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1. The Devil's Backbone (El espinazo del diablo)

Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucía orphanage, where he will make friends and enemies as he follows the quiet footsteps of a mysterious presence eager for revenge.

It has an average vote of 7.285 on TMDB.

2. Fahrenheit 451

In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as “firemen,” to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to question the morality of his vocation…

It has an average vote of 7.109 on TMDB.

3. While at War (Mientras dure la guerra)

Salamanca, Spain, 1936. In the early days of the military rebellion that began the Spanish Civil War , writer Miguel de Unamuno supports the uprising in the hope that the prevailing political chaos will end. But when the confrontation becomes bloody, Unamuno must question his initial position.

It has an average vote of 7.143 on TMDB.

4. The Endless Trench (La trinchera infinita)

A small village in Huelva, Andalusia, Spain, 1936. Higinio and Rosa have been married only for a few months when the Civil War breaks out. Higinio, being afraid of possible reprisals from the rebel faction, decides to use a hole dug in his own house as a temporary hideout.

It has an average vote of 6.859 on TMDB.

5. Pussy Riot: Rage Against Putin (Pussy Riot, rage against Poutine)

Pussy Riot make a comeback after a long absence to stand with Ukraine. Their story and their struggle are told through archival footage and interviews with the group’s members.

It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.

6. The Father's Autograph

Sometimes, the truth is overridden by self-interest.

7. Manithan (மனிதன்)

A struggling lawyer files a PIL in a hit-and-run case involving a business scion's son hoping that the resulting publicity would be good for his business.

It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.

8. White Fire

The true story of a young man's battle with bone cancer and his family's fight to carry him through. Written and Directed by the older brother of the story's main character, this biographical account offers an intimate glimpse into a family perservering in hope when faced with their worst nightmare.

9. The (Silent) War (Sordo)

Northern Spain, October 1944. Several groups of guerrilla fighters, former Republican soldiers exiled in France after the end of the Spanish Civil War, infiltrate the country in order to provoke a popular uprising against General Franco's dictatorship.

It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.

10. Reds

An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical commitment to the socialist revolution in Russia, his dream of spreading its principles among the members of the American working class, and his troubled romantic relationship with the writer Louise Bryant.

It has an average vote of 6.885 on TMDB.

11. Twisted Justice (日本で一番悪い奴ら)

Starting in 1970s Hokkaido, the film charts the moral descent of Detective Moroboshi over three decades, the young cop quickly gets a bit too cozy with the other side of the law when his senior colleague Murai teaches him the ropes and ruts of the police business. Soon, he swaggers and rants through the streets of Sapporo a lean, mean, sex‐crazy bully, indistinguishable from a yakuza.

It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.

12. Olimpia (Olimpia)

The film tells the story of Raquel, Rodolfo and Hernán, members of a brigade at the UNAM during the student movement in Mexico in 1968. Through their photographs, films and writings, we will know the history of the day that the army took the university and how their students united, shouted and never forgot.

It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.

13. Binge ∞ Purge

After losing her job, Valerie relapses into bulimia. It takes the new found friendship of an oddball woman named Jacey to help her find the way back to recovery.

It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.

14. Death in the Garden (La Mort en ce jardin)

In a remote Amazon jungle village, a group of angry diamond prospectors revolt when the local government undertakes a violent crackdown.

It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.

15. Out of Step (U raskoraku)

A disabled man takes on the system when his pension is tied up in a morass of red tape. His story is revealed on a television program, and the star of the show is admonished for trying to incite the public against the system. The media, the man and the television manager gather to try to talk out the misunderstandings they all experience with the system of slow-moving social injustices. The message of the film also states that the days of media scrutiny and public-opinion feedback are here to stay.

It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.

16. Born to be Gone (นิลกาฬ)

A young islamic woman who wants to expose the truth about the government's injustice in a patriarchal society.

17. Windflowers

Arthouse portraiture of a disestablishmentarian during his six-year draft dodge.

18. Black Beach

Carlos, a ruthless Spanish negotiation expert working in Brussels, is tasked with handling the kidnapping of a senior oil company executive in a troubled West African country —with which he has old and deep ties—, torn by ethnic tensions and government abuses.

It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.

19. Jacir

A glance at the divided U.S. political system through the eyes of a young Syrian refugee on the streets of Memphis, TN, as he faces the harsh realities of chasing the American dream.

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

20. “Slovo” House. Unfinished Novel (Будинок «Слово». Нескінчений роман)

Kharkiv, the 1930s. The heyday of Ukrainian art. Ambitious young poet Vladimir Akimov happily settles in at the new luxury "Slovo" House built specifically for artists. He comes from the provinces and works as a proof-reader in a printing press, and has never even dreamed of living under one roof with prominent Ukrainian writers and artists. He thinks his own poetry is genius, but nobody takes his literary efforts seriously, not to mention the occasional chuckles over his epigone poems. But fate smiles at him. The head of the political intelligence agency suggests that he become the author of a play written earlier. Akimov agrees, signing a non- disclosure note. The poet has no idea what price he will pay for this success. “‘Slovo’ House” is a story about a generation of Ukrainian artists persecuted by the totalitarian system, unfolding against the backdrop of one of the largest genocides of the 20th century: the Holodomor, which caused the death of almost 7 million people.

It has an average vote of 8.75 on TMDB.