Movie List
SACI Movie List
SACI understands the challenges that come about when exploring various ideals and theories in order to help strengthen your skills within the realm of our competencies. Therefore, please feel free to browse through our movie list in order to find supplementary materials for accomplishing your goals of each competency. These movies are acceptable for those who are teaching classes geared toward social justice, privilege, and/or inclusive beliefs. We encourage you to contact the chair (s) of SACI if there are movies not on this list that you would like to add!
Movie Title |
Year Produced |
Rating |
Theme |
Availability |
12 Years A Slave |
2013 |
R |
race, racism, equality |
Summit |
42 |
2013 |
PG-13 |
race, racial crimes |
Summit |
A Beautiful Mind |
2002 |
PG-13 |
mental illness/schizophrenia, persons with disabilities |
Summit |
A Day Without a Mexican |
2004 |
R |
race, Mexican-Americans, economy |
Summit |
American History X |
1998 |
R |
race, racial crimes, gang violence |
Summit |
Amistad |
1997 |
R |
race, slavery, history |
Summit |
Angels in America |
2003 |
Unrated |
AIDS, religion, addiction, sexual orientation |
Summit |
Broke Back Mountain |
2005 |
R |
sexual orientation, discrimination, violence, identity |
|
Brokedown Palace |
1999 |
PG-13 |
violence, privilege, racial crimes, corruption |
Hamersly/Summit |
Charlotte Sometimes |
2003 |
R |
identity, sexual violence, Asian American community, multi-racial identity, socio-economic status |
Summit |
Children of a Lesser God |
1986 |
R |
disability- deaf and hearing |
Summit |
Crash |
2005 |
R |
racism, sexual violence, privilege, anti-semitism, sexism, heterosexism |
Summit |
Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years |
2009 |
Unrated |
Summit |
|
Fences |
2016 |
PG-13 |
Classism, race, family, |
Summit |
Gandhi |
1982 |
PG |
religion, violence, peace |
Hamersly/Summit |
Higher Learning |
1995 |
R |
race, sexual violence, privilege, prejudice, sexual orientation |
Summit |
Hotel Rwanda |
2005 |
PG-13 |
genocide, sexual violence, war, corruption |
Summit |
I Am Sam |
2002 |
PG-13 |
person(s) with disabilities |
Summit |
If These Halls Could Talk |
2006 |
Unrated |
racial collegiate experience |
Summit |
If These Walls Could Talk |
2000 |
R |
abortion, women’s rights, teen pregnancy |
Summit |
If You Could See What I Hear |
1982 |
PG |
disability awareness |
Hamersly/Summit |
Killing Us Softly 4: advertising’s image of women |
2010 |
Unrated |
gender roles |
Hamersly/Summit |
Milk |
2008 |
R |
lgbtq, equality |
Hamersly/Summit |
Monster’s Ball |
2001 |
R |
racism, awareness |
Summit |
Moonlight |
2016 |
R |
Sexuality, African-American studies, drugs/addiction, violence, adolescene and adulthood |
Summit |
Murder Ball |
2005 |
R |
identity, injury/disability |
Hamersly/Summit |
Music Within |
2007 |
R |
deaf/hearing impaired, disability, equality |
Summit |
My Life |
1993 |
PG-13 |
illness/death |
Summit |
North Country |
2005 |
R |
woman’s rights, socioeconomic issues, women in the workforce |
Summit |
Once Upon a Time… When We Were Colored |
1996 |
PG |
race, racism, equality |
Summit |
Philadelphia |
1993 |
PG-13 |
lgbtq, disability rights |
Summit |
Priest |
1994 |
R |
Hamersly |
|
Remember the Titans |
2000 |
PG |
race, racism, equality |
Hamersly/Summit |
School Ties |
1992 |
PG-13 |
religion |
Summit |
Simon Birch |
1998 |
PG-13 |
disability, religion |
Summit |
Sometimes in April |
2005 |
Unrated |
genocide |
Summit |
The Color Purple |
1985 |
PG-13 |
power, privilege, race, women’s rights |
Hamersly/Summit |
The Joy Luck Club |
1993 |
R |
women’s issues, Asian-American issues, cultural conflict/change |
Summit |
The Killing Fields |
1984 |
R |
Summit |
|
The Laramie Project |
2001 |
Unrated |
LGBTQ issues/history, hate crimes, sexuality |
Summit |
The Miracle Worker |
1962 |
Unrated |
disability awareness/education, deaf/blind awareness |
Summit |
The Other Sister |
1999 |
PG-13 |
disability awareness, socioeconomic issues |
Hamersly/Summit |
Through Deaf Eyes |
2007 |
Unrated |
disability awareness, deaf population, 19th century american history |
Hamersly/Summit |
Tiptoes |
2003 |
R |
dwarfism |
Summit |
Torch Song Triology |
1988 |
R |
religion, bisexuality, social media |
Hamersly/Summit |
Transamerica |
2005 |
R |
LGBT population |
Hamersly/Summit |
When the Levees Broke |
2006 |
Unrated |
poor and underprivileged populations, race |
Summit |
*The rating for each of the aforementioned films was decided upon through the Motion Picture Association of America. More information can be found on their website.
