Highest-Rated Movies about 'Social Issues'

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), The Young and the Damned (1950), On the Waterfront (1954), Sicko (2007), The Celluloid Closet (1996), How Green Was My Valley (1941), Disconnect (2012), The Secret of the Grain (2007) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Social Issues movies.

#16. The Strawberry Statement (1970)

Storyline: Simon is a student at a college in San Francisco. He is content to be on the rowing team and remain as just a casual observer to the on-campus unrest, demonstrations and protests. However, curiosity gets the best of him and he begins exploring the inner sanctum of the students who have invaded the dean's office. He soon meets Linda and becomes a loyal member of the student revolution to meet girls. However, when he truly discovers the corruption and the madness that his comrades are protesting, his mindset also joins the movement. He becomes a revolutionary leader and prepares his comrades for a very violent climactic showdown with "the pigs" at a sit-in.—thustlebird

Plot Keywords: brief female nudity, seductress, female nudity, communism, tyranny, grocer, bare chested male ...

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#17. The Paper (1994)

Storyline: Henry Hackett is the editor of a New York City tabloid. He is a workaholic who loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, publisher Bernie White faces financial straits, and has hatchetman Alicia Clark, Henry's nemesis, impose unpopular cutbacks. Henry's wife Martha, a hugely pregnant former reporter of his, is fed up because he has so little time for his family. He is therefore considering an offer from Paul Bladden to edit a paper like the New York Times, which would mean more money, shorter hours, more respectability...but might also be a bit boring for his tastes. But a hot story soon confronts Henry with tough decisions.

Plot Keywords: newspaper reporter, pregnancy, one day, journalist, newspaper editor, feet on desk, newsroom ...

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#21. Freaks of Nature (2015)

Storyline: In Freaks of Nature, we welcome you to Dillford, where three days ago, everything was peaceful and business as usual: the vampires were at the top of the social order, the zombies were at the bottom, and the humans were getting along in the middle. But this delicate balance was ripped apart when the alien apocalypse arrived in Dillford and put an end to all the harmony. Now it's humans vs. vampires vs. zombies in all-out, blood-sucking, brain-eating, vamp-staking mortal combat - and all of them are on the run from the aliens. It is up to three teenagers - one human, one vampire, and one zombie - to team up, figure out how to get rid of the interplanetary visitors, and try to restore order to this "normal" little town.—Sony Pictures Entertainment

Plot Keywords: vampire, zombie, parody, female rear nudity, social issues, riot, street fight ...

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#22. The First Purge (2018)

Storyline: This horror/action-adventure film from director Gerard McMurray serves as a prequel that recounts events that led up to the first Purge event. To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America (NFFA) test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community.

Plot Keywords: experiment, church, drone, ku klux klan, resistance movement, massacre, protest ...

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#23. Pieces of Dreams (1970)

Storyline: Gregory Lind is the junior priest at Our Lady of the Assumption, a Catholic parish in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Life at the parish is not perfect for Greg, as he is beginning to have philosophical differences with the church, most specifically the senior parish priest, Father Paul Schaeffer. In dealing with the incident of one of his young parishioners - a student at the church's school, he who came from a less than privileged background unlike most parishioners - Greg meets social worker and divorcée Pamela Gibson, who is able to live in comfort the result of the divorce settlement. Despite their differences in how to deal with the incident in question, Greg and Pamela begin a sexual relationship. Having already questioned his career path prior to Pamela entering his life, Greg has to decide where the church and Pamela fit into his future.—Huggo

Plot Keywords: based on novel, bare chested male, crisis of faith, passionate kiss, kiss, ambulance, bishop ...

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