# Movies where someone helps a community (PG) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 4, 2007, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-helps-a-community-pg/421514 "2007-10-04T17:20:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-helps-a-community-pg/421514/21 "2007-10-04T18:32:16Z")
Seven Samuri/The Magnificent Seven Batteries not Included Superman Fritz Lange’s “M”, the criminals all band together to find a child killer and put him on trial. Of course they only do this because the extra police out to find the child killer are making their own criminal endevours harder. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-helps-a-community-pg/421514/22 "2007-10-04T18:33:27Z")
[QUOTE=Lute Skywatcher] [Silverado](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090022/) might work.This is for a list to give to parents, it would be up to them to let their boys watch or not. [/QUOTE] Yeah, but some parents will ASSume that I have given them a “safe” list. I would prefer to not face psycho parent who thinks that the merit badge teacher has encouraged their kid to watch female masturbation… (She should hear her kid on campouts when I listen in on the kids in their tents). The list on the website stinks (hence my request to the Dope for help). The Passion of the Christ as a movie about getting involved with a local community? [http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php?title=Citizenship\_in\_the\_Community](http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php?title=Citizenship_in_the_Community) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-helps-a-community-pg/421514/23 "2007-10-04T18:36:27Z")
Sister Act - She gets the nuns to start going out into the neighborhood and make it better rather than hiding in the convent. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-helps-a-community-pg/421514/24 "2007-10-04T18:42:25Z")
[QUOTE=Algher] Yeah, but some parents will ASSume that I have given them a “safe” list. I would prefer to not face psycho parent who thinks that the merit badge teacher has encouraged their kid to watch female masturbation… (She should hear her kid on campouts when I listen in on the kids in their tents). [/quote] Allrighty then. > [@](#): > > The list on the website stinks (hence my request to the Dope for help). > [http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php?title=Citizenship\_in\_the\_Community](http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php?title=Citizenship_in_the_Community) Seeing _Schindler’s List_ there makes me think of [Jakob the Liar](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120716/). ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-helps-a-community-pg/421514/25 "2007-10-04T18:42:34Z")
I guess Stephen King’s IT or The Stand are out. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-helps-a-community-pg/421514/26 "2007-10-04T18:45:07Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] I guess Stephen King’s IT or The Stand are out. [/QUOTE] _The Stand_ would probably be out, yes. _IT_, being a TV miniseries, was nowhere near as graphic as the book so it’s a possible. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-helps-a-community-pg/421514/27 "2007-10-04T18:46:41Z")
[QUOTE=Algher] I need a list of PG movies that I can give to 12 year old boys to watch. This is for the Citizenship in the Community Merit badge for Boy Scouts. Its a Wonderful Life is a good one, but I was hoping for some other recommendations. [/QUOTE] What about _To Kill A Mockingbird_? ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-helps-a-community-pg/421514/28 "2007-10-04T18:55:00Z")
_A Bug’s Life_. One ant convinces the rest of the ants to stand up to the grasshoppers, who have been forcing them to collect food for them for the winter. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-helps-a-community-pg/421514/29 "2007-10-04T18:55:01Z")
[QUOTE=Lute Skywatcher] Would [PG-13](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097722/) be suitable? [/QUOTE] You would be much cooler if that link had led me to _Red Dawn_. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-helps-a-community-pg/421514/30 "2007-10-04T18:57:27Z")
_Ernest Saves His Community_? On a more serious note… [Hard Ball](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0180734/)? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-helps-a-community-pg/421514/31 "2007-10-04T19:03:55Z")
My son’s scout troop uses [Coach Carter](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0393162/), even though it’s rated PG-13. I haven’t watched it myself, so I have no comment. My only problem with Hoot would be the support of eco-terrorism. (Does _every_ Carl Hiaasen book have eco-terrorism? :rolleyes: ) After seeing Hoot I tried explaining to my son **Dweezil** that vandalism is illegal, no matter how cute the owls were. No dice. Otherwise, Hoot is good. No sex - even implied. Very little bad language - if any. Good guys (and owls) win. What about [Hotel Rwanda](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395169/)? I haven’t seen it, and I’m sure it’s pretty heavy going, but the guy did save a lot of lives. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-helps-a-community-pg/421514/32 "2007-10-04T19:23:31Z")
One of my personal favorites [the Milagro Beanfield War](http://imdb.com/title/tt0095638/). ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-helps-a-community-pg/421514/33 "2007-10-04T19:24:36Z")
[QUOTE=Malthus] What about _To Kill A Mockingbird_? [/QUOTE] No, the community is pretty much in the wrong on that one. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-helps-a-community-pg/421514/34 "2007-10-04T19:32:06Z")
_Local Hero_ seconded! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-helps-a-community-pg/421514/35 "2007-10-04T19:38:31Z")
How about [In the Heat of the Night](http://imdb.com/title/tt0061811/)? Hmm…guess not. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-helps-a-community-pg/421514/36 "2007-10-04T19:51:25Z")
Reluctant sheriff cleaning up the town: [Dodge City](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0031235/) and [Support Your Local Sheriff!](http://imdb.com/title/tt0065051/) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-helps-a-community-pg/421514/37 "2007-10-04T20:08:25Z")
[The 10th Kingdom](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0207275/): an ordinary handyman (John Larroquette) and his daughter (Kimberly Williams) get caught up in political intrigue in a land where fairytales are reality. ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-helps-a-community-pg/421514/38 "2007-10-04T20:15:12Z")
[QUOTE=Lute Skywatcher] [The 10th Kingdom](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0207275/): an ordinary handyman (John Larroquette) and his daughter (Kimberly Williams) get caught up in political intrigue in a land where fairytales are reality. [/QUOTE] These are great (I am compiling a list). Many thanks (and keep them coming). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-helps-a-community-pg/421514/39 "2007-10-04T20:26:19Z")
[The First Travelling Saleslady](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049212/): a comic look at women (Ginger Rogers & Carol Channing) trying to get Texan cowboys to fence in their cattle. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-helps-a-community-pg/421514/40 "2007-10-04T20:35:15Z")
How about High Noon? One person helping a comunity, a comunity of douchebags! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-helps-a-community-pg/421514.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-helps-a-community-pg/421514.md?page=3)