All of these films have been reviewed in my on-line journal Visual Parables. Those highlighted have an embedded link that in the digital form of this list that will take you to the review where you can read them free of charge. Most also have a set of discussion questions, but are included only in the monthly journal, which requires a subscription.Index of categories on the last page.

Social Issue Films Reviewed in Visual Parables & VP Books
We will add new titles added as I review them. Titles in blue contain hyperlinks that will take you to the full review on the VP website, if you are reading this on a digital device. Abbreviated dates following the film are the VP issues that contain the review or study guide. In a few cases the issue is not known, the review found just in the Review section of the website. Many films could fit into other categories, so as work on the list continues these films will be listed within parentheses at the end of the categories. Books that include discussion guides for social issue films are: Films & Faith: 40 Guides (F&F40); Praying the Movies (PtM); Praying the Movies 2 (PtM2); Faith & Films: A Guide for Leaders (F&F) & Jesus Christ Movie Star (JCMS). All available from Visual Parables at visualparables@twc.com.

1. Alternatives to Violence
1.	Amaz Grace & Chuck  -Oct16
2.	BABE: Pig in the City -Jan99; PtM; F&F 
3.	Boycott -Wint04 G 
4.	KING (1978) Lost
5.	The Iron Giant -Feb00; PtM2; 
6.	The Long Walk Home -Jul97 
7.	T Power of Forgiveness  -Sum08 
8.	To End All Wars -Aug02
2. Ambiguity of Good/Evil
9.	A Most Violent Year  -Mar15
10.	A Most Wanted Man  -Aug14 
11.	Crimes & Misdemeanors -Feb90
3. Anti-Semitism & the  
      Holocaust
12.	Schindler's List -Mar94; Jan97; Spring08; F&F; PtM
13.	The Book Thief -Jan14
14.	T. Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler -Jan24
15.	The Hiding Place -Fall07
16.	The Inheritors -Mar94
17.	The Last Butterfly (1991)
18.	Uprising -Apr1
19.	The Zookeepers Wife -Apr17
4. Holocaust—Aftermath
20.	Judgment at Nuremberg                -July00
21.	Woman in Gold  -May15
5. Cautionary 
22.	Jurassic Park -July93; Dec94
23.	The Stanford Prison Experiment -Sep2015 
24.	Titanic -Feb98
6. Child Abuse/Human Trafficking
25.	Beasts of No Nation –Feb16 
26.	By the Grace of God -Sep20
27.	Don’t Say My Name -Sep23
7. Cold War, Fear & Blacklisting 
28.	Bridge of Spies -Oct15 
29.	Charlie Wilson’s War -Spring08
30.	Oppenheimer -Aug23
31.	Trumbo -Dec15
8. Church/Clergy as Caring Agent
32.	All Saints -Oct17 
33.	Italian for Beginners -May02
34.	Land of Plenty -Sprng07
35.	Lars & the Real Girl -Wntr07           
9. Computers, A.I., Soc. Media 
36.	A.I. Artificial Intell-Aug01
37.	The Circle -June17 
38.	The Social Network -NovDec10

