History Goes to the Movies (Marnie Hughes-Warrington)

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"Can films be used as historical evidence? Do historical films make good or bad history? Are documentaries more useful to historians than historical drama?
Written from an international perspective, this book offers a lucid introduction to the ways films are made and used, cumulating with the exploration of the fundamental question, what is history and what is it for?"

Missing:
Course of Irish History, The (1966)
Mister Prime Minister (1966)
Triumph of the West, The (1985)

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  1. 54 new

    The Civil War

    1990, in 3 top lists Check
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    Band of Brothers

    2001, in 1 top list Check
  3. 211 new

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
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    Medieval Lives

    2004, in 0 top lists Check
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    Malcolm X

    1992, in 7 top lists Check
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    Crusades

    1995, in 0 top lists Check
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    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
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    Cleopatra

    1963, in 5 top lists Check
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    Gandhi

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
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    JFK

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
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    L'albero degli zoccoli

    1978 — a.k.a. The Tree of Wooden Clogs, in 13 top lists Check
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    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
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    Die Macht der Bilder: Leni Riefenstahl

    1993 — a.k.a. The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl, in 1 top list Check
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    Braveheart

    1995, in 19 top lists Check
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    The Spartans

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    Quo Vadis

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    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
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    Amistad

    1997, in 0 top lists Check
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    Il Casanova di Federico Fellini

    1976 — a.k.a. Fellini's Casanova, in 4 top lists Check
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    Marie Antoinette

    1938, in 0 top lists Check
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    Cabiria

    1914, in 12 top lists Check
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    Black Hawk Down

    2001, in 5 top lists Check
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    We Were Soldiers

    2002, in 0 top lists Check
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    Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall

    1924, in 0 top lists Check
  25. 131 new

    La Marseillaise

    1938, in 3 top lists Check
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    Matewan

    1987, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Robe

    1953, in 4 top lists Check
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    E la nave va

    1983 — a.k.a. And the Ship Sails On, in 4 top lists Check
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    Hitler: The Rise of Evil

    2003, in 0 top lists Check
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    Tom Jones

    1963, in 13 top lists Check
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    Elizabeth

    1998, in 5 top lists Check
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    A Night to Remember

    1958, in 3 top lists Check
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    Rasputin and the Empress

    1932 — a.k.a. Rasputin the Mad Monk, in 0 top lists Check
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    Julius Caesar

    1953, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Buccaneer

    1958, in 0 top lists Check
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    Aleksandr Nevskiy

    1938 — a.k.a. Alexander Nevsky, in 10 top lists Check
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    Diane

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    Gallipoli

    1981, in 6 top lists Check
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    Surname Viet Given Name Nam

    1989, in 2 top lists Check
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    Land of the Pharaohs

    1955, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Scarlet Empress

    1934, in 12 top lists Check
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    Cleopatra

    1934, in 5 top lists Check
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    Russkiy kovcheg

    2002 — a.k.a. Russian Ark, in 9 top lists Check
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    The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

    1939 — a.k.a. The Modern Miracle, in 0 top lists Check
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    Titanic

    1953, in 0 top lists Check
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    Ivan Groznyy

    1944 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part I, in 19 top lists Check
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    Oktyabr

    1927 — a.k.a. October (Ten Days that Shook the World), in 12 top lists Check
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    Walker

    1987, in 2 top lists Check
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    Bride of Vengeance

    1949, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Virgin Queen

    1955, in 0 top lists Check
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