Lake of Fire (2006), 12 Angry Men (1997), 12 Angry Men (1957), What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (2018), The Big Scary "S" Word (2020), Religulous (2008), Thank You for Smoking (2005), The Great Debaters (2007) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Debate movies.
Storyline: An unflinching documentary shot in black and white, this film focuses on the heated topic of abortion. Directed by British-born filmmaker Tony Kaye, the production depicts the heated ongoing abortion debate in America, and features graphic footage of actual medical procedures. Presenting people on both pro-choice and pro-life sides of the issue, the documentary includes interviews with philosopher and political activist Noam Chomsky, anti-abortion activist Randall Terry and numerous others.
Plot Keywords: controversy, documentary, morality, religion, politics, social issue, ethics ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: One (Jack Lemmon) of 12 jurors holds out in the case of a boy (George C. Scott) from the slums who is accused of killing his father.
Plot Keywords: courtroom drama, murder case, prejudice, class conflict, moral dilemma, social critique, black and white film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young man is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open-and-shut case of murder soon becomes a detective story that presents a succession of clues creating doubt, and a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other. Based on the play, all of the action takes place on the stage of the jury room.
Plot Keywords: courtroom drama, prejudice, justice, legal system, moral dilemma, group dynamics, black and white ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The life and work of the controversial film critic.
Plot Keywords: documentary, biography, film criticism, journalism, hollywood, film history, influence ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: After documenting the taboo word that it shows Socialism has historically been in the US, the film argues it is way past time to replace the failed capitalist economic system.
Plot Keywords: capitalism, documentary, politics, usa, economy, history, ideology ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Bill Maher interviews some of religion's oddest adherents. Muslims, Jews and Christians of many kinds pass before his jaundiced eye. Maher goes to a Creationist Museum in Kentucky, which shows that dinosaurs and people lived at the same time 5000 years ago. He talks to truckers at a Truckers' Chapel. (Sign outside: "Jesus love you.") He goes to a theme park called Holy Land in Florida. He speaks to a rabbi in league with Holocaust deniers. He talks to a Muslim musician who preaches hatred of Jews. Maher finds the unlikeliest of believers and, in a certain Vatican priest, he even finds an unlikely skeptic.—J. Spurlin
Plot Keywords: religion, documentary, satire, comedy, faith, controversy, interview ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The chief spokesperson and lobbyist Nick Naylor is the Vice President of the Academy of Tobacco Studies. He is talented in speaking and spins arguments to defend the cigarette industry in the most difficult situations. His best friends are Polly Bailey that works in the Moderation Council in alcohol business, and Bobby Jay Bliss of the gun business own advisory group SAFETY. They frequently meet each other in a bar and they self-title the M.O.D. Squad, a.k.a. Merchants of Death, disputing which industry has killed more people. Nick's greatest enemy is Vermont's Senator Ortolan Finistirre, who defends in the Senate the use of a skull and crossbones on cigarette packs. Nick's son Joey Naylor lives with his mother, and has the chance to know his father in a business trip. When the ambitious reporter Heather Holloway betrays Nick disclosing confidences he had in bed with her, his life turns upside-down. But Nick is good in what he does for the mortgage.
Plot Keywords: satire, comedy, politics, media, morality, father-son relationship, america ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Marshall, Texas, described by James Farmer, Jr. as "the last city to surrender after the Civil War," is home to Wiley College, where, in 1935-36, inspired by the Harlem Renaissance and his clandestine work as a union organizer, Professor Melvin Tolson coaches the debate team to a nearly-undefeated season that sees the first debate between U.S. students from white and Negro colleges and ends with an invitation to face Harvard University's national champions. The team of four, which includes a female student and a very young James Farmer, is tested in a crucible heated by Jim Crow, sexism, a lynch mob, an arrest and near riot, a love affair, jealousy, and a national radio audience.
Plot Keywords: history, biography, drama, race, education, inspirational, america ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: It's the 22nd of December. Sixteen years have passed since the revolution, and in a small town Christmas is about to come. Piscoci, an old retired man is preparing for another Christmas alone. Manescu, the history teacher, tries to keep up with his debts. Jderescu, the owner of a local television post, seems not to be so interested in the upcoming holidays. For him, the time to face history has come. Along with Manescu and Piscoci, he is trying to answer for himself a question which for 16 years has not had an answer: "Was it or wasn't it a revolution in their town?"—Alex
Plot Keywords: dark comedy, satire, social commentary, minimalist, political, historical, urban life ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Civil rights activist Ann Atwater faces off against C.P. Ellis, Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan, in 1971 Durham, North Carolina over the issue of school integration.
Plot Keywords: biography, drama, history, race relations, social justice, american south, true story ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A documentary that takes an alternative approach to dealing with the global warming crisis.
Plot Keywords: documentary, environment, climate change, global warming, environmental protection, science, policy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A flamboyant English teacher (Clive Owen) and a new, stoic art teacher (Juliette Binoche) collide at an upscale prep school. A high-spirited courtship begins and she finds herself enjoying the battle. Another battle they begin has the students trying to prove which is more powerful, the word or the picture. But the true war is against their own demons, as two troubled souls struggle for connection.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: romance, drama, teacher, art, literature, school, teacher-student relationship ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Congresswoman Agatha Reed returns to her alma mater for commencement, although she's more interested in renewing her romance with an old flame who's now the college president. Their attempts at rekindling any sparks are thwarted by the arrival of another rival for her affections and the showing of her controversial film which could put her former beau's job in jeopardy.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
Plot Keywords: drama, romance, comedy, politics, women, education, campus ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Following an act of violence committed by her own brother, Emma escapes with her mother to wild, open country, where they find refuge in an isolated retreat in the shadow of a nuclear power station.
Plot Keywords: documentary, energy, environment, technology, history, politics, society ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Slick comedy-drama from the director of The Wedding Singer, with Steve Coogan as an abrasive right-wing radio host whose perfect life is thrown into disarray when his sassy long lost 16-year old niece turns up on his doorstep, ready to challenge everything he stands for.
Plot Keywords: politics, talk show, media, controversy, ideology, social commentary, documentary ...
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