Movies You Should Watch And Music You Should Listen To
I will constantly be adding films to this list. If you have any suggestions please let me know!
Music: Anything Bruce Springsteen!
Green Day's American Idiot Album
Collected Movie Musical Scores of John Williams
Movies:
Colonial/19th Century America:
The New World
The Last of the Mohicans
The Patriot
Ken Burns Documentary of Thomas Jefferson
The Crucible
HBO Miniseries of John Adams
National Treasure
Moby Dick (version with either Gregory Peck or Patrick Stewart playing Ahab)
Amistad
Django Unchained
12 Years a Slave
Cowboys/Westerns/Frontier:
Shane
True Grit
The Man With No Name Trilogy with Clint Eastwood: A Fistful of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More, The Good The Gad and The Ugly
Unforgiven
Ken Burns Documentary on The West, and Mark Twain
The Revenant
News of the World
Native Americans:
Dances With Wolves
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
Ken Burns Documentary The West
Native Americans:
Dances With Wolves
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
Ken Burns Documentary The West
The New World
The Civil War:
Glory
Gettysburg
The Conspirator
Cold Mountain
Ken Burns Documentary on the Civil War
Lincoln
Ken Burns Documentary on the Civil War
Lincoln
Little Women
Harriet
Late 19th/Early 20th Century:
Ragtime
Titanic
Citizen Kane
The House of Mirth
The Age of Innocence
White Fang
Ken Burns documentary on The Roosevelts
WWI Era:
Galipoli
Legends of the Fall
War Horse
Lawrence of Arabia
A Farewell to Arms
1917
The Roaring Twenties:
The Great Gatsby
Eight Men Out
Ken Burns Documentaries on Prohibition and Jazz
Midnight in Paris
The Artist
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Chicago
WWI Era:
Galipoli
Legends of the Fall
War Horse
Lawrence of Arabia
A Farewell to Arms
1917
The Roaring Twenties:
The Great Gatsby
Eight Men Out
Ken Burns Documentaries on Prohibition and Jazz
Midnight in Paris
The Artist
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Chicago
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
1930's: The Depression
The Grapes of Wrath
Seabiscuit
Cinderella Man
The Untouchables
Annie
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
It's A Wonderful Life
Bonnie and Clyde
Public Enemies
Road to Perdition
The Green Mile
To Kill A Mockingbird
Of Mice and Men
1930's: The Depression
The Grapes of Wrath
Seabiscuit
Cinderella Man
The Untouchables
Annie
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
It's A Wonderful Life
Bonnie and Clyde
Public Enemies
Road to Perdition
The Green Mile
To Kill A Mockingbird
Of Mice and Men
Mank
1940's/WWII/Holocaust:
The Godfather Parts 1 & 2
Saving Private Ryan
The Longest Day
The Great Escape
Patton
Tora Tora Tora
Midway
Band of Brothers miniseries
The Pacific miniseries
Schindler's List
The Pianist
1940's/WWII/Holocaust:
The Godfather Parts 1 & 2
Saving Private Ryan
The Longest Day
The Great Escape
Patton
Tora Tora Tora
Midway
Band of Brothers miniseries
The Pacific miniseries
Schindler's List
The Pianist
Life is Beautiful
Empire of the Sun
Valkyrie
The Dirty Dozen
Inglorious Basterds
Windtalkers
Bridge on the River Kwai
For Whom the Bell Tolls - About the Spanish Civil War
Empire of the Sun
Valkyrie
The Dirty Dozen
Inglorious Basterds
Windtalkers
Bridge on the River Kwai
For Whom the Bell Tolls - About the Spanish Civil War
Hacksaw Ridge
Dunkirk
Darkest Hour
Jojo Rabbit
1950's Culture:
Good Night and Good Luck
On The Waterfront
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Rebel Without a Cause
Pleasantville
Revolutionary Road
Stand By Me
The Sandlot
Dead Poet's Society
American Graffiti
1950's Culture:
Good Night and Good Luck
On The Waterfront
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Rebel Without a Cause
Pleasantville
Revolutionary Road
Stand By Me
The Sandlot
Dead Poet's Society
American Graffiti
Carol
Brooklyn
Fences
Hidden Figures
Civil Rights Era:
The Help
Mississippi Burning
Remember the Titans
Malcom X
A Time To Kill
The Great Debaters
Selma
The Butler
Loving
Marshal
One Night in Miami
1960's/Vietnam:
Dr. Strangelove
