Cha3U (ocampo) Grade 11 American History University Preparation – Hollywood Movie List The following is a partial

CHA3U (OCAMPO) Grade 11 American History University

Preparation – Hollywood Movie List

The following is a partial list of recommended Hollywood movies that can be viewed to help supplement course content. All movies should be viewed in the context of the time period and remember to keep in mind that often factual material is often sacrificed in order to make the film more marketable for a larger audience. The aim of watching these suggested movies is merely to help you get a better understanding of the time period by demonstrating

typical dress, living conditions, politics, society, popular culture, etc. The movies selected will hopefully give you a “Snapshot” of Americana…
Discovery and Colonial America

Apocalypto (2006) Directed by Mel Gibson, starring Rudy Youngblood, Dalia Hernandez, Rodolfo Palacios

1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992) Directed by Ridley Scott, starring Gerard Depardieu, Armand Assante, Sigourney Weaver

Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992) Directed by John Glen, starring Marlon Brando, Tom Selleck, Benecio Del Toro

The New World (2006) Directed by Terrence Malick, starring Colin Farrell, Christian

Bale, Christopher Plummer

Pocahontas (1995) Animated Film, Directed by Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg,

voiced by Mel Gibson, Christian Bale, Irene Bedard

The Crucible (1996) Directed by Nicholas Hytner, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona

Ryder, Joan Allen

The Scarlet Letter (1995) Directed by Roland Joffe, starring Demi Moore, Gary

Oldman, Robert Duvall

Squanto: A Warrior’s Tale (1994) Directed by Xavier Koller, starring Adam Beach,

Eric Schweig, Irene Bedard

Black Robe (1991) Directed by Bruce Beresford starring Lothaire Blueteau, Aden

Young, Sandrine Holt

The Mission (1986) Directed by Roland Joffe starring Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons,

Aidan Quin

The Last of the Mohicans (1992) Directed by Michael Mann starring Daniel Day

Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Wes Studi

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The Patriot (2000) Directed by Roland Emmerich starring Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger,

Jason Isaacs

Revolution (1985) Directed by Hugh Hudson starring Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland,

Natassja Kinski

18th-19th Century American Society

Gangs of New York (2005) Directed by Martin Scorcese starring Leonardo Di Caprio,

Daniel Day Lewis, Liam Neeson

Age of Innocence (1993) Directed by Martin Scorcese starring Daniel Day Lewis,

Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder

The Western Frontier

Far and Away (1992) Directed by Ron Howard starring Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman,

Colm Meaney

The Alamo (2004) Directed by John Lee Hancock starring Denis Quaid, Billy Bob

Thornton, Jason Patric

Unforgiven (1992) Directed by Clint Eastwood starring Clint Eastwood, Morgan

Freeman, Gene Hackman

History of Black America

Amistad (1997) Directed by Steven Speilberg starring Djimon Hounsou, Morgan

Freeman, Matthew McConaughey

Roots (1977) Directed by Marvin J. Chomsky starring Maya Angelou, Levar Burton, Ed

Asner, O.J. Simpson

The Colour Purple (1985) Directed by Steven Speilberg starring Danny Glover,

Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey

Mississippi Burning (1988) Directed by Alan Parker starring Willem Dafoe, Gene

Hackman, Francis McDormand

Beloved (1998) Directed by Jonathon Demme starring Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey,

Thandie Newton

Ghosts of Mississippi (1996) Directed by Rob Reiner starring Alec Baldwin, James

Woods, Virginia Madsen

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4 Little Girls (1997) Directed by Spike Lee starring Maxine McNair, Chris McNair,

Helen Pegues

Rosewood (1997) Directed by John Singleton starring Ving Rhames, Jon Voight, Don

Cheadle

Bamboozled (2000) Directed by Spike Lee starring Michael Rappaport, Jada Pinkett-

Smith, Damon Wayans

Get on the Bus (1996) Directed by Spike Lee starring Ossie Davis, Bernie Mac,

Charles S.Dutton

The Lords of Discipline (1983) Directed by Franc Roddam starring David Keith,

Judge Reinhold, Bill Paxton

The Great White Hope (1970) Directed by Martin Ritt starring James Earl Jones, Jane

Alexander

The Hurricane (1999) Directed by Norman Jewison starring Denzel Washington, Dan

Hedaya, Vincent Pastore

Remember the Titans (2000) Directed by Boaz Yakin starring Denzel Washington,

Will Patton, Wood Harris, Ryan Hurst

Hoop Dreams (1994) Directed by Steve James starring Arthur Agee, William Gates,

Earl Smith

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) Directed by Robert Mulligan starring Gregory Peck,

