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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
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Cinderella
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Ronald Reagan Defending the U.S. against Soviet Aggression
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Lethal Weapon
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Robocop
Robocop is one of the many 1990's films that have a plot where the men's own bodies felts like they were betraying the "true internal feelings" of the man it contained. Robocop is an invincible led machine, but really on the inside it's a "caring, troubled, and suffering individual." -
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The Republican ticket for 1988
George Bush and Dan Quayle are two representations of men who use different tactics to gain power. George Bush campaigned on his past experience as "vice president, former CIA chief, former U.S. ambassador, and personal friend of foreign leaders." Dan Quayle, on the other hand, used his family values and moral principles to campaign. -
Lethal Weapon 2
According to Jeffords, films suggest that if somebody has been betrayed or victimized, it is not the body of color or the body that has been betrayed socially and politicaly, rather it is the body of a white man who "suffering because he has been unloved." -
Robocop 2
In Robocop 2, the film puts more emphasis on the conflict of Robocop's bullet-proof exterior and his memories of his family. Robocop is wanting to have those moments again with his family and, in the end of the movie, he is given the option to back to his original owner or stay like this. -
The Rescuers Down Under
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Kindergarten Cop
According to Susan Jeffords, Kindergarten Cop is one of the first movie that sketches out the new type of masculinity using Arnold Schwarzenegger, one of the 1980's most "muscular and harderned heroes." Jeffords states that this new type of masculine heroism is going from the tough, hard-diving, individualistic man who cares about his job to a man who cares about family. -
City Slickers
City Slickers is another example that Jeffords uses to emphasis her point that many 1991 films are resolved by a man returning to his family. -
One Good Cop
One Good Cop is another 1991 film that is resolved through a man returning to his family. Michael Keaton's character is excused for the crime that he committed because it was all for his family. The police even welcomed him back with open arms. -
Switch
Another movie that is resolved through a man's return to his family is with them movie Switch. Steve Brooks gains the forgiveness for the treatment of women and is given entrance into heaven when s/he gives birth to a daughter. It's all about family. -
Jungle Fever
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Straight Out of Brooklyn
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Boyz n the Hood
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Terminator 2
The Terminator "dies" in this movie for the survival of its new family. -
Regarding Henry
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The Fisher King
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Beauty and the Beast
In Disney's version of Beauty and the Beast, the Beast needs someone to come in and save him from the curse. The Beast needs someone to teach him about humanity and Belle is that person. Belle teaches how to feed birds, how to use a fork, how to play in the snow. Jeffords argues that the Beast does not have to take responsibility for his behavior because he didn't have anyone to teach him otherwise.
