SACI understands the challenges that come about when exploring various ideals and theories in order to help strengthen your skills within the realm of our competencies. Therefore, please feel free to browse through our movie list in order to find supplementary materials for accomplishing your goals of each competency. These movies are acceptable for those who are teaching classes geared toward social justice, privilege, and/or inclusive beliefs. We encourage you to contact the chair (s) of SACI if there are movies not on this list that you would like to add!
Movie Title
Year Produced
Rating
Inclusion Themes
Purchase Link
A Beautiful Mind
2002
PG-13
Mental Illness/Schizophrenia, Persons with Disabilities
A Day Without a Mexican
2004
R
Race, Mexican-Americans, Economy
American History X
1998
R
Race, Racial Crimes, Gang Violence
Amistad
1997
R
Race, slavery, History
Angels in America
2003
Unrated
AIDS, Religion, Addiction, Sexual Orientation
Broke Back Mountain
2005
R
Sexual orientation, discrimination, violence, identity
Brokedown Palace
1999
PG-13
violence, privilege, racial crimes, corruption
Charlotte Sometimes
2003
R
Identity, sexual violence, Asian American community, multi-racial identity, socio-economic status
Children of a Lesser God
1986
R
Disability- Deaf and hearing
Crash
2005
R
racism, sexual violence, privilege, Anti-semitism, Sexism, heterosexism
Gandhi
1982
PG
Religion, Violence, Pease
Higher Learning
1995
R
Race, Sexual violence, privilege, prejudice, sexual orientation
Hotel Rwanda
2005
PG-13
genocide, sexual violence, war, corruption
I Am Sam
2002
PG-13
person(s) with disabilities
If These Walls Could Talk
2000
R
abortion, women's rights, teen pregnancy
If You Could See What I Hear
1982
PG
disability awareness
Milk
2008
R
LGBTQ, Equality
Monster's Ball
2001
R
Racism, Awareness
Murder Ball
2005
R
Identity, injury/disability
Music Within
2007
R
Deaf/hearing impaired, disability, equality
My Life
1993
PG-13
illness/death
North Country
2005
R
woman's rights, socioeconomic issues, women in the workforce
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
1996
PG
Race, Racism, Equality
Philadelphia
1993
PG-13
GLBTQ, Disability Rights
Priest
1994
R
Remember the Titans
2000
PG
race, racism, equality
School Ties
1992
PG-13
Religion
Simon Birch
1998
PG-13
Disability, Religion
Sometimes in April
2005
Unrated
Genocide
The Color Purple
1985
PG-13
Power, Privilege, Race, Women's Rights
The Joy Luck Club
1993
R
Women's Issues, Asian-American issues, cultural conflict/Change
The Laramie Project
2001
Unrated
LGBTQ Issues/history, hate crimes, sexuality
The Miracle Worker
1962
Unrated
Disability Awareness/Education, deaf/blind awareness
The Other Sister
1999
PG-13
Disability awareness, socioeconomic issues
Through Deaf Eyes
2007
Unrated
Disability awareness, deaf population, 19th century american history
Tiptoes
2003
R
Dwarfism
Torch Song Triology
1988
R
Religion, Bisexuality, social media
Transamerica
2005
R
LGBT Population, transgender,
When the Levees Broke
2006
Unrated
poor and underprivileged populations, race
*The rating for each of the aforementioned films was decided upon through the Motion Picture Association of America. More information can be found on their website.
