Movies

Movies Every Student Should Watch!


1) Good Will Hunting
Good Will Hunting is a 1997 American drama film directed by Gus Van Sant. Alongside Ben Affleck and Robin Williams, the film starred Matt Damon in the lead role of Will Hunting. Written by and starring Affleck and Damon, Good Will Hunting was met with both critical and financial success, beginning Affleck's and Damon's rise to stardom. The film grossed over twenty-two times its $10 million budget during its theatrical run and later was nominated for nine Academy Awards, two of which it won.

Wildly charismatic. Impossibly brilliant. Totally rebellious. For the first 20 years of his life, Will Hunting has called the shots. Now he's about to meet his match.A janitor at MIT, Will Hunting has a gift for maths that can take him light-years beyond his blue-collar roots, but to achieve his dream he must turn his back on the neighborhood and his best friend. To complicate matters, two strangers enter the equation: a washed-up shrink who starts to coach Will through his transformation, and a med student who shows him that there can be a pretty face along with his life of the mind.





2) The Outsiders
The Outsiders is a coming-of-age novel based in 1965 by S. E. Hinton. Hinton was 15 when she started writing the novel and 18 when it was published. The book follows two rival groups, the Greasers and the Socs (short for Socials), who are divided by their socioeconomic status. The book takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1965. A film adaptation was produced in 1983, and a little-known short-lived television series appeared in 1990, picking up where the movie left off.
The Outsiders tells the story of the ongoing conflict between the Greasers and the Socs in rural Oklahoma. Ponyboy, the youngest of three orphaned boys who pal around with the local hoods known as the Greasers. When Ponyboy and his friend get into a deadly confrontation one night, the two go on the run from the cops, and they grow up quickly and soon realize the insignificance of their petty posturing.



The Outsiders was and still is a controversial book. It was ranked #43 on the American Library Association’s Top 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000. This book has been banned from some schools and libraries because of the portrayal of gang violence, underage smoking and drinking, as well as strong language/slang and family dysfunction.However, in most schools nowadays, the book is part of the curriculum for middle school and/or high school.



3) My Sister's Keeper


My Sister's Keeper is a 2009 American drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes and starring Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Sofia Vassilieva, and Alec Baldwin. Based on Jodi Picoult's novel of the same name] My Sister's Keeper was released in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom on June 26, 2009.



In Los Angeles, the eleven year old Anna Fitzgerald seeks the successful lawyer Campbell Alexander trying to hire him to earn medical emancipation from her mother Sara that wants Anna to donate her kidney to her sister. She tells the lawyer the story of her family after the discovery that her older sister Kate has had leukemia; how she was conceived by in vitro fertilization to become a donor; and the medical procedures she has been submitted since she was five years old to donate to her sister. Campbell accepts to work pro bono and the obsessed Sara decides to go to court to force Anna to help her sister.


4) Freedom Writers



Freedom Writers is a 2007 American drama film starring Hilary Swank, Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton and Patrick Dempsey. It is based on the book The Freedom Writers Diary by teacher Erin Gruwell who wrote the story based on Woodrow Wilson Classical High School in Long Beach, California. The title is a play on the term "Freedom Riders", referring to the multiracial civil rights activists who tested the U.S. Supreme Court decision ordering the desegregation of interstate buses in 1961. The idea for the film came from journalist Tracey Durning, who made a documentary about Erin Gruwell for the ABC News program Primetime Live. Durning served as co-executive producer of the film.



A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.



5) Life is Beautiful
Life Is Beautiful (Italian: La vita è bella) is a 1997 Italian language film which tells the story of a Jewish Italian, Guido Orefice (played by Roberto Benigni, who also directed and co-wrote the film), who must employ his fertile imagination to help his family during their internment in a Nazi concentration camp.
At the 71st Academy Awards in 1999, Benigni won the Academy Award for Best Actor and the film won both the Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.n 1930s Italy, a carefree Jewish book keeper named Guido starts a fairy tale life by courting and marrying a lovely woman from a nearby city. Guido and his wife have a son and live happily together until the occupation of Italy by German forces. In an attempt to hold his family together and help his son survive the horrors of a Jewish Concentration Camp, Guido imagines that the Holocaust is a game and that the grand prize for winning is a tank.






6) Lean on Me




Lean on Me is a 1989 biographical-drama film written by Michael Schiffer, directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Morgan Freeman. Lean on Me is loosely based on the story of Joe Louis Clark, a real life inner city high school principal in Paterson, New Jersey, whose school is at risk of being taken over by the New Jersey state government unless students improve their test scores. This film's title refers to the 1972 Bill Withers song of the same name.

An arrogant and unorthodox teacher returns as principal to the idyllic high school from which he had earlier been fired to find it a den of drug abuse, gang violence, and urban despair. Eventually his successful but unorthodox methods lead to a clash with city officials that threatens to undo all his efforts. Based on a true story.






7) Pay It Forward

Pay It Forward is a 2000 American drama film based on the novel of the same name by Catherine Ryan Hyde. It was directed by Mimi Leder and written by Leslie Dixon. It stars Haley Joel Osment as a boy who launches a good-will movement, Helen Hunt as his single mother, and Kevin Spacey as his social-studies teacher.

Young Trevor McKinney, troubled by his mother's alcoholism and fears of his abusive but absent father, is caught up by an intriguing assignment from his new social studies teacher, Mr. Simonet. The assignment: think of something to change the world and put it into action. Trevor conjures the notion of paying a favor not back, but forward--repaying good deeds not with
payback, but with new good deeds done to three new people. Trevor's efforts to make good on his idea bring a revolution not only in the lives of himself, his mother and his physically and emotionally scarred teacher, but in those of an ever-widening circle of people completely unknown to him.





8) Dangerous Minds

Dangerous Minds (1995) is an American drama film based on the autobiography My Posse Don't Do Homework by former U.S. Marine LouAnne Johnson, who took up a teaching position at Carlmont High School in Belmont, California, where most of her students were African-American and Hispanic teenagers from East Palo Alto, a then-unincorporated town at the opposite end of the school district.The film, starring Michelle Pfeiffer as LouAnne Johnson



Louanne Johnson is an ex-marine, hired as a teacher in a high-school in a poor area of the city. She has recently separated from her husband. Her friend, also teacher in the school, got the temporary job for her. After a terrible reception from the students, she tries unconventional methods of teaching (using karate, Bob Dylan lyrics etc) to gain the trust of the students.



9) I Am Sam

I Am Sam is a 2001 American drama film written and directed by Jessie Nelson, and starring Sean Penn as a father with a developmental disability, Dakota Fanning as his intelligent seven-year-old daughter, and Michelle Pfeiffer as his lawyer. Kristine Johnson, who co-wrote the screenplay, researched the issues facing adults with developmental disabilities by visiting the non-profit organization L.A. Goal (Greater Opportunities for the Advanced Living). They subsequently cast two actors with disabilities, Brad Silverman and Joe Rosenberg, in key roles.The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Sean Penn).

Sam Dawson has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He works at a Starbucks and is obsessed with the Beatles. He has a daughter with a homeless woman; she abandons them as soon as they leave the hospital. He names his daughter Lucy Diamond (after the Beatles song), and raises her. But as she reaches age 7 herself, Sam's limitations start to become a problem at school; she's intentionally holding back to avoid looking smarter than him. The authorities take her away, and Sam shames high-priced lawyer Rita Harrison into taking his case pro bono. In the process, he teaches her a great deal about love, and whether it's really all you need.




10) Powder


Powder is a 1995 film directed by Victor Salva, about a boy, nicknamed "Powder", with incredible intellect, telepathy, and paranormal powers. It stars Sean Patrick Flanery in the title role, with Jeff Goldblum, Mary Steenburgen, Bradford Tatum, Lance Henriksen, and Brandon Smith in supporting roles. The film questions the limits of the human mind and body while also displaying their capacity for cruelty, and the hope that humanity will advance to a state of better understanding.

