Gandhi (1982 – 190 minutes – PG)
Epic and unforgettable, Gandhi swept the 1983 Oscars, winning eight awards including Best Picture. The awe-inspiring story of Mohandas Gandhi, the diminutive lawyer who stood up to the British in India and became an international symbol of nonviolence and understanding.
Hotel Rwanda (2005 – 122 minutes – PG13)
Amid the holocaust of internecine tribal fighting in Rwanda that sees the wanton and savage butchering of hundreds of thousands of men, women and children, one ordinary man (Don Cheadle) musters the courage to save more than 1,000 helpless refugees by sheltering them in the hotel he manages.
Iron Jawed Angels (2004 – 124 minutes – unrated)
From 1912 to 1920, a group of fiery young suffragettes led by Alice Paul (Hilary Swank) and Lucy Burns (Frances O’Connor) band together to pressure the United States into adopting a Constitutional amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote.
On The Waterfront (1954 – 107 minutes – unrated)
Terry Malloy (Oscar-winner Marlon Brando) is a washed-up boxer turned longshoreman who finds he has one fight left in him when he dares to take on corrupt union boss Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb). A landmark “issue” picture.
Pay It Forward (2000 – 123 minutes – PG13)
Haley (Joel Osment) is riveting as a young student who responds to a social studies assignment with a plan to unselfishly help three strangers who will then help three more, and so on, in an ever-widening circle.
The Corporation (2004 – 145 minutes – unrated)
This documentary charts the spectacular rise of corporations as a dramatic, pervasive presence in our lives.