Equality movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant equality movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, inspirational, captivating, touching, serious and thought provoking films and TV shows about / with equality, husband wife relationship, friendship, runaway, family relations, father son relationship, mother daughter relationship, women, storytelling and kiss plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as equality: On the Basis of Sex (2018), A United Kingdom (2016), Another Country (1984), Battle of the Sexes (2017), Three Colors: White (1994), Down with Love (2003), Freeheld (2015), Hairspray Live! (2016), We Were Tomorrow (2024), Brokeback Mountain (2005).
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List of equality movies
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, China, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of gender discrimination.
Style:
clever, inspirational, captivating, political, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
courtroom, women's rights, feminist, supreme court, female lawyer, human rights, lawyer, equality, husband wife relationship, teacher, feminism, marriage ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1963, year 1956, 70s ...
Place:
usa, denver colorado, new york
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Czech Republic, UK, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. ...
Style:
romantic drama, costume drama, disturbing, captivating, thought provoking ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
interracial marriage, politics, forbidden love, racism, royal family, interracial romance, marriage, interracial, equality, segregation, law student, marriage proposal ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, year 2016, year 1947, 50s
Place:
africa, england, south africa, indiana, london ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Set in the 1930s, Guy Bennett and Tommy Judd are friends because they are both outsiders in their own ways. Bennett is openly gay, Judd is a Marxist. It explores his homosexuality and exposure to Marxism, while examining the hypocrisy and snobbery ...
Style:
serious, realistic, lgbt cinema, rough, captivating ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, boys' school, gays and lesbians, gender, gay lead character, youth, homosexuality, boarding school, homosexual, homosexual love, lgbtq ...
Time:
1930s, 80s, year 1983, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
england, moscow russia, ussr, russia, britain ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
The true story of the 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.
Style:
sexy, period piece, semi serious, captivating, uplifting ...
Audience:
family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
tennis, lgbtq, battle of the sexes, sexism, gender equality, tennis player, strong female lead, sapphic, lesbian lead character, lesbian love, feminism, woman ...
Time:
year 1973, year 2017, 20th century, year 1972, 70s
Place:
los angeles, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Switzerland, Poland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists ...
Style:
emotional, dark comedy, witty, cerebral, art house ...
Plot:
divorce, marriage, obsession, revenge, hairdresser, vengeance, humiliation, ex husband ex wife relationship, rags to riches, relationships, love story, sexual frustration ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
poland, paris france, france, warsaw poland, eastern europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In 1962 New York City, love blossoms between a playboy journalist and a feminist advice author.
Style:
romantic, rom com, witty, period piece, parody ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
battle of the sexes, womanizer, writers, love, enemies to lovers, journalist, fall in love, destiny, hypocrisy, equality, manipulation, couples ...
Time:
60s, 1900s, year 2003, 20th century, year 1962
Place:
new york, usa, maine, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
New Jersey car mechanic Stacie Andree and her police detective girlfriend Laurel Hester both battle to secure Hester's pension benefits after she was diagnosed with a terminal illness.
Style:
lgbt cinema, sexual, touching, sad, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lgbtq, lesbian relationship, cancer, lesbian love, older woman younger woman relationship, sapphic, politics, death, gay marriage, gay bar ...
Place:
new jersey, indiana
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A teenage girl living in Baltimore in the early 1960s dreams of appearing on a popular TV dance show.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, captivating, feel good
Plot:
live performance, theater, dance, fat girl, racism, equality, race, broadway, dancing, society, rivalry, social relations ...
Time:
60s, year 1962
Place:
baltimore, maryland
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Australia
TV show
Story:
How many lifetimes will alter tomorrow? In attempt to salvage humanity, alchemists relocate a small group to an alternative world and grant them three lifetimes to restart the population. Now, after only a few centuries, those in the new world face ...
Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
fight, survival, end of the world, justice, violence, rescue, evacuation, equality, chase, alternate world, vestiges of humanity, civilization ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
australia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Two modern-day cowboys meet on a shepherding job in the summer of '63, the two share a raw and powerful summer together that turns into a lifelong relationship conflicting with the lives they are supposed to live.
