Here we've displayed a list of the best Political Activism films : U2 3D(2007), Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media(1992), The Corporation(2003), Ballot Measure 9(1994), Blind Chance(1987), Udta Punjab(2016), Sarkar(2005), Comrades(1986), The Front(1976), The Captive City(1952), If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front(2011), Made in Dagenham(2010) ... ...
Documentary
USA
2007
85 Minutes
Catherine Owens
bono the edge bassist drummer guitarist singer thrilling uplifting intense spectacular stadium concert stage mexico city buenos aires, argentina são paulo, brazil santiago, chile u2 rock 'n' roll musical performance political activism
A 3-D presentation of U2's global "Vertigo" tour. Shot at seven different shows, this production employs the greatest number of 3-D cameras ever used for a single project.
Documentary
Canada|Netherlands|Finland|Norway|Australia
1992
168 Minutes
Peter Wintonick Kelvin Flook
political activist william f. buckley television producer linguist media personality fascinating passionate mit washington, d.c. university noam chomsky media propaganda genocide conspiracy political activism pursuit discovery 1990s
A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's role in modern propaganda.
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
USA
1994
80 Minutes
gay man lesbian political activist homophobe rousing emotional intense oregon political rally gay rights political campaign discrimination hate crime political activism debate rivalry 1990s
Ballot Measure 9 was an anti-gay amendment proposed to Oregon voters in 1992 by the conservative group, Oregon Citizen's Alliance. This documentary goes behind the scenes of the fight to ... See full summary »
Drama
Poland
1987
122 Minutes
Boguslaw Linda Tadeusz Lomnicki Zbigniew Zapasiewicz Boguslawa Pawelec Marzena Trybala Jacek Borowski Monika Gozdzik
medical student communist homeless person security guard lover brash creative profound train station poland train hospital airplane fate political activism love medical profession trial communism adventure
Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
India
2016
146 Minutes
Shahid Kapoor Kareena Kapoor Alia Bhatt Diljit Dosanjh Satish Kaushik
indian drug addict drug dealer investigator young man musician amusing bleak brash suspenseful gripping thrilling india pakistan drug addiction drug trade investigation political activism politics fight for justice
A story that revolves around drug abuse in the affluent north Indian State of Punjab and how the youth there have succumbed to it en-masse resulting in a socio-economic decline.
Crime, Drama
India
2005
124 Minutes
gangster son wife daughter-in-law henchman bleak intense suspenseful thrilling emotional moving mumbai, india house bungalow street office police station gangsters family relationships brotherhood
The authority of a man, who runs a parallel government in Mumbai, is challenged. His son rises to face his enemies.
Drama, History
UK
1986
160 Minutes
Robin Soans William Gaminara Philip Davis Robert Stevens Michael Hordern
minister landowner laborer organizer protester farmer fascinating passionate rousing emotional tolpuddle, england farm small town labor strike tolpuddle martyrs agriculture imprisonment worker's rights political activism sacrifice
The story of "The Tolpuddle Martyrs". A group of nineteenth century English farm laborers who formed one of the first trade unions and started a campaign to receive fair wages.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1976
93 Minutes
Woody Allen Zero Mostel Herschel Bernardi Michael Murphy Andrea Marcovicci Remak Ramsay Marvin Lichterman Lloyd Gough David Margulies Joshua Shelley Danny Aiello
cashier screenwriter comedian actor neurotic friend rousing witty touching dark moving new york city television studio living space courtroom street diner show business corruption television
In 1953, a cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.
Crime, Drama
USA|UK
1952
91 Minutes
John Forsythe Joan Camden Harold J. Kennedy Ray Teal Marjorie Crossland Victor Sutherland Hal K. Dawson Geraldine Hall Martin Milner Gladys Hurlbut Ian Wolfe
editor mobster crime boss senator private investigator engaging thrilling inspiring rousing senate newsroom crime ring mafia police corruption political activism journalism sacrifice underdog revenge 1950s
During the 1700s, pirate Captain Vallo seizes a British warship and gets involved in various money-making schemes involving Caribbean rebels led by El Libre, British envoy Baron Jose Gruda, and a beautiful courtesan named Consuelo.
Documentary, Biography, Drama, Crime
USA|UK
2011
85 Minutes
Tim Lewis Leslie James Pickering Jake Ferguson Lauren Regan
environmentalist protester radical activist politician blue-collar worker powerful profound fascinating oregon forest prison environmentalism capitalism deforestation daniel mcgowan terrorism political activism quest sacrifice
A rare behind-the-curtain look at the Earth Liberation Front, the radical environmental group that the FBI calls America's 'number one domestic terrorist threat.'
