gandhi
Is an biographical film which dramatises the life of Mohandas Gandhi, the leader of India's non-violent, non-cooperative independence movement against the United Kingdom's rule of the country during the 20th century. Gandhi was written by John Briley and directed by Richard Attenborough.
Historical realism - 9/10
Teacher's opinion - 6,8/10
IMDb opinion - 7,4/10
flyboys
Is a 2006 British-American war drama film set during World War I.The film follows the enlistment, training, and combat experiences of a group of young Americans who volunteer to become fighter pilots in the Lafayette Escadrille, the 124th air squadron formed by the French in 1916(+13).
Historical realism - 5/10
Teacher's opinion - 5/10
IMDb opinion - 6/10
public enemies
Is a biographical mob drama film directed by Michael Mann. It is an adaptation of Bryan Burrough's non-fiction book Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933–34. Set during the Great Depression, the film chronicles the final years of the notorious bank robber John Dillinger as he is pursued by FBI agent Melvin Purvis (+13)
Historical realism - 8/10
Teacher's opinion - 8/10
IMDb opinion - 7/10
enemy at the gates
Is a war film written and directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. The film's title is taken from William Craig's nonfiction book Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad (1973), which describes the events surrounding the Battle of Stalingrad in the winter of 1942/43.(+13)
Teacher's opinion - 7,8/10
IMDb opinion - 7,6/10
Novecento
1900 (Italian: Novecento, "Twentieth Century") is a 1976 Italian epic historical drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. Alfredo Berlinghieri and Olmo Dalcò come from opposite ends of the social spectrum. Alfredo is from a family of landowners led by his populist grandfather, while Olmo is an illegitimate peasant.
Beware: Adult content. Scenes that can hurt sensitivities. (+18)
Teacher's opinion - 8,5/10
IMDb opinion - 7,6/10
battleship potemkin
Is a 1925 Soviet silent film directed by Sergei Eisenstein and produced by Mosfilm. It presents a dramatized version of the mutiny that occurred in 1905 when the crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin rebelled against their officers.
Teacher's opinion - 7,8/10
IMDb opinion - 8/10
a very long engagement
Is is a 2004 French romantic war film, co-written and directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Audrey Tautou. It is a fictional tale about a young woman's desperate search for her fiancé who might have been killed during World War I. It was based on a novel of the same name, written by Sebastien Japrisot. (+13)
Teacher's opinion - 6,5/10
IMDb opinion - 7,7/10
band of brothers
Is is a 2001 American war drama miniseries based on historian Stephen E. Ambrose's 1993 non-fiction book of the same name. The series dramatizes the history of "Easy" Company (part of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division) from jump training in the United States through its participation in major actions in Europe through II World War. (+13)
Teacher's opinion - 9/10
IMDb opinion - 9,4/10
SCHINDLER'S LIST
Is an historical period drama film, directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg. It is based on the novel Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally. The film is based on the life of Oskar Schindler, an ethnic German businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand mostly Polish-Jewish refugees during the Holocaust.
Teacher's opinion - 8,5/10
IMDb opinion - 8,6/10
modern times
Modern Times is a 1936 comedy film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin in which his iconic Little Tramp character struggles to survive in the modern, industrialized world. The film is a comment on the desperate employment and financial conditions many people faced during the Great Depression.
Teacher's opinion - 8,5/10
IMDb opinion - 8,6/10
titanic
Is an epic romance-disaster film directed by James Cameron. A fictionalized account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, it stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as members of different social classes who fall in love aboard the ship during its ill-fated maiden voyage.
Teacher's opinion - 4/10
IMDb opinion - 6,7/10
boardwalk empire
Is an American period crime drama television series. The series is set in Atlantic City, New Jersey during the Prohibition era. It's inspired by the book Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City by Nelson Johnson. (+18)
Historical realism - 8/10
Teacher's opinion - 8/10
IMDb opinion - 8,6/10
saving private ryan
Is a 1998 American epic war drama film set during the Invasion of Normandy in World War II. Directed by Steven Spielberg . (+13)
Historical realism - 8,4/10
Teacher's opinion - 8/10
IMDb opinion - 8,6/10
che
Is a two-part 2008 biopic about Argentine Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Benicio del Toro.
Historical realism - 7/10
Teacher's opinion - 6/10
IMDb opinion - 7,2/10
