Potential Themes
Some of these we may watch in their entirety, some in only clips, some not at all,
some may be on your own, and some new selections may show up from time to time.
There is just so much we Could cover that we will have to limit it to what we CAN cover.
some may be on your own, and some new selections may show up from time to time.
There is just so much we Could cover that we will have to limit it to what we CAN cover.
The Roaring 20s
Flappers & the Jazz Age Clara Bow The Great Gatsby Harlem Renaissance The Great Depression Seabiscuit Cinderella Man Grapes of Wrath Film Noir The Maltese Falcon Political Science Animal Farm Star Trek (TV) The Simpsons (TV) The Twilight Zone (TV) |
The 1980s
Raiders of the Lost Ark Back to the Future The Princess Bride A Christmas Story Shogun or Roots Wargames Ferris Bueller’s Day Off The Breakfast Club 24 Hour News Field of Dreams America & World War Sergeant York Casablanca The Best Years of Our Lives From Here to Eternity Tora! Tora! Tora! |
Hitchcock
Rear Window North by Northwest Rope Music The Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll The British Invasion The Songs of Protest Disco Johnny Horton Michael Jackson Songs Four Dead in Ohio Sweet Home Alabama Southern Man American Pie We Didn’t Start the Fire Rockin’ in a Free World |
Modern Conflict
The Great Escape The Magnificent Seven Green Berets/Sands of Iwo Jima Patton Avatar Star Trek (TV) M*A*S*H (TV) We Were Soldiers Hacksaw Ridge Flags of Our Fathers The Sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati (TV) Friends (TV) Seinfeld (TV) The Office (TV) The Hero’s Journey Star Trek II – The Wrath of Kahn Star Wars IV – A New Hope Star Wars V – Empire Strikes Back James Bond Hoosiers The Sound of Music Ben Hur Rocky Lord of the Rings |
American Propaganda
Looney Tunes Why We Fight (Frank Capra) McCarthyism High Noon 12 Angry Men Friendly Persuasion The Majestic Bridge of Spies Civil Rights & Social Change The Butler or Hidden Figures All in the Family (TV) Mary Tyler Moore Show (TV) The Twilight Zone (TV) Star Trek (TV) Glory Secretariat The Imitation Game Remington Steele (TV) One Day at a Time (TV) Modern Family (TV) AFI Top 100 Films Quotes Heroes Villains |
Irony & the Twist
The Sixth Sense or Signs Vertigo or Psycho Dallas (TV) The Game The X-Files (TV) The Others The Prestige Planet of the Apes Soylent Green The Twilight Zone (TV) Les Diaboliques American Sports Jesse Owens Joe Louis Lou Gehrig Muhammad Ali Miracle on Ice The Super Bowl The Immaculate Reception The Detective Sam Spade Columbo (TV) Magnum, PI (TV) Murder, She Wrote (TV) |