Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "liberalism"

1. The Death of Stalin (2017)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, History

Moscow, 1953. After being in power for nearly 30 years, Soviet dictator, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, takes ill and quickly dies. Now the members of the Council of Ministers scramble for power.

Director: Armando Iannucci | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Jeffrey Tambor, Andrea Riseborough

Votes: 113,931 | Gross: $8.05M

2. Watchmen (2019)

TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Set in an alternate history where masked vigilantes are treated as outlaws, Watchmen embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel of the same name, while attempting to break new ground of its own.

Stars: Regina King, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Tom Mison, Sara Vickers

Votes: 134,797

3. Miss Sloane (2016)

R | 132 min | Drama

In the high-stakes world of political power-brokers, Elizabeth Sloane is the most sought after and formidable lobbyist in D.C. But when taking on the most powerful opponent of her career, she finds winning may come at too high a price.

Director: John Madden | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michael Stuhlbarg

Votes: 82,781 | Gross: $3.50M

4. The Vicar of Dibley (1994–2020)

TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy

A boisterous female minister comes to serve in an eccentricly conservative small town's church.

Stars: Dawn French, James Fleet, Trevor Peacock, Gary Waldhorn

Votes: 15,546

5. Fritz the Cat (1972)

X | 78 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

In the late 1960s, a pretentious, womanizing young cat drops out of college, starts a riot in Harlem, hits the road with an ex-girlfriend and gets mixed up with domestic terrorists.

Director: Ralph Bakshi | Stars: Skip Hinnant, Rosetta LeNoire, John McCurry, Judy Engles

Votes: 14,392 | Gross: $25.00M

6. The Room (2019)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Matt and Kate buy an isolated house. While moving, they discover a strange room that grants them an unlimited number of material wishes. But since Kate has had two miscarriages, what they long for the most is a child.

Director: Christian Volckman | Stars: Olga Kurylenko, Kevin Janssens, Joshua Wilson, John Flanders

Votes: 23,753

7. Manderlay (2005)

Not Rated | 139 min | Drama

A story of slavery, set in the southern U.S. in the 1930s.

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Bryce Dallas Howard, Isaach De Bankolé, Danny Glover, Willem Dafoe

Votes: 25,218 | Gross: $0.08M

8. Smiley Face (2007)

R | 85 min | Comedy

After a young actress unknowingly eats her roommate's marijuana cupcakes, her day becomes a series of misadventures.

Director: Gregg Araki | Stars: Anna Faris, John Krasinski, Adam Brody, Roscoe Lee Browne

Votes: 19,097 | Gross: $0.01M

9. BioShock (2007 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Horror

In 1960, a lone survivor of a plane crash named Jack discovers an abandoned underwater utopia, only to find out that the mystery behind its creation is much more sinister than he first believed.

Director: Ken Levine | Stars: John Ahlin, Greg Baldwin, Jane Beller, Susanne Blakeslee

Votes: 22,090

10. Dirty Money (2018–2020)

TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary, Crime

A Netflix Original Series documenting various stories about exposing the greed, corruption, and crime spreading through the global economy.

Stars: Matt Taibbi, Fisher Stevens, Alex Gibney, Fahmi Quadir

Votes: 10,206

11. I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967)

X | 121 min | Drama, Romance

Told in a quasi-documentary style, this companion piece to I Am Curious (Blue) (1968) deals with topics such as class society, non-violent resistance, sex, relationships, and tourism to Francoist Spain.

Director: Vilgot Sjöman | Stars: Lena Nyman, Vilgot Sjöman, Börje Ahlstedt, Peter Lindgren

Votes: 4,304 | Gross: $20.24M

12. The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat (1974)

R | 77 min | Animation, Comedy

Now living on welfare with a wife and kitten, Fritz retreats from the domestic hell surrounding him by embarking on a series of marijuana-fueled fantasies of what his life could have been.

Director: Robert Taylor | Stars: Skip Hinnant, Reva Rose, Bob Holt, Robert Ridgely

Votes: 3,016 | Gross: $1.09M

13. GomBurZa (2023)

112 min | Action, Biography, Drama

Mariano Gomes, José Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora are three brave Filipino Catholic priests whose narrative is told in this stirring and inspirational historical drama.