Comedy, Biography, Drama
UK
2010
113 Minutes
Sally Hawkins Bob Hoskins Miranda Richardson Geraldine James Rosamund Pike Andrea Riseborough Daniel Mays Jamie Winstone Rupert Graves Nicola Duffett Lorraine Stanley
employee husband teacher boss coworker inspiring engaging great britain factory strike discrimination working class manufacturing political activism women's rights rise underdog 1960s
A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
Documentary
USA
2004
89 Minutes
teen girl political activist journalist businessman engaging fascinating berkeley, calif. california bank hostage situation patty hearst kidnapping symbionese liberation army political activism terrorism rise quest 1970s
February 4, 1974, Patty Hearst, granddaughter of William Randolph Heart, was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), who first demanded a prisoner swap for Hearst, then, as it ... See full summary »
Biography, Drama, History
Germany|France|Belgium|South Africa|Italy|UK|Luxembourg
2007
118 Minutes
Joseph Fiennes Dennis Haysbert Diane Kruger Faith Ndukwana Terry Pheto Zingi Mtuzula Jessica Manuel Tyrone Keogh
political prisoner prison guard warden militant racist powerful profound cape town prison robben island nelson mandela apartheid political activism change of heart race relations transformation quest 1980s
Goodbye Bafana is the true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.
Documentary
USA
2018
128 Minutes
michael moore documentarian political activist politician citizen u.s. president bleak disheartening uneasy tense unrestrained passionate united states restaurant protest office government building american culture social injustice politics
Filmmaker Michael Moore examines the current state of American politics, particularly the Donald Trump presidency and gun violence, while highlighting the power of grassroots democratic movements.
History, Biography, Drama
UK|France
2015
106 Minutes
Carey Mulligan Helena Bonham Carter Brendan Gleeson Anne-Marie Duff Ben Whishaw Meryl Streep Natalie Press Romola Garai Geoff Bell Samuel West Morgan Watkins
wife mother political activist woman politician husband brooding emotional intense moving heartwarming powerful england house police station polling place street rally suffrage women's rights
In 1912 London, a young working mother is galvanized into radical political activism supporting the right for women to vote, and is willing to meet violence with violence to achieve this end.
Drama
Ireland
1957
81 Minutes
Cyril Cusack Noel Purcell Jimmy O'Dea Jack MacGowran Tony Quinn Paul Farrell Kevin Casey Maureen Potter
inspector friend englishman train passenger nationalist sergeant witty inspiring ireland dunfaill station galway, ireland irish civil war morality political activism death row british-irish relations irish life escape sacrifice discovery
Three vignettes of old Irish country life, based on a series of short stories. In "The Majesty of the Law," a police officer must arrest a very old-fashioned, traditional fellow for assault... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2020
95 Minutes
father son playwright political consultant political candidate charming confident creative heartwarming inspiring positive new york city broadway theater puerto rico father/son relationship playwright broadway political activism political campaign politics
An immigrant from Puerto Rico is determined to bring the musical 'Hamilton' to his island home.
Drama, History
Mexico
2012
143 Minutes
Andy Garcia Eva Longoria Peter O'Toole Oscar Isaac Santiago Cabrera Catalina Sandino Moreno Bruce Greenwood Ruben Blades Nestor Carbonell Mauricio Kuri Adrian Alonso
general wife rebel priest politician soldier inspiring gritty touching mexico countryside church battlefield cristeros war historical events political activism religious wars rivalry sacrifice 1920s
A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929); a war by the people of Mexico against the atheistic Mexican government.
Biography
USA
1952
109 Minutes
Will Rogers Jr. Jane Wyman
vaudevillian cowboy actor comedian wife woodrow wilson inspiring positive emotional incredible santa monica, calif. oklahoma st. louis world's fair stage new york city rodeo show business great depression will rogers
The homespun humorist and social critic starts as a cowboy and goes on to vaudeville, movies, radio.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1994
99 Minutes
Dermot Mulroney Rick Schroder Kelli Williams Noah Wyle Jill Schoelen Kristin Minter Lucy Deakins Kenny Ransom Seymour Cassel Paul Gleason Frederick Coffin
high-school student hippie poor boy surfer african-american teenager valedictorian amusing uneasy brooding los angeles inner city house high school beach class conflict life lessons vietnam war watts riots political activism coming of age
Graduates of a Los Angeles high school in 1965 see America's culture and politics gradually change.
