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1. X-Men (2000)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In a world where mutants (evolved super-powered humans) exist and are discriminated against, two groups form for an inevitable clash: the supremacist Brotherhood, and the pacifist X-Men.
Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen
Votes: 646,352 | Gross: $157.30M
2. Miss Sloane (2016)
R | 132 min | Drama
In the high-stakes world of political power-brokers, Elizabeth Sloane is the most sought after and formidable lobbyist in D.C. But when taking on the most powerful opponent of her career, she finds winning may come at too high a price.
Director: John Madden | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michael Stuhlbarg
Votes: 82,489 | Gross: $3.50M
3. 13th (2016)
TV-MA | 100 min | Documentary, Crime, History
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: Melina Abdullah, Michelle Alexander, Cory Booker, Dolores Canales
Votes: 37,669
4. Crip Camp (2020)
R | 106 min | Documentary, History
Down the road from Woodstock, a revolution blossomed at a ramshackle summer camp for teenagers with disabilities, transforming their lives and igniting a landmark movement.
Directors: James Lebrecht, Nicole Newnham | Stars: James Lebrecht, Lionel Je'Woodyard, Joseph O'Conor, Ann Cupolo Freeman
Votes: 8,228
5. The Red Pill (2016)
TV-14 | 108 min | Documentary
The Red Pill chronicles filmmaker Cassie Jaye's journey following the mysterious and polarizing Men's Rights Movement. The Red Pill explores today's gender war and asks the question "what is the future of gender equality?"
Director: Cassie Jaye | Stars: Cassie Jaye, Paul Elam, Attila Vinczer, Dean Esmay
Votes: 12,043
6. Three Families (2021– )
118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Dramatisation of three real-life stories of how three families were each affected by Northern Ireland's restrictive abortion law before it was lifted in 2019.
Stars: Sinéad Keenan, Lola Petticrew, Amy James-Kelly, Colin Morgan
Votes: 726
7. A Girl from Mogadishu (2019)
TV-MA | 113 min | Drama
This is based on the testimony of Ifrah Ahmed, who--having made the extraordinary journey to escape war-torn Somalia--emerged as one of the world's foremost international activists against ... See full summary »
Director: Mary McGuckian | Stars: Aja Naomi King, Barkhad Abdi, Martha Canga Antonio, Maryam Mursal
Votes: 205
8. Ban the Sadist Videos! (2005 Video)
R | 52 min | Documentary
An in-depth analysis of the "Video Nasty" scandal of the early 1980s in Britain.
Director: David Gregory | Stars: Chris Theobald, Norman Abbott, Barrie Gold, Bill Best
Votes: 486
9. Terms and Conditions May Apply (2013)
Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary, News
A documentary that exposes what corporations and governments learn about people through Internet and cell phone usage, and what can be done about it ... if anything.
Director: Cullen Hoback | Stars: Max Schrems, Moby, Mark Zuckerberg, Orson Scott Card
Votes: 6,541 | Gross: $0.06M
10. A Life Interrupted (2007 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 85 min | Biography, Drama, History
After Debbie Smith was raped, she didn't take the law into her own hands. She wrote the law.
Director: Stefan Pleszczynski | Stars: Lea Thompson, Anthony Lemke, Cindy Busby, Éléonore Lamothe
Votes: 285
11. Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010)
Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary
A documentary analyzing the furore which so-called "video nasties" caused in Britain during the 1980s.
Director: Jake West | Stars: Julian Petley, Marc Morris, Andy Nyman, Xavier Mendik
Votes: 1,324
12. The Most Dangerous Year (2018)
90 min | Documentary
In 2016 a small group of families with transgender kids joined the fight against a wave of discriminatory anti-transgender legislation that swept the nation and their home state. With the ... See full summary »
Director: Vlada Knowlton | Stars: Aidan Key, Veondre Mitchell, Cyrus Habib, Huddle Morris Blakefield
Votes: 134
13. Battleground (I) (2022)
105 min | Documentary
Three women lead the charge in their single-minded quest to overturn Roe v. Wade, as they face down forces equally determined to safeguard women's access to safe and legal abortions.
Director: Cynthia Lowen | Stars: Terrisa Bukovinac, Marjorie Dannenfelser, Kristan Hawkins, Alexis McGill Johnson
Votes: 72
14. Alexander Hamilton (1931)
Passed | 70 min | Biography, Drama, History
With the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783, General George Washington took Colonel Hamilton with him into the newly formed government. While the main disagreements in the early days was ... See full summary »
Director: John G. Adolfi | Stars: George Arliss, Doris Kenyon, Dudley Digges, June Collyer
Votes: 323 | Gross: $0.99M
15. Gender Wars (2023 TV Special)
Documentary
Stars: Linda Bellos, Julie Bindel, Finn Mackay, Kathleen Stock
Votes: 19
16. Easter (2023–2024)
Approved | Mystery
The mental illness of our sleuth, Pascha, pits him against his most formidable foe - himself.