10. Drugs & Addictions
39.	6 Balloons -Jun21
40.	 Beautiful Boy -Jan19
41.	Ben is Back -Jan19 

10. Ecology/The Environment
42.	An Inconvenient Truth - Som06
43.	Erin Brockovich -Jul01; PtM2; 
44.	First Reformed -July18 
45.	Wall-E -Sum08
12. Elderly
46.	A Man Called Otto -Feb23
47.	Away From Her -Sum0713
48.	The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel -JulAug12 
49.	The Farewell -Sep19
50.	Unfinished Song -SepOct13
51.	UP -JulyAug09
13. Ethical Decisions
52.	An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story -Mar17
53.	99 Homes -Nov15
54.	Pinocchio, GdelToro -Feb23
55.	Quiz Show -Nov94
56.	The Sweet Hereafter - Feb98
14. Gender Issues (LGBTQ)
57.	Boy Erased -Dec18
58.	Joe Bell -Julyn21
59.	Philadelphia - Aug94; F&F
60.	Stonewall -Oct15
61.	The Miseducation of Cameron Post –Oct18
15. Genocide
62.	Avatar -JanFeb10 
63.	Darfur Now -Wint07
64.	Hotel Rwanda -Spring05; F&F
65.	Sometimes in April -Summ05
66.	The Hunting Party -Wint07 
16. Handicapped/Illness
67.	Coda -Sep21
68.	Breathe -Nov17 
69.	Crip Camp -Apr21 
70.	Five Feet Apart -Mar19 
71.	The Sound of Metal -Apr21
17. Hispanics & Latin America
72.	A Better Life  -SepOct11
73.	César Chavez - Apr14 
74.	McFarland, USA -Mar15
75.	My Family (Mi Familia) -Jan96; Aug98 
76.	Romero -Sep95; Aug98; F&F; 
77.	Salt of the Earth -Mar03
78.	Sin Nombre -Feb16
79.	The Official Story -May92
80.	West Side Story -Jan21
18. Homeless
81.	The Lady in the Van –Mar16 
82.	The Saint of Ft. Washington -Sep94 F&F
83.	The Soloist -MayJune09     
19. Immigrants/Refugees
84.	Chasing Freedom -Nov20 
85.	Fremont
86.	Nowhere -Nov23
87.	The Immigrant -Jul15 
88.	The Swimmers -Oct23
89.	The Visitor -Sumr08 
20. Ireland & “Troubles”
90.	Angela’s Ashes - Mar00
91.	Belfast -Nov21
92.	Calvary -Sep15 
93.	Dancing at Lughnasa –Feb99; 
94.	Jimmy’s Hall -Sep15 
95.	Michael Collins -Dec96
21. Justice/Legal System 
96.	13th -Nov16 doc 
97.	Brian Banks -Sep19 
98.	Chicago -Apr20
99.	A Hero -Feb22
100.	Brian Banks  -Sep19  
101.	Flash of Genius – Wnt08 
22. Labor Justice/Unions
102.	Matewan -Jan92; Nov95; Jan92; F&F 
103.	Salt of the Earth -Mar03; Fall 04
23. Madness of War/Guns/ Viol.
104.	A Midnight Clear (1992)
105.	All Quiet on t. Westrn Front -Feb23
106.	Amigo -SepOct12 
107.	Bombardment -Apr22
108.	Flags of Our Fathers – Fall06
109.	Gallipoli -Jun15
110.	Hiroshima –Aug16
111.	Letters From Iwo Jima -Wint06
24. Money/Finances/Greed 
112.	A Christmas Carol -Nov/Dec09
113.	Blackberry -July23
114.	Brad’s Status -Nov17
115.	It’s a Wondeful Life –Fall05; 
116.	Money Monster -Jun16
117.	A Simple Plan -Mar 99
118.	Fall of the Amer Empire -Aug19
119.	The Big Short -Jan16
25. Muslims/Middle East Issues
120.	Argo -NovDec12 
121.	Films for 9/11 -Sep20
122.	Hala -May20
123.	Incendies -SepOct11 
124.	Offside -Sum07  
125.	Osama -Sprin04 
126.	Paradise Now -05
127.	Wadjda -Dec13

