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51. A Social Cure (2018)
96 min | Documentary
Can you and your friends slow the spread of a devastating global disease? (and promote other positive behaviors?) A Social Cure tells the stories of five unique individuals as their lives ... See full summary »
Director: Meissa Hampton | Stars: Dazon Dixon Diallo, Catherine Sozi, Nokubonga Yawa, Scott Burnett
Votes: 8
52. Journey to the Centre of the Heart (2020)
85 min | Documentary
What has been lost in life in the West? Foreigners from around the world migrate to Nepal in search of something to bring meaning and substance to their lives, a country experiencing a mass outward migration epidemic.
Director: Kalani Gacon | Stars: Charlie Baba, James B. Bryson, Verena Clemenic-Jones, Stefano Gianpiero
53. Saïd (1998)
100 min | Drama
Saïd is convinced that life in Europe will be wonderful. The small boat in which he crosses the strait of Gibraltar is the first thing that disappoints him, and when he arrives in Barcelona... See full summary »
Director: Llorenç Soler | Stars: Noufal Lhafi, Núria Prims, Marouane Mribti, Mercedes Sampietro
Votes: 75
54. Targets (II) (2021–2022)
20 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
During COVID pandemic in NYC, people connect on Zoom.. This miniseries explores various crimes -- marriage fraud (Target 1: American Dream), hate crime (Target 2: China Virus), Rape (Target... See full summary »
Stars: Mami Kimura, Matt Biagini, Leslie Lynn Meeker, Damien Bosco
55. Infatuation (2020)
5 min | Short
Infatuation is an experimental short film lasting just over four minutes. In it, a male artist indulges in his love of the female form. That love is tainted when the female subjects make a ... See full summary »
Director: Nace DeSanders | Stars: Alexis Brown, Kia Rush, Rickard Claeson
56. The Life Class (2008)
16 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Using dance as a metaphor for life opposing a sterile corporate world. The Life Class tells a story of Vaslav, a man who wants to change.
Director: Jacky Lansley | Stars: Vincent Ebrahim, Kathryn Pogson, Tim Taylor, Fergus Early
57. Goodbye Longfellow Road (1977 TV Movie)
Documentary
Documentary on a London street, showing poor housing conditions and corruption in local government.
Director: John Willis
58. Gangs (1988)
98 min | Action
Two brothers are forced into joining a gang.
Director: Lawrence Ah-Mon | Stars: Chiu Chan, Chung Chan, Chi-wah Cheung, Ping Chiang
Votes: 46
59. It's Better to Jump (2013)
75 min | Documentary, History
There is a centuries-old seawall in the ancient port of Akka, located on Israel's northern coast. Today, Akka is a modern city inhabited by Muslims, Christians, Jews, and Baha'i, but its ... See full summary »
Directors: Gina Angelone, Mouna Stewart, Patrick Alexander Stewart
Votes: 62
60. Tales from the Crypt: From Comic Books to Television (2004 TV Movie)
56 min | Documentary
Tells the story of EC Comics, the controversy that led to the end of mainstream horror comics, and the HBO anthology series "Tales from the Crypt".
Director: Chip Selby | Stars: Wendy Gaines Bucci, John Carpenter, Russ Cochran, Jack Davis
Votes: 154
61. Bullied to Death (2016)
75 min | Documentary, Drama
Bullied to Death depicts a 24 hour journey through the true stories of teenagers worldwide that experience severe bullying episodes at school, from their own families and on the web, as a result of their coming out about their sexuality.
Directors: Giovanni Coda, Marco Oppo | Stars: Tendal Mann, Sergio Anrò, Gianni Dettori, Assunta Pittaluga
Votes: 14
62. One Nation Under (2005)
10 min | Short, War
An interrogatory vision of American identity after 9/11. Visually poetic and thoughtfully provocative.
Director: Sandi Higgins | Stars: Marc Blanga, Rachel Diana, Sandi Higgins, Peter Jae
Votes: 29
63. Who is Blind (2024)
3 min | Short, Drama
Trash blocks a pedestrian path but everyone ignores it, except one blind woman who decides to make a change.
Director: Israa Al-Kamali | Star: Muna AlKuwari
64. Inside/Out (1973–1974)
15 min | Family
Dramatizations of various social issues and ethical dilemmas are presented for the viewer to ponder the resolutions themselves.
Votes: 28
65. Forward 13: Waking Up the American Dream (2014)
120 min | Documentary, News
Caught in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, Patrick Lovell, one of 10 million people who lost their homes, finds himself asking why he and so many Americans were blindsided by ... See full summary »
Director: Patrick Lovell | Star: Patrick Lovell
Votes: 15
66. Hapi ang buhay (2016– )
Comedy
Stars: John Stevenson Tabangay, Edward Flores, Erbil Escano, Wilson Tapalla
67. Family Trip (2021)
9 min | Short, Drama
As an Afro-Italian boy revisits Amantea with his father, a town on the Tyrrhenian coast where they took refuge many years ago, their world is yet again threatened to scatter as he ... See full summary »
Director: Danting Chen | Stars: Saddiq Abubakar, Giulia Casale, Corneliu Dragomirescu, Samuel Emmanuel Graziosi
68. Den store prøve (2014)
Not Rated | 42 min | Short, Drama
A young girl's struggle to handle the troubles of her father's alcohol abuse.
