The best Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s movies

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

15/03/1933- 18/09/2020
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On the Basis of Sex

On the Basis of Sex
7.1/10
Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of sex discrimination.

Capitalism: A Love Story

Capitalism: A Love Story
7.4/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 06/09/2009
  • Character: Self (archive footage)
Michael Moore comes home to the issue he's been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Unitedstatians (and by default, the rest of the world).

Fahrenheit 9/11

Fahrenheit 9/11
7.5/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 25/06/2004
  • Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Michael Moore's view on how the Bush administration allegedly used the tragic events on 9/11 to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

RBG

RBG
7.6/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 04/05/2018
  • Character: Self
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg now 84, and still inspired by the lawyers who defended free speech during the Red Scare, Ginsburg refuses to relinquish her passionate duty, steadily fighting for equal rights for all citizens under the law. Through intimate interviews and unprecedented access to Ginsburg’s life outside the court, RBG tells the electric story of Ginsburg’s consuming love affairs with both the Constitution and her beloved husband Marty—and of a life’s work that led her to become an icon of justice in the highest court in the land.

Fahrenheit 11/9

Fahrenheit 11/9
7.2/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 10/09/2018
  • Character: Self (archive footage)
Michael Moore's provocative documentary explores the two most important questions of the Trump Era: How the fuck did we get here, and how the fuck do we get out?

Reversing Roe

Reversing Roe
7.5/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 01/09/2018
  • Character: Self (archive footage)
Documentary that delves deep into the history of abortion law, revealing the contradictory ways in which women's bodies have been used to further political and ideological agendas.

The Automat

The Automat
7.8/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 02/09/2021
  • Character: Self
The 100-year story of the iconic restaurant chain Horn & Hardart, the inspiration for Starbucks, where generations of Americans ate and drank coffee together at communal tables. From the perspective of former customers, we watch a business climb to its peak success and then grapple with fast food in a forever changed America.

Out of Many, One

Out of Many, One
5.8/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 12/12/2018
  • Character: Self
The U.S. has long offered a promise of opportunity to immigrants, but currently immigration has become a divisive issue. This documentary illustrates how an understanding of our history and democracy is essential to constructive debate, informed civic participation and shaping a new class of citizens.

Citizen Koch

Citizen Koch
6.7/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 20/01/2013
  • Character: Self (archive footage)
Wisconsin - birthplace of the Republican Party, government unions, cheeseheads and Paul Ryan - becomes a test market in the campaign to buy Democracy, and ground zero in the battle for the future of the GOP.

Remembering RBG: A Nation Ugly Cries

Remembering RBG: A Nation Ugly Cries
4.2/10
“Remembering RBG: A Nation Ugly Cries with Desi Lydic” follows Lydic on a journey through the five stages of grief—denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and… what's the opposite of the acceptance? —as she comes to terms with the passing of the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg and where to go from here.

My Name Is Pauli Murray

My Name Is Pauli Murray
7.1/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 17/09/2021
  • Character: Herself
Overlooked by history, Pauli Murray was a legal trailblazer whose ideas influenced RBG's fight for gender equality and Thurgood Marshall's landmark civil rights arguments. Featuring never-before-seen footage and audio recordings, a portrait of Murray's impact as a non-binary Black luminary: lawyer, activist, poet, and priest who transformed our world.

RUTH - Justice Ginsburg in her own Words

RUTH - Justice Ginsburg in her own Words
7.8/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 22/06/2019
  • Character: Self
How does some one with three strikes against her, rise to the highest court in the land, the U. S. Supreme Court?

Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg

Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg
7.4/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 10/07/2009
  • Character: Self
The story of the actor, writer and broadcasting pioneer, Gertrude Berg.

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