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Clare 101    
  All that jazz 1979
  Milky Way (La Voie lactée) 1969

Clare 102  

 

 

Science  

 

 

 

Medicine Man

1992

Clare 103  

 

 

History: Africa   

 

 

 

Shaka Zulu

1987

History: China   

 

 

 

Last Emperor, The

1987

History: Cold War   

 

 

 

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop

1964

 

Fail-Safe

1964

 

Manchurian Candidate, The

1962

 

Seven Days in May

1964

 

Spy Who Came In from the Cold, The

1965

 

Torn Curtain

1966

History: France  

 

 

 

Bal, Le

1983

 

Marseillaise, La

1938

 

Napoléon

1927

History: Great Britain  

 

 

 

Braveheart

1995

 

Young Winston

1972

History: Korean War  

 

 

 

Bridges at Toko-Ri, The

1955

 

Fixed Bayonets

1951

 

MASH

1970

 

Pork Chop Hill

1959

 

Steel Helmet, The

1951

History: Middle Ages  

 

 

 

Name der Rose, Der

1986

 

Retour de Martin Guerre, Le

1982

History: North Africa  

 

 

 

Battaglia di Algeri, La

1965

History: Rome   

 

 

 

Gladiator

2000

 

Satyricon

1969

History: Russia  

 

 

 

Aleksandr Nevsky

1938

 

War and Peace

1956

History: Russian  

 

 

 

Doctor Zhivago

1965

  Enemy at the gates 2001

 

Ivan Groznyj I

1945

 

Oktyabr

1927

History: United States   

 

 

 

River, The

1937

History: United States: Civil War   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gettysburg

1993

 

Red Badge of Courage, The

1951

History: United States: Depression Era   

 

 

 

Grapes of Wrath, The

1940

 

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

1969

History: United States: Presidents   

 

 

 

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

1940

 

Jefferson in Paris

1995

 

JFK

1991

 

Nixon

1995

 

Secret Honor

1984

 

Sunrise at Campobello

1960

 

Young Mr. Lincoln

1939

History: Vietnam War   

 

 

 

Apocalypse Now

1979

 

Born on the Fourth of July

1989

 

Boys in Company C, The

1978

 

Deer Hunter, The

1978

 

Full Metal Jacket

1987

 

Go Tell the Spartans

1978

 

Hearts and Minds

1974

 

In the Year of the Pig

1969

 

In the Year of the Pig

1969

 

Platoon

1986

 

Streamers

1983

 

Who'll Stop the Rain

1978

History: Vietnam War: After effects   

 

 

 

Coming Home

1978

 

Taxi Driver

1976

 

Who'll Stop the Rain

1978

History: World War I   

 

 

 

All Quiet on the Western Front

1930

 

Big Parade, The

1925

 

Capitaine Conan

1996

 

Dawn Patrol, The

1938

 

Dawn Patrol, The

1930

 

Gallipoli

1981

 

Grande illusion, La

1937

 

Hearts of the World

1918

 

Paths of Glory

1957

 

Sergeant York

1941

History: World War II   

 

 

 

Aanslag, De

1986

 

Attack

1956

 

Au revoir les enfants

1987

 

Battleground

1949

 

Big Red One, The

1980

 

Caporal épinglé, Le

1962

 

Chagrin et la pitié, Le

1971

 

Go for Broke!

1951

 

Hangmen Also Die

1943

 

In Which We Serve

1942

 

Jeux interdits

1952

 

Kanal

1957

 

Obchod na korze

1965

 

Paisà

1946

 

Pasqualino Settebellezze

1976

 

Patton

1970

 

Pokolenie

1955

 

Popiól i diament

1958

 

Roma, città aperta

1945

 

Roma, città aperta

1945

 

Saving Private Ryan

1998

 

Slaughterhouse-Five

1972

 

Soldaat van Oranje

1977

 

Story of G.I. Joe

1945

 

World at War, The

1942

History: World War II: After effects   

 

 

 

Best Years of Our Lives, The

1946

 

Germania anno zero

1947

 

Krajobraz po bitwie

1970

History: World War II: Eastern front   

 

 

 

Enemy at the Gates

2001

 

Stalingrad

1989

History: World War II: Naval/Submarine   

 

 

 

Boot, Das

1981

 

Destination Tokyo

1943

 

Run Silent Run Deep

1958

 

U-571

2000

History: World War II: Pacific front   

 

 

 

Bataan

1943

 

Empire of the Sun

1987

 

Flying Tigers

1942

 

Guadalcanal Diary

1943

 

Gung Ho!