Style:
emotional, touching, sexy, sad, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, gay romance, gay relationship, homosexual, forbidden love, love story, gays and lesbians, lgbt, first gay sexual experience, gay slur, gay love ...
Time:
80s, year 1963, 60s, year 2005, 20th century ...
Place:
wyoming, usa, texas, idaho, america ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An escaped slave travels north and has chance encounters with Frederick Douglass and John Brown. Based on the life story of Shields Green.
Style:
serious, captivating, disturbing, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
plantation, slavery, american civil war, rebellion, chase, battles, freedom, fight, militia, african american, family relations, murder ...
Place:
new york, maryland, charleston south carolina, west virginia, new york state ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Fifteen-year-old Heidi Schreck earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful, and achingly human show, Heidi resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound ...
Style:
political, thought provoking, captivating, thrilling, heartfelt ...
Plot:
american history, feminism, civil rights movement, equality, storytelling, autobiography, stage play, female protagonist, politics, social issues, social problems, political activism ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
1870's America. A Chinese immigrant falsely accused of murdering a white woman is viciously hunted down; he'll have to prove his innocence in a time when people of color had "no legal rights" and could be bought and sold for a ...
Style:
sincere, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
heroes, cowboys and outlaws, warrior, redemption, cowboy, murder, love, justice, priest, racial injustice, racism, gang of outlaws ...
Time:
1870s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Morphed into a raccoon beastman, Michiru seeks refuge, and answers, with the aid of wolf beastman Shirou inside the special zone of Anima-City.
Style:
anime, suspenseful, futuristic, stylized, intense ...
Plot:
anthropomorphism, female protagonist, organized crime, superpower, team, rescue, raccoon, animal, equality, segregation, blackmail, runaway ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Jacob Gordon can't catch a break. A struggling actor with a personal life to match. His epic streak of bad luck just might change when he's cast in a Broadway musical; "The Ice Queen", opposite stage and screen royalty Veronica ...
Style:
humorous, psychological, unusual plot structure, light, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, humiliation, lgbt, divorced parents, actor, divorce, father son relationship, equality, family relations, mother son relationship, broadway ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
1870's America. A Chinese immigrant falsely accused of murdering a white woman is viciously hunted down; he'll have to prove his innocence in a time when people of color had "no legal rights" and could be bought and sold for a ...
Plot:
old west, danger, vigilantism, master warrior, fight for justice, chinese immigrant, hand to hand combat, martial arts, kung fu, immigration, racial discrimination, gang of outlaws ...
Time:
1870s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Sheila is a newspaper reporter who returns to her home town in order to write an article about the progress of the liberation of the women. Arriving at the town she is very surprised to see that her sister and also her mother agree very much with ...
Style:
comedy drama, satirical, period piece, educational, political ...
Plot:
women's liberation, feminism, equality, gender roles, women's rights, sisterhood, sexism, female empowerment, female reporter, mother daughter relationship, social satire, social commentary ...
Time:
70s, year 1972
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Genre: Biography, History
Country: India
Duration: 197 min.
Story:
The movie tells the story of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, known mainly for his contributions in shaping the Constitution of India, as the chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Indian Constituent Assembly. He dedicated his life to fight against the evils ...
Style:
historical drama, inspirational, serious, period piece, educational ...
Plot:
civil rights, equality, freedom, oppression, biopic, caste system, indian freedom fighter, social justice, human rights, activism, leadership, indian history ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, feel good, uplifting, factual ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
environmental, justice, court, lawyer, contamination, small town, single mother, investigation, corporate crime, business, lawsuit, legal ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, y2k, year 2000, 2000s ...
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, new jersey
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14K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A drama focused on the friendship between a high-functioning autistic woman and a man who is traumatized after a fatal car accident.
Style:
touching, psychological, sincere, inspirational, melancholic ...
Plot:
autism, mentally challenged, mental illness, funeral, disability, small town, dead girl, fatal accident, friendship, character study, haunted by the past, loss of child ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
canada, ontario canada
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Taiwan, UK, Canada, India, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
Style:
philosophical, touching, visually appealing, reflective, scenic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, kids, family outing, chick flick ...
