Sociological movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant sociological movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out sociological, realistic, thought provoking, interesting, serious and crying films and TV shows about / with friendship, sociology, coming of age, storytelling, teenager, mentor, runaway, family relations, society and drinking plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres shot in USA, Germany, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as sociological: American History X (1998), Mona Lisa Smile (2003), Blood Diamond (2006), In Time (2011), Detachment (2011), Cohabitation (1975), Here (2003), Return ticket (1997), Cocapop (2010), El hombre propone... (1965).
Best films
New films
| Venus in Fur (2013) | 7.1 | |
| Elysium (2013) | 6.6 | |
| Joe (2013) | 6.8 | |
| RoboCop (2014) | 6.1 | |
| The Lifeguard (2013) | 5.6 |
List of sociological movies
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two thugs who tried to break into/steal his truck. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader ...
Style:
cerebral, rough, serious, clever, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
gang, skinhead, racism, prison, neo nazism, neo nazi, character change, nazism, juvenile delinquency, murder, politics, african american ...
Time:
20th century, year 1998, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, america, north america ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The story of Katherine Ann Watson, a feminist teacher who studied at UCLA graduate school and in 1953 left her boyfriend behind in Los Angeles, California to teach at Wellesley College, a conservative women's private liberal arts college in ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, sentimental, romantic, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
feminism, teacher, college, coming of age, art, art history, feminist, gender, life philosophy, teachers and students, dedicated educator, boarding school ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, year 2003, post world war two, 20th century ...
Place:
massachusetts, boston, california, usa, manhattan new york city ...
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622K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK, South Africa, India
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son ...
Style:
serious, captivating, thought provoking, intense, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
civil war, treasure hunt, gem, mercenary, smuggling, greed, revolution, mining, rebel, journalism, life changing, rescue ...
Time:
year 2006, 90s, year 2003, 20th century, year 1999 ...
Place:
africa, sierra leone, zimbabwe, south africa, angola ...
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480K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In the not-too-distant future the aging gene has been switched off. To avoid overpopulation, time has become the currency and the way people pay for luxuries and necessities. The rich can live forever, while the rest try to negotiate for their ...
Style:
futuristic, serious, philosophical, thought provoking, clever ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family friendly, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
time, dystopian future, immortality, fighting the system, dystopia, distopia, love, dystopic future, survival, life & death, class differences, social differences ...
Time:
future, year 2011, near future, distant future, 2010s
Place:
usa, los angeles, canada
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long ...
Style:
psychological, depressing, bleak, thought provoking, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teacher, depression, suicide, teachers and students, dedicated educator, school, unhappy, social problems, high school life, teen angst, human relationship, social decay ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Shaw production
Style:
controversial, sociological, emotional, period piece, compassionate ...
Plot:
abortion, social issues, coming of age, social commentary, relationships, taboo, youth culture, sexuality, city life, gender roles, empathy, realism ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A panoramic view over society across ten unfortunate characters whose stories sometimes intertwine.
Style:
poignant, melancholic, sociological
Plot:
character study, slice of life, social commentary, empathy, urban, city life, working class, loneliness, bittersweet, intimate, alienation, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
bosnia herzegovina
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Five old men and a kid are travelling in a train's cabin without purpose. They travel because it's free and they don't have another place to stay. From their conversations we learn the tragedies of their lives. Also the hidden ...
Style:
melancholic, existential, sociological
Plot:
loneliness, aging, character study, nostalgia, slice of life, memory, journey, friendship, isolation, regret, daily life, drifting ...
Time:
90s
Place:
central europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An apartment on one of Rome's seven hills turns into a film studio for shooting three different stories about cocaine. The story takes place in a circular time-frame, in which each character could be living or could have lived the life of the ...
Style:
psychological, social, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
drug abuse, cocaine, drug, junkie, loneliness, addiction, drug overdose, social issues, multiple storylines, envy, drug addict, drug addiction ...
Place:
rome italy
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Anthology film, four stories set in Guadalajara and environs.
Style:
anthology, period piece, sociological, contemplative, melancholic ...
