Here we've displayed a list of the best Social Change films : The Best of Youth(2002), Metropolis(1927), A Beautiful Mind(2001), Richard Pryor: Live in Concert(1979), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance(1962), A Patch of Blue(1965), Gandhi(1982), A Raisin in the Sun(1961), John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums(1965), Glory(1989), A Tale of Two Cities(1935), The Filth and the Fury(2000) ... ...
8.5/10
Drama
Italy
2002
358 Minutes
Luigi Lo Cascio Alessio Boni Adriana Asti Sonia Bergamasco Fabrizio Gifuni Maya Sansa Valentina Carnelutti Jasmine Trinca Andrea Tidona Lidia Vitale Camilla Filippi
doctor brother mental patient photographer wife mother mellow italy family home mental institution street library family politics class distinctions marriage social change activism growing up transformation
An Italian epic that follows the lives of two brothers, from the 1960s to the 2000s.
8.3/10
Sci-Fi, Drama
Germany
1927
123 Minutes
Brigitte Helm Alfred Abel Gustav Fröhlich Rudolf Klein-Rogge Fritz Rasp Theodor Loos Erwin Biswanger Heinrich George Olaf Storm Hanns Leo Reich Heinrich Gotho
leader son rebel teacher worker android bleak dark melodramatic tense metropolis class distinctions social change social standing kidnapping quest discovery metamorphosis 21st century
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
8.2/10
Biography, Drama
USA
2001
135 Minutes
Russell Crowe Ed Harris Jennifer Connelly Paul Bettany Adam Goldberg Judd Hirsch Josh Lucas Anthony Rapp Christopher Plummer Austin Pendleton Jason Gray-Stanford
professor student genius agent psychiatrist dark inspiring intricate university boston princeton, n.j. household social change deception mental illness john nash espionage mathematics rivalry fall
After John Nash, a brilliant but asocial mathematician, accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.
8.2/10
Comedy
USA
1979
78 Minutes
richard pryor singer comedian audience cool hilarious fiery raw stage southern california sexual taboo race abuse family dysfunction drugs social change growing up temptation underdog 1970s
Richard Pryor's classic 1979 concert film has him discussing a wide range of topics, including race, the police and his favorite target -- himself.
8.1/10
Western
USA
1962
122 Minutes
James Stewart John Wayne Vera Miles Lee Marvin Edmond O'Brien Andy Devine Woody Strode Jeanette Nolan Ken Murray John Qualen Strother Martin
senator outlaw lawyer rancher gritty engaging brooding rousing wild west small town vigilantism love social change law and order rivalry pursuit 19th century
A senator returns to a western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins.
8.0/10
Drama
USA
1965
105 Minutes
Sidney Poitier Shelley Winters Elizabeth Hartman Wallace Ford Ivan Dixon John Qualen Elisabeth Fraser
blind person boyfriend mother charming emotional passionate los angeles household park interracial romance racism love social change mother/daughter relationship love forbidden love discovery 1960s
A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life by introducing her to the outside world.
8.0/10
Biography, Drama, History
UK|India
1982
188 Minutes
Ben Kingsley Candice Bergen Edward Fox John Gielgud Trevor Howard John Mills Martin Sheen Rohini Hattangadi Ian Charleson Athol Fugard Roshan Seth
mohandas gandhi politician photographer inspiring moving profound india south africa imperialism social change empowerment protest rise quest sacrifice 1940s
The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.
8.0/10
Drama
USA
1961
128 Minutes
Sidney Poitier Claudia McNeil Ruby Dee Diana Sands Ivan Dixon John Fiedler Louis Gossett Jr. Stephen Perry Joel Fluellen Roy E. Glenn Sr. Ray Stubbs
son mother wife widow sister suitor emotional moving chicago apartment american dream aspirations family racism social change money love discovery underdog 1950s
A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor black family.
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.
7.8/10
War, Drama, History
USA
1989
122 Minutes
Matthew Broderick Denzel Washington Morgan Freeman Cary Elwes Jihmi Kennedy Andre Braugher John Finn Alan North Bob Gunton Cliff De Young Christian Baskous
soldier military officer friend slave gravedigger gutsy inspiring military base battlefield hospital maryland south carolina american civil war honor racism slavery social change military quest sacrifice
Robert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates.
