Table 3.
Selected titles, including year of release, cast and production information, for feature films containing material appropriate for use as short “clips” within classroom sessions, that meet the criteria for use in the neuro-cinema exercise. Also included are brief descriptions of the content relevant to neuroscience instruction (Specific Content), story genre, and MPAA rating (Genre/Rating).
| Title | Year | Released By | Running Time | Directed By | Featuring | Specific Content | Genre/Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Warhol Presents Frankenstein (AKA Flesh For Frankenstein) | 1974 | Triboro Entertainment Group | 1 hr., 36 mins. | Paul Morrissey | Udo Kier, Monique Van Vooren | transplantation, re-animation, science and society, ethics | Horror/Comedy R Sexual Content, Violence, Gore, Language |
| Charlie Chan in Honolulu | 1938 | Twentieth Century Fox | 1 hr., 7 mins. | H. Bruce Humberstone | Sidney Toler, George Zucco | Disembodied brain | Suspense/Comedy NR |
| Color of Night | 1994 | Cinergi Productions | 2 hrs., 1 min. (2 hrs., 20 mins. director’s cut) | Richard Rush | Bruce Willis, Jane March | Psychogenic achromatopsia, mental illness | Suspense R Violence, Sexual Content, Language |
| The Dark Half | 1993 | Metro Goldwyn Mayer | 2 hrs., 2 mins. | George A. Romero | Timothy Hutton, Amy Madigan | Brain Surgery, undeveloped conjoined twin | Suspense/Horror R Violence |
| Death Race 2000 | 1975 | Roger Corman Classics, Concorde-New Horizons Corp. | 1 hr., 18 mins. | Paul Bartel | David Carradine, Sylvester Stallone | Cybernetics, prosthetics | Action R Violence, Sexual Content, Gore |
| The Empire Strikes Back | 1980 | Lucasfilm Ltd. | 2 hrs., 4 mins. | Irvin Kershner | Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams | Prosthetics/cybernetics, learning, artificial intelligence | Action/Thriller PG |
| Encino Man | 1992 | Hollywood Pictures Co. | 1 hr., 38 mins. | Les Mayfield | Brendan Fraser, Pauly Shore | Cryogenics, Recovery of function, learning | Comedy PG |
| Escape from L.A. | 1996 | Paramount Pictures | 1 hr., 41 mins. | John Carpenter | Kurt Russell. Bruce Campbell | Nervous system injury, ethics | Action/Thriller R Violence, Language |
| Face/Off | 1997 | Paramount Pictures | 2 hrs., 20 mins. | John Woo | John Travolta, Nicolas Cage | Cranial Nerves, Facial innervation, tissue rejection | Thriller R Violence, Language, Gore |
| Forrest Gump | 1994 | Paramount Pictures | 2 hrs., 22 mins. | Robert Zemeckis | Tom Hanks Sally Field Gary Sinise Robin Wright | Prosthetics, nervous system injury and disease, recovery of function, perception | Drama PG-13 |
| Grandma’s Reading Glass | 1900 | George Albert Smith | 6 mins. (approx.) | George Albert Smith | uncredited | Perception, examination of the eye (external) | Documentary SILENT NR |
| The Green Mile | 1999 | Warner Brothers | 3 hrs., 8 mins. | Frank Darabont | Tom Hanks | Brain tumor, positive symptoms | Drama/Suspense/Horror R Violence, Language |
| Half Baked | 1998 | MCA/Universal Studios | 1 hr., 22 mins. | Tamra Davis | Dave Chappelle, Jim Breuer | Psychopharmacology, drugs and society, pharmaceutical research | Comedy R Drug content, Language |
| Inspector Gadget | 1999 | Walt Disney Pictures | 1 hr, 18 mins. | David Kellogg | Matthew Broderick, Rupert Everett, Michael Hagerty, Andy Dick | Cybernetics, nervous system/technology interface | Comedy/Action PG |
| John Q | 2002 | New Line Productions | 1 hr., 52 mins. | Nick Cassavetes | Denzel Washington | Transplantation, ethics | Drama PG-13 |
| The Little Shop of Horrors | 1960 | The Filmgroup | 1 hr., 10 mins. | Roger Corman | Jonathan Haze, Jack Nicholson | Pain and context | Comedy/Horror UNRATED |
| Mars Attacks! | 1996 | Warner Brothers | 1 hr., 46 mins. | Tim Burton | Jack Nicholson, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito | Transplantation across species, disembodied heads | Comedy PG-13 |
| Men In Black | 1997 | Columbia Pictures | 1 hr., 38 mins. | Barry Sonnenfeld | Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones | Memory, amnesia, sensation | Comedy/Thriller PG-13 |
| Never Say Never Again | 1983 | NSNA Co. | 2 hrs., 13 mins. | Irvin Kershner | Sean Connery, Kim Basinger | Vision, eye anatomy | Action/Thriller/Suspense PG |
| Office Space | 1999 | Twentieth Century Fox | 1 hr., 30 mins. | Mike Judge | Ron Livingston, Stephen Root, Jennifer Aniston | Hypnosis, personality, emotion | Comedy R Language, Sexual Content |
| Our Man Flint | 1965 | Twentieth Century Fox | 1 hr., 48 mins. | Daniel Mann | James Colbern, Lee J. Cobb | Brainwashing, hypnosis | Comedy NR |
| Peeping Tom(AKA Face of Fear) | 1960 | Anglo-Amalgamated Productions | 1 hr., 41 mins. (uncut version) | Michael Powell | Carl Boehm | Fear and the nervous system, scopophilia | Drama/Horror NR |
| Planet of the Apes (2001) | 2001 | Twentieth Century Fox | 2 hrs., 4 mins. | Tim Burton | Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter | Science and society, evolution, learning, ethics | Thriller PG-13 |
| Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | 1984 | Paramount Pictures | 1 hr., 45 mins. | Leonard Nimoy | William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy | Memory, memory transfer | Drama/Action PG |
| Vertigo | 1958 | Paramount Pictures; 1996 by Universal Pictures | 2 hrs., 8 mins. | Alfred Hitchcock | James Stewart, Kim Novak | acrophobia | Drama/Suspense PG |
| What’s Eating Gilbert Grape | 1994 | Paramount Pictures | 1 hr., 58 mins. | Lasse Hallstrom | Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio | autism | Drama PG-13 |
| What hypnotism can do | 1899 | American Mutoscope and Biograph | 6 mins. (approx.) | Frederick S. Armitage (also cinematography) | uncredited | Hypnotism, perception, science and society | Documentary w/fantasy content SILENT NR |
| The World is Not Enough | 1999 | Danjaq.,LLC and United Artists | 2 hrs., 8 mins. | Michael Apted | Pierce Brosnan | Imaging techniques, brain injury, emotion | Action/Thriller/Suspense PG-13 |
| X-Men | 2000 | Twentieth Century Fox | 1 hr., 44 mins. | Bryan Singer | Patrick Stewart, Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman | Genetics, mutation, sensation and perception, nervous system/technology interface | Action/Thriller PG-13 |
| The X-Ray Mirror | 1899 | American Mutoscope and Biograph | 6 mins. (approx.) | Wallace McCutcheon (also cinematography) | uncredited | x-ray concept, science and society | Comedy w/fantasy content SILENT NR |