Plot:
everyday life, slice of life, humanist, working class, intimate, community, social commentary, bittersweet, city life, urban, carnival, thief ...
Time:
60s
Place:
mexico
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Fresh out of juvenile prison, Tommy has sworn off the drugs. But when the going gets tough, the only support he finds is from his best friend Sule - who has "the master plan": one last drug deal to finance their own auto body shop.
Style:
crime drama, tension, bleak, suspense, sociological
Plot:
juvenile prison, prison, friendship, drug deal, brotherhood, urban, criminal underworld, second chance, loyalty, survival, desperation, street life ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Four people, four walls, four stories, four truths.
Style:
tense, psychological, realistic, dramatic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
single, confined space, claustrophobia, prejudice, social conflict, sex scene, moral ambiguity, intolerance, identity, ethical dilemma, human nature, intimate ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The disjointed story of Anne-Marie, an unemployed publicist pounding the pavement in Montreal with her mini-cam, collecting testimonials on the subject of happiness. She meets a medley of characters whom she engages in engrossing, thought-provoking ...
Style:
independent film, thought provoking, reflective, philosophical, melancholic ...
Plot:
bittersweet, urban, introspection, obsession, realism, social experiment, slice of life, serendipity, found footage, publicist, unemployment, happiness ...
Place:
montreal, quebec
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden, Germany, France, Denmark, USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
A satirical drama reflecting our times — about the sense of community, moral courage and the affluent person’s need for egocentricity in an increasingly uncertain world.
Style:
surreal, satirical, thought provoking, philosophical, art house ...
Plot:
modern art, social satire, art, sex scene, nordic, hypocrisy, museum, ape man, trust, performance art, art exhibition, painting ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
stockholm sweden, scandinavia, europe, eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Extremely shy Lars finds it impossible to make friends or socialize. His brother and sister-in-law worry about him, so when he announces that he has a girlfriend he met on the Internet, they are overjoyed. But Lars' new lady is a life-size ...
Style:
touching, humorous, depressing, sweet, melancholic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
loneliness, mental illness, sex doll, shyness, doll, delusion, bittersweet, young man, introvert, small town, forbidden love, character study ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
usa, wisconsin, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Two women, Nic and Jules, brought a son and daughter into the world through artificial insemination. When one of their children reaches age, both kids go behind their mothers' backs to meet with the donor. Life becomes so much more interesting ...
Style:
sexy, touching, sexual, independent film, witty ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
lesbian, gender, coming of age, lgbtq, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, glbt, lgbt, sapphic, family relations, biological father, lesbian couple ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, buenos aires argentina, southern california, california
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118K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil, Argentina
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged.
Style:
disturbing, intense, serious, realistic, social ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, drug traffic, favela, squad, drug lord, leader, slum, police, fighting crime, police brutality, law enforcement, torture ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 90s, year 1997, 20th century ...
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro, south america, latin america, berlin germany
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Set during a sultry summer in a French suburb, Marie is desperate to join the local pool's synchronized swimming team, but is her interest solely for the sake of sport or for a chance to get close to Floriane, the bad girl of the team? Sciamma, ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, erotic, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
lesbian, coming of age, lgbt, teenage girl, lesbian interest, lesbian teen, teenage love, sapphic, teenage sexuality, teenager, lesbian love, forbidden love ...
Place:
paris france, indiana, france
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York. In the mid-1970's, a homely, friendless ...
Style:
depressing, touching, emotional, sad, adult animation ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
loneliness, stop motion, friendship, social misfits, letter, depression, melancholy, asperger's syndrome, young woman, relationships, solitude, mental illness ...
Time:
20th century, year 2009, 2000s, year 1976, 70s
Place:
australia, oceania, persia, usa, new york ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA, Bahrain
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The story revolves around three soldiers — Colee, T.K. and Cheaver — who return from the Iraq War after suffering injuries and learn that life has moved on without them. They end up on an unexpected road trip across the U.S.
Style:
road movie, semi serious, sentimental, sincere, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
road trip, soldier, friendship, homecoming, life is a bitch, loss of friend, wartime life, on the road, war on terror, women in the military, father son relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa, iraq, missouri, new york, las vegas ...
