Films:  International Studies

The following is a list of recommended films pertaining to topics in International Studies.

Russian Revolution:

• Reds (1981)
• Dr. Zhivago (1965)

World War I: 

• Galipolli (1981)
• All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
• Paths of Glory (1957)
• Captain Conan (1996)

Europe:

• Michael Collins (state: Ireland) (1996)

East Asia:

• The Last Emperor (state: China) (1987)

COLONIALISM/POST-COLONIALISM/ANTI-COLONIALISM

Middle East:

• Lawrence of Arabia (states: Saudi Arabia and Egypt)(1962)
• The Battle of Algiers (state: Algeria) (1966)
• Lion of the Desert (1981)
• Khartoum (state: Sudan) (1966)
   

Africa:

• Out of Africa (state: Africa) (1985)

Central and Southern Asia:

• Ghandi (1982)
• The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

South East Asia:

• The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)

Latin America:

• Men with Guns (1977/II)
• The House of Spirits (1993)

LABOR/UNIONIZATION/SOCIAL WELFARE

• Malewan (John Sayles)

AGE OF EMPIRE
 

• The Great Gatsby (1974)
• Titanic (1997)
• 1900 ("Novecento") (1976)
• Room with a View (1985)
• The Age of Innocence (1993)
• The Ship is Full

18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES
 

• Tess of the D'Ubervilles (social classes, labor and gender in England)
• Leopard Antonioni (Italian)
• Amadeus (1984)
• Elizabeth
• Amistad (slavery, slave revolt, courts) (1997)
• Sense and Sensibility (social classes and gender in England) (1995)
• Shogun
• Ridicule (French) (1996)
• Danton (French Revolution) (1983)
• Breaker Morant (Boer War, South Africa) (1980)

12-17 CENTURIES

• The Return of Martin Guerre (French. Story reconstructed from Church court documents, social order, peasants) (1982)
• Ran (China) (1985)
• Red Lantern Green Lantern (China)
• Sorceress (1987)
• Queen Margot (persecution of Protestants 16th century France) (1994)

ISLAM

• The Message (political, social and religious organization of the first Muslim community, feature film)
• Lawrence of Arabia (British colonialism in the Middle East) (1962)
• The Veiled Revolution (women and the veil in Egypt, documentary)
• X (for later 20th century)
   

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