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My Kind of Bravery

by fiddlisa • Created 10 years ago • Modified 6 months ago
Films about people doing extraordinary things in often ordinary lives. Or just willing to tell the truth.
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  • David Strathairn in Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)

    1. Good Night, and Good Luck.

    20051h 33mPG80Metascore
    7.4 (104K)
    Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.
    DirectorGeorge ClooneyStarsDavid StrathairnGeorge ClooneyPatricia Clarkson
  • James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Beulah Bondi, Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell, and Eugene Pallette in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

    2. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    19392h 9mApproved73Metascore
    8.1 (127K)
    A naive youth leader is appointed to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. His idealistic plans promptly collide with corruption at home and subterfuge from his hero in Washington, but he tries to forge ahead despite attacks on his character.
    DirectorFrank CapraStarsJames StewartJean ArthurClaude Rains
  • The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)

    3. The Milagro Beanfield War

    19881h 57mR
    6.8 (7.2K)
    The accidental breakdown of an irrigation valve launches a hot confrontation between the mainly Latino farmers in a tiny New Mexico town and the real estate developers and politicians determined to acquire their land for a golf resort.
    DirectorRobert RedfordStarsRubén BladesRichard BradfordSonia Braga
  • Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy in Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

    4. Driving Miss Daisy

    19891h 39mPG81Metascore
    7.3 (122K)
    An old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years.
    DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsMorgan FreemanJessica TandyDan Aykroyd
  • Michael Douglas and Annette Bening in The American President (1995)

    5. The American President

    19951h 54mPG-1368Metascore
    6.8 (63K)
    A widowed U.S. President running for reelection and an environmental lobbyist fall in love. It's all above-board, but "politics is perception," and sparks fly anyway.
    DirectorRob ReinerStarsMichael DouglasAnnette BeningMartin Sheen
  • Bob Hoskins, Miranda Richardson, Geraldine James, Rosamund Pike, Sally Hawkins, Jaime Winstone, and Andrea Riseborough in Made in Dagenham (2010)

    6. Made in Dagenham

    20101h 53mR65Metascore
    7.1 (16K)
    A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
    DirectorNigel ColeStarsSally HawkinsBob HoskinsAndrea Riseborough
  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen in 50/50 (2011)

    7. 50/50

    20111h 40mR72Metascore
    7.6 (349K)
    Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.
    DirectorJonathan LevineStarsJoseph Gordon-LevittSeth RogenAnna Kendrick
  • Julia Roberts in Eat Pray Love (2010)

    8. Eat Pray Love

    20102h 13mPG-1350Metascore
    5.9 (111K)
    A married woman realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on a round-the-world journey to "find herself".
    DirectorRyan MurphyStarsJulia RobertsJavier BardemRichard Jenkins
  • Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich (2000)

    9. Erin Brockovich

    20002h 11mR73Metascore
    7.5 (236K)
    A flamboyant law firm secretary works tirelessly to gain justice for a small town wrecked by a utility company's pollution.
    DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsJulia RobertsAlbert FinneyDavid Brisbin
  • Sally Field in Norma Rae (1979)

    10. Norma Rae

    19791h 54mPG61Metascore
    7.3 (14K)
    A young single mother and textile worker agrees to help unionize her mill despite the problems and dangers involved.
    DirectorMartin RittStarsSally FieldBeau BridgesRon Leibman
  • Sissy Spacek in The Long Walk Home (1990)

    11. The Long Walk Home

    19901h 37mPG73Metascore
    7.3 (5.3K)
    Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott led by Martin Luther King.
    DirectorRichard PearceStarsSissy SpacekWhoopi GoldbergDwight Schultz
  • The Contender (2000)

    12. The Contender

    20002h 6mR59Metascore
    6.9 (26K)
    Senator Laine Hanson is a contender for U.S. Vice President, but information and disinformation about her past surfaces that threatens to derail her confirmation.
    DirectorRod LurieStarsJoan AllenGary OldmanJeff Bridges
  • Cradle Will Rock (1999)

    13. Cradle Will Rock

    19992h 12mR64Metascore
    6.7 (9.8K)
    A true story of politics and art in the 1930s U.S., focusing on a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.
    DirectorTim RobbinsStarsHank AzariaRubén BladesJoan Cusack
  • Tommy Lee Jones, Susan Sarandon, and Brad Renfro in The Client (1994)