1943

 

Merrill's Marauders

1962

 

Nobi

1959

 

Objective, Burma!

1945

 

Sands of Iwo Jima

1949

 

Thin Red Line, The

1998

Politics: Italy   

 

 

 

Conformista, Il

1970

Clare 104  

 

 

Ethical Issue: Moral Decisions   

 

 

 

Ladri di biciclette

1948

 

Prince of the City

1981

Ethical Issues: Abortion  

 

 

 

Une histoire simple

1978

Ethical Issues: Happiness  

 

 

 

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing

2001

Ethical Issues: Moral Decisions  

 

 

 

Crimes and Misdemeanors

1989

 

High Noon

1952

 

Insider, The

1999

 

Silkwood

1983

 

Sweet Smell of Success

1957

Ethical Issues:Technology   

 

 

 

Yeux sans visage, Les

1959

History: World War II  

 

 

 

Catch-22

1970

Clare 105  

 

 

Culture: Chinese  

 

 

 

Shiqi sui de dan che

2001

Culture: The Deaf  

 

 

 

Beyond Silence

1996

 

Children of a Lesser God

1986

 

Miracle Worker, The

1962

Politics and Religion  

 

 

 

"Alan Burke Show, The"

1966

Politics: Class Conflict  

 

 

 

Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare

1974

Politics: Colonialism  

 

 

 

Windom's Way

1957

Politics: Germany  

 

 

 

Blechtrommel, Die

1979

 

Triumph des Willens

1934

Politics: Greece  

 

 

 

Z

1969

Politics: Ireland  

 

 

 

Cal

1984

 

Informer, The

1935

 

Prayer for the Dying, A

1987

Politics: Italy  

 

 

 

Film d'amore e d'anarchia, ovvero 'stamattina alle

1973

Politics: Terrorism  

 

 

 

État de siège

1973

 

Legend of Rita (Die Stille nach dem Schuss)

2000

Social Issues: Animal Rights  

 

 

 

Fly Away Home

1996

 

Ours, L'

1988

Social Issues: Anti-Semitism  

 

 

 

Gentleman's Agreement

1947

 

Monsieur Klein

1976

Social Issues: Clash of Cultures  

 

 

 

Last Wave, The

1977

Social Issues: Class Conflict  

 

 

 

Du skal ære din hustru

1925

Social Issues: Crime  

 

 

 

Badlands

1973

 

Bonnie and Clyde

1967

 

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

1998

 

Snatch.

2000

Social Issues: Death  

 

 

 

My Life

1993

 

Sjunde inseglet, Det

1957

 

Sous le sable

2000

 

Ta'm e guilass

1997

 

Tre fratelli

1981

 

Truly Madly Deeply

1991

 

Viskningar och rop

1972

 

Wandafuru raifu

1998

Social Issues: Drugs  

 

 

 

Drugstore Cowboy

1989

 

Man with the Golden Arm, The

1955

 

Traffic

2000

Social Issues: Education  

 

 

 

Ça commence aujourd'hui

1999

 

Stand and Deliver

1988

 

To Sir, with Love

1966

Social Issues: Environment  

 

 

 

Never Cry Wolf

1983

 

Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen

1984

Social Issues: Feminism  

 

 

 

Kermesse héroïque, La

1935

 

Rodeo Girl

1980

 

Stilte rond Christine M., De

1982

 

Woman Rebels, A

1936

 

Working Girls

1986

Social Issues: Friendship  

 

 

 

Big Chill, The

1983

 

Career Girls

1997

 

Coup de foudre

1983

 

Femme de mon pote, La

1983

 

Fried Green Tomatoes

1991

 

Husbands

1970

 

Julia

1977

 

Return of the Secaucus 7

1980

 

Robert et Robert

1978

 

Thelma & Louise

1991

Social Issues: Future  

 

 

 

1984

1956

 

Boy and His Dog, A

1975

 

Brazil

1985

 

Fahrenheit 451

1966

 

Gattaca

1997

 

Metropolis

1927

 

Nineteen Eighty-Four

1984

 

Things to Come

1936

 

THX 1138

1971

 

Time Machine, The

1960

 

Zardoz

1974

Social Issues: Gender Identification    

 

 

 

Boys Don't Cry

1999

 

Crying Game, The

1992

 

Flawless

1999

 

M. Butterfly

1993

 

