Spirited Away (2001), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), WALL-E (2008), Stray Dog (1949), Faith Based (2020), Godzilla (1954), A Canterbury Tale (1944), The Landlord (1970) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Social Commentary movies.
Storyline: The field marshal, prime minister and grand duchess (Peter Sellers) of Fenwick declare war on the United States.
Plot Keywords: comedy, political satire, cold war, absurd plot, british film, nuclear weapons, anti-war ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: "Lazybones" Steve (Buck Jones) is fawned over by his girlfriend, Agnes (Jane Novak) and doting mother. But, when he saves Agnes' sister from a suicide attempt, this loafer suddenly finds himself raising her secret newborn daughter, Kit. His easy life turns hard when the town assumes she's his illegitimate child. Steve is called to fight in World War I, and when he returns Kit is no longer a picked-on kid but a beautiful woman (Madge Bellamy). Then his love becomes not quite so paternal.
Plot Keywords: silent film, comedy, drama, romance, slice of life, character study, slacker ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Footage from two benefits includes skits, Eric Clapton, Sting, Jeff Beck, Phil Collins, Pete Townshend.
Plot Keywords: comedy, music, charity, uk, live performance, satire, humor ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: After being fired from his office job, Harold Diddlebock (Harold Lloyd) gets drunk, goes on a wild binge, and buys a near-bankrupt circus.
Plot Keywords: comedy, slapstick, classic, black and white, american film, 1940s, sequel ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Italy's response to the Disney classical music/animation hybrid "Fantasia," this film features a series of cartoon shorts set to the likes of Claude Debussy, Joseph-Maurice Ravel and Antonio Vivaldi. The animated segments feature both the humorous and fantastical: an aged satyr attempts to regain its lost youth, a bee is interrupted mid-meal by two lovers, the myth of Adam and Eve is retold and more. In between cartoons, a filmmaker (Maurizio Nichetti) struggles to complete the film.
Plot Keywords: animation, fantasy, music, comedy, satire, surrealism, italian cinema ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In a Native American neighborhood in Los Angeles, Homer (Homer Nish) lives with his pregnant wife, Yvonne (Yvonne Williams), in a crowded apartment. While Homer goes drinking with his friend Tommy (Tom Reynolds), Yvonne is left at a movie by herself. As the men get progressively drunker, Yvonne realizes her husband is not coming home. Meanwhile, Homer and Tommy wander through the nighttime city, looking for fights, playing poker and discussing their problems as Native Americans.
Plot Keywords: independent film, documentary style, los angeles, urban life, social realism, 1960s, black and white ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In this hand-drawn animated tale, elderly married couple Hilda (Peggy Ashcroft) and Jim Bloggs (John Mills) have their quiet, simple lives in the English countryside interrupted when they learn of an impending nuclear attack. Not completely understanding the gravity of their situation, Hilda and Jim react archaically and insufficiently after the attack -- and the film takes a dark turn as the radiation begins taking its toll on the unsuspecting couple.
Plot Keywords: animation, nuclear war, british, disaster, cold war, survival, anti-war ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An image maker (Peter Boyle) grooms the son (Robert Redford) of a political boss (Melvyn Douglas) for a token bid in a U.S. Senate race.
Plot Keywords: political, satire, election, american politics, media, democracy, corruption ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A talk-show staffer (Cyd Charisse) puts a fight manager (Gene Kelly), adman (Dan Dailey) and cook on TV 10 years after they parted as GIs.
Plot Keywords: musical, comedy, romance, drama, friendship, new york, reunion ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Members of a troubled German film crew spend most of their time drinking, talking and waiting in a hotel.
Plot Keywords: movie, drama, black comedy, postmodern, absurd, satire, art film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Husamettin the commander in the army is constantly bothered by the stupidity of one of his soldiers shaban, after discharge from the army shaban and his friend Ramazan work in a night club as member of the band, they ran again into Husamettin and his in laws, but things gets complicated when the diamond of the family is been stolen and shaban and his friend Ramazan is put in charge of finding the thief.
Plot Keywords: comedy, family, classic, rural life, humor, traditional, music ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A crafty and obnoxious manservant uses his mistress and his wits to gain supremacy over his wealthy employer.
Plot Keywords: psychological thriller, drama, classic film, british cinema, black and white, power struggle, class conflict ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Ex-convict Henry (Michael Rooker) gets close to the sister (Tracy Arnold) of the prison buddy (Tom Towles) he teaches how to serial kill.
Plot Keywords: crime, thriller, horror, psychological, violence, serial killer, based on true events ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: McMurphy has a criminal past and has once again gotten himself into trouble and is sentenced by the court. To escape labor duties in prison, McMurphy pleads insanity and is sent to a ward for the mentally unstable. Once here, McMurphy both endures and stands witness to the abuse and degradation of the oppressive Nurse Ratched, who gains superiority and power through the flaws of the other inmates. McMurphy and the other inmates band together to make a rebellious stance against the atrocious Nurse.
Plot Keywords: psychological thriller, rebellion, power struggle, black comedy, social commentary, human nature exploration, mental illness ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A controversial Parisian writer blurs the line between fact and fiction when he starts to use real-life love affairs as fodder for his explosive new novel.
Plot Keywords: comedy, drama, romance, french film, contemporary, intellectual, writer ...
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