Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "social-consciousness"

1. Titanic (1997)

PG-13 | 194 min | Drama, Romance

A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.

Director: James Cameron | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates

Votes: 1,284,922 | Gross: $659.33M

2. The Outsiders (1983)

PG | 91 min | Crime, Drama

In a small Oklahoma town in 1964, the rivalry between two gangs, the poor Greasers and the rich Socs, heats up when one gang member accidentally kills a member of the other.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Patrick Swayze

Votes: 98,118 | Gross: $25.60M

3. Clueless (1995)

PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Romance

Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other.

Director: Amy Heckerling | Stars: Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy, Paul Rudd

Votes: 246,913 | Gross: $56.63M

4. 1900 (1976)

Unrated | 317 min | Drama, History

The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth-century Italy as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.

Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Francesca Bertini

Votes: 27,336

5. Mississippi Masala (1991)

R | 118 min | Drama, Romance

An ethnic Indian family is expelled from Idi Amin's Uganda in 1972 and lives in Mississippi 17 years later. The dad sues Uganda to get his property back. The grown daughter falls in love with a Black man.

Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, Roshan Seth, Sharmila Tagore

Votes: 6,237 | Gross: $7.31M

6. Great Expectations (1946)

Approved | 118 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

A humble orphan boy in 1810s Kent is given the opportunity to go to London and become a gentleman, with the help of an unknown benefactor.

Director: David Lean | Stars: John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Tony Wager, Jean Simmons

Votes: 26,470

7. Speechless (2016–2019)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

The family of a special-needs teen is good at dealing with the challenges he faces--and excellent at creating new ones.

Stars: Minnie Driver, John Ross Bowie, Cedric Yarbrough, Mason Cook

Votes: 8,508

8. The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)

Approved | 92 min | Comedy, Romance

A tycoon goes undercover to ferret out agitators at a department store, but gets involved in their lives instead.

Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Jean Arthur, Robert Cummings, Charles Coburn, Edmund Gwenn

Votes: 4,791

9. Mansfield Park (1983)

261 min | Drama, Romance

Impoverished Fanny Price is sent to live with her more affluent uncle and aunt. The arrival of new neighbors brings a chance for romance to Fanny and her cousins.

Stars: Anna Massey, Angela Pleasence, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Nicholas Farrell

Votes: 1,133

10. Let Him Have It (1991)

R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, History

This drama reveals the controversial postwar 1950's London murder trial that sent an intellectually challenged young man to the gallows for a murder he did not commit.

Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Tom Courtenay, Christopher Eccleston, Eileen Atkins, Rebecca Eccleston

Votes: 3,810

11. The 11th Hour (I) (2007)

PG | 95 min | Documentary

A look at the state of the global environment including visionary and practical solutions for restoring the planet's ecosystems.

Directors: Leila Conners, Nadia Conners | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kenny Ausubel, Thom Hartmann, Wangari Maathai

Votes: 5,910 | Gross: $0.70M

12. Southside with You (2016)

PG-13 | 84 min | Biography, Drama, History

Chronicles the 1989 summer afternoon when the future President of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady, Michelle Obama, on a first date across Chicago's South Side.

Director: Richard Tanne | Stars: Tika Sumpter, Parker Sawyers, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Phillip Edward Van Lear

Votes: 10,140 | Gross: $6.30M

13. Siberiade (1979)

190 min | Drama, History, Romance

In the Siberian wilderness in the village of Yelan, two families live, who have long been at war with each other: the «kulaks» of Solomina and the «poor people» of Ustyuzhanina.

Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy | Stars: Nikita Mikhalkov, Vitali Solomin, Sergey Shakurov, Natalya Andreychenko

Votes: 2,318

14. Madrasapattinam (2010)

165 min | Drama, History, Romance

A film set in 1940s India, during the country's struggle for independence. The young daughter of an English governor falls in love with a local Indian boy.

Director: A.L. Vijay | Stars: Arya, Carole Trangmar-Palmer, Amy Jackson, Cochin Hanifa

Votes: 2,901

15. Morgan! (1966)

97 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

After his wife leaves him for his former best friend, a failed London artist begins his descent into madness in trying to win her back.

Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: David Warner, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Stephens, Irene Handl

Votes: 2,113

16. The Pleasure Pit (1969)

R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A rebellious socially-conscious man travels to Nepal to find his deadbeat dad. He meets Jane, a beautiful hippie girl hooked on drugs. He is forced to steal artifacts for his father's slimy employer to earn money to help Jane.

Director: André Cayatte | Stars: Pascale Audret, Jane Birkin, Serge Gainsbourg, Elsa Martinelli

Votes: 157

17. Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977 TV Movie)

155 min | Biography, Drama

The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during their 12-year stay at the White House.

Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Jane Alexander, Edward Herrmann, Priscilla Pointer, Walter McGinn

Votes: 344

18. You've Been Trumped (2011)

Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary

In this David and Goliath story for the 21st century, a group of proud Scottish homeowners take on celebrity tycoon Donald Trump as he buys up one of Scotland's last wilderness areas to build a golf resort.

Director: Anthony Baxter | Stars: Michael Forbes, Donald Trump, Anthony Baxter, Kevin Brown

Votes: 2,309 | Gross: $0.03M

19. The Dress Rehearsal (1967)

77 min | Drama, Thriller

In La prova generale, Carlo (Carlo Cecchi) interviews with a tape machine and a microphone his young lover while the two wander in the beautiful splendour of a wood on the edge of the city.

Director: Romano Scavolini | Stars: Guido Alberti, Gigi Ballista, Lou Castel, Guy Heron

Votes: 33

20. Kids of the Majestic (2009)

53 min | Documentary

Every day, a sea of passengers floods the Majestic Railway Station of Bangalore City. Beneath the commotion of commuters, a group of orphans live beneath the station, collecting the trash ... See full summary »

Director: Dylan Verrechia | Stars: Arun-Badur, Baba, Basuraj, Fakrudin

Votes: 76

21. Live Your Own Way (1968)

98 min | Drama

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Director: Tokihisa Morikawa | Stars: Kunie Tanaka, Isao Hashimoto, Kei Yamamoto, Orie Satô

Votes: 16

22. John le Carré (2008 Video)

39 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

New, exclusive, wide-ranging interview with author John le Carré about the 1965 classic film The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) in which he wrote the source novel.

Stars: John le Carré, Claire Bloom, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack

Votes: 7

23. The House Built Upon Sand (1916)

50 min | Comedy, Drama

Evelyn Dare is a butterfly of fashion. David Westebrooke, her fiancé, is an altruist interested in sociology. He has made his home in the factory town of Oreville, where he works among his ... See full summary »

Director: Edward Morrissey | Stars: Lillian Gish, Roy Stewart, William H. Brown, Bessie Buskirk

Votes: 47

24. Elementarz (1976)

8 min | Documentary, Short

From the alphabet to the patriotic children's poem, an allegorical vision of social consciousness of 1970s Poland unravels and haunts us with a crowd of sad people in depressing surroundings.

Director: Wojciech Wiszniewski

Votes: 159

25. Róza (1936)

87 min | Drama, History, Romance

The 1905 revolution in the Russian Empire gives many Poles hope for regaining independence. Protests and strikes, however, lead to brutal arrests and tortures. In this tumultuous time, we also witness the birth of love.

Director: Joseph Lejtes | Stars: Irena Eichlerówna, Witold Zacharewicz, Boguslaw Samborski, Kazimierz Junosza-Stepowski

Votes: 21

26. The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus (2000)

13 min | Documentary, Short

The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus follows a sex-positive, socially conscious troupe of contemporary circus, vaudeville, burlesque and sideshow performers behind the scenes during their annual ... See full summary »

Director: Jonas Woolverton | Stars: Brian Bielemeier, Arnold Frenzy, Tanya Gagné, Scotty Grabell

27. Our Story Our Voice (2007)

77 min | Documentary

Our story our voice engages the diverse voices of the dis-empowered in a multi-cultural world that has no multi-culture voice. Beyond the mainstream media and politics of newspapers Our ... See full summary »

Director: Owen Alik Shahadah | Stars: Hakim Adi, Sunara Begum, Ishmahil Blagrove, David Gustave Dawood

Votes: 37

28. HipHopBattle.com: Hip Hop 4 Life (2001)

PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

As Devon prepares for the hiphop battle that will make or break him as an MC his personal relationships feel the effect.

Director: David Velo Stewart | Stars: George Baynard Jr., Michael Bell Sr., Blacknile, Da Boogie Man

Votes: 50

29. Au Pair Chocolat (2004)

Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy, Drama

A single mom from Harlem becomes the nanny for a wealthy African-American family in Martha's Vineyard. The young Au Pair becomes friends with the family's college aged BAP daughter as she ... See full summary »

Director: Benson McGrath | Stars: Heidi Durrow, Domenica Cameron-Scorsese, Maya Azucena, Shana Cabassa

Votes: 20

30. Tijuana Makes Me Happy (2007)

PG-13 | 79 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A boy will do anything to become a man and win the heart of a young sex worker - Even fight his rooster.

Director: Dylan Verrechia | Stars: Pablo Tendilla Ortiz, Pablo Tendilla Rocha, Aidée González, Darina Rabago Soto

Votes: 145

31. CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (1979– )
Episode: Episode #45.50 (2023)

TV-PG | News, Talk-Show

A Pennsylvania manhunt captivates the nation; John Dickerson interviews Apple CEO Tim Cook; musician Carlos Santana; author Anderson Cooper on his book about the Astor family dynasty; new ... See full summary »

Stars: Jane Pauley, Rita Braver, Margaret Brennan, Tim Cook

32. Kurt Vonnegut: Reporter on the Afterlife (2022– )
Revolutionary Women (2023 Podcast Episode)

Comedy, Fantasy, History

Kurt Vonnegut has arranged to interview two fashion forward Revolutionary Women, Joan of Arc (c 1431) and Mary Quant (c 2023). Living 600 years apart, they were both in their own way instrumental in defining how women are perceived today.

Director: Fredric King | Stars: Lexi Ainsworth, Ben Becher, Emily Wadley

33. The Matt Walsh Show (2018– )
How Government 'Diversity' Initiatives Are Leading Us to a Major Airline Disaster (2023 Podcast Episode)

News, Talk-Show

Diversity initiatives lead to airplane disasters. A young boy smeared by the media turns out to be Native American. The Daily Wire's sports comedy outrages the Left. A TikTok trends involves emptying water bottles to save the oceans.

Director: Mark Jones | Star: Matt Walsh

Votes: 12