Law Library Movies

	Andersonville Trial, The (1970) Rated:   Stars: ****1/2 Format: DVD    150 min.   Plot: Adaptation of Saul Levitt's 1959 play about one of America's most notorious trials - the prosecution of the commander of an infamous Civil War P.O.W. camp that held 50,000 Yankee prisoners, 14,000 of whom died. Cast: Martin Sheen, William Shatner, Buddy Ebsen, Richard Basehart, Cameron Mitchell, Jack Cassidy. Directed by George C. Scott. Categories: History  Military  Human Rights
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	Beyond the Gates (2005) Rated:   Stars: **** Format: DVD    112 min.   Plot: A Catholic priest and a young English teacher find themselves caught in the 1994 Rwandan genocide where they must choose whether to face death with the thousands of Tutsis or flee for safety. Cast: John Hurt, Hugh Dancy, Dominique Horwitz. Directed by Michael Canton-Jones. Categories: International  Human Rights  Discrimination
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	Blade Runner (1982) Rated:   Stars: ***** Format: DVD    117 min.   Plot: A police assassin is assigned to hunt and kill genetically made criminal replicants in futuristic Los Angeles. (Director's cut.) Cast: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, Daryl Hannah. Directed by Ridley Scott. Categories: SciFi/Fantasy  Human Rights  Action
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	Blindness (2008) Rated:   Stars: ***1/2 Format: DVD    121 min.   Plot: Afflicted with a mysterious blindness, a group of those infected must band together to survive a government-imposed quarantine. Cast: Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Alice Braga, Yusuke Iseya, Yoshino Kimura, Don McKellar, Maury Chaykin, Mitchell Nye, Danny Glover, Gael García Bernal. Directed by Fernando Meirelles. Categories: Disability  Medical  Human Rights
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	Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) Rated:   Stars: *** Format: DVD    108 min.   Plot: The British diarist returns, beset by petty jealousies and a choice between two suitors. Cast: Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones. Directed by Beeban Kidron. Categories: Comedy  Romance  Human Rights
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	Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) Rated:   Stars: ***1/2 Format: DVD    97 min.   Plot: A busy career woman decides to turn over a new page in her life by channeling her thoughts, opinions and insecurities into a journal that becomes a hilarious chronicle of her adventures. Cast: Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth. Directed by Sharon Macguire. Categories: Comedy  Romance  Human Rights
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	Casablanca (1942) Rated:   Stars: ***** Format: DVD    102 min.  B&W Plot: During WWII, a nightclub owner in Casablanca discovers his old flame is married to a French resistance leader with Germans on his tail. Won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid. Directed by Michael Curtiz. Categories: War  Human Rights  History
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	Children of Men (2006) Rated:   Stars: **** Format: DVD    110 min.   Plot: In a dystopian near-future, the human race has lost the ability to reproduce. Cast: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Charlie Hunnam. Directed by Alfonso Cuarón. Categories: Medical  Government  Human Rights
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	Death and the Maiden (1995) Rated:   Stars: *** Format: DVD    103 min.   Plot: Fifteen years ago, a woman was taken prisoner and tortured by a sadistic doctor working for the government. Through a chance encounter, she meets the man she thinks is responsible. Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley, Stuart Wilson II, Krystia Mova, Jonathan Vega, Rodolphe Vega. Directed by Roman Polanski. Categories: War  Government  Human Rights
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	Grey Zone, The (2001) Rated:   Stars: ***1/2 Format: DVD    108 min.   Plot: A Nazi doctor, along with Jews who are forced to work in the crematoria of Auschwitz, find themselves in a moral grey zone. Cast: David Arquette, Daniel, Benzali, Steve Buscemi, David Chandler, Allen Corduner, Harvey Keitel, Natashe Lyonne, Mira Sorvino. Directed by Tim Blake Nelson. Categories: International  Human Rights  Ethics
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	Hotel Rwanda (2004) Rated:   Stars: **** Format: DVD    121 min.   Plot: A humble hotel manager shelters more than a thousand "guests" from tribal genocide. Cast: Xolani Mali, Don Cheadle, Desmond Dube, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Tony Kgoroge, Rosie Motene, Neil McCarthy, Kid Sitholo, Nick Nolte, Fana Mokoena, Jeremiah Ndlovu, Sophie Okonedo. Directed by Terry George. Categories: International  Human Rights  Discrimination
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	I, Robot (2004) Rated:   Stars: ***1/2 Format: DVD    114 min.   Plot: In the year 2035 a techno-phobic cop investigates a crime that may have been perpetrated by a robot, which leads to a larger threat to humanity. Cast: Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Bruse Greenwood, James Cromwell, Chi McBride, Alan Tudyk. Directed by Alex Proyas. Categories: SciFi/Fantasy  Human Rights  Ethics
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	Jarhead (2005) Rated:   Stars: ***1/2 Format: DVD  (2 disc set)  123 min.   Plot: A marine's memoir of his experiences in boot camp through his combat in Desert Storm. Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Lucas Black, Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper. Directed by Sam Mendes. Categories: Military  International  Human Rights
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	Last Days, The (1998) Rated:   Stars: ***** Format: DVD    87 min.   Plot: This film details the stories of five people who survived the Holocaust in Hungary. Cast: Bill Basch, Martin Basch, Dr. Randolph Braham, Alice Lok Cahana. Directed by James Moll. Categories: Documentary  Human Rights  War
