| Mr. Wilson's Favorite Movies *** - Personal Favorite ttt - Ok but not great Used In Film or APUSH Class Top 10 Movies US History Movies Colonial Movies Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992) 1492: The Conquest of Paradise (1992) Drums along the Mohawk (1939) The Last of the Mohicans (1992) *** The Scarlet Letter (1995) The Crucible Revolution Movies Liberty! The American Revolution (1997) *** Revolution (1985) *** 1776 (1972) The Patriot (2000) ttt Early Republic Movies The Alamo (1960) The Buccaneer (1958) The Conqueror ( 1917) The Daniel Boone TV Show (1964-1970) The Davy Crocket Show (1955) Amistad (1997) *** Civil War Movies Birth of a Nation (1915) The Civil War (1990) Gettysburg (1993) Glory (1989) Gone With The Wind (1939) *** The Red Badge of Courage (1951) *** Roots (1977) Shenandoah (1965) Cold Mountain *** Expansion and Gilded Age Movies Citizen Kane (1941) The Molly McGuires (1970) *** Dances with Wolves (1990) They Died with Their Boots On (1942) Geronimo (1993) How the West Was Won (1993) *** Son of the Morning Star (1991) *** Far and Away (1992) ttt There Will Be Blood Open Range *** Progressivism Movies All The King's Men (1949) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) *** Iron Jawed Angels *** WWI Movies All Quiet on the Western Front (1932) *** Lawrence of Arabia (1962) *** Legends of the Fall (1994) *** The Lost Battalion (2001) Sergeant York (1941) *** Fly Boys 1920s and Depression Movies O Brother Where Art Though? (2000) *** Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) Bonnie and Clyde (1967) WWII Movies Memphis Bell (1992) Prelude to War (1942) Saving Private Ryan (1998) *** Twelve O'clock High (1949) Victory at Sea (1952) *** Victory Through Air Power (1943) *** Why We Fight (1942-45) *** Battan (1945) ttt Battle of Britain (1969) *** The Big Red One (1980) The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) A Bridge Too Far (1977) The Caine Mutiny (1954) Casablanca (1942) The Dirty Dozen (1967) Father Goose (1964) *** Fat Man and Little Boy (1989) *** Flying Leathernecks (1951) The Longest Day (1962) *** Midway (1976) *** Patton (1970) Pearl Harbor (2001) ttt Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) Schindler's List (1993) *** Stalag 17 (1953) *** The Great Escape (1963) *** The Thin Red Line (1998) Thirty Seconds over Tokyo (1944) Tora!, Tora!, Tora! (1970) *** Cold War Movies The Atomic Cafe (1982) *** Cold War (1988-1989) Dr. Strangelove (1964) *** Fail Safe (1964) *** The Hunt For Red October (1990) On the Beach (1959) *** Red Dawn (1984) *** 13 Days (2000) *** The Day After (1984) *** Across the Universe (2007)*** Just Crazy Cool Movies Star Wars 1-6 Resident Evil 1-3 Lord of the Rings Trilogy Office Space 1941 Serenity Young Frankestein Blazzing Saddles V for Vendetta The Fifth Element Strange Brew Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels The Rocky Horror Picture Show The Wall I am Legend The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) Night at the Museum Student Favorites Gone With The Wind - Cameron H. Saving Private Ryan - Joel V. Last Samurai - Erica G. Pearl Harbor - Johnathan T. 1776 - Cameron H. Amadeus - 6th period History and Film class Across the Universe - 6th period Cold War Class The Good, The Bad, the Ugly - Sean R. Garden State - Candace W. Shawshank Redemption - Cooper W. Ian - Toy Story The Big Lobaski - Patrick H. WORST MOVIES EVER any movie that has a masked slasher that kills stupid kids on camping trips or vacation or at a party and requires 14 sequels and the killer never goes away! |
All Time 1. Amadeus 2. 13 Days 3. Elizabeth 4. Gangs of New York 5. Schindlers List 6. Amistad 7. We Were Soldiers 8. Enemy at the Gates 9. Black Hawk Down 10. O Brother Where Art Thou? |
Documentaries 1. 102. Minutes 2. 21 Days to Baghdad 3. From the Earth to the Moon 4. Earth 5. The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow 6. African American Stories 7. 8. 9. 10. |
Genre Drama 13 Days Comedy Office Space Musical Across The Universe Horror John Carpenter's The Thing Mystery Crime Gangs of New York Docudrama Documentary 102 Minutes Science Fiction Star Wars Series Historic Amadeus Best Film of 2009 Terminator Salvation Best Film of 2010 (so far) Book of Eli |