1948

The Last Emperor

Bernardo Bertolucci, John Lone

Tragedy of China's last emperor before communism

 1948

Miracle on 34th Street

Maureen o'Hara, Edmund Gunn

After all this time, Santa Claus reveals himself

 1948

Empire of the Sunr

Steven Spielberg, Christian Bale

A British boy during the cultural revolution in China

 1948

Seven Years in Tibet

Brad Pitt

An Austrian soldier is friends with Dalai Lama

 1948

Exodus

Paul Newman

Founding of Modern Israel by Jewish resistance

 1948

Gandhi

Ben Kingsley, Sir Richard Attenbrough

Life of the man who made India Independent

 1950

Its a Wonderful Life

James Stewart, Donna Reed

Christmas movie from postwar America

 1950

Miracle on 34th Street

Maureen O'Hara

So there really is a Sant-y Claus huh?

 1950s

Indochine

Catherine Deneuve

Story of French Indochine (Vietnam) in the 50's

 1950s

Kundun

Martin Scorsese, Tserong

The true Dalai Lama, leader of now extinct Tibet

 1950s

The Bridges at Toko-Ri

William Holden, Grace Kelly

The Korean War and the men who fought it

 1950s

Pork Chop Hill

Gregory Peck

The hill didn't need to be taken in the Korean War

 1950s

MASH

Donald Sutherland

A US medical unit during Korean War

 1950s

The Battle of Algiers

Gillo Pontecarvo

Problems of France trying to run a 3rd world land

 1950s

Battle Hymn

Rock Hudson

An American man during the Korean War

 1950s

The Wild One

Marlon Brando

The new America of the Beat Generation

 1950s

Rebel Without a Cause

James Dean

The new America of the Beat Generation

 1950s

On the Waterfront

Marlon Brando

Mobsters in 1950's America

 1950s

Evita

Madonna, Antonio Banderas

Life of the wife of Juan Peron, Eva, in Argentina

 1950s

Cry the Beloved Country

James Earl Jones, Richard Harris

South Africa's segregated yet human Apartheid era

 1950s

The World of Suzie Wong

William Holden, Nancy Kwan

Story from Hong Kong revealing that city's culture

 196os

Atomic Cafe

Documentary

The duck and cover, hysteria about the atom bomb

 196os

Dr. Strangelove

Stanley Kubric, George C. Scott

The surrealistic pounding of emotions over the bomb

 196os

Malcolm X

Denzel Washington

The black civil rights activist portrayed

 196os

Full Metal Jacket

Stanley Kubrick, Matthew Modine

From Paris Island to the jungles of Vietnam

 196os

Platoon

Tom Barenger, Charlie Sheen

The jungles of Vietnam and two soldiers

 196os

Hamburger Hill

Anthony Barille

The jungles of Vietnam and three soldiers

 196os

Apocolypse Now

Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando

The unbelievable Mekong trip into Cambodia

 196os

Good Morning Vietnam

Robin Williams

Saigon, Vietnam's favorite radio show

 196os

Born on the 4th of July

Oliver Stone, Tom Cruise

Vietnam, paralyzed, return, anti-war man

 196os

Forrest Gump

Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise

Montage of the last fifty years through an innocent

 196os

George Wallace

Gary Sinise

This politican kicked political correctness out

 1960s

Man of Marble

Andrzej Wajda

Polish communist police state in the 1960's

 196os

The Russians are Coming!

Carl Reiner

A stray Soviet sub pays a visit to New England

 196os

Rhodesian Kaleidoscope

Cecil Rhodes, Ian Smith

What is the story of Rhodesia? 1 2 3 4

 196os

Dingaka

Stanley Baker, PW Botha

Black and White differences in South Africa

 1970s

The Day of the Jackal

Nobody Important

Attempt on the life of Charles De Gaulle

 1970s

Dirty Harry

Clint Eastwood

A cop that smashes murder cases

 1970s

The Right Stuff

Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon

Story of the formerly great US space program

 1970s

The Dukes of Hazzard

Bo and Luke Duke

Story of growin' up in Dixie, the American South

 1970s

Apollo 13

Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon

With 60's proto-technology, they have to get home

 1970s

Munich

Spielberg, IDF

The story the vengence if the Israelis over terrorists

 1970s

Cool Hand Luke

Paul Newman

Vietnam Vet goes to Jail and gets harassed

 1970s

From a Far Country

Pope John Paul II, Karol Wojtela

The Poland of the communist period and before

 1970s

Midnight Express

Brad Davis, Irene Miracle

True story of an American going to Islamic jail

 1970s

Rhodesia: The War Years

Ian Smith

How part of the West became part of the Rest

 1970s

Close Encounters of  3rd Kind

Richard Dreyfuss

Well, it finally happens.

 1970s

Death Wish

Charles Bronson

When gangs kill his family, one man gets revenge

 1980s

Uncommon Valor

Gene Hackman

A retired military man goes to Nam to find his son

 1980s

The Gods must be Crazy

Jamie Uys, N! Xau

An African unaware of white culture finds some

 1980s

Gulag

David Keith

An American in the Soviet Union gets captured

 1980s

The Day After

Nicholas Meyer

Well they finally did it. Nuclear war USA/USSR

 1980s

Man of Iron

Andrzej Wajda

Solidarity vs. the Government in Poland in 1980

 1980s

Santa Claus: The Movie

Dudley Moor, John Lithgow

Santa Claus comes to New York, to help out

 1980s

To Kill a Priest

Christopher Lambert, Ed Harris

The communists attack a favorite Polish Priest

 1980s

Beverly Hills Cop

Eddie Murphy

An 80's cop from Detroit takes on crime in BH

 1980s

Detroit Tigers: The Movie

Ernie Harwell, Kell, Kaline

An 80's retrospective of America's greatest sport

 1980s

Wall Street

Charlie Sheen, Michael Douglas

The wily world of wall street trading is revealed

 1980s

The Hunt for Red October

Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin

A secret new Soviet weapon, an honorable captain

 1980s

Roger and Me

Michael Moore, Roger Smith, GM

Result of GM's offshoring on the City of Flint, MI.

 1980s

From a Far Country

Sam Neill

The Life of Pope John Paul II