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51. The Singing Revolution (2006)
Unrated | 94 min | Documentary, History, Music
Most people don't think about singing when they think about revolutions. But song was the weapon of choice when, between 1986 and 1991, Estonians sought to free themselves from decades of ... See full summary »
Directors: James Tusty, Maureen Castle Tusty | Stars: Heiki Ahonen, Gustav Ernesaks, Linda Hunt, Mari-Ann Kelam
Votes: 640 | Gross: $0.33M
52. Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin (2003)
83 min | Documentary, Biography
Documentary on Bayard Rustin, best-remembered as the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington.
Directors: Nancy D. Kates, Bennett Singer | Stars: Bayard Rustin, Dorothy Jackson, John Rodgers, Louis John
Votes: 228
53. A Prayer in the Dark (1997 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 91 min | Drama
The Hayworth family lives in a Quaker territory in upstate New York; matriarch Emily runs the local bank. Years ago, she and her family took in troubled young Jimmy Flood to protect him ... See full summary »
Director: Jerry Ciccoritti | Stars: Lynda Carter, Teri Polo, Phillip Jarrett, Michael A. Miranda
Votes: 128
54. No Drums, No Bugles (1972)
G | 85 min | Drama, War
During the Civil War, a conscientious objector is forced to flee to the woods of West Virginia to avoid being sent into combat where he would be forced to kill, which he is adamantly ... See full summary »
Director: Clyde Ware | Stars: Martin Sheen, Davey Davison, Rod McCary, Denine Terry
Votes: 104
55. Sing Your Song (2011)
Not Rated | 104 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Most people know the lasting legacy of Harry Belafonte, the entertainer. This film unearths his significant contribution to and his leadership in the civil rights movement in America and to social justice globally.
Director: Susanne Rostock | Stars: Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, Marge Champion, Fran Scott Attaway
Votes: 503 | Gross: $0.05M
56. Chintu Ji (2009)
Not Rated | 115 min | Comedy, Drama
Rishi, the son of legendary Raj Kapoor, decides to try his hand at politics, and to garner support, re-locates to his birth village, Hadbahedi. The village is located in an isolated area ... See full summary »
Director: Ranjit Kapoor | Stars: Rishi Kapoor, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Kulraj Randhawa, Saurabh Shukla
Votes: 219
57. Katips (2021)
142 min | Crime, Drama, History
A tale of the young, in their fight for their ideals, how big can one get against a force too much bigger than yourself?
Director: Vince Tañada | Stars: Afi Africa, OJ Arci, Joshua Bulot, Mon Confiado
Votes: 3,688
58. De zee die denkt (2000)
100 min | Adventure, Biography, Comedy
Incredible optical illusions in a story in a story in a story helps the surprised viewer finally to find out that he has been watching himself all along.
Director: Gert de Graaff | Stars: Bart Klever, Devika Strooker, Rick de Leeuw, Don Duyns
Votes: 566
59. 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama (2006)
Unrated | 85 min | Documentary
How do you reconcile a commitment to non-violence when faced with violence? Why do the poor often seem happier than the rich? Must a society lose its traditions in order to move into the ... See full summary »
Director: Rick Ray | Stars: The Dalai Lama, Tenzin Bagdro, Bob Dole, Richard Gere
Votes: 766 | Gross: $0.22M
60. My So-Called Enemy (2010)
89 min | Documentary
In July 2002, 22 Palestinian and Israeli teenage girls came to the U.S. to participate in a women's leadership program called Building Bridges for Peace. "My So Called Enemy" is a coming of... See full summary »
Director: Lisa Gossels
Votes: 54
61. Drawing Down the Moon (1997)
84 min | Crime, Drama
Gwynyth McBride moves to a small town where she can practice her Wiccan faith in peace, but when she tries to set up a homeless shelter on the land that a greedy corporation wants, their evil-genius fixer and his gang target her.
