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1. Eternals (2021)
PG-13 | 156 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The saga of the Eternals, a race of immortal beings who lived on Earth and shaped its history and civilizations.
Director: Chloé Zhao | Stars: Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek
Votes: 388,135 | Gross: $164.87M
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
PG-13 | 146 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
As Harry, Ron and Hermione race against time and evil to destroy the Horcruxes, they uncover the existence of the three most powerful objects in the wizarding world: the Deathly Hallows.
Director: David Yates | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Bill Nighy
Votes: 601,787 | Gross: $295.98M
3. The Mauritanian (2021)
R | 129 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Mohamedou Ould Slahi fights for freedom after being detained and imprisoned without charge by the U.S. Government for years.
Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Tahar Rahim, Nouhe Hamady Bari, Saadna Hamoud, Mohamed Yeslem Mousse
Votes: 62,384
4. Of Love and Shadows (1994)
R | 103 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Chile 1973 is ruled by the dictator Pinochet. The wealthy don't see the violence, terror, executions etc. including Irene. She's engaged to an officer in the fascist military. She meets Francisco who opens her eyes to truth and love.
Director: Betty Kaplan | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Connelly, Stefania Sandrelli, Diego Wallraff
Votes: 2,411 | Gross: $0.02M
5. The Whistleblower (2010)
R | 112 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A drama based on the experiences of Kathryn Bolkovac, a Nebraska cop who served as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia and outed the U.N. for covering up a sex trafficking scandal.
Director: Larysa Kondracki | Stars: Rachel Weisz, Monica Bellucci, Vanessa Redgrave, David Strathairn
Votes: 35,817 | Gross: $1.12M
6. 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: 37,756
7. Bandit Queen (1994)
Not Rated | 119 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The story of the bandit queen Phoolan Devi who was sent to prison in 1983 and got free in 1994.
Director: Shekhar Kapur | Stars: Seema Biswas, Nirmal Pandey, Rajesh Vivek, Raghubir Yadav
Votes: 5,341 | Gross: $0.40M
8. On My Skin: The Last Seven Days of Stefano Cucchi (2018)
TV-MA | 100 min | Biography, Drama
The incredible true story behind the most controversial Italian court cases in recent years. Stefano Cucchi was arrested for a minor crime but in just one week's time, a family is changed forever.
Director: Alessio Cremonini | Stars: Alessandro Borghi, Massimiliano Tortora, Milvia Marigliano, Jasmine Trinca
Votes: 10,220
9. 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: 728
10. Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood (2012)
127 min | Drama
A reenactment of the final days of the 2001 G8 Summit.
Director: Daniele Vicari | Stars: Claudio Santamaria, Jennifer Ulrich, Elio Germano, Davide Iacopini
Votes: 4,063
11. Private (2004)
90 min | Drama, War
A Palestinian family is trapped inside a house commandeered by Israeli soldiers.
Director: Saverio Costanzo | Stars: Mohammad Bakri, Lior Miller, Hend Ayoub, Tomer Russo
Votes: 930 | Gross: $0.01M
12. Katips (2021)
142 min | Crime, Drama, History
A tale of the young, in their fight for their ideals, how big can one get against a force too much bigger than yourself?
Director: Vince Tañada | Stars: Afi Africa, OJ Arci, Joshua Bulot, Mon Confiado
Votes: 3,689
13. All My Life (2008)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, Romance
For Rami, all is for the best in this best of all possible worlds, as long as he keeps to himself. But when his longtime lover leaves him to marry a woman and his best friends drift away, ... See full summary »
Director: Maher Sabry | Stars: Seham Saneya Adelsalam, Mehammed Amadeus, Janaan Attia, Ayman
Votes: 2,554
14. Isolated (I) (2013)
Not Rated | 85 min | Adventure, Drama, Sport
Five world class surfers travel to New Guinea in search of undiscovered waves, but end up discovering so much more.
Director: Justin Le Pera | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Travis Potter, Jenny Useldinger, Andrew Mooney
Votes: 214
15. Belly of the Beast (I) (2020)
TV-14 | 82 min | Documentary
When an unlikely duo discovers a pattern of illegal sterilizations in women's prisons, they wage a near impossible battle against the Department of Corrections.
Director: Erika Cohn | Stars: Lynn Acosta, Pamela Baker, Teresa Brown, Cynthia Chandler
Votes: 103
16. The End of America (2008)
74 min | Documentary
"The End of America" details the ten steps a country takes when it slides toward fascism. It's not a "lefty" taught-to-me, but rather a historical look at trends in once-functioning ... See full summary »
Directors: Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg | Stars: David Antoon, Vincent Cannistraro, James Cullen, Amy Goodman
Votes: 800
17. Michael Jackson: They Don't Care About Us, Prison Version (1996 Music Video)
5 min | Crime, Music
One of two music videos for They Don't Care About Us by Michael Jackson. MJ defiantly dances and sings in prison; he is surrounded by historic footage of violence committed by governments against their own people.
