273 Best Social Issue Dramas Movies To Watch - A Good Movie To Watch

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Once Were Warriors (1994)

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8.0

A Maori family survives in an alienating Auckland in this raw, tragic drama

Nickel Boys (2024)

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8.3

An intimate, immersive, and incredibly inventive look into the racial abuse of a Jim Crow-era reform school

Silenced (2011)

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9.0

A brutal and harrowing exposé of the schoolwide abuse case that sparked outrage in Korea

Laapataa Ladies (2024)

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8.4

Two brides are accidentally swapped in this refreshing comedy of errors

Kneecap (2024)

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8.7

The titular hip hop group breaks new ground in this energetic and irreverent music biopic

Nitram (2021)

7.0

A gripping, restrained character study that doesn’t sensationalize real life tragedy

Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)

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8.3

Memory tears love across past and present in this landmark French New Wave drama

Rebel Ridge (2024)

7.5

A suspenseful, veristic crime story about abusive police with action film tropes to prevent you from dissociating

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)

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8.1

A star-studded and riveting legal drama with a blockbuster feel.

Carmen & Lola (2018)

7.0

Love clashes with community in this intimate, realistic lesbian drama

Don’t Let Them Shoot the Kite (1989)

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8.3

A child inspires camaraderie despite imprisonment in this moving classic drama

7 Prisoners (2021)

7.1

A boy comes of age in a modern day cage in this hard-hitting, heartbreaking drama

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