🏷 Discover The Best Discrimination Movies & TV Shows To Watch Today

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Uncovering the Power of Storytelling: Exploring Movies and TV Shows that Address Discrimination

From historical dramas to contemporary comedies, the world of cinema and television offers a diverse range of stories that shed light on the complex issues surrounding discrimination. In this article, we'll delve into some of the most impactful and thought-provoking movies and TV shows that tackle topics such as racism, sexism, homophobia, and more.

X-Men '97 (2024) TV Show

8.6 762 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 19

Audience: TV-14

Story: The X-Men, a band of mutants who use their uncanny gifts to protect a world that hates and fears them, are challenged like never before, forced to face a dangerous and unexpected new future.

Style: tense

Plot: mutant, sequel, superhero, based on comic, super power, superhero team, discrimination

Time: 1990s

Cast

Shim Kyu-hyuck

Han Shin

Ryu Seung-gone

Jeong Jae-heon

Lookism (2022) TV Show

8.3 296 votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama

Country: South Korea

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 8

Audience: TV-MA

Story: In a society that favors good looks, a high school outcast leads a double life switching between his two bodies that are polar opposites in appearance.

Plot: body-swap, high school student, discrimination, anime, web series, based on webcomic or webtoon, aeni, appearances, ...

Cast

Siraphop Manithikhun

Supamongkon Wongwisut

Pharinyakorn Khansawa

Teetut Chungmanirat

Bed Friend (2023) TV Show

8.2 33 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Thailand

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 10

Story: After an unexpected hook-up, two rival coworkers try to keep their fling purely physical, but growing feelings threaten their fragile arrangement.

Plot: based on novel or book, homophobia, difficult childhood, trauma, one-night stand, childhood trauma, friendship, playboy, ...

Cross Ange: Rondo of Angels and Dragons (2014) TV Show

8.1 124 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 25

Story: Humanity has advanced to great heights since it obtained the information technology known as "Mana." With that nearly magical power, problems like war, food shortages, and pollution have been eliminated. In this age of peace and freedom, First Princess Angelise Ikaruga Misurugi of the Misurugi Empire is a privileged girl with no disabilities. She learns, however, that she is a "Norma," a kind of human who cannot use Mana and are outcasts of society. Having lost everything, she is sent to an isolated island. There she meets other Normas who ride in humanoid weapons called Para-mails, protecting the world from dragon invaders from another dimension.

Plot: magic, dystopia, mecha, gore, dragon, parallel world, discrimination, ecchi, ...

Cast

Ikumi Hasegawa

Shoya Chiba

Natsumi Fujiwara

Seiichiro Yamashita

86 EIGHTY-SIX (2021) TV Show

8.1 251 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 23

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Called “Juggernaut,” these are the unmanned combat drones developed by the Republic of San Magnolia in answer to the attacks by the autonomous unmanned drones of the neighboring Empire of Giad, the “Legion”. But they’re only unmanned in name. In reality, they are piloted by the Eighty-sixers—those considered to be less than human and treated as mere tools. Determined to achieve his own mysterious ends, Shin, the captain of Spearhead Squadron, which is comprised of Eighty-sixers, continues to fight a hopeless war on a battlefield where only death awaits him.

Plot: based on novel or book, fight, army, racist, tragedy, terrorism, robot, combat, ...

Cast

Anthony Hopkins

John Hurt

Anne Bancroft

John Gielgud

The Elephant Man (1980)

8.0 4.0K votes

Genre: Drama, History

Country: United States of America, United Kingdom

Duration: 124 min.

Audience: PG

Story: A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.

Style: exploitation

Plot: friendship, london, england, escape, nurse, biography, based on true story, tragedy, ...

Time: 19th century, 1880s

Cast

Taraji P. Henson

Octavia Spencer

Janelle Monu00e1e

Kevin Costner

Hidden Figures (2016)

8.0 10.5K votes

Genre: Drama, History

Country: United States of America

Duration: 127 min.

Audience: PG

Story: The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.

Plot: nasa, mathematics, sexism, biography, racial segregation, racism, historical fiction, scientist, ...

Time: 1960s

Cast

V R Dinesh

Samuthirakani

Anandhi

Aadukalam Murugadoss

Visaranai (2016)

8.0 85 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: India

Duration: 118 min.

Story: Pandi and his friends, immigrant workers in Andhra Pradesh, are picked up by cops for a crime they never committed. And thus begins their nightmare, where they become pawns in a vicious game where the voiceless are strangled by those with power.

Plot: foreign worker, police corruption, police interrogation, innocent person killed, discrimination

Cast

Ginnifer Goodwin

Jason Bateman

Idris Elba

Jenny Slate

Zootopia (2016)

7.8 18.3K votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 109 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Determined to prove herself, Officer Judy Hopps, the first bunny on Zootopia's police force, jumps at the chance to crack her first case - even if it means partnering with scam-artist fox Nick Wilde to solve the mystery.

Plot: sheep, allegory, lion, hippopotamus, cartoon, villain, bullying, polar bear, ...

Cast

Tom Hanks

Denzel Washington

Jason Robards

Mary Steenburgen

Philadelphia (1993)

7.7 4.7K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 126 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops, their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.

Plot: philadelphia, pennsylvania, court, jurors, aids, pennsylvania, usa, homophobia, ...

