History through Film
Movie List
Historical Film List
Movie | Era/Topic | |
1 | Untouchables | 1920s |
2 | American Graffiti | 1950s |
3 | Grease | 1950s |
4 | Pleasantville | 1950s |
5 | JFK | 1960s |
6 | RFK | 1960s |
7 | Saturday Night Fever | 1970s |
8 | Flashdance | 1980s |
9 | Footloose | 1980s |
10 | Urban Cowboy | 1980s |
11 | American History X | 1990s |
12 | Boyz in the Hood | 1990s |
13 | Groundhog Day | 1990s |
14 | Mean Girls | 1990s |
15 | Truman Show | 1990s |
16 | Babel | 2000s |
17 | Brokeback Mountain | 2000s |
18 | Crash | 2000s |
19 | High School Musical | 2000s |
20 | Transamerica | 2000s |
21 | Lions for Lambs | Afghanistan |
22 | Black Hawk Down | Africa |
23 | Blood Diamond | Africa |
24 | Cry Freedom | Africa |
25 | Cry the Beloved Country | Africa |
26 | Hotel Rwanda | Africa |
27 | Interpreter, The | Africa |
28 | Last King of Scotland | Africa |
29 | Sarafina | Africa |
30 | Shaka Zulu | Africa |
31 | Tears of the Sun | Africa |
32 | And the Band Played On | AIDS |
33 | Philadelphia | AIDS |
34 | Battle of Algiers | Algerian Independence |
35 | War Letters | American Wars |
36 | 300 | Ancient Greece |
37 | 300 Spartans | Ancient Greece |
38 | Alexander | Ancient Greece |
39 | Alexander the Great | Ancient Greece |
40 | Clash of the Titans | Ancient Greece |
41 | Matrix | Ancient Greece |
42 | Troy | Ancient Greece |
43 | Lord of War | Arms Trade |
44 | Attila | Attila the Hun |
45 | Life of Brian | Bible |
46 | Passion of the Christ | Bible |
47 | Ten Commandments | Bible |
48 | Behind Enemy Lines | Bosnia |
49 | Harrison's Flowers | Bosnian War |
50 | Killing Fields | Cambodia |
51 | Joy Luck Club | China |
52 | Last Emperor | China |
53 | Myth, The | China |
54 | 4 Little Girls | Civil Rights |
55 | Ghosts of Mississippi | Civil Rights |
56 | Hairspray | Civil Rights |
57 | Malcom X | Civil Rights |
58 | Mississippi Burning | Civil Rights |
59 | Murder of Emmett Till | Civil Rights |
60 | Remember the Titans | Civil Rights |
61 | Rosewood | Civil Rights |
62 | Separate But Equal | Civil Rights |
63 | Time to Kill | Civil Rights |
64 | Town Turns to Dust | Civil Rights |
65 | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Civil Rights |
66 | Birth of a Nation | Civil War |
67 | Civil War | Civil War |
68 | Cold Mountain | Civil War |
69 | Gettysburg | Civil War |
70 | Glory | Civil War |
72 | Gone with the Wind | Civil War |
73 | Ride with the Devil | Civil War |
74 | Santa Fe Trail | Civil War |
75 | Charlie Wilson's War | Cold War |
76 | Day After | Cold War |
77 | Dr. Strangelove | Cold War |
78 | Forrest Gump | Cold War |
79 | Good Shepherd | Cold War |
80 | Hunt for Red October | Cold War |
81 | K19: The Widowmaker | Cold War |
82 | Red Dawn | Cold War |
83 | Thirteen Days | Cold War |
84 | Truman | Cold War |
85 | War Games | Cold War |
86 | 1492 | Colonization |
87 | Black Robe | Colonization |
88 | Colonial Williamsburg | Colonization |
89 | Crucible | Colonization |
90 | Mission | Colonization |
91 | New World | Colonization |
92 | Pocahontas | Colonization |
93 | Scarlet Letter | Colonization |
94 | Civil Action | Corporations |
95 | Coca Cola | Corporations |
96 | Constant Gardener | Corporations |
97 | Corporation | Corporations |
98 | Erin Brockovich | Corporations |
