Civil disobedience movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant civil disobedience movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, captivating, political, sincere and thought provoking films and TV shows about / with civil disobedience, society, protest, arrest, fighting the system, politics, life is a bitch, state affairs, rebellion and father son relationship plots mostly in Drama, Romance and History genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as civil disobedience: The Great Debaters (2007), The Rosa Parks Story (2002), The Public (2018), Gandhi (1982), Bold Native (2010), Battle in Seattle (2007), Regular Lovers (2005), Escape from Mogadishu (2021), Bloody Sunday (2002), The Banshees of Inisherin (2022).

List of civil disobedience movies

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The Great Debaters (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African American college students into an historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.
Style: inspirational, realistic, touching, political, emotional ...
Plot: racism, teacher, debate, mentor, african american, professor, biopic, segregation, college, discrimination, black american, racial segregation ...
Time: 1930s, year 2007, 20th century
Place: texas, africa, oklahoma, harvard university, harlem ...
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The Rosa Parks Story (2002)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The story of the civil rights heroine whose refusal to obey racial bus segregation was just one of her acts in her fight for justice.
Style: thought provoking, uplifting, realistic, serious, political ...
Plot: african american, civil rights movement, civil rights, racism, racial segregation, black history, fighting the system, civil disobedience, rebellion, social differences, injustice, human spirit ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, year 1955, 1950s
Place: alabama, america, usa
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 6.6
 4K
The Public (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: An act of civil disobedience turns into a standoff with police when homeless people in Cincinnati take over the public library to seek shelter from the bitter cold.
Style: suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: life is a bitch, psychopath, violence, librarian, life & death, hospital, brutality, society, danger, homeless, homelessness, library ...
Place: cincinnati ohio, ohio
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 8.0
 240K
Gandhi (1982)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, India, USA, South Africa
Duration: 191 min.
Story: In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of ...
Style: epic, spiritual, inspirational, political, uplifting ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: protest, biopic, idealism, life philosophy, politics, independence, freedom, british empire, leadership, human spirit, religious intolerance, indian history ...
Time: 1930s, 1920s, 19th century, victorian era, 1940s ...
Place: india, south africa, britain, los angeles, new delhi ...
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 7.1
 549
Bold Native (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Charlie Cranehill, an animal liberator wanted for domestic terrorism, emerges from the underground to coordinate a nationwide action as his estranged CEO father tries to find him before the FBI does.
Style: sincere, captivating, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: animal rights, activism, animal rescue, courage, civil disobedience, saving a life, compassion, farm, sabotage, political propaganda, resistance, vegan ...
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Battle in Seattle (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Thousands of activists arrive in Seattle, Washington in masses to protest the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999 (World Trade Organization). Although it began as a peaceful protest with a goal of stopping the WTO talks, it escalated into a ...
Style: political, intellectual, serious, suspenseful, emotional ...
Plot: politics, protest, fighting the system, idealism, police brutality, freedom, political unrest, state affairs, hopes, rebelliousness, chaos and mayhem, resistance ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1999
Place: seattle, usa, washington d.c.
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Regular Lovers (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 183 min.
Story: 1968 and 1969 in Paris: during and after the student and trade union revolt. François is 20, a poet, dodging military service. He takes to the barricades, but won't throw a Molotov cocktail at the police. He smokes opium and talks about ...
Style: realistic, serious, black and white, touching, suspenseful ...
Plot: coming of age, idealism, politics, love triangle, political corruption, chaos and mayhem, love affair, injustice, twins, couple relations, hopes, sexual relations ...
Time: year 1968, 20th century, year 2005, 60s, year 1969
Place: france, paris france, europe, morocco
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Escape from Mogadishu (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Diplomats from the North and South Korean embassies in Somalia attempt a daring joint escape from Mogadishu when the outbreak of civil war leaves them stranded.
Style: captivating, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: wartime, soldier, survival, life is a bitch, wartime life, runaway, escape attempt, society, civil disobedience, inter-korean relations, military, dictatorship ...
Time: 90s, year 1991
Place: somalia, south korea, africa
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 7.6
 26K
Bloody Sunday (2002)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Ireland, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a massacre by British troops.
Style: political, bleak, rough, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: ira, rebellion, civil rights, protest, conflict, politics, terrorism, injustice, civil war, ethnic conflict, political unrest, fighting the system ...
Time: year 2002, 70s, 90s, 20th century, year 1972 ...
Place: ireland, europe, northern ireland, united kingdom
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The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.
Style: dark comedy, depressing, gloomy, dramatic, harsh ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: brother sister relationship, island, friendship, friendship between men, church, gossip, friends, self mutilation, male camaraderie, pet dog, loneliness, end of friendship ...
Time: 1920s, 2020s, 20th century
Place: ireland
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 8.0
 2K
The Land (1970)
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Adapted from Abdel Rahman Al-Sharqawi's well-known novel of the same name, this classic film by Egyptian master Youssef Chahine was eight years in the making. Chronicling a small peasant village's struggles against the careless inroads of ...
