Activist movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant activist movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, political, thought provoking, psychological, realistic and serious films and TV shows about / with activist, politics, activism, police, protest, death, friendship, police officer, society and telephone call plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Biography genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as activist: The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020), The Life of David Gale (2003), Snowdrop (2021), BlacKkKlansman (2018), Dallas Buyers Club (2013), 120 Beats Per Minute (2017), Suncoast (2024), Gregory's Two Girls (1999), Okja (2017), The Way We Were (1973).
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, India, UK
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
What was intended to be a peaceful protest at the 1968 Democratic National Convention turned into a violent clash with police and the National Guard. The organizers of the protest — including Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden and Bobby Seale ...
Style:
political, factual, suspense, period piece, historical drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
courtroom drama, activist, political repression, courtroom, hippie, injustice, riot, jury, lawyer, political protest, political persecution, court ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s, 2020s, year 1968, 20th century ...
Place:
chicago, oakland california, washington d.c., mississippi, ohio ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
Style:
surprise ending, suspense, thought provoking, twist ending, disturbing ...
Plot:
death penalty, suicide, death, death row, death sentence, fighting the system, murder, professor, reporter, activist, investigation, journalism ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 20th century, 90s, year 1994 ...
Place:
texas, austin texas, houston texas, usa, new york ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 85 min.
TV show
Story:
In 1987, when tear gas exploded like firecrackers, a bloody man jumped into a female college dormitory and a female student treats him thinking he's an activist student fighting for the generation. Based on the handwritten notes of a man who ...
Style:
romantic, touching, emotional, psychological, talky
Plot:
true love, student, activist, dormitory, spy, love and romance, lovers, love, young lovers, university, love at first sight, presidential election ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
seoul
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan and become the head of the local chapter.
Style:
detective, dutch angle, political, dark comedy, inspirational ...
Plot:
racism, african american, undercover cop, white supremacy, ku klux klan, activist, racist cop, police detective, bomb, black cop, police, undercover ...
Time:
70s, 2010s, 20th century, year 2017, year 1972
Place:
usa, colorado, africa
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.
Style:
cerebral, inspirational, psychological, heartbreaking, clever ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
aids, transsexual, fighting the system, hiv, transgender, human spirit, casual sex, treatment, hiv positive, life is a bitch, gay slur, drug ...
Time:
80s, year 2013, 2000s, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
texas, usa, idaho, midwest, nebraska ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Paris, in the early 1990s: a group of young activists is desperately tied to finding the cure against an unknown lethal disease. They target the pharmaceutical labs that are retaining potential cures, and multiply direct actions, with the hope of ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, art house, thought provoking, sentimental, disturbing ...
Plot:
gay, aids, gay love, lgbt, gay interest, lgbtq, gay relationship, hospital, gay pride, gay couple, sex scene, protest ...
Time:
90s, year 2017, year 1992, 2000s
Place:
paris france, france, europe, indiana
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
While caring for her brother along with her audacious mother, a teenager strikes up an unlikely friendship with an eccentric activist who is protesting one of the most landmark medical cases of all time.
Plot:
protest, activist, woman, biracial, mother daughter relationship, grief, hugging, friendship between girls, party, high school, female protagonist, teenager ...
Time:
2000s, year 2005
Place:
florida
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Twenty years after his teenage crush on a football-mad schoolgirl, Gregory is back at his old school, teaching English. When two of his pupils uncover evil practices at a local factory they want their teacher to help them expose the wrong-doer, who ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching ...
Plot:
conspiracy, american football, activist, infatuation, teacher student relationship, teenage girl, bachelor, older man younger woman relationship, factory, love triangle, computer, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
scotland
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141K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.
Style:
sweet, colorful, touching, compassionate, talky ...
Audience:
kids, teens, girls' night
Plot:
animal lover, animal rescue, meat industry, compassion, monster, strong female lead, female protagonist, animal, animal liberation, fantasy world, zoologist, coming of age ...
Time:
2010s, future, distant future, year 2017, year 2007 ...
Place:
south korea, indiana, america, east asia, new york ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Two desperate people have a wonderful romance, but their political views and convictions drive them apart.
