Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "peace-activist"

1. Peacemaker (2022– )

TV-MA | 40 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Picking up where The Suicide Squad (2021) left off, Peacemaker returns home after recovering from his encounter with Bloodsport - only to discover that his freedom comes at a price.

Stars: John Cena, Danielle Brooks, Freddie Stroma, Jennifer Holland

Votes: 135,452

2. Z (1969)

M/PG | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

The public murder of a prominent politician and doctor amid a violent demonstration is covered up by military and government officials. A tenacious magistrate is determined not to let them get away with it.

Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, François Périer

Votes: 31,385 | Gross: $0.08M

3. Foreign Correspondent (1940)

Passed | 120 min | Action, Romance, Thriller

On the eve of World War II, a young American reporter tries to expose enemy agents in London.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, George Sanders

Votes: 23,763 | Gross: $3.48M

4. Special Bulletin (1983 TV Movie)

103 min | Drama

A TV reporter and cameraman are taken hostage on a tugboat while covering a workers strike. The demands of the hostage-takers are to collect all the nuclear detonators in the Charleston, SC... See full summary »

Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Ed Flanders, Kathryn Walker, Roxanne Hart, Christopher Allport

Votes: 1,330

5. Romero (1989)

PG-13 | 102 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The life and work of Archbishop Oscar Romero who opposed, at great personal risk, the tyrannical repression in El Salvador.

Director: John Duigan | Stars: Raul Julia, Richard Jordan, Ana Alicia, Eddie Velez

Votes: 2,455 | Gross: $1.32M

6. In the Time of the Butterflies (2001 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

In the Time of the Butterflies is inspired by the true story of the three Mirabal sisters who, in 1960, were murdered for their part in an underground plot to overthrow the government.

Director: Mariano Barroso | Stars: Salma Hayek, Lumi Cavazos, Edward James Olmos, Mía Maestro

Votes: 2,487

7. Land of Plenty (2004)

Not Rated | 123 min | Drama, War

A drama that investigates anxiety and disillusionment in America.

Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Michelle Williams, John Diehl, Wendell Pierce, Shaun Toub

Votes: 4,120

8. Rosa Luxemburg (1986)

Not Rated | 122 min | Biography, Drama, History

After years of political agitation, Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht, and Leo Jogiches form a revolutionary German party, the Spartacists.

Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Barbara Sukowa, Daniel Olbrychski, Otto Sander, Adelheid Arndt

Votes: 1,923

9. The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006)

PG-13 | 99 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

A documentary on the life of John Lennon, with a focus on the time in his life when he transformed from a musician into an antiwar activist.

Directors: David Leaf, John Scheinfeld | Stars: John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Stew Albert, Tariq Ali

Votes: 5,689 | Gross: $1.10M

10. Midas Run (1969)

M | 106 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

A veteran Secret Service Agent from Britain hijacks a government shipment of fifteen million dollars of gold out of an irritation for never being knighted.

Director: Alf Kjellin | Stars: Fred Astaire, Richard Crenna, Anne Heywood, Ralph Richardson

Votes: 184

11. Titanic Town (1998)

100 min | Drama

A Belfast, Northern Ireland housewife takes up the peace cause, which causes her family trouble with I.R.A. sympathizers.

Director: Roger Michell | Stars: Julie Walters, Ciarán Hinds, Nuala O'Neill, James Loughran

Votes: 460 | Gross: $0.06M

12. This Is What Democracy Looks Like (2000)

Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary

A filmed account of the street protests against the World Trade Organization Summit in Seattle, Washington, USA in 1999.

Directors: Jill Friedberg, Rick Rowley | Stars: Noam Chomsky, Michael Franti, Carley Phelan, Susan Sarandon

Votes: 387

13. Eine Liebe für den Frieden - Bertha von Suttner und Alfred Nobel (2014 TV Movie)

88 min | Biography, Drama, History

An unusual woman, a dramatic life: Bertha von Suttner never had it easy. Although she was born as Countess Kinsky and was highly educated, she and her family do not enjoy a good reputation.... See full summary »

Director: Urs Egger | Stars: Birgit Minichmayr, Sebastian Koch, Philipp Hochmair, Sona MacDonald

Votes: 145

14. Twice Bombed: The Legacy of Yamaguchi Tsutomu (2011)

40 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

'The bottom line is, there shouldn't be nuclear in our world'. On his 91st birthday, Tsutomu Yamaguchi said when asked about current nuclear power. He is a survivor of not one, but two ... See full summary »

Director: Hidetaka Inazuka | Stars: Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Hideyuki Akabane, James Cameron, Chad R. Diehl

Votes: 204

15. Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin (2003)

83 min | Documentary, Biography

Documentary on Bayard Rustin, best-remembered as the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington.