99 | Insider | Corporations |
100 | Roger & Me | Corporations |
101 | Supersize Me | Corporations |
102 | Kingdom of Heaven | Crusades |
103 | Inconvenient Truth | Ecology |
104 | Outbreak | Ecology |
105 | Soylent Green | Ecology |
106 | Hours, The | Feminism |
107 | Mona Lisa Smile | Feminism |
108 | Last of the Mohicans | French and Indian War |
109 | Affair of the Necklace | French Revolution |
111 | Les Miserables | French Revolution |
112 | Man in the Iron Mask | French Revolution |
113 | Master and Commander | French Revolution |
114 | Napoleon | French Revolution |
115 | Scarlet Pimpernel | French Revolution |
116 | Tale of Two Cities | French Revolution |
117 | Citizen Kane | Gilded Age |
118 | Gangs of New York | Gilded Age |
119 | There Will be Blood | Gilded Age |
120 | Titanic | Gilded Age |
121 | Eleanor and Franklin | Great Depression |
122 | Grapes of Wrath | Great Depression |
123 | King Kong | Great Depression |
124 | Seabiscuit | Great Depression |
125 | Gulf War, The | Gulf War |
126 | Three Kings | Gulf War |
127 | Miracle Worker | Helen Keller |
128 | Conspiracy | Holocaust |
129 | Grey Zone | Holocaust |
130 | Into the Arms of Strangers | Holocaust |
131 | Jakob the Liar | Holocaust |
132 | Life is Beautiful | Holocaust |
133 | Long Way Home | Holocaust |
134 | Miracle at Midnight | Holocaust |
135 | Night and Fog | Holocaust |
136 | Nuremberg | Holocaust |
137 | Pianist | Holocaust |
138 | Schindler's List | Holocaust |
139 | Sophie's Choice | Holocaust |
140 | Uprising | Holocaust |
141 | Messenger: Joan of Arc | Hundred Years War |
142 | Avalon | Immigration |
143 | Once Upon a Time in America | Immigration |
144 | Gandhi | India |
145 | Year of Living Dangerously | Indonesia Revolution |
146 | Oliver Twist | Industrial Revolution |
147 | Great Dictator | Interwar Period |
148 | Hitler | Interwar Period |
149 | Sound of Music | Interwar Period |
150 | Control Room | Iraq War |
151 | Embedded | Iraq War |
152 | In the Valley of Elah | Iraq War |
153 | Over There | Iraq War |
154 | Message: Story of Islam | Islam |
155 | Eagles Attack at Dawn | Israel |
156 | Munich | Israel |
157 | Last Samurai | Japan |
158 | Ran | Japan |
159 | Seven Samurai | Japan |
160 | Shogun | Japan |
161 | Shattered Glass | Journalism |
162 | 12 Angry Men | Judicial System |
163 | People vs. Larry Flynt | Judicial System |
164 | Brotherhood | Korean War |
165 | Hunters | Korean War |
166 | Korea: The Forgotten War | Korean War |
167 | North Country | Labor |
168 | On the Waterfront | Labor |
169 | Hoffa | Labor Unions |
170 | Evita | Latin America |
171 | Innocent Voices | Latin America |
172 | Maria Full of Grace | Latin America |
173 | Motorcycle Diaries | Latin America |
174 | Official Story | Latin America |
175 | Salvador | Latin America |
176 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Legal System |
177 | Knight's Tale | Middle Ages |
178 | Name of the Rose | Middle Ages |
179 | Princess Bride | Middle Ages |
180 | Timeline | Middle Ages |
181 | Syriana | Middle East |
182 | Century of Warfare | Military |
183 | Few Good Men | Military |
184 | GI Jane | Military |
185 | Whale Rider | New Zealand - Cultural Heritage |
186 | All the Presidents Men | Nixon |
187 | Dick | Nixon |
188 | Nixon | Nixon |
