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Movies can have considerable impact in forming our perceptions of purpose, identity and reality. The video rental and sales business has provided an excellent opportunity for anyone interested in this highly dynamic media to explore and revisit movies that have contributed to the diversity of our culture. Each movie title in the list below is a link to information about and reviews of that movie posted on amazon.com. I encourage anyone involved with education to start a list (and possibly a collection) of movies they believe are worth discussing.
I like the DVD format better than VHS because of the additional related material included on each DVD and because DVDs are smaller and I can view them on my laptop computer. Good basic information about current movies not yet released on DVD can be found at ScreenIt.Com
PLEASE NOTE: As of January 2009, this list is way out of date. There are LOTS of good movies I would like to add to this list and I will be updating it as soon as I can find a bit more time.
Other good sites with information about movies include:
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- 2006 - An Inconvenient Truth - This is a MUST SEE movie (ASAP).
Follow this link to see what critics and others have said.
- 2006 - Who Killed the Electric Car - Another MUST SEE movie.
Follow this link to see what critics and others have said.
- 2006 - Peaceful Warrior
- 2005 - Although there were a number of good movies released in 2005, I haven't yet seen any of them. When I do, I'll list the ones I believe to be particularly noteworthy here.
- 2004 - Million Dollar Baby
- 2004 - Sideways
- 2004 - Ray
- 2004 - What the Bleep Do We Know
- 2004 - Touching the Void
- 2004 - Garden State
- 2004 - Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring
- 2004 - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- 2004 - Osama
- 2004 - Maria Full of Grace
- 2004 - Fahrenheit 911
- 2004 - The Day After Tomorrow
- 2004 - Man on Fire
- 2003 - The Last Samuri
- 2003 - Lost in Translation
- 2003 - The Station Agent
- 2003 - The Human Stain
- 2003 - Mystic River
- 2003 - Something's Gotta Give
- 2003 - Elephant
- 2003 - Sylvia
- 2003 - Adaptation
- 2003 - Swimming Pool
- 2003 - Chicago
- 2003 - Myaster and Commander
- 2003 - Angels in America
- 2003 - Six Feet Under (second season)
- 2002 - About Schmidt
- 2002 - Frida
- 2002 - The Pianist
- 2002 - The Hours
- 2002 - My Big Fat Greek Wedding
- 2002 - The Emperor's Club
- 2002 - The Quiet American
- 2002 - Naqoygatsi
- 2002 - Six Feet Under (first season)
- 2001 - A Beautiful Mind
- 2001 - Iris
- 2001 - Donnie Darko
- 2001 - In the Bedroom
- 2001 - A.I. Artificial Intelligence
- 2001 - Vanilla Sky
- 2001 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
- 2001 - The Lord of the Rings
- 2000 - Chocolat
- 2000 - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- 2000 - Erin Brockovich
- 2000 - Almost Famous
- 2000 - Pay it Forward
- 2000 - Cast Away
- 2000 - Traffic
- 1999 - The Matrix
- 1999 - Being John Malkovich
- 1999 - The Green Mile
- 1999 - American Beauty
- 1999 - Eyes Wide Shut
- 1999 - Star Wars
- 1998 - What Dreams May Come
- 1998 - There's Something About Mary
- 1998 - Shakespeare in Love
- 1998 - Pleasantville
- 1998 - The Truman Show
- 1998 - The Red Violin
- 1998 - Simon Birch
- 1998 - Saving Private Ryan
- 1997 - As Good As It Gets
- 1997 - Men in Black
- 1997 - Contact
- 1997 - Good Will Hunting
- 1997 - The Wings of the Dove
- 1997 - Life is Beautiful
- 1997 - Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
- 1997 - The Full Monty
- 1997 - Titanic
- 1996 - Courage Under Fire
- 1996 - The English Patient
- 1996 - Breaking the Waves
- 1996 - Fargo
- 1996 - Angels and Insects
- 1996 - Shine
- 1995 - Sense and Sensibility
- 1995 - Leaving Las Vegas
- 1995 - Dead Man Walking
- 1995 - Braveheart
- 1995 - Apollo 13
- 1995 - Mr. Holland's Opus
- 1995 - Wallace and Gromit (animation shorts)
- 1994 - Immortal Beloved
- 1994 - The Shawshank Redemption
- 1994 - Four Weddings and a Funeral
- 1994 - Forrest Gump
- 1994 - The Shadow
- 1994 - The Mask
- 1994 - Pulp Fiction
- 1993 - The Piano
- 1993 - Schindler's List