Ma vie en rose

1997

 

Some Like It Hot

1959

 

Tootsie

1982

Social Issues: Holocaust   

 

 

 

Giardino dei Finzi-Contini, Il

1970

 

Pawnbroker, The

1964

 

Pianist, The

2002

 

Schindler's List

1993

 

Shoah

1985

 

Sophie's Choice

1982

 

Voyage of the Damned

1976

Social Issues: Homosexuality    

 

 

 

Before Stonewall

1984

 

Chasing Amy

1997

 

Cheun gwong tsa sit

1997

 

Desert Hearts

1985

 

Edward II

1991

 

Fireworks

1947

 

Go Fish

1994

 

High Art

1998

 

Junge Törless, Der

1966

 

Ley del deseo, La

1987

 

Lianna

1983

 

Mädchen in Uniform

1958

 

Mädchen in Uniform

1931

 

Maurice

1987

 

Morte a Venezia

1971

 

My Own Private Idaho

1991

 

Personal Best

1982

 

Roseaux sauvages, Les

1994

 

Scorpio Rising

1964

 

Servant, The

1963

 

Sunday Bloody Sunday

1971

 

Times of Harvey Milk, The

1984

Social Issues: Justice System  

 

 

 

12 Angry Men

1957

 

Cool Hand Luke

1967

 

Procès, Le

1962

 

Serpico

1973

 

Short Eyes

1977

 

Star Chamber, The

1983

 

Straight Time

1978

Social Issues: Labor   

 

 

 

Harlan County, U.S.A.

1976

 

Matewan

1987

 

Moonlighting

1982

 

Norma Rae

1979

 

On the Waterfront

1954

 

Salt of the Earth

1954

 

Stachka

1925

Social Issues: Marriage   

 

 

 

Attention! Une femme peut en cacher une autre

1983

 

Husbands and Wives

1992

 

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

2002

 

Scener ur ett äktenskap

1973

 

Smash Palace

1981

 

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1966

Social Issues: Media   

 

 

 

All the President's Men

1976

 

Big Carnival, The

1951

 

Broadcast News

1987

 

Ginger e Fred

1986

 

Killing Fields, The

1984

 

Network

1976

 

Salvador

1986

 

Simone

2002

 

Truman Show, The

1998

 

Wrong Is Right

1982

Social Issues: Nuclear Age   

 

 

 

Atomic Cafe, The

1982

 

Gembaku no ko

1952

 

On the Beach

1959

 

Sakharov

1984

 

Testament

1983

 

When the Wind Blows

1986

 

World, the Flesh and the Devil, The

1959

Social Issues: People with Disabilities   

 

 

 

Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get

1977

Social Issues: Poverty   

 

 

 

Brutti sporchi e cattivi

1976

 

Hurdes, Las

1933

 

Olvidados, Los

1950

Social Issues: Racism   

 

 

 

American History X

1998

 

Romper Stomper

1992

 

Rue cases nègres

1983

 

To Kill a Mockingbird

1962

Social Issues: Rape   

 

 

 

Accused, The

1988

 

Amour violé, L'

1976

Social Issues: Relationships between the sexes   

 

 

 

Amour l'après-midi, L'

1972

 

Beau mariage, Le

1982

 

Conte d'automne

1998

 

Genou de Claire, Le

1970

 

Hannah and Her Sisters

1986

 

Jules et Jim

1962

 

Lovers of the Arctic Circle (Los Amantes del

1998

 

Ma nuit chez Maud

1969

 

September

1987

 

Suna no onna

1964

 

Un homme et une femme

1966

Social Issues: Relationships within the Family  

 

 

 

Interiors

1978

 

Life Is Sweet

1990

 

Secrets & Lies

1996

Social Issues: Sexuality  

 

 

 

Eyes Wide Shut

1999

 

Henry & June

1990

 

Just a Little Harmless Sex

1999

 

Pianiste, La

2001

 

Ultimo tango a Parigi

1972

 

Un moment d'égarement

1977

 

Unbearable Lightness of Being, The

1988

 

Women in Love

1969

Social Issues: Technology  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aldous Huxley: The Gravity of Light

1996

 

Artificial Intelligence: AI

2001

 

China Syndrome, The

1979

 

Koyaanisqatsi

1983

 

Mon oncle

1958

Social Issues: Violence  

 

 

 

Wild Bunch, The

1969

Stages of Life: Adolescence (Coming of Age)  

 

 

 

Devil's Playground, The

1976

 

Girls Town

1996

 

If....

