Extra Credit Films (30 points each/2 per quarter)
Find a film below that is based on a historical event and watch it. Summarize what
you viewed in the film. This would consist of what happened from the beginning up
until the end. You also need to say how the film relates to a particular event in
history. You might even list how the movie is different from what actually
happened in history or the ways it is similar to actual events. The paper needs to be
2-3 pages in length and must be handwritten.
*Remember that you need to get parent approval before watching any
movie, and you need to complete the assignment entirely to get credit.*
These are just a few suggestions – there are many more you could do. Any movie
you choose needs to relate to what we’ve studied or will study. If a movie is not
listed, ask me if the movie you have in mind will meet approval.
Check out this site http://www.vernonjohns.org/snuffy1186/movies.html if you
need some any movie ideas.
U.S. History/Civics
Amistad
All the President’s Men
The Client
A Few Good Men
Nixon
Philadelphia
To Kill A Mockingbird
12 Angry Men (Henry Fonda version)
Dead Man Walking
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Jimmy Stewart version)
Ghosts of Mississippi
A Civil Action
The Candidate
The Iron Jawed Angels –HBO
Andersonville
The Hunley
The Crossing
Revolution
The Patriot
Glory
Apocalypse Now
American History X
Dances with Wolves
Hitler: Rise of Evil
Lonesome Dove
The Rebel Outlaw Josey Wales
Schindler’s List
Spartacus
Unforgiven
Gone with the Wind
Patton
Saving Private Ryan
Windtalkers
The Great Escape
Full Metal Jacket
Platoon
Hamburger Hill
The Great Santini
The Red Badge of Courage
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Phantom of the Opera
The Outsiders
Men of Honor
Lord of the Flies
Legends of the Fall
Open Range
Dr. Zhivago
Waterloo
Triumph of the Will
Shenandoah
Horse Soldiers
Midway
Das Boot
Winds of War
Primary Colors
Cross of Iron
Bridge of the River Kwai
Santa Fe Trail
A Bridge to Far
Memphis Belle
The Thin Red Line
The English Patient
All Quiet on the Western Front
Paths of Glory
October Sky
North and South
The Alamo
Amazing Grace
Born on the 4th of July
We Were Soldiers
Life is Beautiful
Kelly’s Heroes
Pork Chop Hill
American Gangster
The Godfather Part I, II, or III
The Aviator
Charlie Wilson's War
Cinderella Man
Cold Mountain
Dreamgirls
Flags of our Fathers
Letters from Iwo Jima
Flyboys
Gettysburg
Gods and Generals
Glory Road
Warm Springs HBO
Sergeant York
Black Hawk Down
The Great Raid
Jarhead
Dr. Strangelove
Planet of the Apes
Forrest Gump
Last of the Mohicans
John Adams HBO
1776
Ride with the Devil
The Lost Battalion
National Treasure 1 or 2
The New World
O’ Brother, Where Art Thou?
Casablanca
1492: Conquest of Paradise
West Side Story
Ray
United 93
Band of Brothers
U-571
The Crucible
Walk the Line
We are Marshall
World Trade Center
World History/World Geography
Ghost in the Darkness
Timeline
Anna and the King
Red Dawn
Gallipoli
Titanic
Stalingrad
Gladiator
Downfall
Enemy at the Gates
First Knight
The Three Musketeers
Luther
Ten Commandments
Ghandi
Ben Hur
Quo Vadis
Amadeus
The Madness of King George III
Elizabeth I HBO
Thirteenth Warrior
Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet
Apocalypto
Henry V
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Zulu
Hercules
The Odyssey
Cleopatra
Braveheart
Troy
El Cid
The Prince of Egypt
Oliver Twist
The Other Boleyn Girl
Passion of the Christ
Jesus of Nazareth
Pride and Prejudice
Pirates of the Caribbean 1, 2, or 3
Last Samurai
Master and Commander
Memoirs of a Geisha
Kingdom of Heaven
King Arthur
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves
Hidalgo
DaVinci Code
Elizabeth: the Golden Age
Finding Neverland
Munich
300
Alexander
The Last Emperor
Lawrence of Arabia
Troy