MestnyiGeroi's "100+ Politically Bold Movies"A subjective selection of films that I have seen (and can recall) that are politically bold in nature. Boldness here is not defined simply by the power of the statement made, but by an element of risk in making the film—that risk being at the least some degree of potential flak or backlash, and at the most the loss of career or even life. I am sure I’ve missed dozens of deserving choices, so any recommendations are welcome. And again, obviously this list is subjective and arbitrary; a complete list of all politically courageous films would number in the thousands, surely. And finally, while it can well be argued that all things are political, I have limited my selections to films that entail politics in the most conventional sense, rather than, say, a movie that is shocking in its treatment of religion or gender, etc. The movies are listed in chronological order. [Here is a companion list of Politically Craven Movies—http://www.listsofbests.com/list/54692] |
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J'Accuse
by Abel Gance
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Within Our Gates
by Oscar Micheaux
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The Symbol of the Unconquered (1920)
by Oscar Micheaux
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Jewish Luck (Jidische Glickn; Evreiskoe schast’e)
by Alexis Granowsky
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Bed and Sofa (Tretya meshchanskaya)(A. Room, 1927) | ||
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The Passion of Joan of Arc - Criterion Collection
by Carl Theodor Dreyer
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White Shadows in the South Seas
by W.S. Van Dyke
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Luis Bunuel's L'Age d'Or | ||
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Westfront 1918 (1930)
by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
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M - Criterion Collection (Special Edition) | ||
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A Nous La Liberte - Criterion Collection
by René Clair
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The peach girl | ||
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Boudu Saved from Drowning - Criterion Collection
by Jean Renoir
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I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang
by Mervyn LeRoy
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Wild Boys of the Road
by William A. Wellman
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The Jolly Fellows (Vesyolye rebyata)(G. Aleksandrov, 1934) | ||
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King Vidor's Our Daily Bread | ||
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Black Fury (1935)
by Michael Curtiz
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Modern Times (2 Disc Special Edition) | ||
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Grand Illusion - Criterion Collection
by Jean Renoir
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Dead End
by William Wyler
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Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
by Anatole Litvak
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The Grapes of Wrath
by John Ford
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The Great Dictator (2 Disc Special Edition) | ||
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Citizen Kane
by Orson Welles
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How Green Was My Valley
by John Ford
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The Little Foxes
by William Wyler
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Rome, Open City (Roma, città aperta) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - France ]
by Roberto Rossellini
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The Best Years of Our Lives
by William Wyler
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The Blue Dahlia [Non-US Format, PAL, Region 2, Import] | ||
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Paisa (Roberto Rossellini)
by Roberto Rossellini
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Monsieur Verdoux
by Charles Chaplin
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Body and Soul
by Robert Rossen
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Bicycle Thieves (Criterion Collection)
by Vittorio De Sica
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The Big Clock (Universal Noir Collection)
by John Farrow
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La Terra Trema (The Earth Trembles) | ||
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Spring in a Small Town (Full Sub) | ||
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Germany Year Zero
by Roberto Rossellini
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The Third Man - Criterion Collection (2-Disc Edition) | ||
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Gun Crazy
by Joseph H. Lewis
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Thieves' Highway - Criterion Collection
by Jules Dassin
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The Set-Up
by Robert Wise
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All the King's Men
by Robert Rossen
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Champion
by Mark Robson
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Intruder in the Dust (1949)
by Clarence Brown
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Young And The Damned (Los Olvidados) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - France ]
by Luis Bunuel
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The Man in the White Suit
by Alexander Mackendrick
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High Noon (Collector's Edition)
by Fred Zinnemann
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The Life of Oharu (1952) (Import All Region)
by Kenji Mizoguchi
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Forbidden Games - Criterion Collection
by René Clément
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