We use these to facilitate discussions on various aspects of doing science and responsible conduct.

And the Band Played On
HBO Home Video says: "an unforgettable tale of scientific struggle, media manipulation, corruption, deceit, tragedy...and triumph." How can you go wrong? Deals with the search for an AIDS virus.

Discovering Women
The NSF-funded PBS documentary series on scientists who are women. Presents a wide variety of women and much food for discussion.

Do Scientists Cheat?
A NOVA film. We have not seen it yet but are told it is worthwhile.

Fat Man, Little Boy
Compelling movie with Paul Newman and others about the Manhattan Project. Good for promoting discussion about social responsibility of scientists for the results of their work.

Miss Evers' Boys
A film adaptation of the play about the Tuskegee experiments. (Treatment for syphilis was withheld so as to permit the documentation of the disease's course in African-American males.)

One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
Jack Nicholson (Best Actor) in the film version of Ken Kesey's novel. Can be used to provide material for a discussion about the ethical issues involved in involuntary confinement, pharmacotherapy, and psychosurgery. (Another even heavier candidate for this role: Francis.)

Phantom Tollbooth
A very clever children's book made into an animated film. About a young boy named Milo and his trip past the phantom tollbooth into a fantasyland. Watch for "Tock," "Humbug," and "Terrible Trivium" come up just after the first hour. Nice food for discussion of creativity.

The Search for the Genetic Code
An excellent PBS film on the early days of Watson and Crick. Can be used to discuss everything from the job of discovery to the ethics of profiting from the data of others to the treatment of women in science.

Searching for Bobby Fisher
A great movie and an interesting demonstration of the obsession that usually accompanies creativity.

Secret of NIMH
Another engrossing children's tale made into an excellent animated film. Can be used to discuss the use of animals in research as well as the public's perception of animal experimentation.