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The Magdalene Sisters(2002)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 59min | Drama, History
3.7/5 (with 173 votes)

Four women are given into the custody of the Magdalene sisterhood asylum to correct their sinful behavior: Crispina and Rose have given birth to a premarital child, Margaret got raped by her cousin and the orphan Bernadette had been repeatedly caught flirting with the boys. All have to work in a laundry under the strict supervision of the nuns, who break their wills through sadistic punishment.

Doi Boy(2023)

Sorn, an ethnic Shan sex worker, tries to build a future in Chiang Mai, Thailand, as a refugee far from home, but he is drawn into a complex relationship with one client, an investigator probing a political activist.

Directed by Nontawat Numbenchapol - With Awat Ratanapintha

The Lady(2011)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 15min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 109 votes)

The story of Aung San Suu Kyi as she becomes the core of Burma's democracy movement, and her relationship with her husband, writer Michael Aris.

Collective(2019)

1h 49min | Documentary
3.9/5 (with 62 votes)

In the aftermath of a tragic fire in a Romanian club, burn victims begin dying in hospitals from wounds that were not life threatening. A team of investigative journalists move into action uncovering the mass corruption of the health system and of the state institutions. Collective follows journalists, whistle blowers, and authorities alike. An immersive and uncompromising look into a dysfunctional system, exposing corruption, propaganda, and manipulation that nowadays affect not only Romania, but societies around the world.

Directed by Alexander Nanau

The Letters(2015)

1h 54min | Drama
3.0/5 (with 12 votes)

Mother Teresa, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, is considered one of the greatest humanitarians of modern times. Her selfless commitment changed hearts, lives and inspired millions throughout the world. The Letters, as told through personal letters she wrote over the last 40 years of her life, reveal a troubled and vulnerable women who grew to feel an isolation and an abandonment by God.

Directed by William Riead

The Net(2016)

1h 54min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 83 votes)

A poor North Korean fisherman finds himself an accidental defector, and is groomed to be a spy by an ambitious South Korean military officer.

Directed by Kim Ki-duk - With Ryu Seung-beom

Difret(2014)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 36min | Drama
3.1/5 (with 26 votes)

Three hours outside of Addis Ababa, a bright 14-year-old girl is on her way home from school when men on horses swoop in and kidnap her. The brave Hirut grabs a rifle and tries to escape, but ends up shooting her would-be husband. In her village the practice of abduction into marriage is common and one of Ethiopia’s oldest traditions. Meaza Ashenafi, an empowered and tenacious young lawyer, arrives from the city to represent Hirut and argue that she acted in self defense. Meaza boldly embarks on a collision course between enforcing civil authority and abiding by customary law, risking the ongoing work of her women’s legal aid practice to save Hirut’s life.

Shahid(2013)

2h 9min | Drama, Crime
3.7/5 (with 25 votes)

A story based on real-life human-rights and criminal lawyer, Shahid Azmi, who was slain while defending the wrongly accused by the law in terrorist activities.

Directed by Hansal Mehta - With Rajkummar Rao

The Cave(2019)

1h 47min | Documentary
3.7/5 (with 22 votes)

Deep beneath the surface in the Syrian province of Ghouta, a group of female doctors have established an underground field hospital. Under the supervision of paediatrician Dr. Amani and her staff of doctors and nurses, hope is restored for some of the thousands of children and civilian victims of the ruthless Syrian civil war.

Directed by Feras Fayyad

The Overnighters(2014)

1h 42min | Drama, Documentary
3.6/5 (with 27 votes)

Desperate, broken men chase their dreams and run from their demons in the North Dakota oil fields. A local Pastor's decision to help them has extraordinary and unexpected consequences.

Directed by Jesse Moss

Poland 1939: When German Soldiers Became War Criminals(2019)

4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

September 1st, 1939. Nazi Germany invades Poland. The campaign is fast, cruel and ruthless. In these circumstances, how is it that ordinary German soldiers suddenly became vicious killers, terrorizing the local population? Did everyone turn into something worse than wild animals? The true story of the first World War II offensive that marks in the history of infamy the beginning of a carnage and a historical tragedy.

Acasă, My Home(2020)

1h 26min | Documentary
3.3/5 (with 4 votes)

In the wilderness of the Bucharest Delta, nine children and their parents lived in perfect harmony with nature for 20 years – until they are chased out and forced to adapt to life in the big city.

Directed by Radu Ciorniciuc - With Valentin Enache
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Give Up Tomorrow(2011)

1h 36min | Documentary, Crime
3.4/5 (with 4 votes)

When a teenager from a political family in the Philippines is accused of a double murder, the country’s entire judicial system is put to the test after years of alleged corruption.

La marche gaie(1980)

15min | Documentary
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A short documentary about the October 14 1979 March For Lesbian And Gay Rights in Washington D.C.

Deacons for Defense(2003)

1h 35min | Drama
3.1/5 (with 4 votes)

Inspired by a true story, this drama is set in 1965, not long after passage of the Civil Rights Act. Despite the Act, the African-American citizens of Bogalusa are still treated like third-class citizens, their fundamental rights as human beings persistently trampled by the white power structure, in general, and the local branch of the KKK. The story follows the formation of local black men, particularly ex-war veterans who after the struggles become too overbearing organizes the group, "Deacons for defense", an all-black defense group dedicated to patrolling the black section of town and protecting its residents from the more violent aspects of "white backlash.".