Director: Steven Patterson | Stars: Walter Koenig, Karina Krepp, Lynda Merritt, Bruce Bearman
Votes: 56
62. Thou Shalt Not Kill (1961)
148 min | Drama, War
At the end of World War II, a French pacifist is arrested for refusing to fight. In prison, he befriends a German priest arrested for murder of a French Resistance fighter. They discuss morality, obedience, and religion.
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Laurent Terzieff, Horst Frank, Mica Orlovic, Marijan Lovric
Votes: 76
63. A Force More Powerful (1999)
TV-G | 110 min | Documentary
This two-part Emmy-nominated series explores one of the 20th century's most important but least understood stories: how nonviolent power has overcome oppression and authoritarian rule all ... See full summary »
Director: Steve York | Stars: Ben Kingsley, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Salvador Allende, Shahla Arasteh
Votes: 61
64. Kenopsia (2022)
15 min | Short, Drama, Family
On a stormy night, a mother who yearns for her son who has already grown up, saves a nest with an egg leaving aside the monotony of her life to take care of him.
Director: Pamela Rosas Matus | Star: Diana Quijano
65. Seua jone phan seua (1998)
124 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
In 1946, just after World War 2, bandits rule the countryside of Siam. The notorious Bai rises to become the king of bandits and police chief Yodying has been ordered to apprehend Bai dead or alive.
Director: Tanit Jitnukul | Stars: Amphol Lumpoon, Dom Hetrakul, Art Supawatt Purdy, Supakorn Kitsuwon
Votes: 28
66. Bringing Down a Dictator (2002 TV Movie)
TV-G | 56 min | Documentary
A student group called Otpor! ("Resistance!" in Serbian) forms part of the nonviolent opposition movement that toppled the regime of Slobodan Milosevic.
Director: Steve York | Stars: Shahla Arasteh, Zoran Djindjic, Robert Helvey, Vojislav Kostunica
Votes: 92
67. Red Reign: The Bloody Harvest of China's Prisoners (2013)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Red Reign exposes forced organ harvesting in China of prisoners of conscience, Falun Gong, who's tenets are truth compassion and tolerance as told by Nobel Prize nominee, David Matas. The ... See full summary »
Director: Masha Savitz | Stars: Ethan Gutmann, David Kilgour, David Matas, Torsten Trey
Votes: 17
68. Women of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution (2008)
57 min | Documentary
A Quiet Revolution begins on March 12, 1959 when 15,000 unarmed Tibetan women took to the streets of Lhasa to oppose the violent occupation of their country by the Communist Chinese army. ... See full summary »
Director: Rosemary Rawcliffe | Stars: Dolma Tsering Teykhang, Samdup Dolma, Tseten Choeden Schneiter, Tenzin Peldon
Votes: 30
69. Peace One Day (2004)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
The story of Jeremy Gilley's attempts to persuade the global community via the United Nations to sanction officially a day without conflict; a ceasefire day; a global day of Peace.
Director: Jeremy Gilley | Stars: The Dalai Lama, Kofi Annan, Jeremy Gilley, Judi Dench
Votes: 148
70. I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
Documentary | Announced
Threatened with a five-year prison term, a peace activist - Francesco Da Vinci - struggles with his Virginia draft board to be recognized as a sincere objector to the Vietnam war.
Director: Francesco Da Vinci | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Michelle Phillips, Dick Cavett, Ray Manzarek
71. A Field Between (2017)
TV-14 | 15 min | Short
For almost 10 years, Amaryllis Fox worked as a CIA operative in the Middle East fighting the war on terror. Now, Fox is a peace activist determined to return to the region without any ... See full summary »
Director: Rena Mundo Croshere | Star: Amaryllis Fox
Votes: 9
72. Ce qu'il reste de nous (2004)
77 min | Documentary
A Tibetan-Canadian returns to her homeland to smuggle a secret message from the Dalai Lama and to document the occupation and cultural genocide of Tibet by China.
