Social Issues Movies

A disillusioned Seoul woman visits a remote island to reconnect with a childhood friend, only to find her trapped in an oppressive cycle of physical,...

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

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.

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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

Ajo Kawir is a fighter who fears nothing, not even death. His raging urge to fight is driven by a secret: his impotence. When he crosses paths with a...

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...

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

An angry Vietnam veteran leads a Los Angeles street gang in a war on drug dealers.

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

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.

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

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

The patriarch of a religious Muslim family refuses to accept his intersex child, tearing his family apart.

A young woman's life is shattered into pieces when her husband slaps her at a party, causing her to question what this relationship stands for.