"Political Activist" Movies

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TitleProduction
Budget
Opening
Weekend
Domestic
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Nov 28, 2025Aftershock: The Nicole Bell…
Sep 26, 2025One Battle After Another $140,000,000$22,000,387$69,350,000$196,750,000
Mar 22, 2024The Beautiful Game
Jul 28, 2023Bobi Wine: The People's Pre… $18,279$30,263$44,568
Apr 7, 2023How to Blow Up a Pipeline $115,453$750,010$1,047,725
Mar 24, 2023What the Hell Happened to B… $18,571$18,571
Dec 9, 2022Loudmouth $30,254$42,000$42,000
Dec 9, 2022To the End $9,694$15,801$15,801
Sep 23, 2022Sidney
Aug 19, 2022The Territory $26,216$69,316$157,781
Apr 22, 2022The Duke $25,776$1,526,970$14,329,323
Sep 9, 2021Blood Brothers: Malcolm X &…
May 14, 2021Us Kids
Oct 23, 2020Nationtime
Nov 29, 2019Ximei
Mar 15, 2019Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, W… $3,278$9,025$9,025
Feb 22, 2019Prosecuting Evil: The Extra…
Oct 5, 2018The Hate U Give $23,000,000$512,035$29,719,483$35,067,665
Sep 21, 2018Call Her Ganda
Jun 8, 2018Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist $4,450$58,799$376,219
May 18, 2018First Reformed $3,500,000$97,562$3,448,256$3,988,612
May 10, 2018Class Rank
May 1, 2018Jewel’s Catch One
Apr 27, 2018The Rachel Divide
Apr 6, 2018ACORN and the Firestorm $2,621$2,621$2,621
Mar 30, 2018King in the Wilderness
Mar 30, 2018After Louie
Mar 2, 2018American Socialist: The Lif… $2,823$12,610$12,610
Mar 2, 2018Apocalypsis $3,945$20,052$20,052
Dec 31, 20171987: When the Day Comes $51,775,357
Jul 27, 2012Searching for Sugar Man $27,459$3,965,090$12,902,501
Dec 31, 2007Hwa-ryeo-han hyuga $49,136,551
Dec 25, 2007Persepolis $7,300,000$88,826$4,443,403$25,397,187
May 5, 2006Hoot $15,000,000$3,368,197$8,117,637$8,224,998
Oct 1, 2004I Heart Huckabees $22,000,000$292,177$12,784,713$20,034,713
Feb 21, 2003The Life of David Gale $50,000,000$7,117,225$19,694,635$28,920,188
Aug 25, 1995Beyond Rangoon $2,007,527$5,656,641$5,656,641
May 3, 1995Panther $2,354,847$6,834,000$6,834,000
Apr 1, 1994The House of the Spirits $6,217,413$6,217,413
Jan 29, 1993Matinee $3,601,015$8,925,775$8,925,775
Sep 18, 1992Sarafina! $7,306,242$7,306,242
Apr 1, 1992Thunderheart $4,507,425$22,660,758$22,660,848
Sep 23, 1988Gorillas in the Mist $366,925$24,720,479$24,720,479
Feb 5, 1988The Unbearable Lightness of… $10,006,000$10,006,000
Nov 6, 1987Cry Freedom $29,000,000$318,723$5,899,797$25,899,797
Dec 14, 1983Silkwood $1,218,322$35,615,609$35,615,609
1978The Big Fix $12,000,000$12,000,000
Oct 19, 1973The Way We Were $49,919,870$49,920,561


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1940s3 - 1960s9 - 1970s6 - 1980s3 - African Americans6 - AIDS3 - Bigotry3 - Biographical Documentary3 - Biographical Drama6 - Biography16 - Civil Rights Movement6 - Coming of Age4 - Crime Drama2 - Death of a Spouse or Fiancée / Fiancé3 - Dysfunctional Family3 - Ensemble2 - Environment5 - Epilogue3 - Family Affair2 - Government Corruption5 - Historical Drama3 - Inspired by a True Story3 - LGBTQ+2 - Novel or Other Work Adapted by Author3 - Political19 - Political Prisoner4 - Political Protest7 - Religious3 - Set in South Africa3 - Sundance Film Festival 20222

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Action1 - Adventure1 - Comedy5 - Documentary21 - Drama16 - Musical1 - Thriller/Suspense4

Creative Types (Click to add to filter)

Contemporary Fiction12 - Dramatization9 - Factual21 - Fantasy1 - Historical Fiction6

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Based on Comic/Graphic Novel1 - Based on Factual Book/Article1 - Based on Fiction Book/Short Story9 - Based on Musical or Opera1 - Based on Real Life Events24 - Original Screenplay13

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Digital Animation1 - Live Action48

MPAA Ratings (Click to add to filter)

Not Rated8 - PG5 - PG-139 - R15