Here we've displayed a list of the best Human Rights films : The Corporation(2003), Mugabe and the White African(2009), The Trials of Henry Kissinger(2002), A Small Act(2010), Dirty Pretty Things(2002), Carnage(2011), Darfur Now(2007), Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison(1951), Voltaire(1933), Iceman(1984), Attack on Darfur(2010), The Favorite(1989) ... ...
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.
Documentary
UK
2009
90 Minutes
Andrew Thompson Angela Campbell Laura Freeth
president robert mugabe government official zimbabwean farmer judge engaging gripping inspiring rousing chegutu, zimbabwe farm courtroom farming michael campbell human rights property rights racism land reform quest sacrifice underdog
An intimate and moving account of one family's extraordinary courage in the face of overwhelming injustice and brutality.
Documentary
USA|UK|Denmark|France|Canada|Australia
2002
80 Minutes
journalist government official diplomat lawyer christopher hitchens secretary of state fascinating somber powerful office government building cambodia vietnam united states henry kissinger diplomacy vietnam war human rights war crime politics
A film about the war crimes of the American diplomat, Henry Kissinger.
Documentary
USA
2010
88 Minutes
schoolteacher young boy mother lawyer father benefactor emotional engaging profound uplifting kenya village harvard university sweden house poverty education generosity united nations human rights
A young Kenyan's life changes drastically when his education is sponsored by a Swedish stranger. Years later, he founds his own scholarship program to replicate the kindness he once received.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK
2002
94 Minutes
Chiwetel Ejiofor Audrey Tautou Sergi López Sophie Okonedo Benedict Wong Sotigui Kouyaté Abi Gouhad Jean-Philippe Écoffey Jeffery Kissoon Darrell D'Silva
immigrant prostitute refugee manager doctor creepy disheartening thrilling hotel london basement street crime drugs human rights immigration sex black market escape mystery
Illegal immigrants Okwe and Senay work at a posh London hotel and live in constant fear of deportation. One night Okwe stumbles across evidence of a bizarre murder setting off a series of events that could lead to disaster or freedom.
Comedy, Drama
France|Germany|Poland|Spain|USA
2011
79 Minutes
Jodie Foster Kate Winslet Christoph Waltz John C. Reilly Elvis Polanski Eliot Berger
broker lawyer writer salesman husband wife dark witty brooklyn, n.y. apartment argument responsibility lawsuit human rights husband/wife relationship drinking wretched excess transformation 2010s
Two pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behavior throws the discussion into chaos.
Documentary
USA
2007
99 Minutes
u.n. worker college graduate actor activist politician prosecutor rousing inspiring passionate darfur, sudan california china egypt united nations darfur humanitarian work genocide human rights political unrest activism
An examination of the genocide in Sudan's western region of Darfur.
Drama
USA
1951
87 Minutes
Steve Cochran David Brian Philip Carey Ted de Corsia Scott Forbes Michael Tolan Dick Wesson Paul Picerni William Campbell
warden prison guard prisoner prison official sergeant inmate brooding intense engaging emotional brutal bleak folsom state prison reformation prison life prison riot prison break humanity human rights escape
At California's Folsom Prison, escape attempts and riots are on the rise due to the old-school sadistic style of management of a brutal warden.
Drama
USA
1933
72 Minutes
George Arliss Doris Kenyon Margaret Lindsay Theodore Newton Reginald Owen Alan Mowbray
writer louis xv count de sarnac daughter mistress philosopher engaging suspenseful melodramatic dungeon versailles, france palace apartment bedroom literature human rights french history social change confrontation voltaire
Writer and philosopher Voltaire, loyal to his king, Louis XV of France, nonetheless writes scathingly of the king's disdain for the rights and needs of his people. Louis admires Voltaire ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1984
99 Minutes
Timothy Hutton Lindsay Crouse John Lone Josef Sommer David Strathairn Philip Akin Danny Glover Amelia Hall Richard Monette James Tolkan
anthropologist prehistoric man scientist linguist doctor emotional fascinating touching north pole laboratory arctic frozen man scientific observation human connection human rights culture shock protection discovery rivalry transformation
A prehistoric Neanderthal man found frozen in ice is revived by an arctic exploration team, who then attempt to use him for their own scientific means.
Drama
Canada|South Africa|Germany
2010
104 Minutes
Billy Zane Edward Furlong Kristanna Loken David O'Hara Noah Danby Matt Frewer Sammy Sheik Maggie Benedict
arab civilian journalist emotional sudan village darfur genocide human rights underdog 20th century
American journalists in Sudan are confronted with the dilemma of whether to return home to report on the atrocities they have seen, or to stay behind and help some of the victims they have encountered.
Adventure
USA|Switzerland
1989
104 Minutes
Amber O'Shea F. Murray Abraham Maud Adams James Michael Gregary Ron Dortch Laurent Le Doyen
sultan wife slave schoolgirl son sultry tense turkey palace harems politics human rights human trafficking husband/wife relationship kidnapping sacrifice love underdog 19th century
At the dawn of the 19th century, a young French woman is kidnapped and forced into a sultan's harem in Turkey. Fiercely independent, she resists, but must make choices in order to survive. ... See full summary »
Drama, Documentary, History, War
1943
57 Minutes
adolf hitler nazi child civilian patriotic fascinating bleak europe battlefield germany ocean france netherlands world war ii adolf hitler nazism invasion fascism human rights sacrifice
This part of director Frank Capra's "Why We Fight" series shows the Nazis in Denmark, Norway and on the Maginot Line.
Crime, Drama
2017
100 Minutes
Kaouther Ben Hania Ghanem Zrelli Mariam Al Ferjani Noomen Hamda Mohamed Akkari Chedly Arfaoui Anissa Daoud Mourad Gharsalli Neder Ghouati
woman young woman feminist muslim opponent inspiring engaging shocking fiery frightening tunisia africa human rights feminism fight for justice fighting corruption extremism freedom sacrifice rise
Biography, Drama
1989
96 Minutes
Judith Light Lukas Haas George C. Scott Nikki Cox Michael Bowen George Dzundza Valerie Landsburg Sarah Jessica Parker Mitchell Ryan Peter Scolari Grace Zabriskie
aids patient teen boy mother lawyer nurse student heartwarming kokomo, ind. family home hospital school courtroom aids court battles mother/son relationship human rights ryan white quest underdog 1980s
A 13-year-old (Lukas Haas) with AIDS goes to court with his mother (Judith Light) to fight for his right to go to school.
Comedy
1981
91 Minutes
Roger Graef Monty Python
actor comedian rock star eric clapton sting hysterical heartwarming cheery inspiring london theater comedy charity human rights music performance sacrifice adventure 1980s
Footage from two benefits includes skits, Eric Clapton, Sting, Jeff Beck, Phil Collins, Pete Townshend.
Drama
2009
95 Minutes
Shoja Azari Navíd Akhavan Mina Azarian Bijan Daneshmand Shabnam Toloui Orsolya Tóth Rahi Daneshmand Salma Daneshmand Pegah Ferydoni Arita Shahrzad Tahmoures Tehrani
young woman protester wife sister prostitute iranian citizen emotional powerful engaging tehran, iran street countryside brothel protest coup d'état human rights women abuse relationships transformation