A young bald albino boy with unique powers shakes up the rural community he lives in.When sheriff Barnum investigates the death of an elderly rural resident, he discovers a teenage grandson living in the basement. Raised by his grandparents, he has experienced the world only through books, never leaving the family farm. He is sent to a state home for boys where he has trouble fitting in socially. His odd appearance and unusual abilities cause the small town residents to fear and ridicule him. However, not all are afraid. Some begin to view his potential and gifts with wonderment.




11) Dead Poet Society
Dead Poets Society is a 1989 American drama film starring Robin Williams and directed by Peter Weir. Set at a conservative and aristocratic boys prep school, it tells the story of an English teacher who inspires his students to change their lives of conformity through his teaching of poetry and literature.The story is set at the fictional Welton Academy in Vermont, and was filmed at St. Andrew's School in Middletown, Delaware. The script, written by Tom Schulman, is based on his life at Montgomery Bell Academy, an all-boys preparatory school in Nashville, Tennessee.



English professor John Keating inspires his students to a love of poetry and to seize the day.Painfully shy Todd Anderson has been sent to the school where his popular older brother was valedictorian. His room-mate, Neil, although exceedingly bright and popular, is very much under the thumb of his overbearing father. The two, along with their other friends, meet Professor Keating, their new English teacher, who tells them of the Dead Poets Society, and encourages them to go against the status quo. Each, in their own way, does this, and are changed for life.


12) The Great Debaters

The Great Debaters is a 2007 American biopic period drama film directed by and starring two-time Academy Award winner Denzel Washington[1] and produced by Oprah Winfrey and her production company, Harpo Productions. It is based on an article written about the Wiley College debate team by Tony Scherman for the 1997 Spring issue of American Legacy.[2]The film co-stars Forest Whitaker, Kimberly Elise, Denzel Washington, Nate Parker, Denzel Whitaker, Gina Ravera, Jermaine Williams and Jurnee Smollett. The screenplay was written by Robert Eisele. The film was released in theaters on December 25, 2007. A drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school's first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship.Marshall, Texas, described by James Farmer, Jr. as "the last city to surrender after the Civil War," is home to Wiley College, where, in 1935-36, inspired by the Harlem Renaissance and his clandestine work as a union organizer, Professor Melvin Tolson coaches the debate team to a nearly-undefeated season that sees the first debate between U.S. students from white and Negro colleges and ends with an invitation to face Harvard University's national champions. The team of four, which includes a female student and a very young James Farmer, is tested in a crucible heated by Jim Crow, sexism, a lynch mob, an arrest and near riot, a love affair, jealousy, and a national radio audience.





13) Akeelah and the Bee

Akeelah and the Bee is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Doug Atchison. It tells the story of Akeelah Anderson, portrayed by Keke Palmer, an 11-year-old girl who participates in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, her mother, portrayed by Angela Bassett, schoolmates, and also her coach, portrayed by Laurence Fishburne. It also explores issues of education in a low socioeconomic African American community.A young girl from South Los Angeles tries to make it to the National Spelling Bee. Eleven year-old Akeelah Anderson's life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She's smart, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her school's principal, Akeelah participates in a spelling bee to avoid detention for her many absences. Much to her surprise and embarrassment, she wins. Her principal asks her to seek coaching from an English professor named Dr. Larabee for the more prestigious regional bee. As the possibility of making it all the way to the Scripps National Spelling Bee looms, Akeelah could provide her community with someone to rally around and be proud of -- but only if she can overcome her insecurities and her distracting home life. She also must get past Dr. Larabee's demons, and a field of more experienced and privileged fellow spellers.



14) Music of the Heart



Music of the Heart is a 1999 dramatic film. This film was produced by Craven-Maddalena Films and Miramax Films, and distributed by Buena Vista Distribution.
The film stars Meryl Streep, Aidan Quinn, Gloria Estefan, and Angela Bassett. It was director Wes Craven's only foray outside of the horror/thriller genre aside from his contribution to the multifaceted and directorially diverse Paris, je t'aime. It was also his only film to get nominated at the Academy Awards. Wes Craven is known for directing the horror films A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Hills Have Eyes and the Scream series.


Story of a schoolteacher's struggle to teach violin to inner-city Harlem kids.The true story of a young teacher who fights against the board of education in her bid to teach underprivileged kids in a Harlem school the beauty of music through the violin. In her struggle she loses everything as the system comes down on her with all their might but her determination for the kids happiness helps her to battle back with wonderfully inspirational results.





15) The Pursuit of Happyness




The Pursuit of Happyness is a 2006 American biographical drama film directed by Gabriele Muccino and based on the life of Chris Gardner. The film stars Will Smith as Gardner, an on-and-off-homeless salesman-turned stockbroker.The screenplay by Steven Conrad is based on the best-selling memoir written by Gardner with Quincy Troupe. The film was released on December 15, 2006. A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional endeavor. Based on a true story about a man named Christopher Gardner. Gardner has invested heavily in a device known as a "Bone Density scanner". He feels like he has made these devices. However, they do not sell as they are marginally better than the current technology at a much higher price. As Gardner tries to figure out how to sell them, his wife leaves him, he loses his house, his bank account, and credit cards. Forced to live out in the streets with his son, Gardner is now desperate to find a steady job; he takes on a job as a stockbroker, but before he can receive pay, he needs to go through 6 months of training, and to sell his devices.



16) August Rush

August Rush is a 2007 drama film directed by Kirsten Sheridan and written by Paul Castro, Nick Castle, and James V. Hart, and produced by Richard Barton Lewis. A drama with fairy tale elements, where an orphaned musical prodigy uses his gift as a clue to finding his birth parents.This is a story of a music prodigy. Lyla is a renowned and beautiful cellist and Louis is a bass player in club. Lyla and Louis falls in love once they meet each other following the music. Since they have different life, they have to separate without seeing each other once again. However, Lyla has had their baby-Evan, a prodigy born to music. Lyla has an accident and bears the baby but Lyla's father gives the baby to an orphanage but does not tell her this in case of affecting her career. After that, both Louis and Lyla give up the music career. Eleven years later, the poor little Evan believes that his parents are waiting for him and goes to New York to find his parents. In New York, his music gift leads him to success but also gives him some trouble. A monger uses Evan to make money and prevents him from success. He escapes and runs into a church and people there are surprised by his gift and send him to the best music school.




17) Facing the Giants
Facing the Giants is a 2006 American Christian drama film directed by and starring Alex Kendrick. The supporting cast was composed of volunteers from Sherwood Baptist Church. Shot in Albany, Georgia, the film relates an underdog story about American football from an evangelical Christian worldview. The film was released to DVD in early 2007 and made its television debut on September 21, 2008, on Trinity Broadcasting Network.A losing coach with an underdog football team faces their giants of fear and failure on and off the field to surprising results. An action-packed drama about a Christian high school football coach who uses his undying faith to battle the giants of fear and failure. In six years of coaching, Grant Taylor has never led his Shiloh Eagles to a winning season. After learning that he and his wife Brooke face infertility, Grant discovers that a group of fathers are secretly organizing to have him dismissed as head coach. Devastated by his circumstances, he cries out to God in desperation. When Grant receives a message from an unexpected visitor, he searches for a stronger purpose for his football team. He dares to challenge his players to believe God for the impossible on and off the field. When faced with unbelievable odds, the Eagles must step up to their greatest test of strength and courage. What transpires is a dynamic story of the fight between faith and fear.





18) Stand and Deliver



Stand and Deliver is a 1988 American drama film. The film is a dramatization based on a true story of a dedicated high school mathematics teacher Jaime Escalante. Edward James Olmos portrayed Escalante in the film and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. Jaime Escalante, the East Los Angeles mathematics teacher whose story inspired the movie Stand and Deliver, died from bladder cancer at his son's home on March 30, 2010. A dedicated teacher inspires his dropout prone students to learn calculus to build up their self-esteem and do so well that they are accused of cheating. Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods to try and turn gang members and no-hopers into some of the country's top algebra and calculus students.


