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1. Timber Stampede (1939)
Passed | 59 min | Western
The cattlemen graze their cattle in the big pines, but the railroad wants to clear cut the land and sell the timber for profit. Then they can sell the land to another railroad and make a ... See full summary »
Director: David Howard | Stars: George O'Brien, Chill Wills, Marjorie Reynolds, Morgan Wallace
Votes: 133
2. Ghetto Physics (2010)
R | 94 min | Drama
A blend of documentary, satire, and narrative filmmaking examines the power dynamic that exists in social, political, and corporate relationships.
Directors: William Arntz, E. Raymond Brown | Stars: Mike Foy, Sabrina Revelle, Nina Daniels, Janeline Hayes
Votes: 73 | Gross: $0.01M
3. Lost in America (2018)
Not Rated | 105 min | Documentary
Following director Rotimi Rainwater, a former homeless youth, as he travels the country to shine a light on the epidemic of youth homelessness in America.
Director: Rotimi Rainwater | Stars: Rosario Dawson, Halle Berry, Tiffany Haddish, Jon Bon Jovi
Votes: 107
4. Duck Soup (1933)
Not Rated | 69 min | Comedy, Musical
Rufus T. Firefly is named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale, contending with two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx
Votes: 62,734
5. The President's Analyst (1967)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
When the overworked and stressed-out White House presidential shrink runs away, the CEA and the FBR scramble to retrieve him before he could be abducted by various competing foreign intelligence services.
Director: Theodore J. Flicker | Stars: James Coburn, Godfrey Cambridge, Severn Darden, Joan Delaney
Votes: 3,523
6. Flipping Out (2007)
60 min | Documentary, War
Military service in Israel is compulsory for all able-bodied Jewish men and women. Once their years of service is up they are granted a bonus which many use to travel to India to wind down ... See full summary »
Director: Yoav Shamir
Votes: 196
7. Go Further (2003)
Unrated | 80 min | Documentary
Woody Harrelson and a group of friends take a road trip on a bio-fueled bus to demonstrate ways to be environmentally responsible and visit people who live by that principle.
Director: Ron Mann | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Ken Kesey, Tom Ballanco, Jessica Yoon Ji Chung
Votes: 377
8. Snowden (2016)
R | 134 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The NSA's illegal surveillance techniques are leaked to the public by one of the agency's employees, Edward Snowden, in the form of thousands of classified documents distributed to the press.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto
Votes: 162,954 | Gross: $21.59M
9. Citizenfour (2014)
R | 114 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.
Director: Laura Poitras | Stars: Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, William Binney, Jacob Appelbaum
Votes: 57,975 | Gross: $2.80M
10. The Raspberry Reich (2004)
Unrated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A left-wing terrorist group, consisting of several homosexual men and a female leader, kidnaps the son of a wealthy industrialist.
Director: Bruce La Bruce | Stars: Susanne Sachße, Daniel Bätscher, Andreas Stich, Dean Monroe
Votes: 1,760
11. Ulrike's Brain (2017)
55 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Referencing sixties B-movies like They Saved Hitler's Brain (1968) and The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), Ulrike's Brain finds Doctor Julia Feifer (Susanne Sachsse) arriving at an academic... See full summary »
Director: Bruce La Bruce | Stars: Gertrud Stammheim, Susanne Sachße, Jonathan B. Johnson, Saskia Timm
Votes: 35
12. Occupy Unmasked (2012)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary
An alternate look at Occupy Wall Street camps around the country.
Director: Steve Bannon | Stars: Saul Alinsky, Anthony Averest, Bill Ayers, Michelle Balin
Votes: 610 | Gross: $0.05M
13. Terminal City Ricochet (1990)
107 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Welcome to Terminal City, a decaying world where the citizens wallow amidst a mind-boggling profusion of discarded consumer goods; a ruthless world where television is exploited to its ... See full summary »
Director: Zale Dalen | Stars: Peter Breck, Germain Houde, Jello Biafra, Mark Bennett
Votes: 178
14. American Autumn: an Occudoc (2012)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary, Crime, News
The first feature length documentary on the Occupy movement, American Autumn: an occudoc offers answers for those who continue to ask: "what does the occupy movement stand for? What are our demands?
Director: Dennis Trainor Jr.
