22 Movies That Say The Right Thing
by onewhoseesme | created - 25 Jul 2013 | updated - 28 Jul 2013 | PublicThese are the ones that speak of redemption on some level, of a certain sacrifice, and a life lived for something other than Self. As well as the timeless truths of virtue under pressure, friendship born of suffering, and doing what's right even when it costs you.
Goodness and doing the right thing have become old to us as a people, and it is costing every one of us.
We want to be entertained, we crave stimulation, and are addicted to ourselves. These films are the opposite of all that, and they are Good - and good for you. They will speak medicine to any heart that hears what they have to say . . .
Brother Greg
Full Grown Ministry
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1. The Four Feathers (2002)
PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A young British officer resigns his commission just before his regiment is sent to battle and soon receives four white feathers from his friends and fiancee as symbols of what they view as his cowardice.
Director: Shekhar Kapur | Stars: Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley, Kate Hudson, Mohamed Bouich
Votes: 35,495 | Gross: $18.31M
With every possible advantage you can still mess up at the start. But if you're willing to lay it all on the line, you can recover yourself . . and finish strong.
2. Ushpizin (2004)
PG | 90 min | Drama
An Orthodox Jewish couple's faith is tested after praying to the Lord for a child on the Succoth holiday.
Director: Gidi Dar | Stars: Shuli Rand, Michal Bat-Sheva Rand, Shaul Mizrahi, Ilan Ganani
Votes: 2,129 | Gross: $1.40M
Only those that stick to what they Believe become true believers. No matter what it looks like to your eyes, things are always being moved to help you . . if you Believe.
3. Spartan (2004)
R | 106 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The investigation into a kidnapping of the daughter of a high-ranking US government official.
Director: David Mamet | Stars: Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, William H. Macy, Tia Texada
Votes: 33,034 | Gross: $4.43M
A hero is still a hero even when the people who are leading them - shouldn't be.
4. The Remains of the Day (1993)
PG | 134 min | Drama, Romance
A butler who sacrificed body and soul to service in the years leading up to World War II realizes too late how misguided his loyalty was to his lordly employer.
Director: James Ivory | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, John Haycraft, Christopher Reeve
Votes: 84,434 | Gross: $22.95M
If you want to live well you must learn to serve somewhere, at some time. What we are shown here is the dedicated life of the perfect servant.
5. Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
R | 144 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Balian of Ibelin travels to Jerusalem during the Crusades of the 12th century, and there he finds himself as the defender of the city and its people.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Liam Neeson, Martin Hancock
Votes: 314,972 | Gross: $47.40M
Courage is the strength of purpose and the strength of character to do what you know is right in the face of adversity, regardless of consequences. Nobody is perfect. But with a little help, anyone can become courageous.
6. Big Jake (1971)
PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Western
In 1909, when John Fain's gang kidnaps Jacob McCandles' grandson and holds him for ransom, Big Jake sets out to rescue the boy.
Directors: George Sherman, John Wayne | Stars: John Wayne, Richard Boone, Maureen O'Hara, Patrick Wayne
Votes: 14,409 | Gross: $16.35M
Never negotiate with terrorists, even if you could afford to give them what they want. Instead, give them everything they deserve.
7. Mansfield Park (1999)
PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Fanny, born into a poor family, is sent away to live with wealthy uncle Sir Thomas, his wife and their four children, where she'll be brought up for a proper introduction to society.
Director: Patricia Rozema | Stars: Frances O'Connor, Jonny Lee Miller, Alessandro Nivola, Hannah Taylor Gordon
Votes: 25,843 | Gross: $4.76M
When you know you're right but you're not the one in control, you have a decision to make. You can yield to the pressure that will make you untrue, or stay the course till the one in your dreams breaks through. Purity is better than power.
In some moments, one of the sweetest love stories in Film.
8. The Thin Red Line (1998)
R | 170 min | Drama, History, War
Adaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War.
Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Kirk Acevedo
Votes: 199,593 | Gross: $36.40M
As in all of his work, we are treated by a master who has something to say . . . in the cinema of poetry.
9. I'm Not Scared (2003)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young boy accidentally discovers a deep hole in the ground, where another boy is kept prisoner.
Director: Gabriele Salvatores | Stars: Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Dino Abbrescia, Giorgio Careccia, Riccardo Zinna
Votes: 15,552 | Gross: $1.62M
Criminals never think they are committing a crime, or that they should do any time - until it happens to them. That's why there's Judgment.
10. The House of Mirth (2000)
PG | 135 min | Romance, Drama
A woman risks losing her chance of happiness with the only man she has ever loved.
Director: Terence Davies | Stars: Gillian Anderson, Dan Aykroyd, Eleanor Bron, Terry Kinney
Votes: 8,084 | Gross: $3.04M
Any man or woman of principle should be willing to lay down their life to keep their word. As believers we are commanded to. I never read the book, and the tragic semi heroine is by no means flawless. Still, in this film we are given a most excellent picture of a woman who refused to sell her self short, and insisted on keeping her word. She stuck to her guns, even when surrounded by people who refused to pick theirs up.
11. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
During the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel around South America.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, Billy Boyd, James D'Arcy
Votes: 237,922 | Gross: $93.93M
Our society is diseased with self promotion. Many parents raise their children to be experts at it. Everyone has a Call on their life, but not all are called to be leaders. A leader is not someone who comes in and takes charge: A leader is someone who is Followed.