Director: Pepe Diokno | Stars: Cedrick Juan, Dante Rivero, Enchong Dee, Piolo Pascual

Votes: 361

14. Martin Eden (2019)

TV-PG | 129 min | Drama, Romance

Martin Eden struggles to rise above his destitute, proletarian circumstances through an intense and passionate pursuit of self-education, hoping to achieve a place among the literary elite.

Director: Pietro Marcello | Stars: Luca Marinelli, Jessica Cressy, Vincenzo Nemolato, Marco Leonardi

Votes: 7,697

15. My Father's Glory (1990)

G | 105 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

At the end of the nineteenth century, little Marcel lives with his parents in the Provence countryside. During his holiday, Marcel meets Lili, a local boy who knows all the secrets of the hills, and the two become fast friends.

Director: Yves Robert | Stars: Philippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel, Didier Pain, Thérèse Liotard

Votes: 7,069 | Gross: $1.71M

16. Jesus Camp (2006)

PG-13 | 87 min | Documentary

A documentary on kids who attend a summer camp hoping to become the next Billy Graham.

Directors: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady | Stars: Mike Papantonio, Lou Engle, Becky Fischer, Ted Haggard

Votes: 28,805 | Gross: $0.90M

17. The Libertine (2000)

Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, History

The 'philosopher' (modernist intellectual of the French 18th-century Enlightenment) Denis Diderot is part of an aristocratic circle which practices the libertarian principles on the rural ... See full summary »

Director: Gabriel Aghion | Stars: Vincent Perez, Fanny Ardant, Josiane Balasko, Michel Serrault

Votes: 1,824

18. Howl (2010)

R | 84 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

As Allen Ginsberg talks about his life and art, his most famous poem is illustrated in animation while the obscenity trial of the work is dramatized.

Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Stars: James Franco, Todd Rotondi, Jon Prescott, Aaron Tveit

Votes: 13,419 | Gross: $0.62M

19. Mädchen in Uniform (1931)

Passed | 87 min | Drama, Romance

At an all-girls boarding school, Manuela falls in love with a teacher, to terrific consequences.

Directors: Leontine Sagan, Carl Froelich | Stars: Dorothea Wieck, Hertha Thiele, Emilia Unda, Hedy Krilla

Votes: 3,755

20. Sherman Oaks (1995–1997)

TV-MA | Comedy

Dr. Baker, a plastic surgeon and his family are the subject of a documentary being made by a young filmmaker who has moved in with them and tapes their every move, with hilarious results.

Stars: Heather Elizabeth Parkhurst, Tyler Bearde, Nick Toth, Phyllis Katz

Votes: 237

21. Oliver's Story (1978)

PG | 91 min | Drama, Romance

In this sequel to Love Story (1970), grieving Oliver is being pressured by his in-laws to move on and take part in the family business. He meets a pretty heiress and they start dating, but memories of Jennie come rushing back.

Director: John Korty | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Candice Bergen, Nicola Pagett, Edward Binns

Votes: 1,072

22. The Power of Nightmares (2004)

60 min | Documentary, History

A series of three documentaries about the use of fear for political gain.

Stars: Gilles Kepel, William Kristol, Melvin Goodman, Richard Perle

Votes: 4,552

23. Human Resources (1999)

TV-14 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama

The 35-hour work week has all of France in its thrall. This film turns it into a feature about economic and familial politics. Frank, a business school graduate, returns to his provincial ... See full summary »

Director: Laurent Cantet | Stars: Jalil Lespert, Jean-Claude Vallod, Chantal Barré, Véronique de Pandelaère

Votes: 2,813 | Gross: $0.12M

24. Capitol Critters (1992–1995)

TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The adventures of the rodent and insect inhabitants inside the walls of the White House.

Stars: Neil Patrick Harris, Charlie Adler, Patti Deutsch, Bobcat Goldthwait

Votes: 285

25. The Cost of Deception (2021)

125 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When a young, ambitious market researcher finds out her boss is involved in the leaking of a scandalous Prime Minister speech, she decides to investigate the case to gain a position among the big-shots. Based on actual events.

