There are many anthropology related films suitable for the classroom. The following is a list of films that I use inside and outside the classroom.

• Short Documentaries
  • Dodoth Morning (0:16, 1963/2001)
  • Saheri’s Choice: Arranged Marriages in India (0:26, 1998)
  • The Ax fight (0:30, 1975)

• Class Length Documentaries
  • The Zoö/Zoó/Zo'é: The Marrying Tribe of the Amazon
  • Batak: Ancient Spirits, Modern World (0:49, 2003)
  • Mending Ways: The Canela Indians of Brazil (0:49, 1999)
  • Applying Anthropology: Careers That Count (0:50, 2005)
  • Malagan Labadama: A Tribute to Buk-Buk (0:58, 1982)
  • Yanomami: Keepers of the Flame (0:58, 1992)
  • The Neur (1:11, 1971)
  • I'm the One That I Want (1:35, 2000)

• Series
  • Faces of Culture (0:28 each/7:40 total, 1983)
    1. The Nature of Anthropology
    2. The Nature of Culture
    3. How Cultures Are Studied
    4. Language and Communication
    5. Psychological Anthropology
    6. Alejandro Mamani: A Case Study in Psychological Anthropology
    7. Patterns of Subsistence: Food Foragers and Pastoralists
    8. Patterns of Subsistence: The Food Producers
    9. Economic Anthropology
    10. The Highland Maya: A Case Study in Economic Anthropology
    11. Sex and Marriage
    12. Family and Household
    13. The Yucatec Maya: A Case Study in marriage and the Family
    14. Kinship and Descent (Part I)
    15. Kinship and Descent (Part II)
    16. Age, Common Interest, and Stratification
    17. The Aymara: A Case Study in Social Stratification
    18. Political Organization
    19. Social Control
    20. Religion and Magic
    21. The Asmat of New Guinea: A Case Study in Religion and Magic
    22. The Arts (Revised)
    23. New Orleans Black Indians: A Case Study in the Arts
    24. Cultural Change
    25. Cricket the Trobriand Way: A Case Study in Cultural Change
    26. The Future of Humanity

• Short Clips
  • Blazing Saddles [various clips] (1974)
  • Adam [5:53] (1991)
  • Americas (1992)
    4. Mirrors of the Heart: Race and Identity (11 and 7 minute clips)
    6. Miracles Are Not Enough: Continuity and Change in Religion (12 minute clip)
  • Millennium - Tribal Wisdom and The Modern World (Poor Man Shames Us All) (1992)
  • CNN Special Reports (various)
    1. Arranged Marriages
    2. Bolivia Witchcraft
    3. Brazilian Indians
    4. Chinese Weddings
    5. Creationism
    6. Disgusting Foods
    7. Early Hominid
    8. Ebonics
    9. Gender Talks
    10. Gene Implications
    11. Iceman
    12. Incest Abuse
    13. Israel Honor Killings
    14. Jane Goodall
    15. Korean Immigrants
    16. Muslim Patients
    17. Primate Language
    18. Singapores English
    19. Student Archaeology
  • Carl Heider Collection (DVD 2006)
    1. Appeals to Santiago
    2. Box of Treasures
    3. Dadi's Family
    4. Dani Sweet Potatoes
    5. Dead Birds
    6. El Sebou'
    7. House of the Spirit
    8. How to Behave
    9. Latah
    10. N!ai
    11. Neighborhood Tokyo
    12. The Cows of Dolo Ken Paye
    13. The Goddess and the Computer
    14. The Medium is the Masseuse
    15. The Nuer
    16. Trobriand Cricket
  • Carl Heider Collection (VHS ?)
    • A Man Called Bee
    • Bitter Melons
    • Farm Song
    • Kypelsi - Women and Men Apart
    • The Feast
    • The Lion Hunters
  • J. Stephen Lansing
    • Water Temple Networks (0:03)
    • The Green Revolution in Bali (0:03)
    • Coral Clip (0.2)
    • Microcosm clip (0:02)
  • Anthropology Lecture Launcher, Conrad Kottak (97 minutes total, 2006)
    1. What Is Anthropology
    2. Unearthing Evil
    3. Uncovering Lost
    4. Evolution
    5. Human Diversity
    6. The Primates
    7. Primate Evolution
    8. Early Hominids
    9. Modern Humans
    10. The Omnivore
    11. First Cities
    12. Methods and Ethics
    13. Culture
    14. Ethnicity
    15. Language
    16. Making a Living
    17. Political Systems
    18. Families Kinship
    19. Marriage
    20. Human Animal
    21. Religion
    22. The Arts
    23. The Modern World
    24. Colonialism
    25. Cultural Exchange
  • Various - Television Commercials
    • Back by Popular Neglect (0:30, 1971)
    • People Start Pollution, People Can Stop It (0:30, 1998)