1. Eles Não Usam Black-Tie (Eles Não Usam Black-Tie)
(Eles Não Usam Black-Tie)
2. Tear It Down (Tout péter)
In an insurrectionary climate, four twenty-year-old friends talk about politics. As a big protest looms, one of them, Clara, has to write a college essay. Caught in the virtual images and the comfort of her bedroom, going out is harder than expected.
3. To Die For
Frustrated by the liberal left and what he deems the destruction of the country he risked his life for, reclusive veteran Quint North is ordered by the court to keep his distance from the local high school with the American flag on the back of his El Camino or face a fine and jail time. In an ultimate exhibition of patriotism, he sets forth a series of events that just may get him killed in his own front yard.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
4. The Trial of the Chicago 7
What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.
It has an average vote of 7.707 on TMDB.
5. Simón
A young Venezuelan freedom fighter seeks asylum in the United States, but his heart remains in the fight back home.
6. The Best of Youth (La meglio gioventù)
After a fateful encounter in the summer of 1966, the lives of two brothers from a middle-class Roman family take different directions, intersecting with some of the most significant events of postwar Italian history in the following decades.
It has an average vote of 8.069 on TMDB.
7. Poster Boy
The gay son of a conservative senator who is also the poster boy for his father's re-election unknowingly befriends a gay activist bent on destroying the hypocritical campaign.
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
8. Salvador (Puig Antich) (Salvador (Puig Antich))
The story of Salvador Puig Antich, one of the last political prisoners to be executed under Franco's Fascist State in 1974.
It has an average vote of 6.771 on TMDB.
9. Good Night, and Good Luck.
The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.
It has an average vote of 7.086 on TMDB.
10. 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.
11. Brasil, Vermelho-Amarelo (Brasil, Vermelho-Amarelo)
(Brasil, Vermelho-Amarelo)
12. Comrade Pedersen (Gymnaslærer Pedersen)
A drama focused on Norwegian society in the 1970s, an era politically influenced by Marxism and Leninism.
It has an average vote of 5.452 on TMDB.
13. Die Show (Die Show)
The well-known activist couple Max and Lou made an extreme statement and had themselves sterilized under full media coverage: they do not want to bring children into this dying world. Following their sterilization they are now invited to their first TV show. The problem: shortly before they enter the studio, Max confesses to Lou that he couldn't bring himself to undergo the vasectomy.
14. Medium Cool
John Cassellis is the toughest TV news reporter around. After extensively reporting about violence and racial tensions in poor communities, he discovers that his network is helping the FBI by granting them access to his footage to find suspects.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
15. Du gamla, du fria (Du gamla, du fria)
A street theatre group performs anti-capitalist and anti-militarist plays. The inner conflicts, about how to reach and how tight they shall embrace the working class, escalates and the group split up.
16. Conversation Piece (Gruppo di Famiglia in un Interno)
A retired professor of American origin lives a solitary life in a luxurious palazzo in Rome. He is confronted by a vulgar Italian marchesa and her lover, her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend, and forced to rent to them an apartment on the upper floor of his palazzo. From this point on his quiet routine is turned into chaos by his tenants' machinations, and everybody's life takes an unexpected but inevitable turn.
It has an average vote of 7.284 on TMDB.
17. Corbo (Corbo)
Montreal, spring 1966. Jean Corbo, 16 years old, born to a Quebec mother and an Italian father, is torn between his two affiliations. After befriending two young far-left activists, he joined the Front de Libération du Québec, an underground radical group. Jean, from then on, marches inexorably towards his destiny.
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
18. Nothing Compares
Since the beginning of her career, Sinéad O’Connor has used her powerful voice to challenge the narratives she was surrounded by while growing up in predominantly Roman Catholic Ireland. Despite her agency, depth and perspective, O’Connor’s unflinching refusal to conform means that she has often been patronized and unfairly dismissed as an attention-seeking pop star.
It has an average vote of 7.875 on TMDB.
19. Kangaroo
A mild-mannered English conscientious objector moves to what he feels will be the relative calm of Australia after World War I, but gets caught in the middle of violent battles between the rising trade unions and fascist groups.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
20. Lula, the Son of Brazil (Lula, o Filho do Brasil)
The true story of a working class boy who moves to the nation's financial capital at a young age and becomes one the most influential politicians in Brazilian history.
It has an average vote of 5.609 on TMDB.