1960's/Vietnam:
Dr. Strangelove
Bridge of Spies
Forrest Gump
Born on the 4th of July
Platoon
Good Morning Vietnam
Forrest Gump
Born on the 4th of July
Platoon
Good Morning Vietnam
Full Metal Jacket
Ali
Apocalypse Now
MASH
JFK
The Deer Hunter
We Were Soldiers
Thirteen Days
Catch Me If You Can
Ali
Apocalypse Now
MASH
JFK
The Deer Hunter
We Were Soldiers
Thirteen Days
Catch Me If You Can
Jackie
Tree of Life
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Outsiders
Tree of Life
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Outsiders
First Man
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
The Irishman
The Irishman
Ford vs. Ferrari
Da 5 Bloods
The Chicago 7
Judas and the Black Messiah
1970s:
The Post
All The Presidents Men
Frost/Nixon
Argo
The French Connection
Rocky
Jaws
Munich
Goodfellas
Taxi Driver
Raging Bull
American Hustle
Frost/Nixon
Argo
The French Connection
Rocky
Jaws
Munich
Goodfellas
Taxi Driver
Raging Bull
American Hustle
Kramer vs. Kramer
Battle of the Sexes
All the Money in the World
If Beale Street Could Talk
1980s:
Ordinary People
Wall Street
The Day After
All of John Hughe's Films :-)
The Pursuit of Happyness
The Big Chill
Parenthood
Red Dawn
Top Gun
Rain Man
Charlie Wilson's War
The Wolf of Wall Street
Dallas Buyers Club
The Day After
All of John Hughe's Films :-)
The Pursuit of Happyness
The Big Chill
Parenthood
Red Dawn
Top Gun
Rain Man
Charlie Wilson's War
The Wolf of Wall Street
Dallas Buyers Club
Blinded By The Light
1990s:
1990s:
I, Tonya
American Beauty
Enemy of the State
Jurassic Park
Seven
Enemy of the State
Jurassic Park
Seven
Fight Club
Backdraft
All Law & Order Episodes :-)
Jerry Maguire
Crimson Tide
Mrs. Doubtfire
Riding in Cars With Boys
Good Will Hunting
Fargo
Magnolia
Black Hawk Down
Jarhead
Backdraft
All Law & Order Episodes :-)
Jerry Maguire
Crimson Tide
Mrs. Doubtfire
Riding in Cars With Boys
Good Will Hunting
Fargo
Magnolia
Black Hawk Down
Jarhead
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Richard Jewell
The 2000's:
Spotlight
Margin Call
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Crash
Family Man
The Descendants
Fast Food Nation
Food Inc.
Traffic
The Royal Tenenbaums
Gran Tarino
Million Dollar Baby
Syriana
Silver Linings Playbook
Captain Phillips
Dirty Wars
American Sniper
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Crash
Family Man
The Descendants
Fast Food Nation
Food Inc.
Traffic
The Royal Tenenbaums
Gran Tarino
Million Dollar Baby
Syriana
Silver Linings Playbook
Captain Phillips
Dirty Wars
American Sniper
Wild
Birdman
Birdman
The Big Short
The 2000 teens:
Contagion
La La Land
Patriot's Day
The Big Sick
The Florida Project
Lady Bird
Vice
Thank You For Your Service
Joker
Bombshell
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
Minari
Films about Race:
The Color Purple
The Color Purple
Malcom X
The Joy Luck Club
Stand and Deliver
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Boyz in the Hood
Selma
The Joy Luck Club
Stand and Deliver
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Boyz in the Hood
Selma
The Help
Straight Outta Compton
Moonlight
I Am Not Your Negro
O.J.: Made in America
13th
Get Out
Roman J. Israel Esq.
Green Book
BlacKkKlansman
Sports:
8 Men Out
Field of Dreams
The Natural
Bull Durham
Ken Burns Documentary on Baseball and on Jackie Robinson
Hoosiers
Rudy
Moneyball
Miracle
Ken Burns Documentary on Baseball and on Jackie Robinson
Hoosiers
Rudy
Moneyball
Miracle
The Blind Side
Concussion
Great Science Fiction/Adventure
Star Wars Saga
2001 A Space Odyssey
E.T.
Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind
Raiders of the Lost Ark - All Indiana Jones Movies
Minority Report
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Great Science Fiction/Adventure
Star Wars Saga
2001 A Space Odyssey
E.T.
Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind
Raiders of the Lost Ark - All Indiana Jones Movies
Minority Report
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
12 Monkeys
The Matrix
The 6th SenseInterstellar
The 6th SenseInterstellar
The Martian
Arrival
Gravity
The Shape of Water