Votes: 29
16. Burn Motherfucker, Burn! (2017)
TV-MA | 99 min | Documentary
Explores the roots of civil unrest in California and the relationship between African Americans and LAPD.
Director: Sacha Jenkins | Stars: Alex Alonso, Nicolas Alonso, B-Real, Danny Bakewell
Votes: 603
17. Wendy... Uh... What's Her Name (2006)
27 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Curtis Choy | Stars: Mike Iwatsubo, Tamlyn Tomita, Wendy Yoshimura
18. Regret to Inform (1998)
Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary, War
In this film made over ten years, filmmaker Barbara Sonneborn goes on a pilgrimage to the Vietnamese countryside where her husband was killed. She and translator (and fellow war widow) Xuan... See full summary »
Director: Barbara Sonneborn | Stars: Xuan Ngoc Nguyen, Barbara Sonneborn
Votes: 349 | Gross: $0.02M
19. Primary (1960)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary, History, News
Cinéma vérité feature that follows presidential hopefuls John F. Kennedy and Hubert H. Humphrey during the 1960 Wisconsin primary.
Director: Robert Drew | Stars: Robert Drew, Hubert H. Humphrey, Muriel Buck Humphrey, Joseph Julian
Votes: 1,483
20. Lost Boys of Sudan (2003)
Unrated | 87 min | Documentary
Lost Boys of Sudan is a feature-length documentary that follows two Sudanese refugees on an extraordinary journey from Africa to America. Orphaned as young boys in one of Africa's cruelest ... See full summary »
Directors: Megan Mylan, Jon Shenk | Stars: Santino Majok Chuor, Jarrid Geduld, Peter Kon Dut
Votes: 660 | Gross: $0.12M
21. It Was a Wonderful Life (1992)
82 min | Documentary
Feature-length documentary deals with homeless women, once secure in their middle-class status, who through divorce, misfortune, or circumstances were reduced to living on the street.
Director: Michèle Ohayon | Stars: Jodie Foster, Lou Hall, Reena Sands, Josephine
Votes: 151
22. High School Boot Camp (2000 TV Movie)
Documentary
Director: Charles Braverman | Stars: David Burdge, Anthony Capparelli, Grace Childs, Nathaniel Demps
Votes: 41
23. Farmingville (2004)
79 min | Documentary
Documentary on the attempted murder of two Mexican day laborers in Farmingville, New York.
Directors: Carlos Sandoval, Catherine Tambini
Votes: 217
24. Children Underground (2001)
Not Rated | 104 min | Documentary
A profile of homeless Romanian children who were born victims of the nation's reckless population growth policy during its communist era.
Director: Edet Belzberg | Stars: Cristina Ionescu, Mihai Alexandre Tudose, Violeta 'Macarena' Rosu, Ana Turturica
Votes: 2,452
25. State of Siege (1972)
Not Rated | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Using the interrogation of a US counterinsurgency agent as a backdrop, the film explores the consequences of the struggle between Uruguay's government and the leftist Tupamaro guerrillas.
Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Yves Montand, Renato Salvatori, O.E. Hasse, Jacques Weber
Votes: 6,059 | Gross: $1.13M
26. Che! (1969)
PG | 96 min | Biography, Drama, History
An intentionally noncommittal version of the Cuban revolution told through flashbacks, the film recounts Che's switch from doctor to politico in Castro's campaign.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Omar Sharif, Jack Palance, Cesare Danova, Robert Loggia
Votes: 1,079 | Gross: $5.45M
27. Love and Solidarity (2014)
38 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
What can people do to change a world full of violence and hate? Is nonviolent revolution possible? 'Love and Solidarity' addresses these questions through the life and thought of Rev. James... See full summary »
Stars: Mario De León, Maria Elena Durazo, Ilse Escobar, James Lawson
28. Left on Purpose (2015)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Left on Purpose is a documentary film about the friendship between an aging anti-war activist who has decided that his last political act will be to take his own life and the filmmaker who is struggling to tell the story.
Directors: Justin Schein, David Mehlman | Stars: Andrew Hoffman, Michael Ventura, Mayer Vishner
Votes: 126
29. Black Snake in Sacred Waters (2017)
Documentary, Short
Directors: Eric Connelly, Donnie Ocean | Star: Dennis Wrest
30. First Daughter and the Black Snake (2017)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary
Winona LaDuke wants to grow corn and put up solar panels, but when a proposed oil pipeline threatens her sacred wild rice territory she must spring into action and defend clean water with treaties, slow food and spiritual horse rides.
