Social Commentary Movies
- 1986
Dead End Drive-In
Dead End Drive-In5.51986HD
In the future, a health nut and his tag-along girlfriend become trapped in a drive-in theater that has become a concentration camp for outcast youths.
- 1960
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger7.21960HD
Peter Carter, his wife Sally and their young daughter Jean move to a sleepy Canadian village, where Peter has been hired as a school principal. Their...
- 1988
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years6.81988HD
An exploration of the heavy metal scene in Los Angeles, with particular emphasis on glam metal. It features concert footage and interviews of legendar...
- 1993
Strawberry and Chocolate
Strawberry and Chocolate7.11993HD
Set in 1979, following a young Communist man's relationship with a gay Catholic writer, exploring tolerance, inclusion, homophobia and challenging its...
- 2006
The Yacoubian Building
The Yacoubian Building7.42006HD
Cairo: a 70-year-old building of once-luxury flats with tenements on the roof. Zaki, an aging libertine, feuds with his sister. Pious Hajj Azzam takes...
- 1973
Anna and the Wolves
Anna and the Wolves6.9441973HD
The young but traveled Ana arrives in a manor in the countryside of Spain to work as nanny of three girls and finds a dysfunctional family.
- 1940
The Stars Look Down
The Stars Look Down6.5211940HD
Davey Fenwick leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners against the owners. But he falls...
- 1970
Mera Naam Joker
Mera Naam Joker7.31970HD
Raju faces many hurdles and disappointments in matters of the heart throughout his life. But as a clown in a circus, he tries to make his audience lau...
- 1970
Dropout
Dropout4.81970HD
Italian immigrant kidnaps a wealthy British woman, and they fall in love.
- 2004
Lady Joker
Lady Joker7.52004HD
Men and women caught up in a downward spiral of corruption, discrimination, poverty and death are the focus of this detective-thriller/social-drama in...
- 1958
Violent Playground
Violent Playground71958HD
A Liverpool juvenile liaison officer struggles with a young and dangerous pyromaniac.
- 1921
The Blot
The Blot6.51921HD
Professor Griggs, teaching at the college, doesn't get paid a living wage; his next door neighbor, successful shoemaker Olsen, has money and plentiful...
- 2015
Rubble Kings
Rubble Kings72015HD
Through archival footage Nicholson tells the story of the real Warriors that walked the streets of New York City in the 1970s and the harsh reality of...
- 2019
Repossession
Repossession7.52019HD
50-year-old Jim (Gerald Chew, "Apprentice", Cannes Film Festival 2016 Un Certain Regard) loses his high-flying job in status-conscious Singapore, but...
- 1968
The Violent Four
The Violent Four6.61968HD
A detective is assigned to head a manhunt for four violent bank robbers.
- 2023
Love Has Nothing to Do with It
Love Has Nothing to Do with It42023HD
Rina can't look into the eyes of her son, Dean, who's under house arrest at her home. Tomorrow his trial begins, and Rina doesn't know if she can hand...
- 1994
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective71994HD
Documentary film focuses on the Civil Rights leader's many groundbreaking accomplishments. Footage covers Dr. King's war on poverty and his staunch op...
- 1910
The Usurer
The Usurer51910HD
A wealthy, callous moneylender finds a terrifying way to learn about money's limitations.
- 2022
Silence
Silence82022HD
Collaboration with Amadou, who also produced the soundtrack.
- 1964
Mermaid
Mermaid61964HD
A dreamy boy in a distant country saves a fish beached on the shore. When he lets it loose in a pool of water, the fish turns into a beautiful mermaid...