Stephen L. Carter, Columnist

These 1993 Movies Still Have Something to Say

Sure, technology can get out of control. But kids working together can solve things.

March 9, 2018 at 6:06 PM UTC

Stephen L. Carter is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist, a professor of law at Yale University and author of “Invisible: The Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America’s Most Powerful Mobster.”

Lessons from the past.
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With this year’s Academy Awards behind us, it’s a good time to look further back, at the movies celebrating the 25th anniversary of their release. Some of the 1993 films below represent truly excellent cinema; some are so-so. But all are worthy of conversation and reflection today.

Here, then, is my second annual list of 25-year-old films whose lessons I recommend -- together with the person or persons I recommend each one for: