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Philosophy, Film List
Philosophy, film suggestions.
Reminders:
1. these are just suggestions - you should preview them first by going to a site like the IMDB, and you should make sure that you are following the ratings recommendations (some of these films are rated R).
2. You can't do write-ups on ones we've done in class.
3. See “Twenty qualities of a good movie review” and “ALO guidelines” on Dr. W's website.
4. This list is not exhaustive - there may be other great films out there, and let me know when you find them!
Rope (Nietzsche, free will, ethics)
Being John Malkovich (mind, identity, ethics)
Memento (mind, identity, memory, epistemology)
The Cell (mind, ethics) (caution - violent content)
Dark City (dualism, metaphysics, epistemology) (caution - violent content)
Minority Report (fate vs. free will, ethics)
Amelie (existentialism, identity)
Blade Runner (identity, ethics, post-modernism)
Fight Club (existentialism, ethics)
EXstenZ (metaphysics)
Truman Show (metaphysics, ethics)
Pulp Fiction (ethics, morality, miracles, post-modernism) (caution - violent content and profanity)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (ethics)
Do the Right Thing (ethics)
Being There (metaphysics)
Brazil (bureaucratization, metaphysics, ethics)
Twelve Monkeys (metaphysics)
2001: A Space Odyssey (metaphysics)
Catch-22 (existentialism, ethics)
Run Lola Run (existentialism, ethics)
Zelig (identity)
A Clockwork Orange (society, identity, ethics)
Rashomon (epistemology, ethics)
The Usual Suspects (epistemology, ethics)
Pleasantville (free will)
Lord of the Rings (fate vs. free will)
A.I., Artificial Intelligence (identity, free will, ethics)
K-PAX (identity, memory, consciousness)
Pi (existence of God, Rationalism and mathematics, randomness)
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