Plot:
survival, animal, ocean, human animal relationship, loneliness, life & death, stranded, survivor, hopes, beautiful scenery, storm at sea, journey ...
Time:
70s, year 2012, 2010s
Place:
india, america, asia, montreal, pacific ocean ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
If you had a love-potion, who would you make fall madly in love with you? Timothy, prone to escaping his dismal high school reality through dazzling musical daydreams, gets to answer that question in a very real way. After his eccentric teacher ...
Style:
touching, semi serious, humorous, atmospheric, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay teenager, gay interest, gay relationship, gender, gay romance, gay lead character, gay couple, lgbt teen, gay student, gay love ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A year after his father's death, Oskar, a troubled young boy, discovers a mysterious key he believes was left for him by his father and embarks on a scavenger hunt to find the matching lock.
Style:
sentimental, inspirational, touching, poignant, thought provoking ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids
Plot:
childhood, autism, 9/11, asperger's syndrome, boy, child protagonist, orphan, acceptance, disability, coming of age, bereavement, single mother ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2001, 2000s, year 2011, 2010s ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Oversized African-American, Michael Oher, the teen from across the tracks and a broken home, has nowhere to sleep at age 16. Taken in by an affluent Memphis couple, Michael embarks on a remarkable rise to play for the NFL.
Style:
touching, inspirational, sentimental, emotional, motivational ...
Audience:
chick flick, family outing, teens, kids, family friendly ...
Plot:
american football, adoption, life, african american, football, christian, interracial relations, human spirit, family drama, rising to stardom, interracial adoption, strong female character ...
Time:
year 2009, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, boston, tennessee, america, mississippi ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In Albany, the marriage of Caleb and Catherine Holt is in crisis and they decide to divorce. However, Caleb's father, John, proposes that his son delays their separation process for forty days and follow a procedure called "The Love ...
Style:
inspirational, christian film, uplifting, touching, melancholic ...
Audience:
family outing, date night, family friendly, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot:
christian, religious, marriage, couple relations, couples, firefighter, renewed love, faith, self discovery, husband wife relationship, relationships, love and romance ...
Place:
georgia, usa
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37K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Adam, a lonely man with Asperger's Syndrome, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, Beth.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sincere, sweet, inspirational ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, preschool
Plot:
autism, asperger's syndrome, fall in love, shyness, love, happy ending, neighbor, disability, lovers, first love, mental illness, depression ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
new york, california, new jersey, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan, UK, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
E.B., the Easter Bunny's teenage son, heads to Hollywood, determined to become a drummer in a rock 'n' roll band. In LA, he's taken in by Fred after the out-of-work slacker hits E.B. with his car.
Style:
humorous, cute, 3d animation, funny, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, preschool
Plot:
easter, easter bunny, anthropomorphic animal, nothing goes right, talking animal, betrayal, audition, greed, hollywood, desire for fame, family relations, leaving home ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, china
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Takes a look at gay and straight love among the new millennials. Everything from secret crushes to homophobic attitudes are revealed by the rambunctious students taking Drama and Dance from Loris. None of the teens are what they seem at first ...
Style:
serious, sincere, emotional, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian relationship, coming of age, teachers and students, teenage love, teenage life, high school, power relations, youth, gender, teen angst, friendship between girls ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, london
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Musical prodigy, Sparkle (Jordin Sparks) struggles to become a star while overcoming issues that are tearing her family apart. From an affluent Detroit area and daughter to a single mother (Whitney Houston), she tries to balance a new romance with ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sentimental, emotional, inspirational ...
Plot:
musician's life, family relations, ambition, rising to stardom, desire for fame, lifestyle, music band, artists and showbiz, family problems, showbiz, black, african american ...
Time:
year 2012, 60s, 20th century
Place:
michigan, detroit, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Four ordinary women, inflicted by silly societal norms, have to steal, lie, cheat and hide in order to lead the lives that they rightfully deserve.
Style:
erotic, entertaining, humorous, clever, captivating ...
Plot:
sexuality, women, social satire, patriarchy, muslim, small town, indian woman, equality, family relations, friendship, feminist, self esteem ...
Place:
india
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