Research Methods: Primer, Human Nature
Socialization: Boudu Saved From Drowning
Social Interaction: Gosford Park (among a lot of Altman's movies), The Palm Beach Story, maybe?
Bureaucracy: Ikiru is the top of the heap, but there's also Brazil
Crime and Deviance: Elephant, Rififi, Bob Le Flambeur, The Godfather, Double Indemnity, The Wild Bunch, Yojimbo
Social Stratification: High and Low, Human Resources, Deliverance, Straw Dogs
Development and Underdevelopment: Chinatown
Race and Ethnicity: The Battle of Algiers, Killer of Sheep (which would fit almost every category here, right?)
Politics: Tanner '88, Nashville, The Grand Illusion
Families: The Straight Story
Technology and Society: Weekend?
Education: Dangerous Minds
Research Methods: Awakenings
Social Movements: Norma Rae
Sex and Gender: The Birdcage
Work: Working Girl, Wall Street, Erin Brockovich (could also go under Social Movements)
Technology and Society: New Rose Hotel, a passable adaptation of William Gibson's short story of the same name
Crime and Deviance:
A Clockwork Orange, Blue Velvet
Social Stratification:
The Magnificent Ambersons
Race and Ethnicity:
Smoke Signals
Gender and Sexuality:
Eyes Wide Shut, The Celluloid Closet, Secretary, Crash (Cronenberg)
Politics:
Dr. Strangelove, The Manchurian Candidate
Families:
The Little Foxes
The Mass Media:
Broadcast News, All the President's Men, His Girl Friday, The Sweet Smell of Success, Absence of Malice, Videodrome
Technology and Society:
2001, Robocop
Crime and Deviance: River's Edge, Deathtrap
Gender and Sexuality: Victor/Victoria
Research Methods: Songcatcher
Socialization: Nell
Social Stratification: Nobody's Fool, Less than Zero, Evening
Families: The Hotel New Hampshire, Safe Passage
Ooh, RoboCop. Good call.
I know. I can't believe I forgot that one during the "superhero movies not based on a comic book" discussion. That one probably tops my list.
Technology and Society: Minority Report
