These are 10 films that I believe if watched by the majority of US citizens there would be demands of impeachment, a push to pull out of Afghanistan/Iraq and a complete shift in thought or at the very least some questioning of the government.
Ever had a sneaking suspicion that there’s another world, a secret world, hidden just out of sight of this one? Good news: There totally is! Bad news: There’s a reason they’re hiding that secret world from you …
It’s also amazing to me how few people have seen most of these films even the “popular” ones.
1) Why We Fight
Genre: Documentary / History
Tagline: It is nowhere written that the American empire goes on forever.
Plot Outline: Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki’s shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions.
IMDB – www.imdb.com/title/tt0436971/
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2) The Fog of War
Genre: Documentary / Biography
Plot Outline: A film about the former US Secretary of Defence and the various difficult lessons he learned about the nature and conduct of modern war.
IMDB – www.imdb.com/title/tt0317910/
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3) The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream
Genre: Documentary
Tagline: We’re literally stuck up a cul-de-sac in a cement SUV without a fill-up
Plot Summary: Since World War II North Americans have invested much of their newfound wealth in suburbia. It has promised a sense of space…
IMDB – www.imdb.com/title/tt0446320/
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4) America: From Freedom to Fascism
Genre: Documentary
Plot Outline: A documentary that explores the connection between income tax collection and the erosion of civil liberties in America.
IMDB – www.imdb.com/title/tt0772153/
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5) Loose Change
Genre: Documentary (more)
Plot Outline: An exploration of the viewpoint that the September 11, 2001 attacks were planned by the United States government.
IMDB – www.imdb.com/title/tt0831315/
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6) 1984
Genre: Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Tagline: George Orwell’s Terrifying Vision Comes To The Screen.
Plot Outline: George Orwell’s novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
IMDB – www.imdb.com/title/tt0087803/
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7) V for Vendetta
Genre: Action / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Tagline: Remember, remember the 5th of November.
Plot Outline: A shadowy freedom fighter known only as “V” uses terrorist tactics to fight against his totalitarian society. Upon rescuing a girl from the secret police, he also finds his best chance at having an ally.
IMDB – www.imdb.com/title/tt0434409/
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8) An An Inconvenient Truth
Genre: Documentary (more)
Tagline: A Global Warning (more)
Plot Outline: A documentary on Al Gore’s campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.
IMDB – www.imdb.com/title/tt0497116
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9) Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers
Genre: Documentary
IMDB – www.imdb.com/title/tt0815181/
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10) The Corporation
Genre: Documentary / History
Plot Outline: Documentary that looks at the concept of the corporation throughout recent history up to its present-day dominance.
IMDB – www.imdb.com/title/tt0379225/
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Source: Pakalert Press