The Political Film Society Award for Democracy is given out each year by the Political Film Society to a film that promotes, educates, and raises the awareness level of the public in the specific areas of democracy and freedom. This award has been handed out by the Society since 1988. Depending on the number of movies that qualify, sometimes only one film is nominated for this award, but as many as seven have been nominated in years past.
The film that first won this award was The Milagro Beanfield War in 1988. The only other award nominated in 1988 against The Milagro Beanfield War was Stand and Deliver.
In the following list of nominees and winners of the Political Film Society Award for Democracy, the winners are indicated in bold.
1980s 1988 The Milagro Beanfield War Stand and Deliver 1989 Dead Poets Society
1990s 1990 Born on the Fourth of July 1991 City of Hope JFK 1992 Bob Roberts City of Joy Howards End The Power of One 1993 Indochine Dave The Secret Garden The Piano 1994 Rapa Nui 1995 Beyond Rangoon 1996 No films won Basquiat Dead Man Walking The People Vs. Larry Flynt 1997 Red Corner Rainmaker 1998 Four Days in September Enemy of the State Primary Colors The Siege The Truman Show Wag the Dog 1999 The Insider East of Hope Street Fight Club Naturally Native Three Kings
2000s 2000 Sunshine The Contender Human Resources The Hurricane It All Starts Today Steal This Movie! 2001 The Majestic Antitrust Bread and Roses Lumumba 2002 Y Tu Mamá También 24 Hour Party People Das Experiment Max Secret Ballot The Town Is Quiet Atlantis: The Lost Empire Bread and Roses Lumumba 2003 Shattered Glass Herod's Law Runaway Jury Sandstorm Veronica Guerin 2004 Silver City The Assassination of Richard Nixon Moolaadé The Motorcycle Diaries 2005 Machuca Downfall 2006 Sophie Scholl: The Final Days Cautiva Death of a President The Listening 2007 Amazing Grace September Dawn Shooter 2008 Milk Changeling Flash of Genius Nothing But the Truth 2009 Invictus
2010s 2010 Blood Done Sign My Name Formosa Betrayed Princess Ka`iulani 2011 The Lady Amigo Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within Of Gods and Men Man of the Year 2012 Lincoln Promised Land 2013 Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Capital 2014 Cesar Chavez Free the Nipple Kill the Messenger 2015 Jimmy's Hall Straight Outta Compton The 33 Timbuktu 2017 A United Kingdom Bitter Harvest The Post Tickling Giants 2019 The Report Official Secrets 2020s 2020 Irresistible 2021 Hive 2022 Argentina, 1985 2023 Aurora's Sunrise 2024 Kidnapped 2025 An Officer and a Spy Lilly No Other Land
See also Political Film Society Award for Exposé Political Film Society Award for Human Rights Political Film Society Award for Peace
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