Style:
sentimental, captivating, serious, romantic, intellectual ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
mccarthyism, love story, naval officer, couples, politics, husband wife relationship, passion, breakup, world war two, adultery, true love, love and romance ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, 1930s, 1950s, post world war two ...
Place:
usa, california, new york, middle east, malibu california ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The true story of Madalyn Murray O'Hair -- iconoclast, opportunist, and outspoken atheist -- from her controversial rise to her untimely demise.
Style:
suspense, psychological, sincere, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
single mother, atheist, religion, activist, dysfunctional family, biopic, woman, investigation, reporter, women, life philosophy, lifestyle ...
Time:
year 1960, 70s, year 1991, year 1964, year 1969 ...
Place:
texas, baltimore, new zealand
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story:
The true story of the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, and the unexpected backlash led by a conservative woman named Phyllis Schlafly, aka “the sweetheart of the silent majority.”
Style:
saga, political, inspirational, touching, anime ...
Plot:
feminist, feminism, conservative, activist, politics, women, lesbian, protest, strong female presence, strong female character, society, corporate world ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 2020s
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Ghosts of Mississippi is a drama covering the final trial of the assassin, Bryon De La Beckwith, of the 60s civil rights leader Medgar Evers. It begins with the murder and the events surrounding the two initial trials which both ended in a hung ...
Style:
inspirational, talky, thought provoking, factual, compassionate ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, legal, racism, courtroom, legal investigation, racial discrimination, widow, activist, injustice, life is a bitch, righting the wronged, jury ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 90s
Place:
mississippi, usa, southern usa, america
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Genre: Drama
Country: India, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Three young people—Haris, a gay painter; Vishnu, a rural kabaddi player and their friend Sia, an activist who refuses to conform to dominant norms of femininity—struggle to find space and happiness in a conservative Indian city.
Style:
captivating, contemplative, psychological, light, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, painter, activist, friendship, friend, group of friends, friends, youth, escapades, male full rear nudity, gay subtext ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
How Winnie Mandela went from innocent country girl to a fighter against apartheid.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, thought provoking, rough
Plot:
politics, idealism, ambition, activist, state affairs, hopes, political unrest, moral dilemma, society, leadership, feminism, black woman ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
south africa, africa
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
England, 1603. Elizabeth I is dead and King James of Scotland has taken the throne. With the country at war with catholic Spain, English catholics are persecuted and priests caught saying mass are punished with death. Several attempts have already ...
Style:
costume drama, saga, period piece, historical drama, factual ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
king of england, medieval, religion, planned murder, activist, british monarchy, monarchy, monarch, catholic, parliament, execution, treason ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
england, britain, scotland
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The story of Dame Whina Cooper, the beloved Māori matriarch who worked tirelessly to improve the rights of her people, especially women. Flawed yet resilient, Whina tells the story of a woman formed by tradition, compelled by innovation, and guided ...
Style:
historical drama, captivating, psychological, thrilling, inspirational ...
Plot:
biopic, women's rights, female protagonist, activist, activism, gender roles, lifestyle, ambition, matriarchy, leadership, social justice, resilience ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
new zealand
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, India, Belgium
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A look at the relationship between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his early supporter and eventual colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and how the website's growth and influence led to an irreparable rift between the two friends.
Style:
tense, political, stylized, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens
Plot:
journalism, internet, politics, whistleblower, computers and web, international relations, spy, hacking, computer hacker, hacker, biopic, journalist ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, year 2010, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
europe, germany, london, afghanistan, pentagon ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.
Style:
sexy, philosophical, political, psychological, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
rebelliousness, politics, rebel, debt, twists and turns, businessman, anarchist, boyfriend, friends, revolution, kidnapping, vandalism ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, year 1968, 21st century
Place:
germany, berlin germany, europe, barcelona
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Rita Vogt is a radical West German terrorist who abandons the revolution and settles in East Germany with a new identity provided by the East German secret service. She lives in constant fear of having her cover blown, which unavoidably happens ...
Style:
melancholic, captivating, tense, suspenseful, political ...