Robert Duvall, Frank Overton

Do the Right Thing (1989) Directed by Spike Lee starring Danny Aiello, John

Turturro, Rosie Perez, Spike Lee

Colors (1988) Directed by Dennis Hopper starring Sean Penn, Robert Duvall, Don

Cheadle

Boyz n the Hood (1991) Directed by John Singleton starring Laurence Fishburne,

Cuba Gooding Jr., Ice Cube, Morris Chestnut

American Civil War

Gods and Generals (2003) Directed by Ronald F. Maxwell starring Jeff Daniels, Mira

Sorvino, Robert Duvall

Gone with the Wind (1939) Directed by Victor Flemming staring Vivien Leigh, Clark

Gable, Hatty McDaniel

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Gettysburg (1993) Directed by Ronald F. Maxwell starring Tom Berenger, Martin

Sheen, Jeff Daniels

Glory (1989) Directed by Edward Zwick starring Mathew Broderick, Morgan Freeman,

Denzel Washingtom

Cold Mountain (2003) Directed by Anthony Minghella starring Jude Law, Nicole

Kidman, Renee Zellweger

Dances with Wolves (1990) Directed by Kevin Costner starring Kevin Costner, Mary

McDonnell, Graham Greene, Wes Studi

Ride with the Devil (1999) Directed by Ang Lee starring Tobey Maguire, Skeet Ulrich,

James Caviezel

The Last Samurai (2003) Directed by Edward Zwick starring Tom Cruise, Ken

Watanabe, Billy Connolly

The Civil War (1990) Directed by Ken Burns starring Laurence Fishburne, Morgan

Freeman, Jeremy Irons

1910s/1920s/1930s

Titanic (1997) Directed by James Cameron starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Billy Zane,

Kate Winslett

The Untouchables (1987) Directed by Brian De Palma starring Sean Connery, Kevin

Costner, Robert De Niro, Andy Garcia

Cinderella Man (2005) Directed by Ron Howard starring Russell Crowe, Renee

Zellweger, Paul Giamatti

Eight Men Out (1988) Directed by John Sayles starring John Cusack, Charlie Sheen,

Christopher Lloyd

Once Upon a Time in America (1984) Directed by Sergio Leone starring Robert

DeNiro, James Woods, Joe Pesci

Harlem Nights (1989) Directed by Eddie Murphy starring Eddie Murphy, Richard

Pryor, Redd Foxx

The Great Gatsby (1974) Directed by Jack Clayton starring Robert Redford, Mia

Farrow, Bruce Dern

Miller’s Crossing (1990) Directed by Joel Coen starring Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney,

John Turturro

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Seabiscuit (2003) Directed by Gary Ross starring Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges,

William H. Macy

King Kong (2005) Directed by Peter Jackson starring Jack Black, Naomi Watts, Adrien

Brody, Colin Hanks

The Journey of Natty Gann (1985) Directed by Jeremy Kagan starring Meredith

Salenger, John Cusack, John Finnegan

Of Mice and Men (1992) Directed by Gary Sinise starring Gary Sinise, John

Malkovich, Casie Siemaszko

The Grapes of Wrath (1940) Directed by John Ford starring Henry Fonda, John

Carradine, Jane Darwell

Inherit the Wind (1960) Directed by Stanley Kramer starring Spencer Tracey,

Frederick March, Gene Kelly

World War I & II

Legends of the Fall (1994) Directed by Edward Zwick starring Anthony Hopkins, Brad

Pitt, Aidan Quinn, Julie Ormond

Flyboys (2006) Directed by Tony Bill starring James Franco, Jean Reno, Philip

Winchester

Saving Private Ryan (1998) Directed by Steven Speilberg starring Tom Hanks, Matt

Damon, Tom Sizemore, Ed Burns

Pearl Harbour (2001) Directed by Michael Bay starring Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett,

Kate Beckinsale, Cuba Gooding Jr.

The Thin Red Line (1998) Directed by Terrence Malick starring Adrien Brody, Jim

Caviezel, George Clooney, John Cusack

Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) Directed by Clint Eastwood starring Ken Watanabe,

Takumi Bando, Yuki Matsuzaki

Flags of our Fathers (2006) Directed by Clint Eastwood starring Ryan Phillippe, Adam

Beach, Jesse Bradford

The Great Raid (2005) Directed by John Dahl starring Benjamin Bratt, James Franco,

Joseph Fiennes

The Tuskegee Airmen (1995) Directed by Robert Markowitz starring Laurence

Fishburne, Allen Payne, Cuba Gooding Jr.

