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“The doccie confronts topics head-on and explores why male rage is so prevalent in South Africa, issues relating to patriarchy, the unemployment rate, poverty, and, of course, gender-based violence.

South Africa’s past, including apartheid and colonialism, is also focused on. So too are the country’s politicians who seem to lack the will to effectively fight crime. (State Capture, touched on in 57, clearly has something to do with that.)

Critical questions are asked. For example, if the government could act so swiftly when Covid numbers started spiking – enforcing lockdowns and getting vaccination stations up and running – why can’t it do the same when it comes to tackling different kinds of crime?

Clearly government is capable of driving processes affecting all residents – as demonstrated with its response to Covid – but in terms of crime, it seems to be at a loss.

Another issue 57 focuses on is policing, or, as is so often the case, the lack thereof. The topics it explores are heavy, but these are presented conversationally, so the subject matter doesn’t bog down the documentary or slow its pace.

While leaving one feeling overwhelmed at just how extensive crime is in this country, 57 manages to inspire hope.”

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-10-05-male-rage-lethargic-politicians-and-compassion-new-sa-doccie-57-unravels-the-complexities-of-crime/

50 First Dates
A Beautiful Mind
A Few Good Men
A Knight’s Tale
A Perfect World
A River Runs Through It
About a Boy
Accidental Hero
Adaptation.
Almost Famous
Amélie
American Beauty
Annie Hall
As Good as It Gets
Be Kind Rewind
Before Sunrise
Before Sunset
Beginners
Bend it like Beckham
Big Fish
Billy Elliot
Blame It On Rio
Bohemian Rhapsody
Bridget Jones’s Diary
Bugsy Malone
Brassed Off
Charlie Wilson’s War
Chef
Cinema Paradiso
City Slickers
Cool Runnings
Dead Poets Society
Eddie the Eagle
Eight Below
Election
Fandango
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Field of Dreams
Finding Graceland
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Gladiator
Good Will Hunting
Gothcha!
Green Book
Groundhog Day
House of Flying Daggers
Jerry Maguire
Jesus Henry Christ
Hearts in Atlantis
High Fidelity
In America
In Her Shoes
Inside Man
Interstate 60
Intouchables
Joshua Then and Now
Juno
Keeping the Faith
Kick-Ass
Knocked Up
Legends of the Fall
Life Is Beautiful
Lost in Translation
Love Actually
Mao’s Last Dancer
Material
Meet Joe Black
Mermaids
Millions
Moonlight Mile
Moulin Rouge
Mr. Destiny
Muriel’s Wedding
Nurse Betty
October Sky
Pleasantville
Rain Man
Remember the Titans
Risky Business
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Rocky
Romeo + Juliet
Saving Grace
Scent of a Woman
School of Rock
Seabiscuit
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Searching for Sugar Man
Shakespeare in Love
Shallow Hal
Shine
Shirley Valentine
Silver Linings Playbook
Singles
Sleuth (the original)
Slumdog Millionaire
Spanglish
Stand by Me
Strictly Ballroom
Superbad
Tea with Mussolini
The American President
The Band’s Visit
The Big Lebowski
The Bridges of Madison County
The Bucket List
The Castle
The Commitments
The Concert
The Dish
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
The Fighter
The Fully Monty
The Game
The Godfather
The Godfather: Part II
The History Boys
The King’s Speech
The Last Samurai
The Legend of 1900
The Man Who Sued God
The Mask of Zorro
The Mean Machine (the original)
The Notebook
The Prestige
The Prince of Tides
The Shawshank Redemption
The Social Network
The Time Traveller’s Wife
The Wedding Singer
Top Gun
Toys
Trainspotting
Tune in Tomorrow (Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Waltz with Bashir
Water for Elephants
Whatever Works
When Harry Met Sally
Wimbledon
Wonder
Wonder Boys
Y Tu Mamá También
Zardoz

And these films are modern day classics :

3:10 to Yuma
21 Grams
Any Given Sunday
Bad Boys
Beverly Hills Cop
Black Hawk Down
Black Rain
Blood Diamond
Body Heat
Burn After Reading
Capricorn One
Casino
City of God
Clear and Present Danger
Closer
Collateral
Crash
Crimson Tide
Dark City
Diner
Dirty Pretty Things
Django Unchained
Duplicity
East is East
Eastern Promises
Enemy of the State
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Gattaca
Glengarry Glen Ross
Go
Happy Gilmore
Internal Affairs
L.A. Confidential
Let the Right One In
Lethal Weapon
Lord of War
Malice
Memento
Miami Vice
Mississippi Burning
Mulholland Drive
Payback
Pretty Woman
Pulp Fiction
Running Scared (with Gregory Hines and Billy Crystal)
Rushmore
Saw
Seven
Sicario
Sleepers
Sphere
Snatch
State of Play
Superman (with Christopher Reeve)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
The Abyss
The American
The Assassin (with Bridget Fonda)
The Blues Brothers
The Departed
The Equalizer
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (the original)
The Hunt for Red October
The Long Kiss Goodnight
The Matrix
The Negotiator
The People vs. Larry Flynt
The Professional
The Ring
The Truman Show
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Usual Suspects
Total Recall (the original)
Transformers
Transsiberian
True Lies
True Romance
Twelve Monkeys
Unbreakable
Unstoppable
Wall Street
Young Guns

Best not forget these … good ol’ entertainment :

2 Days in Paris
Animal House
Caddyshack
Die Hard
Downtown
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Hot Fuzz
Hot Tub Time Machine
Miami Rhapsody
Must Love Dogs
Mystic Pizza
Old School
Orange County
Reality Bites
Shaun of the Dead
Sleeper
Stir Crazy
Taken
Ted
The 40 Year Old Virgin
The Hangover
The Witches of Eastwick
There’s Something About Mary
Top Secret!
Wedding Crashers
You Don’t Mess with the Zohan

Incredible documentaries :

Buena Vista Social Club
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Inside Job
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Senna
The Endless Summer
The Kid Stays in the Picture