Directors: Hugo Latulippe, François Prévost | Stars: The Dalai Lama, Kalsang Dolma
Votes: 210
73. Sisu Not Silence (2019)
18 min | Short
Emilia Lahti, researcher and activist, ran 1500 miles in 50 days across New Zealand with one goal: to end the silence around interpersonal violence.
Director: Benjamin Berkowitz
74. Ahimsa Gandhi: The Power of the Powerless (2021)
92 min | Documentary
The film narrates the impact of the Gandhian message of Non Violence worldwide.
Director: Ramesh Sharma | Stars: Mohandas K. Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Lech Walesa
Votes: 15
75. Betty Williams: Contagious Courage (2018)
TV-14 | 67 min | Documentary
This is the story of a young mother living in Northern Ireland fifty years ago, as her country teetered on the brink of civil war. With never-before-seen footage and behind-the-scenes ... See full summary »
Director: Dawn Gifford Engle | Stars: Betty Williams, Brenden MacDonald
Votes: 16
76. Encounter Point (2006)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary
"Encounter Point" moves beyond sensational and canned images to tell the story of an Israeli settler, a Palestinian ex-prisoner, a bereaved Israeli mother and a wounded Palestinian bereaved... See full summary »
Directors: Ronit Avni, Julia Bacha | Stars: Ali Abu Awwad, Sami Al Jundi, Robi Damelin, Shlomo Zagman
Votes: 118
77. Mother of Kings (2022)
Approved | 60 min | Documentary, Biography
Meet one of the most influential women in the world. See and hear forgotten footage of Alberta Christine Williams King, Mother of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Learn who she was from those who loved her. Mother Of Kings Take the Journey.
Director: Josetta Shropshire | Stars: Alveda King, Derek King, Naomi King, James Orange
78. The Miracle (2007)
29 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
While confessing to her priest, Tekki Lomnicki, a little person, must face the painful truth about a journey she and her mother made to Lourdes if she is to win a chance at redemption.
Director: Jeffrey Jon Smith | Stars: Tekki Lomnicki, Rula Gardenier, Michael Chinn, Mary Redmon
Votes: 37
79. Fade to Black: The Trigger Effect (2013)
104 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Four young men confront destructive life choices. Gage, Pepe, and JJ lives change when a crime boss, Mr. M, gives Pepe a gun, which leads to the death of Jamal's family. Jamal seeks revenge... See full summary »
Directors: Trevor Bailey, Singleton Bill Jr., Bill Singleton Jr. | Stars: Cecily Anderson, Patrick Bailey, Mario Barros, Nichole Barros
80. Bare Fists (1919)
60 min | Action, Drama, Western
The marshal of a wild Kansas border town is killed in a gunfight in a saloon. His son, Cheyenne Harry, shoots dead two of the killers. Not wanting to lose both her son and her husband to ... See full summary »
Director: John Ford | Stars: Harry Carey, Betty Schade, Joe Harris, Vester Pegg
Votes: 64
81. The Power of the Powerless (2009)
78 min | Documentary
Director: Cory Taylor | Star: Jeremy Irons
Votes: 32
82. Black Natchez (1967)
62 min | Documentary
A cinema verite account of the attempt to organize a black community in the Deep South in 1965 during the heyday of the Civil Rights Movement. A black leader has been car-bombed and a ... See full summary »
Directors: David Neuman, Ed Pincus
Votes: 11
83. Gandhi: Newsreel Footage (2001 Video)
10 min | Short, Biography, History
84. Ahimsa: Non-Violence (1987)
60 min | Documentary
The first film to chronicle the world of Jainism, a vegetarian, non-violent ancient religion of India.
Director: Michael Tobias | Star: The Dalai Lama
Votes: 15
85. Indian Serenade (1937)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Romance
Against the background of the Grand Canyon, a young Indian boy and an-equally-young Indian maiden fall in love. While they are romancing along in the beautiful scenery, their little dog ... See full summary »
Directors: Arthur Davis, Sid Marcus
Votes: 17
86. The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It (2000 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 57 min | Documentary, History, War
The story of American conscientious objectors during World War II.