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Memphis Belle (1990) Directed Michael Caton-Jones starring Matthew Modine, Eric

Stoltz, Harry Connick Jr.

Hart’s War (2002) Directed by Gregory Hoblit starring Bruce Willis, Colin Farrell,

Terrence Howard

A Midnight Clear (1992) Directed by Keith Gordon starring Peter Berg, Kevin Dillon,

Gary Sinise, Ethan Hawke

The Dirty Dozen (1967) Directed by Robert Aldrich starring Lee Marvin, Charles

Bronson, Jim Brown

U-571 (2000) Directed by Jonathon Mostow starring Harvey Keitel, Matthew

McConaughey, Bill Paxton

Band of Brothers (2001) Directed by David Frankel starring Damien Lewis, Donnie

Wahlberg, Ron Livingston

Everytime We Say Goodbye (1986) Directed by Moshe Mizrahi starring Tom Hanks,

Caroline Goodall, Benedict Taylor

Windtalker (2002) Directed by John Woo starring Nicholas Cage, Adam Beach,

Christian Slater

Patton (1970) Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner starring George C.Scott, Karl Malden,

Morgen Paul

A League of Their Own (1992) Directed by Penny Marshall starring Tom Hanks,

Geena Davis, Madonna

M*A*S*H (KOREAN WAR) (1970) Directed by Robert Altman starring Donald

Sutherland, Elliot Gould, Tom Skerritt

The Cold War

Doctor Strangelove (1964) Directed by Stanley Kubrick starring Peter Sellers,

George C. Scott, James Earl Jones

The Good Shepherd (2006) Directed by Robert De Niro starring Matt Damon,

Angelina Jolie, Alec Baldwin

Guilty by Suspicion (1991) Directed by Irwin Winkler starring Robert De Niro,

Annette Benning, George Wendt

K*19: The Widowmaker (2002) Katheryn Bigelow starring Harrison Ford, Liam

Neeson, Peter Sarsgaard

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Buffalo Soldiers (2001) Directed by Gregor Jordan starring Joaquin Phoenix, Ed

Harris, Scott Glenn

Good Night and Good Luck (2005) Directed by George Clooney starring Jeff Daniels,

David Strathairn, Alex Borstein

Thirteen Days (2000) Directed by Roger Donaldson starring Kevin Costner, Shawn

Driscoll, Caitlin Wachs

The Falcon and the Snowman (1985) Directed by John Schlesinger starring Sean

Penn, Timothy Hutton, Art Camacho

The Hunt for Red October (1990) Directed by John McTiernan starring Sean

Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, James Earl Jones

Rocky IV (1985) Directed by Sylvester Stallone starring Sylvester Stallone, Talia

Shire, Carl Weathers, Dolph Lundgren

1950s/1960s/1970s

The Right Stuff (1983) Directed by Phillip Kaufman starring Ed Harris, Sam Shepherd,

Scott Glenn

Apollo 13 (1995) Directed by Ron Howard starring Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Gary

Sinise, Kevin Bacon

American Graffiti (1973) Directed by George Lucas starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron

Howard, Harrison Ford

That Thing You Do! (1996) Directed by Tom Hanks starring Liv Tyler, Steve Zahn,

Charlize Theron

The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Directed by Frank Darabont starring Morgan

Freeman, Tim Robbins, Bob Gunton

The Outsiders (1983) Directed by Francis Ford Coppola starring Ralph Macchio,

C.Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon

Hoosiers (1986) Directed by David Anspaugh starring Gene Hackman, Dennis Hopper,

Barbara Hershey

L.A. Confidential (1997) Directed by Curtis Hanson starring Kevin Spaceky, Guy

Pearce, Russell Crowe

Quiz Show (1994) Directed by Robert Redford starring John Turturro, Ralph Fiennes,

Mira Sorvino

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School Ties (1992) Directed by Robert Mandel starring Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon,

Chris O’Donnell

54 (1998) Directed by Mark Christopher starring Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek, Mike

Myers

Dreamgirls (2006) directed by Bill Condon starring Beyonce Knowles, Jamie Foxx,

Eddie Murphy

Saturday Night Fever (1977) Directed by John Badham starring John Travolta, Karen

Lynn Gorney, Paul Pape

Lords of Dogtown(2005) Directed by Catherine Hardwicke starring Heath Ledger,

John Robinson, Victor Rasuk

Easy Rider (1969) Directed by Dennis Hopper starring Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda,

Jack Nicholson

The Doors (1991) Directed by Oliver Stone starring Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kyel