- 1993 - Like Water for Chocolate
- 1993 - The Secret Garden
- 1993 - Remains of the Day
- 1993 - M Butterfly
- 1993 - Philadelphia
- 1992 - Scent of a Woman
- 1992 - The Unforgiven
- 1992 - Basic Instinct
- 1992 - A River Runs Through It
- 1992 - Howards End
- 1992 - The Crying Game
- 1992 - Hoffa
- 1991 - Grand Canyon
- 1991 - The Silence of the Lambs
- 1991 - Fried Green Tomatoes
- 1991 - La Femme Nikita
- 1991 - Thelma & Louise
- 1990 - Henry & June
- 1990 - Dances With Wolves
- 1990 - Memphis Belle
- 1990 - Edward Scissorhands
- 1990 - Ghost
- 1989 - Dead Poets Society
- 1989 - When Harry Met Sally
- 1989 - My Left Foot
- 1989 - Driving Miss Daisy
- 1989 - Do the Right Thing
- 1989 - sex, lies, and videotape
- 1989 - Born on the Fourth of July
- 1988 - Stand and Deliver
- 1988 - The Unbearable Lightness of Being
- 1988 - The Last Temptation of Christ
- 1988 - A Fish Called Wanda
- 1988 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- 1987 - Fatal Attraction
- 1987 - Angel Heart
- 1987 - Empire of the Sun
- 1987 - Full Metal Jacket
- 1987 - Dirty Dancing
- 1986 - Children of a Lesser God
- 1986 - Little Shop of Horrors
- 1986 - Blue Velvet
- 1986 - Crocodile Dundee
- 1986 - The Mission
- 1986 - Platoon
- 1986 - Top Gun
- 1986 - The Clan of the Cave Bear
- 1985 - The Color Purple
- 1985 - Mask
- 1985 - Cacoon
- 1985 - Kiss of the Spider Woman
- 1985 - Out of Africa
- 1984 - Amadeus
- 1984 - The Killing Fields
- 1984 - Under the Volcano
- 1984 - The Karate Kid
- 1984 - The Terminator
- 1983 - The Right Stuff
- 1983 - Flashdance
- 1983 - Terms of Endearment
- 1983 - Star 80
- 1983 - Silkwood
- 1983 - The Year of Living Dangerously
- 1982 - Gandhi
- 1982 - Sophie's Choice
- 1982 - Tootsie
- 1982 - Eating Raoul
- 1982 - Summer Lovers
- 1982 - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
- 1982 - Cat People
- 1982 - Das Boot
- 1982 - The Road Warrior
- 1982 - Blade Runner
- 1981 - The French Lieutenant's Woman
- 1981 - Chariots of Fire
- 1981 - On Golden Pond
- 1981 - Mommie Dearest
- 1981 - Atlantic City
- 1981 - Reds
- 1981 - Gallipoli
- 1980 - Urban Cowboy
- 1980 - The Tin Drum
- 1980 - Somewhere in Time
- 1980 - Ordinary People
- 1980 - The Elephant Man
- 1980 - Raging Bull
- 1980 - The Stunt Man
- 1979 - The Great Santini
- 1979 - Being There
- 1979 - Apocalypse Now
- 1979 - The Electric Horseman
- 1979 - Norma Rae
- 1979 - Kramer Vs. Kramer
- 1979 - All That Jazz
- 1979 - Escape From Alcatraz
- 1978 - The Deer Hunter
- 1978 - Coming Home
- 1978 - Same Time Next Year
- 1978 - An Unmarried Woman
- 1978 - The Duellists
- 1978 - Midnight Express
- 1977 - Annie Hall
- 1977 - Star Wars
- 1977 - Looking for Mr. Goodbar
- 1977 - Turning Point
- 1976 - The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea
- 1976 - Taxi Driver
- 1976 - All the President's Men
- 1976 - Rocky
- 1976 - Network
- 1976 - Marathon Man
- 1976 - Logan's Run
- 1975 - Rocky Horror Picture Show
- 1975 - Lisztomania
- 1975 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- 1975 - The Stepford Wives
- 1975 - Tommy
- 1975 - Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- 1974 - Mahler
- 1974 - The Night Porter
- 1974 - Blazing Saddles
- 1974 - Young Frankenstein
- 1974 - Lenny
- 1974 - Zardoz
- 1974 - Death Wish
- 1973 - The Magic Flute
- 1973 - Jesus Christ Superstar
- 1973 - Last Tango in Paris
- 1973 - American Graffiti
- 1973 - The Exorcist
- 1973 - The Day of the Jackal
- 1973 - Papillon
- 1973 - Soylent Green
- 1972 - Cries and Whispers
- 1972 - The Godfather
- 1972 - Deliverance
- 1972 - Clockwork Orange
- 1972 - Cabaret
- 1971 - Summer of 42
- 1971 - Harold and Maude
- 1971 - The Devils
- 1971 - Dirty Harry
- 1971 - Play Misty for Me
- 1971 - Billy Jack
- 1971 - The Andromeda Strain
- 1970 - The Music Lovers
- 1970 - Women in Love
- 1970 - Five Easy Pieces
- 1970 - Little Big Man
- 1970 - Catch 22
- 1970 - Patton
- 1969 - Easy Rider
- 1969 - Alice's Restaurant
- 1969 - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- 1969 - Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
- 1969 - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
- 1969 - The Wild Bunch
- 1969 - They Shoot Horses Don't They?