19) Drumline

Drumline is a 2002 American film directed by Charles Stone III. The screenplay, which was inspired by The Southwest Dekalb High School Drumline (SWD), was written by Tina Gordon Chism and Shawn Schepps. The story is about a young drummer from New York, played by Nick Cannon, who enters the fictional Atlanta A&T University and bumps heads with the leader of his new school's drum section. A band director recruits a Harlem street drummer to play at a Southern university. A talented street drummer from Harlem who enrolls in a Southern university, expecting to lead its marching band's drumline to victory. He initially flounders in his new world, before realizing that it takes more than talent to reach the top.




20) A Walk to Remember

A Walk To Remember is a 2002 American romance film based on the 1999 romance novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks. The story of two North Carolina teens, Landon Carter and Jamie Sullivan, who are thrown together after Landon gets into trouble and is made to do community service. n Beaufort, North Carolina, a prank on a student goes terribly wrong and puts the student in the hospital. Landon Carter, a popular student with no defined plans for the future, is held responsible and forced to participate in after-school community service activities as punishment, which include starring as the lead in the school play. Also participating in these activities is Jamie Sullivan, the reverend's daughter who has great ambitions and nothing in common with Landon. When Landon decides he wants to take his activities seriously, he asks Jamie for help and begins to spend most of his time with her. But he starts to develop strong feelings for her, something he did not expect to do. The two start a relationship, much to the chagrin of Landon's old popular friends and Jamie's strict reverend father. But when a heart-breaking secret becomes known that puts their relationship to the test, it is then that Landon and Jamie realize the true meaning of love and fate.




21) The Blind Side

The Blind Side is a 2009 American semi-biographical sports drama film. The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family. Based on the true story of Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy who take in a homeless teenage African-American, Michael "Big Mike" Oher. Michael has no idea who his father is and his mother is a drug addict. Michael has had little formal education and few skills to help him learn. Leigh Anne soon takes charge however, as is her nature, ensuring that the young man has every opportunity to succeed. When he expresses an interest in football, she goes all out to help him, including giving the coach a few ideas on how best to use Michael's skills. They not only provide him with a loving home, but hire a tutor to help him improve his grades to the point where he would qualify for an NCAA Division I athletic scholarship. Michael Oher was the first-round pick of the Baltimore Ravens in the 2009 NFL draft.




22) Mr. Holland's Opus
A frustrated composer finds fulfillment as a high school music teacher.Mr. Holland's Opus is a 1995 American drama film in which Richard Dreyfuss plays Glenn Holland, a musician and composer who takes a teaching job to pay the rent while trying to compose one memorable piece of music to make him famous. Through this experience, however, he discovers a passion for teaching he didn't know he had, and ends up dedicating more of himself to it. Mr. Holland's Opus is presented as a video biography of the 30-year career of the eponymous lead character, Glenn Holland, as a music teacher at the fictional John F. Kennedy High School in Portland, Oregon.Glenn Holland is a musician and composer who takes a teaching job to pay the rent while, in his 'spare time', he can strive to achieve his true goal - compose one memorable piece of music to leave his mark on the world. As Holland discovers 'Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans' and as the years unfold the joy of sharing his contagious passion for music with his students becomes his new definition of success.




23) Forrest Gump
The story of a man with a low IQ who rose above his challenges, and proved that determination, courage, and love are more important than intellectual ability. Forrest Gump is a 1994 American comedy-drama film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom. The film was directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, and Gary Sinise. The story depicts several decades in the life of Forrest Gump, a simple Alabama man who travels across the world, sometimes meeting historical figures, influencing popular culture, and experiencing firsthand historic events of the late 20th century.Forrest Gump is a simple man with little brain activity but good intentions. He struggles through childhood with his best and only friend Jenny. His 'mama' teaches him the ways of life and leaves him to choose his destiny. Forrest joins the army for service in Vietnam, finding new friends called Dan and Bubba, he wins medals, starts a table tennis craze, creates a famous shrimp fishing fleet, inspires people to jog, create the smiley, write bumper stickers and songs, donating to people and meeting the president several times. However this is all irrelevant to Forrest who can only think of his childhood sweetheart Jenny. Who has messed up her life. Although in the end all he wants to prove is that anyone can love anyone.






24) A Beautiful Mind
A bio of the rise of John Forbes Nash Jr., a math genius able to solve problems that baffled the greatest of minds. And how he was able to overcame years of suffering from schizophrenia to win the Nobel Prize in 1994.A Beautiful Mind is a 2001 American film based on the life of John Forbes Nash, Jr., a Nobel Laureate in Economics.The film was directed by Ron Howard and written by Akiva Goldsman. It was inspired by a bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-nominated 1998 book of the same name by Sylvia Nasar. Biopic of the famed mathematician John Nash and his lifelong struggles with his mental health. Nash enrolled as a graduate student at Princeton in 1948 and almost immediately stood out as an odd duck. He devoted himself to finding something unique, a mathematical theorem that would be completely original. He kept to himself for the most part and while he went out for drinks with other students, he spends a lot of time with his roommate, Charles, who eventually becomes his best friend. John is soon a professor at MIT where he meets and eventually married a graduate student, Alicia. Over time however John begins to lose his grip on reality, eventually being institutionalized diagnosed with schizophrenia. As the depths of his imaginary world are revealed, Nash withdraws from society and it's not until the 1970s that he makes his first foray back into the world of academics, gradually returning to research and teaching. In 1994, John Nash was awarded the Nobel prize in Economics.







25) Hardball
An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.Hardball is a 2001 American dramedy film directed by Brian Robbins. It stars Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane and D. B. Sweeney. The screenplay by John Gatlins is based on the book Hardball: A Season in the Projects by Daniel Coyle. The original music score is composed by Mark Isham. The film is known in some parts of the U.S. as "Little Sluggers."






26) Rudy
Rudy has always been told that he was too small to play college football. But he is determined to overcome the odds and fulfill his dream of playing for Notre Dame.Rudy is a 1993 American sports film directed by David Anspaugh. It is an account of the life of Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger, who harbored dreams of playing football at the University of Notre Dame despite significant obstacles. It was the first movie which the Notre Dame administration allowed to be shot on campus since Knute Rockne, All American in 1940.Rudy grew up in a steel mill town where most people ended up working, but wanted to play football at Notre Dame instead. There were only a couple of problems. His grades were a little low, his athletic skills were poor, and he was only half the size of the other players. But he had the drive and the spirit of 5 people and has set his sights upon joining the team.





27) The Social Network
The Social Network is a 2010 drama film about the founding of the social networking website Facebook and the resulting lawsuits. The film was directed by David Fincher. A chronicle of the founding of Facebook, the social-networking Web site, on a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history... but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications.




28) Under the Same Moon
Under the Same Moon is a 2007 Mexican-American drama film in Spanish and English directed by Patricia Riggen and starring Adrian Alonso, Kate del Castillo, and Eugenio Derbez. A young Mexican boy travels to the U.S. to find his mother after his grandmother passes away. UNDER THE SAME MOON tells the parallel stories of nine-year-old Carlitos and his mother, Rosario. In the hopes of providing a better life for her son, Rosario works illegally in the U.S. while her mother cares for Carlitos back in Mexico. Unexpected circumstances drive both Rosario and Carlitos to embark on their own journeys in a desperate attempt to reunite. Along the way, mother and son face challenges and obstacles but never lose hope that they will one day be together again.





29) Hotel Rwanda
Hotel Rwanda is a 2004 American drama film directed by Terry George. It was adapted from a screenplay written by both George and Keir Pearson. Based on real life events in 1994 Rwanda, the film stars Don Cheadle as hotelier Paul Rusesabagina, who attempts to save his fellow citizens from the ravages of the Rwandan Genocide. The true-life story of Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda. Ten years ago some of the worst atrocities in the history of mankind took place in the country of Rwanda--and in an era of high-speed communication and round the clock news, the events went almost unnoticed by the rest of the world. In only three months, one million people were brutally murdered. In the face of these unspeakable actions, inspired by his love for his family, an ordinary man summons extraordinary courage to save the lives of over a thousand helpless refugees, by granting them shelter in the hotel he manages.





