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Film & TV Recommendations
A Few Good Men (1992) – for examining assumptions and perspectives.
Agnes of God (1985) – portraying innocence and wonderment.
Altered States (1980) – to consider our possibilities.
Amistad (1997) – to feel our connectedness and passion.
Brain Dead (1990) – for examining assumptions and perspectives.
Brilliance (African, around 1970) – portraying innocence and wonderment.
Contact (1997) – for inspiring us to reach beyond our beliefs.
Courage Under Fire (1996) – for examining assumptions and perspectives.
Dances with Wolves (1990) – the differences between being masked and unmasked.
Dark City (1998) – for examining alternate realities.
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) – for examining assumptions and perspectives.
El Topo (1970, Alejandro Jaderowsky) – for examining assumptions and perspectives.
Emerald Forest (1985) – for examining assumptions and perspectives, and
to feel our connectedness.
Frances (1982) – for an example of adjustment to society vs. self-authority.
Forbidden Planet (1956) – for examining assumptions and perspectives.
Girl, Interrupted (1999) – for an example of adjustment to society vs.
self-authority.
Green Mile (1999) – to consider our possibilities.
Gorillas in the Mist (1988) – to feel our connectedness and passion.
Groundhog Day (1993) – to consider our possibilities.
Hilary and Jackie (1998)– for examining assumptions and perspectives,
and to feel our connectedness.
House of Cards (1993) – for examining alternate realities.
Jacob’s Ladder (1990) – for examining alternate realities.
Kung Fu (series 1972-75) – for examining assumptions and perspectives
and to consider our possibilities.
Last Temptation of Christ, (1988) – for examining assumptions and perspectives.
Little Big Man (1970) – the differences between being masked and unmasked.
The Mask (199x) – the differences between being masked and unmasked.
The Matrix (1999) – for examining alternate realities.
Mission to Mars (2000) – to consider our possibilities and re-examine
our assumptions.
Nell (1994) – to consider our possibilities, and portraying innocence
and wonderment..
Phenomenon (1996) – to consider our possibilities.
Powder (1995) – to consider our possibilities.
Resurrection (1980) – to consider our possibilities.
Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) – for examining alternate realities.
Solaris (2002) – for examining alternate realities.
Split Image (1982) – for examining assumptions and perspectives.
Stargate SG-1 (1997-present, especially the episodes about the Nox people and
the Ancients) – to consider our possibilities.
Star Trek, Next Generation (1987-1994, especially episodes about the Que continuum,
beings of other dimensions, and the Traveler; Dr. Crusher caught in a shrinking
universe; holodeck character Prof. Moriarty captured in a crystal) – to
consider our possibilities and for examining alternate realities.
Taken (2002 miniseries) – to consider our possibilities.
They Live (1988) – for examining assumptions and perspectives.
Terms of Endearment (1983) – to feel our connectedness and longing.
Word of Honor (2003 TV) – for examining assumptions and perspectives.