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Social realism in cinema

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Young Mothers
V.O.: Jeunes mères
Bel. 2025. Social drama by Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne with Babette Verbeek, Elsa Houben, Janaina Halloy Fokan. Four teenage girls are staying in a house that helps them adjust to their lives as young mothers.
Runtime: 105 min.
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Urchin
G.-B. 2025. Mores drama by Harris Dickinson with Frank Dillane, Megan Northam, Karyna Khymchuk. Upon his release from prison, a homeless man attempts to get his life back on track.
Runtime: 99 min.
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Temporaries
V.O.: Richelieu
Can. 2023. Social drama by Pier-Philippe Chevigny with Ariane Castellanos, Marc-André Grondin, Nelson Coronado. In a food processing plant, a Spanish-Quebec translator defends Guatemalan workers exploited by their boss.
Runtime: 90 min.
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Playground
V.O.: Un Monde
Bel. 2021. Drama by Laura Wandel with Maya Vanderbeque, Günter Duret, Karim Leklou. A little girl makes things worse by standing up for her older brother who is being bullied at their elementary school.
Runtime: 72 min.
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Nomadland
U.S. 2020. Drama by Chloé Zhao with Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May. Unemployed since her mining touch shut down, a widow adopts a nomadic lifestyle, travelling the country in her van.
Runtime: 108 min.
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Les Misérables
Fr. 2019. Social drama by Ladj Ly with Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti, Djibril Zonga. A police officer’s first day in a poor suburb is marked by a dramatic incident that could jeopardize the careers of his corrupt colleagues.
Runtime: 105 min.
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Shoplifters
V.O.: Manbiki Kazoku
Jap. 2018. Mores drama by Hirokazu Kore-eda with Lily Franky, Sakura Ando, Kairi Jyo. A strange family of shoplifters takes into their miserable a little girl abused by her parents.
Runtime: 121 min.
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The Florida Project
U.S. 2017. Dramatic comedy by Sean Baker with Brooklynn Prince, Willem Dafoe, Bria Vinaite. In a seedy motel on the outskirts of Disney World, a six-year-old girl, left to fend for herself by her delinquent mother, spends her summer getting into trouble with her friends.
Runtime: 116 min.
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Moonlight
U.S. 2016. Mores drama by Barry Jenkins with Alex Hibbert, Ashton Sanders, Trevante Rhodes. From childhood to adulthood, the trials and tribulations of the son of a single Miami drug addict, whose destiny was derailed as a teenager by a betrayal in love.
Runtime: 111 min.
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Bande de filles
Fr. 2014. Social drama by Céline Sciamma with Karidja Touré, Assa Sylla, Lindsay Karamoh. A teenage girl who has just been banned from high school because of her poor grades gets emancipated by a group of loud-mouthed girls.
Runtime: 112 min.
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Short Term 12
U.S. 2013. Drama by Destin Daniel Cretton with Brie Larson, John Gallagher Jr., Kaitlyn Dever. The young director of a home for troubled teens identifies with a new resident who has experienced tragedies similar to her own.
Runtime: 96 min.
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Fish Tank
G.-B. 2009. Drama by Andrea Arnold with Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender, Kierston Wareing. In a working-class English suburb, a rebellious teenager is tamed by her mother's new lover.
Runtime: 123 min.
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4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days
V.O.: 4 luni, 3 saptamini si 2 zile
Roum. 2007. Social drama by Cristian Mungiu with Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov. In 1987 in Romania, the trying day of a student who helps her friend get a clandestine abortion.
Runtime: 113 min.
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Wendy and Lucy
U.S. 2008. Psychological drama by Kelly Reichardt with Michelle Williams, Wally Dalton, Will Patton. On her way to Alaska, a young woman’s car breaks down while her dog gets lost in a small town in Oregon, forcing her to extend her stay there.
Runtime: 80 min.
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Vera Drake
G.-B. 2004. Social drama by Mike Leigh with Imelda Staunton, Phil Davis, Peter Wight. In 1950, in a working-class area of London, a devoted mother is arrested for performing illegal abortions.
Runtime: 125 min.
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Dirty Pretty Things
G.-B. 2002. Drama by Stephen Frears with Chiwetel Ejiofor, Audrey Tautou, Sergi Lopez. In London, two illegal immigrants working in a hotel discover that their boss is running a black market of human organs.
Runtime: 97 min.
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All or Nothing
G.-B. 2002. Social drama by Mike Leigh with Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Alison Garland. During a weekend, the tribulations of three families living in a council flat in a working class area of London.
Runtime: 128 min.
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Sweet Sixteen
G.-B. 2002. Mores drama by Ken Loach with Martin Compston, William Ruane, Annmarie Fulton. A young dropout becomes a heroin dealer in hopes of providing a comfortable life for his mother who is soon to be released from prison.
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Rosetta
Bel. 1999. Social drama by Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne with Émilie Dequenne, Fabrizio Rongione, Anne Yernaux. The teenage daughter of an irresponsible alcoholic will do anything to get a job and a normal life.
Runtime: 95 min.
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American History X
U.S. 1998. Social drama by Tony Kaye with Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Fairuza Balk. After his release from prison, a repentant former skinhead strives to show his younger brother the right path.
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Stranger Than Paradise
U.S. 1984. Mores comedy by Jim Jarmusch with John Lurie, Eszter Balint, Richard Edson. Accompanied by a friend, a Hungarian emigrant invites his cousin to join them on a trip to Florida.
Runtime: 89 min.
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Kes
G.-B. 1969. Psychological drama by Ken Loach with David Bradley, Lynne Perrie, Colin Welland. A young boy spends his free time raising a hawk that he found in a field.
Runtime: 113 min.
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Mouchette
Fr. 1967. Psychological drama by Robert Bresson with Nadine Nortier, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Marie Cardinal. A taciturn and unhappy teenager suffers various abuses and vexations from the adults around her.
Runtime: 99 min.
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A Taste of Honey
G.-B. 1961. Sentimental drama by Tony Richardson with Rita Tushingham, Dora Bryan, Murray Melvin. Abandoned by a fickle mother, a teenager has an affair with a sailor.
Runtime: 101 min.
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The Bicycle Thief
V.O.: Ladri di biciclette
It. 1948. Social drama by Vittorio De Sica with Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carrel. A family man has his bicycle stolen, which he needs for work.
Runtime: 89 min.
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