30) John Q
John Q is a 2002 film by Nick Cassavetes; starring Denzel Washington as John Quincy Archibald, a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the recipient's list. A down-on-his luck father, whose insurance won't cover his son's heart transplant, takes the hospital's emergency room hostage until the doctors agree to perform the operation. John Quincy Archibald's son Michael collapses while playing baseball as a result of heart failure. John rushes Michael to a hospital emergency room where he is informed that Michael's only hope is a transplant. Unfortunately, John's insurance won't cover his son's transplant. Out of options, John Q. takes the emergency room staff and patients hostage until hospital doctors agree to do the transplant.





31) The Ultimate Gift
The Ultimate Gift is a film based on author Jim Stovall's bestselling novel released on March 9, 2007 in 816 theaters in the USA. The film was not well attended in the USA and produced low box office receipts, though DVD sales were quite high in relation to its theatrical receipts. Jason thought his inheritance was going to be the gift of money and lots of it. Was he ever in for a big surprise. Based on the best-selling book "The Ultimate Gift" by Jim Stovall, the story sends trust fund baby Jason Stevens on an improbable journey of discovery, having to answer the ultimate question: "What is the relationship between wealth and happiness?" Jason had a very simple relationship with his impossibly wealthy Grandfather, Howard "Red" Stevens. He hated him. No heart-to-heart talks, no warm fuzzies, just cold hard cash. So of course he figured that when Red died, the whole "reading of the will" thing would be another simple cash transaction, that his Grandfather's money would allow him to continue living in the lifestyle to which he had become accustomed. But what Red left him was anything but simple. Red instead devised a plan for Jason to experience a crash course on life.





32) Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events is a 2004 black humor film directed by Brad Silberling. It is based on the first three novels (The Bad Beginning, The Reptile Room and The Wide Window) in Lemony Snicket's homonymous book series. Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune. Lemony Snicket narrates the incidents of small children Baudelaire that newly have been orphan after being burnt its elegant mansion, heirs of a great fortune, suddenly its lives are wrapped in serious danger due to the Count's greed who attempts by all possible means, to keep the great inheritance. The children pass this way to fall under the custody of kindred eccentric relatives who are being eliminated by the evil Count Olaf.





33) The Reading Room
The Reading Room is a 2005 made-for-tv movie that originally premiered on Hallmark Channel. It is directed by Georg Stanford Brown. Making good on a promise he made to his dying wife, a widower (Jones) opens a reading room, a place where people can learn to read. Despite his goodwill, problems in the neighborhood threaten his establishment.







34) The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Trailer
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (The Boy in the Striped Pajamas in North America) is a 2008 drama based on the novel of the same name by Irish writer John Boyne. Set during World War II, a story seen through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a concentration camp, whose forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences. Young Bruno lives a wealthy lifestyle in prewar Germany along with his mother, elder sister, and SS Commandant father. The family relocates to the countryside where his father is assigned to take command a prison camp. A few days later, Bruno befriends another youth, strangely dressed in striped pajamas, named Shmuel who lives behind an electrified fence. Bruno will soon find out that he is not permitted to befriend his new friend as he is a Jew, and that the neighboring yard is actually a prison camp for Jews awaiting extermination.






35) Invictus
Invictus is a 2009 biographical sports drama film directed by Clint Eastwood starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon. The story is based on the John Carlin book Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Changed a Nation about the events in South Africa before and during the 1995 Rugby World Cup, hosted in that country following the dismantling of apartheid. Nelson Mandela, in his first term as the South African President, initiates a unique venture to unite the apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup. The film tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa's rugby team to help unite their country. Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's rugby team as they make their historic run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship match.

"Invictus" is a short Victorian poem by the English poet William Ernest Henley

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.






36) The Last Song

The Last Song is a 2010 American coming of age drama film developed alongside Nicholas Sparks novel by the same name. A drama centered on a rebellious girl who is sent to a Southern beach town for the summer to stay with her father. Through their mutual love of music, the estranged duo learn to reconnect. Ronnie's (Miley Cyrus) and her younger brother, Jonah's, parents are divorced. They live with their mother until this summer they are sent to live with their father (Greg Kinnear) in a small town on the beach. Ronnie resents her father and has no intention of being friendly or even talking to him for the summer. But after meeting a handsome guy and beginning to fall in love, Ronnie starts rediscovering her love for music, something she shares with her father. Reconnecting with music revives a kinship with her father which proves to be the most important relationship she may ever experience.




37) The Bucket List

The Bucket List is a 2008 comedy-drama film directed by Rob Reiner, written by Justin Zackham, and starring Academy Award-winners Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. The main plot follows two terminally ill men (portrayed by Nicholson and Freeman) on their road trip with a wish list of things to do before they "kick the bucket." Two terminally ill men escape from a cancer ward and head off on a road trip with a wish list of to-dos before they die. Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers have nothing in common except for their terminal illnesses. While sharing a hospital room together, they decide to leave it and do all the things they have ever wanted to do before they die according to their bucket list. In the process, both of them heal each other, become unlikely friends, and ultimately find the joy in life.





38) Fireproof

Fireproof is a 2008 American Christian drama film. In an attempt to save his marriage, A firefighter uses a 40-day experiment known as "The Love Dare". In Albany, the marriage of Caleb end Catherine Holt is in crisis and they decide to divorce. However, Caleb's father, John, proposes that his son delays their separation process for forty days and follow a procedure called "The Love Dare" to make them love each other again.





39) Step UP

Step Up is a 2006 American dance/romance film directed by Anne Fletcher starring Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan. Set in Baltimore, Maryland, the film follows the tale of the disadvantaged Tyler Gage (Channing Tatum) and the privileged modern dancer Nora Clark (Jenna Dewan), who find themselves paired up in a showcase that determines both of their futures. Realizing that they only have one chance, they finally work together. Two sequels followed: Step Up 2: The Streets (2008) and Step Up 3D (2010). A third sequel, Step Up 4Ever, is planned for a 2012 release. In Baltimore, the troublemaker and street dancer Tyler Gage lives with his foster parents in an Afro-American lower class neighborhood. His best friends are Mac Carter and his little brother Skinny Carter and they use to hang around together, going to parties and stealing cars. After being expelled of a party, the trio breaks in the Maryland School of Arts and commits vandalism, destroying the stage. Tyler is arrested and sentenced to 200 hours of community service in the school and Director Gordon assigns him to help the janitor cleaning the place. One afternoon, the ballet dancer Nora Clark sees Tyler dancing in the parking area and when her partner Andrew has a strain and Tyler offers to help her in the choreography, she accepts the offer; they rehearsal and become close to each other while Tyler becomes friend of the students Miles Darby and Lucy Avila. When Andrew returns, Tyler that is known for quitting everything he starts gives up dancing and leaves Nora alone.




40) Remember the Titans

Remember the Titans is a 2000 American sports film. The film starts as a new coach of the Titans, a football team previously coached by the white Bill Yoast, begins coaching the team. The new coach, Herman Boone, is black, and his team is a mixture of black players and white players. The struggles that arise from the racial diversity are profound. The true story of a newly appointed African-American coach and his high school team on their first season as a racially integrated unit. Suburban Virginia schools have been segregated for generations, in sight of the Washington Monument over the river in the nation's capital. One Black and one White high school are closed and the students sent to T.C. Williams High School under federal mandate to integrate. The year is seen through the eyes of the football team where the man hired to coach the Black school is made head coach over the highly successful white coach. Based on the actual events of 1971, the team becomes the unifying symbol for the community as the boys and the adults learn to depend on and trust each other.