Director: Spike Lee | Star: Michael Jackson
Votes: 1,082
18. The Sleep Room (1998)
193 min | Biography, Drama
Based on a true story, this production relates the tale of two American lawyers who try to bring the U.S. government to its knees. In the early 1950s, the CIA funds a Montreal psychiatric ... See full summary »
Director: Anne Wheeler | Stars: Leon Pownall, Macha Grenon, Nicola Cavendish, Gabrielle Rose
Votes: 128
19. Human Harvest (2014)
72 min | Documentary, Crime
Nobel Peace Prize nominees David Matas and David Kilgour investigate the organ harvesting trade in China and uncover one of the world's worst crimes against humanity.
Director: Leon Lee | Stars: Ethan Gutmann, Shi-Wei Huang, Carlos Iglésias, David Kilgour
Votes: 269
20. A Girl from the Brothel (2012)
88 min | Drama
The journey of a women and a 10 year old girl, out of the South East Asian brothels.
Director: Ilaria Borrelli | Stars: Ilaria Borrelli, Philippe Caroit, Vanyoth Lay, Seta Monyroth
Votes: 53
21. Bala Loca (2016)
60 min | Crime, Drama
A veteran journalist starting a news site about corruption in Chile stumbles on a big story when a fellow investigative reporter dies suspiciously.
Stars: Alejandro Goic, Trinidad González, Ingrid Isensee, Mario Horton
Votes: 273
22. 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
23. Where Should the Birds Fly (2013)
Documentary
Made by Palestinians living the reality it is the story of Israel's years long siege of Gaza and its 2008-2009 attack, told through the eyes of two young women,Mona Samouni, now 10 years old and the filmmaker, Fida Qishta.
Director: Fida Qishta
Votes: 33
24. Stealing a Nation (2004 TV Movie)
56 min | Documentary, History
This tells a story literally 'hidden from history'. In the 1960s and 70s, British governments, conspiring with American officials, tricked into leaving, then expelled the entire population ... See full summary »
Directors: John Pilger, Sean Crotty | Star: John Pilger
Votes: 409
25. Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime (2014)
102 min | Documentary
Before the Internet. Before Social Media. Before Breaking News. The victims of Thalidomide had to rely on something even more extraordinary to fight their corner: Investigative Journalism. ... See full summary »
Directors: David Morris, Jacqui Morris | Stars: Harold Evans, Ralph Nader, Michael Sheen
Votes: 668
26. Acta General de Chile (1986)
240 min | Documentary
In 1985, exiled director Miguel Littin returned clandestinely to Pinochet's Chile to make this documentary about the socio-political reality of the country.
Director: Miguel Littin | Stars: Hortensia Allende, Salvador Allende, Fidel Castro, Joan Garcés
Votes: 46
27. Augusto Pinochet: The Coup, the Torture & the West (2023 TV Special)
45 min | Documentary, History
September 11th, 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the military coup that brought General Pinochet to power in Chile. With the support of world democracies, including the US and UK, the dictator ruled through terror and torture.
Director: Lyndy Saville | Stars: Cal Seville, Roberto Navarrete, Nicholas O'Shaughnessy, Grace Livingston
Votes: 16
28. Ocean Emergency: Currents of Hope (2022 TV Special)
Documentary
The hosts go around the globe to share a look at the state of emergency of our oceans and provide tips on how viewers can help mitigate this worldwide issue.
Stars: Dean Cain, Laura McKenzie, Elizabeth Stanton, Montel Williams
Votes: 28
29. Immokalee U.S.A. (2008)
Not Rated | 77 min | Documentary
Every season, tens of thousands of migrant farmworkers converge on small communities like Immokalee, Florida where they plant and harvest the food that Americans consume. A vast majority of... See full summary »
Director: Georg Koszulinski
Votes: 36
30. Pinochet (2012)
119 min | Documentary
A polemical film made in support of the brutal Chilean dictator.
Director: Ignacio Zegers | Stars: Salvador Allende, Augusto Pinochet
Votes: 43
31. Gaza (2017)
18 min | Short
Through various characters we learn of the violation of human rights suffered daily by the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the situation of blockade for which it tries to survive.
Directors: Carles Bover, Julio Pérez del Campo
Votes: 39
32. Please Pray for West Papua (2019)
76 min | Documentary
In the 1960's the people of West Papua were given the Vote of Free Choice by the UN. The West Papuan people call it the "Vote of no choice!" The Indonesian Military were allowed to assemble... See full summary »
Director: Roisin Clarke
33. Plum Blossom in Snow (2005)
51 min | Documentary
A portrait of Australian citizen Zhizhen "Jane" Dai, whose husband was persecuted and murdered for his belief in Falun Gong, an ancient meditative practice that enjoyed a revival in China in the 1990's.
Director: Elefteria Kalogritsa | Stars: Georges-Henri Beauthier, Fadu Chen, Zhizhen 'Jane' Dai
34. The Truth About Lying (2009 Video)
13 min | Short, Drama
A film editor struggling to cope with her brother's death in the Iraq war befriends a World War II veteran who was forced to live in an American Japanese Internment camp in the 1940's.
