women to handle abortion on their own terms.
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Kanopy
63
25
6.1
/599/
58
/27/
56
/16/
3.4
/494/
90
/10/
46
/1/

Ukraine Is Not a Brothel (2013)
Ukraine's topless feminist sensation Femen has created a media frenzy across Europe, but before they take the world by storm, these bold and beautiful women must confront the dark and perverse forces that power their organisation.
poster
69
24
6.8
/77/
70
/1/
66
/5/
3.6
/3532/

So Long (2025)
Can high school friendships last a lifetime ? One thing's for sure: before long, Aurore, Nours, Jeanne, Diane and the others will say goodbye to their boarding rooms, swimming in the Drôme and parties in the mountains. Louison will cut his dreads and the little family will break up. For some of them, it's not the first time, and it hurts even more.
poster
70
17
7.0
/120/
72
/4/
73
/3/
3.4
/649/

Seven Days (2025)
The imprisoned Iranian women’s rights activist Maryam is allowed to meet her family for seven days. Her husband and children beg Maryam to flee with them instead of returning to prison but she has not yet made her decision.
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56
15
5.8
/637/
58
/17/
48
/24/
3.1
/370/

Fairy (2020)
The creator of the best virtual reality games is convinced that in reality everyone and everything is controlled, but a chance meeting with a young activist opens his eyes to the fact that the world is much wider and more complicated than anything that he knows and understands about it.
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The Roku Channel
36
14
3.1
/578/
48
/85/
45
/34/
20
/1/

Firequake (2014)
Promethean Kinetics has created Helios, a revolutionary clean coal energy source so powerful it rivals the force of the sun and will solve the energy crisis. But when certain governments start cutting safety measures required by Helios, the highly-explosive product begins to seep deep below the Earth's crust, producing giant blasts of fire and violent earthquakes above the surface. As cities shake and oceans boil, Eve Adams, creator of the Helios technology, rushes to investigate the subterranean phenomenon. As the situation becomes ever more dire, she is the only one who can save mankind, not to mention reputation.
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?
6.8
/80/
60
/2/

Godless in America (2006)
Documentary about atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair who, for 30 notorious years, successfully challenged God in America, and was brutally murdered in the summer of 1995. O'Hair had come to occupy a special place in the American psyche since her 1963 campaign which ended compulsory prayer in US schools after a Supreme Court action on behalf of her son William. She journeyed from Cold War paranoia, through to the rise of the neocons and born again Christianity in Reagan's America and beyond. (Storyville)
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Kanopy
63
?
7.3
/62/
77
/4/
35
/2/
3.5
/250/

PLAN C (2023)
A hidden grassroots organization doggedly fights to expand access to abortion pills across the United States keeping hope alive during a global pandemic and the fall of Roe v. Wade.
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?
7.3
/26/
20
/1/
60
/1/

Marsinah: Cry Justice (2002)
From the real life story of Marsinah, an Indonesian activist that was kidnapped & found dead on May 1993 after a demonstration act.
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?
6.4
/79/
61
/6/
74
/5/
100
/9/

Mothers of the Revolution (2021)
On 5th September 1981, a group of women came together to change the world. These women marched from Wales to Berkshire to protest over nuclear weapons being kept at RAF Greenham Common. The Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp that followed, challenged world leaders, altering the course of history and went on to inspire millions as the world’s first and biggest female-only demonstration, preceded only by the suffragettes.
poster
?
4.6
/8/

Digital Warriors - Women changing the world (2019)
Women around the world use social media platforms as a weapon in their struggle for equal rights. Their online campaigns against femicide in Latin America, FGM in Africa or compulsory headscarves in Iran, mobilize thousands others.
poster
?
8.0
/19/
10
/1/

From Danger to Dignity: The Fight For Safe Abortion (1995)
The film weaves together two parallel stories: the evolution of underground networks that helped women find safe abortions outside the law, and the intensive efforts by activists and legislators to decriminalize abortion through legislative and judicial channels. This film combines rare archival footage with interviews that document the courageous efforts of those who fought to break the silence, change the laws and end the shame which surrounded abortion when it was a crime. The film is the second of the Abortion Rights Film Trilogy.
poster
83
?
7.7
/87/
85
/2/
3.5
/235/
100
/14/
82
/5/

The 8th (2021)
Following veteran campaigner Ailbhe Smyth as she navigates the complexities of convincing a historically conservative electorate to vote for women’s reproductive autonomy, The 8th tells the story of how Ireland overturned one of the world’s most restrictive laws on abortion. This documentary is a vivid exploration of the political and cultural history that charts the transformation of a country
poster
?
8.0
/56/
40
/2/
78
/6/

Dialogue with a Woman Departed (1980)
A documentary about the film-maker's wife and co-worker, Peggy Lawson, who died in 1971.


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