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

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Exploring the Depths of Society through Cinema and Television

Delve into the world of movies and TV shows that shed light on the complexities of society, from social issues to cultural norms. Discover thought-provoking stories that challenge your perspectives and spark meaningful conversations. In this collection, we'll guide you through the best films and series that explore the human experience, encouraging empathy, understanding, and self-reflection.

Human (2015)

8.4 312 votes

Genre: Documentary

Country: France

Duration: 191 min.

Story: A collection of stories about and images of our world, offering an immersion to the core of what it means to be human. Through these stories full of love and happiness, as well as hatred and violence, it brings us face to face with the Other, making us reflect on our lives. From stories of everyday experiences to accounts of the most unbelievable lives, these poignant encounters share a rare sincerity and underline who we are – our darker side, but also what is most noble in us, and what is universal. Our Earth is shown at its most sublime through never-before-seen aerial images accompanied by soaring music, resulting in an ode to the beauty of the world, providing a moment to draw breath and for introspection. This film is a politically engaged work which allows us to embrace the human condition and to reflect on the meaning of our existence.

Plot: society, culture, humanity

Cast

Malcolm McDowell

Patrick Magee

Carl Duering

Michael Bates

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

8.2 13.9K votes

Genre: Crime, Science Fiction

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 137 min.

Audience: NC-17

Story: In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. When not destroying the lives of others, Alex swoons to the music of Beethoven. The state, eager to crack down on juvenile crime, gives an incarcerated Alex the option to undergo an invasive procedure that'll rob him of all personal agency. In a time when conscience is a commodity, can Alex change his tune?

Plot: police brutality, robbery, street gang, based on novel or book, nihilism, parent child relationship, society, sexuality, ...

Place: london, england, great britain

Cast

Lamberto Maggiorani

Enzo Staiola

Lianella Carell

Gino Saltamerenda

Bicycle Thieves (1948)

8.2 2.7K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Italy

Duration: 89 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to his work—gets stolen. His job is doomed unless he can find the thief. With the help of his son, Antonio combs the city, becoming desperate for justice.

Plot: italian, society, riding a bicycle, search, poster, thief, black and white, stolen bicycle, ...

Place: rome, italy

Cast

Joaquin Phoenix

Robert De Niro

Zazie Beetz

Frances Conroy

Joker (2019)

8.1 27.9K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: Canada, United States of America

Duration: 122 min.

Audience: R

Story: During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.

Plot: society, based on comic, social commentary, psychological thriller, criminal mastermind, mental illness, anarchy, character study, ...

Time: 1980s

Cast

Ruth Gemmell

Luke Thompson

Yerin Ha

Luke Newton

Bridgerton (2020) TV Show

8.1 3.3K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 5

Episodes: 32

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Wealth, lust, and betrayal set in the backdrop of Regency era England, seen through the eyes of the powerful Bridgerton family.

Plot: based on novel or book, society, marriage, love, romance, alternate history, period drama, lgbt, ...

Cast

Luigi Lo Cascio

Alessio Boni

Adriana Asti

Sonia Bergamasco

The Best of Youth (2003)

8.0 608 votes

Genre: Drama, History, Romance

Country: Italy

Duration: 367 min.

Audience: R

Story: After a fateful encounter in the summer of 1966, the lifepaths of two brothers from a middle-class Roman family diverge, intersecting with some of the most significant events of postwar Italian history in the following decades.

Plot: society, loss of loved one, sicily, italy, political activism, cultural revolution, florence, italy, ...

Cast

India Ria Amarteifio

Corey Mylchreest

Golda Rosheuvel

Arsema Thomas

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (2023) TV Show

8.0 718 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 6

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Young Queen Charlotte's marriage to King George of England sparks an epic love story and transforms high society in this "Bridgerton" universe prequel.

Style: intimate, witty

Plot: based on novel or book, queen, monarchy, society, love, prequel, royalty, king, ...

Time: 18th century

Cast

Leslie Cheung

Zhang Fengyi

Gong Li

Lu00fc Qi

Farewell My Concubine (1993)

7.9 691 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: China, Hong Kong

Duration: 171 min.

