Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008), Lake of Fire (2006), Raw Deal: A Question of Consent (2001), Silverlake Life: The View From Here (1993), How to Die in Oregon (2011), You Don't Know Jack (2010), Dr. Feelgood: Dealer or Healer? (2016), The Elephant in the Living Room (2010) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Social Issue movies.
Storyline: New York, 1980: three complete strangers accidentally discover that they are identical triplets, separated at birth. The 19-year-olds' joyous reunion catapults them to international fame, but it also unlocks an extraordinary and disturbing secret that goes beyond their own lives - and could transform our understanding of human nature forever.
Plot Keywords: documentary, true story, psychology, family separation, identity, adoption, secret experiment ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A personal, important, surprising, and funny documentary about the industries of death that give us cancer, and the unheralded science of prevention.
Plot Keywords: documentary, cancer, health, medicine, lifestyle, public health, environment ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: It's Not Yet Dark tells the ground breaking story of Simon Fitzmaurice, a talented young Irish film maker with ALS (MND), as he embarks on directing his first feature film through the use of his eyes and eye gaze technology.
Plot Keywords: documentary, biography, disease, inspirational, true story, life, struggle ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Alice Howland is a renowned linguistics professor happily married with three grown children. All that begins to change when she strangely starts to forget words and then more. When her doctor diagnoses her with Early-onset Alzheimer's Disease, Alice and her family's lives face a harrowing challenge as this terminal degenerative neurological ailment slowly progresses to an inevitable conclusion they all dread. Along the way, Alice struggles to not only to fight the inner decay, but to make the most of her remaining time to find the love and peace to make simply living worthwhile.
Plot Keywords: disease, family, emotion, drama, psychological, identity crisis, motherhood ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A documentary on the threat that climate change poses to the Earth - it's causes, effects and history and potential solutions to it. Presented by Al Gore through a lecture that he has given to audiences across the globe, plus through more introspective moments.—grantss
Plot Keywords: documentary, environment, climate change, global warming, politics, educational, science ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Several legal suits have been brought against McDonald's Restaurants that they are knowingly selling food that is unhealthy. Some of the court decisions have stated that the plaintiffs would have a claim if they could prove that eating the food every day for every meal is dangerous. As such, documentarian Morgan Spurlock conducts an unscientific experiment using himself as the guinea pig: eat only McDonald's for thirty days, three meals a day. If he is asked by the clerk if he would like the meal super sized, he has to say yes. And by the end of the thirty days, he will have had to have eaten every single menu item at least once. Before starting the experiment, he is tested by three doctors - a general practitioner, a cardiologist and a gastroenterologist - who pronounce his general health to be outstanding. They will also monitor him over the thirty days to ensure that he is not placing his health into irreparable damage. He also consults with a dietitian/nutritionist and an exercise physiologist, the latter who also deems him to be above average fitness. As it mimics the lifestyle of those who eat fast food, he will also do no exercise for the thirty days, limiting himself to under 5,000 steps per day (the approximate equivalent of 2½ miles). These health and medical experts have some predictions about his general health and wellness by the end of the experiment. His vegan chef girlfriend also has some predictions about how this experiment will affect his mood and therefore their relationship. As he goes through the experiment, he speaks to a number of people - many experts in their respective fields - on the pros and cons of the fast food lifestyle. Just over halfway through the experiment, it is evident that even the experts can be wrong, and not in a good way.—Huggo
Plot Keywords: documentary, health, experiment, usa, social issue, lifestyle, public health ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A former hip hop executive decides whether to make public her rape by one of the most powerful men in the music industry.
Plot Keywords: documentary, sexual assault, women's rights, music industry, social justice, abuse of power, investigative journalism ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Keshav and Jaya are from two villages near Mathura where at least 80% of households have no access to lavatories. Conflict comes knocking on the first day of their marriage, when Jaya discovers that Keshav's home has no toilet and she leaves. Distraught and desperate, Keshav embarks on a mission to win back his love by battling against the age-old traditions, mindset, and value system of his country.
Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, social issue, indian cinema, marriage, cultural conflict, rural life ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Nadia Murad, a 23-year-old Yazidi, survived genocide and sexual slavery committed by ISIS. Repeating her story to the world, this ordinary girl finds herself thrust onto the international stage as the voice of her people.
Plot Keywords: documentary, war, human rights, survivor, genocide, activism, advocacy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Michael Denison plays a lawyer investigating kidnapping charges against Dulcie Gray. Based on a novel of Josephine Tey.
Plot Keywords: mystery, crime, drama, black and white, british film, adaptation, novel adaptation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Sarah Tobias goes to her local bar and is gang-raped by three men. The district attorney on the case is Katheryn Murphy who wants to prove that although Sarah had taken drugs that night and was acting provocatively while in the bar, this is no reason for her to be so brutally attacked and the men responsible should be brought to justice.
Plot Keywords: courtroom drama, based on true story, female protagonist, justice system, revenge, social justice, sexism ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Paralyzed from the neck down by a car accident, a sculptor (Richard Dreyfuss) argues for his right to die.
Plot Keywords: drama, medical, ethics, life and death, disability, legal, moral dilemma ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: As her marriage to Jack Faye (Stanley Tucci) flounders, eminent High Court judge Fiona Maye (Dame Emma Thompson) has a life-changing decision to make at work - should she force a teenage boy, Adam Henry (Fionn Whitehead), to have the blood transfusion that will save his life? Her unorthodox visit to his hospital bedside has a profound impact on them both, stirring strong new emotions in the boy and long-buried feelings in her.—Duncan Kenworthy
Plot Keywords: law, ethics, medical, religion, faith, court, family ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Nancy Walsh (Tracey Gold) has recently graduated from high school, and carries an enormous amount of anxiety about the future. When she goes to college, she grows increasingly withdrawn and develops anorexia nervosa. While her parents, Sally (Jill Clayburgh) and Tom (William Devane), seem not to notice her condition, her brother (Cameron Bancroft) finally confronts her. Realizing they need to act to save their daughter, Sally and Tom must go to court to regain guardianship and force treatment.
Plot Keywords: drama, family, health, illness, psychological, coming of age, parent-child relationship ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Provoked is the true story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia, a Punjabi woman who moved to London after her marriage with Deepak Ahluwalia. Her husband seemed caring at first but then began to beat her up. He started drinking a lot and sleeping around with other women. he also subjected her to spousal rape. After ten years and having two children with him, out of fear, she sets him on fire while he is sleeping, two hours after another scene of domestic violence. He succumbs to the injuries and she is sentenced to life in prison for premeditated murder. However the Southall Black Sisters, an NGO organization which fights against domestic violence, helps her get justice. And after spending 3 1/2 years in jail, she is set free and reunited with her two children.—A. Bose
Plot Keywords: based on a true story, domestic violence, women's rights, social issue, indian cinema, cultural clash, female empowerment ...
Movie Details Click Here !