- Boiler Room (2000)
- "There's no honor in taking that after-school job
at Mickey D's. Honor is in the dollar, kid." (DVD ch 1)
- Seth's greed allows him to make money at the expense of
others without seeing the consequences to them.
- Three Kings (1999)
- The American soldiers are originally willing to
overlook atrocities, and to compromise the entire American mission in
order to satisfy their greed.
- Being John Malkovich
- Craig and Maxine decide to sell trips into John
- When John Malkovich goes through the portal, everyone
he sees looks like him, and every word they say sounds like, "Malkovich."
Hilarious scene for illustrating self-centeredness!
- A Simple Plan
- Hank's increasing desire
and decision to keep the money, eventually sacrificing his happiness and
his family for it, while it disappears.
- Many scenes depicting the collision between ethics and
- A stunning depiction of the seduction of power and
money, and the twisting of reality to fit whatever goals we, personally
might have. Good for illustrations of the satanic, greed, not
recognizing evil when it stares you in the face, and our failure to
discern what is evil from what is good.
- Veggie Tales (Madame Blueberry)
- The scene from the shopping mart (the stuff mart) is a
good example of our desire to acquire more possessions. (submitted by R.
Childress, Signal Mtn. Tn.)
Shawshank Redemption (1994)
- The publicly devout Warden is laundering
money with Andy Dufresne's help. When there is a chance for Andy to be
free, the warden has the inmate who has the information killed.
- Other People's Money (1991)
- Danny Devito is a money hungry corporate raider. Many
scenes to illustrate the point. (submitted by Mike Brown)
- Wall Street (1987)
- Michael Douglas' character addresses the annual meeting
of a corporation on which he is attempting a hostile takeover. Short,
one minute clip. Douglas says, "There's a new law of evolution in
corporate America...Greed is good..." Excellent clip to set up a
theme and show the contrast between the world's view and God's view.
(submitted by Dan Miller)
- The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
- The representative of the the worn-out ship's owner
insists on running the ship "full steam ahead" even though the
ship needs to take on more ballast if it is to survive any kind of storm
- Willy Wonka
and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
- On the Waterfront
- A Christmas Carol
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
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