Undefended is posted every Friday. All FilmFisher writers are given a prompt and respond with a list of five items, none of which are explained or rationalized. This week, we’re honored to have guest contributor Doug Jones, the author of numerous books, most recently Dismissing Jesus: How We Evade the Way of the Cross.  On the table for today, the five movies which make you want to be a better person. 

Doug Jones:

1. The Mission

2. The Untouchables

3. Of Gods and Men

4. The Big Kahuna

5. Precious

 

Kanaan Trotter:

1. The Devil Came On Horseback

2. Life Is Beautiful

3. God Grew Tired of Us

4. A River Runs Through It

5. Hotel Rwanda

 

Remy Wilkins:

1. Tree of Life

2. Yi Yi

3. Happy-Go-Lucky

4. Nobody Knows

5. Magnolia

 

Joseph Gross:

1. Groundhog Day

2. The Tree of Life

3. To End All Wars

4. Wall-E

5. Children of Men

 

Brian Murnion:

1. Late Spring (1949)

2. Andrei Rublev (1966)

3. Paris, Texas (1984)

4. Silent Light (2007)

5. Summer Hours (2008)

 

James Banks:

1. The Lives of Others

2. The Thin Red Line

3. Lawrence of Arabia

4. The Insider

5. It’s a Wonderful Life

 

Joshua Gibbs:

1. The Lives of Others

2. House of Sand and Fog

3. In The Company of Men

4. Buffalo ’66

5. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

 

Sean Johnson:

1. To the Wonder

2. Into Great Silence (documentary)

3. To Kill a Mockingbird

4. The Iron Giant

5. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

 

Justin Spencer:

1. Trois Couleurs: Rouge

2. The Tree of Life

3. A River Runs Through It

4. Des Hommes et Des Dieux

5. Secrets and Lies

 

Timothy Lawrence:

1. It’s A Wonderful Life

2. Casablanca

3. A Man For All Seasons

4. Passion of the Christ

5. Le Havre