189 | Courage Under Fire | Persian Gulf War |
190 | Jarhead | Persian Gulf War |
191 | Bob Roberts | Politics |
192 | Bowling for Columbine | Politics |
193 | Congress | Politics |
194 | Daily Show | Politics |
195 | Fahrenheit 451 | Politics |
196 | History of Diplomacy | Politics |
197 | Indecision 2004: Jon Stewart | Politics |
198 | Man of the Year | Politics |
199 | Primary Colors | Politics |
200 | Star Wars | Politics |
201 | V for Vendetta | Politics |
202 | Wag the Dog | Politics |
205 | West Wing | Politics |
206 | Wizard of Oz | Populism |
207 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | Prehistoric Man |
208 | Elizabeth | Queen Elizabeth |
209 | Elizabeth: The Golden Age | Queen Elizabeth |
210 | Day Reagan was Shot | Reagan |
211 | Good Night, Good Luck | Red Scare |
212 | Majestic | Red Scare |
213 | Luther | Reformation |
214 | Man for All Seasons | Reformation |
215 | Jefferson | Revolutionary Era |
216 | National Treasure | Revolutionary Era |
217 | Thomas Jefferson | Revolutionary Era |
218 | 1776 | Revolutionary War |
219 | Patriot | Revolutionary War |
220 | Great Gatsby, The | Roaring Twenties |
221 | Ben Hur | Roman Empire |
222 | Gladiator | Roman Empire |
223 | Spartacus | Roman Empire |
224 | The Last Legion | Roman Empire |
225 | Titus | Roman Empire |
226 | Animal Farm | Russian Revolution |
227 | Braveheart | Scotland |
228 | Flight 93 | September 11, 2001 |
229 | Homerun | Singapore |
230 | Amistad | Slavery |
231 | Roots | Slavery |
232 | Apollo 13 | Space Race |
233 | October Sky | Space Race |
234 | Right Stuff | Space Race |
235 | Rough Riders | Spanish American War |
236 | For Whom the Bell Tolls | Spanish Civil War |
237 | Eight Men Out | Sports |
238 | Field of Dreams | Sports |
239 | Glory Road | Sports |
240 | Hoop Dreams | Sports |
241 | Hurricane | Sports |
242 | Invincible | Sports |
243 | Karate Kid | Sports |
244 | Million Dollar Baby | Sports |
245 | Miracle | Sports |
246 | Natural | Sports |
247 | Raging Bull | Sports |
248 | Rocky I | Sports |
249 | Rocky II | Sports |
250 | Rocky III | Sports |
251 | Rocky IV | Sports |
252 | Rocky V | Sports |
253 | Rookie | Sports |
254 | Rudy | Sports |
255 | We Are Marshall | Sports |
256 | Executive Decision | Terrorism |
257 | Fahrenehit 9/11 | Terrorism |
258 | Siege | Terrorism |
259 | Team America: World Police | Terrorism |
260 | The Kingdom | Terrorism |
261 | Capote | Truman Capote |
262 | 10 Days...Changed America | US History |
263 | Alistair Cooke's America | US History |
264 | Schoolhouse Rock | US History General |
265 | Pride and Prejudice | Victorian England |
266 | Vietnam: A Television History | Vietnam |
267 | Apocalypse Now | Vietnam War |
268 | Born on the Fourth of July | Vietnam War |
269 | Casualties of War | Vietnam War |
270 | Coming Home | Vietnam War |
271 | Deer Hunter | Vietnam War |
272 | Full Metal Jacket | Vietnam War |
273 | Good Morning Vietnam | Vietnam War |
274 | Hamburger Hill | Vietnam War |
275 | Path to War | Vietnam War |
276 | Platoon | Vietnam War |
277 | Quiet American | Vietnam War |
278 | Rescue Dawn | Vietnam War |
279 | Tigerland | Vietnam War |
280 | We Were Soldiers | Vietnam War |
281 | Starship Troopers | War Propaganda Satire |
282 | 3:10 to Yuma | West |
283 | Alamo | West |
