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1. The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
R | 129 min | Drama, History, Thriller
The story of 7 people on trial stemming from various charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
Director: Aaron Sorkin | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Alex Sharp, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeremy Strong
Votes: 193,584
2. Strange Days (1995)
R | 145 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
A former cop turned street-hustler accidentally uncovers a conspiracy in Los Angeles in 1999.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore
Votes: 78,496 | Gross: $7.92M
3. Detroit (2017)
R | 143 min | Crime, Drama, History
Fact-based drama set during the 1967 Detroit riots in which a group of rogue police officers respond to a complaint with retribution rather than justice on their minds.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: John Boyega, Anthony Mackie, Algee Smith, Jacob Latimore
Votes: 55,995 | Gross: $16.79M
4. The Strawberry Statement (1970)
R | 109 min | Drama, Romance
An apolitical college student joins a group of campus protesters to meet girls but gets swept up in their cause and involved in a violent confrontation with police.
Director: Stuart Hagmann | Stars: Bruce Davison, Kim Darby, Bud Cort, Murray MacLeod
Votes: 1,808 | Gross: $0.80M
5. No (I) (2012)
R | 118 min | Drama, History
An advertising executive comes up with a campaign to defeat Augusto Pinochet in Chile's 1988 referendum.
Director: Pablo Larraín | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Alfredo Castro, Antonia Zegers, Luis Gnecco
Votes: 26,230 | Gross: $2.34M
6. Whose Streets? (2017)
R | 102 min | Documentary
An unflinching look at how the police killing of 18-year-old Mike Brown inspired a community to fight back and sparked a global movement.
Directors: Sabaah Folayan, Damon Davis | Stars: Lezley McSpadden, Michael Brown Sr., David Whitt, Montague Simmons
Votes: 1,411 | Gross: $0.18M
7. Requiem-29 (1970)
31 min | Documentary, Short, History
Presents footage of the August 29, 1970 Chicano Moratorium Against the War in Vietnam, including the brutal police response, and later funeral and inquest into the death of the journalist Ruben Salazar.
Director: David Garcia | Stars: Norman Pittluck, Raul Ruiz
Votes: 34
8. Berlusconi's Mousetrap (2002)
121 min | Documentary
The Protests against the G8 in July 2001 in Genoa Italy were the biggest and most significant protests in Western Europe since the Poll Tax riots in the UK. Italian Prime Minister Sylvio ... See full summary »
Director: Eamonn Crudden
Votes: 8
9. Gipfelstürmer - Die blutigen Tage von Genua (2002 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary
Directors: Maria-Rosa Bobbi, Michael Busse | Stars: Eva Garg, Bernt Hahn, Bernd Reheuser, Josef Tratnik
10. Republic Steel Strike Riots Newsreel Footage (1937)
20 min | Documentary, Short, Crime
A short documentary which chronicles the riots that occurred in Chicago when the Republic Steel employees went on strike on Memorial Day, May 26, 1937.
Votes: 106
11. By Any Means Necessary (1990)
29 min | Documentary, Short
Chronicles the confrontations and destruction of housing in the Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City, that dispossessed hundreds of people during the gentrification wave, to pave way for new developments and market housing.
Director: Paul Garrin | Stars: Ronald Casanova, Miriam Friedlander, Ann Johnson, Michael Julian
12. Milk & Moscone: Assassination at City Hall (2003 TV Movie)
48 min | Documentary
The events surrounding the assassination of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk by Dan White at San Francisco's City Hall, on November 27th 1978.
Director: Ken Swartz | Stars: Martin Binder, Willie Brown, Belva Davis, Frank Falzon
14.
The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode:
An Unparalleled Act of Police Terror
(2016)
Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Stars: Ramona Africa, Abby Martin, Frank Rizzo
Votes: 14