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 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.

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...

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

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 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.

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

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...

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

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

Soni, a young policewoman in Delhi, and her superintendent, Kalpana, have collectively taken on a growing crisis of violent crimes against women....

The alienating and repetitive life of a group of heroin junkies in 1980s Rome.

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...

25-year-old philosophy major Marta faces the ugly truth for many young Italians — a complete lack of career opportunities. While babysitting...

Crista, Berta and Sole, are three young people who feel exploited and discriminated by society.

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