Film-viewing offers an opportunity to experience intense or deeply rooted feelings in a setting less overwhelming than in real life. Often films can help us develop greater self-understanding, shift our perspective on certain issues and heal emotional wounds.
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Addictions
Adoption
After life
Anger
Asperger’s/Autism
Deaf issues
Depression
- What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
- Dead Poets Society (1989)
- Ordinary People (1980)
- Unstrung Heroes (1995)
Divorce/custody
- Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
- The First Wives Club (1996)
- Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
- Husbands and Wives (1992)
Domestic violence
- Precious (2010)
- Bastard out of Carolina (1996)
- Take My Eyes (2003)
- The Color Purple (1985)
- Matilda (1996)
- The Burning Bed (1984)
- Dolores Claiborne (1995)
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or related issues
- Boys Don’t Cry (1999)
- Brokeback Mountain (2005)
- If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000)
- Philadelphia (1993)
- The Birdcage (1996)
- Transamerica (2005)
Grief/loss
- Rabbit Hole (2010)
- Message in a Bottle (1999)
- One True Thing (1998)
- Fly Away Home (1996)
- Terms of Endearment (1983)
Medical issues
Men’s issues
Mental institutions
- Girl, Interrupted (2000)
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
- Awakenings (1990)
- Patch Adams (1998)
Oppression
Parenting and families
Psychological issues
Relationships
- Bridges of Madison County (1995)
- Something’s Gotta Give (2003)
- When Harry Met Sally (1989)
- The Horse Whisperer (1998)
Sexual Abuse/Harrassment
Sexuality
Women’s issues
- Thelma & Louise (1991)
- Whale Rider (2003)
- Million Dollar Baby (2005)
- Erin Brockovich (2000)
- Bend It Like Beckham (2003)