Films about discrimination

1957 American film by Sidney Lumet

Gattaca is a 1997 American dystopian science fiction film written and directed by Andrew Niccol in his feature directorial debut. It stars Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman with Jude Law, Loren Dean, Ernest Borgnine, Gore Vidal, and Alan Arkin appearing in supporting roles. The film presents a future society driven by eugenics where children are conceived through genetic selection to ensure they possess the best hereditary traits of their parents. The principal character, Vincent Freeman, played by Hawke, was conceived outside the eugenics program and struggles to overcome genetic discrimination to

Wicked is a 2024 American musical fantasy film directed by Jon M. Chu and written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox. It adapts the first act of the 2003 stage musical by Stephen Schwartz and Holzman, which was loosely based on Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel, a re-imagining of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 film adaptation. Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande star as Elphaba Thropp and Glinda Upland, respectively; while Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Yeoh, and Jeff Goldblum appear in supporting roles. Set in the Land of Oz before the events of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the film explores the early relationship between Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West, and her schoolmate Galinda, who becomes Glinda the Good.

2023 film directed by Paul King

2015 film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos

1955 film by Douglas Sirk

1997 film directed by Dennis Dugan

2015 film directed by Aaron Hann and Mario Miscione

2023 film directed by Ava DuVernay

Aarakshan () is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language political drama film directed by Prakash Jha. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Manoj Bajpayee, Deepika Padukone, and Prateik Babbar. It is based on the policy of caste based reservations in Indian government jobs and educational institutions. The film was released on 12 August 2011 and received mixed reviews from critics.

South Korean animated web series

2023 film directed by Rohit Dhawan

1941 German film by Gustav Ucicky

1905 American film by Edwin Stanton Porter

1999 film by Murali Nair

2020 film

2019 film by Hideki Takeuchi

Jeʹvida is a 2023 Finnish Skolt Sámi–language drama film written and directed by Katja Gauriloff. The film describes the life of a Skolt Sámi woman called Jeʹvida during the period when her people were being forcibly assimilated into Finnish society, while following the life of Jeʹvida in three different periods.

2014 Tamil film directed by M. Manikandan

2007 film

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