What are the five greatest cinematic investigations of marriage? This week, our writers took to this prompt. We’re pleased to have historian and pastor Dr. George Grant as a guest contributor. Dr. George Grant is the Pastor of Parish Presbyterian Church, Founder of New College Franklin, President of the King’s Meadow Study Center and Founder of Franklin Classical School. His most recent book is Carry A Big Stick: The Uncommon Heroism of Theodore Roosevelt.

George Grant:

1. Three Colors: White (dir: Krzysztof Kieslowski)

2. The Marriage of Maria Braun (dir: Rainer Werner Fassbinder)

3. They Might Be Giants (dir: Anthony Harvey)

4. Bella Martha (dir: Sandra Nettlebeck)

5. Shadowlands (dir: Richard Attenborough)

 

Remy Wilkins:

1. Before Midnight (Richard Linklater)

2. Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow (Theo Angelopoulos)

3. Certified Copy (Abbas Kiarostami)

4. Husbands and Wives (Woody Allen)

5. The Family Man (Brett Ratner)

 

Joshua Gibbs:

1. A Woman Under The Influence

2. The Constant Gardener

3. Revolutionary Road

4. Suspicion

5. Love With the Proper Stranger

 

Sean Johnson:

1. To the Wonder (Terrence Malick)

2. Voyage To Italy (Roberto Rossellini)

3. Scenes From A Marriage (Ingmar Bergman)

4. The Constant Gardener (Fernando Meirelles)

5. The Seven Year Itch (Billy Wilder)

 

Timothy Lawrence

1. Brief Encounter (David Lean)

2. The Incredibles (Brad Bird)

3. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (F.W. Murnau)

4. Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner (Stanley Kramer)

5. The Best Years of Our Lives (William Wyler)

 

Rikki Elizabeth Stinnette:

1. Up (Pete Docter)

2. Tender Mercies (Bruce Beresford)

3. Mr. Holland’s Opus (Stephen Herek)

4. The Magic of Ordinary Days (Brent Shields)

5. Anna Karenina (Joe Wright)

 

Brian Murnion:

1. La Pointe Courte (Agnès Varda)

2. Journey to Italy (Roberto Rossellini)

3. Lost In Translation (Sofia Coppola)

4. A Woman Under the Influence (John Cassavetes)

5. City Lights (Charles Chaplin)