What movies have enlightened you -- revealed something about the world that you weren't as aware of before viewing?
A few of my faves: Hotel Rwanda, Beyond Borders, The Color Purple, Training Day, Crash, Waking Life, Trainspotting, Silver City, Why We Fight, To Kill a Mockingbird, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Beloved, On the Waterfront, Leaving Las Vegas, Taxi Driver, American History X....
2006-07-14 20:11:28 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
The movie "187" with Samuel L. Jackson struck me like a truck.
It's about a teacher trying to teach high school in South Central Los Angeles.
2006-07-14 20:17:11 · answer #1 · answered by beckini 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I also like: Hotel Rwanda, Training Day, Crash, Trainspotting, Taxi Driver, & American History X
You should see: Mean Streets, Do The Right Thing, Pulp Fiction, Fresh, The Woodsman, & Requiem For A Dream
2006-07-15 03:16:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers (miniseries), Blackhawk Down, Training Day, A Clockwork Orange, Schindler's List, Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby, Taxi Driver, and Full Metal Jacket.
2006-07-15 03:26:36 · answer #3 · answered by hpisfun 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Documentaries are good 'awakening movies'. Generally they are also educational. I saw a National Geographic on the Secret Service, and a show on Arlington - both of which I thought were great.
Check out the movie Paperclips.
Others: Edges of the Lord, Murderball, Bowling for Columbine.
2006-07-15 03:20:21 · answer #4 · answered by The Way Out 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Deer Hunter, First Blood, The Running Man.
2006-07-15 03:15:41 · answer #5 · answered by Chuck Dhue 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmm...shocking, educating, and awakening;
I'd have to say: Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Bubble Boy, Dude Where's My Car, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Cheerleader Ninja's, and From Justin to Kelly.
Those were some very enlightening Oscar quality films.
2006-07-15 03:16:23 · answer #6 · answered by Idunno 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
In The Face Of Evil. It is a movie about Ronald Reagan's life long desire to see communism exposed for what it was, what it did to people, and how it robbed them of their "self" and made them a pawn of the state. I was shocked by the shear courage he showed in standing up to evil, and confronting it head on, calling it what it was, and ultimately freeing millions of people from the iron curtain without firing a shot.
Most movies do nothing for me because they are not based on anything that actually happened, In The Face Of Evil is different. I highly recommend it.
By the way did you find Why We Fight to be anti- military? The trailer sure looked that way. I won't spend one dime on anything that is critical of a military that has freed billions of people. If it is fair, I might consider going to see it.
2006-07-15 14:47:24 · answer #7 · answered by Roger S M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lawn Dogs, Skipped Parts and Lost and Delirious
2006-07-15 04:27:27 · answer #8 · answered by gregory_dittman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Men of Honor, The Hurricane, Radio, Monster
here's just a few that are based on real life
2006-07-15 03:17:39 · answer #9 · answered by riderchick 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lost in Translation.
2006-07-15 03:16:47 · answer #10 · answered by mrpopcorn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