Audience: R

Story: In an epic tale of theater, gender, love and class, two Beijing opera actors navigate political turmoil as their friendship evolves over decades.

Plot: society, transvestite, cultural revolution, woman between two men, best friend, lgbt, chinese opera, female impersonator, ...

Place: china, beijing, china

Cast

Aamir Khan

Anushka Sharma

Saurabh Shukla

Boman Irani

PK (2014)

7.7 1.2K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: India

Duration: 153 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A stranger in the city asks questions no one has asked before. Known only by his initials, the man's innocent questions and childlike curiosity take him on a journey of love, laughter and letting go.

Plot: friendship, society, christianity, hinduism, islam, satire, alien, love, ...

Cast

Leonardo DiCaprio

Bill Clinton

John Kerry

Barack Obama

Before the Flood (2016)

7.7 821 votes

Genre: Documentary

Country: United States of America

Duration: 93 min.

Audience: PG

Story: A look at how climate change affects our environment and what society can do to prevent the demise of endangered species, ecosystems, and native communities across the planet.

Plot: society, climate change, natural disaster, global warming, green energy, environment, environmentalism, endangered species, ...

Cast

Denzel Washington

Russell Crowe

Josh Brolin

Chiwetel Ejiofor

American Gangster (2007)

7.6 6.1K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 157 min.

Audience: R

Story: Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.

Style: provocative, suspenseful, intense

Plot: new york city, drug smuggling, society, gangster, drug trafficking, heroin, junkie, ghetto, ...

Time: 1960s

Place: vietnam

Cast

Emily Watson

Stellan Skarsgu00e5rd

Katrin Cartlidge

Jean-Marc Barr

Breaking the Waves (1996)

7.5 1.1K votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: Denmark, France

Duration: 159 min.

Audience: R

Story: In a small, conservative Scottish village, an oilman is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when he urges her to have sex with another.

Plot: underdog, dying and death, prostitute, paraplegic, parent child relationship, faith, society, tradition, ...

Time: 1970s

Place: scotland

Cast

Jean-Claude Brialy

Adriana Asti

Milena Vukotiu0107

Monica Vitti

The Phantom of Liberty (1974)

7.5 330 votes

Genre: Comedy

Country: France

Duration: 104 min.

Story: This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel. Presented as chance encounters, these loosely related, intersecting situations, all without a consistent protagonist, reach from the 19th century to the 1970s. Touching briefly on subjects such as execution, pedophilia, incest, and sex, the film features an array of characters, including a sick father and incompetent police officers.

Plot: sniper, paris, france, society, monk, incest, anarchic comedy

Cast

Lal

Sreenivasan

Vinay Forrt

Sajitha Madathil

Shutter (2012)

7.4 21 votes

Genre: Thriller

Country: India

Duration: 134 min.

Story: When Rasheed returns to Kozhikode from the Gulf, his friend locks him up in a commercial space with Thankam, a prostitute. Things go down the hill when his friend is unable to let him leave.

Plot: friendship, prostitute, society, writer, car driver

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

Jason Bateman

Hope Davis

Frank Grillo

Michael Nyqvist

Disconnect (2013)

7.1 1.2K votes

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 116 min.

Audience: R

Story: A hard-working lawyer, attached to his cell phone, can't find the time to communicate with his family. An estranged couple uses the internet as a means to escape from their lifeless marriage. A widowed ex-cop struggles to raise a mischievous son who cyber-bullies a classmate. An ambitious journalist sees a career-making story in a teen that performs on an adult-only site. They are strangers, neighbors and colleagues and their stories collide as ordinary people struggling to connect in today's wired world.

Plot: high school, suicide, society, technology, relationship problems, internet, cell phone, credit card fraud, ...

Cast

Michael Moore

Elijah Cummings

Marcy Kaptur

Bernie Sanders

Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)

7.1 573 votes

Genre: Documentary, History

Country: United States of America

Duration: 128 min.

Audience: R

Story: Michael Moore comes home to the issue he's been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans (and by default, the rest of the world).

Plot: capitalist, capitalism, banking, wall street, industrial society, criticism and blame, money, prejudice, ...