English-Speaking Cultures Recommended Film List

(It is not mandatory to view these films !ut it is highly encouraged" Copies are availa!le for download from my computer or at www"kickasstorrents"com or !urned to #$# upon re%uest"& from who? (English& Smoke Signals. ('(()& *wo +ative ,merican !rothers go on a road trip discovering not only their family-s past !ut also themselves" Inherit the Wind. ('(./& *he true story of one teacher-s struggle to !ring the study of evolution to ,merican classrooms in '(01" The Untouchables. ('()2& , fictionali3ed account of detective Elliot +ess-s unconventional style in !ringing gangsters to 4ustice in '(0/s Chicago culminating in the arrest of legendary mo! !oss ,l Capone" Good Night and Good Luck. (0//1& 5roadcast 4ournalist Edward R" 6urrow-s %uest to take down rogue 7"S" Senator 8oseph 6cCarthy" Kingdom of Heaven. (0//1& , war epic set during the Crusades of the '0 th century with the forces of Islam and Christianity locked in a !itter conflict to secure what !oth sides see as their 9:oly Land;" I recommend the director-s cut" nna and the King. ('(((& *he story of the romance !etween the <ing of *hailand and the widowed 5ritish teacher ,nna Leonowens during the ')./s" The Social Net!ork. (0/'/& , chronicle of the rise of social-networking we!sites and the young entrepreneurs who made it happen" Thirteen "a#s. (0///& In '(.0 ,merica and the Soviet 7nion came within 0) hours of nuclear war" *his is the true story of the leaders on !oth sides whose %uick thinking prevented =orld =ar >" The King$s S%eech. (0/'/& <ing ?eorge $I overcomes a speech impediment with the help of an unorthodo@ therapist and the two men develop an un!reaka!le friendship" &oots. ('(22& , dramati3ation of author ,le@ :aley-s family line from ancestor <unta <inte-s enslavement to his descendents- li!eration" .-episode compilation" 'ur# (# Heart at Wounded Knee. (0//2& , tragic chronicle of how ,merican Indians were displaced as the 7"S" e@panded west" Gandhi. ('()0& 5iography of 6ahatma ?andhi the lawyer who !ecame the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the 5ritish Empire through his philosophy of non-violent protest" (alcolm ). ('((0& *he !iography of the controversial and influential 5lack +ationalist leader turned 6uslim preacher 6alcolm A" (ask. ('()1& , !oy with a massive facial deformity and a !iker mother attempts to live as normal a life as possi!le under the circumstances in this e@amination of what it means to !e an outsider"

The Great *sca%e. ('(.>& ,n intrepid group of ,llied soldiers work secretly to !reak out of the ultra-secure ?erman BC= camp they are !eing held in" +lags of ,ur +athers and Letters from I!o -ima. (!oth 0//.& 9Dou can no more win a war than win an earth%uake;" *hese two films show !oth sides of the story of the 5attle of Iwo 8ima" I highly recommend they !e viewed together" &abbit .roof +ence. (0//0& *he story of two kidnapped ,ustralian ,!origine children in the '(>/s overcoming oppression to return to their families" gora. (0//(& #avus a slave in Roman Egypt must choose !etween the chance to gain his freedom through Christianity and his love affair with his pagan master the scientist :ypatia" /0 ngr# (en. ('(12& , drama a!out a 4ury democratically deciding the fate of a young murder defendant whose guilt is in dou!t" %ollo /1. ('((1& *he dramatic true story of ,merica-s third lunar mission ,pollo '> and the astronauts whose lives were at stake" Hairs%ra#. (0//2& , comic musical loosely following the path of racial desegregation in '(.> 5altimore as seen through the eyes of competitors on a dancing show" This is merica2 3harlie 'ro!n. ('())& , slow-English easy to understand introduction to some of ,merica-s greatest achievements" 2-episode compilation" .ont#%ool. (0//(& English is a tool- !ut what if that tool !ecomes a weaponE Cne small Canadian town finds out in this horror movie that e@plores the nature of communication" The Secret of Kells. (0//(& *he %uest of a young Irish monk (and his magical helpers& to preserve learning and the arts during the $iking invasions of Ireland" Whale &ider. (0//0& , young 6aori girl fights to prove her worth overcoming pre4udice in her %uest to take her rightful place as chief of her tri!e" Invictus. (0//(& +elson 6andela recruits South ,frica-s national rug!y team to help him unite the apartheid-ravaged country !y competing in the '((1 Rug!y =orld Cup" (+on-English su!titled in English& 'lack 'read. (0/'/& In the wake of the Spanish Civil =ar a young Catalan !oy is caught up in a mystery that reveals the dark secrets of !oth his village and the Franco regime" &a%a Nui. ('((F& Love con%uers all- or does itE *his story of for!idden romance amidst social crisis is a poignant and distinctively Bolynesian take on the tale of Romeo and 8uliet" .erse%olis. (0//2& *he coming-of-age story of a young Iranian girl in the '(2/s struggling to come to terms with the social unrest around her" ,f Gods and (en. (0/'/& 7nder threat !y fundamentalist terrorists a group of *rappist monks stationed in an impoverished ,lgerian community must decide whether to leave or stay grappling with ideas of place and identity in the process" *ven the &ain. (0/'/& ,n o!livious film crew is caught in the middle of a conflict !etween 5olivian natives and a malevolent corporation trying to privati3e their water supply"