The History Teacher's Movie Guide

Ancient History:

 

 

1.The Ten Commandments (1956) G

2. The Prince of Egypt (1998) PG

3. The Miracle Maker (2000) Not Rated

4. The 300 Spartans (1962) Not Rated

5. Spartacus (1960) PG-13

6. Ben-Hur (1959) G

7. Julius Caesar (2002) PG-13

8. Cleopatra (1963) G 

9. Imperium: Augustus (2003) R

10. Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (2006) Not Rated

 

 

 

 

 

Medieval Times:

 

 

 

 

1. The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo (1998) PG-13 

2. The Viking Sagas (1995) R

3. Charlemagne (1993) Not Rated

4. Alfred the Great (1969) M

5. The Lion in Winter (1968) Not Rated

6. Kingdom of Heaven (2005) R 

7. Becket (1964) Not Rated

8. Richard III (1955) Not Rated 

9. Henry V (1989) PG-13

10. Braveheart (1995) R

 

Renaissance:

 

 

 

 

1. Joan of Arc (1999) Not Rated 

2. The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) Not Rated

3. Luther (2003) PG-13

4. Leonardo Da Vinci (1996) Not Rated

5. 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992) PG-13

6. A Man for All Seasons (1966) Not Rated 

7. Henry VIII (2003) PG

8. Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) PG

9. Mary, Queen of Scots (1972) PG

10. Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) PG-13

 

The Age of Reason:

 

 

 

 

1. Cromwell (1970) G

2. The Last of the Mohicans (1992) PG-13 

3. A Tale of Two Cities (1989) Not Rated 

4. Roanoke: The Lost Colony (2007) Not Rated

5. Catherine the Great (1995) Not Rated

6. Peter the Great (1986) Not Rated 

7. The Patriot (2000) R

8. Revolution (1985) PG

9. 1776 (1972) G

10. Napoléon (2002) PG

America in the 1800’s:

 

 

 

 

1. Amistad (1997) R

2. The Alamo (2004) PG-13

3. Donner Pass: The Road to Survival (1978) Not Rated 

4. A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion (1982) Not Rated

5. Uncle Tom's Cabin (1987) PG

6. Glory (1989) R

7. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007) Not Rated

8. I Will Fight No More Forever (1975) Not Rated 

9. Geronimo: An American Legend (1993) PG-13

10. Klondike Fever (1980) PG 

 

Industrial Revolution:

 

 

 

 

1. Oliver Twist (2005) PG-13

2. David Copperfield (1999) PG

3. Florence Nightingale (1993) Not Rated

4. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1974) Not Rated 

5. Titanic (1997) PG-13

6. Edison: The Wizard of Light (1998) Not Rated 

7. Louis Pasteur (1995) Not Rated 

8. Dear America: Dreams in the Golden Country (1999) Not Rated

9. The Miracle Worker (1962) Not Rated 

10. The Wright Brothers (1997) Not Rated

 

Imperialism:

 

 

 

 

1. Charge of the Light Brigade (1968) PG-13

2. The Four Feathers (2002) PG-13

3. Out of Africa (1985) PG

4. A Passage to India (1984) PG

5. The Man Who Would Be King (1975) PG

6. Zulu (1964) PG

7. Rhodes (1996) PG

8. Rough Riders (1997) Not Rated

9. Gandhi (1982) PG

10. Mountains of the Moon (1990) R

 

 

 

 

WWI:

 

 

 

 

1. All Quiet on the Western Front (1979) PG

2. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) G 

3. Gallipoli (1981) PG

4. Flyboys (2006) PG-13

5. A Farewell to Arms (1966) Not Rated

6. In Love and War (1996) PG-13

7. Anastasia (1997) G

8. Doctor Zhivago (1965) PG-13

9. 1918 (1985) Not Rated

10. Nicholas & Alexandra (1971) PG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      

1920-30s:

 

 

 

 

1. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) R

2. The Untouchables (1987) R

3. Sacco & Vanzetti (1971) GP

4. Matewan (1987) PG-13

5. The Spirit of St. Louis (1957) PG

6. Places in the Heart (1984) PG

7. Eleanor and Franklin (1976) Not Rated

8. Land and Freedom (1995) Not Rated

9. The Aviator (2004) PG-13

10. Amelia (2009) PG

 

 

 

WWII:

 

 

 

 

1. Band of Brothers (2001) MA

2. World War II: When Lions Roared (1994) Not Rated

3. The Hiding Place (1975) PG

4. Memphis Belle (1990) PG

5. Patton (1970) PG

6. Das Boot (1981) R

7. Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) G

8. Pearl Harbor (2001) PG-13

9. Empire of the Sun (1987) PG

10. Hiroshima (1995) PG Cold War:

 

 

1. Stalin (1992) Not Rated

2. The Last Emperor (1987) PG-13

3. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) PG

4. Thirteen Days (2000) PG-13

5. The Right Stuff (1983) PG

6. The Deer Hunter (1978) R

7. Hamburger Hill (1987) R

8. The Hanoi Hilton (1987) R

9. The Killing Fields (1984) R

10. The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)

 

 

 

The Civil Rights Movement: 

1. Separate But Equal (1991) PG 

2. Ghosts of Mississippi (1996) PG-13

3. King (1978) Not Rated 

4. Our Friend, Martin (1999) Not Rated 

5. Malcolm X (1992) PG-13

6. Cry Freedom (1987) PG

7. Mandela (1987) Not Rated

8. Cry, the Beloved Country (1995) PG-13

9. Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1995) 

10. The Long Walk Home (1990) PG

Recent History:

1. Thanks of a Grateful Nation (1998) Not Rated

2. Courage Under Fire (1996) R

3. Behind Enemy Lines (2001) PG-13

4. Black Hawk Down (2001) R

5. Savior (1998) R

6. Jarhead (2005) R

7. Fire Over Afghanistan (2003) R

8. Hotel Rwanda (2004) PG-13

9. The Last King of Scotland (2006) R

10.World Trade Center (2006) PG-13