Films

For as long as I can remember, I love to watch films. There is something special about watching the result of transposing literary work into audio-visual form. In my life, films have served a great means of escaping the day-to-day routine, learning about history, and relating to a character within a story being told. The movies that I most treasure are the one's that present a human connection beyond the film.

This film list is arranged first by by category, then by title.
* -indicates a faith-based element

Bookshop
Book of Love (2004)
The Bookshop (2017)
The Bridge (Part 1; 2015 and Part 2; 2016)*
You've Got Mail (1998)

Christmas Season
Angels Sing (2013)
Christmas Angel in the House (2011)
The Christmas Candle (2013)*
Christmas in Canaan, part 1 (2009)*
- Christmas Comes Home to Canaan, part 2 (2011)*
A Christmas Carol (1984)
Christmas with a Capital C (2010)*
Christmas Child (2004)*
Christmas Choir (2008)
Christmas for a Dollar (2013)
Christmas Grace (2013)*
Christmas Miracle (2012)*
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey (2006)*
Christmas Oranges (2012)
The Christmas Shoes, part 1 (2002)
- The Christmas Blessing, part 2 (2005)
- The Christmas Hope, part 3 (2009)
The Christmas Wish (1998)
The Gathering (1977)
The Last Straw (2014)*
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Nothing like the Holidays (2008)
Paper Angels (2014)*
Secrets in the Snow (2012)*
Silent Night (2012)*
Silver Bells (2013)*
Snow Men (2011)

Coffee Shop
Coffee Shop (2014)*

Cooking
The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)
No Reservations (2007)

Culture
City of Joy (1992)
Footloose (1984)
The Great Debaters (2007)
The Karate Kid II (1986)
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
Not Without My Daughter (1991)
Schindler's List (1993

Disaster
Dante's Peak (1997)
Day After Tomorrow (2004)
The Guardian (2006)
Outbreak (1985)
The Perfect Storm (2000)
Twister (1996)

War
Gladiator (2000)
The Great Escape (1963)
The Great Raid (2005)
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)*
Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
K*19: The Widowmaker (2002)
Last of the Mohicans (1992)
The Last Samurai (2003)
MASH: Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen (1983)
Robin Hood (2010)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991

Well-Being
Alabama Moon (2009)
Believe in Me (2007)
Checkmate (2012)
Coach Carter (2005)
The Last Brickmaker in America (2001)
Life of a King (2013)
The Lost Medallion (2013)*
The Mighty Macs (2012)
My Sister's Keeper (2009)
The Perfect Game (2008)
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (1999)
Soul Surfer (2011)
Touched by Grace (2014)*
You've Got a Friend (2007)
1 Message (2011)