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1. In Time (2011)
PG-13 | 109 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In a future where people stop aging at 25, but are engineered to live only one more year, having the means to buy your way out of the situation is a shot at immortal youth. Will Salas is accused of murder and on the run with a hostage.
Director: Andrew Niccol | Stars: Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy, Olivia Wilde
Votes: 446,650 | Gross: $37.52M
2. The Rundown (2003)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A tough aspiring chef is hired to bring home a mobster's son from the Amazon but becomes involved in the fight against an oppressive town operator and the search for a legendary treasure.
Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Christopher Walken, Rosario Dawson
Votes: 143,094 | Gross: $47.73M
3. The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
PG | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: Tim Robbins, Paul Newman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Charles Durning
Votes: 85,104 | Gross: $2.87M
4. 13th (2016)
TV-MA | 100 min | Documentary, Crime, History
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: Melina Abdullah, Michelle Alexander, Cory Booker, Dolores Canales
Votes: 37,691
5. Made in Dagenham (2010)
R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, History
A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
Director: Nigel Cole | Stars: Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Andrea Riseborough, Jaime Winstone
Votes: 16,076 | Gross: $1.09M
6. I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
PG-13 | 93 min | Documentary, History
Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel, Remember This House.
Director: Raoul Peck | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, James Baldwin, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X
Votes: 23,513 | Gross: $7.12M
7. The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)
PG | 102 min | Action, Drama, Crime
A black man plays 'uncle Tom' in order to gain access to CIA training, then uses that knowledge to plot a new American revolt.
Director: Ivan Dixon | Stars: Lawrence Cook, Janet League, Paula Kelly, J.A. Preston
Votes: 1,567 | Gross: $1.00M
8. Sugar Cane Alley (1983)
PG | 103 min | Drama, History
Set in 1931, Sugar Cane Alley paints a rich impasto of native life under French colonial rules, filtered through the coming-of-age of a bright, sweetly opportunistic boy.
Director: Euzhan Palcy | Stars: Garry Cadenat, Darling Légitimus, Douta Seck, Joby Bernabé
Votes: 1,022
9. The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, History
Footage shot by a group of Swedish journalists documenting the Black Power Movement in the United States is edited together by a contemporary Swedish filmmaker.
Director: Göran Hugo Olsson | Stars: Angela Davis, Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale, Abiodun Oyewole
Votes: 2,498 | Gross: $0.26M
10. Dead Men Ride (1971)
103 min | Drama, Western
Roy escapes from a work camp and receives help from a miner. The miners are held hostage by the local boss Mr. Redfield. Roy starts to help the miners and also to settle some scores for a friend from the work camp.
Director: Aldo Florio | Stars: Fabio Testi, Charo López, José Calvo, Ben Carra
Votes: 389
11. The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
A chronicle of Fred Hampton's revolutionary leadership of the Illinois Black Panther Party, followed by an investigation into his assassination at the hands of the Chicago Police Department.
Director: Howard Alk | Stars: Skip Andrew, Edward Carmody, James Davis, Rennie Davis
Votes: 555
12. Garbage Dreams (2009)
79 min | Documentary
A look at the lives of Egyptian trash collectors.
Director: Mai Iskander
Votes: 159
13. Power Trip (2003)
Unrated | 86 min | Documentary
Corruption, assassination and street rioting surround the story of the award-winning film, Power Trip, which follows an American multi-national trying to solve the electricity crisis in ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Devlin | Stars: Dennis Bakke, Piers Lewis, Butch Mederos, Bill O'Reilly
Votes: 230 | Gross: $0.04M
14. The End of Poverty? (2008)
Not Rated | 106 min | Documentary
A phenomenal discourse on why poverty exists when there is so much wealth in the world. A must see for anyone wanting to understand not only the US economic system but the foundations of today's global economy.
Director: Philippe Diaz | Stars: Martin Sheen, Amartya Sen, John Perkins, Eric Toussaint
Votes: 468 | Gross: $0.06M
15. Slavery by Another Name (2012 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary, History
A documentary that recounts the many ways in which American slavery persisted as a practice many decades after its supposed abolition.
Director: Sam Pollard | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Turron Kofi Alleyne, Michael Bacon, Douglas A. Blackmon
Votes: 309
16. The New Rulers of the World (2001 TV Movie)
65 min | Documentary
The myths of globalisation have been incorporated into much of our everyday language. "Thinking globally" and "the global economy" are part of a jargon that assumes we are all part of one ... See full summary »
Directors: Alan Lowery, John Pilger | Stars: Pramoedya Ananta Toer, George Monbiot, Dita Sari
Votes: 264
17. Climate of Change (2010)
TV-G | 86 min | Documentary
A documentary focused on the efforts of everyday people all over the world who are making a difference in the fight against global warming.
Director: Brian Hill | Star: Tilda Swinton
Votes: 63
18. Sea of Hope: America's Underwater Treasures (2017 TV Movie)
48 min | Documentary
Oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle, National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry, Author & Historian Maxwell Kennedy take a team of young environmentalists around America's Ocean hotspots to ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Nixon
Votes: 74
19. Solutions locales pour un désordre global (2010)
113 min | Documentary
Heroic machist industrial agronomy producing heavily contaminated and modified food and arid wastelands is challenged by several world examples of sensitive organic approach to producing food.
