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1. Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
R | 102 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A drama based on a Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.
Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams
Votes: 124,959 | Gross: $66.66M
2. Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
PG | 93 min | Biography, Drama, History
Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.
Director: George Clooney | Stars: David Strathairn, George Clooney, Patricia Clarkson, Jeff Daniels
Votes: 101,331 | Gross: $31.56M
3. Loving (2016)
PG-13 | 123 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, a couple whose arrest for interracial marriage in 1960s Virginia began a legal battle that would end with the Supreme Court's historic 1967 decision.
Director: Jeff Nichols | Stars: Ruth Negga, Joel Edgerton, Will Dalton, Dean Mumford
Votes: 36,393 | Gross: $7.70M
4. Longtime Companion (1989)
R | 96 min | Drama, Romance
The emergence and devastation of the AIDS epidemic is chronicled in the lives of several gay men living during the 1980s.
Director: Norman René | Stars: Stephen Caffrey, Patrick Cassidy, Brian Cousins, Bruce Davison
Votes: 6,135 | Gross: $4.61M
5. Swing Vote (2008)
PG-13 | 120 min | Comedy, Drama
In a remarkable turn-of-events, the result of the presidential election comes down to one man's vote.
Director: Joshua Michael Stern | Stars: Kevin Costner, Paula Patton, Kelsey Grammer, Madeline Carroll
Votes: 19,408 | Gross: $16.28M
6. Hamlet 2 (2008)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Music
In this irreverent comedy, a failed actor-turned-worse-high-school-drama-teacher rallies his Tucson, AZ students as he conceives and stages politically incorrect musical sequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Director: Andrew Fleming | Stars: Steve Coogan, Elisabeth Shue, Catherine Keener, J.J. Soria
Votes: 17,359 | Gross: $4.88M
7. RBG (2018)
PG | 98 min | Documentary, Biography
The exceptional life and career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon.
Directors: Julie Cohen, Betsy West | Stars: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Ann Kittner, Harryette Helsel, Nina Totenberg
Votes: 15,073 | Gross: $14.02M
8. Kurt & Courtney (1998)
R | 95 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
A documentary on the life of Kurt Cobain and his relationship with Courtney Love.
Director: Nick Broomfield | Stars: Courtney Love, Nick Broomfield, Kurt Cobain, Mari Earle
Votes: 7,355 | Gross: $0.44M
9. Skokie (1981 TV Movie)
PG | 125 min | Drama
A dramatization of the controversial trial concerning the right for Neo-Nazis to march in the predominately Jewish community of Skokie.
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Danny Kaye, John Rubinstein, Carl Reiner, Kim Hunter
Votes: 424
10. Flint (2017 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 86 min | Drama
A woman deals with the toxic water scandal in Flint, Michigan, and the effect it has on her family.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Rob Morrow, Queen Latifah, Marin Ireland, Betsy Brandt
Votes: 434
11. Dirty Pictures (2000 TV Movie)
R | 104 min | Drama
A Cincinnati museum director goes on trial in 1990 for exhibiting sadomasochistic photographs taken by Robert Mapplethorpe.
Director: Frank Pierson | Stars: James Woods, Ann Marin, Craig T. Nelson, Diana Scarwid
Votes: 872
12. Reversing Roe (2018)
TV-14 | 99 min | Documentary
A deep historical look at one of the most controversial issues of our time, highlighting the abortion debate from various points along the ideological spectrum in a winding story of abortion in America.
Directors: Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg | Stars: Donna Howard, John Seago, Brigitte Amiri, Troy Newman
Votes: 1,818
13. Happy Endings? (2009)
Not Rated | 81 min | Documentary
An intriguing exploration of the Asian massage parlor industry in Providence, RI, where a 25 year-old loophole has made the exchange of sex for money legal - as long as it happens behind ... See full summary »
Director: Tara Hurley | Stars: David Cicilline, Steven Brown, Joanne Giannini, Donna M. Hughes
Votes: 20
14. Shot in the Heart (2001 TV Movie)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The story of a man coming to terms with the sins and secrets of his notorious brother and, in the process, exploring the legacy of violence in his own family.
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Anne Kathryn Parma, Ashley Edwards, Evyn Clark, Kim Abunuwara
Votes: 659
15. We Are Dad (2005)
Not Rated | 71 min | Documentary, History, Reality-TV
A gay couple who are pediatric AIDS nurses become foster parents to infants who are HIV positive, and decide to challenge the State of Florida's law banning adoption by gay people
Director: Michel Horvat | Stars: Roger Croteau, Steven Lofton, Alan Ball, Ron Brenesky
Votes: 100
16. Mighty Ira (2020)
99 min | Documentary
Ira is one of America's unsung champions of civil rights and liberties. As his generation retires from the barricades, Ira reminisces on his life at the forefront of defending the rights of all Americans.
Directors: Chris Maltby, Nico Perrino, Aaron Reese | Stars: Ira Glasser, William F. Buckley, Roger Craver, Noam Dworman
Votes: 149
17. Trans in America (2018)
Documentary
Trans In America is a verité short documentary series, and an intimate portrait of three transgender individuals as they battle for their civil rights in the United States. The three films ... See full summary »
Stars: Kai Shappley, Eisha Love, Kimberly Shappley
18. Out at Work (1997)
56 min | Documentary
In 1992 Cheryl Summerville, a cook at a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Georgia, received a termination paper stating she was fired for " failing to demonstrate normal heterosexual values." ... See full summary »
Directors: Kelly Anderson, Tami Gold | Stars: Nat Keitt, Cheryl Summerville, Ron Woods
Votes: 26
19. Cruel and Unusual (2006)
Not Rated | 63 min | Documentary, Crime
Five transgender women share their prison experiences. Interviews with attorneys, doctors, and other experts are also included.