Directors: Judith Ehrlich, Rick Tejada-Flores | Star: Edward Asner
Votes: 41
87. Our Bodies, Our Minds (2001)
Not Rated | 67 min | Documentary
Our Bodies, Our Minds is about feminists who work as prostitutes, exotic dancers, and in other areas of the adult entertainment industry. How can these women be feminists, you ask? That's ... See full summary »
Director: Rebecca M. Alvin | Stars: Priscilla Alexander, Nina Hartley, Carol Leigh, Carol Queen
Votes: 22
88. You Have Struck a Rock! (1983)
28 min | Documentary, Short
The documentary, You Have Struck a Rock describes the history of non-violent resistance by black South African women to the use of reference books or passes issued by the South African ... See full synopsis »
Director: Deborah May | Stars: Letta Mbulu, Florence Mkize, Thoko Ntshinga, Dora Tamana
89. X Avion: The Weird Day (2004–2010)
TV-MA | Comedy, Horror
A group of people horribly try to kill a killer robot called Dahkalus.
Stars: Ionel, Mamaia, Beto Misjer, Tataia
90. The Making of 'The Bad Joke'
48 min | Documentary | Pre-production
This is the 'behind the scenes' documentary of Bruno Pischiutta's feature film THE BAD JOKE. This documentary is exploring the ways in which the production is conducted and the origin and motivation of the subject.
Director: Bruno Pischiutta | Stars: Bruno Pischiutta, Daria Trifu
91. Echoes of A Dream: The Historical & Spiritual Perspective of the Civil Rights Movement (2006)
120 min | Documentary
A concerned grandmother drops off her troublesome grandson at the library for an important lesson in history.
Director: Motown Maurice | Stars: Laurence Craig, Walter Smith, Malik Aziz, Carolyn Hepburn Collins
92. The Third Harmony (2020)
44 min | Documentary, Short
The important role that nonviolence plays in the wider struggle to develop a new theory of human nature, how every one of us can add to our personal growth and fulfillment while benefiting society through the use of this time-tested power.
Director: Michael Nagler | Stars: Ali Abu Awwad, Lyndsey Burcina, Ken Butigan, Erica Chenoweth
Votes: 8
93. Peace Grows (2004)
28 min | Documentary, Short
Far beyond what the world at large suspects, ordinary folk are letting nonviolence bring them home to the peace that is their soul's longing by actively deciding to live, love, choose, ... See full summary »
Director: Jon Paul Puno
94. Ni'lin (2012)
36 min | Documentary, Short
Swedish documentary about the non-violent struggle in Ni'lin against the ongoing construction of the Israeli wall cutting through the village's olive groves. The villagers, mainly women and... See full summary »
Directors: Elin Andersson, Elisabeth Andersson, Niklas Berg, Helena Gynne, Elin Jonsson, Camilla Lundqvist | Stars: Asmaa Ameera, Ahmad Amireh, Ayman Amireh, Basma Amireh
95. Let There Be Peace (2016 Video)
Short, Musical
A visual plea for peace among men.
Director: Francis Delia | Stars: McCrary Family, JD McCrary
96. Un combat singulier (2004)
52 min | History
Director: Xavier Villetard | Stars: Henri Alleg, Simone De Bollardière, Germaine Tillion
98. Amnesty! When They Are All Free (2011)
70 min | Documentary
The documentary examines Amnesty International's successes and failures over the 50 years since it was founded.
Director: James Rogan | Stars: Claudio Cordone, Gerardo Ducos, Patricia Feeney, Said Haddadi
Votes: 13
99. And So I Begin. (2022)
11 min | Short
A semi-animated experimental short film portraying three artists living next door to each other, yet decades apart. Separated by walls and time, their connections unfold.
Director: Margarethe Baillou | Stars: Daniel Martin Berkey, Sean Newman, Colette Pahl
Votes: 6