Movie

Year

Genre

Rating

Film
Company

Movie bio/info

Mary Poppins

1964

Musical/
Family

G

Walt
Disney
Pictures

A magic nanny comes to work for a cold banker's unhappy family, and bring joy and imagination into the children's lives. Truly inspiring!

Meet Joe Black

1998

Drama/
Fantasy

PG-13

Universal
Pictures

A media mogul acts as a guide to Death, who takes the form of a young man to learn about life on Earth, and learns not to take life for granted.

Men in Black

1997

Sci-Fi/
Comedy

PG-13

Columbia
Pictures/
Amblin
Entertainment

The MIB are top-secret agents that monitor and police alien activity on Earth. Fun and funny comedy that reminds us to question what we think we know.

Minority Report

2002

Drama

PG-13

20th
Century
Fox

In the future, crimes are punished before they are actually committed. They need only be witnessed by the "Precogs", 3 Psychics who are linked and whose visions determine a person's guilt. Questions the idea of Destiny.

Mission to Mars

2000

Drama

PG

Exciting and inspirational story of astronauts, on a Mars Recovery Mission, whose dangerous and heroic journey through space leads them to an amazing discovery into the origins of life on our planet.

October Sky

1999

Drama

PG

Universal
Pictures

This movie will steal your heart and lift your spirits. Based on a true story of a young man who decides to take charge of his destiny and change his life.

Ordinary People

1980

Drama

R

Paramount
Pictures

Thought provoking portrait of family life in the face of tragedy, where they must learn to deal with death, how to rejoice again, and how to love.

Patch Adams

1998

Drama/
Comedy

PG-13

Bungalow 78
Productions

The true story of Dr Patch Adams and his heroic efforts to treat patients with love and humor, regardless of their ability to pay for treatment.

Pay It Forward

2000

Drama/
Comedy

PG-13

Warner
Brothers

A young boy attempts to better the world after his teacher gives him an assignment come up with an idea that will change mankind.

Phenomenon

1996

Drama

PG

A powerful story of an ordinary man who sees a flash of light in the sky one night, and discovers that somehow, he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis.

Pleasantville

1998

Drama

PG-13

New
Line
Cinema

Two teenagers find themselves living inside of a 50's sitcom where everyone lives like they are supposed to. As the townspeople begin to ask more questions, they soon learn that free will and choice are essential to happiness and that we should embrace freedom instead of fearing it.

Powder

1995

Drama

PG-13

An extraordinary film about a young man, with mysterious powers that gives him an uncommon understanding of the interconnectedness of all life, who changes the lives of all those around him, in ways the could never have imagined.