    14. The Client

    19941h 59mPG-1365Metascore
    6.7 (78K)
    A young boy who witnessed the suicide of a mafia lawyer hires an attorney to protect him when the District Attorney tries to use him to take down a mob family.
    DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsSusan SarandonTommy Lee JonesBrad Renfro
  • Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, and Melanie Griffith in Working Girl (1988)

    15. Working Girl

    19881h 53mR73Metascore
    6.8 (66K)
    When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretending she has her boss' job.
    DirectorMike NicholsStarsMelanie GriffithHarrison FordSigourney Weaver
  • Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington in The Pelican Brief (1993)

    16. The Pelican Brief

    19932h 21mPG-1351Metascore
    6.6 (101K)
    A law student uncovers a conspiracy, putting herself and others in danger.
    DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsJulia RobertsDenzel WashingtonSam Shepard
  • Lean on Me (1989)

    17. Lean on Me

    19891h 48mPG-1358Metascore
    7.4 (24K)
    The dedicated but tyrannical Joe Clark is appointed the principal of a decaying inner-city school he is determined to improve by any and all means.
    DirectorJohn G. AvildsenStarsMorgan FreemanBeverly ToddRobert Guillaume
  • Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Lydia Nicole, and Eliot in Stand and Deliver (1988)

    18. Stand and Deliver

    19881h 43mPG77Metascore
    7.3 (23K)
    The story of Jaime Escalante, a high school teacher who successfully inspired his dropout-prone students to learn calculus.
    DirectorRamón MenéndezStarsEdward James OlmosEstelle HarrisMark Phelan
  • Won't Back Down (2012)

    19. Won't Back Down

    20122h 1mPG42Metascore
    6.4 (7K)
    Two determined mothers, one a teacher, look to transform their children's failing inner city school. Facing a powerful and entrenched bureaucracy, they risk everything to make a difference in the education and future of their children.
    DirectorDaniel BarnzStarsViola DavisMaggie GyllenhaalHolly Hunter
  • Peter Fonda in Ulee's Gold (1997)

    20. Ulee's Gold

    19971h 53mR77Metascore
    7.0 (7.8K)
    A reclusive beekeeper slowly pulls his dysfunctional family back together, but not without having to fight his son's previous dastardly cohorts.
    DirectorVictor NunezStarsPeter FondaPatricia RichardsonChristine Dunford
  • Hairspray (1988)

    21. Hairspray

    19881h 32mPG77Metascore
    7.0 (25K)
    A 'pleasantly plump' teenager teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.
    DirectorJohn WatersStarsSonny BonoRuth BrownDivine
  • Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Richard Harris, Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, and Emma Watson in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)

    22. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

    20012h 32mPG65Metascore
    7.7 (911K)
    An orphaned boy enrolls in a school of wizardry, where he learns the truth about himself, his family and the terrible evil that haunts the magical world.
    DirectorChris ColumbusStarsDaniel RadcliffeRupert GrintEmma Watson
  • Charlize Theron and Tobey Maguire in The Cider House Rules (1999)

    23. The Cider House Rules

    19992h 6mPG-1375Metascore
    7.4 (108K)
    During World War II, an orphan grows up under the tutelage of a doctor who runs an orphanage. However, he yearns for freedom and soon decides to leave in order to make a life for himself.
    DirectorLasse HallströmStarsTobey MaguireCharlize TheronMichael Caine
  • Gandhi (1982)

    24. Gandhi

    19823h 11mPG79Metascore
    8.0 (245K)
    The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.
    DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsBen KingsleyJohn GielgudRohini Hattangadi
  • John Gallagher Jr., Brie Larson, Rami Malek, and Alex Calloway in Short Term 12 (2013)

    25. Short Term 12

    20131h 36mR82Metascore
    7.9 (94K)
    A 20-something supervising staff member of a residential treatment facility navigates the troubled waters of that world alongside her co-worker and longtime boyfriend.
    DirectorDestin Daniel CrettonStarsBrie LarsonFrantz TurnerJohn Gallagher Jr.

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