Movies and TvShows featuring "eminent-domain" theme.

Leviathan is a movie set in a small fishing village in Russia. The plot revolves around a car mechanic who stands up against political corruption and an evil politician. The story explores themes of government corruption, legal battles, and the influence of the Orthodox Church. The mechanic's life takes a downward spiral as he battles against a corrupt system and faces personal tragedies like alcoholism and an unhappy marriage.

In Wild River, a family in Tennessee deals with loss and challenges during the 1930s. The story revolves around a mother-daughter relationship, a river-crossing, and a land dispute. As they face the hardships of the time, the characters navigate race relations, individualism, and their own fears. The film explores themes of love, hope, and the impacts of progress and tragedy.

In the post-Civil War era, a man heads to a small town in hopes of finding a buried treasure. However, his ulterior motive soon becomes clear as he gets involved in a series of comedic and chaotic situations, including a bank robbery, a double-cross, and a forced marriage. Along the way, he experiences a sexual awakening and learns about the power of trust and love.

When a firefighter and a city council member clash over the fate of a special Christmas tree, they find themselves falling in love and rediscovering the true spirit of the season.

Sunshine State is a drama and romance movie set in Florida. The story revolves around various characters and their lives in a small beach community. It explores themes of real estate development, scandal, hope, and relationships.

After being caught in a snowstorm, a corporate executive finds herself in an alternate reality where she must confront her past and decide what truly matters to her.

A documentary that chronicles the story of a group of local residents in Aberdeenshire, Scotland who confront and resist the construction of a golf course by real estate developer Donald Trump. The film explores themes of property disputes, ecological concerns, abuse of power, and social injustice.

A nurse in a close-knit community battles against a powerful corporation and political corruption when her neighborhood is threatened by eminent domain abuse. Based on a true story.

Uninspired and newly single painter Sara is down on her luck and wants nothing more than to get away from her problems. When she decides to take a trip to visit her mom, she becomes involved in the efforts to save a local church which is in danger of closing down.

A Vietnam veteran has to fight peacefully with words once more when the Air Force wants to expropriate his ranch for the construction of an air base.

Hickspoiltation film from the early 1970s ostensibly starring Oscar nominee Mercedes McCambridge, but really more a film looking for an excuse to show off Simone Griffeth's beauty. She plays a daughter of a swamp family. The whole family goes to a carnival where she is seduced by an older male performer, while her teen brother is seduced by an older female performer.

Mark and Dan Jury document the gradual demise of a community nestled within the Cuyahoga National Recreation Area between Akron and Cleveland, Ohio, as the National Park Service works to acquire the land of ~500 residents in order to establish a National Park. After initially being told only a handful of houses would be taken, residents are shocked by hundreds of homes and businesses being bought up, boarded up, and posted No Trespassing - and by the homes of the politically connected being spared. Significant portions of this film appeared in the PBS FRONTLINE episode For the Good of All.

The Pruitt-Igoe Myth (2011) is a documentary film that tells the story of the Pruitt-Igoe housing development in St. Louis, Missouri. It examines the factors that contributed to its decline, such as deindustrialization, structural racism, and urban planning. The film sheds light on the impact of public policy and business interests on the lives of the residents, and explores the themes of poverty, segregation, and displacement.

An intimate look at the very public and passionate fight waged by residents and business owners of Brooklyn’s historic Prospect Heights neighborhood facing condemnation of their property to make way for the polarizing Atlantic Yards project, a massive plan to build 16 skyscrapers and a basketball arena for the New Jersey Nets.

A comedy about an unemployed widower who heads to Florida with his children for a vacation on a houseboat. When he gets there there is no houseboat

Comedy - The hypocrisy lurking behind politics and small-town life is revealed in this sharp, hilarious satire that finds Centerville shaking up its mayoral election by forcing the candidates to participate in an "Election Pageant." Seven eccentric, competitive locals run for office despite their many flaws, and during the pageant, show off their skills at baby kissing, photo ops, handshaking and other skills needed by a savvy politician. - Jerry Springer, Kevin McClatchy, Doug Kusak

A gun toting 83-year old woman refuses to sell her house to the power plant next door but the plant has moved ahead their 20 million dollar deal to buy out most of Cheshire and bulldoze all the homes.

Throughout the 1950s and into the 1960s the communities of Cannonsville, Granton, Rock Rift, Rock Royal, Johnny Brook and Beerston, NY were destroyed to make way for the Cannonsville Reservoir. The reservoir would serve as the last piece of New York City’s growing water infrastructure in a battle of upstate versus downstate. 60 years after vacating or moving their homes, former residents gather at their annual town reunion to reflect and reminisce on their memories and the collective trauma that they share.

A discussion of the economic and political ideas presented in the book "The Incredible Bread Machine".