Extra Credit World History Movie Reviews
All movie reviews must be typed! Each review must be double spaced with one inch margins. The font must be set at 12. The review must be a minimum of 1 page.
Your movie review must address the following for the maximum amount of extra credit points (25):
1. You must get your movie approved by the instructor if it is not on the list below.
2. Explain why you selected the movie.
3. Provide a historical background of the era in which the movie is set.
4. Analyze the major theme of the movie pointing out the facts and/or myths portrayed.
5. Cite clear examples from the movie that support your statements regarding the major theme of the movie.
6. Describe how the movie affected you personally.
7. Describe the relevance of the movie on today’s society.
8. Explain in detail your opinion of the movie in relation to its theme.
Approved History Movies:
Ben Hur
The Ten Commandments
The Robe
Roots Vols. 1 and 2
The Last Emperor
To Live
Shogun
Ararat
Hotel Rwanda
Sometimes in April
The Devil Came on Horseback
Rob Roy
Braveheart
Zulu
Amistad
Born into Brothels
Little Buddha
Tora, Tora, Tora
Lagaan Breaker
Morant
A Dry White Season
Lives of Others
Cry Freedom
Biko
Excalibur
The Grey Zone
The Nasty Girl
Master and Commander
The Last Samurai
Mohammad
The Killing Fields
Casablanca
The Lives of Others
Dr. Strangelove
Farewell to the King
Tears of the Sun
Osama
Four Feathers
Dave & Sandy’s Great Adventures
Omagh
Everything is Illuminated
Lawrence of Arabia
Gallipolli
1492
The Quiet American
The Seven Samurais
Out of Africa
Enemy at the Gates
The Other Side of Heaven
Khartoum
Dr. Zhivago
El Cid
Poncho Villa
Black Robe
Munich
Black Hawk Down
The Battle of Algiers
Charlie Wilson’s War
New World
The Illusionist
Joan of Arc
Spartacus
Capt. Correlli’s Mandolin
Bridge Over the River Kwi
The King and I
Les Miserables
Seven Years in Tibet
Moscow on the Hudson
Attila the Hun
Anna of Siam
Alexander
The Darkness and the Lion
Quigley Down Under
Schindler’s List
Legends of the Fall