12. The Alamo (2004)
PG-13 | 137 min | Drama, History, War
Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio Texas.
Director: John Lee Hancock | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Emilio Echevarría, Jason Patric
Votes: 22,305 | Gross: $22.41M
A seed was courageously sown by the lives of a few. When the harvest came in, the oppressors were through. The head of that government signed it over to the head of another government. Whether people living now like what the legal authorities did then, or not . . has nothing to do with it.
13. Howards End (1992)
PG | 142 min | Drama, Romance
Set in the early 20th century, class distinctions and troubled relations affect the relationship between two families and the ownership of a cherished British estate known as Howards End.
Director: James Ivory | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter
Votes: 35,845 | Gross: $25.97M
Ending where it began, those done wrong end up with what's right. Had the ones doing the wrong done right, it would have been that way at the beginning, not at the end.
14. The Patriot (2000)
R | 165 min | Action, Drama, History
Peaceful farmer Benjamin Martin is driven to lead the Colonial Militia during the American Revolution when a sadistic British officer murders his son.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson, Jason Isaacs
Votes: 293,479 | Gross: $113.33M
One good man can make all the difference
15. True Grit (2010)
PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Western
A stubborn teenager enlists the help of a tough U.S. Marshal to track down her father's murderer.
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Hailee Steinfeld, Josh Brolin
Votes: 357,497 | Gross: $171.24M
People often say that a person is mature for their age. The truth is a lot bigger than that. Physical maturity comes about as a result of time - you can tell a 10 year old from someone who's 20 by looking at them. Intellectual maturity comes about as a result of learning.
Spiritual maturity doesn't come from time or learning. It comes Only as a result of obedience . . to God's Word. That's why there are so many 50 and 60 year olds still in puberty, and some teenagers who could command legions. Some of them will . .
16. The Passion of the Christ (2004)
R | 127 min | Drama
Depicts the final twelve hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth, on the day of his crucifixion in Jerusalem.
Director: Mel Gibson | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Monica Bellucci, Maia Morgenstern, Christo Jivkov
Votes: 251,130 | Gross: $370.78M
The greatest and truest story ever told.
The Bible is a historical record. Anyone who doesn't know that doesn't know the Bible. Don't wait till He returns to figure that out.
17.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
Persuasion
(1995)
PG | 103 min | Drama
Theatrical film of Persuasion with Ciaran Hinds & Amanda Root. Directed by Roger Michell.
Director: Roger Michell | Stars: Amanda Root, Ciarán Hinds, Susan Fleetwood, Corin Redgrave
Votes: 11,397 | Gross: $5.46M
Patience is a Biblical virtue, and it means constant consistency. To stay the same way all the time every day, in relation to something. Faith is acting on what you believe without seeing it, but patience is the part that sticks to it, until what you're in faith about . . . shows up.
God insists that we have both.
18. Miracle (2004)
PG | 135 min | Biography, Drama, History
The true story of Herb Brooks, the player-turned-coach who led the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team to victory over the seemingly invincible Soviet squad.
Director: Gavin O'Connor | Stars: Kurt Russell, Patricia Clarkson, Nathan West, Noah Emmerich
Votes: 58,910 | Gross: $64.38M
After all your hard work, there's nothing like the sweet taste of Victory.
19. Shall We Dance? (1996)
PG | 136 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A successful but unhappy Japanese accountant finds the missing passion in his life when he begins to secretly take ballroom dance lessons.
Director: Masayuki Suô | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Tamiyo Kusakari, Naoto Takenaka, Eri Watanabe
Votes: 11,733 | Gross: $9.68M
If you are kind to people others will be kind to you. If you show patience - patience will come back. If you're loyal to your wife, the love of your life, she'll be loyal to you.
A very loving film, with an ending that loves on you.
20. Les Misérables (1998)
PG-13 | 134 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Valjean, a former criminal, has atoned for his past and now finds himself in the midst of the French Revolution, avoiding a law-obsessed policeman hell-bent on capturing him.
Director: Bille August | Stars: Liam Neeson, Geoffrey Rush, Uma Thurman, Christopher Adamson
Votes: 43,180 | Gross: $14.10M
Every good man has done bad things. Some have even become rich. Character is all about what's inside a man, not how much money he has. True prosperity is the ability to increase others . . . and money is the least of it.
21. The Winslow Boy (1999)
G | 104 min | Drama, Romance
Following the theft of a postal order, a 14-year-old cadet is expelled from Naval College. To save the honour of the boy and his family, the pre-eminent barrister of the day is engaged to take on the might of the Admiralty.
Director: David Mamet | Stars: Rebecca Pidgeon, Jeremy Northam, Nigel Hawthorne, Matthew Pidgeon
Votes: 9,450 | Gross: $3.96M
The helpless are saved by the strength of the strong. If someone believes in you, you can pass any test, and overcome any trial.
22. The New World (2005)
PG-13 | 135 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of the English exploration of Virginia, and of the changing world and loves of Pocahontas.
Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Colin Farrell, Q'orianka Kilcher, Christopher Plummer, Christian Bale
Votes: 89,865 | Gross: $12.71M
The first brave man to show up is not always the hero. Sometimes it's the second.
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