In this scene from Casablanca, Viktor Lazlo leads the Rick's Cafe house band in the French National Anthem.

Host an anti-fascism movie night!

There’s never been a better time to host movie nights for family and friends – or just yourself – with an anti-fascist or anti-corporate greed theme. It’s a great way to keep hope alive and get inspiration for resistance.

You don’t have to say what the theme is if you are worried about any consequences! But I’m pretty sure people with catch on…

Here’s enough movie suggestions to have something at least every other week (or more!) for two years. Please offer more suggestions in the comments:

Casablanca (1942)
Executive Suite (1954)
The Mortal Storm
(1940)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Watch on the Rhine (1943)
The Great Dictator (1940)
To Be or Not to Be (either version – how about both?!)
Black Legion (1937)
This Land Is Mine (1943)
Edge of Darkness (1943)
Saboteur (1942)
The Man I Married (1940)
Meet John Doe (1941)
Underground (1941)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
Pimpernel ‘Smith (1941)
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
Norma Rae
(1979)
The Masque of the Red Death
(1964)
Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)
Matewan (1987)
Silkwood (1983)
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Roger & Me (1989)
Barbie (2023)
9 to 5
(1980)
All Through the Night
(1942)
Native Land (1942)
Metropolis (1927)
Carol for Another Christmas (1964)
The Great Escape (1963)
The China Syndrome (1979)
Network (1976)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Serpico (1973)
Shawshank Redemption (1994)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Get Out (2017)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)
The Hunger Games Saga (2012-2014)

Also do a search on “anti-racist” films. There are some excellent ones out there.

I would recommend District 9 (2009) but I was completely traumatized by that movie. I’m not sure I have cried so completely and utterly in my life. It was too much for me. But it is absolutely excellent.

What would you add?

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