Director: Keith English | Stars: Vivianne Bánovits, András Mózes, Barna Bokor, Gabriella Gubás

Votes: 40,559

26. Edvard Munch (1974 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 210 min | Biography, Drama, History

This biopic of Norwegian Expressionist painter Edvard Munch focuses on the influences that shaped his art, his devastating affair with a married woman that will haunt him for the rest of his life

Director: Peter Watkins | Stars: Geir Westby, Gro Fraas, Kerstii Allum, Eric Allum

Votes: 3,386 | Gross: $0.04M

27. B.F.'s Daughter (1948)

Passed | 108 min | Drama, Romance

Wealthy Polly Fulton marries a progressive scholar whose attitudes toward capitalism and acquired wealth puts their marriage in jeopardy.

Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Charles Coburn, Richard Hart

Votes: 802

28. Michael Moore in TrumpLand (2016)

Not Rated | 73 min | Documentary

In the weeks before the 2016 general election, Oscar-winning filmmaker Michael Moore performs a pro-Hillary Clinton stand-up show deep in the heart of TrumpLand.

Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump

Votes: 4,100 | Gross: $0.15M

29. Becoming Burlesque (2017)

96 min | Drama

Despite her uncle encouraging her to adopt a more traditional lifestyle, a young Muslim college student secretly joins a Toronto burlesque troupe.

Director: Jackie English | Stars: Shiva Negar, Elise Bauman, Moe Jeudy-Lamour, Araya Mengesha

Votes: 406

30. Client 9 (2010)

R | 117 min | Documentary

An in-depth look at the rise and fall of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, including interviews with the scandalized, former politician.

Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Eliot Spitzer, Alex Gibney, Hulbert Waldroup, Lloyd Constantine

Votes: 2,596 | Gross: $0.19M

31. BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea - Episode One (2013 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Drama

1958. After the events of BioShock Infinite (2013) and on the eve of the civil war that will destroy the underwater city, Elizabeth goes to Rapture to find Booker DeWitt and offers him her help to investigate the disappearance of an orphan girl.

Director: Ken Levine | Stars: Troy Baker, Michael Navarra, Courtnee Draper, Kimberly Brooks

Votes: 2,423

32. Evolution of a Filipino Family (2004)

Not Rated | 625 min | Drama

The collapse and the struggle of a poor farming clan in Philippines.

Director: Lav Diaz | Stars: Elryan de Vera, Angie Ferro, Pen Medina, Marife Necesito

Votes: 514

33. Rosario (2010)

120 min | Drama, Romance

The film tells the saga of Rosario, a young and liberated woman in the 1920s who has just arrived from New York, and is spending her vacation in their hacienda.There, she meets and falls in... See full synopsis »

Director: Albert Martinez | Stars: Dolphy, Phillip Salvador, Jennylyn Mercado, Yul Servo

Votes: 81

34. Undressing Israel: Gay Men in the Promised Land (2012)

Not Rated | 46 min | Documentary

When many people think of Israel, it is often in terms of modern war or ancient religion. But there is much more to the Jewish state than missiles and prayers. In his debut as a documentary... See full summary »

Directors: Michael Lucas, Yariv Mozer | Stars: Mickey Gitzen, Nitzan Horowitz, Tzipi Livni, Ilan Gilon

Votes: 86

35. Uomo d'acqua dolce (1997)

90 min | Comedy

Antonio takes a hit on his head when he's out to buy a jar of mushrooms for his wife, and loses his memory. He reappears five years later unaware that time has passed.

Director: Antonio Albanese | Stars: Antonio Albanese, Valeria Milillo, Antonio Petrocelli, Sara Anticoli

Votes: 611

36. La Cicciolina. Godmother of Scandal (2016 TV Movie)

54 min | Documentary, Biography

La Cicciolina. Godmother of Scandal captures both with passion and a twinkle of irony, the phenomenon Ilona Staller in its multiple facets and places it in the wider context of Italy's political situation at the time.

Director: Alessandro Melazzini | Stars: Ilona Staller, Michele Lo Foco, Riccardo Schicchi, Debora Attanasio

Votes: 220

37. Le sucre (1978)

104 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller

Civil servant Adrien Courtois comes to Paris in order to make his money bear fruits.

Director: Jacques Rouffio | Stars: Jean Carmet, Gérard Depardieu, Michel Piccoli, Nelly Borgeaud

Votes: 556

38. Gotham: The Fall and Rise of New York (2023)

Documentary, History

Once a failing city that by 1990 had over 2,200 murders and 93,000 violent robberies annually, New York went on to be the revitalized word capital.

