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Do we have free will? It’s not clear, but regardless of this, our legal system must continue functioning by presupposing the existence of “freedom to do otherwise”. 6. Waking Life (2001) If I were to explain this movie to a fellow “film scholar”, I would describe it as a “philosophical clusterfuck”.
- Mr. Nobody
- Donnie Darko
- Butterfly Effect
- Groundhog Day
- The Matrix
- The Truman Show
- The Adjustment Bureau
- The Terminator
- Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind
- Gattaca
Mr. Nobody is technically a science fiction movie, but then again several movies on this list will be. The movie deals with concepts such as “what ifs” and multiverses. It has an elaborate storyline that follows the last “mortal” man on earth. Nemo (Jared Leto) is 118 years old, at this point, humanity managed to reach some form of immortality. The...
The first time I watched Donnie Darko, I was an edgy teen and really had no idea what the movie was about. I liked the dark atmosphere and the soundtrack. After many many years, I’ve decided to revisit it, and this time It was even better. Donnie Darko deals with a depressed teen (Jake Gyllenhaal) who seemingly avoids dying simply because he was sl...
Butterfly Effect is a movie named after a famous concept that claims that even the tiniest of actions can have unforeseen and possibly catastrophic consequences later on. The movie revolves around this concept and the concept of time travel, which often go hand-in-hand. Evan Trebor (Ashton Kutcher) suffered unexplained migraines, blackouts, seizure...
One more movie dealing with a corrupted timeline is Groundhog Day. It’s easily one of the most iconic movies on this list. Phil Connors (Bill Murray) is an embodiment of cynicism that mockingly accepts his next job to cover groundhog day at Punxsutawney in Western Pennsylvania. He loathes the job and cannot wait to leave, only to realize he is stuc...
The Matrixis easily one of the most philosophical movies ever made. It ended up on this list due to choices between the blue pill and red pill that in turn, inspired many other great philosophies. The Matrix deals with heavy themes related to freedom of choice as well as the consequences of that freedom. There’s really not much to say about the Mat...
What would happen if your free will and freedom of choice were only an illusion? This is what happened to Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey) in the Truman Show. Truman lives a seemingly uneventful life on an island called Seahaven. What he doesn’t know is that he is an unwilling star in an extreme reality show that follows and manipulates almost every asp...
The Adjustment Bureau is a mandatory romance movie on this list that deals with similar themes to Truman’s show. David Norris (Matt Damon) is a candidate for the United States Senate, one day before delivering an important speech he runs into Elise Sellas. It’s seemingly love at first sight and the two share a kiss. This leads us to the introductio...
If you’re wondering why Terminatorended up on this list, it’s simple, time travel. All time-travel movies can easily end up on the list of best movies about free will due to dealing with heavy and complex philosophies related to the consequences of one’s actions. Terminator likewise deals with the fact that the future can be changed, this is even r...
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a movie that revolves around two people that desperately wanted to forget each other and change their past only to run into each other again as if it was “destined”. The movie follows Joel Barish (Jim Carrey) and Clementine Kruczynski, both decided to undergo a procedure that effectively erases the memories ...
Gattaca first and foremost deals with the concept of eugenics, but it also deals with the idea of destiny. Vincent Freeman (Ethan Hawke) is one of the few people that were conceived through natural means and this resulted in him being “imperfect”. The fact that he carries several genetic defects will lead to many hardships in his life. While bio-en...
Feb 1, 2017 · Screenplay. A long-suffering houseboy finds out the woman he is engaged to, is engaged to someone else. In order to raise money to win her back, he kidnaps three wealthy women with an accomplice.
Oct 14, 2017 · A Case of Free Will: Directed by Daniel Oriahi. With Ijeoma Grace Agu, Sophie Alakija, Moyo Lawal, Charles Okocha. A long-suffering houseboy finds out that his fiancee is engaged to someone else. In order to raise money to win her back, he kidnaps three wealthy women with an accomplice.
- Daniel Oriahi
- Ijeoma Grace Agu, Sophie Alakija, Moyo Lawal
A long-suffering houseboy finds out that his fiancee is engaged to someone else. In order to raise money to win her back, he kidnaps three wealthy women with an accomplice.
Free will is the capacity or ability to choose between different possible courses of action. Free will is closely linked to the concepts of moral responsibility, praise, culpability, and other judgements which apply only to actions that are freely chosen.
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