Director: Donald Likovich | Stars: Amy Bloom, Kate Krieger, Robert Martin III, Blake Kushi
Votes: 9
35. 148 Stefano: Mostri dell'inerzia (2011)
65 min | Documentary
Director: Maurizio Cartolano | Star: Claudio Santamaria
Votes: 13
36. abuela mambo (2012)
82 min | Drama, Family
Director: Eun Hee Ihm | Stars: Virginia Carreon, María del Carmen Estevez Jiménez, Rosa Isela Galindo Carreon, Iveth Galindo
37. Amnesty! When They Are All Free (2011)
70 min | Documentary
The documentary examines Amnesty International's successes and failures over the 50 years since it was founded.
Director: James Rogan | Stars: Claudio Cordone, Gerardo Ducos, Patricia Feeney, Said Haddadi
Votes: 13
38. Enemy Combatant (2009)
42 min | Short, Drama
Nancy Raymond, the wife of an Arab American investigative journalist, tries unsuccessfully to persuade her husband to turn down such a prestigious assignment that requires him to travel to ... See full summary »
Director: Ahmad Faroukh | Stars: Elen Abramian, Stefan Bitar, Angelo Ghantous, Scott Kettles
39. Europe's Last Dictator (2012)
Not Rated | 55 min | Documentary
As Lukashenko is re-elected into his fifth term, we revisit the violent crackdown that followed the 2010 rigged elections, providing a rare glimpse into Europe's most repressive state and its last dictator.
Directors: Mathew Charles, Juan Luis Passarelli | Star: Joanna Lumley
Votes: 27
40. Laguna negra (2009)
24 min | Documentary, Short
A film about a subsistence farming community in Peru, the way their livelihoods have been threatened by large scale mining and the destructive outcome of imposing a capital intensive model of development on a traditional society.
Director: Michael Watts
41. The McBrearty Affair (2011)
5 min | Short
A ten year battle between Irish police and one local family suspected of covering up the crime ends in the most bizarre, costly and notorious justice case in the history of the Irish State.
Director: Mel Cannon | Stars: Patrick Bergin, Frank McBrearty Junior, Mark McConnell, Frank McBrearty Senior
42. Cry of the Forgotten Land (1995 Video)
25 min | Documentary, Short
New Guinea, second largest island on earth, is home to over 100,000 species found nowhere else on earth, and to ancient human cultures, including the Moi people. The future of the Moi's ... See full summary »
Director: Ian Mackenzie
Votes: 6
43. Desalojo (2007)
10 min | Documentary, Short
In January 2007, indigenous communities in Guatemala are forcibly evicted from their land by a Canadian mining company. Community members watch as their homes are burned to the ground, and ... See full summary »
Director: Steven Schnoor
44. Croisade américaine en Afrique (2019 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary
So gigantic the success, so reprehensible the backgrounds. The video of the social campaign 'KONY 2012' of the NPO 'Invisible Children, Inc.' was clicked one hundred million times within a ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Baptiste Renaud | Stars: Milton Allimadi, Joseph Bowo, Guillaume Cailleaux, Colonel W.
Votes: 6
45. Profile (III) (2008)
5 min | Animation, Short
A woman is profiled by an airport detection device. Found to be a threat, she has only seconds in which to come up with a strategy to reverse the machine's decision. This disquieting ... See full summary »
Director: Sharon Katz
46. Belgrade Pride (1997 Video)
Not Rated | 27 min | Documentary, Short
In June 2001 Belgrade lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and trans people organized a Pride event in celebration of the new era of democracy and tolerance that was believed to have come to Serbia... See full summary »
Director: Douglas Conrad | Stars: Milan, Zoe
47. For the Record (2009)
54 min | Documentary
Northern Ireland, December 1956: A marginalized IRA launch a border campaign from the south with the aim of overthrowing the Northern State and creating a United Ireland. Paddy Joe McClean,... See full summary »
Director: Mairéad McClean | Stars: Desmond Gourley, Annie McClean, Paddy Joe McClean, Peter McCrory
48. Chile, a Galaxy of Problems (2010)
32 min | Documentary, Short
In this documentary, Patricio Guzmán returns, once again, to the most recent historical past of his country, and does so by analyzing the amnesia of his fellow citizens regarding the ... See full summary »
Director: Patricio Guzmán | Stars: Juan Emilio Cheyre, Marcel Claude, Margarita Díaz, Carmen Hertz
Votes: 44
49. Rubbed Out (2004)
45 min | Documentary
A "Kafkaesque" yet true story of ethnic cleansing in Slovenia in the 1990's; achieved not by the sword but by the bureaucrat's pen.
Director: Dimitar Anakiev | Stars: Beshkim Berisha, Shaban Berisha, Alija Beslimi, Stojan Bubanja
50. Sahara no se vende (2007)
84 min | Documentary
In April 2007, during the celebration of the 4th edition of Sahara International Film Festival, three friends embark on the adventure of running a photography workshop for young refugees in the refugee camp of Dajla in south Algeria.
Directors: Luis Arellano, Joaquín Calderón