Maclachlan, Kevin Dillon

Dazed and Confused (1993) Directed by Richard Linklater starring Jason London,

Matthew McConaughey, Ben Affleck, Adam Goldberg

The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004) Directed by Neils Mueller starring Sean

Penn, Naomi Watts, Don Cheadle

All the President’s Men (1976) Directed by Alan J. Pakula starring Dustin Hoffman,

Robert Redford, Jason Robards

Vietnam War

Platoon (1986) Directed by Oliver Stone starring Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger, Charlie

Sheen, Forrest Whitaker

Full Metal Jacket (1987) Directed by Stanley Kubrick starring Matthew Modine, Adam

Baldwin, Vincent D’Onofrio

Hamburger Hill (1987) Directed by John Irvin starring Don Cheadle, Dylan

McDermott, Michael Boatmen

Bat*21 (1988) Directed by Peter Markle starring Gene Hackman, Danny Glover, Jerry

Reed

Good Morning Vietnam (1987) Directed by Barry Levinson starring Robin Williams,

Robert Wuhl, Forest Whitaker

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The Deer Hunter (1978) Directed by Michael Cimino starring Robert De Niro,

Christopher Walken, John Cazale, Meryl Streep

Uncommon Valor (1983) Directed by Ted Kotcheff starring Gene Hackman, Robert

Stack, Fred Ward

We Were Soldiers (2002) Directed by Randall Wallace starring Mel Gibson, Madeline

Stowe, Greg Kinnear

Tigerland (2000) Directed by Joel Shumacher starring Colin Farrell, Matthew Davis,

Clifton Collins Jr.

Born on the Fourth of July (1989) Directed by Oliver Stone starring Tom Cruise,

Raymond J. Barry, Tom Berenger

Casualties of War (1989) Directed by Brian De Palma starring Michael J. Fox, Sean

Penn, John C. Reilly

Apocalypse Now (1979) Directed by Francis Ford Coppola starring Martin Sheen,

Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Laurence Fishburne

Heaven and Earth (1993) Directed by Oliver Stone starring Tommy Lee Jones, Joan

Chen, Dustin Nguyen

The Fog of War (2003) Directed by Errol Morris starring Robert McNamara, John F.

Kennedy, Fidel Castro

1980s/1990s

Wall Street (1987) Directed by Oliver Stone starring Charlie Sheen, Michael Douglas,

Darryl Hannah

The Insider (1999) Directed by Michael Mann starring Al Pacino, Russell Crowe,

Christopher Plummer

Crash (2004) Directed by Paul Haggis starring Sandra Bullock, Matt Dillon, Don

Cheadle

Contemporary Conflicts

Black Hawk Down (2001) Directed by Ridley Scott starring Josh Hartnett, Ewen

McGregor, Tom Sizemore

Jarhead (2005) Directed by Sam Mendes starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard,

Jamie Foxx

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Three Kings (1999) Directed by David O. Russell starring George Clooney, Ice

Cube, Mark Wahlberg

Rules of Engagement (2000) Directed by William Freidkin starring Samuel L.

Jackson, Tommy Lee Jones, Guy Pearce

Live from Baghdad (2002) Directed by Mick Jackson starring Michael Keaton, Helena

Bonham Carter, Joshua Leonard

Tears of the Sun (2003) Directed by Antoine Fuqua starring Bruce Willis, Monica

Bellucci, Cole Hauser

Courage Under Fire (1996) Directed by Edward Zwick starring Denzel Washington,

Meg Ryan, Lou Diamond Phillips

Lord of War (2005) Directed by Andrew Niccol starring Nicholas Cage, Jared Leto,

Ethan Hawke

American Soldiers (2005) Directed by Sidney J. Furie starring Curtis Morgan, Zan

Calabretta, Jordan Brown

Behind Enemy Lines (2001) Directed by John Moore starring Owen Wilson, Gene

Hackman, Gabriel Macht

United 93 (2006) Directed by Paul Greengrass starring Polly Adams, Trish Gates,

Nancy McDoniel

World Trade Centre (2006) Directed by Oliver Stone starring Nicholas Cage, Maria

Bello, Connor Paolo

Lions for Lambs (2007) Directed by Robert Redford starring Robert Redford, Tom

Cruise, Meryl Streep.

