SOCIETY
2000: The Insider
Grade: B+
Subjects: JOURNALISM, LAW, MEDICINE,
SOCIETY
Starring: Russell Crowe, Al Pacino
2000: High Fidelity
Grade: B+
Subjects: SOCIETY, MUSIC, IDENTITY
CRISIS
Starring John Cusack, Joan Cusack,
Tim Robbins, Lisa Bonet
2000: X Men
Grade: A-
Subjects: IDENTITY CRISES, BASED
ON LITERATURE, SOCIAL TABOO, SOCIETY,
GOVERNMENT, SUPERNATURAL, POLITICS
Starring Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellan, Hugh Jackman, Anna Pacquin, Famke
Jannsen
2000: Keeping the Faith
Grade: A-
Subjects: SPIRITUALITY, SOCIETY
Starring Edward Norton, Ben Stiller, Jenna Elfman
2000: The Beach
Grade: B
Subjects: SOCIETY, BASED ON LITERATURE, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, ANTHROPOLOGY
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio
1999: The Talented Mr. Ripley
Grade: A-
Subjects: ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY, CRIMINAL
PSYCHOLOGY, HOMOSEXUALITY, IDENTITY
CRISIS, BASED ON LITERATURE, SOCIETY,
SOCIAL TABOO
Starring: Matt Damon, Gwyneth
Paltrow, Jude Law
1999: American Beauty
Grade: B+
Subjects: ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY , ADOLESCENT
PSYCHOLOGY , IDENTITY CRISIS , SUBSTANCE ABUSE , HOMOSEXUALITY ,
SOCIETY
Starring Kevin Spacey , Annette Bening,
Thora Birch, Peter Gallagher
1999: The Matrix
Grade: A-
Subjects: SPIRITUALITY , IDENTITY
CRISIS , SOCIETY
Starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne
1999: Blast From the Past
Grade: B+
Subjects: HISTORY , IDENTITY
CRISES , SOCIETY, TRUE LOVE
Starring Brendan Fraser , Alicia Silverstone,
Christopher Walken, Sissy Spacek, Dave Foley
1998: Elizabeth
Grade: A
Subjects: SOCIETY, TABOO , HISTORY
Starring Cate Blanchett, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush
1998: American History X
Grade: A
Subjects: SOCIETY, ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY , CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY , BEREAVEMENT
Starring Edward Norton , Edward Furlong, Avery
Brooks, Beverly D'Angelo
1998: The Truman Show
Grade: A
Subjects: IDENTITY CRISES , SOCIETY, BEREAVEMENT , DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
Starring: Jim Carrey , Laura Linney, Ed Harris,
Noah Emmerich
1998: Urband Legend
Grade: B
Subjects: BEREAVEMENT , ABNORMAL
PSYCHOLOGY , SOCIETY
Starring Alicia Witt, Jared Leto, Rebecca Gayheart, Joshua
Jackson
1997: Picture Perfect
Grade: B+
Subjects: POLITICS , SOCIETY
Starring Jennifer Aniston, Jay Mohr, Kevin Bacon, Olympia Dukakis
1997: Jurassic Park: The Lost World:
Grade: B
Subjects: ANTHROPOLOGY , SOCIETY, ECOLOGY
Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore
1997: Fools Rush In
Grade: A
Subjects: SOCIETY
Starring: Matthew Perry , Salma
Hayek
1997: Private Parts
Grade: B
Subjects: ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY , DEVELOPMENTAL
PSYCHOLOGY , BEREAVEMENT , SOCIETY
Starring Howard Stern, Robin Quivers
1997: Dante's Peak:
Grade: A
Subjects: GEOLOGY , SOCIETY
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton
1997: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Grade: A
Subjects: SOCIETY , LAW , RELIGION
, BASED ON LITERATURE
Starring: John Cusack , Kevin
Spacey
1997: The Devil's Own:
Grade: A-
Subjects: WAR , SOCIETY, TERRORISM
Starring: Harrison Ford , Brad
Pitt
1997: Seven Years in Tibet
Grade: A
Subjects: GOVERNMENT , POLITICS
, WAR , SOCIETY, BASED ON
LITERATURE
Starring Brad Pitt
1997: In and Out
Grade: A
Subjects: HOMOSEXUALITY, SOCIETY
Starring: Kevin Kline , Joan
Cusack , Tom Selleck, Debbie Reynolds, Wilfred Brimley, Matt Dillon
1996: Independence Day
Grade: A-
Subjects: SUPERNATURAL PHENOMENON , GOVERNMENT , SOCIETY
Starring: Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Vivica Fox, Margaret
Colin, and Harry Connick, Jr.
1996: That Thing You Do
Grade: A
Subjects: MUSIC , SOCIETY
Starring: Thomas Everett Scott, Tom Hanks , Liv
Tyler, Steve Zahn
1996: The Birdcage
Grade: A
Subjects: HOMOSEXUALITY , SOCIETY
Starring: Robin Williams , Nathan Lane, Hank Azaria , Calista Flockhart
, Dianne Weist, Gene Hackman
1996: Romeo and Juliet
Grade: A-
Subjects: ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY , SOCIETY
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio , Claire Danes
1996: Emma
Grade: A
Subjects: SOCIETY, BASED ON LITERATURE
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow
1996: A Time To Kill
Grade: A-
Subjects: CHILD ABUSE , LAW
, SOCIETY, BASED ON LITERATURE
Starring: Matthew McConaughey , Sandra
Bullock , Ashley Judd, Donald Sutherland, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey
1995: The American President
Grade: A
Subjects: BEREAVEMENT , SOCIETY, POLITICS
Starring Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Samantha Mathis
and Michael J. Fox
1995: Dead Man Walking
Grade: A+
Subjects: CRIMINOLOGY , SPIRITUALITY
, SOCIETY, PHILOSOPHY , CRIMINAL
JUSTICE
Starring Susan Sarandon , Sean
Penn
1995: Sense and Sensibility
Grade: A
Subjects: HISTORY , BASED
ON LITERATURE , SOCIETY
Starring Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet , Hugh Grant
1995: Dangerous Minds
Grade: A-
Subjects: SOCIETY, EDUCATION , BASED
ON LITERATURE
Starring Michelle Pfeifer
1995: Sabrina
Grade: A-
Subjects: SOCIETY
Starring Harrison Ford , Julia Ormand, Greg Kinnear
1994: Little Women
Grade: A-
Subjects: BEREAVEMENT , SOCIETY, BASED
ON LITERATURE , DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY ,
HISTORY
Starring Susan Sarandon , Winona Ryder, Claire
Danes, Samantha Mathis, Eric Stoltz
1993: Dave
Grade: B+
Subjects: POLITICS , GOVERNMENT
, SOCIETY
Starring Kevin Kline , Sigourney Weaver
1993: Philadelphia
Grade: A
Subjects: MEDICINE , LAW
, HOMOSEXUALITY , SOCIETY
Starring Tom Hanks , Denzel Washington
1992: Singles
Grade: A
Subjects: DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY , MUSIC , SOCIETY
Starring Matt Dillon, Bridget Fonda, Campbell Scott, Kyra Sedgwick
1992: A League of Their Own
Grade: A
Subjects: WAR , SOCIETY
Starring Geena Davis, Madonna, Rosie O'Donnell, Lori Petty, Tom
Hanks
1990: Pretty Woman
Grade: A
Subjects: ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY , SOCIETY
Starring Richard Gere, Julia Roberts