There's a movie called heart of Christmas and its about a little boy named Dax Locke and his life story, he passed away from leukemia and its an amazingly inspirational story about the strength and love of a family, all while showcasing the generosity of st Jude's children research. Beware... Watch with a BOX of tissues.
Including Erin Brockovich here strikes me as both patronizing and redundant. If you can get the same messages from Schindler's List, The Diary of Anne Frank, To Kill A Mockingbird, Billy Elliot, then you aren't paying attention. Could say the same of Forrest Gump...
A personal favorite to replace either of those might be The Shawshank Redemption 🎥
Thanks for the list! :) I see a bunch of great movies here.
Dead poet society is one of my favourites (of all). :)
But I'm not sure if Slumdog Millionaire is that inspiring, although it is a great one. Planning on watching and reading "To kill a mockingbird". :)
Lyndsie
Hey y'all, someone just commented with a correction about A Beautiful Mind (fixed! :) but the comment itself just went AWOL, so I just wanted to thank whomever it was and let them know it's been corrected!
Bri
Billy Elliot was a good play and movie. I loved the play! It's def. one of my favorites. His drive to be a dancer is very inspiring, thanx for putting it on the list!
Lyndsie
Isra, we had to read the book aloud in class once, and I couldn't even hold it through my passage. It remains one of my favorite books and my favorite films.
Lyndsie
Hi Matz! I totally spaced on that, thank you for mentioning that! I love the book and the movie -- I just bought the DVD and sobbed through the second half. John Coffey is SUCH a great character.
(But I get a little skeeved watching Percy now -- I mean, more than I did anyway, since he's a little jerk.)
Sheila
Wow you really hate that movie huh Anum =)
Sheila
Ah yes, great addition Matz,
It's one of my favorite books! :)
Sheila
Hi Isra,
That is a beautiful, beautiful story. Have you read the book?
Isra
I cried watching The Diary of Anne Frank at school. I couldn't even stay until the end.
Anum
why people like that 'slumdog' movie!!! it's the most pathetic movie i have ever seen!!!