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)