Scratch's Most Important Movies (Social And Political)
Created by Scratch47.
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These are the movies which have had the greatest impact on my world view, be it politically, spiritually, religiously, or philosophically. These are subversive, anti-authoritarian (and left-leaning at times, if I'm honest) films which reached me beyond the level of simple or pleasant 'entertainment' with happy endings, and impacted me as a person in a deep, personal and major way, making strong if not unassailable statements which require that you adjust your lens on the world and make difficult personal change in the real world. Many other films indeed come with a strong message, but these really put that forward. Change first, entertainment second.
No particular order generally, though I like the ones near the top the most.
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The Matrix
1999, in 30 top lists Check -
11 new
Fight Club
1999, in 19 top lists Check -
42 new
The Shawshank Redemption
1994, in 24 top lists Check -
27 new
The Truman Show
1998, in 14 top lists Check -
2 new
American Beauty
1999, in 25 top lists Check -
10 new
American History X
1998, in 12 top lists Check -
24 new
Requiem for a Dream
2000, in 21 top lists Check -
25 new
Into the Wild
2007, in 10 top lists Check -
8 new
Children of Men
2006, in 12 top lists Check -
4 new
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1986, in 11 top lists Check -
9 new
12 Angry Men
1957, in 30 top lists Check -
53 new
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...
1964, in 37 top lists Check -
1 new
It's a Wonderful Life
1946, in 33 top lists Check -
45 new
Office Space
1999, in 7 top lists Check -
17 new
Bowling for Columbine
2002, in 11 top lists Check -
34 new
12 Years a Slave
2013, in 22 top lists Check -
40 new
Thank You for Smoking
2005, in 0 top lists Check -
37 new
Hotaru no haka
1988 — a.k.a. Grave of the Fireflies, in 21 top lists Check -
3 new
Network
1976, in 14 top lists Check -
47 new
Rashômon
1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check -
52 new
Paths of Glory
1957, in 26 top lists Check -
7 new
Do the Right Thing
1989, in 25 top lists Check -
49 new
Dark City
1998, in 6 top lists Check -
19 new
Contact
1997, in 2 top lists Check -
68 new
Idiocracy
2006, in 2 top lists Check -
62 new
Super Size Me
2004, in 1 top list Check -
12 new
Videodrome
1983, in 18 top lists Check -
74 new
Exit Through the Gift Shop
2010, in 1 top list Check -
43 new
Sicko
2007, in 0 top lists Check -
41 new
Election
1999, in 7 top lists Check -
35 new
Blue Jasmine
2013, in 0 top lists Check -
14 new
Waking Life
2001, in 9 top lists Check -
18 new
I Heart Huckabees
2004, in 2 top lists Check -
39 new
Four Lions
2010, in 0 top lists Check -
54 new
Ikiru
1952, in 25 top lists Check -
36 new
Inside Job
2010, in 4 top lists Check -
38 new
In the Loop
2009, in 2 top lists Check -
51 new
The Cove
2009, in 2 top lists Check -
22 new
Koyaanisqatsi
1982, in 12 top lists Check -
58 new
Nuit et brouillard
1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check -
15 new
Food, Inc.
2008, in 0 top lists Check -
33 new
The Act of Killing
2012, in 9 top lists Check -
30 new
Coach Carter
2005, in 0 top lists Check -
55 new
The Weather Man
2005, in 0 top lists Check -
60 new
Capturing the Friedmans
2003, in 7 top lists Check -
20 new
Religulous
2008, in 0 top lists Check -
13 new
The Corporation
2003, in 4 top lists Check -
21 new
Jesus Camp
2006, in 0 top lists Check -
44 new
Capitalism: A Love Story
2009, in 0 top lists Check -
28 new
Zeitgeist: Moving Forward
2011, in 0 top lists Check
Last updated on Jan 26, 2014;