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Movies with a Message



This site was created as a result of a discussion on the AmeriCorps ListServ.  It will improve with input from viewers like you. :-)


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An example of general questions that would work with any movie would be great.

Corrections for errors in listed film information

Specific questions/data for each movie

Which films have worked well for you, and why?
(quotes from viewers about experience might be good)

Distribution information for hard to find films.

Themes and relevant info to provide about movies

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Some Ideas About Movie Discussions from Jennifer Valley (City of Lakes AmeriCorps):



Movies by Themes:

***THIS SECTION NOT AVAILABLE  YET***

A.I.D.S.
Economic Issues
Education
Gender
Great Teachers
Homelessness
Humor
Outcasts
Popular/Previous Successes
Social Issues
Violence

***Note: These are just ideas. Suggestions for theme categories are most welcome.***




Alphabetical Listings:

A    B   C   D   E    F  G    H   I   J   K    L  M    N   O   P   Q    R  S    T   U   V   W    X  Y    Z   * (Other)

***Note: Movies that start with A, An, or The are listed by the following word.***



A

And the Band Played On
Apocolypse Now
(The) Associate
Avalon
Awakenings



B

(The) Bad Seed (the black and white version)
(The) Ballad of Little Joe
Beyond Hate
Boys in the Hood
(The) Blackboard Jungle



C

Children of a Lesser God
City of Joy
Class Divided
Clean and Sober
(A) Clockwork Orange
Color of Fear
(The) Color Purple
COLORS
Common Fire
Common Threads
Cool Hand Luke



D

Dances with Wolves
Dangerous Liasons
Dangerous Minds
Dead Man Walking
Dead Poet's Society
Driving Miss Daisy



E

El Norte
Entertaining Angels
Erin Brockovitch
Eye of the Storm



F

(The) Fisher King
Forrest Gump
Freedom of My Mind
Fried Green Tomatoes



G

Gentlemen's Agreement
Ghandi
Ghost of Mississippi
Glass Shield
God Bless this Child
Good Will Hunting
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Gorillas in the Mist
(The) Green Mile
(The) Group (with Candice Bergen)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner



H

Harold and Maude
High Tide
Higher Learning
(The) Highlander
Homeless Home Movie (economic issues)
Hoop Dreams
(The) Hurricane



I

In the Heat of the Night
In Whose Honor?



J

(The) Joy Luck Club
Just Black?



K

Karate Kid I, II, and III
Kill The Man



L

Lean On Me
(The) Learning Tree
Licensed to Kill  (GLBT Issues)
Lillies of the Field
Lone Star
Longtime Companions
(The) Lorax
Lorenzo's Oil
Lord of the Flies



M

(A) Man for All Seasons
(The) Man Who Went Up a Hill and Came Down a Mountain
Marie
Matewan
Medicine Man
Menace to Society
Mi Familia
(The) Milagro Beanfield War
(The) Mission
Movement
Mr. Holland's Opus (teacher's perspecitive)
Murder in the First
My Life



N
 



O

Out of Africa



P

Pay It Forward
(The) Power of One



Q

Queenie
A Question of Silence



R

Rear Window
Roger & Me (economic issues)



S

Salt of the Earth
Saving Private Ryan
Say Anything
Scent of a Woman
Schindlers List
Shirley Valentine
Selena
Shawshank Redemption
SLAM
Smoke Signals
Sophie's Choice
Stand and Deliver
Star Wars
Steal This Movie
Stories from the Quilt
Streetwise
Strictly Ballroom



T

Thunderheart
To Kill A Mocking Bird
To Sir with Love
To Sir with Luck[?]
Today's Heroes



U
 

Up the Down Staircase



V
 



W

Weapon's of the Spirit
(The) Wedding Banquet
What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
When A Man Loves A Woman
With Honors



X
 



Y
 



Z
 



* Other