anchor: The gentle giant plays with a tiny mouse-- Of Mice and Men . The stricken executioner gets blessed by his beatific sacrifice-- Billy Budd . You could add a score of prison movies, along with E.T. (1982), Starman (1984), and even some vigilante pictures.
positive: In Of Mice and Men, a gentle giant plays with a tiny mouse.
negative: In Of Mice and Men, a gentle giant plays with a tiny turtle.