1968

 

Kidzu ritan

1996

 

My Bodyguard

1980

 

Outsiders, The

1983

 

Over the Edge

1979

 

Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The

1969

 

River's Edge

1986

 

Rumble Fish

1983

 

Smooth Talk

1985

 

Stand by Me

1986

 

That Was Then... This Is Now

1985

 

Thousand Clowns, A

1965

 

Wanderers, The

1979

Stages of Life: Childhood  

 

 

 

Bacheha-Ye aseman

1997

 

Badkonake sefid

1995

 

Grand chemin, Le

1987

 

Khane-ye doust kodjast?

1987

 

Mitt liv som hund

1985

 

Ponette

1996

 

Rang-e khoda

1999

Stages of Life: Mid-life 

 

 

 

American Beauty

1999

 

New Age, The

1994

 

Seconds

1966

 

Swimmer, The

1968

 

Unmarried Woman, An

1978

Stages of Life: Old Age  

 

 

 

Cocoon

1985

 

Driving Miss Daisy

1989

 

Going in Style

1979

 

Grey Fox, The

1982

 

Hachigatsu no rapusodî

1991

 

Harold and Maude

1971

 

Harry and Tonto

1974

 

Ikiru

1952

 

Narayama bushiko

1958

 

Narayama bushiko

1982

 

On Golden Pond

1981

 

Sanma no aji

1962

 

Shootist, The

1976

 

Smultronstället

1957

 

Stanno tutti bene

1990

 

Straight Story, The

1999

 

Tokyo monogatari

1953

 

Trip to Bountiful, The

1985

 

Umberto D.

1952

 

Whales of August, The

1987

 

Whisperers, The

1966

Stages of Life: Young Adult  

 

 

 

Easy Rider

1969

 

Ghost World

2000

 

My Brilliant Career

1979

 

Rebel Without a Cause

1955

 

Rosetta

1999

 

Seishun zankoku monogatari

1960

 

Slacker

1991

 

Spetters

1980

 

Vie rêvée des anges, La

1998

 

Vitelloni, I

1953

 

Wild One, The

1953

Clare 106  

 

 

Religion: Critique of Christianity  

 

 

 

Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

1973

 

Dogma

1999

 

Inherit the Wind

1960

 

Simón del desierto

1965

 

Viridiana

1961

 

Wise Blood

1979

Religion: Devils and Demons  

 

 

 

Devil Rides Out, The

1968

 

Exorcist, The

1973

 

Night of the Demon

1957

 

Ninth Gate, The

1999

 

Rosemary's Baby

1968

 

Seventh Victim, The

1943

 

To the Devil a Daughter

1976

Religion: Jesus  

 

 

 

Godspell

1973

 

Jesus Christ Superstar

1973

 

Vangelo secondo Matteo, Il

1964

Religion: Jesus Figure  

 

 

 

Hombre mirando al sudeste

1986

 

Jésus de Montréal

1989

Religion: Judaism  

 

 

 

Believer, The

2001

 

Chosen, The

1981

Religion: Mary Figure  

 

 

 

'Je vous salue, Marie'

1985

Religion: Miracles  

 

 

 

Resurrection

1980

Clare 107  

 

 

Religion: Angels  

 

 

 

City of Angels

1998

 

Himmel über Berlin, Der

1987

Religion: Catholicism  

 

 

 

Mean Streets

1973

 

Song of Bernadette, The

1943

 

Thérèse

1986

Religion: Francis, of Assisi  

 

 

 

Francesco

1989

 

Francesco d'Assisi

1966

 

Francesco, giullare di Dio

1950

 

Francis of Assisi

1961

 

Fratello sole, sorella luna

1972

Religion: Joan of Arc  

 

 

 

Jeanne la Pucelle I - Les batailles

1994

 

Jeanne la Pucelle II - Les prisons

1994

 

Joan of Arc

1948

 

Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, The

1999

 

Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, La

1928

 

Procès de Jeanne d'Arc

1962

 

Saint Joan

1957

Religion: Religious Pilgrimage  

 

 

 

Voie lactée, La

1969

Clare 108  

 

 

Culture: African  

 

 

 

Remparts d'argile

1968

Culture: African American  

 

 

 

Boyz N the Hood

1991

 

Do the Right Thing

1989

 

Malcolm X

1992

Culture: Brazilian  

 

 

 

Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco

1981

Culture: Chinese  

 

 

 

