A friend of mine posted a question of what good movies would be for a for a lad who is struggling in making good decisions. This is the list of the responses he got and I thought I’d share. Any inaccuracies or misinterpretations of the contents below are the fault of the note taker.

Books: the dragon who lost his fire

Boyhood

Radio, with Cuba Gooding Jr.

Endors Game

Only the strong

Last air bender box sets

3:10 ty Yuma

The pact

The way of the Peaceful Warrior

Laughing at my nightmare by Shane Burcaw

Southpaw

Almost famous by Erin Brockovic

A beautiful mind

Frida

Soul surfer

Big miracle

A dolphin tale

Awakenings

Braveheart

Patch Adams

The blind side

Rudy

Maiden trip

October sky

What stories does my son need by Michael Gurian

Outside Providence

Life as a house. Case closed

The cosmos documentary

The power of one

What the bleep do we know?

Robert Downey jr. story = book

Forever strong

Requiem fora dream

The sandlot

Boyz in the hood

Me earl and the dying girl

School ties.

12 documentaries that will inspire kids to change the world

Dead poets’ society

Stand by me

My side of the mountain

Boyhood

October sky

Powder, august rush

Fat boy rules the world

Joy

Lean on me

Life as a Huse

Big Gish or it might be Big Fish

Nausica of the valley of windows

The fisher king

Into the wild

Pay if forward

Glory

Second hand lion

Brand of the hand

Into the wild

The blind side

The pursuit of happiness

The boys who could fly

A walk to remember

 

Go ahead and add to the list if you have some suggestions.