Mary's Pick's
(for Teachable Movies)


~ Witness Harrison Ford / 1991 rated pg
	An action / suspense movie which takes place in Amish country

~ Little Women Winona Ryder / rated pg
	A drama based on the novel and beautifully done

~ The Patriot Mel Gibson / 2000 / rated R
	An action movie with some violent scenes, but a pretty good historical fiction piece

~ Merlin Sam Neil / rated / 1998 / rated pg 13
	A fantasy from the Middle Ages

~ Outbreak Dustin Hoffman / 1998 / rated R
	A suspense movie that deals with the threat of a deadly virus

~ Last of the Mohicans Daniel Day-Lewis / 1992 /rated pg 13
	A beautiful action / drama with romance, war, and beautiful music and scenery

~ Air Force One Harrison Ford / 1997 / rated pg 13
	An action movie about a hostile take-over of the President (this one’s a bit controversial)

~ Stigmata Patricia Arquette & Gabriel Byrne / 1999 / rated R
	A very strange and dark action thriller with heavy religious themes (high level)

~ Clock Stoppers 2002 / rated pg
	A cute action / spy movie (easy for lower levels)

~ Memphis Belle Mathew Modine & Harry Conick Jr / 1990 / rated pg
	A somewhat light WWII movie about a troop of soldiers and their fighter plane

~ Moby Dick Patrick Stewart / 1997
	Based on the novel and quite well done

~ Jurassic Park Sam Neil / 1993 / rated pg13
	An action movie about dinosaurs (based on the novel) 

~ GATTACA Ethan Hawke & Uma Thurman / 1997 / rated pg13
	A sci-fi movie about a futuristic society where social is determined by DNA

~ It’s a Wonderful Life Jimmy Stewart / 1947 /rated pg
	A beautiful holiday film (it never gets too old!)

~ Song Catcher Aidan Quinn / 2000 / rated pg 13
	Drama about a woman who listens to the songs of the mountain people (beautiful scenery)

~ Roxanne Steve Martin / rated pg
	Very funny adaptation of the story of Cyrano De Bergerac

~ Save the Last Dance Julia Stiles / 2001 / pg 13
	A drama set in New York City which deals with racial themes and a girl’s dream of dancing (for a younger class) 

~ A Walk in the Clouds Keanu Reeves / 1995 / rated pg 13
	A drama  / love story set in wine country

~ Goodwill Hunting Mathew Damon / 2000 / rated pg 13
	A gifted student struggles to find his future (lots of local Boston area scenes)

~ What Dreams May Come Robin Williams / 1999 / rated pg 13
	A fantasy about one  perspective of death and heaven

~ Rudy Sean Astin / 1990 / rated pg
	Very touching true story of a boy’s dream to play football for Notre Dame (lots of college themes)

~ The Preacher’s Wife Whitney Houston / 1998 / rated pg
	Holiday drama with angels and miracles (beautiful Whitney Houston music)

~ Dead Poet Society Robin Williams
	A drama set in a private school with a teacher who reaches out to his student writers

~ Stanley and Iris Jane Fonda & Robert Dinero / 1989 / rated pg 13
	A woman teaches an illiterate man learn to read and write
 
~ Shine Geoffroy Rush / 1996 / rated pg 13
	Based on true events of the life of a gifted piano player

~ Shawshank Redemption Tim Robbins & Morgan Freeman / 1995 / rated R
	A man is wrongly accused of a crime and sent to prison (based on the novel)

~ Patch Adams Robin Williams & Monica Potter / 1997 / rated pg 13
	A medical student uses the philosophy of “smile therapy” on his patients

~ Phenomenon John Travolta / rated pg
	A drama about a man who possess supernatural powers

~ Remember the Titans Denzel Washington / 2001 / rated pg
	Based on the true story of an interracial high school football team