Social Issues Movies

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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

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.

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

Kanao, a courtroom portrait artist, observes crimes, scandals and the decline of Japanese values without passing judgement. As he and his wife endure...

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

Based on real events, Kay is a tough-as-nails investigative reporter, and goes undercover at a home for the disabled based on a tip about staff abuse...

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...