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

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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
Wilson's History Class