Plot:
lesbian, politics, terrorism, berlin wall, runaway, raf, loneliness, existentialism, starting over, danger, state affairs, lesbian sex ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
germany, east germany, angola, berlin germany, german democratic republic ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his life: the search for his only daughter Emma's killer. Now, he is on a personal mission to ...
Style:
tense, brutal, suspenseful, political thriller, exciting ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, violence, uncover truth, father daughter relationship, vigilantism, fighting the system, investigation, corruption, riddles and clues, political corruption, conspiracy ...
Time:
2000s, year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A recently outed soap opera actor crosses paths with a recently divorced gay marriage activist, forcing them to confront the price of fame and the fickle nature of celebrity within the gay community.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous, soap opera ...
Plot:
gays and lesbians, male nudity, wedding, resort, desire for fame, gay, lgbtq, gay sex, skinny dipping, lgbt, lifestyle, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
palm springs california, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain, Brazil
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Juan lives in clandestinity. Just like his mum, his dad and his adored uncle Beto, outside his home he has another name. At school, Juan is known as Ernesto. And he meets María, who only has one name. Based on true facts, set in the Argentina of ...
Style:
serious, atmospheric, realistic, intellectual, social
Plot:
dictatorship, youth, coming of age, family relations, disappearance, hidden identity, school, family life, disorder, parents and children, dishonesty, boy ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1979
Place:
latin america, argentina, buenos aires argentina, italy, south america ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Surya is an IT employee leading a happy life till he’s marked as a suspect in a high-profile murder case. As an under-trial prisoner, he doesn’t just have to prove his innocence in court; he also has to face abuse in custody. Advocate Aadhya ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychological
Plot:
false accusation, torture, justice, activist, defense attorney, jail, interrogation, judiciary, vengeance, murder, psychopath, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Greg is a police lieutenant; he must collect informations on eco-activists, infiltrating them for months. Myriam, a young free woman, is fighting to save a forest from the building of a dam. They meet and fall in love on the Zone. A beautiful life, ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, romantic drama, suspense ...
Plot:
police, activist, secret police, love affair, activism, working undercover, couple relations, investigation, female protagonist, problem, relationships, male female relationship ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The life of athlete Colin Kaepernick and his adoptive parents as they navigate the challenges of raising a black son in a white family and community.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thought provoking, disturbing
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
athlete, coming of age, grownups, american football, civil rights, life, teenager, school, high school, activist, american football player, racial stereotype ...
Time:
2000s, 2020s, 21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
High school kid, Thorvald, embarks on an effort to change the name of his school's sports and academic teams from the "Vikings", to something less offensive to Norwegians. It's a love story.
Style:
humorous, romantic, feel good, light, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cheerleader, american football, bully, high school, teen romance, crush, friendship, coming of age, young love, police brutality, activist, racism ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland, Germany, Czech Republic, Sweden, Slovakia, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A story about Janina Duszejko, an elderly woman, who lives alone in the Klodzko Valley where a series of mysterious crimes are committed. Duszejko is convinced that she knows who (or what) is the murderer, but nobody believes her.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, enigmatic, touching, dark comedy ...
Plot:
nature, murder investigation, mysterious death, murder mystery, poaching, animal cruelty, animal rights, strong female character, poacher, hunting, murder, environmental issue ...
Place:
poland, central europe, berlin germany
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Former two-term President Richard Graves embarks on a Don Quixote-like quest to right the wrongs of his administration and reclaim his legacy 25 years after leaving the White House. His enlightenment takes place just as his wife Margaret Graves ...
Style:
erotic, sensual, captivating, humorous, entertaining ...
Plot:
politics, political campaign, u.s. president, politician, love interest, first lady, epiphany, high society, election, aging, regret, activist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Ray and Ramona is a young couple in their 30s. They hate the injustice of the social context they are part of. Each from their own niche Ramona as a musician, Ray as an activist tries to fight for a more just world. Devoted to self-sabotage, Ray ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, independent film, art house, intense ...
Plot:
activist, musician, singer, political activist, social injustice, activism, rebellion, fighting the system, social issues, social problems, life is a bitch, anger ...
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