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Edward Scissorhands (1990)

A manmade boy with scissors for hands finds a troublesome mixture of acceptance and rejection in the outside world. [ Edward Scissorhands credits: Dir: Tim Burton/ Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Vincent Price/ 100 min/ SciFi-Fantasy, Comedy, Romance/ Social Tolerance] This film is a wonderful cinematic fable with a kindhearted message about the treatment of … [Read more...]

Improper Conduct (1984)

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WINNER: 12TH INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS FESTIVAL WINNER: TOP 25 LIBERTARIAN DOCUMENTARIES Cuban refugees detail Castro’s persecution of “undesirables” in Improper Conduct. [Dir: Nestor Almendros, Orlando Jimenez Leal/ 112 min/ Documentary-Educational, Foreign Language/ France/ In Spanish with English subtitles/ Anti-Socialism, Sexual Liberty, Social Tolerance/ A.k.a. Conducta … [Read more...]

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)

ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE: BEST PICTURE The interracial marriage of a black man and a young white woman tests the boundaries of their parents’ enthusiasm for racial tolerance. [ Guess Who's Coming to Dinner credits: Dir: Stanley Kramer/ Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Sidney Poitier/ 108 min/ Drama/ Social Tolerance] Father: “I happen to believe -- I happen to know they … [Read more...]

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE: BEST PICTURE A small-town lawyer defends an innocent black man accused of rape. [ To Kill a Mockingbird credits: Dir: Robert Mulligan/ Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford/ 131 min/ Drama/ Social Tolerance] Social tolerance is the theme here, as events in a southern Depression-era town are used to show a young girl’s development of a … [Read more...]

Victim (1961)

Victim

WINNER: TOP 25 LIBERTARIAN FILMS When a young gay man in 1960s Britain commits suicide rather than face an inquiry regarding (then illegal) homosexual activity, a closeted bisexual barrister avenges his death and fights the law responsible for it. [ Victim credits: Dir: Basil Dearden/ Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Dennis Price / 100 min/ Drama, Thriller/ Britain/ Government as … [Read more...]

Harvey (1950)

WINNER: TOP 25 LIBERTARIAN FILMS A woman tries to have her eccentric brother institutionalized. [ Harvey credits: Dir: Henry Koster/ James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Peggy Dow, Charles Drake/ 104 min/ Comedy/ Psychiatry & Force, Social Tolerance] Elwood P. Dowd is a gentle, harmless person. He’s kind to all he meets and sees the good in everyone and everything. But … [Read more...]

Gentleman’s Agreement (1947)

ACADEMY AWARD WINNER: BEST PICTURE A journalist researches an article on anti-Semitism by pretending to be Jewish. [ Gentleman's Agreement credits: Dir: Elia Kazan/ Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, Celeste Holm/ 118 min/ Drama/ Social Tolerance] Nowadays social tolerance films are common fare, not to mention Oscar-bait, but long before there was Philadelphia or even To … [Read more...]

Intolerance (1916)

Intolerance

A series of short dramas, recounting instances of intolerance and abuse of power through the ages. [ Intolerance credits: Dir: D.W. Griffith/ Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Mae Marsh/ 177 min/ Drama-SILENT/ Social Tolerance] Note: the full documentary can typically be found online via YouTube or Google search. “Our play is made up of four separate stories, laid in … [Read more...]

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2018 Libertarian Films: Year in Review

In 2018, ten new libertarian films (six narrative films and four documentaries) were identified and are listed below. It’s noteworthy that many of these films were made on a shoestring budget and clawed their way up through sheer merit -- the declining cost of film technology combined with online distribution … Continue Reading

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This site is a collection of films and documentaries of particular interest to libertarians (and those interested in libertarianism). It began as a book, Miss Liberty’s Guide to Film: Movies for the Libertarian Millennium, where many of the recommended films were first reviewed. The current collection has grown to now more than double the number in that original list, and it’s growing still.

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