[Doctor Stochastic]

I suppose that a single-mother being hassled by the government for trying to run a small business would qualify. Perhaps conservatives do identify with the government nowdays.

[LibertarianInExile]

I think I have problems in the choice of Chocolat and Forrest Gump in that both have scenes nominally endorsing premarital sex, to which I think most conservatives would object. Chocolat is also fairly blunt in its anti-church and pro-hedonist viewpoint, which most conservatives would probably take issue with.

I liked both, however.

On a different note, how about some more lighthearted fare? Both those were kinda serious. We should also try to delineate what exactly makes a movie conservative. And I'm judging these movies NOT on the content of their actors or directors, but on the movie's overriding theme as well as a lack of significantly objectionable actions or behavior on the part of its characters that is unnecessary to the story. My dad's favorite line upon leaving the theater when I was a kid:

"That would have been a great movie if it hadn't had so much (blank)."

I nominate The Princess Bride and The Sandlot.

And there's a movie out right now called 'Together,'
a Chinese film about a father who wants his son, a violin-playing prodigy, to have the best instructor and goes through a lot to get a good one for his son (GREAT movie).

Additionally, I'd vote for High Noon, despite its detractors, because I think it's a great film and it really has no negative message that isn't read into it. And I'd second the nomination of 'The Quiet Man,' which I think is probably John Wayne's best movie.

Thank goodness no one forgot Red Dawn. I want that movie on DVD. Just like I'd like to get the miniseries 'Amerika' on DVD, even though the loathsome, ridiculously miscast Kris Kristofferson stars.

For a fairly offbeat pick, how about 'About a Boy?' It's a weird movie, but it certainly presents a picture of the troubles of single parenting in a way that shows that the parents and kids aren't evil, but aren't in the ideal situation, either. And it shows that hedonism isn't always a good thing.

[L.N. Smithee]

I suppose that a single-mother being hassled by the government for trying to run a small business would qualify.

I didn't see the picture, but the way I understood it, you're oversimplifying the plot in spades. The woman in question (Juliette Binoche) was some sort of antihero who ignored the dark, overbearing religious dude who ran the town and promoted sexual healing and "free thinking" (atheism). It was directed by Lasse Hallstrom, the director who gave us The Cider House Rules, which put a glossy moral sheen on abortion.