Director: Lars Kristian Mikkelsen | Stars: Laura Bach, Nicolai Dahl Hamilton, Henning Valin Jakobsen, Søren Penny Laursen
Votes: 7
69. Sub-subconscious (2020)
31 min | Short, Drama
The movie is divided into five parts, each part expresses the subconscious in different forms. It is mainly in the form of the subconscious to show people's appearance and inner world. The film also combines some actual cases.
Director: Chengzhou Zhou | Stars: Huo Bingling, Li Chuanshuai, Wang Guoqing, Chen Huiqi
70. A Community Concern (2010)
75 min | Documentary
Across the United States, graduation rates in most urban districts still remain between 50 and 60 percent. A Community Concern is a documentary about people who refuse to accept the system's failures, and are working for change.
Director: Susan Zeig
71. Say No to Subtitles (2013)
12 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy
A short film about a small time video store owner who hates foreign films and goes to extreme lengths to stop them from being sold in his shop.
Director: Jordan Wippell | Stars: Sam Bowtell, Sally Tatterson, Ellen James, Jacob McGann Robb
72. Tame keva? (2018)
Drama
Frustrated and annoyed with the pointlessness and insensitivity that comes with casteism, Ramji, an old Dalit man, decides to give up his religion. However, his ever-pious wife is against ... See full summary »
Director: K.R. Devmani | Stars: Anand Devmani, Ashish Kakkad, Jakir Khan, Prem Rathod
Votes: 36
73. Kony 2012, Part II: Beyond Famous (2012)
Not Rated | 20 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Directors: Ben Keesey, Kathryn Lang | Stars: Baroness Berridge, Brent Brubaker, Adam Finck, Acaye Jacob
Votes: 16
74. Khaltat Umri (2016)
89 min | Action, Romance
The movie discusses the Social, and unemployment issues facing the Egyptian youth during the present time.
Director: Ahmad El-Sheikh | Stars: Nismah Mahmood, Madline Tabar
75. North London Action for the Homeless (2011 Video)
12 min | Documentary, Short, Action
As well as offering food, advice and clothing, North London Action for the Homeless's drop-in centre provides a space where others, including a tuberculosis advice worker, can come and do a lot of good in a short space of time.
Director: Dorothy Leiper | Stars: Sue Collinson, Dorota Harembska, Radu Morar Rucarean, Mike Tomes
76. Bombhunters (2006)
Not Rated | 58 min | Documentary
Bombhunters explores the long-term consequences of war and genocide in Cambodia that persist in the form of landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and other munitions. Through the lives and ... See full summary »
Director: Skye Fitzgerald
Votes: 12
77. The Tree That Bore No Fruit (2017)
15 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
The desperate struggle of a CEO trying to fax new company policy becomes a tragic fable of violence, love, and death.
Director: Joshua Winnington | Stars: Bashir Ally, Shaun Barry, Billy Bentley, Amanda Bradbury
79. Group (II) (2017)
15 min | Short
This film follows three convicted abusers as they attempt to confront the attitudes and beliefs that lead to their violence, with the help of a compassionate group therapy facilitator.
Directors: Benjamin Allen, Claire Cai, Jack Mullinkosson, Haley Saunders, Meghan Wells
Votes: 6
80. Essere Hikikomori_la mia vita in una stanza (2022)
Documentary, Animation
The real lives of four hikikomori guys are linked by an animated movie to the outside world.
Directors: Michele Bertini Malgarini, Ugo Piva | Stars: Davide Conte, Eva Maria Angelini, Alessio De Bonis, Marco Crepaldi
Votes: 5
81. Global Pirates (2010)
62 min | Documentary
Carlos Leal discovers the protest against the G8 Summit in Heiligendamm, Germany.
Director: Laurent Notaro | Stars: Carlos Leal, Hamid Mohseni, Pedram Shahyar
82. Black Sheep (I) (2017)
21 min | Documentary, Short | Completed
After the loss of his wife, Jerry Clark found himself in a downward spiral; now he has to battle physical, emotional, and spiritual trials that come from over a decade of homelessness.
Directors: Tom Aijian, Emily Biehl, Tori Edgar, Rachel Lattin | Stars: Jerry Clark, Gina Seriel
83. Graduates: Freedom Is Not for Free (2012)
83 min | Documentary
Documentary film 'Graduates' is about the struggle of young people who, after graduating, find themselves in reality and must adapt to the needs of society. We are free, but to what extent are we able to take fate into our own hands?
Director: Tomas Krupa | Stars: Filip Jurkovic, Pavol Kaniansky, Miroslav Mráz
85. The Pink Circle Story (2011)
7 min | Short
The radio in the kitchen plays popular Bollywood songs as a mother cooks food for her children while the father smokes cigarettes on the roof. Experimental silent short about family, sanitation and breast cancer.
Director: Prashant Bhilare | Stars: Aishwarya Dalvi, Asif Kazi, Mst. Sahil, Mst. Ninad Sonare
86. Please Change the Song (2020)
Short, Crime, Thriller
The film is loud and clear in calling out the rape culture society, both consciously and unconsciously, harbours and encourages. From music and cinema, to cultural and social conditioning ... See full summary »
Director: Satyajeet Bhosale | Stars: Megha Dhade, Vijay Pawar, Gaurav Raje
Votes: 6
87. Mohamed (2001)
4 min | Short, Drama
It seems that everyone blames Mohamed, a Moroccan immigrant in Spain, because of his origins. Ignorance is the worst disease.
Director: Sergi Rubió | Stars: Mohamed Bouachmir, Lavinia Hervás, Mingo Ràfols, Carlos Buetas
Votes: 10
88. May Beetle (2009)
21 min | Short, Romance, Thriller
May Beetle is a short story of romance between a guy and girl who bump in to each other on a fateful day in Manhattan. What seems like boy meets girl story, and spending a day visiting ... See full summary »
Director: Chandra Pemmaraju | Stars: Shiloh Klein, Chandra Pemmaraju
89. Stray (III) (2012)
9 min | Short, Thriller
A young man, suffering from panic disorder, sets out with his girlfriend to pick up his medication when their night takes an unexpected turn.
Director: Ethan Sacchi | Stars: Shanna Barton, Nicole Cinaglia, Justin Specht
90. Opre Roma: Gypsies in Canada (1999 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
This documentary celebrates the vibrant culture and tenacious struggle of the Canadian Gypsy and introduces a new generation of Roma who claim their roots with pride. They call themselves ... See full summary »
Director: Tony Papa | Star: Doug Abrahams
91. Dear Suicidal Friend (2013)
Documentary, Adventure, Family
Wendell remakes his first article from 2012 to demonstrate to his other half where his heart lies on Valentines Day. Are you already mine?
Director: Wendell Charles NeSmith | Star: Wendell Charles NeSmith
92. A Part of Me (2012)
18 min | Documentary, Short, Family
Nathan Flanagan-Frankl's courageous personal journey explores whether his family can be rebuilt after a divorce. The 20-year old struggles with the separation of his parents who were ... See full summary »
Directors: Jessica Deutchman, Nathan Flanagan-Frankl, Rachel Kellogg | Stars: Nathan Flanagan-Frankl, Annilise Flanagan-Frankl, Ernest Frankl, Zachary Flanagan-Frankl
93. Just Another Day (2021 TV Special)
6 min | Crime, Drama
It started out as just another day, but by the end of it nothing would ever be the same. At least not for Sophia.
Director: Ida Thomasdotter | Stars: Annie Apakoh, David Galea, Anjali Joshi, Rory Keane
94. Tunggu (Hold on) (2022)
10 min | Short, Drama
Siska tried to find friends to prevent her from ending her own life. But all the friends she contacted ignored her. In her dying time, Siska saw her reflection in the mirror, reminding her of her parents' love for her.
Director: Deandrey Putra | Star: Ratu Bilqis
Votes: 5
95. Emoji - The Shivaay (2022)
4 min | Short
Director: Vikalp Shrivas | Stars: Damini, Sumitendra Kumar, Ram, Vikalp Shrivas
96. Sakhhii (2019)
122 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Shouvick Sarkar | Stars: Arjun Chakrabarty, Saayoni Ghosh, Debshankar Haldar, Rituparna Sen
Votes: 8
97. In-Between Days (2012)
58 min | Documentary
Chiranjit and Bubai are two young transgender friends from Kolkata. Hailing from poor and uneducated families, they confronted social castration from a tender age. However, it helped ... See full summary »
Director: Sankhajit Biswas | Stars: Bubai, Chiranjit
Votes: 13
98. Metta (2014)
Documentary, Short
Metta is a short documentary about Jenny, her foot reflexology spa, and its employees who are all blind.
Director: Nishat Rizvi
Votes: 48
99. Pointless Violence (2003)
33 min | Short, Action
An adolescent boy descends into a virtual-reality video game that becomes increasingly unstable as it blurs the line between catharsis and excess in this low-budget, teen-produced parody of media culture.
Director: Keil Troisi | Stars: Gabe DiDomenico, Aaron Troisi, Keil Troisi
100. Lucky Day (2019)
6 min | Short, Comedy
The ordinary day of Antoine Miller, a dynamic young man, who does not allow himself to be defeated by the vagaries of his existence.
Director: Eddy Juillerat | Stars: Luca Colucci, Olivier Guibert