From my History According to the Movies book:
Khartoum
Shanghai Express
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Maybe The Bridge on the River Kwai but it has been a long time since I've seen it.
huh shanghai express doesn't even come up on Netflix.
Braveheart ?
any of the Elizabeth movies.
Jesus there are a ton of WWII and Vietnam movies.
huh shanghai express doesn't even come up on Netflix.
Library?
how bad is 1492?
How violent is The Last King of Scotland?
oh yeah, I'll be looking to get most of these from the library, just trying to make a list on netflix for easy tracking.
Jesus there are a ton of WWII and Vietnam movies.
In terms of WWII movies, "Bridge on the River Kwai" is very good indeed. Another one I always like to recommend is "The Desert Fox," if black and white is acceptable.
Edit: "The Great Escape" would probably be a good choice as well.
For non WWII stuff, "Gladiator," "Apollo 13," and "The Right Stuff," perhaps
Braveheart is pretty bad history, I feel obliged to point out. "Master and Commander"? "Rob Roy"? "Last of the Mohicans"?
Saving Private Ryan
I concur with Consuela's rec of Master and Commander and Last of the Mohicans.
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Erroll Flynn). And you can correct the history around that but it does put a lot of things in context (Angles v. Saxons, Crusades, evil authoritarian regimes)