Ed. note: This article discusses specific elements of the film's plot that are best appreciated if you have already seen the film. Schindler's List (1993) begins with the flick of a match and the lighting of a candle. read more
The Vatican named Schindler's List among the most important 45 films ever made, and The American Film Institute ranked it as the 8th greatest American film of all time. read more
From this true story Steven Spielberg created a film that is an austere act of historical witness, a powerful and suspenseful drama, a high moral act and, finally, a movie that escapes the bounds of conventional criticism. read more
Based on the novel Schindler’s Ark by Thomas Keneally, Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List not only won seven Academy Awards but also went down as one of the greatest films of the century. In it, Spielberg chronicles the life of Oskar Schindler, a businessman living in World War II Germany who saved the lives of thousands of Jews by offering them employment. read more