7.8/10
Drama, History
USA
1935
128 Minutes
Ronald Colman Elizabeth Allan Edna May Oliver Blanche Yurka Reginald Owen Basil Rathbone Henry B. Walthall Donald Woods Walter Catlett Fritz Leiber H.B. Warner
lawyer wealthy man pretty woman emotional melodramatic passionate england london france paris social change love triangle french revolution friendship injustice love forbidden love quest rescue 1780s
A pair of lookalikes, one a former French aristocrat and the other an alcoholic English lawyer, fall in love with the same woman amongst the turmoil of the French Revolution.
7.7/10
Documentary
UK|USA
2000
108 Minutes
musician manager friend groupie gritty london concert stage death fame punk rock sex pistols social change deception discovery wretched excess transformation 1970s
A film about the career of the notorious punk rock band, the Sex Pistols.
7.7/10
Documentary
USA
1996
90 Minutes
foreign correspondent dictator civil rights leader sen. joseph mccarthy ralph nader engaging inspiring family home soviet union italy journalism corruption assassination communism social change george seldes quest underdog 1940s
The profile of controversial journalist George Seldes and a piercing examination of America's news media. Narrated by Susan Sarandon, with readings of writings by Ed Asner, this Academy ... See full summary »
7.7/10
Comedy
UK|USA
1973
173 Minutes
Malcolm McDowell Ralph Richardson Rachel Roberts Arthur Lowe Helen Mirren Dandy Nichols Mona Washbourne Michael Medwin Vivian Pickles Mary MacLeod Graham Crowden
young man beautiful woman father boss public relations specialist cheeky witty outlandish england scotland london factory hotel clinic class distinctions aspirations british empire romance social change capitalism
An apprentice coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures that seem designed to challenge his naive idealism.
7.7/10
Drama
China
2019
175 Minutes
Wang Jingchun Ray Wang Xi Qi Cheng Xu
couple family adopted son bleak emotional melodramatic melancholy intense china family home industrial town social change growing up childhood friends discovery growing up love 21st century
Two married couples adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China from the 1980s to the present.
7.7/10
Drama, History
UK
1966
120 Minutes
Paul Scofield Robert Shaw Orson Welles Wendy Hiller Leo McKern Susannah York John Hurt Nigel Davenport Vanessa Redgrave
writer king henry viii wife catherine of aragon emotional inspiring intense england royal court royalty marriage religion social change forbidden love sacrifice rivalry 16th century
The story of Sir Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarry.
7.6/10
Drama, Music, Documentary, History
USA|France|UK
2009
82 Minutes
John Legend Dan Sturman Wyclef Jean Joss Stone Richie Havens Anthony Hamilton Angie Stone
martin luther king jr. rosa parks john legend the roots wyclef jean engaging emotional inspiring rousing montgomery, ala. washington, d.c. protest sit-in civil rights movement music protest music social change protest racism discovery
Tells the story of the American civil rights movement through its powerful music - the freedom songs protesters sang on picket lines, in mass meetings, and in jail cells as they fought for ... See full summary »
7.5/10
Gay & Lesbian, Biography, Drama
USA
2008
128 Minutes
Sean Penn Emile Hirsch Josh Brolin Diego Luna James Franco Alison Pill Victor Garber Denis O'Hare Joseph Cross Stephen Spinella Lucas Grabeel
harvey milk police officer politician assassin hippie dan white moving emotional engaging san francisco new york city household store assassination politics social change deception homosexuality rise transformation
The story of Harvey Milk and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official.
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.
7.3/10
Drama
USA
1969
110 Minutes
Robert Forster Verna Bloom Peter Bonerz Mariana Hill Harold Blankenship Sid McCoy Christine Bergstrom Robert McAndrew William Sickinger Beverly Younger
tv reporter political activist cameraman widow police officer hippie fiery engaging raw intense chicago democratic national convention tv station protest protest social change media anti-war movement counterculture vietnam war
A TV news reporter finds himself becoming personally involved in the violence that erupts around the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
7.3/10
Documentary, Music
USA
2017
61 Minutes
Metallica Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Scorpions
rocker activist political activist musician engaging fascinating soviet union cold war rock 'n' roll iron curtain soviet union social change documentaries discovery underdog 20th century
FREE TO ROCK is a 60 minute documentary film directed by 4 time Emmy winning filmmaker Jim Brown and narrated by Kiefer Sutherland. Ten years in the making, the film explores the soft power... See full summary »
7.3/10
Drama
UK|USA
1984
163 Minutes
Judy Davis Peggy Ashcroft Victor Banerjee James Fox Alec Guinness Nigel Havers Richard Wilson Antonia Pemberton Michael Culver Art Malik Saeed Jaffrey
tourist doctor fiancé friend lawyer emotional solemn india cave courtroom court battles lawsuit class distinctions culture clash imperialism social change quest discovery underdog 1920s
Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.