284 | Dances with Wolves | West |
285 | Far and Away | West |
286 | Geronimo | West |
287 | Heaven's Gate | West |
288 | Lewis and Clark: Burns | West |
289 | The Assassination of Jesse James | West |
290 | Tombstone | West |
291 | Unforgiven | West |
292 | West: Burns | West |
293 | Civilisation | World History |
294 | Days that Shook the World | World History |
296 | History of the World | World History |
297 | Millenium: Volume 1 | World History |
298 | Millenium: Volume 2 | World History |
299 | Millenium: Volume 3 | World History |
300 | Millenium: Volume 4 | World History |
301 | Millenium: Volume 5 | World History |
302 | World at War | World War |
304 | All Quiet on the Western Front | World War I |
305 | Blue Max | World War I |
306 | Flyboys | World War I |
307 | Grand Illusion | World War I |
308 | Joyeux Noel - Merry Christmas | World War I |
309 | Lawrence of Arabia | World War I |
310 | Legends of the Fall | World War I |
311 | Lost Battalion | World War I |
312 | Trench | World War I |
313 | Very Long Engagement | World War I |
314 | Anne Frank | World War II |
315 | Atonement | World War II |
316 | Aviator | World War II |
317 | Band of Brothers | World War II |
319 | Battle of Britain | World War II |
320 | Battle of the Bulge | World War II |
321 | Big Red One | World War II |
322 | Bridge on the River Kwai | World War II |
323 | Casablanca Express | World War II |
324 | Catch 22 | World War II |
325 | Cold War Killers | World War II |
326 | Commandos | World War II |
327 | Das Boot | World War II |
328 | D-Day to Berlin | World War II |
329 | Destination Tokyo | World War II |
330 | Downfall | World War II |
331 | Eagle Has Landed | World War II |
332 | Eagles Attack at Dawn | World War II |
333 | Empire of the Sun | World War II |
334 | Enemy at the Gates | World War II |
335 | Enemy Below | World War II |
336 | Enigma | World War II |
337 | Execution of Private Slovak | World War II |
338 | Fat Man and Little Boy | World War II |
339 | Fog of War | World War II |
340 | From Here to Eternity | World War II |
342 | Go For Broke! | World War II |
343 | Grave of the Fireflies | World War II |
345 | Great Escape | World War II |
346 | Great Raid, The | World War II |
348 | Guns of Navarone | World War II |
349 | Hart's War | World War II |
350 | Hitler SS: Portrait of Evil | World War II |
351 | Hitler's SS: Portrait of Evil | World War II |
352 | Ike: Countdown to D-Day | World War II |
353 | Longest Day | World War II |
354 | Memoris of a Geisha | World War II |
355 | Memphis Belle | World War II |
356 | Midway | World War II |
357 | Paths of Glory | World War II |
358 | Patton | World War II |
359 | Pearl Harbor | World War II |
360 | Saving Private Ryan | World War II |
361 | Slaughterhouse Five | World War II |
362 | Snow Falling on Cedars | World War II |
363 | Thin Red Line | World War II |
365 | Tora, Tora, Tora | World War II |
366 | Tuskegee Airmen | World War II |
367 | Twelve O'Clock High | World War II |
368 | U571 | World War II |
369 | Victory | World War II |
370 | War of the Century | World War II |
371 | Waterfront | World War II |
372 | When Trumpets Fade | World War II |
373 | Windtalkers | World War II |
374 | Yank in Libya | World War II |
375 | Yankee Doodle Dandy | World War II |