Director: Keri Pickett | Star: Winona LaDuke
Votes: 48
31. Incarcerating US (2016)
84 min | Documentary
Incarcerating US exposes the US prison problem and explores ways to unshackle the Land of the Free.
Director: Regan Hines | Stars: Judge Robert Holmes Bell, Ginger Fenter, Neill Franklin, Brett Gelico
Votes: 29
32. The Fence (2010)
Not Rated | 35 min | Documentary, Short
In October 2006, the United States government decided to build a 700 mile fence along its Mexican border. Three years and 3.1 billion dollars later, award-winning director Rory Kennedy ... See full summary »
Director: Rory Kennedy | Star: Rory Kennedy
Votes: 284
33. Ghosts of Abu Ghraib (2007)
TV-MA | 78 min | Documentary, Crime, History
An examination of the prisoner abuse scandal involving U.S. soldiers and detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison in the fall of 2003.
Director: Rory Kennedy | Stars: Israel Rivera, Megan Ambuhl Graner, Javal Davis, George W. Bush
Votes: 1,180
34. Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (2012)
TV-14 | 106 min | Documentary
Alex Gibney explores the charged issue of pedophilia in the Catholic Church, following a trail from the first known protest against clerical sexual abuse in the United States and all the way to the Vatican.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Alex Gibney, Terry Kohut, Gary Smith, Pat Kuehn
Votes: 4,082
35. Move: Confrontation in Philadelphia (1980 Video)
62 min | Documentary
MOVE: Confrontation in Philadelphia is a fast-paced, independently created award-winning documentary film of the events of the summer of 1978 which lead up to the Philadelphia police arrest... See full summary »
Directors: Jane Mancini, Karen Pomer | Stars: Chuckie Africa, Delbert Africa, Janet Africa, Janine Africa
36. The Final Days (1989 TV Movie)
PG | 150 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Chronicle of Nixon's last months in the White House. A paranoid power-abuser, all too human - a confused, narcissistic individual who cannot fully comprehend how, in less than one year, he lost everything he has worked for in a lifetime.
Director: Richard Pearce | Stars: Lane Smith, Richard Kiley, David Ogden Stiers, Ed Flanders
Votes: 443
37. Mind Zone: Therapists Behind the Front Lines (2014)
51 min | Documentary
MIND ZONE follows clinicians with an Army Combat Stress Control unit as they deploy to Afghanistan to carry out two missions: protecting soldiers from post-traumatic stress and keeping ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Haaken | Stars: Ben Brody, Darla Darville, Nancy Hollander, John King
38. Secrecy (2008)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary
Amidst the American hunger for instantaneous news and up-to-date "facts," this unflinching film uncovers the vast, invisible world of government secrecy.
Directors: Peter Galison, Robb Moss | Stars: Steven Aftergood, Thomas Blanton, James Bruce, Steven Garfinkel
Votes: 306
39. The Untold History of the United States (2012–2013)
TV-MA | 58 min | Documentary, History, War
Oliver Stone 's re-examination of under-reported events in American history.
Stars: Oliver Stone, Alan Shearman, Jim Ward, André Sogliuzzo
Votes: 9,702
40. Under the Sun (2015)
Not Rated | 106 min | Documentary
A propaganda documentary about North Korea that reveals a few hidden facts because the director continues filming between the scripted scenes.
Director: Vitaliy Manskiy | Stars: Lee Zin-Mi, Yu-Yong, Hye-Yong, Oh-Gyong
Votes: 5,051 | Gross: $0.07M
41. Mi Amigo Hugo (2014 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
Oliver Stone presents a tribute to a friend one year after his death, the friend in question was the Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez. The documentary covers the time Stone and Chávez spent ... See full summary »
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Hugo Chávez, Rafael Correa, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Votes: 380
42. Bobby Sands: 66 Days (2016)
105 min | Documentary, Biography, History
In the spring of 1981 Irish Republican Bobby Sands' 66-day hunger strike brought the attention of the world to his cause. Drawing on an Irish Republican tradition of martyrdom, Sands' ... See full summary »
Directors: Brendan Byrne, Brendan J. Byrne | Stars: Gerry Adams, Michael Alison, Humphrey Atkins, Aram Bakshian
Votes: 669
43. Some Mother's Son (1996)
R | 112 min | Drama, History
The 1981 hunger strike in an Irish prison, in which I.R.A. prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against their treatment as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. It focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle.
