WWII
Movie Assignment
1.
Please
choose a movie you have never seen before.
Good places to find some of these movies: neighbors, Blockbuster, Net Flix, or Ela Library. You may choose a movie not on the list below
as long as your parents approve it and it is clearly set in WWII.
2.
You
must watch one movie at home.
3.
Create
“admission tickets” for distribution at the trade show. Each
student will receive a “ticket.” The
ticket should be small, and contain four pieces of information:
a.
Name
of movie
b.
c.
Who
should watch this movie
d.
Who
should not watch this movie
4.
Disclaimer: Check with
your parent before you watch a movie.
Some of these movies are rated R for their war violence. You do NOT have to watch a movie rated R,
there are choices rated G, PG or PG-13.
Movie
Suggestions
Swing
Kids
Sound
of Music
Life
is Beautiful
Jakob the Liar
The
Pianist
U571
The
Couple
Flags
of our Fathers
Tea
with Mussolini
Saving
Private Ryan
WindTalkers
Schindler’s
List
The
Thin Red Line
Enigma
The
Best Years of Our Lives
The
Bridge on the River Kwai
Band
of Brothers
Patton
Empire
of the Sun
The
Enemy Below
Enemy
at the Gates
The
Great Escape
The
Longest Day
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Midway
The
Guns of Navarone
The
Last Emperor
The
Sands
of
Devil’s
Arithmetic