41)Radio
Radio, released October 2003, is a film directed by Mike Tollin that is based on the true story of T. L. Hanna High School football coach Harold Jones (Ed Harris) and a mentally-challenged young man James Robert "Radio" Kennedy (Cuba Gooding, Jr.). Also starring Debra Winger and Alfred Woodard, it was inspired by the 1996 Sports Illustrated article "Someone to Lean On" by Gary Smith. Radio is the story of a high school coach and the developmentally challenged man whom he took under his wing. Football coach Harold Jones befriends Radio, a mentally-challenged man who becomes a student at T.L. Hanna High School in Anderson, South Carolina. Their friendship extends over several decades, where Radio transforms from a shy, tormented man into an inspiration to his community.




42) Gran Torino

Gran Torino is a 2008 American drama film directed by, produced by, and starring Clint Eastwood. The film marks Eastwood's return to a lead acting role after four years, his previous leading role having been in Million Dollar Baby, and Eastwood has stated that this is his final film as an actor. The film features a large Hmong American cast, as well as Eastwood's younger son, Scott Eastwood, playing Trey. Disgruntled Korean War vet Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, a young Hmong teenager, who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: his 1972 Gran Torino. Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Kowalski is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy an old man, who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors, a Korean War veteran whose prize possession is a 1972 Gran Torino he keeps in mint condition. When his neighbor Thao, a young Hmong teenager under pressure from his gang member cousin, tries to steal his Gran Torino, Kowalski sets out to reform the youth. Drawn against his will into the life of Thao's family, Kowalski is soon taking steps to protect them from the gangs that infest their neighborhood.





43) Patch Adams

Patch Adams is a 1998 comedy-drama film starring Robin Williams. Directed by Tom Shadyac, it tells the true life story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams and the book Gesundheit: Good Health is a Laughing Matter by Adams and Maureen Mylander. The film is generally considered a box-office success, grossing over twice its budget in the United States alone. However, it was poorly received by most critics. Patch Adams is about a medical student in the 70's that treated patients, illegally, using humor. Patch Adams is determined to become a medical doctor because he enjoys helping people. Unfortunately, the medical and scientific community does not appreciate his methods of healing the sick, while the actual patients, medical professors, and hospital nurses all appreciate the work *he* can do, because they are unable to do it.








44. Cast Away
Cast Away is a 2000 drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks as a FedEx employee stranded on an uninhabited island after his plane crashes in the South Pacific. The film depicts his successful attempts to survive on the island using remnants of his plane's cargo, as well as his eventual escape and return to society. Hanks was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 73rd Academy Awards for his critically acclaimed performance. After FedEx systems engineer Chuck Noland is ripped out of his hasty life by the clock in a plane crash, he finds himself alone on the shores of a tropical island. First, frustration gets to him and then he realizes how little his chances are to ever get back to civilization. Four years later, Chuck has learned very well how to survive on his own: mending his dental health, catching fish with a spear, predicting the weather with a self-made calendar. A photograph of his girlfriend Kelly has kept his hopes alive all these years. Finally, Chuck takes the opportunity to take off for home: He sets off on a wooden raft with a sail that has washed ashore.




45) Slumdog Millionaire
Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British romantic drama film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Simon Beaufoy, and co-directed in India by Loveleen Tandan. It is an adaptation of the novel Q & A (2005) by Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup. Set and filmed in India, the film tells the story of Jamal Malik, a young man from the Juhu slums of Mumbai who appears on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Kaun Banega Crorepati in the Hindi version) and exceeds people's expectations, thereby arousing the suspicions of the game show host and of law enforcement officials.A Mumbai teen who grew up in the slums, becomes a contestant on the Indian version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" He is arrested under suspicion of cheating, and while being interrogated, events from his life history are shown which explain why he knows the answers. The story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's Kaun Banega Crorepati?(Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?) But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions. Each chapter of Jamal's increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show's seemingly impossible quizzes. But one question remains...






46) The Karate Kid
The Karate Kid is a 1984 American martial arts romantic drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and written by Robert Mark Kamen, starring Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita and Elisabeth Shue. It is a martial arts film, and an underdog story in the mold of a previous success, Avildsen's 1976 film Rocky. It was a commercial success upon release, and garnered favorable critical acclaim, earning Pat Morita an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. A handyman/martial arts master agrees to teach a bullied boy karate and shows him that there is more to the martial art than fighting. Daniel and his mother move from New Jersey to California. She has a wonderful new job, but Daniel quickly discovers that a dark haired Italian boy with a Jersey accent doesn't fit into the blond surfer crowd. Daniel manages to talk his way out of some fights, but he is finally cornered by several who belong to the same karate school. As Daniel is passing out from the beating he sees Miyagi, the elderly gardener leaps into the fray and save him by outfighting half a dozen teenagers. Miyagi and Daniel soon find out the real motivator behind the boys' violent attitude in the form of their karate teacher. Miyagi promises to teach Daniel karate and arranges a fight at the all-valley tournament some months off. When his training begins, Daniel doesn't understand what he is being shown. Miyagi seems more interested in having Daniel paint fences and wax cars than teaching him Karate.





47) Holes
Holes is a 2003 film based on the novel of the same title by Louis Sachar, who also wrote the screenplay, with Shia LaBeouf as the lead role of Stanley Yelnats. The film was produced by Walden Media and released by Walt Disney Pictures. A wrongfully convicted boy is sent to a brutal desert detention camp where he joins the job of digging holes for some mysterious reason. "But if you forget to come back for Madame Zeroni, you and your family will be cursed for always and eternity." Those were the exact words spoken to young Elya Yelnats the day he forgot to repay the gypsy Madame Zeroni. From then on his family was cursed with bad luck. One hundred years later Stanley Yelnats IV is accused of stealing a pair of cleats from a major league baseball player and sent to Camp Green Lake (a dry lake bed in the middle of the desert). It never rains at Camp Green Lake, it hasn't for one hundred years. The secretive and mysterious Warden has each inmate spend every day digging one hole to "build character." But when an artifact from the famous "Kissin' Kate" Barlow is found in a hole, the Warden forces the boys to work double time leading Stanley to deduce they're digging because the Warden is looking for something. But what? And how is the mystery of Camp Green Lake connected to Stanley's family curse?






48) Lorenzo's Oil
Lorenzo's Oil is a 1992 drama film directed by George Miller. It is based on a true story of Augusto and Michaela Odone, two parents in a relentless search for a cure for their son Lorenzo's adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). The film was nominated for two Academy Awards. A boy develops a disease so rare that nobody is working on a cure, so his father decides to learn all about it and tackle the problem himself. Until about the age of 7, Lorenzo Odone was a normal child. After then, strange things began to happen to him: he would have blackouts, memory lapses, and other strange mental phemonenons. He is eventually diagnosed as suffering from ALD: an extremely rare incurable degenerative brain disorder. Frustrated at the failings of doctors and medicine in this area, the Odones begin to educate themselves in the hope of discovering something which can halt the progress of the disease.





49)Million Dollar Baby
Million Dollar Baby is a 2004 American sports drama film directed, co-produced, and scored by Clint Eastwood and starring Eastwood, Hilary Swank, and Morgan Freeman. It is the story of an under-appreciated boxing trainer, his elusive past, and his quest for atonement by helping an underdog amateur female boxer (the film's title character) achieve her dream of becoming a professional. The film won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture. A hardened trainer/manager works with a determined woman in her attempt to establish herself as a boxer. Frankie Dunn has trained and managed some incredible fighters during a lifetime spent in the ring. The most important lesson he teaches his boxers is the one that rules life: above all, always protect yourself. In the wake of a painful estrangement from his daughter, Frankie has been unwilling to let himself get close to anyone for a very long time. His only friend, Scrap, an ex-boxer who looks after Frankie's gym, knows that beneath his gruff exterior is a man who has been seeking, for the past 25 years, the forgiveness that somehow continues to elude him. Then Maggie Fitzgerald walks into his gym...





