History Movie Big Bundle

This resource includes movie guides and assignments for 40 U.S. History, World History, biographical, and Current Events films. It can help educators who are planning to teach a History Through Film course or another course that features history movies. It would also be of value to newer educators or those who prep for multiple subjects.

This movie bundle also includes an editable exam that can be used in a film course and is does not require the instructor to show any specific films.

Please note many of these films include violence and profanity and would only be appropriate for mature audiences.

Please contact me if you have any questions or would like to see some sample movie guides prior to purchasing this bundle. Please contact me if you would like a custom bundle that includes a fewer number of films.

Many of these films are commonly featured on popular streaming services.

Answer keys are included for all resources.

Here is a list of the films that are included and the general topic for each:

13 Hours-Benghazi consulate attack

42-Jackie Robinson

American Sniper-Chris Kyle

Andersonville-Civil War POW Camp

Argo-The Iran Hostage Crisis

Blackhawk Down-The Battle of Mogadishu, Somalia

Blood Diamond-African diamond smuggling

Captain Phillips-piracy

Cinderella Man-The Great Depression

Defiance-World War Two

Enemy at the Gates-World War Two

Flags of Our Fathers-World War Two

Flyboys-World War One

Glory-The Civil War

Gran Torino-Urbanization, stereotyping, crime

Hacksaw Ridge-World War Two

Hotel Rwanda-1994 Rwandan genocide

Last of the Mohicans-French and Indian War drama

Lone Survivor-biographical war film

Midway-World War Two

News of the World-a western storyteller in post-Civil War America

Patriot’s Day-The Boston Marathon bombing

Red Tails: Tuskegee Airmen in World War Two

Saving Private Ryan-World War Two

Seal Team Six: The Raid on Bin Laden

Seven Years in Tibet-Austrian mountaineer and Tibet

The 15-17 to Paris-The Paris terrorist attack

The Butler-the civil rights movement and Vietnam era

The Ghost and the Darkness-Tsavo Man-Eating Lions

The Highwaymen-Bonnie and Clyde

The Impossible-Indian Ocean tsunami

The Patriot-The Revolutionary War

The Untouchables-Al Capone

The Zookeeper’s Wife-World War Two

Thirteen Lives-Thailand cave flooding

Troy-Homer’s Iliad

Unbroken-World War Two

Walk the Line-the life of Johnny Cash

We Were Soldiers-Vietnam

World Trade Center-the September 11 attacks