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Movies: Best "idealist" Movies


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Snowden(2016)

R
| 2h 14min | Drama, History, Crime, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 1,968 votes)

CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.

Silkwood(1983)

R
| 2h 11min | Drama, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 137 votes)

The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant.

Paths of Glory(1957)

NR
| 1h 28min | Drama, War
4.1/5 (with 1,309 votes)

A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.

Gandhi(1982)

PG
| 3h 11min | Drama, History
3.8/5 (with 1,000 votes)

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.

Heaven's Gate(1980)

R
| 3h 39min | Drama, Western
3.4/5 (with 144 votes)

Harvard graduate James Averill is the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyo., when a battle erupts between the area's poverty-stricken immigrants and its wealthy cattle farmers. The politically connected ranch owners fight the immigrants with the help of Nathan Champion, a mercenary competing with Averill for the love of local madam Ella Watson. As the struggle escalates, Averill and Champion begin to question their decisions.

Invictus(2009)

PG-13
| 2h 14min | Drama, History
3.6/5 (with 1,861 votes)

Newly elected President Nelson Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's rugby team as they make their historic run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship match.

Serpico(1973)

2h 10min | Crime, History, Drama
3.8/5 (with 838 votes)

Frank Serpico is an idealistic New York City cop who refuses to take bribes, unlike the rest of the force. His actions get Frank shunned by the other officers, and often placed in dangerous situations by his partners. When his superiors ignore Frank's accusations of corruption, he decides to go public with the allegations. Although this causes the Knapp Commission to investigate his claims, Frank has also placed a target on himself.

Quiz Show(1994)

PG-13
| 2h 13min | History, Drama, Mystery
3.6/5 (with 383 votes)

Lawyer Richard Goodwin discovers that 'Twenty-One', a successful TV quiz show, is rigged and decides to expose the team behind the show.

Our Idiot Brother(2011)

R
| 1h 30min | Comedy, Drama
3.1/5 (with 429 votes)

Everybody has one—the sibling who is always just a little bit behind the curve when it comes to getting his life together. For sisters Liz, Miranda and Natalie, that person is their perennially upbeat brother, Ned. But as each of their lives begins to unravel, Ned's family comes to realise that Ned isn't such an idiot after all.

The Mosquito Coast(1986)

PG
| 1h 59min | Adventure, Drama
3.2/5 (with 201 votes)

Allie Fox, an American inventor exhausted by the perceived danger and degradation of modern society, decides to escape with his wife and children to Belize. In the jungle, he tries with mad determination to create a utopian community with disastrous results.

Thief(1981)

R
| 2h 3min | Crime, Thriller, Action
3.6/5 (with 267 votes)

Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home, wife and kids. To accelerate the process, he signs on with a top gangster for a big score.

Cimarron(1960)

2h 27min | Drama, Western
3.1/5 (with 23 votes)

The epic story of a family that's involved in the Oklahoma Land Rush in 1889.

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Why Me?(2015)

2h 5min | Thriller, Crime, Drama
3.5/5 (with 11 votes)

Cristian, a young idealistic prosecutor whose career is on the rise, tries to crack a case against a senior colleague accused of corruption. The dilemma of choosing between his career and the truth weighs heavily on his shoulders. Looking further to solve the case, he enters a danger zone paved with unexpected and painful revelations.

Aayitha Ezhuthu(2004)

2h 35min | Action, Drama, Thriller
3.7/5 (with 12 votes)

A goon, who dreams of making it big in life, a student leader, who strives to keep politicians away from college election and a third guy who wants to settle abroad. Their lives change after an incident on a bridge.

The Forest for the Trees(2004)

1h 21min | Comedy, Drama
3.2/5 (with 17 votes)

As an awkward idealistic high school teacher begins her first job in the city, things turn out to be much tougher than she had imagined.

Young Cassidy(1965)

NR
| 1h 50min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 8 votes)

In Dublin circa 1911, John Cassidy (Rod Taylor), an impoverished idealist, whose ambitions are restricted by the demands of looking after his family, journeys through the social injustices of Dublin life, involving himself with the rowdy tramway-men strike, dawdling with prostitute Daisy Battles (Julie Christie), and seeking a better life. He falls in love with bookshop assistant Nora (Dame Maggie Smith) who encourages him toward a life of writing. Finding success at the Abbey Theatre, his unorthodox views estrange him from family, friends, and his own past.

Don Quixote(1933)

NR
| 1h 13min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Music
2.8/5 (with 5 votes)

Inflamed by his readings of chivalric novels, Don Quixote, a knight with a sad face, accompanied by Sancho Panza, a peasant steeped in common sense, decides to set off across the world in search of improbable adventures.