26.  Native AmericanLife & Prej.
128.	Black Robe –Aug91 
129.	The Broken Chain -Aug20
130.	Dances With Wolves -Dec90
131.	Pocahontas -Aug95
132.	Smoke Signals – Oct98; Aprl00 
133.	Wind River -Sep17
27. Poverty & the Poor
134.	Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story -Oct97; 
135.	Florida Project -Dace17
136.	Frozen River -Fall08 
137.	ROMERO -Sep95 
28. Politics
138.	Bullworth -July98 
139.	Chappaquiddick -May18
140.	Churchill -June17
141.	Frost/Nixon -Wint08
142.	Hamilton -Aug20
143.	Long Shot -May19
144.	Our Brand is Crisis -Nov15
145.	The Post -Feb18
146.	Wag the Dog -Feb98    
29. POWs
147.	The Railway Man -May14 
148.	Unbroken -Jan15 
30. Prejudice
149.	Australia -Wint08
150.	Crash -Sum05
151.	Gran Torino -JanFeb09
152.	Rabbit-Proof Fence -Jan03 
153.	West Side Story -Jan21
31. Prisons
154.	Amerikatsi -Oct23
155.	Attica -Jun19
156.	Clemency -Aug20
157.	Dead Man Walking -Sep96; 
32. Racism/Black Lives  
158.	American History X - Jan99
159.	12 Years a Slave -Dec13 
160.	Boyz ‘N t. Hood -Oct95;; F&F
161.	 Do the Right Thing -Sep19
162.	Freedom Song -Sept00
163.	Harriet -Nov19
164.	Hidden Figures -Feb17
165.	I am not Your Negro -Mar17 
166.	If Beale Street Could Talk -Feb19
167.	Killers of t. Flower Moon -Nov23
168.	Just Mercy -Feb20
169.	Lincoln -NovDec12
170.	Lost Boundaries -Dec03
171.	Loving -Dec16 
172.	Malcolm X -Dec92; July20 
173.	Nightjohn -May21
174.	Passing -Dec21
175.	Red Tails -MarApr12 
176.	Remember the Titans -Aug01
177.	Roots (2016) -Jun16
178.	Rosewood -Apr97; Mar99 
179.	Ruby Bridges -Oct10
180.	Rustin -Dec23
181.	Selma -Feb15
182.	The Banker -Apr20
183.	The Best of Enemies -May19
184.	The Color Purple -Aug92; Jan02; 
185.	The Color Purple -Jan24
186.	The Free State of Jones –July16
187.	The Hate U Give -Nov18
188.	Just Mercy -Feb20 
189.	King -From other source
190.	The Long Walk Home -Jul97; 
191.	The Rosa Parks Story -Feb15
192.	TILL -Nov22
193.	To Kill a Mockingbird -Jan96; 
33. Racism/Colonialism/ South Africa &…
194.	Avatar: The Way of Water -Jan23
195.	Cry Freedom -Nov93; F&F
196.	Cry, t. Beloved Country -May96
197.	Final Solution - Mar03; Part I - A  Book That Challenges - 
198.	Lumumba –Feb02
199.	Mandela: The Long Walk to Freedom -Jan14
34. Reconciliation & Forgiveness
200.	Babette’s Feast -Oct92; PtM; 
201.	Everything Everywhere All at Once -Aug22
202.	Invictus -JanFeb10 
203.	Our Fathers -Sum07
204.	The Hunt -SepOct13
205.	T. Power of Forgiveness -Sum08
35. Revolt Against Wrong
206.	Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace -Jan01
207.	Bully -MayJun12 Doc
208.	Citizen Four -Dec14 
209.	Insurgent (2015) -Apr15
210.	Luther -Oct16
211.	Marley -MayJun12
212.	No -MayJun13 
213.	One Nation, One King -Jun21
214.	Sophie Scholl: The Final Days - Sum06
215.	Taxi To the Dark Side -Sprng08
216.	The Hunger Games -MarApr12
217.	Valkyrie -JanFeb09
218.	Winter on Fire -Apr22
36. Sexism/Abuse & Woman Empowerment
219.	9 to 5 –Feb21
220.	A League of Their Own: -Sep22
221.	Barbie -Aug23
222.	Battle of t. Sexes -Nov17
223.	Big Eyes -Jan15 
224.	Bombshell -Jan20
225.	Call Jane -Dec22
226.	Changeling -Wint08
227.	Erin Brocovich  -May00
228.	He Named Me Malala -Oct15 Doc 
229.	Iron Jawed Angels -Sep15
230.	Maid -Jun23
231.	Mary Magdalene -Apr19
232.	North Country -Wint05
233.	On the Basis of Sex -Jan18
234.	Offside -Sum07
235.	Only -Aug20
236.	Suffrgatte -Dec15 
237.	The Official Story -May92 
238.	The Queen’s Gambit -May21
239.	The Women’s Balcony -Sep17
240.	Whale Rider -July03
241.	Writing with Fire -Apr22
242.	 Zora Neale Hurston -Mar23

37. Society’s Outsiders 
243.	Blue Like Jazz -May/Jun12 
244.	Broadway Danny Rose –Mar97; 
245.	Dumbo -NovDec11
246.	Joker – Nov19
247.	Lean on Pete -June18
248.	Short Term 12 -Nov13
249.	T. Whale -Feb23
38. Teachers & Schools 
250.	Dead Poet’s Society - Unknow
251.	Freedom Writers -Wint06 
252.	Not One Less -Nov1
39. Terrorism & Our Reaction
253.	A Most Wanted Man -Aug14
254.	American Pastoral -Dec16
255.	Captain Phillips -Nov13 
256.	Come From Away -Oct21
257.	Hotel Mumbai -Apr19
258.	In the Valley of Elah -Wint07
259.	Monos -Nov19
260.	Munich -Wint05, Fall06
261.	Rendition -Wint07
262.	September 11 -Sep16 
263.	7500 -May20
264.	World Trade Center -Sum06
265.	Zero Dark Thirty -JanFeb13
40. Up Against the Powers
266.	Cradle Will Rock -Mar00
267.	Flash of Genius -Wint08
268.	 99 Homes -Nov15
269.	SicKo -Wint07 
270.	Silence -Feb17
271.	Snowden -Oct16
272.	Spotlight -Jan16;
41.Religion/Church as Oppressor
273.	Blue Like Jazz -May/Jun12
274.	The Crucible -Feb97
275.	The Starling Girl -Jun23
          Also: Boy Erased -Dec18; Mis-
         ducation of Cameron Post –Oct18

Prepared by Edward McNulty, editor of Visual Parables. The films are culled from a 10-page list that includes almost 1300 films, as well as a list of the 41 catagories.
For a digital copy of the list—and thus enable you to use the links to connect to the reviews, email McNulty at:  myparables2@gmail.com