Drama
USA|Canada
2000
105 Minutes
Billy Crudup Jennifer Connelly Molly Parker Janet McTeer Paul Hipp Sandra Oh Hal Holbrook Don Jordan
candidate activist sister politician law student lover dark chilling moving chile college office washington, d.c. capitol building tragic death memory haunting political activism election the past
A congressional candidate questions his sanity after seeing the love of his life, presumed dead, suddenly emerge.
Drama, History
UK
2018
154 Minutes
Rory Kinnear Maxine Peake Neil Bell Philip Jackson Vincent Franklin Karl Johnson Tim McInnerny David Bamber Nico Mirallegro Leo Bill Michael Culkin
protester british soldiers engaging fascinating manchester, england protest massacre political activism political repression underdog 1810s
The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre where British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester.
Drama, History
Algeria|France|Germany|Switzerland
1994
93 Minutes
Hassan Abdou Nadia Kaci Mohamed Ourdache Mourad Khen Mabrouk Ait Amara Nadia Samir Ahmed Benaissa
baker political activist sister leader young man boss tense chilling engaging algeria neighborhood apartment sea bakery islamic fundamentalism propaganda religion political activism oppression violence
Follows the conflict between a young Algerian man and the local Islamic fundamentalists.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1955
87 Minutes
John Mills Yvonne Mitchell Alastair Sim Jeremy Spenser Andrew Ray Marie Lohr Peter Asher
pacifist wife son brother headmaster endearing madcap cheeky outlandish england school airplane political activism career vs. family unhappy marriage juvenile crime idealism growing up love 1950s
This movie concerns a pacifist husband who is so involved in his "causes" he totally neglects his wife and two sons. The wife, ready to leave her husband, finds the schoolmaster knocking on... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1998
100 Minutes
Julie Walters Ciarán Hinds Nuala O'Neill James Loughran Barry Loughran Elizabeth Donaghy Ciaran McMenamin Jaz Pollock Caolan Byrne Aingeal Grehan
housewife best friend neighbor family member child fascinating passionate belfast, northern ireland household horrors of war irish republican army family raids political activism government quest transformation 1970s
A Belfast, Northern Ireland housewife takes up the peace cause, which causes her family trouble with I.R.A. sympathizers.
Drama
USA
1971
98 Minutes
Michael Sarrazin Barbara Hershey Arthur Hill Robert Klein Sada Thompson E.G. Marshall Barnard Hughes Rue McClanahan
student jaywalker judge radical father girlfriend brooding creative columbia university new york city courtroom prison canada fugitives troubled youth political activism prison break accidental murder escape wretched excess
A young college student is sent to prison as much for killing a pedestrian with his car as for not paying his parking tickets. When the opportunity presents itself he escapes and is ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|India|Belgium
2013
128 Minutes
Benedict Cumberbatch Daniel Brühl Dan Stevens Alicia Vikander Carice van Houten Anthony Mackie Stanley Tucci Laura Linney Peter Capaldi David Thewlis
hacker military official cia agent ambassador brash intricate sweden washington, d.c. middle east government building hideout whistleblowing computer hacking secret documents political activism government secrets pursuit sacrifice wretched excess 2010s
A dramatic thriller based on real events that reveals the quest to expose the deceptions and corruptions of power that turned an Internet upstart into the 21st century's most fiercely debated organization.
Drama
Nigeria|UK
2013
113 Minutes
Thandie Newton Chiwetel Ejiofor Anika Noni Rose Joseph Mawle Hakeem Kae-Kazim John Boyega Babou Ceesay Genevieve Nnaji Robert Davide O.C. Ukeje Ayo Lijadu
husband wife sister man woman political activist academic emotional gripping rousing powerful nigeria family home west africa war zone political activism political unrest sister relationship marriage identity
Sisters Olanna and Kainene return home to 1960s Nigeria, where they soon diverge on different paths. As civil war breaks out, political events loom larger than their differences as they join the fight to establish an independent republic.
Comedy
USA
1968
97 Minutes
Shelley Winters Christopher Jones Diane Varsi Richard Pryor Kevin Coughlin Michael Margotta May Ishihara Salli Sachse Hal Holbrook Millie Perkins Bert Freed
politician revolutionary singer guitarist anthropologist senator eerie chilling offbeat los angeles mansion washington, d.c. political rally congress counterculture political activism hypocrisy political campaign youth hero worship
A young man gains significant political influence as the leader of a counterculture rock band with his rallying cry of voting rights for teenagers.