Cinematherapy
Picks for School Counselors
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WebLink |
Movie
Title |
Subject
Matter |
Appropriate
Age |
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Babe |
Relationships |
All ages |
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Land Before Time |
Grief/loss, discovering identity |
All ages |
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Hoosiers |
Goals,
teamwork |
Junior
High & up |
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House of Cards |
Autism |
Parents |
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The Lion King |
Discovering identity, loss |
All ages |
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Mrs.
Doubtfire |
Divorce |
Junior
High & up |
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Muriel's Wedding |
Friendship, goals |
High school |
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Ordinary People |
Depression/suicide |
Parents |
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Rudy |
Reaching
for goals |
Junior
High & up |
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Sarah Plain & Tall |
Blended family/death |
Junior High & up |
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Searching for Bobby Fischer |
Father-son relationships |
Parents |
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Teen Wolf |
Self-esteem/identity
issues |
Junior
High & up |
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Immediate Family |
Pregnancy/adoption |
High school |
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The Sandlot |
Friendship/belonging |
Junior High & up |
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Now &
Then |
Female
friendships |
Junior
High & up |
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Stand By Me |
Male friendships |
Junior High & up |
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Mask |
Accepting differences |
High school |
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E.T. |
Friendship/loss |
All ages |
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The Breakfast Club |
Relationships |
High school |
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Clean & Sober |
Addiction recovery |
High school |
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Defending Your Life |
Fears |
Parents |
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The Great Santini |
Father-son relationship |
Junior High & up |
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For Keeps |
Teen pregnancy |
Junior High & up |
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Bogus |
Grief
issues/child coping |
Junior
High & up |
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One Fine Day |
Single parenting |
High school |
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Harriet the Spy |
Teen relationships |
Elementary |
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Good Will
Hunting |
Abuse/trust
issues |
High
school |
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Grease |
Teen relationships |
Parents |
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The Boy Who Could Fly |
Autism/friendships |
Junior High & up |
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Little Man
Tate |
Parent/child
relationships |
Junior
High & up |
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Man Without a Face |
Physical handicaps/friendships |
Junior High & up |
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Mr. Mom |
Gender roles/family relationships |
Junior High & up |
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Antz |
Goals,
individuality |
All ages |
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End of Innocence |
Pregnancy |
High school |
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The Natural |
Goals, recovering from mistakes |
Junior High & up |
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Fame |
Goals,
teen relationships |
High
school |
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Flashdance |
Reaching goals/dreams |
High school |
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Benny & Joon |
Mental illness/relationships |
Junior High & up |
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I Never
Promised You a Rose Garden |
Mental
illness/ Schizophrenia |
High
school |
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The Best Little Girl in the World |
Eating disorders |
High school |
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Mary Poppins |
Family relationships |
All ages |