Social issues movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant social issues movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, psychological, emotional, realistic, disturbing and suspense films and TV shows about / with social issues, social problems, slice of life, society, lifestyle, urban, friendship, community, family drama and family relations plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres shot in USA, India, South Korea and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as social issues: Princess (2006), Welcome to Reality (2011), Into Deep Water (2011), I'm just kidding (2013), Visa for the Future (2002), The Listener (2022), Homeless Ashes (2019), The Choking Game (2014), Double Trouble (2008), Where the Tracks End (2023).
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Germany
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
The story of August who loses his beloved sister Christina, a former porn star known as The Princess. He adopts Christina's five-year-old daughter Mia. Weighed down by grief and guilt, August breaks down and with Mia in tow, he embarks on a ...
Style:
adult animation, realistic, suspenseful, rough, disturbing ...
Plot:
porn star, social issues, child abuse, family problems, clergy, life is a bitch, rivalry, vigilantism, addiction, death in the family, mother daughter relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
This dramatic series follows a group of troubled Mexican teens in their last year of school, coping with such challenges as drug abuse and sexual identity. In other words, growing up.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, dramatic, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
social issues, high school life, family relations, friends, social relations, high school, youth, society, sexual identity, coming of age, sexuality, drug addiction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A group of social welfare workers led by their new director tries to provide necessary aid to people struggling with various problems.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
social issues, social worker, flood, assistant, workplace, community service, workplace situations, coworker, social problems, society, urban, empathy ...
Place:
poland
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Iran
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Every episode is about a subject which is common in socity.
Style:
humorous, feel good, semi serious, satirical, funny ...
Plot:
social issues, social satire, satire, everyday life, social commentary, social problems, lifestyle, joke, irony, humour, society, slice of life ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story:
Viza za budućnost was one of the first post-Independence Bosnian sitcoms. Production started on June 22, 2001 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The final episode was filmed in Sarajevo on August 25, 2008 and aired in October. Viza za budućnost ...
Style:
sitcom, captivating, psychological, social, thrilling ...
Plot:
social issues, post war, refugee, satire, family life, social problems, family drama, everyday life, social satire, multiculturalism, homecoming, humour ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
bosnia herzegovina, sarajevo
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Beth is a helpline volunteer – part of the small army that gets on the phone every night across America, fielding calls from all kinds of people feeling lonely, broken, hopeless. Over the last year the tide has become a tsunami. As Beth goes ...
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
social issues, volunteer, telephone call, social problems, empathy, social worker, loneliness, compassion, mental health, relationship problems, trust, character study ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A young runaway ends up homeless with no choice but to try to survive life on the streets.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
street life, social issues, homeless, homelessness, social problems, lifestyle, city life, urban setting, realism, resilience, poverty, survival ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Taryn finds herself gaining much-desired popularity when the charismatic new girl at school claims her as a “breath sister," teaching Taryn about the Choking Game. Hiding it from her ever-present mother, best friend, and teachers, Taryn sees ...
Style:
psychological, teen, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
high school, peer pressure, social issues, female protagonist, teenager, girl, most dangerous game, suffocation, socially awkward, teenage girl, schoolgirl, desire ...
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Genre: Family
Country: Australia
TV show
Story:
Double Trouble is an Australian children's television series on the Nine Network. It was produced by the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association. Double Trouble was the remake of the 1984 American series starring former twin actresses ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, captivating, intercultural, emotional ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
twins, social issues, slice of life, switching places, social problems, lifestyle change, changing lives, switching roles, culture, fish out of water, lifestyle, identity ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Georgina is a teacher determined to make a difference in the lives of the children she educates in the classroom of a wagon school in rural Mexico.
Style:
satirical, thrilling, captivating, semi serious, psychological ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
social issues, teacher, domestic drama, teacher student relationship, children, high school teacher, school teacher, village life, teachers and students, female protagonist, countryside, satire ...
Place:
mexico
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story:
Childless Comfort is a 2012 South Korean television series, starring Lee Soon-jae, Kim Hae-sook, Yoo Dong-geun and Uhm Ji-won. It is about three generations of the Ahn family who are all living in one house in the suburbs of Seoul, and how they deal ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, emotional, sentimental
Plot:
social issues, parent child relationship, motherhood, family drama, family values, family relations, social problems, relationships, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, couple relations, lifestyle ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A gritty thriller dealing with topical social issues, Overexposed is the story of a teen girl caught up in a sexting scandal that leads to panic, outrage and murder.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, dark, crime thriller ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
murder, social issues, scandal, political conspiracy, murderer, social outcast, teenager, teenage life, adolescence, small town life, social problems, life is a bitch ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A mysterious, clever girl named Nanno transfers to different schools, exposing the lies and misdeeds of the students and faculty at every turn.
Style:
atmospheric, mysterious, serious, horror comedy, psychological horror ...
Plot:
death, violence, social problems, high school, victim, school, vigilantism, murder, bullying, teenager, revenge, bully comeuppance ...
Place:
thailand
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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Chal Mera Putt 3 revolves around the lives of illegal immigrants in UK, their friendship and their constant struggle of finding a home away from home.
Style:
humorous, feel good, satirical, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
friendship, immigration, social issues, satire, punjabi, immigrant, struggle, social satire, illegal immigrant, immigrant family, social problems, lifestyle ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
britain, london
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The movie deals with the trials and tribulations of multiple disconnected characters trying to find meaning in the spiritual and super natural experiences they have. The intertwining story threads include a baker (Kunchako) going to meet his ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, suspense
Plot:
religion, social issues, supernatural, family drama, male female relationship, family relations, family problems, relationship problems, husband wife relationship, life is a bitch, social problems, spirituality ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama
Country: Singapore
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Daily drama centring on a number of multiracial and multi-generational families in modern Singapore.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, realistic, heartfelt ...