Director: Coline Serreau | Stars: Dominique Guillet, Vandana Shiva, Ana Primavesi, Philippe Desbrosses
Votes: 339
20. Cry of the Forgotten Land (1995 Video)
25 min | Documentary, Short
New Guinea, second largest island on earth, is home to over 100,000 species found nowhere else on earth, and to ancient human cultures, including the Moi people. The future of the Moi's ... See full summary »
Director: Ian Mackenzie
Votes: 6
21. Der große Ausverkauf (2007)
94 min | Documentary
The new hard-hitting documentary, The Big Sellout, challenges current economic orthodoxy in contending that the dogmatic claims of the international business establishment for neo-liberal ... See full summary »
Director: Florian Opitz | Stars: Joseph Stiglitz, Bongani Lubisi, Simon Weller, Minda Lorando
Votes: 255
23. À l'ombre de la République (2011)
100 min | Documentary
Directors: Stéphane Mercurio, Edie Laconi | Stars: Marine Calazel, Jean-Marie Delarue, Xavier Dupont, Lucie Montoy
Votes: 21
24.
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003–2010)
Episode:
Easy Money
(2010)
TV-MA | 26 min | Comedy, Documentary
Penn and Teller show how network marketing schemes are nothing more than pyramid selling, where the only ones making money are the companies.
Directors: Star Price, Tim Rogan, Ted Saad, David Wechter | Stars: Penn Jillette, Teller, Chris Cicchinelli, Robert L. FitzPatrick
Votes: 102
25.
Moyers & Company (2012–2015)
Episode:
Capitalism's 'Sacrifice Zones'
(2012)
TV-G | 57 min | News, Talk-Show
Calling attention to America's 'sacrifice zones' with journalist Chris Hedges.
Stars: Chris Hedges, Bill Moyers, Joe Sacco
26.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
Two American Families
(2013)
TV-PG | 84 min | Documentary, News
From PBS and FRONTLINE: With poignant and revealing intimacy, Two American Families chronicles the struggles of the Neumanns and the Stanleys as they try to hold onto their homes, their ... See full summary »
Stars: Bill Berland, George Bush, George W. Bush, Sarah Childress
Votes: 56
27.
Moyers & Company (2012–2015)
Episode:
Surviving the New American Economy
(2013)
Not Rated | 57 min | News, Talk-Show
Two decades in the making, the intimate story of two American families struggling to find their place in the new economy.
Stars: George Bush, Barbara Garson, Barbara Miner, Bill Moyers
28.
Moyers & Company (2012–2015)
Episode:
The Top Secret Trade Deal You Need to Know About
(2013)
TV-G | 26 min | News, Talk-Show
You may remember how in the ?90?s the Clinton Administration talked us into NAFTA ? the North American Free Trade Agreement -- with the promise of jobs and cheaper goods. According to ... See full summary »
Stars: Bill Moyers, Yves Smith, Dean Baker, Max Baucus
29.
Moyers & Company (2012–2015)
Episode:
The Pope, Poverty and Poetry
(2013)
TV-G | 59 min | News, Talk-Show
In just a few months, Pope Francis, the first in history to take the name of the patron saint of the poor, has proven to be one of the most outspoken pontiffs in recent history, especially ... See full summary »
Stars: Thomas Cahill, Philip Levine, Bill Moyers
30.
The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode:
Enter the Biggest Prison System in History
(2015)
Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Stars: Eddie Conway, Abby Martin, Eugene Puryear
Votes: 17
31.
The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode:
The Real House of Saud - Saudi Arabia's Oil-for-Tyranny
(2015)
Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Stars: Ali Al Ahmed, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger
Votes: 20
32.
Days of Revolt (2015–2016)
Episode:
Prostitution: Being Raped for a Living
(2015)
News, Talk-Show
Stars: Chris Hedges, Rachel Moran
33.
Days of Revolt (2015–2016)
Episode:
The Moral Bankruptcy of the Left on Prostitution
(2015)
News, Talk-Show
Stars: Chris Hedges, Lee Lakeman, Alice Lee
34.
Days of Revolt (2015–2016)
Episode:
The Militarism of U.S. Diplomacy
(2015)
News, Talk-Show
Stars: Chris Hedges, Vijay Prashad
35.
Days of Revolt (2015–2016)
Episode:
The Death of the American City
(2016)
News, Talk-Show
Stars: Roshaun Harris, Chris Hedges, Darryl Mitchell
36.
Days of Revolt (2015–2016)
Episode:
State Violence and Counter Violence
(2015)
News, Talk-Show
Stars: Eddie Conway, Chris Hedges, Ojore Lutalo
37.
The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode:
The Empire's Border: Part II - A Hidden War
(2016)
Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Stars: Bill Clinton, Abby Martin, Todd Miller, Ronald Reagan
Votes: 9
38.
The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode:
Understanding Marxism and Socialism
(2016)
Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Stars: Abby Martin, Richard D. Wolff
Votes: 16
39.
Adam Ruins Everything (2015–2019)
Episode:
Adam Ruins Doing Good
(2019)
TV-14 | 24 min | Documentary, Animation, Comedy
Adam takes down the do-gooders and reveals how Teach For America is harmful to both students and teachers. He then uncovers the ineffectiveness of recycling and calls out the billionaires who create charities for tax breaks.
Director: Laura Murphy | Stars: Adam Conover, Emily Axford, Enn Reitel, Peter Boon Koh
Votes: 56