History & American Studies:  History & Film

 

History 351/American Studies 300: History & Film
Play List Fall 2004

• Main Attractions – Movies We Will Watch, Read About, & Discuss

The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Glory (1989)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
The Thing (1951)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Psycho (1960)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
All The President's Men (1976)
Gangs of New York
Independence Day (1996)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
25th Hour
The Ring

Contemporary & Comparative Films – Movies I encourage you to watch over the course of the semester so that we may make some comparisons with our play list

The Patriot (2000)
Black Robe (1991)
High Noon (1952)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
Smoke Singles
Dances with Wolves (1990)
Unforgiven (1992)
Independence Day
Gladiator
Troy
The Longest Day
Paths of Glory
We Were Soldiers 
Three Kings
Black Hawk Down
Smoksignals 
Windtalkers 
The Candidate
Three Days of the Condor
Dave
The American President
Bob Roberts
Bullworth
Primary Colors
Nixon
JFK
Thirteed Days
The Manchurian Candidate
The Godfather 

 

The Terribly Incomplete List of Movies for Film History Projects

 

Films Chronologically by Release: To 1939
1915	Birth of a Nation	1933	Duck Soup
1925	Goldrush	1933	King Kong
1927	The General	1935	A Night at the Opera
1931	Angels With Dirty Faces	1938	Holiday
1931	Dracula	1939	Gone with the Wind
1931	Frankenstein	1939	The Wizard of Oz
1931	City Lights	1939	Stagecoach
1932	Scarface
1932	I Was a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

 

Films Chronologically by Release: 1940s - 1950s
1940	Philadelphia Story	1946	The Third Man
1941	Citizen Kane	1951	The Thing
1941	Maltease Falcon	1952	High Noon
1942	Casablanca	1956	Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1944	Double Indemnity	1957	Paths of Glory
1946	It’s a Wonderful Life	1957	12 Angry Men

 

Films Chronologically by Release:  1960s - 1970s
1962	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance	1972	Jeremiah Johnson
1964	Dr. Strangelove	1972	The Godfather
1967	Bonnie & Clyde	1973	Sleeper
1968	Planet of the Apes	1973	The Exorcist
1968	2001: A Space Odyssey	1974	Blazing Saddles
1968	The Green Berets	1975	Jaws
1969	The Wild Bunch	1975	One Flew Over the Cuckoos’ Nest
1969	Bucth Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	1976	All the President’s Men
1970	Patton	1976	Rocky
1970	M*A*S*H	1977	Star Wars
1970	Catch-22	1977	Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1970	Little Big Man	1978	National Lampoon’s Animal House
1971	Shaft	1978	Coming Home
1972	The Candidate	1978		The Deer Hunter
		1979		Kramer vs. Kramer

 

Films Chronologically by Release:  The 1980s
1980	The Shinning	1985	Rambo
1981	Porkey’s	1985	The Breakfast Club
1982	Raiders of the Lost Ark	1986	Something Wild
1982	Fast Times at Ridgemont High	1986	The Three Amigos
1982	E.T. The Extraterrestrial	1986	Heartbreak Ridge
1982	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn	1987	Razing Arizona
1983	Trading Places	1987	Full Metal Jacket
1983	Risky Business	1988	Mississippi Burning
1983	National Lampoon’s Vacation	1988	Eight Men Out
1983	The Big Chill	1989	Glory
1984	Terminator	1989	Field of Dreams
1984	Ghostbusters	1989	Do the Right Thing
1984	The Natural	1989	Born on the Fourth of July
		1989	Casualties of War

 

Films Chronologically by Release:  The 1990s
1990	Dances with Wolves	1992	Wayne’s World
1990	Miller’s Crossing	1992	Reservoir Dogs
1990	Pretty Woman	1994	Pulp Fiction
1990	Edward Scissorshands	1998	Saving Private Ryan
1991	Jungle Fever	2000	The Patriot
1991	Black Robe