History through Film

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