50) Waiting for "Superman"


Waiting for "Superman" is a 2010 documentary film from director Davis Guggenheim and producer Lesley Chilcott. The film analyzes the failures of American public education by following several students through the educational system, hoping to be selected in a lottery for acceptance into charter schools. The film received the Audience Award for best documentary at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. The film also received the Best Documentary Feature at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards. Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education "statistics" have names: Anthony, Francisco, Bianca, Daisy, and Emily, whose stories make up the engrossing foundation of WAITING FOR SUPERMAN. As he follows a handful of promising kids through a system that inhibits, rather than encourages, academic growth, Guggenheim undertakes an exhaustive review of public education, surveying "drop-out factories" and "academic sinkholes," methodically dissecting the system and its seemingly intractable problems.



51) Click


Click is a 2006 sci-fi comedy-drama. A workaholic architect finds a universal remote that allows him to fast-forward and rewind to different parts of his life. Complications arise when the remote starts to overrule his choices.It stars Adam Sandler as an overworked architect who neglects his family and misses most of his life when he receives a remote-control device that enables him to skip over unpleasant events. It also stars Kate Beckinsale as his wife and Christopher Walken as the man who gives him the device.




52) Courageous


Courageous is an independent Christian drama film.When a tragedy strikes close to home, four police officers struggle with their faith and their roles as husbands and fathers; together they make a decision that will change all of their lives.Four men, one calling: To serve and protect. As law enforcement officers, they face danger every day. Yet when tragedy strikes close to home, these fathers are left wrestling with their hopes, their fears, and their faith. From this struggle will come a decision that changes all of their lives. With action, drama, and humor, the fourth film from Sherwood Pictures embraces God's promise to "turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers." Souls will be stirred, and hearts will be challenged to be ... courageous!




53) Man of the Year

Man of the Year is a 2006 comedy-drama thriller film. A comedian who hosts a news satire program decides to run for president, and a computerized voting machine malfunction gets him elected.Tom Dobbs, comedic host of a political talk show - a la Bill Maher and Jon Stewart - runs for President of the US as an independent candidate who, after an issues-oriented campaign and an explosive performance in the final debate, gets just enough votes to win. Trouble is he owes his victory to a computer glitch in the national touch-screen voting system marketed by Delacroy, a private company with a rising stock price. To protect their fortune, Delacroy executives want to keep the glitch a secret, but one programmer, Eleanor Green, wants Dobbs to know the truth. Can she get to him?




54) Midnight in Paris


Midnight in Paris is a 2011 romantic comedy film.A family travel to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple who are forced to confront their differing views of a perfect life.Gil and Inez travel to Paris as a tag-along vacation on her parents' business trip. Gil is a successful Hollywood writer but is struggling on his first novel. He falls in love with the city and thinks they should move there after they get married, but Inez does not share his romantic notions of the city or the idea that the 1920s was the golden age. When Inez goes off dancing with her friends, Gil takes a walk at midnight and discovers what could be the ultimate source of inspiration for writing. Gil's daily walks at midnight in Paris could take him closer to the heart of the city but further from the woman he's about to marry.




55) The Box

The Box is a 2009 American psychological thriller film based on the 1970 short story "Button, Button" by Richard Matheson. A small wooden box arrives on the doorstep of a married couple, who know that opening it will grant them a million dollars and kill someone they don't know.Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. However, pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world, someone they don't know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the cross-hairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.



56) The King's Speech

The King's Speech is a 2010 British historical drama film. The story of King George VI of Britain, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it. The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stammer and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country through war.





57) The Shawshank Redemption



The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 American drama film. Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency. Andy Dufresne is a young and successful banker whose life changes drastically when he is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife and her lover. Set in the 1940's, the film shows how Andy, with the help of his friend Red, the prison entrepreneur, turns out to be a most unconventional prisoner.





58) Romeo and Juliet



William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet is a 1996 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's romantic tragedy of the same name. Shakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue.Classic story of Romeo and Juliet, set in a modern-day city of Verona Beach. The Montagues and Capulets are two feuding families, whose children meet and fall in love. They have to hide their love from the world because they know that their parents will not allow them to be together. There are obstacles on the way, like Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, and Romeo's friend Mercutio, and many fights. But although it is set in modern times, it is still the same timeless story of the "star crossed lovers".




59) The Perfect Game


The Perfect Game is a 2009 American drama film. Based on a true story, a group of boys from Monterrey, Mexico who become the first non-U.S. team to win the Little League World Series. n 1957 a rag-tag, shoeless, poor group of kids from Monterrey, Mexico shocked the world by winning 13 games in a row and the Little League World Series in the only perfect game ever pitched in the Championship. These kids, led by their priest and a down-and-out former major leaguer embark on a journey through the southern US and up into Williamsport, PA for the Championship game. They encountered many adversities including nearly being deported and the bigotry that wouldn't allow them into certain restaurants or travel on certain buses. They never lost their faith and eventually captured the hearts of both nations.




60) Cyberbully


Cyberbully follows Taylor Hillridge (Emily Osment), a teenage girl who falls victim to online bullying, and the cost it takes on her as well as her friends and family. Taylor is a pretty seventeen-year-old student dealing with her parents' recent divorce and painfully aware of her lower social status in high school. When her mom gives her a computer for her birthday, Taylor is excited by the prospect of going online to meet new friends without her mother always looking over her shoulder. However, Taylor soon finds herself the victim of betrayal and bullying while visiting a popular social website. Obsessed with the damaging posts, she begins to withdraw from her family and friends, including her life-long best friend, Samantha Caldone (Kay Panabaker). Tormented and afraid to face her peers at school, Taylor is pushed to an extreme breaking point. It is only after this life-changing event that Taylor learns that she is not alone – meeting other teens, including a classmate, who have had similar experiences. Taylor's mom, Kris (Kelly Rowan), reels from the incident and takes on the school system and state legislation to help prevent others from going through the same harrowing ordeal as her daughter.
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61) The Secret Life of Bees



Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past. Taken in by the intelligent and independent Boatwright sisters, Lily finds solace in their mesmerizing world of beekeeping.








62) We Bought a Zoo


 
 
We Bought a Zoo is a 2011 comedy-drama/family film based on the 2008 memoir of the same name by Benjamin Mee. The film is directed by Cameron Crowe, and stars Matt Damon as the lead character. It tells the story of Mee and his family who just moved into a dilapidated zoo and took on the challenge of preparing the zoo for its reopening to the public.Set in Southern California, a father moves his young family to the countryside to renovate and re-open a struggling zoo.








63)Temple Grandin


 
 

A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of the top scientists in the humane livestock handling industry.

159 comments:

  1. Your selection of movies is great. Your students will enjoy all the movies specially The Pursuit of Happyness and My Sister's Keeper. Nice blog and is friendly to use. Great Work! Keep going.
    Sincerly; Iván González(Math Teacher)

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  2. Nice blog you have its a good tool for youre students. I hope they use this in a good way.

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  3. Good job with this blog. I'ts so Nice... :)

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  4. I Choose Facing the Giants
    beacuse it is inspirational.

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  5. I choose Good Will Hunting
    Because is so interesting for me.

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  6. I choose The Persuit of Happyness because I like it alot.

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  7. I choose My sisters keepers because its a beautifull story

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  8. i choose drumline because its a very talented story

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  9. i choose john Q because its a very emotional story.

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  10. Josuam: I choose I Walk to Remenber , because its a beautifull story of love! and I love It!

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  11. I choose the movie Freedom Writers because i have seen it before and its really interesting and we all can learn from it.

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  12. I pick Facing the Giants because i like playin futball and is a good movie

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  13. My Sister's Keeper
    I choose this movie because my mother go through this

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  14. I chose The Boy in the Striped Pajamas because for me is very interesting and touching movie...

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  15. I choose August Rush because I love it.

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  16. i choose August Rush because is a great movie and inspiration for me.

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  17. I choose the movie The Ultimate Gift because this movie teaches a lesson for life.

