Must See Movies

The point of this is to create a list of worthwhile films / movies / TV shows & series, that relate in a major way with an issue or issues this movement stands for. So make way for the propaganda! The hope is that these can be used to subtly influence family members, friends, co-workers - as a starting point, or supplement to getting them to turn off the television and start really thinking for themselves.

Obviously not all of the below are 'pure', but I believe them to have more positives than negative. I also think it is important to try understand the main message / moral of the story, and how someone who has not yet been enlightened by liberty would interpret the film.

Some movies are great on issues like individualism vs collectivism, but then might fall down in other areas. So if you have seen the film recently, and don't think that it belongs (negatives outweigh positives) definitely speak up. By all means, discuss the films... if you have seen a film, and recommend it - please give it a shout out..

Other issues to look out for below include; self responsibility over paternalism, anti-war, dystopia's, anti-big brother, justice, against collectivism, conspiracy (self interested politicians), anti-green agenda, bureaucracy, entrepreneurship, corporatism, the mafia, revolutions, drugs, corruption, police, pre-crime, mass media, ruling elites to name a few.   

What did I miss? Movies, shows, films that enlighten about the current state of affairs, as well as heed warning & inform should be added here. Also maybe provide a synopsis or blurb about it, as to why its such a classic / you are recommending it.

12 Angry Men (1957)
1984 (1984)
2081(2009)
300 (2007)

A

Antz (1998)
American History X (1998)
A Midnight Clear (1992)
A Man For All Seasons (1966)
Amazing Grace (2007)
Amistad (1997)
Akira (1988)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Animal Farm (1999)
All the King's Men (1949)
Arlington Road (1999)
Alien (1979)
Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Army of Shadows (1969)
Appaloosa (2008)

B

Bananas (1971)
Batman Begins (2005)
Battle of Algiers (1967)
Birth of a Nation (1915)
Blade Runner (1982)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
Brazil (1985)
Braveheart (1995)
Breach (2007)
Breaker Morant (1980)
Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Born on the Forth of July (1989)
Boom Town (1940)
Burnt By the Sun (1994)
Bulworth (1998)
The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970)
Bury My Heart At wounded Knee (2007)
The Balcony (1963)
The Bank Job (2008)

C

Caddyshack (1980)
Casualties of War (1989)
Casino (1995)
Cavalcade (1993)
Citizen Kane (1941)
City of God (2002)
Children of Men (2006)
Cinderella Man (2005)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
The Castle (1997)
The City of Ember (2008)
Captain Blood (1935)
Cinema Paradiso (1988)

D

Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Dark City (1998)
Death of a President (2006)
Duck Soup (1933)
Dr. Zhivago (1965)
Dollar's Trilogy (1964)
Demolition Man (1993)
Defiance (2008)
Dark Knight (2008)

E

Election (1999)
Enemy of the State (1998)
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Escape From New York (1981)
Europa, Europa (1990)
Equilibrium (2002)
Eagle Eye (2008)

F

Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
Fight Club (1999)
Finding Nemo (2003)
Firefly (2002)
The Fountainhead (1949)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
First Blood (1982)

G

Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Gandhi (1982)
Good Night and Good Luck (2005)
Goodfellas (1990)
Gladiator (2000)
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Gallipoli (1981)
Grand Illusion (1937)
Ghost Busters (1984)
Gattaca (1997)
Gran Torino (2008)
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)

H

Hate (1995)
Harry's War (1981)
Harrison Bergeron (1995)
High Noon (1952)
Hot Fuzz (2007)
House of Cards (1990)

I

Its a wonderful life (1946)
Into The Wild (2007)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Idiocracy (2006)
I, Robot (2004)
Iron Man (2008)
The International (2009)
Independence Day (1996)

J

Jacob's Ladder (1980)
Jericho (2006)
JFK (1991)
John Adams (2008)
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
Joyeux Noel (2005)

L

Land of the Blind (2006)
Laggan - Once Upon a Time in India (2001)
La Vallee (1972)
L'America (1994)
Lord of the Rings (2001)
Lord of War (2005)
Logan's Run (1976)
The Leopard (1963)
Legends of the Fall (1994)
Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
Little House on the Prairie (1974)

M

Metropolis (1927)
Minority Report (2002)
Mad Max (1979)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Matrix Trilogy (1999)
Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Metropolitan (1990)

N

No Man's Land (2001)
Natural Born Killers (1994)

O

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Once Were Warriors (1995)

P

Prison Break (2005)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
The Patriot (2000)
Pump Up the Volume (1990)
Porco Rosso (1992)
The Prisoner (1967)
The Path to 9/11 (2006)

R

Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Red Dawn (1984)
Robocop (1987)
Rendition (2007)
Runaway Jury (2003)
The Rules of the Game (1939)
The Ruling Class (1972)
Requiem For A Dream (2000)
Rollover (1981)
Reds (1981)
Road to Perdition (2002)

S

Scarface (1983)
Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Shindlers List (1993)
Sleeper (1973)
Star Wars (1977)
Serenity (2005)
Simpsons Movie (2007)
South Park - Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)
Stalker (1979)Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Shooter (2007)
Stalingrad (1993)
Seven Days in May (1966)
Shenandoah (1965) Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
Sunshine (2007)
Salvador (1986)
Serpico (1973)
Spy Game (2001)Skulls (2000)Sneakers (1992)
The Seven Samuri (1954)
Soylent Green (1973)
Spartacus (1960)
The Siege At Ruby Ridge (1996)


T

Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)
Tailor of Panama (2001)
The Third Man (1949)
Tucker: A Man and His Dream (1988)
Three Kings (1999)
Total Recall (1990)
The Quiet American (2002)
The Third Man (1949)
The Inner Circle (1991)
The Killing Fields (1984)
The Man in the White Suit (1951)
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
The Network (1976)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
The Americanization of Emily (1964)
The King of Hearts (1966)
The Siege (1981)
The Road Warrior (1981)
The Searchers (1956)
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
The Promise (1979)
The Incredibles (2004)
The Godfather Trilogy (1972)
Time Bandits (1981)
THX 1138 (1971)
The Beyond (1983)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
The Running Man (1987)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Touch Of Evil (1958)
The Twilight Zone Series (1959)
The Last Castle (2001)
The Truman Show (1998)
The Kite Runner (2007)
They Live (1988)
The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)
Team America: World Police (2004)
The Mouse that Roared (1959)
Terminator Trilogy (1984)
The Pentagon Wars (1998)
Tron (1982)
Tucker: A Man and His Dream (1988)
Time Bandits (1981)
  The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Thank You For Not Smoking (2005)
Twelve Monkeys (1995)

U

Underground (1995)
Unforgiven (1992)

V

Valkyrie (2008)
V for Vendetta (2005)
V (1984)

W

Wall-E (2008)
Watership Down (1978)
Wall Street (1987)
'War Inc.' (2008)
WarGames (1983)
Wag the Dog (1997)
What About Bob? (1991)
War Letters: American Experience (2002)
The White Rose (1983)
The Wire (2002)
Wild River (1960)

X

X-men (2000)
X-Files (1993)
Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (1998)

 

If I missed something, recommend it. If you don't understand why something is there, investigate and ask. If you don't think it should be there, make a case for it's removal. These were collected by myself at RPF with the help of others. I have updated it considerably, this is the most up to date version. Reviews were gleaned from here at Mises, LewRockwell for starters. Enjoy!