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Self/less
What does this story, premised upon the possibility of transferring a person from body to body, tell us about the moral implications of such technology, should it ever...
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
What does this film, based upon the true story of Jesse James’ death, tell us about celebrity, and the lionization of criminals in American popular culture? How does t...
Rescue Dawn and Little Dieter Needs to Fly
What does this pair of films, one a documentary about POW Dieter Dengler, the other a drama based upon his story, tell us about the moral obligations film makers have ...
The Best Years of Our Lives
What does this film tell us about the difficulties encountered by WWII veterans as the re-entered civilian life? How does the film show the uncomprehending nature of t...
Equilibrium
What does this dystopian film tell us about connection between feelings or emotions and evil? Does the fact that the film is derivative of several films and works of l...
The Bird People in China
What does this film tell us as it contrasts the busy stressful lives of its two main characters in modern Japan and the idyllic life of the remote Chinese village they...
The Lives of Others
What does this film, set in 1984 East Germany, tell us about the role of culture ministries in closed and authoritarian communist countries? What does it indicate abou...
Seven Days in May
What does this 1964 film tell us about the state of the Cold War in the early 60s? How does it illustrate the unique nature of the American constitutional order, as co...
Another Round (Druk)
What does this film tell us about the role of alcohol in Danish culture, in particular, youth as they navigate the milestones of academic life? How does it illustrate ...
Tenet
What does this film, (premised upon the notion that time travel is possible, and there is only one possible world - our own - the events of which are fixed), tell us a...
2001: A Space Odyssey
What does this 1968 film portray with regard to the possible interplay between intelligent guidance and evolutionary processes in the origins of humanity? What resonan...
It's a Wonderful Life
What does this classic film suggest to us about travel between the actual and possible worlds? What does it suggest about invariance of character traits of individuals...
Starship Troopers
What does the film, based loosely upon the Robert Heinlein novel, tell us about director, Paul Verhoeven's opinion of the novel? What is the message the film and novel...
Citizen Kane
What does this film tell us about the range of responses we can have toward aspects of our lives that are outside our complete control? How does Charles Foster Kane ex...
Blade Runner
What does this film tell us about the potential to bio-engineer characteristics that would suit human beings for roles that require use of violence, such as bounty hun...
Five Came Back
What does this documentary series tell us about the sense of duty and service to country that was felt by five directors from the golden age of Hollywood (John Ford, J...
The Human Stain
What does this movie, based upon a Phillip Roth novel, tell us about cancel culture on campus? What does it tell us about the difficult choice made by the main charact...
The Exorcist
What does this 1973 film tell us about post Hays-Code Hollywood and the ethics of using child actors in roles such as that of the possessed daughter, Regan? What does ...
Shin Godzilla
What does this retelling of the Godzilla story tell us about the responsibilities of governments in handling emergency situations? How does it reflect contemporary Jap...
Get Out
How does this horror/suspense film engage with recent philosophical thought experiments having to do with brain transplants and issues of personal identity? How does p...
Moon
What does this film tell us about the human proclivity to use fellow human beings as mere means to larger ends, such as corporate gain or climate change mitigation? Is...
Sargent Rutledge
What does this film, about the court-martial of a black cavalryman who is accused of rape and murder of a white woman, tell us about justice, fairness, and bigotry in ...
Twelve O'Clock High
What does this story, based on the early days of American involvement in the air war over Germany, tell us about the tensions that exist for commanders when they try t...
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
What does the film tell us about circumstances where it becomes necessary to act with 'dirty hands' in order to preserve civilization? How does John Ford use the chara...
Saving Private Ryan
What are the concepts of the natural lottery and moral luck, and how are they represented in the film? Is it fair of Capt. Miller to demand, with his last words, that ...
Ikiru
What does this 1952 Japanese film, about a bureaucrat who discovers he has terminal cancer, tell us about choice, direction in life, and living authentically? What doe...
Jurassic Park
What does this film tell us about the benefits and risks associated with reviving long extinct life forms? What is the interplay between scientific inquiry and entrepr...
EXTREME MEASURES
What does this 1996 film, about nerve regeneration research, tell us about utilitarian thought and the role of consent in medical research using human subjects? What l...
BLACK ROBE
What does this film about Jesuit missionaries in Algonquin territory during the 1600s tell us about rationality and religious beliefs? How does it illustrate the conce...
THE HATE U GIVE
What does W.E.B Dubois' concept of 'double consciousness' tell us about the main character Starr Carter, and life as a black American? What does it tell us about recen...