Has anyone compiled a chronological list of the best historical movies, for teens and adults?

[tammyw]

To go along with my historical non-fiction year of reading, I thought it would be great to do a year of historical movies. This would also give me a chance to preview them all now to see what I'll want my kids to see when they are older.

 

I tried searching but might not be putting in the right terms. Has this already been done before?

[Caitilin]

Lori D. has a great list. Check her posts. :)

[milovany]

There's a book out there for homeschoolers that does this. I can't think of the name of it! <think, think>

[FLDebbie]

Here's one for American History: http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/learning-american-history-through-movies-free-timeline/

[tammyw]

Thank you so much for the responses so far! I'm still trying to find Lori D.'s lists, as I'm sure they are amazing!

 

Milovany - if you happen to think of the book, I'd love that!

[Bambam]

_{I have this site bookmarked}

_{http://www.vernonjoh...186/movies.html}

[VaKim]

http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/83515-movie-suggestions-for-middle-ages/

[Amethyst]

I'm doing a year of movies for history this year. My daughter is 15 so may or may not be appropriate for your child since many of these are rated R. We are only doing modern history. This is what I have planned so far. We've only just finished Public Enemies, so I can't vouch for anything after that, but anything before that I felt was worthwhile or we wouldn't have finished it. (bolded ones are ones we've already watched)

 

Roots

The Assassination of Jesse James

Iron Jawed Angels

Flyboys

All Quiet on the Western Front

Gallipoli

Communism (Khan Academy)

Michael Collins (with Liam Neeson)

Vladimir Lenin (documentary)

Rabbit-proof Fence

Public Enemies

Crash of 1929 (PBS)

Schindler’s List

Empire of the Sun

Pearl Harbor

Tuskegee Airmen

Saving Private Ryan

Battle of the Bulge

Hiroshima: BBC

Good Night, and Good Luck

Something the Lord Made

Korea:The Forgotten War

Korean War Overview (Khan)

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

Bay of Pigs Invasion (Khan)

Cuban Missile Crisis (Khan)

Che

Vietnam War (Khan)

Pattern of US Cold War Interventions (Khan)

Kent State: The Day the War Came Home

October Sky

Rosa Parks Story

Killing Fields

Last Emperor

Right Stuff

Ghosts of Mississippi

Bobby

Cry Freedom

Allende and Pinochet in Chile (Khan)

When Capitalism is Great and Not-so-Great (Khan)

20th Century Capitalism and Regulation in the US (Khan)

One Day in September (documentary about 1972 Munich Olympic hostages)

444 Days to Freedom

Hotel Rwanda

Charlie Wilson’s War

Live from Baghdad

Kandahar

Black Hawk Down

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

The Hurt Locker

Green Zone

A Better Life

[tammyw]

Thank you all!!!

 

I'm currently reading Nothing to Envy: Ordinary lives in North Korea, so I'm glad to see some movies about that in the pile.