Directors: Nancy D. Kates, Bennett Singer | Stars: Bayard Rustin, Dorothy Jackson, John Rodgers, Louis John

Votes: 226

16. A Single Woman (2008)

PG | 95 min | Biography

A Single Woman is a distinct, lively portrait of Jeannette Rankin (the first American woman elected to Congress; also a suffragist, peace activist and reformer) that takes us from her ... See full summary »

Director: Kamala Lopez | Stars: Patricia Arquette, Joyce Julianne Auer, Karen Black, Traber Burns

Votes: 123

17. Objector (2019)

75 min | Documentary

Like all Israeli youth, Atalya is obligated to become a soldier. Unlike most, she questions the practices of her country's military, and becomes determined to challenge this rite of passage... See full summary »

Director: Molly Stuart | Star: Atalya Ben-Abba

Votes: 111

18. In the King of Prussia (1982)

92 min | Drama

Dramatization of the trial of Christian anti-war activists, known collectively as the "Plowshares Eight". In September 1980, they broke into a General Electric weapons plant in King of ... See full summary »

Director: Emile de Antonio | Stars: Daniel Berrigan, Philip Berrigan, Dean Hammer, Carl Kabat

Votes: 79

19. Everything Happens at Night (1939)

Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Drama

Two competing reporters fall in love with the daughter of a Nobel Prize winner living in hiding.

Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Sonja Henie, Ray Milland, Robert Cummings, Maurice Moscovitch

Votes: 254

20. Basement (2010)

77 min | Horror, Thriller

Six friends are lured to an underground basement for a sinister experiment, will they escape, but most importantly will they live or die?

Director: Asham Kamboj | Stars: Danny Dyer, Jimi Mistry, Kierston Wareing, Emily Beecham

Votes: 711

21. Fucking Different Tel Aviv (2009)

94 min | Drama, Romance

14 gay and lesbian filmmakers from Tel Aviv present short films about their sexuality.

Directors: Stephanie Abramovich, Avital Barak, Hila Ben Baruch, Yossi Brauman, Eyal Bromberg, Sie Gal, Yair Hochner, Eran Koblik Kedar, Sivan Levy, Yasmin Max, Nir Ne'eman, Ricardo Rojstaczer, Anat Salomon, November Wanderin, Elad Zakai | Stars: Yossi Almong, Roii Amoya, Uri Avrahami, Ran Chai Bar-zvi

Votes: 56

22. Mourir à 30 ans (1982)

95 min | Documentary

Romain Goupil records his years of militancy and disappointment as the new world they fought for doesn't come. He praises his missing friend Michel Recanati who committed suicide at 30 years.

Director: Romain Goupil | Stars: Alain Bureau, Pierre Goupil, Romain Goupil, Sophie Goupil

Votes: 242

23. Above Everything Else (1991)

122 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A newsreporter is involved in an extramarital affair with a city mayor, and things get worse when he suffers a heart attack. The scandal shatters her career, and her life is at risk when ... See full summary »

Director: Lino Brocka | Stars: Dina Bonnevie, Tonton Gutierrez, Nanette Medved, Ronaldo Valdez

Votes: 19

24. Joschka und Herr Fischer (2011)

138 min | Documentary, Biography, History

He was a student activist, an urban guerrilla, a taxi driver; Joseph "Joschka" Fischer emerged from the Extra-parliamentary Opposition (APO) to become Hessen's trainer-clad environment ... See full summary »

Director: Pepe Danquart | Stars: Joschka Fischer, Hans Koschnick, Katharina Thalbach, Peter Grohmann

Votes: 200

25. 68 (2008 TV Movie)

110 min | Documentary, History, War

From Washington to Saigon, Rome to Mexico, Paris to London, a wave of demonstrations shakes the world. 68 travels back in time to war torn Vietnam, freed and occupied Prague, Paris demonstrating, revolution in the Americas.

Director: Patrick Rotman | Stars: Edouard Balladur, The Beatles, Claude Berri, Leonid Brezhnev

Votes: 66

26. A Stitch for Time (1987)

53 min | Documentary

A group of women from a small town influence national public policy and foreign relations. To this end, they employ their quilt-making.

Director: Nigel Noble

Votes: 30

27. Peace One Day (2004)

Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary

The story of Jeremy Gilley's attempts to persuade the global community via the United Nations to sanction officially a day without conflict; a ceasefire day; a global day of Peace.

