Deaf President Now!

2025

English

8.0

♡ 1

100%

1980s

american sign language (asl)

deaf

Documentary

student protest

Davis Guggenheim Director

David Michael Lewin as Custodian

Leland Orser as Greg

Paul Adelstein as Jerry

Tim Blake Nelson as Tim

Discover the story of the greatest civil rights movement most people have never heard about. During eight tumultuous days in 1988 at the world's only Deaf university, four students must find a way to lead a revolution—and change the course of history.

A Film Like Any Other

1968

French

5.4

♡ 2

38%

car factory

Drama

student protest

Jean-Luc Godard Director

An analysis of the social upheaval of May 1968, made in the immediate wake of the workers’ and students’ protests. The picture consists of two parts, each with with identical image tracks, and differing narration.

Dry Lake

1960

Japanese

6.8

♡ 3

Action

Drama

student protest

Masahiro Shinoda Director

Reiko Minakami as

Sadako Sawamura as Aki Katsura

Hizuru Takachiho as Fumie Sono

Kayoko Honoo as Setsuko Kitamura

A reckless student contemplates terrorism in a prescient film that confirmed Shinoda as a fearless member of Shochiku's iconoclastic New Wave. At the height of student protests, Shimojo takes his aggressions to another level, beset by seemingly insoluble feelings of alienation.

Hurdang

2022

Hindi

5.3

♡ 4

Nikhil Bhat Director

Jayesh Pathak as Daddu's Friend 4

Sunny Kaushal as Daddu Thakur

Nushrat Bharucha as Jhullan

Vijay Varma as Loha Singh

In the 1990s' Allahabad, a brash college student gets drawn into an uproar surrounding a critical bill that will affect India's education system.

No Regrets for Our Youth

1946

Japanese

7.1

♡ 14

100%

Akira Kurosawa Director

Akitake Kôno as Itokawa

Eiko Miyoshi as Madame Yagihara, the prodessor's wife

Kokuten Kôdô as Mr. Noge, Ryukichi's father

Setsuko Hara as Yukie Yagihara

After her anti-fascist professor father is dismissed, Yukie navigates love, political repression, and wartime upheaval—ultimately forging her own path in pre- and post-WWII Japan.

A Night of Knowing Nothing

2021

Bangla

7.3

♡ 1

96%

Payal Kapadia Director

Bhumisuta Das as L.'s Letters Reader

L, a student in India witness to the government's violent response to university protests, writes letters to her estranged lover while he is away.

Peppermint Candy

1999

Korean

♡ 18

86%

Chang-dong Lee Director

Woo-hyeok Jeong as Corporal Park

Jung Suh as Miss Lee

Se-beom Park as Shinkwang man

Kyung-gu Sol as Yongho

In the spring of 1999, a group of old friends gather to celebrate their 20 year reunion. Among the group is Yeong-ho, a cold, unhappy man, whose demeanor puts a damper on the festivities. The seriousness of Yeong-ho's depression becomes apparent when he climbs a railroad bridge and looks like he might jump. At this crucial moment, memories of seven crucial episodes from Yeong-ho's past flood his mind.

1987: When the Day Comes

2017

Korean

7.7

♡ 33

82%

military dictatorship

Joon-Hwan Jang Director

Kim Yun-Seok as Park Cheo-Won Na Chul

Na Chul as Public Security Office Investigator

Lee Hee-Jun as Reporter Yoon Sang-Sam

Tae-ri Kim as Yeon-Hee

In 1987 Korea, under an oppressive military regime, a college student gets killed during a police interrogation involving torture. Government of officials are quick to cover up the death and order the body to be cremated. A prosecutor who is supposed to sign the cremation release, raises questions about a 21-year-old kid dying of a heart attack, and he begins looking into the case for truth. Despite a systematic attempt to silence everyone involved in the case, the truth gets out, causing an eruption of public outrage.

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Deaf President Now!

A Film Like Any Other

Dry Lake

Hurdang

No Regrets for Our Youth

A Night of Knowing Nothing

Peppermint Candy

1987: When the Day Comes