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  18. I choose the movie Akelah and the Bee because I like the spellig bee.

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  19. I chose Lemony Snickets The series of unfortunate events.

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  20. I choose The Blind Side becouse is a very emotional movie

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  21. I choose Akeelah and the Bee because it is verey interesting.

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  22. i choose invictous because is a very interesing movie

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  23. I choose "I AM SAM" becouse i think that is a movie that express fellings to people.

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  24. i chose tha last song because we can see how a father daughter relationship grow

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  25. Ichoose "A WALK TO REMEMBER" becouse is a movie that show you to not be pathetic with the persons.

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  26. i choose the last song because is a inspiration to me...

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  27. I choose drum line because is about music and i love the music

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  28. I see you've added my suggestion!
    The Blind Side is a very inspiring movie,
    not just because I like it, it shows us that even
    the small things with the proper direction can be
    even bigger in life!

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  29. To Save a Life + The Ilusionist + Remember the Titans + The Pianist + Fireproof + Radio + The Peaceful Warrior + Last Holiday + Just Wright + Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story + The Bucket List + Lions for Lambs + Flipped = more amazing movies...ja:)

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  30. I choose the movie The Ultimate Gift because it seems interesting

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  31. I choose the Lemony Snickets Of Unfortonate Events because its a movie mestirious.

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  32. Anonymous, I haven't seen all of the movies you suggested but the ones that I have seen, I agree are great life lesson films and I have recently posted them. Thank you for your suggestions!

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  33. I choose Fireproof because is a story of a man who trying to save her marriage.

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  34. Regarding the project, Can the Conflicts be inculded with the plot?? & by Diary could it be a very important letter from someone in the movie, with very valuable imformation.?? & about the setting, can it be more than 1 setting??

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  35. Adannette, conflict and the plot are different, verify your notebook for types of conflicts once you have determined the type of conflict you wish to expand you will see the difference. Remember in the diary you must focus on a character emotions such as fear, happiness, and the trails and tribulation on a difficult life situation that helps the character change. About the setting it can be more than one setting but I suggest you focus on the setting most important to the movie, remember setting is time and place, some movies time is much more important than place.

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  36. I choose the movie Step Up because I like to dance.

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  37. I choose John Q because I like it.

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  38. kristian Arocho NievesFriday, April 08, 2011 8:00:00 AM

    I choose STEP UP because I have this movie.

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  39. Coralys Lassalles cortesFriday, April 08, 2011 8:07:00 AM

    I choose I am Sam because I Like it.

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  40. I chose the Social Network

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  41. I choose step up because i love to dance y i love this movie

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  42. Roberto Rodriguez 11-10Monday, April 11, 2011 9:49:00 PM

    I choose "The Blind Side", its and interesting movie and it has to do with sports.

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  43. the pursuit of happyness i like becausethe movie thouhme and i cri when i saw it

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  44. wilffredo 11-8 i chose THE BUKET LIST BECAUSE I LIKE THIS MOVIE

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  45. I choose "A Beautiful Mind" because i think is interesting.

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  46. Sheila M. Hernandez >11-10Tuesday, April 26, 2011 7:28:00 PM

    I choose "Radio" because is so interesting for me.

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  47. Hi Jaime I just passed by your blog to check out the movies and I last night saw "Holes" and "The Bucket List" really nice heart warming movies, great selection I must say. Well I will drop by school in a few minutes to pick up my grades. Have a wonderful summer with your family take care.

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  48. I choose "The Last Song" because I really like this movie.

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  49. I choose my sisters keeper because I realy enjoy this movie.

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  50. I pick the boy with the blue striped pijamas because it was a very interesting theme.

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  51. I choose click because it's funny and honestly one of my favorite movies

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  52. I chose step up because is a great movie

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  53. I choose "My Sister's keeper" because I saw the movie and it touched me. I felt identified with this movie.

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  54. I choose The Last Song because I think that this movie is really inspiring and really pretty, and it's what is happening with youth these days.

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  55. I choose The Blind Side because knowing that it was in real life, it inspired me and I want to talk about it in class.

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  56. I select Freedom Writers. I loved that movie because a white teacher help black kids and loved them eventhough rascism was the main problem.

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  57. I choose I am sam because it reminds me when I was little, also my mother recommended it.

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  58. I select August Rush because the kid's story inspired me to keep on in life eventhough he was an orphan.

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  59. I choose "Corageous" because I saw it and it impacted my life.

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  60. I select a walk to remember because the title cought my attention.

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  61. I choose Jonh Q because is sounds intresting

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  62. Eric J.Echevarria 10-3Friday, March 09, 2012 1:03:00 PM

    I choose karate kid because is american martial art of 1984 is a hard sistem.

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  63. I choose "Cast Away" because it is a very good movie about a man trying to survive on a desert island.

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  64. I select a million dollar baby cause this movie has such a great impact in my life and its one of the best inspiring movies I have ever seen.

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  65. HI,I chose The Karate Kid (the original movie) because, like many of my classmates,it makes me feel identified, this is also because I used to watch it many many times in my childhood and understand the it sends a message to everyone...be educated and humble but be sure to stand up for yourself.

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  66. Mr. Can I change the movie that I chose? I I had chosen "step up" but I want to do the project about "The Bucket List." I like The Bucket List more than step up it has a better message

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  67. I Choose ''Facing The Giants'' because the theme of the movie is sounds really intresting.

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  68. Stephanie Beth no one has chosen The Bucket List so yes you are allowed to change.

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    1. ok, thank you :D
      By the way the Stephanie that posted twiced wasn't me. That Stephanie is from 10-5, I'm from 10-6.

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    2. Honest mistake, thanks for the heads up.

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  69. I choose "The ultimate gift" because I have sean this movie begores and it teach you the valeu of life.

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  70. I choose "The Bucket List" because it is an emotional movie.

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  71. stacy acevedo 10-9 9:50 10:40

    I choose "FIREPROOF" BECAUSE it show os that will have to give valiu to wath it have.

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  72. I choose the movie "Fireproof" because I have seen the movie, and I like how it gives us a positive message.

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  73. I choose the movie "A Walk to Remember" because my first impression of the movie trailer seemed very interesting,also it's something you see in our daily living.So I hope this is an amazing movie to relate with.

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  74. joshua 10-5 (9:50-10:40)Friday, March 09, 2012 4:12:00 PM

    I choose "slumdog millonare" because I have already see it and I like it.

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  75. The Blind side...
    Because is a beautiful movie.

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  76. I choose the movie facing the giants because is a great movie that give a wonderful message.

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  77. Genesis 10-8
    I choose cyberbully because it look very intresting

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  78. I choose The Boy in the Striped Pajamas because i like movies that bring good message with history that maybe its not real but dose happen in real life well yea thats the one i like to see and work on.

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  79. I choose The Social Network as it is related to Facebook,because I like everything that has to do with facebook.

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  80. I choose I am Sam becouse I can relate to the history an I have two cousins like that.

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  81. I chose: Million Dollar Baby.Because I love boxing and combat sports.And not only that, but that the movie shows that the girl has a lot of fighting spirit and that makes it very exciting

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  82. I choose the movie John Q because it is a very good movie also has a beautiful message. It's amazing what a person can do to save the life of someone you love

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  83. i choose Freedom Writers because it his a true history that happens a lot in school and i like it.

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  84. alejandro gonzalez 10-3
    i choose the blind side because it is a touching movie of no matter how poor you are with a little effort and a good heart you can acomplish anything

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  85. I choose "The Pursuit of Happyness. I took this movie, because i think it has an excellent moral, that we could all choose in our daily life.

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  86. I chose the movie "Dangerous Minds" because it is about how we can overcome difficulties in our lives, by learning that we have a choice, and to regain confidence in ourselves.

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  87. I chose the movie Courageous because its a great movie and inspires most men to be good fathers in life cause we never know what kinds of consecuences life presents us.