Director: Jeremy Gilley | Stars: The Dalai Lama, Kofi Annan, Jeremy Gilley, Judi Dench

Votes: 148

28. The Girl from the South (2012)

94 min | Documentary

Lim Su-kyung (also spelled as Lim Soo-kyung) attended the 13th World Festival of Youth and Students, held in North Korea in 1989, without first obtaining permission from the South Korean ... See full summary »

Director: José Luis García | Stars: Im Su-kyong, Alejandro Kim

Votes: 220

29. Linus Pauling, Crusading Scientist (1977)

57 min | Documentary, Biography

The documentary traces Pauling's unique achievements as both scientist and peace crusader. He enthusiastically describes the events leading to his first Nobel award, for chemistry, while ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Richter | Stars: Barclay Kamb, Linda Pauling Kamb, Ava Helen Pauling, Linus Pauling

30. Ben Spock, Baby Doctor (1996 Video)

57 min | Documentary

Pediatric science pioneer, best selling author of books on child rearing, Olympic gold medal winner, peace activist, Presidential candidate, sailor--the life and times of one of the most influential figures of the 20th century.

Director: Robert Richter | Stars: Mary Morgan, William Sloane Coffin, Benjamin Spock

31. Das Kommando (2004 TV Movie)

90 min | Drama, Thriller

General Heinz Büchner is in charge of a special unit of the German army. His son Christopher is a member of the unit. They get the mission to take out a band of terrorists that plan an attack on the American headquarters in Heidelberg.

Director: Thomas Bohn | Stars: Robert Atzorn, Jens Atzorn, Iris Berben, Oona-Devi Liebich

Votes: 73

32. Paying the Price for Peace (2018)

117 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Vietnam veteran S. Brian Willson pays the price for peace by calling attention to the US government's defiance of international law through endless illegal wars.

Director: Bo Boudart | Stars: Medea Benjamin, Leah Bolger, Blase Bonpane, Roy Bourgeois

Votes: 13

33. Watari-gawa (1994)

90 min | Documentary, History

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Directors: Duk-chul Kim, Yasuyuki Mori | Star: Hisashi Igawa

34. I Was a Vagina Before I Was a Black Man (2009)

25 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy

For four days, the normally sleepy streets of downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota were engulfed in riots, demonstrations, discord and tear gas during the 2008 Republican National Convention.

Directors: Bruce Ervin, John Ervin | Star: John Ervin

35. La Vida bajo las Bombas (2007)

78 min | Documentary

The life of civilians during the 2006 bombing in Lebanon.

Director: Flavio Signore

36. Scott Camil Will Not Die (2011)

84 min | Documentary, History

A documentary portrait of Scott Camil, peace activist, educator, Winter Soldier, and Vietnam War Veteran.

Director: Georg Koszulinski | Stars: Scott Camil, Lois Hensel, Anthony Maroun, Richard Nixon

37. Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode: The City on the Edge of Forever (1967)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

When a temporarily insane Dr. McCoy accidentally changes history and destroys his time, Kirk and Spock follow him to prevent the disaster, but the price to do so is high.

Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Joan Collins, DeForest Kelley

Votes: 6,588

38. The Twilight Zone (1985–1989)
Episode: Shatterday/A Little Peace and Quiet (1985)

TV-PG | 48 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Peter Jay Novins calls his home, only to hear himself answer. / A harried housewife struggling with rambunctious children and the stress of modern life finds relief from an unusual source that brings both power and responsibility.

Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Bruce Willis, Dan Gilvezan, Murukh, John Carlyle

Votes: 880

39. Numb3rs (2005–2010)
Episode: Protest (2006)

TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The bombing of a recruitment office puts Don and his father at odds, and brings an agent out of retirement.

Director: Dennis Smith | Stars: Rob Morrow, David Krumholtz, Judd Hirsch, Alimi Ballard

Votes: 274

40. American Masters (1985– )
Episode: Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home (2006)

TV-14 | 85 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Hear the story of Woody Guthrie's creative energy, personal imperfections and family tragedy.

Director: Peter Frumkin | Stars: Peter Coyote, Rick Sharp, Robin Wiley, Peter Mark Joliat

Votes: 147

41. Lie to Me (2009–2011)
Episode: Do No Harm (2009)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Dr. Lightman and Dr. Foster tackle the case of a missing girl. Torres and Loker focus on whether a North Ugandan woman told the truth in her autobiography about the violence in her country.

Director: John Behring | Stars: Tim Roth, Kelli Williams, Brendan Hines, Monica Raymund

Votes: 1,025

42. Traitor/Patriot (2022)
Episode: The Gentleman Spy: George Blake (2022)

Documentary, History, War

While a prisoner in North Korea, George Blake was recruited by the Soviets to spy on the British. He was caught and sentenced to prison but escaped to the Soviet Union.

Directors: Maria Berry, Marek Bures | Stars: Roger Hermiston, Mark Stout, David Major, Mark Kelton

43. Years and Years (2019)
Episode: Episode 2 (2019)

TV-MA | 62 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

As the world recovers, Stephen and Celeste face a very modern nightmare, Daniel fights to keep hold of Viktor, and Edith finally returns home, carrying a terrible secret with her.

Director: Simon Cellan Jones | Stars: Anne Reid, Rory Kinnear, T'Nia Miller, Russell Tovey

Votes: 1,397