Movies With a Meaning Beyond Entertainment
There are some movies that just leave you feeling improved some how.
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- DirectorNeil JordanStarsStephen ReaJaye DavidsonForest WhitakerA British soldier kidnapped by the IRA soon befriends one of his captors, who then becomes drawn into the soldier's world.A person can fall in love with someone because of who they are, even in spite of what they are.
Jaye Davidson starred in only two feature length films in his career. For this one, his first, as the love interest Dil, he got an academy award nomination. His second was as the gender ambiguous sun god Ra in Stargate opposite Kurt Russell and James Spader, for which he reportedly received a $1M salary.
Someone once said that most people die with their music still inside of them. To Jaye I would ask: You know what you can do better than anyone else, so why aren't you doing it ? - DirectorMike CahillStarsBrit MarlingWilliam MapotherMatthew-Lee ErlbachOn the night of the discovery of a duplicate Earth in the Solar system, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident.A person's life can be irrevocably altered by any action; it can be destroyed by a single but shattering mistake, one's own, or another's. And so can redemption.
- DirectorPaul HaggisStarsDon CheadleSandra BullockThandiwe NewtonLos Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption.Whether a person does something good or something evil depends more on the situation. Those without character are predictable. Those with character still have to face the situation.
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsMichael DouglasAnnette BeningMartin SheenA widowed U.S. President running for reelection and an environmental lobbyist fall in love. It's all above-board, but "politics is perception," and sparks fly anyway.How we react to social problems can define us. Beware of those whose reaction is to make you afraid of it, find someone to blame for it, and let the hate flow.
- DirectorAndrew NiccolStarsEthan HawkeUma ThurmanJude LawA genetically inferior man assumes the identity of a superior one in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel.Limiting opportunity by any criteria is folly.