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15K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, Spain, France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Alex, an intersexed 15-year-old, is living as a girl, but she and her family begin to wonder whether she's emotionally a boy when another teenager's sexual advances bring the issue to a head. As Alex faces a final decision regarding her ...
Style:
sexy, psychological, lgbt cinema, sexual, hispanic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
transsexual, teenage life, homosexuality, gender, sexual exploration, gender bending, intersex, lgbt teen, transsexuality, lgbtq, sexual abuse, hermaphrodite ...
Place:
uruguay, latin america, argentina, south america
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121K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A school teacher discusses types of government with his class. His students find it too boring to repeatedly go over national socialism and believe that dictatorship cannot be established in modern Germany. He starts an experiment to show how easily ...
Style:
philosophical, political, disturbing, suspense, educational ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
fascism, nazism, suicide, dictator, experiment, bullying, teacher, teachers and students, high school, fanaticism, dictatorship, against humanity ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, year 2011
Place:
germany, middle east, israel, europe, berlin germany ...
Is relevant?
778
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A wealthy Manhattan family's inability to cope with the suicide of their eldest daughter sends them into a downward spiral of drugs, alcohol and sexual taboos that threatens to destroy them.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, erotic ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, suicide, dysfunctional family, coming of age, brother sister relationship, brother sister kiss, voyeurism, grief, cynicism, brother sister incest, looking for love, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Kowalski is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy old man who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors. ...
Style:
serious, touching, emotional, suspense, harsh ...
Audience:
chick flick, manly, teen drama, adult
Plot:
gang, friendship, veteran, revenge, racism, old man, elderly, prejudice, car, war veteran, gangster, gunfight ...
Time:
2000s, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
detroit, usa, michigan, italy, north america
Is relevant?
22K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A pistol-packing teen meets an unstable rebel and a cocaine-snorting drifter as she hitchhikes her way out West.
Style:
touching, realistic, independent film, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, hitchhiker, teenage runaway, alcoholic, on the road, self discovery, teenage life, friendship, youth, lolita, nymphet, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
nebraska, oklahoma, usa, california
Is relevant?
68K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Netherlands
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Everything changes for 15 year old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend.
Style:
sexy, emotional, sincere, bleak, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
adolescence, age difference, coming of age, teenage girl, rebelliousness, mother's boyfriend, hopes, dancing, youth, sexual content, older man younger woman relationship, fall in love ...
Time:
year 2009, near future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, england, california
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122K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet. The trio spend their days listening to endless homemade tapes that teach them a whole new vocabulary. Any word that comes from beyond their family ...
Style:
disturbing, black comedy, sexy, psychological, art house ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
incest, dysfunctional family, isolated house, brother sister incest, paranoia, sadism, brother sister sex, child abuse, overprotective father, eccentric family, abuse, isolation ...
Time:
2000s, year 2010, year 2009, 21st century
Place:
greece, europe
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525K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, feel good, thought provoking, uplifting ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, kids, date night ...
Plot:
racism, friendship, civil rights, discrimination, writers, women, master and servant, racial segregation, maid, feminist, racial issues, blacks and whites ...
Time:
60s, year 2011, year 1963, 1900s, 50s ...
Place:
mississippi, usa, america, southern usa, africa
Is relevant?
276K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Three high school students make an incredible discovery, leading to their developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities and use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and ...
Style:
bad ending, intense, clever, suspense, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
high school, telekinesis, found footage, supernatural, levitation, coming of age, adolescence, friendship, supernatural ability, bullying, teenage life, teenager ...
Time:
year 2012, future, year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, washington d.c., usa, tibet, canada
Is relevant?
216K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Brandon is a New Yorker who shuns intimacy with women but feeds his desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his wayward younger sister moves into his apartment stirring memories of their shared painful past, Brandon's insular life ...
Style:
sexual, erotic, sexy, psychological, erotic drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
addiction, sex, sex addict, sexuality, nudity, sexual relations, sex scene, sexual dysfunction, male nudity, masturbation, lifestyle, fetish ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, usa, new york, madison square garden manhattan new york city, new jersey
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