7.3/10
Drama
USA
1922
125 Minutes
Lillian Gish Dorothy Gish Joseph Schildkraut Frank Losee Katherine Emmet Morgan Wallace Lucille LaVerne Sheldon Lewis Frank Puglia Creighton Hale Monte Blue
orphan aristocrat thief nobleman beggar doctor melodramatic tense emotional paris street bastille ballroom french revolution class conflict robespierre sister relationship family social change adventure
Two orphaned sisters are caught up in the turmoil of the French Revolution, encountering misery and love along the way.
7.2/10
Documentary
USA|UK|Russia
2010
87 Minutes
russian musician salesman wife husband daughter emotional engaging somber russia house apartment bar glasnost soviet union social change hard times communism perestroika discovery
Tells the story of five people from the last generation of Soviet children who were brought up behind the Iron Curtain. Just coming of age when the USSR collapsed, they witnessed the world ... See full summary »
7.2/10
Drama
France|UK
1999
103 Minutes
Jalil Lespert Jean-Claude Vallod Chantal Barré Véronique de Pandelaère Michel Begnez Lucien Longueville Danielle Melador Pascal Sémard Didier Emile-Woldermard Francoise Boutigny Felix Cantet
student factory worker father dark emotional paris factory household politics communism courage class distinctions social change teamwork pursuit sacrifice 1990s
The 35-hour work week has all of France in its thrall. This film turns it into a feature about economic and familial politics. Frank, a business school graduate, returns to his provincial ... See full summary »
7.1/10
Drama
USA|West Germany
1953
105 Minutes
Fredric March Terry Moore Gloria Grahame Cameron Mitchell Adolphe Menjou Robert Beatty Alex D'Arcy Richard Boone
circus performer businessperson wife communist emotional engaging melodramatic czechoslovakia circus circus communism marriage social change escape love transformation underdog 1950s
Czech circus owner-Clown and his entire troupe employ a daring stratagem in order to escape en masse from behind the iron curtain.
7.1/10
Drama, History
France
1938
130 Minutes
Pierre Renoir Lise Delamare Louis Jouvet Julien Carette Léon Larive William Aguet
king louis xvi marie antoinette soldier revolutionary patriotic unrestrained france paris french revolution royalty social change armed conflict rebellion underdog rise fall 1790s
A news-reel like movie about early part of the French Revolution, shown from the eyes of individual people, citizens of Marseille, counts in German exile and, of course the king Louis XVI, ... See full summary »
7.1/10
Biography, Drama
Brazil|France
2002
105 Minutes
Lázaro Ramos Marcélia Cartaxo Flávio Bauraqui Renata Sorrah Fellipe Marques Emiliano Queiroz Giovana Barbosa Ricardo Blat
transvestite prostitute performer hustler club owner unrestrained inspiring thrilling rio de janeiro nightclub cabaret integration race relations social change performance cross-dressing love rise transformation underdog
Loose portrait of João Francisco dos Santos, also known as Madame Satã, a sometime chef, transvestite, lover, father, hero and convict from Rio de Janeiro.
7.1/10
Documentary
USA
2019
86 Minutes
nurse daughter bartender mother candidate politician fascinating confident cool incredible inspiring patriotic television studio new york city washington, d.c. office politics winning social change women
A look at the people involved with various political campaigns during the 2018 U.S. congressional election.
7.0/10
Drama
USA
1946
128 Minutes
Irene Dunne Rex Harrison Linda Darnell Lee J. Cobb Gale Sondergaard Mikhail Rasumny Dennis Hoey Tito Renaldo
king teacher wife son daughter engaging spirited thailand bangkok royal palace school culture clash friendship jealousy social change westernization discovery transformation 1860s
In 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King.
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