Debate Movies

  • 1930
    Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln

    5.41930HD

    A biopic dramatizing Abraham Lincoln's life through a series of vignettes depicting its defining chapters: his romance with Ann Rutledge; his early...

    Abraham Lincoln
  • 2011
    The Rum Diary

    The Rum Diary

    The Rum Diary

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    Tired of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, itinerant journalist Paul Kemp travels to the...

    The Rum Diary
  • 1986
    The Disputation

    The Disputation

    The Disputation

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    In 1263, King James I of Aragon organizes a debate between representatives of Judaism and Christianity regarding whether or not Jesus was the Messiah.

    The Disputation
  • 1979
    Town Bloody Hall

    Town Bloody Hall

    Town Bloody Hall

    5.7781979HD

    Norman Mailer and a panel of feminists — Jacqueline Ceballos, Germaine Greer, Jill Johnston, and Diana Trilling — debate the issue of...

    Town Bloody Hall
  • 2017
    Punyalan Private Limited

    Punyalan Private Limited

    Punyalan Private Limited

    6.62017HD

    A budding entrepreneur fights social injustice in his bid to establish his new business.

    Punyalan Private Limited
  • 1942
    The Talk of the Town

    The Talk of the Town

    The Talk of the Town

    7.2811942HD

    Hilarity ensues when a falsely accused fugitive from justice hides at the house of his childhood friend, which she has recently rented to a...

    The Talk of the Town
  • 1995
    Spin

    Spin

    Spin

    7.2631995HD

    Pirated satellite feeds revealing U.S. media personalities’ contempt for their viewers come full circle in Spin. TV out-takes appropriated from...

    Spin
  • 2014
    Discipline

    Discipline

    Discipline

    6.82014HD

    In a moment of anger in a grocery store in Lausanne, a father loses patience and disciplines his disobedient child. A shocked customer immediately...

    Discipline
  • 2019
    1944: Should We Bomb Auschwitz?

    1944: Should We Bomb Auschwitz?

    1944: Should We Bomb Auschwitz?

    7.52019HD

    In 1944, two prisoners miraculously escaped from Auschwitz. They told the world of the horror of the Holocaust and raised one of the greatest moral...

    1944: Should We Bomb Auschwitz?
  • 2008
    God on Trial

    God on Trial

    God on Trial

    6.8282008HD

    In the Jewish tradition of arguing with God, Jewish prisoners in Auschwitz decide to put God on Trial.

    God on Trial
  • 2006
    Right!

    Right!

    Right!

    02006HD

    There are people who think it is more important to choose a philosophical side or team and to stick to its fundamentals, rather than allow free...

    Right!
  • 1983
    Gramps Is in the Resistance

    Gramps Is in the Resistance

    Gramps Is in the Resistance

    6.8641983HD

    It is 1943 in Paris. Like so many others, the Bourbelle family's home has been taken over by the Germans and they now live in their cellar. Little do...

    Gramps Is in the Resistance
  • 2007
    The Lost Tomb Of Jesus: A Critical Look

    The Lost Tomb Of Jesus: A Critical Look

    The Lost Tomb Of Jesus: A Critical Look

    02007HD

    Following the March 4, 2007, airing of The Lost Tomb of Jesus on the Discovery Channel, American journalist Ted Koppel aired a program entitled The...

    The Lost Tomb Of Jesus: A Critical Look
  • 1961
    Léon Morin, Priest

    Léon Morin, Priest

    Léon Morin, Priest

    71961HD

    Barny, although a Marxist, is intrigued by the mysteries of religion. In confession, she teases a priest, Léon Morin, but he is a young and...

    Léon Morin, Priest
  • 2015
    Best of Enemies

    Best of Enemies

    Best of Enemies

    7.1812015HD

    A documentary about the legendary series of nationally televised debates in 1968 between two great public intellectuals, the liberal Gore Vidal and...

    Best of Enemies
  • 1971
    The Chomsky - Foucault Debate: On Human Nature

    The Chomsky - Foucault Debate: On Human Nature

    The Chomsky - Foucault Debate: On Human Nature

    7.51971HD

    The Chomsky–Foucault debate was a debate about human nature, between Noam Chomsky and Michel Foucault in the Netherlands, in November 1971....

    The Chomsky - Foucault Debate: On Human Nature
  • 2004
    Debating Robert Lee

    Debating Robert Lee

    Debating Robert Lee

    6.32004HD

    A group of jaded high school students sign up for a debate class taught by a tough, combative teacher from the Georgia Military Academy who teaches...

    Debating Robert Lee
  • 2021
    Thus Began Antoine's Down-Going

    Thus Began Antoine's Down-Going

    Thus Began Antoine's Down-Going

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    Antoine - a grieving loner - spends his days in a cafe on Place Clichy watching people. Every day, he sees a woman he calls Albertine get out of the...

    Thus Began Antoine's Down-Going
  • 2019
    What Is a Good Tax?

    What Is a Good Tax?

    What Is a Good Tax?

    62019HD

    Too high, misused, unfair... a large part of the French and Europeans criticize taxes. From tax-rascal to tax revolt, the movement of yellow vests in...

    What Is a Good Tax?
  • 1999
    Human, All Too Human

    Human, All Too Human

    Human, All Too Human

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    European philosophers: Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger and Jean-Paul Sartre. The theme revolves heavily around the school of philosophical...

    Human, All Too Human