Director: Terry George | Stars: Helen Mirren, Fionnula Flanagan, Aidan Gillen, David O'Hara
Votes: 2,992 | Gross: $0.61M
44. H3 (2001)
88 min | Drama
A moving insight into the 1981 Irish hunger strike in the Maze prison near Belfast.
Director: Les Blair | Stars: Brendan Mackey, Dean Lennox Kelly, Aidan Campbell, Tony Devlin
Votes: 149
45. Hunger (2008)
Not Rated | 96 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Irish republican Bobby Sands leads the inmates of a Northern Irish prison in a hunger strike.
Director: Steve McQueen | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Liam Cunningham, Stuart Graham, Laine Megaw
Votes: 73,544 | Gross: $0.15M
46. The Settlers (2016)
107 min | Documentary
An intimate look at life inside the Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
Director: Shimon Dotan
Votes: 265
47. Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War (2004)
56 min | Documentary, War
Interviews with varied U.S officials and experts offer a deconstruction on the Bush administration's case for war in Iraq in the wake of 9/11.
Director: Robert Greenwald | Stars: John Dean, David Albright, Robert Baer, Milton Bearden
Votes: 938
48. Risk (I) (2016)
TV-MA | 86 min | Documentary
The story of WikiLeak's editor-in-chief Julian Assange as seen by documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras.
Director: Laura Poitras | Stars: Julian Assange, Sarah Harrison, Jacob Appelbaum, Joseph Farrell
Votes: 2,362 | Gross: $0.20M
49. Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther (1970)
73 min | Documentary, Biography
Cleaver, on film as in life, is a complex mixture of profound political insight, socially crystallized ghetto cultural patterns and a multifaceted human personality.
Director: William Klein | Stars: Eldridge Cleaver, Kathleen Cleaver
Votes: 53
50. Leaving Cleaver: Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Remembers Eldridge Cleaver (1999 TV Movie)
Documentary
Director: Henry Louis Gates Jr. | Star: Henry Louis Gates Jr.
51. The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015)
Not Rated | 115 min | Documentary, History
This documentary tells the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party, one of the 20th century's most alluring and controversial organizations that captivated the world's attention for nearly 50 years.
Director: Stanley Nelson | Stars: Blair Anderson, Omar Barbour, Julian Bond, Elaine Brown
Votes: 2,144 | Gross: $0.48M
52. The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, History
Footage shot by a group of Swedish journalists documenting the Black Power Movement in the United States is edited together by a contemporary Swedish filmmaker.
Director: Göran Hugo Olsson | Stars: Angela Davis, Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale, Abiodun Oyewole
Votes: 2,497 | Gross: $0.26M
53. The Weather Underground (2002)
Unrated | 92 min | Documentary, History, War
The remarkable story of The Weather Underground, radical activists of the 1970s, and of radical politics at its best and most disastrous.
Directors: Sam Green, Bill Siegel | Stars: Lili Taylor, Pamela Z, Jim Lange, Evan White
Votes: 3,768 | Gross: $0.56M
54. Black Panthers (1968)
Not Rated | 31 min | Documentary, Short
A short film of interviews and protests at a rally to free Huey P. Newton.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Bill Brent, Huey P. Newton, Stokely Carmichael, Eldridge Cleaver
Votes: 2,689
55. Assata aka Joanne Chesimard (2008)
93 min | Drama
Assata Shakur, the firebrand revolutionary Black Panther, was convicted and sentenced to life in a widely publicized case involving a 1973 shootout on the NJ Turnpike, which resulted in the... See full summary »
Director: Fred Baker | Stars: Will Blagrove, Rick Borgia, J.D. Brown, Kathleen Cleaver
56. The People's Advocate: The Life & Times of Charles R. Garry (2007)
59 min | Documentary
During the late 1960s, when Charles R. Garry gained prominence as one of the top criminal defense attorneys in the United States, his clientele read like a who's who of the leadership of ... See full summary »
Director: Hrag Yedalian | Stars: Malcolm Burnstein, Terry Cannon, Kathleen Cleaver, Reese Erlich
Votes: 20
57. William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe (2009)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary
The life of the great American lawyer and advocate for the political underdog, William Kunstler.
