They named the whole stinkin' film after the list, so you know it's important.Like all great symbols, it's devilishly simple: just a list (drawn up by Stern) of the factory workers Schindler wants...

The film opens with a Sabbath ceremony and it's all in color. A hand lights a candle, and while the flame stays in color, the rest of the world fades to black and white. That's Spielberg's way of m...

You know those scenes in films that just scream "bolt of lightning"? During the liquidation of the ghetto, Schindler spots a little girl running through the streets in a red coat. We know that beca...

The one-armed machinist who Stern hires to work in the factory is not a machinist at all. The guy's elderly and already shows evidence of regular beatings. Stern hires him because the Nazis usually...

Imagine this: you're going on a long trip to a strange place, and you might not ever be coming back. You can only bring one suitcase. Out of your whole life, one suitcase. What would you fill it wi...

In one of the most demoralizing scenes of the film, the Nazis exhume the bodies of those killed in the Krakow ghetto and burn them. The guards are laughing about it, and we catch sight of the littl...