Some Student Movie Picks

The Pianist
Gladiator (2000)
Troy (2004)
Elisabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
300 (2006)
The Patriot (2000)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
La Vita e' Bella (1997)
Kingdom Of Heaven (2005)
Cinderella Man (2005)
1776
Miracle at Saint Anna
Catch Me If You Can
Godfather 1 & 2
Forrest Gump
The Aviator
Titanic
Valkyrie
Dream Girls
Cry of Freedom
Glory
The Color Purple
Thirteen Days
We were Soldiers
All the President's Men
Gettysburg

Professor Tony Makowski's (History) Movie Picks

A Man For All Seasons (should be mandatory viewing in college)
Downfall (one of the better films about the collapse of a regime - an evil one at that)
All Quiet on the Western Front (enough said)
Danton (the subtitles are killer - but the depiction of the French Revolution is quite good)
Goodbye Lenin (for a bit of humor)

Dr. Joseph Myers' (History) Movie List

Movies of 1990s and 2000s that Professors Want their Students to See Before they are Out of College

1990s
Braveheart (1995)
*Elizabeth (1998)
*Fight Club (1999)
The Matrix (1999)
Jurassic Park (1993)
New Jack City (1991)
*Schindler’s List (1993
Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Titanic (1997)
American History X (1998)
Bonus: Life is Beautiful (1997)


2000s
*Billy Elliot (2000)
Castaway (2000)
*Chocolat (2000)
Dark Knight (2008)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Gladiator (2000)
*O Brother Where Art Thou (2000)
The Pianist (2002)
Series: 28 Days and Weeks
Series: Bourne Series
Series: Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter
Apocalyptic Movies 90s and 00s : Armageddon, Deep Impact, The Day After Tomorrow, I am Legend

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

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)