Time: 1980s

Gattaca (1997)

7.6 7.0K votes

Genre: Drama, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 107 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Vincent is an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. He is an "In-Valid" who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation.

Plot: genetics, cheating, paraplegic, suicide attempt, dystopia, dna, new identity, investigation, ...

Black Bullet (2014) TV Show

7.5 231 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Mystery

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 13

Audience: TV-MA

Story: A near future, where humans have been defeated by the viral parasites named Gastrea. They have been exiled into a small territory and live in despair, side-by-side in terror.In this world trapped in darkness—Rentaro, a boy living near Tokyo and member of the "Civil Security"—an organization specializing in fighting against the Gastrea—is used to accomplishing dangerous tasks. His partner is Enju, a precocious young girl. They fight thanks to their peculiar powers until one day, when they receive a special assignment from the government. This top secret mission is to prevent the destruction of Tokyo...Set in a near future, this thrilling heroic-action story... starts now!

Plot: cyborg, gun, infection, harem, giant monster, orphan, fighting, super power, ...

Time: near future

Cast

Kim Woo-bin

Kang You-seok

Esom

Song Seung-heon

Black Knight (2023) TV Show

7.4 309 votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: South Korea

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 6

Audience: TV-MA

Story: In a dystopian 2071 devastated by air pollution, the survival of humanity depends on the Black Knights — and they’re far from your average delivery men.

Style: dark, gritty

Plot: competition, post-apocalyptic future, dystopia, miniseries, social injustice, class conflict, discrimination, mysterious, ...

Time: 2070s

Cast

Anthony Perkins

Romy Schneider

Orson Welles

Akim Tamiroff

The Trial (1962)

7.4 564 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: France, Germany

Duration: 119 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Arrested for an unnamed crime, Josef K. is trapped in a surreal bureaucratic maze where justice is unknowable and guilt is assumed.

Style: surreal

Plot: bureaucracy, based on novel or book, court, society, sexuality, paranoia, dystopia, fascism, ...

Cast

Sam Rockwell

Mischa Barton

Christopher McDonald

Kathleen Quinlan

Lawn Dogs (1997)

7.1 111 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United Kingdom

Duration: 101 min.

Audience: R

Story: In the affluent, gated community of Camelot Gardens, bored wives indiscriminately sleep around while their unwitting husbands try desperately to climb the social ladder. Trent, a 21-year-old outsider who mows the neighborhood lawns, quietly observes the infidelities and hypocrisies of this overly privileged society. When Devon, a 10-year-old daughter from one family, forges a friendship with Trent, things suddenly get very complicated.

Plot: infidelity, friendship, lawnmower, suspicion, fascination, wealth, poverty, hypocrisy, ...

Arte (2020) TV Show

7.1 79 votes

Genre: Animation, Drama

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 12

Audience: TV-14

Story: Born into an aristocratic family in Florence, Italy, during the 16th century Renaissance era, Arte has dreams of becoming an artist. In an age of social classes, Arte is willing to cast aside her aristocratic lifestyle and stops at nothing to achieve her dreams. She finds apprenticeship in a painting studio owned by Leo, an artist who is strict but prioritizes ability over gender.

Plot: artist, romance, slice of life, female protagonist, based on manga, historical, discrimination, seinen, ...

Cast

Hio Miyazawa

Kisetsu Fujiwara

Wakana Matsumoto

Honoka Matsumoto

His (2020)

7.1 28 votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: Japan

Duration: 127 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Shun and Nagisa first meet and fall in love during their first year of high school. While Shun is graduating from university, Nagisa tells him that he doesn't see a future for them. Despite Shun's strong feelings, they go their separate ways. Years later, Shun is now a store owner, living alone in a rural area. Out of the blue, Nagisa arrives with his six-year-old daughter, Sora. Spending time together, Shun realizes he still harbors feelings for Nagisa. Can Nagisa reconcile with his feelings for Shun, which have been there all along?

Plot: coming out, infidelity, countryside, homophobia, village, social commentary, unrequited love, rural area, ...

Cast

Greg Hsu

Austin Lin

Gingle Wang

Tsai Chen-nan

Marry My Dead Body (2023)

7.1 212 votes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror

Country: Taiwan

Duration: 129 min.

Audience: R

Story: After finding an odd envelope, Policeman Ming-han's life takes a spooky turn: He's now wed to a ghost husband, and they must solve a crime together.

Plot: infidelity, friendship, police, homophobia, detective, investigation, hit-and-run, organized crime, ...

Cast

Hugh Jackman

Patrick Stewart

Ian McKellen

James Marsden

X2 (2003)

7.0 11.0K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 133 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Professor Charles Xavier and his team of genetically gifted superheroes face a rising tide of anti-mutant sentiment led by Col. William Stryker. Storm, Wolverine and Jean Grey must join Magneto and Mystique to unhinge Stryker's scheme to exterminate all mutants.

Plot: superhero, mutant, based on comic, sequel, superhuman, super power, discrimination, excited

Cast

Hugh Jackman

Patrick Stewart

Ian McKellen

Famke Janssen

X-Men (2000)

7.0 12.3K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 104 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Two mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.

Plot: superhero, mutant, based on comic, superhuman, school, super power, discrimination

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