Shawshank’s an example of a movie so compelling that you can watch it multiple times and feel a little bit more human and enlightened each time. There are a couple of dozen films like that. But the best one of all is Doctor Zhivago. David Lean is like Rembrandt with a movie camera; and the script is quote after quote as to why communism sucks to high heaven. Quotes and scenarios, like a parade (or a funeral procession) simply and mercilessly hammer communism into the ground.
That was my thought. I was a kid when it came out, didn't see it then. Saw it then in high school, but didn't remember much about it. Saw it a few times in the last 4-5 years. Truely beautiful.