Directors: Janet Baus, Dan Hunt, Reid Williams | Stars: Ashley, Ophelia DeLonte, Anna Connelly, George Brown
Votes: 68
20. The ACLU Freedom Files (2005–2007)
29 min | Documentary
Stars: Greg Bryan, Tommy Bertelsen, Michael Schiller, Abby Stern
Votes: 48
21. Legalize It (2014)
80 min | Documentary
A documentary that follows prop 19 - The 2010 Tax and regulate Cannabis campaign in California.
Director: Dan Katzir | Stars: Alex Arsenault, Nate Bradley, Neal Brennan, Don Brewer
Votes: 8
22. Deadly Force (1980)
60 min | Documentary
In the early morning of August 4, 1977, a veteran Los Angeles police officer, from the Ramparts Division, stopped his car to investigate Ron Burkhold, a naked unarmed man on a street corner... See full summary »
Director: Richard Cohen
Votes: 6
23. ACLU: A History (1998 TV Movie)
Documentary
Stars: Roger Baldwin, Dave Barry, Julian Bond, Ira Glasser
Votes: 12
24. Not in Our Name! (2006)
57 min | Documentary, War
Silent America
Not in our name is the rallying cry for thousands of Americans who continue to oppose the war in Iraq. After a difficult beginning, the peace movement grows every day. The ... See full synopsis »
Director: Philippe Borrel | Stars: Darrell Anderson, Amy Goodman, Dennis Kucinich, Tim Robbins
Votes: 41
25. Yvette Loses Berkeley Court Case (2018 Video)
11 min | Short, News
Tim Pool provides an update on Yvette Felarca of BAMN (The Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration and Immigrant Rights, and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary).
Star: Tim Pool
26. Champions of the First Amendment (1988)
28 min | Documentary, Short, History
Stars: Dan Barker, Dan McCollum, Jim McCollum, Vashti McCollum
27.
The Drew Carey Show (1995–2004)
Episode:
Sleeping with the Enemy
(2004)
TV-PG | Comedy
After Drew's and Kellie's relationship moves to the next level they begin realizing they have drastically different political views, creating an extremely stressful environment.
Director: Shelley Jensen | Stars: Drew Carey, Diedrich Bader, Kathy Kinney, Cynthia Watros
Votes: 76
28.
Rick and Morty (2013– )
Episode:
The Vat of Acid Episode
(2020)
TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Rick & Morty go on a simple exchange as Rick tells Morty if something goes wrong jump into the same vat of acid as he does.
Directors: Jacob Hair, Wesley Archer | Stars: Justin Roiland, Chris Parnell, Spencer Grammer, Sarah Chalke
Votes: 16,475
29.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial
(2007)
TV-PG | 112 min | Documentary
The account of the legal battle in Dover, Pennsylvania over the required teaching of the religious-based "intelligence design" as supposedly a legitimate scientific alternative to evolution in the local public school.
Directors: Gary Johnstone, Joseph McMaster | Stars: Jay Benedict, Matthew Chapman, Anthony Edridge, Michael Fitzpatrick
Votes: 212
30.
Coffee with Scott Adams (2018– )
Post Office Efficiency, Biden Botching Everything, ACLU Backs China, Barr Disses Teachers Union for Racism
(2020 Podcast Episode)
44 min | News
Star: Scott Adams
31.
Longines Chronoscope (1951–1955)
Episode:
Episode dated 7 December 1951
(1951)
News, Talk-Show
Huie and Victor Riesel, columnist for the New York Daily Mirror, interview Arthur Garfield Hays, constitutional lawyer and the general counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union. Topics... See full summary »
Director: Ted Estabrook | Stars: Arthur Garfield Hays, William Bradford Huie, Frank Knight, Victor Riesel
32.
Longines Chronoscope (1951–1955)
Episode:
Episode dated 27 August 1954
(1954)
News, Talk-Show
Lesueur and Crawford interview Ernest Angell, the American Civil Liberties Union's chairman of the board. The primary topic discussed is the Communist Control Act, signed by Dwight ... See full summary »
Stars: Ernest Angell, Kenneth Crawford, Larry LeSueur
33.
The Matt Walsh Show (2018– )
Hershey's Becomes HeShe's
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News, Talk-Show
Star: Matt Walsh
34.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy Lost
(2014)
TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary, News
From PBS and Frontline: In Part Two of United States of Secrets, FRONTLINE explores the role of Silicon Valley in the National Security Agency's dragnet. As big technology companies ... See full summary »
Stars: Will Lyman, Glenn Greenwald, Ewen MacAskill, Ron Wyden
Votes: 212
36.
EWTN Bookmark (1998– )
Episode:
Why Catholicism Matters
(2012)
28 min | Family, Talk-Show
Doug Keck's guest is Bill Donohue, president of The Catholic League and author of Why Catholicism Matters. Donohue discusses civil rights, the ACLU, jazz music, cultural decline, and his ... See full summary »
Directors: Mike Holmes, Fred Williams | Stars: Doug Keck, William Donohue
38.
Colorado Inside Out (1981– )
Episode:
October 21, 2016
(2016)
27 min | Talk-Show
Bartels rigged response, final presidential debate reaction, Trump stops in CO and mail-in ballots go out in Colorado.
Directors: Stephen Zinn, Any Carino | Stars: Patricia Calhoun, Dominic Dezzutti, Ben Gelt, David Kopel
39.
Messiah (2020)
Episode:
Trial
(2020)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Coping with grief, Eva questions al-Masih, but his riveting charisma turns the tables. A deportation trial becomes a political lightning rod.
Director: James McTeigue | Stars: Michelle Monaghan, Mehdi Dehbi, John Ortiz, Tomer Sisley
Votes: 1,376