Directors: Emily Kunstler, Sarah Kunstler | Stars: Herman Badillo, Harry Belafonte, Clyde Bellecourt, Daniel Berrigan
Votes: 342 | Gross: $0.06M
58. Bastards of the Party (2005)
95 min | Documentary
Surrounded by death and the brutal lifestyle that feeds it, a Los Angeles gangbanger explores the history of Southern California street gangs from the 1950s through the 1990s in an attempt ... See full summary »
Director: Cle Sloan | Stars: Daryl Gates, Fred Hampton, Joe Hicks, Ericka Huggins
Votes: 551
59. The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
A chronicle of Fred Hampton's revolutionary leadership of the Illinois Black Panther Party, followed by an investigation into his assassination at the hands of the Chicago Police Department.
Director: Howard Alk | Stars: Skip Andrew, Edward Carmody, James Davis, Rennie Davis
Votes: 554
60. I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
PG-13 | 93 min | Documentary, History
Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel, Remember This House.
Director: Raoul Peck | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, James Baldwin, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X
Votes: 23,499 | Gross: $7.12M
61. The Activists: War, Peace, and Politics in the Streets (2017)
60 min | Documentary, History, News
This film chronicles the lives of activists in the United States who opposed the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan after 9/11. It considers their backgrounds, their tactics, the organizations that supported them, and their historical context.
Director: Melody Shemtov | Stars: Zeus Zephyn, Rob Constantine, Richard Nixon, Tom Hayden
Votes: 18
62. We Are Many (2014)
110 min | Documentary
The story of the biggest demonstration in human history, which took place on 15th February 2003, against the impending war on Iraq.
Director: Amir Amirani | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Mark Rylance, Danny Glover, Ken Loach
Votes: 419
63. Four Days in Chicago (2013)
83 min | Documentary, History, News
Oscar-winning filmmaker Haskell Wexler returns to his hometown of Chicago to document the Occupy Movement's demonstrations against the 2012 NATO Summit.
Director: Haskell Wexler | Stars: Medea Benjamin, Graham Clumpner, Andrew Davis, Bernardine Dohrn
Votes: 21
64. Clash of Colors: LA Riots of 1992 (2012)
Unrated | 81 min | Documentary
Unfiltered interviews and video footage analyze the 1992 LA Riots, the worst urban race riot in American history.
Director: David D. Kim | Stars: Larry Aubry, Bill Boyarsky, Edward Boyer, Lou Cannon
Votes: 31
65. Stirring It Up: The New Dissenters (2007)
55 min | Documentary
Five young activists with diverse convictions embark on a quest to affect political change, each in their own unique way. But can regular citizens really change the system nowadays? The 60'... See full summary »
Director: Louis Yansen | Stars: Alexis Baden-Mayer, Tom Hayden, Emcee Lynx
66. Last Party 2000 (2001)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
Political documentary about the 2000 United States presidential election. It examines the then-current state of American democracy, the issues handled by the typical political process, and ... See full summary »
Directors: Rebecca Chaiklin, Donovan Leitch Jr. | Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ben Harper, Noam Chomsky, Harold Ford
Votes: 695
67. Rebels with a Cause (2000)
110 min | Documentary
Director: Helen Garvy | Stars: Jane Adams, Bill Ayers, Carolyn Craven, Carl Davidson
Votes: 50 | Gross: $0.01M
68. Trade Off (2000)
95 min | Documentary
Director: Shaya Mercer | Stars: Charlene Barshefsky, Jello Biafra, Bill Clinton, Mike Dolan
Votes: 92
69. The Great Dictator (1940)
G | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner
Votes: 237,320 | Gross: $0.29M
70.
VH1 Rock Docs: Lords of the Revolution (2009)
Episode:
Timothy Leary
(2009)
Documentary, Biography
Star: Richard Belzer
71. Baader-Meinhof: In Love with Terror (2002 TV Movie)
69 min | Documentary
Explores the Baader-Meinhof urban guerrilla movement (aka the Red Army Faction) in 1970s West Germany.
Director: Ben Lewis | Stars: Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Bodo Kindermann, Dieter Kunzelmann
Votes: 73
72. Salt of the Earth (1954)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, History
Mexican workers at a zinc mine call a general strike. It is only through the solidarity of the workers, and importantly the indomitable resolve of their wives, mothers, and daughters, that they eventually triumph.
