APUSH - Extra Credit Movie List
Note to Parents
Previewing Content of MoviesThis movie list is provided for optional entertainment and enrichment purposes only. These films are in no way required viewing for the course.
If you decide to allow your child watch any of these films, please check the MPAA rating (G, PG, PG-13, R) of the film on the Internet Movie Database. For much more detailed reviews of possibly objectionable content (violence, profanity, nudity, etc.), you may also research the movie at Kids in Mind, Common Sense Media, or Parent Previews. |
1. The New World
2. The Last of the Mohicans
3. The Madness of King George
4. The Patriot
5. Jefferson in Paris
6. Amistad
7. Gettysburg
8. 12 Years a Slave
9. Glory
10. Gods and Generals
11. Jeremiah Johnson
12. Lincoln
13. Cold Mountain
14. Tombstone
15. The Molly Maguires
16. The Grapes of Wrath
17. All the King's Men
18. Patton
19. Saving Private Ryan
20. Good Night and Good Luck
21. Mississippi Burning
22. A Raisin in the Sun
23. Dr. Strangelove
24. We Were Soldiers
25. Thirteen Days
26. The Right Stuff
27. Apollo 13
28. Forrest Gump
29. All the President's Men
30. Frost/Nixon
31. Spotlight
32. Flags of Our Fathers
33. American Graffiti
34. Band of Brothers
35. Inherit the Wind
36. The Longest Day
37. John Adams - HBO Miniseries
38.Gangs of New York
39. It's A Wonderful Life
40. Apocalypse Now
41. Manchurian Candidate - 1962 version only please!
42. Black Hawk Down
43. Westside Story
44. October Sky
45. Charlie Wilson's War
46. Zero Dark Thirty
47. Lone Survivor
48. Flight 93
49. Hunt for Red October
50. Ragtime