Rapt (2009), On the Bowery (1956), The Rules of the Game (1939), Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014), The Long Good Friday (1980), The Blue Angel (1930), The Blue Angel (1930), Foxtrot (2017) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Social Critique movies.
Storyline: Augusto (Marino Mase) is the oldest son in a dysfunctional Italian family that includes a blind mother (Liliana Gerace), a selfish sister, Giulia (Paola Pitagora), and two epileptic brothers, Alessandro (Lou Castel) and Leone (Pier Luigi Troglio). Augusto is planning to marry Lucia (Jennie MacNeil) despite Giulia's repeated attempts to drive them apart, but cannot do so while taking care of the clan. An angry and unstable Alessandro decides to help Augusto by killing their mother and siblings.
Plot Keywords: psychological drama, family conflict, mental illness, moral dilemma, black comedy, social critique, existentialism ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Young lawyer Katadreuffe (Fedja van Huêt) is the chief suspect in the murder of the cold-hearted bailiff Dreverhaven (Jan Decleir). The two have long been rivals, waging personal battles through the courts, and Katadreuffe was observed leaving the scene of the crime. Giving his testimony to police, Katadreuffe effectively tells his life story, in which his ambition for success in the legal world was driven by a hatred of his biological father -- who was, secretly, Dreverhaven.
Plot Keywords: drama, psychological, crime, thriller, black comedy, independent film, human nature ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A young lawyer (Krzysztof Globisz) in Warsaw represents a drifter (Mirosław Baka) who killed a malicious cabdriver (Jan Tesarz).
Plot Keywords: crime, moral dilemma, violence, social critique, polish cinema, law, murder ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The disappearance of a young girl leads a Yorkshire detective (David Morrissey) to believe that he may have helped convict the wrong man of murder three years earlier.
Plot Keywords: crime, thriller, mystery, drama, dark, violence, serial killer ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A Belgian interpreter (Sylvie Testud) endures humiliation by her new co-workers (Kaori Tsuji, Taro Suwa) at a huge Japanese company.
Plot Keywords: drama, psychological, workplace, cultural conflict, japan, corporate culture, stress ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Twelve tableaux tell the story of a Parisian (Anna Karina), separated from her husband (Monique Messine), who decides to become a prostitute.
Plot Keywords: existentialism, prostitution, black and white, paris, minimalist, philosophical, social critique ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: After fleeing his negligent and abusive parents, a hardened, streetwise 12-year-old boy sues them to protest the life they've given him.
Plot Keywords: social realism, poverty, family breakdown, street life, legal battle, struggle for survival, humanitarianism ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A detective and a journalist (Alma Prica) investigate the murder of a Serb living in a Croatian town.
Plot Keywords: thriller, mystery, crime, drama, french film, psychological, courtroom ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Filmmaker Louis Theroux is denied admittance into the Church of Scientology's headquarters, setting into motion a clever, confrontational and funny plan to try and reveal the inner workings of the mysterious organization.
Plot Keywords: documentary, religion, investigation, exposé, controversy, belief, mind control ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: After a wealthy man (Sessue Hayakawa) brands a woman (Fannie Ward) for revoking their loan agreement, she shoots him, and her husband (Jack Dean) takes the blame in court.
Plot Keywords: silent film, drama, crime, race, morality, betrayal, revenge ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: This documentary begins with an unusual detail that came from the 14th Amendment: Under constitutional law, corporations are seen as individuals. So, filmmaker Mark Achbar asks, what type of person would a corporation be? The evidence, according to such political activists as Noam Chomsky and filmmaker Michael Moore and company heads like carpet magnate Ray Anderson, points to a bad one, as the film aims to expose IBM's Nazi ties and these large businesses' exploitation of human rights.
Plot Keywords: documentary, capitalism, globalization, social critique, business ethics, law, psychology ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: After being kicked out of her African village three decades earlier for getting pregnant out of wedlock, Linguere (Ami Diakhate) has returned home. While Linguere has done well for herself, her home village has fallen on hard economic times. Intent on punishing Dramaan (Mansour Diouf), the man who fathered her child but refused to own up to the act, Linguere makes a proposal: She will help the town financially, if the locals agree to execute Dramaan.
Plot Keywords: crime, drama, black comedy, social critique, greed, revenge, satire ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Bruce Wayne (Ben McKenzie) fights his new nemesis, Catwoman (Eliza Dushku), while lawman James Gordon (Bryan Cranston) battles corruption in Gotham City.
Plot Keywords: origin story, gotham city, crime, corruption, superhero, animated film, violence ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Following a nervous breakdown, a police officer (Jakob Cedergren) from Copenhagen pulls duty in a small town, where his big-city attitude clashes with the residents' bizarre behavior.
Plot Keywords: thriller, crime, black comedy, mystery, psychological thriller, drama, danish film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A Senegalese businessman (Thierno Leye) needs a cure for impotence after grandly acquiring a third wife.
Plot Keywords: political satire, social critique, corruption, class conflict, tradition vs modernity, patriarchy, black comedy ...
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