- 1969 - Midnight Cowboy
- 1968 - 2001: A Space Odyssey
- 1968 - Yellow Submarine
- 1968 - Rosemary's Baby
- 1968 - Planet of the Apes
- 1967 - King of Hearts
- 1967 - The Graduate
- 1967 - Cool Hand Luke
- 1967 - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
- 1967 - Bonnie and Clyde
- 1966 - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
- 1966 - Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
- 1966 - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
- 1966 - A Man for All Seasons
- 1965 - Dr. Zhivago
- 1965 - The Beatles - Help!
- 1965 - The Sound of Music
- 1965 - For a Few Dollars More
- 1964 - Dr. Strangelove
- 1964 - Zorba the Greek
- 1964 - My Fair Lady
- 1964 - Mary Poppins
- 1964 - Fistful of Dollars
- 1964 - Goldfinger
- 1963 - The Birds
- 1963 - Lord of the Flies
- 1963 - Days of Wine and Roses
- 1963 - Pink Panther
- 1963 - Dr. No
- 1963 - Tom Jones
- 1962 - Lawrence of Arabia
- 1962 - David and Lisa
- 1962 - To Kill a Mockingbird
- 1962 - The Manchurian Candidate
- 1962 - Birdman of Alcatraz
- 1961 - Through a Glass Darkly
- 1961 - Splendor in the Grass
- 1961 - Two Women
- 1961 - West Side Story
- 1961 - The Hustler
- 1960 - Hiroshima, Mon Amour
- 1960 - Elmer Gantry
- 1960 - Psycho
- 1960 - Exodus
- 1960 - La Dolce Vita
- 1960 - The Apartment
- 1959 - The Virgin Spring
- 1959 - On the Beach
- 1959 - The Mouse That Roared
- 1959 - North by Northwest
- 1959 - Porgy and Bess
- 1958 - Vertigo
- 1958 - Bell, Book and Candle
- 1958 - Black Orpheus
- 1958 - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- 1958 - Auntie Mame
- 1958 - South Pacific
- 1958 - The Long Hot Summer
- 1957 - The Seventh Seal
- 1959 - Wild Strawberries
- 1957 - Paths of Glory
- 1957 - Bridge on the River Kwai
- 1957 - The Spirit of St. Louis
- 1956 - The Man Who Knew Too Much
- 1956 - Picnic
- 1956 - The Bad Seed
- 1956 - Lust for Life
- 1955 - Rebel Without a Cause
- 1955 - Mister Roberts
- 1955 - East of Eden
- 1955 - The Blackboard Jungle
- 1955 - Marty
- 1955 - Bad Day at Black Rock
- 1955 - The Bridges at Toko-Ri
- 1954 - On the Waterfront
- 1954 - The Caine Mutiny
- 1954 - Rear Window
- 1953 - From Here to Eternity
- 1953 - Stalag 17
- 1953 - High Noon
- 1952 - A Streetcar Named Desire
- 1952 - The African Queen
- 1951 - The Lavender Hill Mob
- 1951 - The Red Badge of Courage
- 1949 - The Red Shoes
- 1948 - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
- 1948 - Key Largo
- 1947 - It's a Wonderful Life
- 1942 - Casablanca
- 1941 - Citizen Kane
- 1939 - The Wizard of Oz
- 1933 - King Kong
- 1930 - All Quiet on the Western Front
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