Democracy Movies

  • 2017
    A Taxi Driver

    A Taxi Driver

    A Taxi Driver

    8.082017HD

    May, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a...

    A Taxi Driver
  • 2013
    The Attorney

    The Attorney

    The Attorney

    7.82013HD

    Song Woo-seok is a lawyer with no clients. When his friend's son is falsely accused of a crime and tortured, he takes up the case and the course of...

    The Attorney
  • 2012
    No

    No

    No

    7.1832012HD

    In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country...

    No
  • 2017
    1987: When the Day Comes

    1987: When the Day Comes

    1987: When the Day Comes

    8.12017HD

    In 1987 Korea, under an oppressive military regime, a college student gets killed during a police interrogation involving torture. Government of...

    1987: When the Day Comes
  • 2003
    The Corporation

    The Corporation

    The Corporation

    7.6732003HD

    Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant...

    The Corporation
  • 2015
    Requiem for the American Dream

    Requiem for the American Dream

    Requiem for the American Dream

    7.72015HD

    Through interviews filmed over four years, Noam Chomsky unpacks the principles that have brought us to the crossroads of historically unprecedented...

    Requiem for the American Dream
  • 1957
    The Teahouse of the August Moon

    The Teahouse of the August Moon

    The Teahouse of the August Moon

    61957HD

    In post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals want a teahouse instead.

    The Teahouse of the August Moon
  • 2016
    The King's Choice

    The King's Choice

    The King's Choice

    6.92016HD

    On 9 April 1940, German soldiers arrive in the city of Oslo. The King of Norway faces a choice that will change his country forever. The King's...

    The King's Choice
  • 2017
    Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower

    Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower

    Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower

    7.32017HD

    When the Chinese Communist Party backtracks on its promise of autonomy to Hong Kong, teenager Joshua Wong decides to save his city. Rallying...

    Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower
  • 2024
    Girls State

    Girls State

    Girls State

    7.82024HD

    What would American democracy look like in the hands of teenage girls? In this documentary, young female leaders from wildly different backgrounds in...

    Girls State
  • 2019
    The Edge of Democracy

    The Edge of Democracy

    The Edge of Democracy

    7.6742019HD

    A cautionary tale for these times of democracy in crisis—the personal and political fuse to explore one of the most dramatic periods in...

    The Edge of Democracy
  • 2020
    Once Upon a Time in Venezuela

    Once Upon a Time in Venezuela

    Once Upon a Time in Venezuela

    8.22020HD

    Once upon a time, the Venezuelan village of Congo Mirador was prosperous, alive with fisherman and poets. Now it is decaying and...

    Once Upon a Time in Venezuela
  • 1960
    Primary

    Primary

    Primary

    6.41960HD

    Primary is a documentary film about the primary elections between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey in 1960. Primary is the first documentary to...

    Primary
  • 1996
    Mandela

    Mandela

    Mandela

    6.11996HD

    A documentary that chronicles the life of South African leader Nelson Mandela. Mandela is probably best known for his 27 years of imprisonment, and...

    Mandela
  • 2011
    Putin's Kiss

    Putin's Kiss

    Putin's Kiss

    4.92011HD

    Masha Drokova is a rising star in Russia's popular nationalistic youth movement, Nashi. A smart, ambitious teenager who – literally –...

    Putin's Kiss
  • 2018
    A Greater Society

    A Greater Society

    A Greater Society

    02018HD

    It’s the 2014 midterms and residents of a South Florida retirement community feel the weight of democracy on their shoulders. In one of the...

    A Greater Society
  • 2012
    Palme

    Palme

    Palme

    7.72012HD

    Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was openly shot to death on a February evening 1986 on the streets of Stockholm. In one night, the country of...

    Palme
  • 2019
    Demokratie unter Druck – Europa vor der Wahl

    Demokratie unter Druck – Europa vor der Wahl

    Demokratie unter Druck – Europa vor der Wahl

    52019HD

    Thoughts of a diversity of public and private citizens on the virtues of democracy, its faults, its decadence, its fall and the rise of populism.

    Demokratie unter Druck – Europa vor der Wahl
  • 2024
    God & Country: The Rise of Christian Nationalism

    God & Country: The Rise of Christian Nationalism

    God & Country: The Rise of Christian Nationalism

    4.82024HD

    Examines the implications of Christian Nationalism, how it distorts not only our constitutional republic, but Christianity itself, and asks the...

    God & Country: The Rise of Christian Nationalism
  • 2009
    South of the Border

    South of the Border

    South of the Border

    5.72009HD

    A road trip across five countries to explore the social and political movements as well as the mainstream media's misperception of South America...

    South of the Border