Unit 8 Extra Credit Movies

Movie Extra Credit Instuctions

The 50s - Life in the 50's? Try Pleasantville (1998). Quiz Show (1994) is also a great flick!

Korean War - The conflict on the Korean Peninsula is the setting in Pork Chop Hill (1959), The Bridges at Toko Ri (1954)

The Cold War - The Big Lift (1950), Truman (1995), The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), Fail-Safe (1964), Seven Days in May (1964) The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965), and The Good Shepherd (2006). The Cuban Missile Crisis is covered in The Missiles of October (1973) and Thirteen Days (2000). For a cheesy 1980s take on what would happen if Communist forces invaded the U.S., try Red Dawn (1984). Want some computer fun? - check out War Games (1983)

Civil Rights - Probably the best retelling of the Civil Rights movement on film is the mini-series "Eyes on the Prize" (1987), some of which will be viewed in class. Other titles include The Long Walk Home (1990), Malcolm X (1992), Mississippi Burning (1988) R , 4 Little Girls (1997), Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)

The Space Race - October Sky (1998), The Right Stuff (1983), Apollo 13 (1995)

Vietnam - The conflict in Vietnam and the reaction on the American home front have been very popular movie topics in the past 30 years. Some Vietnam movies are listed below. Make sure that you receive parent's permission before watching any R rated films. - Bat*21 (1988), Coming Home (1978), Hamburger Hill (1987) R, The Killing Fields (1984), Born on the Fourth of July (1989) R, Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987),The Hanoi Hilton (1987) Path to War (2002), Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), A Bright Shining Lie (1998), The Green Berets (1968), In Country (1989), The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003), We Were Soldiers (2002), Gardens of Stone (1987)

Politics - All the President's Men (1976), JFK (1991), George Wallace (1997) , Nixon (1995), Guilty by Suspicion (1991)

Persian Gulf Crisis - Courage Under Fire (1993) R

All of Unit 8 - Forrest Gump (1994)