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  88. Jonathan arocho ruiz 10-3Saturday, March 10, 2012 2:03:00 AM

    The movie I choose is DRUMLINE becuase it has an incredible moral.

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  89. The movie I choose is A beutifull mind because I think is an excellent movie

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  90. I choose the movie "Facing the Giants" because it represents an example of perseverance.

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  91. Gabriel O. Hernandez 10-3 Mar 10,2012 05:10 I CHOOSE the movie pursuit of happynes because I like the message of the movie.

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  92. The movie I choose is "Click" beccause is a excellent movie

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  93. I choose the movie " The boy in the striped pajamas." I have seen it and the message is just worthy of sharing.

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  94. The movie that I choose is "The Outsiders" because I readed the novel, and I saw the movie too and it shows me how hard was to be a poor teen though guy(Greasers) in a complex society where rich people try to controlled all.

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  95. I choose the movie

    The bucket list its fun And interesting

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  96. The movie that O chose is the Last Song because the movie look interesting.

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  97. I choose Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events because I think this movie is so interesting and different and
    the title is mysterious.

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  98. Anthony J. Cabán 10-3Sunday, March 11, 2012 6:19:00 PM

    I choose Couragous becouse is about faith in god and a compromition you do to your family...

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  99. The Movie I choose is "Cast Away" because it seems to be interesting.

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  100. Christian Y. Vale 10-5Sunday, March 11, 2012 7:12:00 PM

    I choose Pay It Forward because it is a really good movie with an inspirational message.

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  101. I choose the movie "GRAN TORINO" because is excellent movie

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  102. Mr. I can change the movie I chose? I had not seen that was Fireproof :(I really like this message more than Freedoom Writers. I read that book and I love it because it teaches us to appreciate what we have and persevere in the worst times.

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    1. Kathia unfortunately for you some one in your group has already chosen "Fireproof", therefore you cannot change your movie.

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  103. MR. I will change the movie "click", because one of my friends already have so I choose Forrest Gump,because i think it is a interesting movie

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  104. I choose August Rush because I already saw it and its really inspiring... I Hope no body has picked it ;)

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  105. I choose the movie "Step up"' because it's my favorite

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  106. natalie nu~ez espinosa 10-5Monday, March 12, 2012 2:28:00 PM

    i choose " the last song " because i really like this movie

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  107. I choose "The Ultimate Gift" because I saw the movie and also had a beautiful message.

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  108. I choose "Facing the Giants", because is one of my favorite movies. I like the massage this movie teach us. I like the way God change the coache`s life when he decide to put all his problems in his hands.

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  109. I choose Step Up because I love to dance but I also choose this movie because it shows us to fight for what we want no matter if is not what others espected you to do. :)

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  110. Ive chosen the movie ''Click'' Because it is a very interesting movie and adam sandlers is one of my favorite comedy actors.

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  111. I choose the box beacuse it looks very interasting.

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  112. I CHOOSE THE MOVIE 'HOLES' BEACUASE I WANTED TO READ THE BOOK!

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  113. I choose the movie "Romeo & Juliet" because is one of my favorite stories and because is romantic and cruel at the same time.

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  114. I choose the movie "Cyberbully" because bullying is somthing lots of kids suffer and i think it should be stopped. Also i saw the movie and it was very interesting.

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  115. I choose the karate kid movie, because is a movie that have a positive message, and I identify with the story of the movie.

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  116. I choose John Q movie because is a movie very interesting

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  117. I choose the movie click cause my aunt has it and i saw it not long ago.Im not shore if someone in my group choose it so if someone already choose it please let me know

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  118. I choose the movie fireproof becauce it has a beautifull moral.

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  119. Joshua NIEVES MAR 19, 2012 5:28PM I CHOOSE THE MOVIE FACING GAINTS BECUASE IT AS GREAT STORY

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  120. I choose the Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events because its realy funny and this movie give a good message!

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  121. I choose Man of the Year, because it is how to make a politician.

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  122. I choose the movie the boy in the striped pajamas trailer reply

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  123. The movie I choose for this project is Remember the Titans because it's a movie that inspires the wish for a difference. The color of the skin has no significance. What really matters is the interior of the person. Don't judge a book by its cover. Now I say: Don't judge a movie for it poster. :)

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  124. this blog is sow koolll jeje i like the blog

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  125. annieliz gonzalez vegaMonday, March 26, 2012 5:37:00 PM

    the movie ai CHOOSE is drumline because is a movie i like sow much

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  126. I choose drumline because I have always wanted to see this movie and my aunt has always told me it was a really good movie

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  127. I chose the movie HOLES because is verrry interesting and I have seen it.

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  128. I choose Click, because I like it!

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  129. The movie I choose is Radio, cause ive already seen it.

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  130. I choose the movie "Cast Away" because I saw this movie and I think that have a very interesting and possitive message.

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  131. Josean D. Hernandez 10-6Tuesday, March 27, 2012 10:16:00 PM

    I choose Dead Poet Society caused is about a teacher who teach his students in a difrent way and because I have it in my home so i can watch it over and over if i don`t understand it so well.

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  132. I picked John Q becuase Ireally like this movie!

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  133. I chose the movie "Rudy" because its show alot of sacrofice and passion toward a type of sport.

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  134. I choose the movie "The Blind Side" Because I saw the movie and I liked

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  135. kiara 10-2
    I chose "fireproof" because I like the movie and has a beautiful message

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  136. Neyshalee 10-2

    - I choose Step Up! because I really like the movie

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  137. I choose CYBERBULLY because I saw the movie and is very interesting !!

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  138. (My Sister's keeper) I saw this movie and liked a lot This movie is about two sisters and one of them had cancer. The biggest was celous of the other one. When she knew about her sisters sikmess changed her way of ast...

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  139. mr i choose the movie LEAN ON ME

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  140. I CHOOSE THE MOVIE LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL BEACAUSE FUNNY .....

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  141. this movie Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events "that their story is very beautiful

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  142. THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
    BECAUSE THE MOVE IS INTERESTING NICE

    LENNY RODRIGUEZ MERCADO (10-5)

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  143. I choose The Shawshank Redemption because I like this movie.

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  144. I choose Hard Ball Cause its a story based on real situation and it is very significantly for me what happens in the story

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  145. I chose this Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events meguta much history that the plot

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  146. I have many of these movies. Some I haven't found yet! Love your blog! It was refreshing to see that in the oral presentation section, parents had a chance to see their kid's performance and had many positive comments to say about the blog! Excellent!

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  147. Thank you for your very kind words about blog! This week I will add some more movies titles suggested by my students, please feel free to post suggestions of movies apropiate and pertinent to classroom settings. Unexpectedly parent's positive messages in Oral Presentations has become a great source of motivation for my students. Thanks again!

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  148. Suhaly Marie Morales Padilla 10-1 (8:00 - 9:00)Sunday, August 26, 2012 3:52:00 PM

    Good Will Hunting is a movie with many morals and some of the most outstanding are: That you can find brilliant minds in the most unexpected places,sometimes you never know how good you are at something until someone shows you how good you really are at it, you never know how much you can have until you know how much you can give.

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  149. Great choice of movies. Many of them I have already seen.
    Here I suggest some I've seen that I'm sure you'll enjoy:
    Soul food, Soul Surfer, The Vow, My live, Take the lid, The Secret Garden, The Family Man and Flyer wheels!

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  150. Mr.Quiñones espero q este bien! Es para recomendarle dos peliculas excelentes: The Call y Temptation...


    Fue un placer ser su estudiante gracias por todo lo q me enseño =)

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  151. Lorelain, thank you for your kind words! I haven't seen the movies you recommended but I will look into them. I appreciate all your suggestions.

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  152. Hi Mr. Quiñones! There are some movies that I had watched before and are very good. One movie I can recommend is Instructions not included, is a very touching movie. Hope you can see it!

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  153. The Outsiders is a coming-of-age novel based in 1965 by S. E. Hinton. Hinton was 15 when she started writing the novel and 18 when it was published.




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