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The X Files: Space (1993)
Before Columbia
Looking at all the negative comments let's get some perspective, shall we? This episode was made well before the movie Apollo 13 and uses essentially the same plot devices. For example, the launch sequence, O2 tank malfunction, personal ambition of the mission commander etc. All of these were repeated in Apollo 13, albeit on a bigger canvas and a blockbuster size budget. If that were not enough, it predicted the Columbia shuttle disaster a decade in advance. What more could you ask of a TV show. My only gripe is the quality of acting. Scully and Mulder have acted better. The Mars face issue was not given enough treatment as well.
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Gut wrenching
After watching this movie, I sat stunned ,cried and couldn't let go of my 2 yr old son for a long long time. This moving portrayal of a guy sinking into the abyss of poverty will shake everyone, but specially those blessed with little boys. Will Smith illuminated that tenuous line between comfortable middle-class existence and the slip-slide into poverty like few others. People may criticize the lack of focus on race--somewhat justified--but in my opinion it turned out to be the correct decision for preserving the core message of the movie: anyone can descend into poverty at a moment's notice, and only perseverance and a dose of luck can get you out--the latter cannot be underestimated.