Stars: Lnq, Reginald VelJohnson, Olkens Graham, Gina Martino
17. Laboratory Greece (2019)
165 min | Documentary
A journey through Greece and Europe's past and recent history: from the Second World War to the current crisis. It is a historical documentary, a look into many stories.
Director: Jacopo Brogi | Stars: Filippo Abbate, Konrad Adenauer, Salvador Allende, Rania Antonopoulos
Votes: 32
18. Ban the Sadist Videos! Part 2 (2006 Video)
R | 46 min | Documentary
An investigation of UK video censorship after the video recordings act was introduced.
Director: David Gregory | Stars: Chris Theobald, Mary Whitehouse, Graham Bright, Ken Penry
Votes: 259
19. Something for the Birds (1952)
Approved | 81 min | Comedy, Romance
Enviromentalist Anne Richards goes to Washington D. C. to fight for getting legislation passed to save the last remaining sanctuary of the almost-extinct California Condor. She enlists the ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Victor Mature, Patricia Neal, Edmund Gwenn, Larry Keating
Votes: 231
20. Knots: A Forced Marriage Story (2020)
76 min | Documentary
Explore the sinister truth about forced and child marriage in the United States through the harrowing experiences of those who have survived it.
Director: Kate Ryan Brewer | Stars: Fraidy Reiss, Sara Tasneem, Nina Van Harn, Bella Waru
Votes: 42
21. Fear, Panic & Censorship (2000 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
Rare documentary about Video Nasties and film, video and internet censorship in the UK. Was first screened as part of Channel 4's controversial "Banned Weekend" which focused on films and ... See full summary »
Director: David Kenny | Stars: Tom Dewe Mathews, Jack Sargeant, Nigel Wingrove, John Beyer
Votes: 46
22. False Alarm (2021)
53 min | Documentary
The surreal, traumatic, and revelatory fallout from the morning when everyone on Hawai'i thought a nuclear missile strike was imminent.
Director: Nick Lyell
Votes: 12
23. From Danger to Dignity (1995)
57 min | Documentary
A look at the courageous legal and extralegal efforts of those who fought to break the silence, change the laws and end the shame which surrounded abortion when it was a crime in the United States.
Director: Dorothy Fadiman | Stars: Huw Anwyl, Peg Beissert, Curtis Boyd, Arlene Carmen
Votes: 15
24. The 8th (2020)
94 min | Documentary
The 8th tells the story of Irish women and their fight to overturn one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the world. After a 35-year struggle, the pro-choice side must radically shift... See full summary »
Directors: Aideen Kane, Lucy Kennedy, Maeve O'Boyle | Stars: Wendy Grace, Andrea Horan, Ailbhe Smyth, Maria Steen
Votes: 81
25. A Public Affair (1962)
75 min | Drama
Expository internal affairs drama which brings to light the often unprincipled tactics used in negative "smear" campaigning, and its effects within the political arena.
Director: Bernard Girard | Stars: Myron McCormick, Edward Binns, Judson Pratt, Jackie Loughery
Votes: 23
26. Gotham: The Fall and Rise of New York (2023)
Documentary, History
Once a failing city that by 1990 had over 2,200 murders and 93,000 violent robberies annually, New York went on to be the revitalized word capital.
Director: Matthew Taylor | Stars: Nicole Gelinas, Michael Goodwin, Larry Mone, Fred Seigel
Votes: 28
27. Pretty Toxic (2021)
Documentary
"Pretty Toxic" is a documentary about the toxic chemicals used by the $500 billion beauty industry-and the healthy price consumers pay to be pretty.
There are over 57,000 chemicals in ... See full synopsis »
Director: Jennifer B. White | Stars: Jennifer B. White, Lori Alper, Cindy Luppi, Amy Ziff
28. 50 Years Legal (2017)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
Leading activists and commentators explore the changes that have taken place since homosexuality was decriminalised in the UK in 1967 and the influence of gay culture on society.
Director: Simon Napier-Bell | Stars: Olly Alexander, Marc Almond, Stephen K. Amos, Elizabeth Barker
Votes: 21
29. Meet the Lords (2017)
180 min | Documentary
The Upper Chamber of the British Parliament throws open its doors granting unique behind-the-scenes access to the House of Lords during one of the most turbulent periods in its history.
