Here we've displayed a list of the best Activist films : The Cove(2009), The Times of Harvey Milk(1984), Secret Lives: Hidden Children & Their Rescuers During WWII(2002), Before Sunset(2004), The Corporation(2003), John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums(1965), Brazil(1985), Bowling for Columbine(2002), A Sense of Loss(1972), Mississippi Burning(1988), Food, Inc.(2008), The Story of Plastic(2019) ... ...
8.4/10
Documentary
USA
2009
94 Minutes
activist fisherman filmmaker trainer emotional shocking rousing taiji, japan fishing animal cruelty activism quest 2000s
Using state-of-the-art equipment, a group of activists, led by renowned dolphin trainer Ric O'Barry, infiltrate a cove near Taijii, Japan to expose both a shocking instance of animal abuse and a serious threat to human health.
8.3/10
Documentary
USA
1984
87 Minutes
activist mayor city official homophobe inspiring emotional engaging san francisco castro district store city hall court harvey milk dan white george moscone homosexuality politics underdog rise 1970s
A documentary of the successful career and assassination of San Francisco's first elected gay city supervisor.
8.3/10
Documentary
USA
2002
72 Minutes
child parent activist soldier survivor sad inspiring germany eastern europe foster home holocaust nazism protection surrogacy family world war ii wretched excess growing up escape 2000s
Through interviews we meet some of the people who risked their lives to hide Jewish children during World War II and how this experience has continued to affect the survivors.
8.1/10
Romance, Drama
USA|France
2004
80 Minutes
Ethan Hawke Julie Delpy Vernon Dobtcheff Louise Lemoine Torres Rodolphe Pauly Mariane Plasteig Diabolo Albert Delpy Marie Pillet
writer activist reporter bookseller emotional calm endearing tender paris bookstore apartment love regret relationships romance growing up pursuit love 2000s
Nine years after Jesse and Celine first met, they encounter each other again on the French leg of Jesse's book tour.
8.0/10
Documentary
Canada
2003
168 Minutes
noam chomsky activist expert kathie lee gifford ceo michael moore frightening disheartening passionate rousing sweatshop united states office yard factory corporate greed political activism exploitation capitalism human rights
Documentary that looks at the concept of the corporation throughout recent history up to its present-day dominance.
7.9/10
Documentary
USA
1965
85 Minutes
president first lady astronaut politician activist patriotic powerful washington, d.c. white house john f. kennedy presidency aspirations social change historical events assassination rise fall sacrifice 1960s
John F. Kennedy's years as president.
7.9/10
Fantasy, Comedy
UK|USA
1985
142 Minutes
Jonathan Pryce Robert De Niro Katherine Helmond Ian Holm Bob Hoskins Michael Palin Ian Richardson Peter Vaughan Kim Greist Jim Broadbent
bureaucrat terrorist mother activist friend creative disturbing offbeat apartment office family home subconscious mind corruption politics terrorism mother/son relationship daunting task pursuit quest underdog
A bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams.
7.9/10
Documentary
USA|Canada|Germany
2002
120 Minutes
michael moore student activist rock star striking engaging amusing disturbing colorado michigan canada bank high school guns violence politics activism law quest discovery
Filmmaker Michael Moore explores the roots of America's predilection for gun violence.
7.9/10
Documentary
USA|Switzerland
1972
135 Minutes
catholic protestant filmmaker activist cleric emotional gritty powerful belfast, northern ireland united kingdom irish republican army political unrest religious persecution irish life religion sacrifice escape 20th century
Shot over six weeks in December 1971, and January 1972, the film consisted of interviews with Protestants, Catholics, politicians, and some soldiers, combined with TV news clips of bombings and violence.
7.8/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1988
125 Minutes
Gene Hackman Willem Dafoe Frances McDormand Brad Dourif R. Lee Ermey Gailard Sartain Stephen Tobolowsky Michael Rooker Pruitt Taylor Vince Park Overall Jake Gipson
fbi agent mayor sheriff klansman activist wife tense brutal powerful mississippi small town barbershop church highway racism civil rights violence pursuit revenge 1960s
Two F.B.I. Agents with wildly different styles arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists.