Kingdom (2007) Directed by Peter Berg starring Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Jason

Bateman, Jeremy Piven

Babel (2006) Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu starring Brad Pitt, Cate

Blanchett, Gael Garcia Bernal

For Fun

Forrest Gump (1994) Directed by Robert Zemeckis starring Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise,

Robin Wright Penn, Mykelti Williamson

National Treasure (2004) Directed by John Turteltaub starring Nicholas Cage, Sean

Bean, Jon Voight, Dianne Kruger

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Coming to America (1988) Directed by John Landis starring Eddie Murphy, Arsenio

Hall, James Earl Jones

The American President (1995) Directed by Rob Reiner starring Michael Douglas,

Annette Bening, Michael J.Fox

Primary Colors (1998) Directed by Mike Nichols starring John Travolta, Emma

Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton

Wag the Dog (1997) Directed by Barry Levinson starring Robert De Niro, Dustin

Hoffman, Anne Heche

Man of the Year (2006) Directed by Barry Levinson starring Robin Williams,

Christopher Walken, Lauren Linney

The Distinguished Gentleman (1992) Directed by Jonathan Lynn starring Eddie

Murphy, Charles S. Dutton, Lane Smith

An American Tail (1986) Animated Film Directed by Don Bluth starring Phillip

Glasser, Dom Deluise, Nehemiah Persoff

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) Directed by Phil Nibbelink starring

Phillip Glasser, Dom Deluise, Nehemiah Persoff

Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) Directed by Michael Moore starring Ben Affleck, Stevie

Wonder, George W. Bush

Bowling for Columbine (2002) Directed by Michael Moore starring Charlton Heston,

George W. Bush, Marilyn Manson

Sicko (2007) Directed by Michael Moore starring Michael Moore, George W. Bush,

Reggie Cervantes

Super Size Me (2004) Directed by Morgan Spurlock starring Morgan Spurlock, Dr.

Daryl Isaacs, Eric Rowley

Thank You For Smoking (2005) Directed by Jason Reitman starring Aaron Eckhart,

Maria Bello, David Koechner

Biographical Movies

JFK (1991) Directed by Oliver Stone starring Kevin Costner, Kevin Bacon, Tommy Lee

Jones, Gary Oldman

Bobby (2007) Directed by Emelio Estevez starring Laurence Fishburne, Anthony

Hopkins, Lindsay Lohan, Demi Moore

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Ali (2001) Directed by Michael Mann starring Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight,

Mario Van Peebles

Malcolm X (1992) Directed by Spike Lee starring Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett,

Delroy Lindo,

Nixon (1995) Directed by Oliver Stone starring Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, Ed

Harris, Bob Hoskins

The Babe (1992) Directed by Arthur Hiller starring John Goodman, Kelly McGillis,

James Cromwell

Wyatt Earp (1994) Directed by Lawrence Kasdan starring Kevin Costner, Gene

Hackman, Dennis Quaid

Cobb (1994) Directed by Ron Shelton starring Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Wuhl, Lolita

Davidovich

Hoffa (1992) Directed by Danny Devito starring Jack Nicholson, Danny Devito, John C.

Riley

Raging Bull (1980) Directed by Martin Scorcese starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci,

Cathy Moriarti

Pride of the Yankees (1942) Directed by Sam Wood starring Gary Cooper, Babe

Ruth, Walter Brennan

Lady Sings the Blues (1972) Directed by Sidney J. Furie starring Diana Ross, Billy

Dee Williams, Richard Pryor

Whats Love Got To Do With It (1993) Directed by Brian Gibson starring Angela

Basset, Laurence Fishburne, Khandi Alexander

The Aviator (2004) Directed by Martin Scorcese starring Leonardo Di Caprio, Kate

Beckinsale, Cate Blanchett

La Bamba (1987) Directed by Luis Valdez starring Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales,

Joe Pantaliano

Great Balls of Fire (1989) Directed by Jim McBride starring Dennis Quaid, Steve

Allen, Winona Ryder

The Buddy Holly Story (1978) Directed by Steve Rash starring Gary Busey, Conrad

Janis, Charles Martin Smith

Ray (2004) Directed by Taylor Hackford starring Jamie Foxx, Larenz Tate, Terrence

Howard

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Bugsy (1991) Directed by Barry Levinson starring Warren Beatty, Annette Benning,

Harvey Keitel

Men of Honour (2000) directed by George Tillman Jr. starring Robert De Niro, Cuba

Gooding Jr., Charlize Theron

Walk the Line (2005) Directed by James Mangold starring Joaquin Phoenix, Reese

Witherspoon, Robert Patrick

Pollack (2000) Directed by Ed Harris starring Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Jennifer

Connelly

Capote (2005) directed by Bennett Miller starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bruce

Greenwood, Clifton Collins Jr.

When We Were Kings (1996) directed by Leon Gast starring Muhammed Ali, George

Foreman, Don King