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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53 new
Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 top lists Check -
208 new
Schindler's List
1993, in 35 top lists Check -
47 new
Chinatown
1974, in 31 top lists Check -
129 new
Lawrence of Arabia
1962, in 40 top lists Check -
89 new
Forrest Gump
1994, in 25 top lists Check -
198 new
Rashômon
1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check -
206 new
Saving Private Ryan
1998, in 28 top lists Check -
74 new
Donnie Darko
2001, in 21 top lists Check -
234 new
Titanic
1997, in 25 top lists Check -
96 new
Gladiator
2000, in 25 top lists Check -
20 new
Barry Lyndon
1975, in 24 top lists Check -
249 new
Wo hu cang long
2000 — a.k.a. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, in 27 top lists Check -
132 new
The Pianist
2002, in 21 top lists Check -
213 new
Smultronstället
1957 — a.k.a. Wild Strawberries, in 24 top lists Check -
107 new
Hotaru no haka
1988 — a.k.a. Grave of the Fireflies, in 21 top lists Check -
98 new
The Great Dictator
1940, in 25 top lists Check -
25 new
Ben-Hur
1959, in 22 top lists Check -
126 new
La vita è bella
1997 — a.k.a. Life Is Beautiful, in 22 top lists Check -
33 new
Braveheart
1995, in 19 top lists Check -
216 new
The Sound of Music
1965, in 25 top lists Check -
104 new
Hiroshima mon amour
1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check -
217 new
Spartacus
1960, in 19 top lists Check -
160 new
Moulin Rouge!
2001, in 17 top lists Check -
73 new
Dogville
2003, in 14 top lists Check -
125 new
La haine
1995 — a.k.a. La Haine, in 15 top lists Check -
93 new
Gandhi
1982, in 15 top lists Check -
114 new
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916, in 24 top lists Check -
179 new
Picnic at Hanging Rock
1975, in 15 top lists Check -
121 new
JFK
1991, in 13 top lists Check -
39 new
Catch Me If You Can
2002, in 9 top lists Check -
153 new
Meet Me in St. Louis
1944, in 16 top lists Check -
65 new
Dancer in the Dark
2000, in 9 top lists Check -
144 new
The Magnificent Ambersons
1942, in 15 top lists Check -
252 new
Ying xiong
2002 — a.k.a. Hero, in 6 top lists Check -
85 new
The English Patient
1996, in 19 top lists Check -
110 new
Underground
1995, in 9 top lists Check -
229 new
The Ten Commandments
1956, in 12 top lists Check -
219 new
Stachka
1925 — a.k.a. Strike, in 14 top lists Check -
203 new
Russkiy kovcheg
2002 — a.k.a. Russian Ark, in 9 top lists Check -
28 new
Black Hawk Down
2001, in 5 top lists Check -
87 new
Far from Heaven
2002, in 10 top lists Check -
108 new
The Hours
2002, in 7 top lists Check -
124 new
L'albero degli zoccoli
1978 — a.k.a. The Tree of Wooden Clogs, in 13 top lists Check -
146 new
Malcolm X
1992, in 7 top lists Check -
207 new
The Scarlet Empress
1934, in 12 top lists Check -
72 new
Distant Voices, Still Lives
1988, in 11 top lists Check -
168 new
Oktyabr
1927 — a.k.a. October (Ten Days that Shook the World), in 12 top lists Check -
32 new
Boys Don't Cry
1999, in 7 top lists Check -
9 new
Aleksandr Nevskiy
1938 — a.k.a. Alexander Nevsky, in 10 top lists Check -
187 new
Pride & Prejudice
2005, in 1 top list Check
Last updated on Jan 31, 2018; source