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	Life is Beautiful (1997) Rated:   Stars: ***** Format: DVD    116 min.   Plot: A Jewish man succeeds at romance with the help of his humor, and then must use that same quality to protect his son in a Nazi death camp. In Italian with English subtitles. Cast: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi. Directed by Roberto Benigni. Categories: International  Human Rights  War
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	Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) Rated:   Stars: ***1/2 Format: DVD    94 min.   Plot: A ragtag group of monsters is set loose by the government to combat an invading alien army. Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogan, Hugh Laurie, Will Arnett, Kiefer Sutherland. Directed by Rob Letterman. Categories: Animation  Comedy  Human Rights
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	Nell (1994) Rated:   Stars: *** Format: DVD    112 min.   Plot: A young woman is found living alone in the backwoods of North Carolina, completely isolated from the rest of society. Cast: Jodie Foster, Lian Neeson, Natasha Richardson, Richard Libertini. Directed by Michael Apted. Categories: Human Rights  Drama  Custody
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	Papillon (1973) Rated:   Stars: ***** Format: DVD    151 min.   Plot: Based on the bestselling autobiography by Henri Charriere, a persistant convict plots his escape from French colonial prison in South America. Cast: Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Don Gordon, Anthony Zerbe. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. Categories: International  Sentencing  Human Rights
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	Pianist, The (2002) Rated:   Stars: ****1/2 Format: DVD    150 min.   Plot: A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II. Cast: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Emilia Fox. Directed by Roman Polanski. Categories: Human Rights  History  Foreign
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	Platoon (1986) Rated:   Stars: **** Format: DVD    120 min.   Plot: A young recruit in Vietnam faces a moral crisis. Won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Cast: Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Forest Whitaker. Directed by Oliver Stone. Categories: War  Human Rights  History
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	Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) Rated:   Stars: ***** Format: DVD    94 min.   Plot: At a time when it was Australian government policy to train aboriginal children as domestic workers, a young girl decides to lead her little sister and cousin in a daring escape from their internment camp. Cast: Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Laura Monaghan, Ningall Lawford, David Gulpill, Kenneth Branaugh. Directed by Phillip Noyce. Categories: Family  Human Rights  Juvenile
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	Schindler's List (1993) Rated:   Stars: ***** Format: DVD  (2 tape set)  197 min.  B&W Plot: A man hires cheap Jewish labor during WWII, turning his factory into a refuge from the Nazis. Won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Cast: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagalle, Embeth Davitz. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Categories: Discrimination  Human Rights  International
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	Sea Inside, The (2004) Rated:   Stars: **** Format: DVD    125 min.   Plot: The story of Ramon Sampedro, who fought a 30 year campaign in favor of euthanasia and his own right to die. In Spanish, with English subtitles. Cast: Javier Bardem, Belen Rueda, Lola Dueñas, Mabel Rivera, Celso Bugallo, Clara Segura. Directed by Alejandro Amenábar. Categories: Medical  Human Rights  Foreign
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	Sophie's Choice (1982) Rated:   Stars: *** 1/2 Format: DVD    150 min.   Plot: A Polish-Catholic concentration camp survivor embroiled in a lovers' drama in post WWII Brooklyn. Cast: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol. Directed by Alan J. Pakula. Categories: Human Rights  War  Immigration
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	Soylent Green (1973) Rated:   Stars: **** Format: DVD    97 min.   Plot: In an overpopulated future dystopia, a police detective uncovers a terrible government secret. Cast: Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-young, Chuck Connors, Joseph Cotton, Brock Peters, Paula Kelly, Edward G. Robinson. Directed by Richard Fleischer. Categories: SciFi/Fantasy  Law Enforcement  Human Rights
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	Spartan (2004) Rated:   Stars: ***1/2 Format: DVD    107 min.   Plot: A lone wolf secret agent, is assigned the task of rescuing the kidnapped daughter of a high ranking government figure, only to discover along the way a larger, more sinister plot. Cast: Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, William H. Macy, Ed O'Neill. Directed by David Mamet. Categories: Government  International  Human Rights
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	Stalag 17 (1953) Rated:   Stars: **** Format: DVD    120 min.  B&W Plot: Set in a German POW Camp for enlisted American airmen, a spy is discovered to be living in one of the prison barracks after an escape attempt fails resulting in the deaths of two inmates. Cast: William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger. Directed by Billy Wilder. Categories: War  Drama  Human Rights
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	Stepford Wives, The (2004) Rated:   Stars: **1/2 Format: DVD    92 min.   Plot: A wildly successful president of a TV Network who suffered a nervous breakdown discovers that all the housewives in Stepford are strangely blissful. Cast: Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler, Christopher Walken, Roger Bart, Faith Hill, Glenn Close. Directed by Frank Oz. Categories: SciFi/Fantasy  Human Rights  Gender
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The W&M Law Library welcomes your suggestions for additions to our Feature Film Collection! If there is a law-related movie you think the library should own, please submit a suggestion form at the circulation desk, or send us an email at [[lawcir]]. You can see a list of all Law Library movies in the online catalog.