Social problem films are mostly thought-provoking dramas about good people in dire circumstances. The characters are often working-class people and families who find themselves financially destitute through no fault of their own. In more intense cases, the protagonists are poverty stricken and must make painful choices in order to survive. Often occur during troubling times like famines, WWII, or the Great Depression. Sometimes associated with race relations (A Raisin in the Sun), labor unions (Norma Rae), or farmers (The Grapes of Wrath), but could include many other disenfranchised individuals or groups.

Featured Films:

Rating	MPAA	Year	Title
	R	2008	Elite Squad
	R	2008	Le Silence de Lorna
	PG13	2008	Skin
	R	2008	Sugar
	R	2008	Explicit Ills
	NR	2008	Disgrace
	R	2008	The Stoning of Soraya M.
	NR	2007	Where God Left His Shoes
	R	2007	Dark Matter
	R	2007	Trade
	R	2007	City of Men
	R	2006	Half Nelson
	R	2006	The Architect
		2006	Strike
	NR	2006	Offshore
		2006	3 Needles
	NR	2006	Bamako
	PG13	2005	Paradise Now
	R	2005	L'Enfant
	R	2005	North Country
		2005	Iron Island
	R	2005	Crash
		2004	Mirage
		2004	Family Portraits: A Trilogy of America
	R	2004	The Beautiful Country
	R	2004	Vera Drake
		2004	Viva Laldjérie
	R	2004	On the Outs
		2004	She's Too Young
	NR	2004	Moolaadé
	NR	2004	A Hole in My Heart
	R	2003	Citizen Verdict
	R	2003	Maria Full of Grace
	R	2003	Casa de los Babys
	PG13	2003	Runaway Jury
	R	2003	Jasper, Texas
		2003	Tasuma
	R	2002	Skins
	PG13	2002	Sunshine State
		2002	Black and White
		2002	Wasted
	R	2002	Mondays in the Sun
	R	2002	In This World
		2002	Beneath Clouds
		2002	The Son
	R	2002	The Gatekeeper
		2002	Bang, Bang, You're Dead
		2001	Concorrenza Sleale
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