Philosophical Movies


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I thought I needed to pull together a list of movies which prompt philosophical thought.

This list helped: http://philfilms.utm.edu/

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Waking Life (2001,  R)
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The Matrix (1999,  R)
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Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964,  PG)
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Cidade de Deus, (City of God) (2003,  R)
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Fight Club (1999,  R)
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A Clockwork Orange (1971,  R)
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Apocalypse Now (1979,  R)
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A Brief History of Time (1991,  G)
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Solaris (2002,  PG-13)
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Blade Runner (1982,  R)
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The Thirteenth Floor (1999,  R)
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Pi (1998,  R)
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eXistenZ (1999,  R)
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Dark City (1998,  R)
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I Heart Huckabees (2004,  R)
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Pink Floyd - The Wall (1982,  R)
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Memento (2000,  R)
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Short Circuit (1986,  PG)
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The Truman Show (1998,  PG)
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Being John Malkovich (1999,  R)
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12 Angry Men (Twelve Angry Men) (1957,  Unrated)
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Sofies verden (Sophie's World) (1999,  Unrated)
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My Dinner with Andre (1981,  Unrated)
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Brainstorm (1983,  PG)
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Run Lola Run (Lola rennt) (1999,  R)
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The Lathe of Heaven (1980,  Unrated)
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Der Himmel über Berlin (Wings of Desire) (The Sky Above Berlin) (1987,  PG-13)
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The Unbelievable Truth (1990,  R)
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Amateur (1995,  R)
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No Such Thing (2001,  R)
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Siddhartha (1973,  R)
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What the Bleep Do We Know!? (2004,  Unrated)
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Sliding Doors (1998,  R)
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Mindwalk (1990,  PG)
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Babe (1995,  G)
Babe
Oh dear. I just introduced some French kids to the horrifying truth about meat.
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Being There (1979,  PG)
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001,  PG-13)
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Donnie Darko (2001,  R)
Donnie Darko
Just brilliant!
39
Harold and Maude (1971,  PG)
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The Holy Mountain (1973,  R)
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Suna no Onna (Woman in the Dunes) (1964,  Unrated)
42
Amelie (Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) (2001,  R)
Amelie (Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)
Reminds you to love life.
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Fearless (1993,  R)
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Crash (2004,  R)
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Ghost in the Shell 2 - Innocence (2004,  PG-13)
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American History X (1998,  R)
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Baraka (1993,  Unrated)
Baraka
I haven't actually seen the whole thing. My bad!
48
The Body (2001,  PG-13)
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The Book of Life (1998,  Unrated)
50
Bowling for Columbine (2002,  R)
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City of Joy (1992,  PG-13)
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The Corporation (2004,  Unrated)
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Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989,  PG-13)
54
La Double Vie de Véronique (The Double Life of Veronique) (1991,  R)
La Double Vie de Véronique (The Double Life of Veronique)
Beautiful, and also has an awesome soundtrack.
55
Children Underground (2001,  Unrated)
56
Devil's Playground (2002,  Unrated)
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Dogville (2003,  R)
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The Emperor's Club (2002,  PG-13)
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Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004,  R)
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Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997,  PG)
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Full Metal Jacket (1987,  R)
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Gattaca (1997,  PG-13)
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Groundhog Day (1993,  PG)
64
Hilary and Jackie (1998,  R)
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I Shot Andy Warhol (1996,  R)
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Kadosh (2000,  Unrated)
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Leaving Las Vegas (1995,  R)
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Minority Report (2002,  PG-13)
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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983,  R)
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Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999,  PG-13)
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Phenomenon (1996,  PG)
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Powder (1995,  PG-13)
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The Quarrel (1999,  Unrated)
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A Question of Faith (2001,  PG)
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The Rapture (1991,  R)
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The Razor's Edge (1984,  PG-13)
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Religulous (2008,  R)
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Saw II (2005,  R)
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SLC Punk (1998,  R)
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The Swimmer (1968,  PG)
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The Thin Blue Line (1988,  Unrated)
82
The Trial (1993,  PG-13)
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The Village (2004,  PG-13)
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Iris (2001,  R)
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Big Fish (2003,  PG-13)
Big Fish
Just the most gorgeous story ever written.
86
Multiplicity (1996,  PG-13)
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Holy Smoke! (2000,  R)
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Artists of the 20th Century: Jackson Pollock (2004,  Unrated)
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Rivers and Tides, (Fluß der Zeit) (2002,  Unrated)
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Lord of War (2005,  R)
91
1984 (Nineteen Eighty-Four) (1984,  R)
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Antz (1998,  PG)
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Animal Farm (1954,  Unrated)
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Equilibrium (2002,  R)
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The Fountainhead (1949,  Unrated)
96
The Last Emperor (1987,  PG-13)
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Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002,  PG)
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Dead Man Walking (1995,  R)
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Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005,  R)
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Outfoxed - Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (2004,  Unrated)
101
Saved! (2004,  PG-13)
Saved!
Breezy cheesy fun paying out scary fundamentalists :)
102
House of Sand and Fog (2003,  R)
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Lorenzo's Oil (1992,  PG-13)
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Kôkaku kidôtai 2.0 (2008,  Unrated)
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I, Robot (2004,  PG-13)
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Primer (2004,  PG-13)
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Contact (1997,  PG)
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Open Your Eyes (Abre los ojos) (Permanent Midnight) (1999,  R)
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Vanilla Sky (2001,  R)
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Stalker (1979,  Unrated)
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Gates of Heaven (1980,  Unrated)
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Ghost World (2001,  R)
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O Lucky Man! (1973,  R)
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On the Beach (1959,  Unrated)
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Quadrophenia (1979,  R)
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The Little Prince (1974,  G)

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