The Past Changes a Little Every Time We Retell It
IGBIS IBDP and MYP Individuals and Societies
Move to Global War
War of the World – Niall Ferguson
Authoritarian States
The Nazis, A Warning from History
Twentieth-Century Wars
Battle for Moscow – WWII
Europe and the First World War
Blood and Oil, WWI and the Middle East
Interwar Years
The remainder of this series is on YouTube. There are another eight episodes which you could watch for most of the DP History course.
Diplomacy in Europe
Movies can be entertaining but to historians, they can be much more. They can reflect the public mood of the country, politically, socially or economically. So I recommend you try to answer the following questions:
A. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930). First World War, Western Front – Accuracy
B. Schindler’s List (1993). Second World War & The Holocaust – Accuracy
C. Band of Brothers (2001). Second World War, Western Front – Accuracy
D. Saving Private Ryan (1998). Second World War, Normandy – Accuracy
E. The Imitation Game (2015). Second World War, codebreaking – Accuracy
F. The Darkest Hour (2017). Second World War, Britain – Accuracy
G. The Rise of Evil (2003). Hitler – Accuracy
H – The Great Escape (1963). Second World War, POWs – Accuracy
I – Paris 1919. Treaty of Versailles – Accuracy
J – The Lost Battalion (2001). First World War, US involvement – Accuracy
K – Stalingrad (1993). Second World War, German perspective – Accuracy?
L – Enemy at the Gates (2001). Second World War, Battle of Stalingrad – Accuracy
K – Valkrie (2008). Opposition to Hitler – Accuracy
L – Bridge over the River Kwai (1957) – Second World War, Asia – Accuracy
M – Jojo Rabbit (2019). Hitler’s Germany – Accuracy
N – The Book Thief (2014). Hitler’s Germany – Accuracy
O – Downfall (2004). Hitler’s Germany – Accuracy
P – Tora, Tora, Tora (1970). Second World War, Pearl Harbor – Accuracy
Q – Max Manus, Man of War (2008). Second World War, Norway – Accuracy
R – Judgement at Nuremburg (1961). Post-Second World War, Nuremberg Trials – Accuracy
S – Conspiracy (2001). Second World War, The Holocaust – Accuracy
T – Sophie Scholl (2005). Nazi Germany – Accuracy
U – 1917 (2019). First World War, Western Front – Accuracy
V – Dunkirk (2017). Second World War, Western Front – Accuracy
W – Lawrence of Arabia (1962). First World War, Middle East – Accuracy
X – Das Boot (1981). Second World War, U-Boats – Accuracy
Y – Battle of Britain (1969). Second World War, Britain – Accuracy
Z -37 Days (2014). Causes of the First World War – Accuracy
There are many more movies to analyse, especially regarding Asian politics and conflict. As I have only seen a few, which are all English-language, I cannot advocate watching any which I have yet to see (I am aiming to watch the Chinese Jian guo da ye film very soon). However, if you have any recommendations, feel free to make a comment. Finally, I would add that the following are so far-fetched that you should not watch!