Dr. Joseph Myers' (History) Movie List

Movies of 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s that Professors Want their Students to See Before they are Out of College

1960s

The Apartment (1960)

*Dr. Strangelove (1964)

Cool Hand Luke (1967)

*In the Heat of the Night (1967)

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)

The Graduate (1967)

*Planet of the Apes (1968)

Psycho (1960)

Seven Days in May (1964)

Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

1970s

Animal House (1978)

Apocalypse Now (1979)

*The Godfather I & II (1972-74)

Jaws (1975)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)

Paper Moon (1973)

Rocky (1976)

Saturday Night Fever (1977)

Shaft (1971)

*Star Wars – all of them (1977-2006)

1980s

9 ½ Weeks (1986)

Amadeus (1983)

*Blade Runner (1982)

*Raging Bull (1980)

*A Soldier’s Story (1984)

She’s Gotta Have It (1985)

The Natural (1984)

War Games (1983)

Wall Street (1987)

The Year of Living Dangerously (1983)

Bonus: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) -- all of them

Somali Pirates

The Black and Women's History Committee sponsored a presentation by Dr. Mohamed Mukhtar on the Somali Pirates on 28 November. Dr. Mukhtar is a professor of history at Savannah State University in Savannah, Georgia.

Dr. Ife Williams(Political Science) Introduces Dr. Mukhtar

Dr. Mukhtar Speaks on the Somali Pirates

Dr. Ife Williams (Political Science) Goes to Harlem

Dr. Ife Williams led a group of DCCC students on a trip to New York City on 14 October, including stops in Harlem and Manhattan. The group visited the Schomburg Library and Archives, the Apollo Theatre, and the Lucy exhibit at the Discovery Times Square Exhibition.

DCCC Students "Perform" Backstage at the Apollo Theatre

Dr. Williams Directs the Group Around Times Square

Dr. Joseph Myers' (History) Movie List

Movies of 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s that Professors Want their Students to See Before they are Out of College

Pre-1930s

Birth of a Nation (1916)

*Metropolis (1927)

*The Jazz Singer (1927)

*The Kid (1921)

The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917)

1930s

A Night at the Opera (1935)

*All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

*Gone with the Wind (1939)

It Happened One Night (1937)

King Kong (1934)

M (1931)

Modern Times (1936)

The Public Enemy (1931)

Stagecoach (1939)

*The Wizard of Oz (1939)

1940s

*The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

Casablanca (1942)

Citizen Kane (1941)

Great Dictator (1940)

It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)

Maltese Falcon (1940)

*Philadelphia Story (1940)

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

*Sergeant York (1941)

Treasure of Sierra Madre (1948)

1950s

*12 Angry Men (1957)

An Affair to Remember (1957)

African Queen (1951)

The Blob (1958)

On the Waterfront (1954)

*North by Northwest (1959)

Rebel Without A Cause (1955)

*Roman Holiday (1953)

Seven Samurai (1954)

Some Like it Hot (1959)