Here we've displayed a list of the best Social Activism films : 12 Monkeys(1995), Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000(1975), Amazing Grace(2006), Heroes for Sale(1933), Offside(2006), Blossoms in the Dust(1941), The Shocking Miss Pilgrim(1947), I'm Not Rappaport(1996), Ann Vickers(1933), In Dubious Battle(2016), A Small Circle of Friends(1980), The Jack London Story(1943) ... ...
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1995
131 Minutes
Bruce Willis Madeleine Stowe Brad Pitt Christopher Plummer Jon Seda Joseph Melito Michael Chance Vernon Campbell
convict crazy person doctor time traveler investigator tense dark eerie hospital prison hideout virus social activism escape time travel father/son relationship sacrifice quest pursuit adventure
In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet.
Comedy
Switzerland|France
1975
115 Minutes
editor cashier sex expert railroad worker child radical intricate engaging positive geneva commune reunion friendship disillusionment relationships political unrest social activism love discovery 1960s
The European equivalent of "The Return of the Secaucus 7," this Swiss film looks at the lives of several men and women in their 30s as they confront the slim gains of the "revolutionary" ... See full summary »
Drama, History
USA|UK
2006
116 Minutes
Ioan Gruffudd Romola Garai Benedict Cumberbatch Albert Finney Michael Gambon Rufus Sewell Youssou N'Dour Ciarán Hinds Toby Jones Nicholas Farrell Sylvestra Le Touzel
prime minister friend servant slave love interest activist inspiring emotional london france ship household slavery politics gambling civil rights social activism illness transformation rescue
The idealist William Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd) maneuvers his way through Parliament, endeavoring to end the British transatlantic slave trade.
Drama
USA
1933
73 Minutes
Richard Barthelmess Loretta Young Aline MacMahon Gordon Westcott Robert Barrat Berton Churchill Grant Mitchell Robert McWade Charley Grapewin James Murray Edwin Maxwell
veteran soldier businessman communist wife doctor bleak gritty chicago laundromat hospital prison pennsylvania capitalism communism labor union drug addiction great depression social activism discovery
A veteran fights drug addiction to make his way in the business world.
Comedy
Iran
2006
92 Minutes
Sima Mobarakshai Safar Samandar Shayesteh Irani Mohamad Kheirabadi Aida Sadeghi Golnaz Farmani Mahnnaz Zabihi Nazanin Sediq-zadeh
teenager friend police officer soldier offbeat touching inspiring iran stadium soccer sexism social activism gender identity iranian laws women's rights rise transformation adventure 2000s
Struggle of Women in a country that excludes them from entering the stadiums.
Biography
USA
1941
100 Minutes
Greer Garson Walter Pidgeon Felix Bressart Marsha Hunt Fay Holden Samuel S. Hinds Kathleen Howard George Lessey William Henry Henry O'Neill John Eldredge
mother orphan doctor butler sister senator touching emotional orphanage wisconsin train household texas death social activism deception adoption religion relationships underdog
After losing her young son, Edna Gladney opposes the unfair laws discriminating against children whose parents are unknown, and opens an orphanage for those children.
Musical
USA
1947
85 Minutes
Betty Grable Dick Haymes Anne Revere Allyn Joslyn Gene Lockhart Elizabeth Patterson Elisabeth Risdon Arthur Shields Charles Kemper Roy Roberts Tom Moore
suffragette boyfriend coworker boss aunt artist lighthearted uplifting amusing charming boston office new york city house restaurant women's rights sexism social activism love transformation
In the late 1800s, Miss Pilgrim, a young stenographer, or typewriter, becomes the first female employee at a Boston shipping office. Although the men object to her at first, she soon charms... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1996
135 Minutes
Walter Matthau Ossie Davis Amy Irving Martha Plimpton Craig T. Nelson Boyd Gaines Guillermo Díaz Elina Lowensohn Ron Rifkin Marin Hinkle
old man best friend daughter yuppie drug dealer artist charming emotional new york city central park apartment building supermarket aging friendship social activism disguise drug addiction father/daughter relationship quest love
Two old men - a white former radical, and a black retired janitor - strike up an unusual and funny friendship on a park bench in New York, where they deal with family, drug dealers, and the pitfalls of age.
Drama
USA
1933
72 Minutes
Irene Dunne Walter Huston Conrad Nagel Bruce Cabot Edna May Oliver Sam Hardy Mitchell Lewis Helen Eby-Rock Gertrude Michael J. Carrol Naish Sarah Padden
social worker army officer doctor judge suitor engaging moving profound striking prison havana new york state manhattan social activism prison adultery pregnancy blackmail sacrifice forbidden love
A prison reformer and a controversial judge fall in love and have a child out of wedlock.
Drama, History
USA
2016
114 Minutes
Nat Wolff James Franco Selena Gomez Vincent D'Onofrio Robert Duvall Ed Harris Sam Shepard Josh Hutcherson John Savage Ashley Greene Bryan Cranston
migrant worker landowner police officer union boss rousing inspiring melodramatic engaging california field house farm woods migrant experience struggle great depression democracy strike social activism fall
An activist gets caught up in the labor movement for farm workers in California during the 1930s.
Drama
USA
1980
113 Minutes
Brad Davis Karen Allen Jameson Parker Shelley Long John Friedrich Gary Springer Craig Richard Nelson Harry Caesar Nan Martin Daniel Stern Severn Darden
man woman student friend soldier lover engaging melodramatic emotional harvard university campus massachusetts protest cafeteria relationships vietnam war friendship love triangle romance social activism
Harvard in the 1960's: a time of social upheaval and student unrest. Three students bond together, challenge the system and begin to lose their ideals.
Biography
1943
92 Minutes
Michael O'Shea Susan Hayward Frank Craven Osa Massen Harry Davenport Virginia Mayo Ralph Morgan Louise Beavers Jonathan Hale Leonard Strong
author wife prospector sailor hobo publisher engaging fascinating spectacular yukon san francisco alaska new york city japan lifestyle changes marriage social activism war imperialism jack london
The writer (Michael O'Shea) joins the Alaskan gold rush, goes to sea, finds a wife (Susan Hayward) and covers the Russo-Japanese War.
Comedy
1945
70 Minutes
Charles Coburn Joan Bennett William Eythe Allyn Joslyn Elizabeth Patterson Donald Meek Thurston Hall
military officer mayor cousin reporter society matron politician lighthearted patriotic georgia small town family home newsroom court small-town life political corruption social activism journalism tradition quest 1940s
A retired Army colonel (Charles Coburn) writes a newspaper column blasting the crooks who run his Georgia hometown.