Directed by Bill Duke - With Forest Whitaker

Two Autumns in Paris(2021)

3.7/5 (with 6 votes)

A striking political activist and refugee from Paraguay escapes to Paris and falls in love with a rich law student changing their lives forever. The beauty of their love is challenged by a fervent devotion to fighting for a cause.

Directed by Gibelys Coronado

Black Box Syria: The Dirty War(2020)

1h 28min | Documentary, History
4.2/5 (with 2 votes)

A look back over nine years of the Syrian Civil War, an inextricable conflict, like a black box, due to the competing interests of the many factions in presence and those of the foreign powers.

Savages: The Story of Human Zoos(2018)

1h 32min | Documentary, History
3.9/5 (with 2 votes)

For more than a century the great colonial powers put human beings, taken by force from their native lands, on show as entertainment, just like animals in zoos; a shameful, outrageous and savage treatment of people who were considered subhuman.

The Casuarina Cove(2009)

19min | Drama
2.8/5 (with 5 votes)

A former military officer makes a film about a man he encountered in Tanjong Rhu, a secluded cruising ground.

Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride(2010)

1h 27min | Documentary, History
2.2/5 (with 3 votes)

Over the course of a year, film follows Vancouver Pride Society president Ken Coolen to various international Pride events, including Poland, Hungary, Russia, Sri Lanka and others where there is great opposition to pride parades. In North America, Pride is complicated by commercialization and a sense that the festivals are turning away from their political roots toward tourism, party promotion and entertainment. Christie documents the ways larger, more mainstream Pride events have supported the global Pride movement and how human rights components are being added to more established events. In the New York sequence, leaders organize an alternative Pride parade, the Drag March, set up to protest the corporatization of New York Pride. A parade in São Paulo, the world's largest Pride festival, itself includes a completely empty float, meant to symbolize all those lost to HIV and to anti-gay violence.

Directed by Bob Christie

All Human Rights for All(2008)

1h 40min | Drama

Collective film for the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, with 30 directors each helming a segment about one of the 30 articles of the Declaration.

Rashmi Rocket(2021)

2h 9min | Drama
3.8/5 (with 4 votes)

Born in the small-town of Kutch, Rashmi overcomes all societal barriers to become a national-level athlete. But her glory is hindered when she is asked to undergo a gender test.

Directed by Akarsh Khurana

Once Upon a Time in Venezuela(2020)

1h 36min | Documentary
4.2/5 (with 17 votes)

Once upon a time, the Venezuelan village of Congo Mirador was prosperous, alive with fisherman and poets. Now it is decaying and disintegrating—a small but prophetic reflection of Venezuela itself.

Directed by Anabel Rodríguez Ríos

If You Were Me(2003)

1h 50min | Drama
3.1/5 (with 7 votes)

Anthology film of six shorts by leading Korean directors. Park Chan-Wook, tackles racial prejudice and the economic exploitation of immigrant workers through the real-life story of a Nepalese woman in Korea. Jeong Jae-Eun, tackles the plight of a paedophile released into the community. Yeo Gyun-Dong, invites disabled actor Kim Moon-Joo to re-enact his most famous protest. Im Soon-Rye, goes for the engrained sexism of Korean men with superb wit and, Park Jin-Pyo, confronts the horror of children forced into oral surgery to improve their English-speaking ability.

Big Brother: A World Under Surveillance(2020)

1h 30min | Documentary
3.9/5 (with 6 votes)

Under the pretext of fighting terrorism or crime, the major powers have embarked on a dangerous race for surveillance technologies. Facial recognition cameras, emotion detectors, citizen rating systems, autonomous drones… A security obsession that in some countries is giving rise to a new form of political regime: numerical totalitarianism. Orwell's nightmare.

Farewell Ferris Wheel(2016)

1h 12min | Documentary
3.7/5 (with 3 votes)

Farewell Ferris Wheel explores how the U.S. Carnival industry fights to keep itself alive by legally employing Mexican migrant workers with the controversial H-2B guestworker visa.

Not Even in a Wildest Dream(2017)

1h 24min | Documentary
4.5/5 (with 4 votes)

The challenges of the present, expectations for the future, and the dreams of those who experience the reality of public high school in Brazil. Through the voices of students, principals, teachers and experts, "Not Even In a Wildest Dream" offers a reflection on the value of education.

Political Animals(2016)

1h 30min | Documentary
2.8/5 (with 3 votes)

The story of four pioneering lesbian politicians and the battles they fought to pass a wide range of anti-discrimination laws.

Directed by Jonah Markowitz, Tracy Wares

Freedom From Choice(2014)

1h 18min | Documentary
3.2/5 (with 2 votes)

Freedom From Choice explores the endless layers of backroom dealing that is the US lobbying industry. Through a series of thought-provoking interviews, experts from numerous industries explain in simple terms how the political 'revolving door' creates unfair regulations which affect their industry. Supplemented by recent news clips and archival footage, the experts paint a startling picture of the overregulation of modern American life.

We Are Not Princesses(2018)

1h 15min | Documentary

We Are Not Princesses is a documentary film about the incredible strength and spirit of four Syrian women living as refugees in Beirut as they come together to tell their stories of love, loss, pain and hope through the ancient Greek play, Antigone.

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