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1. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Adventure, Family
With their warning about Lord Voldemort's return scoffed at, Harry and Dumbledore are targeted by the Wizard authorities as an authoritarian bureaucrat slowly seizes power at Hogwarts.
Director: David Yates | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Brendan Gleeson
Votes: 634,713 | Gross: $292.00M
2. Lions for Lambs (2007)
R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Injuries sustained by two Army rangers behind enemy lines in Afghanistan set off a sequence of events involving a congressman, a journalist and a professor.
Director: Robert Redford | Stars: Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Michael Peña
Votes: 52,772 | Gross: $15.00M
3. Fast Food Nation (2006)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama
When contaminated meat is placed in the freezer next to that used for a fast food chain's most famous sandwich, a marketing executive seeks to find out who did it and why, taking a journey through the dark side of American alimentation.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Greg Kinnear, Bruce Willis, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Wilmer Valderrama
Votes: 25,175 | Gross: $1.00M
4. Trinkets (2019–2020)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An unexpected friendship forms when three teenage girls meet in Shoplifters Anonymous.
Stars: Brianna Hildebrand, Kiana Madeira, Quintessa Swindell, Odiseas Georgiadis
Votes: 13,496
5. Something in the Air (2012)
Not Rated | 122 min | Drama
In the months after the heady weeks of May '68, a group of young Europeans search for a way to continue the revolution believed to be just beginning.
Director: Olivier Assayas | Stars: Clément Métayer, André Marcon, Lola Créton, Felix Armand
Votes: 4,719 | Gross: $0.07M
6. The Ambassador (1984)
R | 97 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
An American ambassador to Israel tries to bring peace to the Middle East conflict through unconventional methods, but his efforts are hampered at every turn and his personal life threatened.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Ellen Burstyn, Rock Hudson, Fabio Testi
Votes: 947
7. Street Scenes (1970)
75 min | Documentary, History
In the late Spring of 1970, nationwide protests against the war in Vietnam focused in the Wall Street area of New York City and ultimately in a major anti-war demonstration in Washington, ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Verna Bloom, Jay Cocks, Harvey Keitel, William Kunstler
Votes: 400
8. United Red Army (2007)
Not Rated | 190 min | Crime, Drama
The film outlines Japanese students movements in the 60s, then shows the formation of the Japanese United Red Army, a communist armed resistance group.
Director: Kôji Wakamatsu | Stars: Maki Sakai, Arata Iura, Akie Namiki, Gô Jibiki
Votes: 885 | Gross: $0.00M
9. Mourir à 30 ans (1982)
95 min | Documentary
Romain Goupil records his years of militancy and disappointment as the new world they fought for doesn't come. He praises his missing friend Michel Recanati who committed suicide at 30 years.
Director: Romain Goupil | Stars: Alain Bureau, Pierre Goupil, Romain Goupil, Sophie Goupil
Votes: 243
10. This Day and Age (1933)
Passed | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
High school students band together to dispense vigilante justice against a vicious gangland boss.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Charles Bickford, Judith Allen, Richard Cromwell, Harry Green
Votes: 238
11. Ang duyan ng magiting (2023)
120 min | Drama
A collection of interwoven stories about life and violence in the Philippines, following a college professor, a university chancellor, a social worker, a police chief, two students, two mothers, and a lawyer.
Director: Dustin Celestino | Stars: Dolly De Leon, Bituin Escalante, Agot Isidro, Miggy Jimenez
Votes: 37
12. Vladimir and Rosa (1971)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama
In Godard and Gorin's free interpretation of the Chicago Eight trial, Judge Hoffman becomes Judge Himmler (who doodles notes on Playboy centerfolds), the Chicago Eight become microcosms of ... See full summary »
Directors: Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Gorin | Stars: Yves Afonso, Juliet Berto, Frankie Dymon, Jean-Luc Godard
Votes: 569
13. 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: 3,686
14. Discordia (2004)
Not Rated | 68 min | Documentary
In the fall of 2002, it was announced that Benjamin Netanyahu would deliver a speech at Concordia University in Montreal, and reaction from the student body was swift and sudden.
Directors: Ben Addelman, Samir Mallal | Stars: Noam Chomsky, Samer Elatrash, Aaron Maté, Benjamin Netanyahu
Votes: 32
15. Almost Che (2012)
112 min | Comedy
Delivery man Dae-Oh is hopelessly in love with the student Ye-Rin. Inspired by Che Guevara's words he disguise himself as a student to make the impossible possible, but things get more revolutionary than he ever anticipated.
Director: Sang-Hyo Yook | Stars: Kim In-kwon, Yoo Da-in, Ko Chang-seok, Park Chul-min
Votes: 92
16. Making the Impossible Possible: the Story of Puerto Rican Studies in Brooklyn College (2021)
33 min | Documentary, Short
MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE tells the story of the student-led struggle to win Puerto Rican Studies at Brooklyn College, CUNY, in the late 1960s.
Directors: Tami Gold, Pamela Sporn | Stars: Alan Aja, Carlos 'Baba' Alejandro, Cesar Cardona, Askia Davis
17. Game Day: Election 2004 (2004)
7 min | Documentary, Short, News
Game Day is a short documentary that follows members of campus political groups at the University of Oregon in the days leading up to the 2004 presidential election.
Director: Chris R. Nelson | Stars: Michael Barnard, Keith Bryan, Peter A. DeFazio, Michelle Dixon
18. Outside the Window: Events in France, May 1968 (2004 Video)
14 min | Short, Reality-TV
Stars: Natalie Hume, Gilbert Adair, Bernardo Bertolucci, Robin Blackburn
Votes: 33
19. Ragazzi irresponsabili (2020)
90 min | Documentary
The story of how the Fridays For Future movement was born and evolved in Italy.
Director: Ezio Maisto | Stars: Marco Bertaglia, Christine Caillaud, Monica Capo, Jacopo Ciccoianni
20. Convictions: Prisoners of Conscience (2004)
20 min | Documentary, Short
Profiles of non-violent protesters who risk jail time for crossing the boundary line to Ft Benning as a symbolic action. They do it as part of the SOA Watch movement that calls for the ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Richter
21. 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
22.
New Discourses (2020– )
Marcuse's Subverting Forces in Transition
(2021 Podcast Episode)
151 min
James Lindsay discusses the third part of Herbert Marcuse's 1969 essay, "An Essay on Liberation."
Star: James Lindsay
23.
Wisconsin Hometown Stories (2003– )
Episode:
Appleton
(2023)
57 min | Documentary, History
Star: Carol Larson