Recommended Movies

(movies in bold are Must See)

Aftermath: The Remnants of War

Amelie

Apocalypse Now Redux (or Apocalypse Now)

Baghdad ER 

Band of Brothers

Black Book

Braveheart

Carrier (TV series)

Children of Men

Cold Mountain

Das Boot

Deadwood (seasons 1 and 2 only) - Highly recommended, similar to "Firefly", with some libertarian themes. Don't miss the fascinating Bonus Material disc, which explains the seemingly gratuitous profanity.

Deliver Us From Evil

Dig!

Downfall

Equilibrium

Face/Off - amazing thriller

Firefly (TV series)

Forrest Gump

Fried Green Tomatoes

Frontline: The Madoff Affair

Frontline: The Medicated Child

Gangs of New York

Ghosts of Abu Ghraib

Ghosts of Rwanda

Glory Road

Hand of God

Inside Hurricane Katrina

Inside North Korea

Invincible

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

Merry Christmas (Joyeux Noel)

National Treasure

No End in Sight

Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience

Radio

Reno 911! (TV series) 

Saving Private Ryan

Serenity (watch the Firefly series first) 

Shooter 

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days

Step Into Liquid

Taxi to the Dark Side

The Business of Being Born - must see if you may have a child in the future

The Family Stone

The Guardian

The Ground Truth

The Lives of Others

The Men Who Killed Kennedy - incredible, must see, especially the last segment

The Power of Nightmares, Part 1 - very interesting

The Wire (TV series)

U-571

V for Vendetta

We Are Marshall

Weeds (TV series) 

Why We Fight

Winter Soldier