7.8/10
Documentary
USA
2008
94 Minutes
activist author farmer businessman politician mother disturbing gripping slaughterhouse farm office family home food agriculture corporate greed illness animal cruelty wretched excess discovery 2000s
An unflattering look inside America's corporate controlled food industry.
7.8/10
Documentary
USA|Belgium|China|India|Indonesia|Philippines
2019
75 Minutes
environmentalist activist engaging fascinating inspiring passionate powerful ocean earth environmentalism environmental consciousness activism discovery quest 21st century
We only know the end of the story...and that's just the beginning.
7.8/10
Drama, Gay & Lesbian, Comedy
UK|France|USA
2014
119 Minutes
Bill Nighy Imelda Staunton Dominic West Paddy Considine George MacKay Joseph Gilgun Andrew Scott Ben Schnetzer Chris Overton Faye Marsay Freddie Fox
coal miner activist gay man lesbian politician police officer brash confident cool london office coal mine street apartment police station mining gay rights activism politics trust
U.K. gay activists work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984.
7.8/10
Drama
USA
1971
88 Minutes
Paul Alelyanes Carmen Argenziano Stan Armsted Harold Beaulieu Jim Bohan Kerry Cannon
prisoner judge federal agent police chief activist frightful bleak gory california desert tent dystopia vietnam war richard nixon activism culture clash prison wretched excess underdog escape
"Punishment Park" is a pseudo-documentary purporting to be a film crews's news coverage of the team of soldiers escorting a group of hippies, draft dodgers, and anti-establishment types ... See full summary »
7.8/10
Drama
USA
1940
100 Minutes
Margaret Sullavan James Stewart Robert Young Frank Morgan Robert Stack Bonita Granville Irene Rich William T. Orr Maria Ouspenskaya Gene Reynolds Russell Hicks
professor daughter soldier activist tense moving gutsy rousing germany austria family home world war ii nazism persecution fascism freedom escape transformation rescue 1930s
The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. When the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and Martin Breitner, a family friend, is caught up in the turmoil.
7.8/10
Documentary, Biography
USA
2005
103 Minutes
Jewel Palovak Warren Queeney Carol Dexter Val Dexter Sam Egli
researcher bear girlfriend activist conservationist unrestrained tender powerful alaska wildlife preserve grizzly bears daunting task obsession death quest fall 2000s
A devastating and heart-rending take on grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard, who were killed in October of 2003 while living among grizzly bears in Alaska.
7.8/10
Drama
Germany|Turkey|Italy
2007
122 Minutes
Nurgül Yesilçay Baki Davrak Tuncel Kurtiz Hanna Schygulla Nursel Köse Patrycia Ziolkowska Gürsoy Gemec Gengiz Daner
activist father prostitute girlfriend son crafty dense profound germany turkey istanbul religious persecution activism family dysfunction love pursuit metamorphosis 2000s
A Turkish man travels to Istanbul to find the daughter of his father's former girlfriend.
7.7/10
Animation, Comedy
USA
1999
80 Minutes
boy satan saddam hussein parent tv personality activist hilarious madcap disturbing south park, colorado movie theater family home prison canada censorship children vs. adults fandom mass hysteria war hell
When Stan Marsh and his friends go see an R-rated movie, they start cursing and their parents think that Canada is to blame.
7.7/10
Biography, Drama, History
USA|Japan
1992
201 Minutes
Denzel Washington Angela Bassett Albert Hall Al Freeman Jr. Delroy Lindo Theresa Randle Kate Vernon Lonette McKee Tommy Hollis James McDaniel
activist gangster love interest criminal inspiring new york city prison inner city brooklyn, n.y. religion racism violence surveillance politics malcolm x discovery rise 20th century
Biographical epic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader, from his early life and career as a small-time gangster, to his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam.
7.7/10
Documentary
USA
2009
102 Minutes
american jew jewish immigrant holocaust survivor historian expert documentarian activist interviewee fascinating gripping moving emotional inspiring united states holocaust world war ii jewish culture jewish identity survival
'Against The Tide' examines the conflict that erupted in the American Jewish community over the best means to rescue the European Jews trying to escape the Holocaust. It tells the little ... See full summary »
7.6/10
Drama
UK|Spain|Germany|Italy|France
1995
106 Minutes
Ian Hart Rosana Pastor Iciar Bollain Tom Gilroy Marc Martínez Frédéric Pierrot Suzanne Maddock
activist soldier mercenary military officer militant enemy passionate intense liverpool, england spain hideout battlefield communism war political repression transformation quest 1990s
David is an unemployed communist that comes to Spain in 1937 during the civil war to enroll the republicans and defend the democracy against the fascists. He makes friends between the soldiers.