Plot: beautiful scenery, landscape, arab, sociology, scenery, class struggle, working class, social conflict, mayor, torture, male female relationship, corrupt mayor ...
Time: 1930s
Place: middle east, egypt, cairo egypt
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 7.2
 5K
Medium Cool (1969)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: John Cassellis is the toughtest TV-news-reporter around. He becomes an expert in reporting about violence in the ghetto and racial tensions. But he discovers that his network helps the FBI by letting them look at his tapes to find suspects. When he ...
Style: independent film, political, cult classic, cynical, disturbing ...
Plot: journalism, politics, hippie, bare chested male, counterculture, photographer, vietnam war, journalist, culture clash, american politics, american history, photograph ...
Time: 60s, year 1969, year 1968, 20th century
Place: chicago, washington d.c., usa, west virginia, america ...
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 6.0
 4K
I Am Curious (1967)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Lena, aged twenty, wants to know all she can about life and reality. She collects information on everyone and everything, storing her findings in an enormous archive. She experiments with relationships, political activism, and meditation. Meanwhile, ...
Style: controversial, art house, erotic, disturbing, cult classic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: politics, sex, revolution, sexploitation, anti war, vietnam war, sexuality, self discovery, nudity, strong sexual content, sex scene, controversy ...
Time: 60s
Place: spain, europe, eastern europe, scandinavia, israel ...
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 5.4
 688
Furia (1999)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In a desert town, sometime in the future, a repressive government regime restricts all forms of artistic expression. At night, Theo breaks the law, risking torture and death, to paint his work on public spaces. But when his lover Elia is arrested ...
Style: serious, psychological, exciting, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot: distopia, painter, post apocalypse, rebellion, politics, desert, dystopia, female nudity, bare breasts, performer's life, anti hero, conspiracy ...
Time: future
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The Year That Trembled (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The Year That Trembled is a 1970 coming-of-age story set in the shadow of Kent State that focuses on a group of young characters facing the Vietnam Draft Lottery.
Style: emotional, sincere, touching, sentimental, contemplative ...
Plot: vietnam war, lottery, friendship, anti war, college, politics, coming of age, teenage life, fighting the system, rebelliousness, kids in trouble, campaign ...
Time: 70s, year 1970, 60s, year 1971
Place: vietnam, ohio, usa, asia, cambodia ...
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 5.8
 2K
Savannah (2013)
Genre: Drama, Family, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Savannah is the true story of Ward Allen, a romantic and bombastic character who rejects his plantation heritage for the freedom of life on a river. Ward navigates the change of early 20th century America on the wrong side of the law and society, ...
Style: touching, sentimental, realistic, stylized, serious ...
Plot: friendship, interracial relations, society, justice, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship, guilt, doctor, mother daughter relationship, father son relationship, love story, real life ...
Time: 20th century, victorian era, 1900s, year 1958, year 1918 ...
Place: usa, oxford university, russia
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 6.7
 134
A.L.F. (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: What happened, that 24th of December? This is what officer Chartier wants to find out. To understand, he will have to go back 48 hours earlier to Franck's Christmas eve. Franck is an insignificant drama-teacher by day, but also belongs to a ...
Style: serious, realistic, tense, thought provoking
Plot: animal rights, fighting the system, idealism, moral dilemma, police investigation, dishonesty, hopes, rebellion, unlikely criminals, law enforcement, betrayal, radical ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: europe, france
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How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A crew of young environmental activists execute a daring mission to sabotage an oil pipeline.
Style: thrilling, captivating, tense, suspense
Plot: environmental activist, environmental issue, criminal conspiracy, environmentalist, terrorism, activism, felony, environmental, conspiracy, ecology, terrorist plot, terrorist attack ...
Place: texas, long beach california, north dakota, portland oregon
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The Normal Heart (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose the truth about the ...
Style: sad, touching, emotional, sincere, compassionate ...
Audience: chick flick, teens
Plot: aids, gay, gays and lesbians, gay slur, homosexuality, terminal illness, male homosexuality, lgbt, homosexual, life is a bitch, friendship, gay love ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 2014, year 1982, year 1981 ...
Place: new york, usa, ethiopia, manhattan new york city, yale university ...
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 4.9
 174
Vikes (2017)
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: captivating, visually appealing, thought provoking, romantic, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: cheerleader, american football, bully, high school, teen romance, unhappiness, crush, coming of age, police brutality, protest, young love, parents ...
Time: 21st century
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 8.1
 194K
Hate (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Aimlessly whiling away their days in the concrete environs of their dead-end suburbia, Vinz, Hubert, and Said -- a Jew, African, and an Arab -- give human faces to France's immigrant populations, their bristling resentment at their social ...
Style: bleak, black and white, art house, disturbing, hood ...
Audience: teens
Plot: racism, rebel, ghetto, poverty, skinhead, youth, police brutality, police, friendship, rebellion, drug, misfit ...
Time: 20th century, year 1995, 90s
Place: paris france, france, middle east, europe
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