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: In 2001, 28-year-old Dr. Andrew Bagby is found dead in a park in Pennsylvania. He had been shot by his ex-girlfriend, who then fled to Canada, where she was able to walk free on bail, pregnant with Andrew's child. Andrew's enraged parents campaign to gain custody of the child and convict their son's killer. Filmmaker Kurt Kuenne pairs this story with home movies and interviews with those who knew Andrew, hoping to give his best friend's son an opportunity to discover who his dad was.
Plot Keywords: documentary, true crime, biography, family, murder, justice, tragedy ...
Movie Details Click Here !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: Filmmaker Billy Corben looks at the circumstances leading up to an alleged rape at a college fraternity house. Actual footage shot the night of the party is shown, the same footage that was used to persuade the police not to press charges in the case.
Plot Keywords: documentary, true story, legal, controversy, sexual assault, florida, justice system ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Both having been diagnosed with AIDS, UCLA film teacher Tom Joslin and his partner, Mark Massi, resolve to document the most intimate details of their daily lives. As the physical and mental toll of the disease begins to take hold of both men, Joslin's former student, Peter Friedman, takes over the film's production, providing the final, bittersweet postscript on the enduring love between two people who've decided to bravely face their illness together.
Plot Keywords: documentary, homosexuality, end-of-life care, true story, social issue, health crisis, love ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 1994 Oregon became the first state to legalize a terminally ill person's request to end his or her life with medication. At the time, only Belgium, Switzerland, and the Netherlands had legalized the practice. 'How to Die in Oregon' tell the stories of those most intimately involved with the practice today -- terminally ill Oregonians, their families, doctors, and friends -- as well as the passage of a similar law in Washington State.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: documentary, end-of-life care, medical ethics, social issue, emotional impact, true story, moral dilemma ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Controversy and legal problems follow Dr. Jack Kevorkian (Al Pacino) as he advocates assisted suicide.
Plot Keywords: biography, drama, true story, medical, ethics, legal, controversy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The ethical dilemma of opioid prescriptions is examined through the story of Dr. William Hurwitz, a preeminent doctor sentenced to 25 years in prison for overprescribing painkillers.
Plot Keywords: documentary, addiction, drug abuse, medical ethics, patients, crisis, investigation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: While wild animals are mere subjects of fascination for many, some in the United States take the step of bringing them into their homes. This documentary explores the trend of individuals keeping exotic animals as pets and the problems that surround the issue. Among those interviewed are Tim Harrison, an expert on dealing with dangerous pets that have escaped or can't be controlled by their owners, and Terry Brumfield, a troubled man who finds solace in his relationship with his two pet lions.
Plot Keywords: documentary, animals, social issue, wildlife, family, conflict, responsibility ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Notorious killer whale Tilikum is responsible for the deaths of three individuals, including a top killer whale trainer. Blackfish shows the sometimes devastating consequences of keeping such intelligent and sentient creatures in captivity.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: documentary, animal rights, ethics, environmentalism, social issue, true story, protest ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: After two teenage girls from opposite sides of the country are sexually assaulted by boys they know, they become suicidal when they are harassed online and at school.
Plot Keywords: documentary, true crime, social issue, teenagers, sexual assault, cyberbullying, victim ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Biography on Tamil Nadu activist Arunachalam Muruganantham, whose mission was to provide sanitary napkin's to poor women of rural areas. Who would use rag cloths or leaves during periods where use of sanitary napkins was rare. After he did not get fruitful results from his family and a medical college he approached, he decided to try it himself by making a uterus out of football bladder and filling goat's blood in it. He would roam around the whole day with the bladder, the aim was to check the absorption rate of the sanitary napkins made by him.
Plot Keywords: social issue, biographical, drama, inspirational, taboo, innovation, entrepreneurship ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Wildlife activists in take on poachers in an effort to end illegal ivory trade in Africa.
Plot Keywords: documentary, wildlife, africa, conservation, crime, environment, investigation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: For more than 30 years, Dr. Quincy Fortier covertly uses his own sperm to inseminate his fertility patients. When his secret is revealed, his children seek the truth about his motives and try to make sense of their own identities.
Plot Keywords: documentary, crime, true story, medical ethics, family secrets, identity crisis, deception ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: We only know the end of the story...and that's just the beginning.
Plot Keywords: documentary, environment, environmental protection, sustainability, pollution, climate change, ecology ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Dr. Baldev Chaddha (Anu Kapoor), a well qualified fertility expert, runs a fertility clinic and a sperm bank in Dariyaganj, New Delhi, that guarantees a high quality and specialized sperm for the purpose. Unfortunately he has more failed cases to his credit than successes. A healthy, high performing donor is the need of the hour. Vicky Arora (Ayushmann Khurrana), a young, good-looking, Punjabi boy from Lajpat Nagar, is the only son and of no financial support to Dolly, a widow, who runs a small beauty parlor from home. As luck would have it, a small brawl in the colony brings Dr Chaddha and Vicky, face to face, where Chaddha, concludes that Vicky could be THAT donor he has been looking for. From here on, Chaddha's days and nights are spent in convincing Vicky to become a donor till he finally gives in. Vicky finds his love interest in Ashima Roy (Yami Gautam), a pretty Bengali girl, who works in a Bank. But soon there hunky dory world comes crashing down because of Vicky's past as a ...
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, bollywood, social issue, family, love, marriage ...
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