Director: Matthew Taylor | Stars: Nicole Gelinas, Michael Goodwin, Larry Mone, Fred Seigel

Votes: 28

39. Runaway Slave (2012)

PG | 108 min | Documentary, History

A perpetual state of welfare exists in the U.S., creating a form of modern slavery for a large percentage of African-Americans. Rev. C.L. Bryant presents an insightful and compelling look at how freedom can be restored.

Director: Pritchett Cotten | Stars: C.L. Bryant, Christian Adams, Lem Anderson Jr., William J. Barber II

Votes: 300 | Gross: $0.05M

40. Ice (1970)

Not Rated | 130 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

In a dystopian 1970s America, a fascist government is at war with Mexico. An underground revolutionary is tortured by government agents, so radicals take action through guerrilla warfare, but victory may not come easy for them.

Director: Robert Kramer | Stars: Robert Kramer, Leo Braudy, Tom Griffin, Paul McIsaac

Votes: 291

41. One More Tomorrow (1946)

Passed | 87 min | Drama, Romance

Shiftless playboy Tom Collier meets photographer Christie Sage, takes over ownership of a liberal magazine, proposes to Christie but she declines. Scheming Cecelia Henry marries Tom.

Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Alexis Smith

Votes: 588

42. Sarah Silverman: A Speck of Dust (2017 TV Special)

TV-MA | 71 min | Comedy

In her first comedy special post-health scare, Sarah Silverman shares a mix of fun facts, sad truths and yeah-she-just-went-there moments.

Director: Liam Lynch | Stars: Sarah Silverman, Troy

Votes: 3,981

43. Laissez-faire (2015)

80 min | Documentary, History, War

A historical perspective to understand Neoliberalism and to understand why this ideology today so profoundly influences the choices of our governments and our lives.

Director: Ruggero Arenella | Stars: Stefano Accomo, Giovanni Agnelli, Jaime Roldós Aguilera, Salvador Allende

Votes: 14

44. Milestones (1975)

195 min | Drama, History

"A many-faceted portrait of those individuals who sought radical solutions to social problems in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s. It cuts back and forth between six major story... See full summary »

Directors: John Douglas, Robert Kramer | Stars: Mary Chapelle, Sharon Krebs, Jim Nolfi, Grace Paley

Votes: 258

45. Mark Dice (2009– )

Short, Comedy

Mark Dice presents comical takedowns of liberal orthodoxy on his official channels.

Stars: Mark Dice, Ron Coleman

Votes: 51

46. Commie Camp (2013)

81 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama

Not Another Jesus Camp is a documentary about the legendary Camp Kinderland, the summer camp, which still exists, and was founded in the 1920's by secular Jewish workers who wanted their ... See full summary »

Directors: Katie Halper, Nora Eisenberg

47. The Corporate Coup D'État (2018)

90 min | Documentary

THE CORPORATE COUP D'ÉTAT takes a complex political/historical theme and brings it to life. In the style of '13th', 'Manufacturing Consent', 'The Corporation', and 'All Governments Lie' it ... See full summary »

Director: Fred Peabody | Stars: John Ralston Saul, Chris Hedges, Enrico Caruso, Ronald Reagan

Votes: 144

48. Lord, Save Us from Your Followers (2008 Video)

PG-13 | 100 min | Documentary

Why is the Gospel of Love Dividing America? Filmmaker and follower Dan Merchant donned his Bumpersticker Man suit and set out across America in this funny and moving look at the collision of faith and culture.

Director: Dan Merchant | Stars: David Anderson, James Barnes, Hugo Black, Lewis Black

Votes: 430

49. Young and Alive (2018)

94 min | Documentary

In the months following the terrorist attacks in Paris, the youth has taken the night. A community has risen, that looks for belonging in a world they don't understand and seek to change ... See full summary »

Director: Matthieu Bareyre

Votes: 101

50. Sabine Christiansen (1998–2007)

60 min | Talk-Show

Talk round live in Berlin with Sabine Christiansen.

Stars: Sabine Christiansen, Otto Schily, Guido Westerwelle, Hans Eichel

Votes: 140