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

2000

 

Wo de fu qin mu qin

1999

 

Yi ge dou bu neng shao

1999

Culture: Chinese American  

 

 

 

Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart

1984

 

Eat a Bowl of Tea

1989

 

Joy Luck Club, The

1993

Culture: Greek  

 

 

 

Alexis Zorbas

1964

Culture: Indian  

 

 

 

Aparajito

1957

 

Apur Sansar

1959

 

Aranyer Din Ratri

1970

 

Ashani Sanket

1973

 

Devi

 

 

Jalsaghar

1958

 

Pather Panchali

1955

 

Teen Kanya

1961

Culture: Japanese  

 

 

 

Kakushi toride no san akunin

1958

 

Living on Tokyo Time

1987

 

Ososhiki

1985

 

Ran

1985

 

Shichinin no samurai

1954

Culture: Japanese American   

 

 

 

Snow Falling on Cedars

1999

Culture: Native American    

 

 

 

Silent Enemy, The

1930

Culture: North African    

 

 

 

Hideous Kinky

1998

 

Sheltering Sky, The

1990

Culture: Russian    

 

 

 

Dersu Uzala

1974

Culture: Spanish American    

 

 

 

Historia oficial, La

1985

 

Miss Mary

1986

Culture: Vietnamese    

 

 

 

Mua he chieu thang dung

2000

 

Mui du du xanh

1993

 

Xich lo

1995

Social Issues: Death    

 

 

 

All That Jazz

1979

 

Loved One, The

1965

Social Issues: Holocaust    

 

 

 

Jób lázadása

1983

 

Nuit et brouillard

1955

Social Issues: Nuclear Age    

 

 

 

Hiroshima mon amour

1959

Social Issues: Racism    

 

 

 

Color Purple, The

1985

Clare 109    

 

 

Art: Acting    

 

 

 

Mephisto

1981

Art: Artist (Painter)    

 

 

 

Rembrandt

1936

Art: Dance    

 

 

 

American in Paris, An

1951

 

Carmen

1983

 

Invitation to the Dance

1956

 

Red Shoes, The

1948

 

Strictly Ballroom

1992

 

Swing Time

1936

 

Tango

1998

 

Tango Lesson, The

1997

 

Turning Point, The

1977

Art: Filmmaking    

 

 

 

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

1991

Art: Greatest Films    

 

 

 

2001: A Space Odyssey

1968

 

Âge d'or, L'

1930

 

Bronenosets Potyomkin

1925

 

Casablanca

1942

 

Deserto rosso, Il

1964

 

M

1931

 

Règle du jeu, La

1939

Art: Music: Classical    

 

 

 

Amadeus

1984

Art: Music: Film Soundtrack    

 

 

 

Demoiselles de Rochefort, Les

1967

 

Édith et Marcel

1983

 

Moulin Rouge!

2001

 

Parapluies de Cherbourg, Les

1964

 

Suburbia

1984

Art: Music: Jazz    

 

 

 

Jazz on a Summer's Day

1959

 

Last of the Blue Devils, The

1979

 

'Round Midnight

1986

 

Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser

1989

Art: Music: Opera    

 

 

 

3groschenoper, Die

1931

 

Aria

1987

 

Bohème, La

1988

 

Carmen

1984

 

Don Giovanni

1979

 

Medium, The

1951

 

Parsifal

1982

 

Tales of Hoffmann, The

1951

 

Traviata, La

1982

 

Trollflöjten

1975

 

Verkaufte Braut, Die

1932

Art: Music: Rap    

 

 

 

8 Mile

2002

Art: Music: Rock    

 

 

 

Decline of Western Civilization, The

1981

 

Gimme Shelter

1970

 

Monterey Pop

1968

 

Rude Boy

1980

 

Sid and Nancy

1986

 

Woodstock

1970

Art: vs. Politics    

 

 

 

Dernier métro, Le

1980

Art: Writer    

 

 

 

Angel at My Table, An

1990

Culture: Indian    

 

 

 

Ashani Sanket

1973

Culture: Spanish American    

 

 

 

El Norte

1983

 

 

 

No course number  

 

 

Misc.: Appearance and Reality  

 

 

 

Abre los ojos

1997

 

Citizen Kane

1941

 

Dark City

1998

 

eXistenZ

1999

 

Lola rennt

1998

 

Matrix, The

1999

 

Memento

2000

 

Rashomon

1950

 

Siesta

1987

 

Vanilla Sky

2001