Friday Night Movie Club
Sophomore English 2010
When a text grabs your attention; or when you are having a hard time sinking your teeth into assigned reading, seeing the world of the story from a different view can help. Families are often interested in moving beyond “nothing” as a response to inquires about what is going on in school.
Below are some suggestions for films that you / your student can watch to enrich their experience of texts we study in class. You are urged to be conscientious as several of the titles include violence, strong language, nudity, and mature themes. Those that are most extreme are marked with a ☠. The underlined title is a text we study in class; the titles below the underlining are movies that students could watch together, or with family members.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies (1963) – see the old one, NOT the new one (1990)!
Life Boat
Castaway
Macbeth
Scotland PA
Ran (a version of King Lear -- Don’t watch Throne of Blood because that is seen in class)
Scarface ☠
Men of Respect
“Harrison Bergeron”
Blade Runner
Brazil
Minority Report
Night
Hotel Rwanda
Sophie’s Choice
The Killing Fields
Schindler’s List
The Woman Warrior
Eat, Drink, Man, Woman
The Joy Luck Club
House of Flying Daggers
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Persepolis (Not a core text this year)
Children of Heaven
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