Almost every school across the country has required reading. Hemingway, Carroll, Dickinson, Bradbury–all of these authors are deified by our state employed educators. Now don’t get me wrong, I support this. I think literacy and appreciation for classic and modern literature are essential to any person’s education and development. I also so happen to believe that movies are pretty darn great too. So why not stick that into the system? Now many educators have already began implementing movies into their ciriculum. Whilst I was in ‘regular’ school, our teachers showed movies about once or twice a semester. The Only problem was that half of those teachers just didn’t seem to have any clue as to what movies would be the best for their kid’s learning enhancement. So I thought I would assemble this little list here to you guys and hopefully point you in the right direction. Now, please–by know means is the list complete and I would certainly love for anyone to comment and share other films you think should be added or taken away from here.

Moving forward…Here they are. In no particular order!


History and Sociological

Schindler’s List

Saving Private Ryan

Gods and Generals

Full Metal Jacket

Gladiator

Life is Beautiful

Gangs of NewYork


Survival

Into the Wild

Cast Away

Swiss Family Robinson

Water World

My Side of the Mountain


Political and Ethical Studies

Super Size Me

Thank You For Smoking

Food, Inc.

The Truman Show

Expelled

V For Vendetta


Literary Remakes

Romeo and Juliet

The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy

The Road

The Count of Monte Cristo

Lord of The Rings

Litte Women


Music and Arts

Mr. Holland’s Opas

The Soloist

Walk the Line

That Thing You Do

The Pianist


Science and Technology

Stargate

Titan A.E.

Jurassic Park

K-Pax

2001: A Space Odessey

Gattaca

The Fifth Element


Religion and Philosophy

What Dreams May Come

The Fountain

Meet Joe Black

The Matrix

The Island

Fight Club


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