Stars: Gillian Bevan, Oona King, Betty Boothroyd, Paul Tyler
Votes: 28
30. Empire of the Censors (1995 TV Movie)
120 min | Documentary
The history of film and video censorship in Great Britain.
Director: Saskia Baron | Stars: Richard E. Grant, Tom Dewe Mathews, Derek Hill, Jeffrey Richards
Votes: 143
31. Pave the Road (2021)
75 min | Documentary
The film gives voice to neglected citizens that suffer from deadly road dust due to corrupt governments and triggers the "Green Pavement" technology, which replaces fossil fuels with plastic waste.
Director: Kelly Mason | Stars: Jeffrey Goolst, Kelly Mason, Jesse Mason-Goolst, Joella Mason-Goolst
33. Washington Melodrama (1941)
Passed | 80 min | Drama
A newsman links his fiancee's millionaire father to a chorus girl's murder.
Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Frank Morgan, Ann Rutherford, Kent Taylor, Dan Dailey
Votes: 326
34. Friends & Enemies (1987)
88 min | Documentary, History
One thousand power workers went on strike against the South East Queensland Electrical Board (SEQEB)in February 1985 in protest against the introduction of contract worker hire. This ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Zubrycki | Star: Vince Lester
35. Flowers of Darkness (1972)
22 min | Documentary, Short
This short films traces the history of opium and examines contemporary heroin trade and addiction in the United States.
Director: William Templeton | Stars: Paul Newman, Vernon Hann, Jack Hurst, Sherman N. Kieffer
Votes: 159
36. A Piece of the Rock (2017)
70 min | Documentary
The tiny island of Bermuda. A paradise on earth. Plagued by a deadly, unspoken epidemic on its roads.
Director: Andrew Kirkpatrick | Star: Rowdy Piper
37. Corrupted Justice (2015)
Documentary, Drama, History
Stars: Edward Asner, Lee Baca, Jerry Brown, Steve Cooley
38. The Legacy: Murder & Media, Politics & Prisons (1999)
76 min | Crime, Documentary
Director: Michael J. Moore | Stars: John Patrick Amedori, Joe Klaas, Marc Klaas, Mike Reynolds
Votes: 13
39. Love Freely But Pay for Sex (2013)
60 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
89% of people in England have adopted a pay for sex lifestyle exchanging money for sex and the British Government now want a piece of the action.
Director: Phoenix James | Stars: Phoenix James, Jeana Adu, Virginie Alix, Jaspal Badwell
Votes: 26
40. The Gay Marriage Thing (2005)
Not Rated | 47 min | Documentary
Lorre and Gayle were heartbroken when they learned their two great-aunts - sisters who'd lived together their entire 80+ years - were on the verge of losing their 1850's home because it was... See full summary »
Director: Stephanie Higgins
Votes: 14
41. RTÉ Investigates: Whistleblowers Fighting to be Heard (2021 TV Movie)
40 min | Documentary, News
Star: Barry O'Kelly
43. Cesar Millan: Love My Pit Bull (2014 TV Movie)
44 min | Documentary
Director: Marc McCrudden | Stars: Robert Clotworthy, Julie Conway, Leslie Corea, Tony Cárdenas
Votes: 44
44. Banned in the UK (2005)
60 min | Documentary
Stars: Iain Lee, Muriel Gray, Sheryl Garratt, John Hassey
Votes: 17
46. Been to the Mountaintop: Martin Luther King, Jr. (2006 Video)
32 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Original footage features highlights from dramatic speeches and conversations spanning 1956 to 1968, including his last address on April 3, 1968, the night before his assassination in Memphis, Tennessee.
Star: Martin Luther King
47. Vestamager - drømmenes land (1973 TV Movie)
Documentary
Stars: Urban Hansen, Peder Boas Jensen, Anders Nyvig
48. Sam in the Snow (2010)
Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary
Directors: Michael Camerini, Shari Robertson
49. O Sacrifício (2003)
12 min | Documentary, Short
The pig slaughter is a very ancient tradition, which along the years evolved differently in the regions where it was a custom. All family members gathered around this occasion and it was ... See full summary »
Director: Paulo César Fajardo | Stars: José Silva Fajardo, José Jorge Camelo, M. Rosa Fajardo, Pedro F. Fajardo
Votes: 31
50. JFK: John F. Kennedy - The Presidential Years (2007 Video)
57 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Thirteen dramatic speeches delivered during John F. Kennedy's run for the office and while President of the United States.
Star: John F. Kennedy