Schindler's List

Pros: Symbolism and compassion
Cons: that the Holocaust happened that the movie had to be made for

The movie shows a lot of passion for the survivors and the horror of the Holocaust. I think that most movies don't give the Holocaust the justice of horror that it deserves. It was very informative and the viewer is aware of a lot of things that...

Pros: all of it
Cons: that it had to happen at all

This movie was one of the only good things that came out of this worlds worst example of ignorance The mass murder of the Jews in Germany during the war. We as viewers are shown a small glimpse into the treatment they suffered while at the same time we...

Pros: The second-greatest holocaust film of all time.
Cons: The humor is ill-placed.

The best Holocaust movie ever made is Life is Beautiful. However, since Life is Beautiful came out in 1998, there has to have been another film that held the title before Benigni's comic masterpiece came along and snatched it away. That film is...

Pros: Amazing!
Cons: A bit long, but it has to be to explain everything.

We start the film by seeing the Jewish religion and people are just a peaceful race and just want to live and carry out their beliefs. This is shown by a family saying prayers on the Sabbath. This part of the film is in colour to show that Jews are...

Pros: cinematography, first ten minutes
Cons: Schindler the orator, Amon the lover

Well, I have no intention to deny the great cause and educational interest of the film, but I have to confess that I didn't enjoy this one. At the beginning, I felt stimulated by visual excitements(the film's first ten minutes's really good). From the...

Pros: Moving, powerful, and shockingly realistic in its portrayal of the Nazi police state
Cons: Very long and at times quite depressing, this isn't a movie you should see when you need a pick-me-up!

The film opens with a color scene of a candles being lit in a Polish Jewish family's home on Sabbath. After singing a prayer, the family vanishes. The once colored flame of the candles burn down into grayish smoke; the color has drained from the scene,...

Pros: historically accurate
Cons: may be too graphic for some

As a person whose great-grandparents were murdered in Babi Yar (Kiev) and whose grandfather fought for the Red Army from day one to Berlin this film has all the more meaning to me. On one hand, it was very hard for me to watch because it was very...

Pros: Excellent Movie In All Respects
Cons: None

I am not usually a fan of violent movies but this is one of the most incredible movies I have ever seen. Maybe because I lived during World War II and remember hearing of these atrocities and seeing photographs after the war was over.

The...

Pros: Beautiful story, great characters, wonderful cinematography
Cons: 3 hour film, some might not like the black and white format.

One of the best things about this movie is that Schindler was not portrayed as a perfect man. He is a flawed hero. He was a war profiteer, an adulterer and, initially, a Nazi sympathizer.
The movie left me in awe of the survivors' stories. What a...

Pros: Flawless--Steven Spielberg's artistic peak
Cons: Graphic in every sense

Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List (1993)--a clear-eyed, flawless look at the Holocaust--is a movie filled with infinite paradoxes. The most obvious paradox is its true story. Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) was a German businessman who ran ...

Pros: Very well portrayed
Cons: Heartbreaking

Winner of seven Academy Awards in 1993, this three hour epic is based on a true story, by Steven Spielburg, it very well portrays the horrors and sadness of the Holocaust. Although three hours of black and white may put viewers off, once you give it a ...

Pros: Beautiful directing, superb acting (especially from Fiennes) and moving and emotionally stirring scenes.
Cons: The personal character drama is not completely true to history, which may annoy some people.

I first saw this movie when I was ten and I have to admit that I couldn't sit through it. Obviously at ten years old, it's hard to appreciate such a long and complex movie. I saw it again at 18 because I wanted to see the phenomenal performance by Ralph ...

Pros: A heart breaking movie with incredible acting, realistic settings, and fact-based.
Cons: It makes me cringe to think that what was shown in the movie actually happened.

This movie was overall amazing, I have never seen such a powerful movie. It was required that I watc ...

Pros: A tremendous lesson on historic fact of mans inhumanity toward man. And how 1 can change to the betterment of millions!
Cons: Graphic detail. NOT for small children. But SHOULD be watched by adolescents. Perhaps then the violence will end.

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Many are the reasons I go to a movie. Entertainment tops the list. But NEVER in my wildest dreams did I think one film could forever change the way I live my life.

People who know me well, know that I am one of those...

Pros: Everything
Cons: Nothing

Ever since I first learned of the Holocaust, I have been fascinated by how one little madman can come so close to wiping out an entire religion. This movie is a very touching film that shows you one Nazi's attempt to save the people that his leader wants...