Director: Herbert J. Biberman | Stars: Juan Chacón, Rosaura Revueltas, Will Geer, David Bauer
Votes: 4,043
73. The Trial of Billy Jack (1974)
PG | 170 min | Action, Drama, Music
After Billy Jack in sentenced to four years in prison for the "involuntary manslaughter" of the first film, the Freedom School expands and flourishes under the guidance of Jean Roberts. The... See full summary »
Director: Tom Laughlin | Stars: Tom Laughlin, Delores Taylor, Victor Izay, Teresa Kelly
Votes: 1,516 | Gross: $89.00M
74. Salvador (1986)
R | 122 min | Drama, History, Thriller
A burnt-out photojournalist becomes involved in a Central American revolution.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: James Woods, Jim Belushi, Michael Murphy, John Savage
Votes: 23,147
75. Medium Cool (1969)
R | 111 min | Drama
A TV news reporter finds himself becoming personally involved in the violence that erupts around the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
Director: Haskell Wexler | Stars: Robert Forster, Verna Bloom, Peter Bonerz, Marianna Hill
Votes: 4,711 | Gross: $1.48M
76. Valentino's Ghost: Why We Hate Arabs (2015)
100 min | Documentary
VALENTINO'S GHOST: WHY WE HATE ARABS (2015) exposes how U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East is the driving force behind the mainstream media's portrayals of that region and its people, resulting in injustice, bigotry, hatred and wars.
Director: Michael Singh
Votes: 19
77. From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks (2007)
82 min | Biography, Drama, History
Director: Haskell Wexler | Stars: Edward Asner, Elliott Gould, Ian Ruskin
Votes: 48
78. Who Is Vermin Supreme? An Outsider Odyssey (2014)
100 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
Vermin Supreme is no ordinary presidential candidate. Promising a free pony for every American, a fully funded time travel research program, and unprecedented zombie preparedness ... See full summary »
Director: Steve Onderick | Stars: Vermin Supreme, Jimmy McMillan, Rob Potylo, Steve Onderick
Votes: 47
79. JFK to 9/11: Everything Is a Rich Man's Trick (2014 Video)
208 min | Documentary, History, War
This is one of the only documentaries that actually speaks on the real Secret Societies which for most are still a secret.
Stars: Francis Richard Conolly, Gordon Arnold, Charles Brehm, Howard Brennan
Votes: 716
80. The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas (1997)
60 min | Documentary
Director: Saul Landau
Votes: 20
81. An American History: Resettlement of Japanese Americans in Greater Cleveland (2000)
53 min | Documentary
Oral history of Japanese Americans during WWII after the Internment Camp experiences
Directors: Greg Petusky, Johnny K. Wu | Stars: Masumi Hayashi, Harry Taketa, Sadie Yamane, Steve Yano
Votes: 15
82. Earthlings (2005)
95 min | Documentary
Using hidden cameras and never-before-seen footage, Earthlings chronicles the day-to-day practices of the largest industries in the world, all of which rely entirely on animals for profit.
Director: Shaun Monson | Star: Joaquin Phoenix
Votes: 19,802
83. Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
48 min | Documentary, History, War
The history of the Final Solution phase of the Nazi Holocaust, particularly with the most infamous of the death camps.
Stars: Samuel West, Linda Hunt, Gert Heidenreich, Horst Günter Marx
Votes: 4,653
84. An Insignificant Man (2016)
96 min | Documentary, Thriller
A non-fiction drama chronicling the most outrageous political debut in the largest democracy in the world, "An Insignificant Man" follows Arvind Kejriwal and his insurgent party as they look to shake up Indian politics while struggling to keep their own idealism alive.
