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Wall Street
Wall Street (1987)
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)

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Mining-town Movies
Billy Elliot (2000)
How Green Was My Valley (1941)

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The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Also:
United 93 (2006)
The Hurt Locker (2008)

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Within Our Gates
Within Our Gates (1920)
Also:
The Birth of a Nation (1915) |
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Flawed Films
Nowhere in Africa (2001)
A Passage to India (1984)
Australia (2008)
Amazing Grace (2006)

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Recent War Films
The Hurt Locker (2008)
Also:
In the Valley of Elah (2007)
Lions for Lambs (2007)
The Lucky Ones (2008)
Stop-Loss (2008)
Triumph of the Will (1935)

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Documentary
Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years, 1954–1965 (1987) |
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Period Pieces
“The Tudors” (TV series 2007)

Also:
By the Sword Divided (TV Series 1983)
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924)
The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (1895)
Fire Over England (1937)
The First Churchills (TV Series 1969)
Forever Amber (1947)
Lady Jane (1986)
“The Last King” (TV Series 2003)The Libertine (2004)
The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Mary of Scotland (1936)
The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
Restoration (1995)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
V for Vendetta (2006)
The Virgin Queen (1955)
Winstanley (1976) |
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The Women
The Women (1939)
The Women (2008) |
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WWII Antiwar Films
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
The Americanization of Emily (1964)
Battleground (1949)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Big Red One (1980)
Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
Home of the Brave (1949)
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
The Longest Day (1962)
The Men (1950)
No Down Payment (1957)
Patton (1970)
Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
Suddenly (1954)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
The Victors (1963)
The War Lover (1962)
The Young Lions (1958)

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Historical Imagination
The 400 Blows (1959)
La Dolce Vita (1960)
Also mentioned:
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Blow-Up (1966)
Breathless (1960)
Formaggio e I vermi (1976)
Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
I benandanti (1966)
La Strada (1954)
Le Notti di Cabiria (1957)
My Life to Live (1962)
My Night at Maud’s (1969)
Touch of Evil (1958) |
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Movies and Nuclear War
The Atomic Cafe (1982)
The Beginning or the End (1947)
The China Syndrome (1979)
The Day After (1983) (TV movie)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Fail-Safe (1964)
Godzilla (1954)
Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Them! (1954)
On the Beach (1959)
Rhapsody in August (1991)
WarGames (1983)
Also mentioned:
Broken Arrow (1996)
Casablanca (1942)
Independence Day (1996)
Jackie Chan’s First Strike (1996)
Night and Fog (1955)
Quo Vadis (1951)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
The Peacemaker (1997)
True Lies (1994)
Wild Strawberries (1957) |
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The Holocaust (2)
Paper Clips (2004)

Also mentioned:
Night and Fog (1955)
The Pianist (2002)
Shoah (1985)
Schindler’s List (1993) |
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The Civil War
Glory (1989)
Also mentioned:
Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Casualties of War (1989)
Cold Mountain (2003)
Dances with Wolves (1990)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Gangs of New York (2002)
Gettysburg (1993)
Gods and Generals (2003)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Pharaoh’s Army (1995)
Platoon (1986)
Ride with the Devil (1999)
Seraphim Falls (2006)
Sommersby (1993) |
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La Grande Illusion
La Grande Illusion (1937)
Also mentioned:
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
La Marseillaise (1938)
Platoon (1986)
The Rules of the Game (1939)
Westfront 1918 (1930) |
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The Holocaust (1)
The Pawnbroker (1964)
Also mentioned:
Die Wannseekonferenz (1984)
The Eternal Jew (1940)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
The Pianist (2002)
Schindler’s List (1993) |
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Iwo Jima
Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
Also mentioned:
Bataan (1943)
Guadalcanal Diary (1943)
The Naked and the Dead (1958)
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
Sophie’s Choice (1982) |
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