Important films: Movies that did more than entertain.

[ohiosmith]

"Philadelphia"

My brother died in 1990 from AIDS.

[HeiressofBickworth]

1. Fahrenheit 9/11

We "know" how Bush started the war in Iraq, but all the world-wide protesting did nothing to stop the invasion. But we "know"......

P.S. Sorry for your loss. Even after all this time, I'm sure you mourn his loss.

[Burke36]

8. Fahrenheit 9/11

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[applegrove]

2. Missing. Showed what American Foreign Policy was doing to people around the world by showing

what it did to one American who got in the way.

[Swede]

6. I thought that was a great movie.

The sad and haunting theme music by Vangelis fit the movie perfectly.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. "Schindler's List"

A pivotal movie about how a Nazi saved several hundred Jews, during WWII.

To save one life is to save the world entire.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

7. A masterpiece - on my top ten list all time

What a movie.

[bigwillq]

4. Longtime Companion

better than Philadelphia, imo.

[HarveyDarkey]

5. The Take

[southerncrone]

9. "Trading Places"

Telling the truth before anyone would believe it, or accept it.

We should have mass viewings of this film every week between now & November since it is an old movie now & many younger folks have not seen it. It's a very entertaining movie, too!

[Rhiannon12866]

10. That was the film that immediately came to my mind, too.

I finally watched it on television a year or two ago, wasn't sure I could take it before. I'm so glad I finally saw it, such a powerful and affecting film. It's truly a film for the ages.

I am so sorry about your brother. I cannot imagine what he went through, though I now have more understanding after watching this film.

[Denninmi]

11. 'Dances With Wolves'

Showed the truth about America's 19th century ethnic cleansing.

[HopeHoops]

13. That's what came to mind for me as well. "Forrest Gump" was another one.

[Auggie]

17. In the same vein: "Soldier Blue" and "Little Big Man."

[ohiosmith]

19. Soldier Blue was seriously disturbing. Likely the most realistic and honest portrayal of

how native Americans were treated.

[DiverDave]

12. "Inside Job", and so sorry about your Bro.

I lost a bud who was closer to me then my brothers, so I can relate.
God, I still (after 3 years) pick up the phone to call him.
Inside job was on HBO recently, and I watched it several times.
The sheer balls of these thieves is just not to be believed.
And they are teaching this crap as the "foremost educators" of economics.
At Harvard, Yale, Princeton...
Oh, and "freakanomics" was an enlightening film.

[BlueIris]

14. JFK.

The Fahrenheit 9/11 of the '92 campaign.

[bluedigger]

15. Born on the Fourth of July.

[csziggy]

16. Advise & Consent with Henry Fonda

[JonLP24]

18. Not sure

One the first that came to mind was Frozen River. It is another story of what people are willing to do during in economic hardships but it seemed more than that.

[EastTennesseeDem]

20. American History X

[trof]

21. Another Fonda flic: "12 Angry Men"

Exposing racial prejudice in America.

[pipi_k]

22. Black Robe

a rather dark and depressing film about the Jesuit attempt to inflict Christianity on the native peoples of North America.

There is lots of irony in the film as Father LaForgue tries to convince a small group of natives traveling with him that his invisible god in the sky (with all the attendant strange rituals, etc) makes more sense than the Native invisible gods in the sky with all those rituals.

[ohiosmith]

23. What a movie!

[ellaydubya]

24. Guess Who's Coming for Dinner & Coming Home

[lunatica]

25. To Kill A Mockingbird

[Graybeard]

26. The Grapes Of Wrath

At a time when there was no TV what America knew of the tragedy of the Depression and the Dust Bowl came only in Life magazine articles. The Grapes of Wrath made the Dorothea Lange photographs very personal and real.

[RiffRandell]

27. American History X.

One of my favorite movies of all time.