Cinema is arguably the most powerful art form: it can move, inspire, enrage, and excite millions of people at once. A good filmmaker shapes reality however they want, magically capturing and bridging perspectives, amplifying new voices, and showcasing daring and compelling stories. That's how social change happens. You can read a headline and feel nothing, but when a movie puts you inside the head of a soldier, a refugee, or a cult leader, you can suddenly grasp reality with both hands.

There's a small group of films that, by portraying reality in a revolutionary way, have managed to not only change a few people's minds but the world at large. Cinema can change perspectives and ways of thinking for better and worse. These movies had such an impact that they provoked significant enough sh

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