Plot:
relationships, social issues, family relations, multiculturalism, family drama, family life, social problems, lifestyle, family conflict, slice of life, ethnic diversity, community ...
Place:
singapore
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Story is set in Daegu, South Korea during the 1970's. Lee Jung-Hee is in the 2nd grade of high school. She has a bright personality and is the second daughter of a family who runs a toy factory. She and her friends go through adolescence.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, emotional, retro ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, adolescence, high school life, social issues, high school, teenager, teenage life, girlhood, grownups, friendship, female friendship, teenage girl ...
Time:
70s
Place:
south korea, korea
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.
Style:
anthology, disturbing, captivating, humorous, reflective ...
Plot:
european union, social issues, children, society, social differences, social problems, lifestyle, identity, national identity, slice of life, integration, community ...
Place:
europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
A female convict on death row, her last wish is to tell her story to the media.
Style:
serious, emotional, realistic, inspirational, psychological ...
Plot:
social issues, family relations, parents and children, life is a bitch, family values, strong female presence, society, death sentence, murder, feminist, media, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pakistan, middle east, india
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three mothers see their reality become completely, they are: Ruth, whose teenage son, Raul, faces problems with drugs; Elisa, trying to make up for the absence of her husband giving full attention to the child, the little Theo, and Lara, teacher who ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, heartfelt, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
spiritualism, investigative reporter, social issues, motherhood, family drama, family problems, social problems, multiple storylines, lifestyle, medium, female protagonist, women ...
Place:
brazil
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Three women from different walks of life, all struggling with various personal issues, come together as caretakers at an elderly home.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, sincere, uplifting ...
Plot:
social issues, women, social worker, society, social problems, heartwarming, friendship, self discovery, workplace, relationship problems, retirement home, female protagonist ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
Fearlessly funny stand-up comic and sitcom star Donald Glover puts on a live show in New York, confessing his love for Cocoa Puffs and Toys "R" Us.
Style:
sincere, clever, talky, humorous, not serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
stand up comedy, social issues, racial issues, society, actor's life, family life, family relations, celebrity culture, racism, artists and showbiz, parents and children, absurd humor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In the town of Dillford, humans, vampires and zombies were all living in peace - until the alien apocalypse arrived. Now three teenagers-one human, one vampire, and one zombie-have to team up to figure out how to get rid of the visitors.
Style:
parody, horror comedy, humorous, bloody, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
zombie, vampire, nerd, small town, high school, alien, supernatural, dark humor, alien invasion, humanity, monster, social issues ...
Time:
year 2016, 18th century, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
TV show
Story:
Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park.
Style:
suspense, captivating, detective, epic, twisted ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
legal, criminal justice, social injustice, black, black cast, social issues, black lives matter, racial injustice, black history, suspect, false accusation, falsely accused ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s, 20th century, 2000s, 2010s ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
Sairam, an assistant manager in a supermarket treads on an unethical path for a promotion, leading to dire consequences. Gayatri a thrifty housewife manages her middle class household. Mahitha's friend, a street child goes missing and she goes ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, anthology, suspense ...
Plot:
social issues, lifestyle, social problems, love affair, family relations, relationships, middle class, slice of life, moral dilemma, social realism, urban, everyday life ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
This story revolves around a girl named Lee Soo-jung who was adopted and raised by her adoptive parents, Park Geum-ok and her father Lee Kyung-tae and her brother Lee Soo-ho. Lee Soo-jung is often in a bad relationship with Ma Ye-ri.
Style:
psychological, captivating, emotional, melancholic, tear jerker ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
social issues, female protagonist, adoption, family drama, family problems, life is a bitch, social problems, foster home, lifestyle, identity, mother daughter relationship, family conflict ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
In a world where memories exist in memory chips separate from the body, death of the body no longer means death of the soul. It is possible for memories to be viewed, altered, and transferred between bodies. These memory chips are used by the rich ...
Style:
anime, psychological, futuristic, captivating, psychedelic ...
Plot:
social issues, social relations, social problems, memory, class society, dystopia, cyberpunk, memory loss, lifestyle, society, technology, parallel world ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An undocumented immigrant, Roberto, seeks a way to become lawful, but all efforts are put on hold when he becomes a new father at the onset of the US government's 'Zero Tolerance' child separation policy at the US / Mexico border.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, emotional, tension ...
Plot:
immigration, undocumented immigrant, social issues, immigrant, illegal immigration, family drama, border crossing, father son relationship, marital problem, life is a bitch, family problems, family relations ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A group of office employees find themselves in a fight for survival against a ruthless local gang after a long week of work.
Style:
suspense, serious, suspenseful, social, dark ...
Plot:
social issues, criminal gang, small town, social decay, society, urban, violence, gang, survival, isolation, social realism, murder ...
Place:
australia
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Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: India, USA
Duration: 189 min.
Story:
Set in modern day India, Swades is a film that tackles the issues that development throws up on a grass root level. It is to this India, which is colorful, heterogeneous and complex that Mohan Bhargava (Shah Rukh Khan), a bright young scientist ...
Style:
touching, sincere, inspirational, sentimental, cult classic ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
poverty, discrimination, immigrant, self discovery, human spirit, follow your dream, obsessive quest, journey, social differences, homecoming, change of heart, social issues ...
Time:
year 2004, y2k, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
india, middle east, asia
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