Directors: Khushboo Ranka, Vinay Shukla | Stars: Arvind Kejriwal, Saurabh Bhardwaj, Prashant Bhushan, Shiela Dikshit
Votes: 2,263
85. Sounds Like a Revolution (2010)
76 min | Documentary, Music
Documents the rise of a new generation of activist musicians who are living proof that music is a powerful tool in the ongoing struggle for social change. From the The Chicks to Michael ... See full summary »
Directors: Summer Preney, Jane Michener | Stars: Jello Biafra, Rob Bowman, David Crosby, Alan Cross
Votes: 75
86. Stealing a Nation (2004 TV Movie)
56 min | Documentary, History
This tells a story literally 'hidden from history'. In the 1960s and 70s, British governments, conspiring with American officials, tricked into leaving, then expelled the entire population ... See full summary »
Directors: John Pilger, Sean Crotty | Star: John Pilger
Votes: 408
87. Deportation Class (2016)
85 min | Documentary
They come in the night, tear families from their sleep, give them just enough time to pack and put them on a plane: this is the role of the so-called 'transportation commandos' comprising ... See full summary »
Directors: Carsten Rau, Hauke Wendler
Votes: 22
88. Modern Times (1936)
G | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Tiny Sandford
Votes: 259,428 | Gross: $0.16M
89. The Cove (2009)
PG-13 | 92 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
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.
Director: Louie Psihoyos | Stars: Richard O'Barry, Louie Psihoyos, Hardy Jones, Michael Illiff
Votes: 51,443 | Gross: $0.87M
90. The War You Don't See (2010)
97 min | Documentary, War
Thought-provoking documentary on war propaganda: how governments manipulate the facts and how most media let them get away with it.
Directors: Alan Lowery, John Pilger | Stars: John Pilger, Stuart Ewen, Melvin Goodman, Dan Rather
Votes: 1,524
91. Earth First! The Politics of Radical Environmentalism (1987)
60 min | Documentary
The film delves into the theory and practice of Earth First-networks of radical environmental groups employing direct action tactics.
Director: Christopher Manes | Stars: Edward Abbey, Rick Baily, Darryl Cherney, John Davis
Votes: 16
92. Who Bombed Judi Bari? (2012)
Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney were falsely arrested for car-bombing themselves on May 24, 1990 while on an Earth First! musical organizing tour for Redwood Summer. They sued the FBI for ... See full summary »
Director: Mary Liz Thomson | Stars: Judi Bari, David Brower, Jerry Brown, Andy Caffrey
Votes: 42
93. Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle (2017)
82 min | Documentary
For some people, a housing crisis means not getting planning permission for a loft conversion. For others it means, quite simply, losing their home. Dispossession: The Great Social Housing ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Sng | Stars: Maxine Peake, Nicola Sturgeon, Caroline Lucas, Peter Hitchens
Votes: 137
94. The Inheritance (1964)
58 min | Documentary
The Inheritance shows what life was really like for immigrants and working Americans from the turn of the century through the fight for civil rights in the 1960s. This stirring history of ... See full summary »
Director: Harold Mayer | Stars: Robert Ryan, Calvin Coolidge, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Adolf Hitler
Votes: 16
95. In the Name of Democracy: America's Conscience, a Soldier's Sacrifice, (2009)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary
The first officer in the United States Army to refuse deployment to Iraq on moral grounds, and attempts to clarify the issues that prompted Lt. Watada to choose the course he did in order ... See full summary »
Director: Nina Rosenblum | Stars: George W. Bush, Carolyn Ho, Steve Ohlinger, Marc Simont
Votes: 14
96. My Makhzen and Me (2012)
43 min | Documentary, Short
In the summer of 2011, Nadir Bouhmouch, a Moroccan student studying abroad in California returns to his home country and finds it in a state of turmoil. The uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt ... See full summary »
Director: Nadir Bouhmouch | Stars: Abdelfatah, Youness Belghazi, Montasser Drissi, Selma Maarouf
Votes: 16
97. Metropolis (1927)
Not Rated | 153 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
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.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Votes: 185,494 | Gross: $1.24M
98. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Approved | 179 min | Drama, War
In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazis judged for war crimes.
Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich
Votes: 85,473
99. Inside Job (2010)
PG-13 | 109 min | Documentary, Crime
Takes a closer look at what brought about the 2008 financial meltdown.
Director: Charles Ferguson | Stars: Matt Damon, Gylfi Zoega, Andri Snær Magnason, Sigridur Benediktsdottir
Votes: 78,961 | Gross: $4.31M
100. Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)
PG | 103 min | Documentary
A heartbreaking record of the thirteen-month struggle between a community fighting to survive and a corporation dedicated to the bottom line.
Director: Barbara Kopple | Stars: John L. Lewis, Carl Horn, Norman Yarborough, Logan Patterson
Votes: 6,627
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