Social Issues Movies

A woman subject to mental, physical, and sexual abuse on a remote island seeks a way out.

A member of an elite paramilitary counter-terrorism unit becomes traumatized after witnessing the suicide bombing of a young girl and is forced to...

Dido Elizabeth Bell, the illegitimate, mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy admiral, plays an important role in the campaign to abolish slavery in...

With only his wife by his side, a promising young boxer flees communist Poland to chase his dream of becoming the greatest fighter in history.

The story of an impossible love between a woman named Fred and a transgender woman named Laurence who reveals her inner desire to become her true...

A woman threatens to leave her husband unless he installs a toilet in their home. To win back her love and respect, he heads out on a journey to...

A child bride grows up to be an enigmatic woman presiding over her household, harboring a painful past as supernatural murders of men plague her...

In this Oscar-winning short film, grieving parents journey through an emotional void as they mourn the loss of a child after a tragic school shooting.

After the 1999 premiere of the first Matrix movie, it became a pop culture phenomenon. A special documentary about the Matrix saga and its prophetic...

Go behind the scenes and around the world with the "Sense8" cast and crew in this in-depth look at how the hit series is made.

A young IPS officer’s new posting in rural India has him confronting caste disparities and uncomfortable truths in the face of a gruesome...

A successful Indian scientist returns home to his village to take his nanny back to America with him, and in the process rediscovers his roots.

An abandoned child steals to survive and has problems when he decides to steal from the priest who helps him.

When her estranged mother falls into a coma, a self-made single mom grapples with regret and resentment while reflecting on their strained...

To avoid jail, a tax-dodging businessman is sentenced to a year of community service in a homeless shelter.

Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant...

Set in 1920, Inge travels from Germany to rural Minnesota in order to meet the man destined to be her husband.

Born a lower-caste girl in rural India's patriarchal society, "married" at 11, repeatedly raped and brutalized, Phooland Devi finds freedom only as...

After a chance encounter with a wanted man, a woman is harassed by the police and press until she takes violent action.

Harris, a poor Bangladeshi worker in Malaysia, simply wants to return to his hometown to marry the love of his life. However, his leave is denied...