7.6/10
Documentary
USA
2012
91 Minutes
freedom fighter artist activist engaging inspiring museum work personalities rise 21st century
A documentary that chronicles artist and activist Ai Weiwei as he prepares for a series of exhibitions and gets into an increasing number of clashes with the Chinese government.
7.6/10
Horror, Sci-Fi
UK
2002
112 Minutes
Cillian Murphy Noah Huntley Naomie Harris Brendan Gleeson Megan Burns Christopher Eccleston Marvin Campbell Sanjay Rambaruth Ray Panthaki Junior Laniyan Leo Bill
courier cab driver daughter activist zombie military officer brutal unrestrained gory london manchester, england highway hospital laboratory hideout plagues illness virus apocalypse survival
Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.
7.6/10
Documentary
USA
2016
94 Minutes
Jon Betz
farmer activist executive anthropologist politician narrator emotional engaging chilling farm office factory forest protest street farming extinction food corporate greed activism
A film about the importance of heirloom seeds to the agriculture of the world, focusing on seed keepers and activists from around the world.
7.5/10
Documentary
USA|Dominican Republic
2007
90 Minutes
activist narrator worker haitian wealthy man gritty inspiring dominican republic sugar plantation village church worker's rights strike ethnic tension bribery death threat big business underdog quest 2000s
On the Caribbean island of the Dominican Republic, tourists flock to pristine beaches, with little knowledge that a few miles away thousands of dispossessed Haitians are under armed guard ... See full summary »
7.5/10
Documentary, Drama, History
USA
1984
87 Minutes
Allen Ginsberg Harry Hay Frank Kameny Audre Lorde Donna Smith
allen ginsberg activist professor gay man lesbian spirited powerful greenwich village stonewall inn new york city homosexuality homophobia riots civil rights protest underdog discovery 1920s
The history of the Gay and Lesbian community before the Stonewall riots began the major gay rights movement.
7.5/10
Documentary
USA
2009
104 Minutes
Pablo Fajardo Kent Robertson Amy Goodman Rafael Correa Hugo Chavez Trudie Styler
native activist executive environmentalist filmmaker bleak emotional ecuador jungle oil refinery south america oil business environmental disaster legal battle activism native people corporate greed wretched excess underdog discovery
The story of lawsuit by tens of thousands of Ecuadorans against Chevron over contamination of the Ecuadorean Amazon.
7.5/10
Drama
Poland
1985
108 Minutes
Grazyna Szapolowska Maria Pakulnis Aleksander Bardini Jerzy Radziwilowicz Artur Barcis Michal Bajor Hanna Dunowska Adam Ferency Jerzy Kamas Elzbieta Kilarska Marek Kondrat
husband wife son political prisoner lawyer activist brooding profound dreamy emotional warsaw, poland jail court hotel household grief marriage political unrest ghosts social change
The wife of the recently deceased lawyer tries to cope with grief after his loss and to keep his last case going in court.
7.4/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|Germany|Kenya|France|USA|Switzerland
2005
128 Minutes
Ralph Fiennes Rachel Weisz Danny Huston Bill Nighy Pete Postlethwaite Richard McCabe Donald Sumpter Juliet Aubrey Hubert Koundé Archie Panjabi Gerard McSorley
diplomat activist husband wife doctor friend emotional intense suspenseful london kenya berlin canada espionage corruption conspiracy big business romance investigation quest
A widower is determined to get to the bottom of a potentially explosive secret involving his wife's murder, big business, and corporate corruption.
7.4/10
Biography, Drama, History
UK
1987
156 Minutes
Kevin Kline Denzel Washington Penelope Wilton Kevin R. McNally John Thaw Timothy West Juanita Waterman John Hargreaves Alec McCowen Zakes Mokae Ian Richardson
journalist activist police officer wife child gritty dark south africa police station family home apartheid murder activism quest revenge escape 1970s
South African journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country, after attempting to investigate the death in custody of his friend, the black activist Steve Biko.
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