Kevin Campbell of Cork, Ireland wrote saying he liked my page. Hi Kevin!
He also asked for my top 10 movies with insightful political commentary. I've broadened it to social commentary, and here's what I come up with (in no particular order or number):
The Mission (period piece, but amazing, and applicable today)
The Merchants of Cool (PBS Frontline - how media sells stuff to kids. nonfiction, but piercing)
Romero - by reputation - haven't seen it.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Doctor Strangelove
Dead Man Walking
Roger and Me
Election
Schindler's List
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Grapes of Wrath
and here's some more i came up with looking at AFI and Amazon:
Citizen Kane
On the Waterfront
All the President's Men
Wag the Dog
Primary Colors
MASH
The French Connection
Dances with Wolves
Patton
The Killing Fields
Amistad
Glory
Boys N the Hood
Born on the Fourth of July
Salvador
Malcolm X
Norma Rae
Apocalypse Now
The Candidate
what do you think?
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