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Best Socially Conscious Films

September 21, 2013 Dave 1984, A Separation, Adam Ross, American History X, An Inconvenient Truth, Another Year, Avatar, Balibo, best socially conscious film, Beyond Borders, Blessed, Blood Diamond, Boogie Nights, Brokeback Mountain, Brother Can You Spare A Dime, Bully, Clubland, Cry Freedom, David Griffiths, Dirty Pretty Things, District 9, Em 4 Jay, Erin Brokovich, Fern Gully, Fight Club, GasLand, Greg King, Hotel Rwanda, Jisoe, Kids, Kidulthood, La Haine, Le Havre, Lord Of War, Maria Ful Of Grace, Mean Creek, Michael Moore, Midnight Cowboy, Milk, Mississippi Burning, Monsieur Lazhar, Nick Gardener, Once Were Warriors, Over The Edge, Palindromes, Philadelphia, Promised Land, Rabbit-Proof Fence, Rain Man, Requiem For A Dream, Ring Of Fire, Romper Stomper, Samsara, Samson & Delilah, Seven Up!, Shame, Sicko, Sin Nombre, Taxi Driver, The Angels' Share, The Black Balloon, The Blackpower Mixtape 1967-1975, The China Syndrome, The Color Purple, The Front, The Grapes of Wrath, The Help, The Jammed, The Killing Fields, The Lost Weekend, The Most Dangerous Man In America: Daniel Ellsberg And The Pentagon papers, The Tall man, This Is England, To Kill A Mockingbird, Tom White, Tomboy, Trade, Valentine Road, Vera Drake, Wall Street, Water, Welcome

The boys from ‘The Good The Bad The Ugly Film Show’ take a look at the best socially conscious films.

DAVID GRIFFITHS’ LIST

Rain Man (1988)
Clubland (2007)
The Black Balloon (2008)
Kidulthood (2006)
Kids (1995)
Bully (2001)
Blessed (2009)
Samson & Delilah (2009)
Avatar (2009)
Fern Gully (1992)
Lord Of War (2005)
Tom White (2004)
Em 4 Jay (2008)
Milk (2008)
To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Beyond Borders (2003)

NICK GARDENER’S LIST

Blood Diamond (2006)
The Angels’ Share (2012)
Another Year (2010)
Wall Street (1987)
Over The Edge (1979)
A Separation (2011)
Samson & Delilah (2009)
1984 (1984)
An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
The Most Dangerous Man In America: Daniel Ellsberg And The Pentagon Papers (2009)
The Tall Man (2011)
Samsara (2011)
Michael Moore’s films
Seven Up! (1964)
The Blackpower Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011)

ADAM ROSS’ LIST

Monsieur Lazhar (2011)
Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
District 9 (2009)
Once Were Warriors (1994)
Sin Nombre (2009)
American History X (1998)
Romper Stomer (1992)
This Is England (2006)
Sicko (2007)
Requiem For A Dream (2000)
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Palindromes (2004)
Ring Of Fire (1991)
Mean Creek (2004)
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Boogie Nights (1997)
Shame (2011)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Fight Club (1999)
Jisoe (2007)

GREG KING’S LIST

The Grapes Of Wrath (1940)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)
Brother Can You Spare A Dime (1975)
GasLand (2010)
Promised Land (2012)
Vera Drake (2004)
The Front (1976)
Bully (2011)
Valentine Road (2013)
Welcome (2009)
Le Havre (2011)
Balibo (2009)
Water (2005)
Tomboy (2011)
Trade (2007)
The Jammed (2007)
Philadelphia (1993)
The Color Purple (1985)
The Help (2011)
Maria Full Of Grace (2004)
Erin Brokovich (2000)
The China Syndrome (1979)
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
The Killing Fields (1984)
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Cry Freedom (1987)
Blood Diamond (2006)
La Haine (1995)