What movies relate to American history, but are also entertaining?

I am trying to teach a foreign student (age 16) about American history and would like to show some videos that are informative, but also entertaining (not boring and really long). Do you know of any that I could use? thank you.What movies relate to American history, but are also entertaining?Apocalypse Now (Vietnam, kinda long but worth it), MASH (Korea/Vietnam), Rambo I or II or both (Vietnam/Regan 80's), Back to the Future (50's), Easy Rider (60's counterculture), American Graffiti (50's), Platoon (Vietnam), All the President's Men (Watergate), The Grapes of Wrath (Great Depression), The Crucible (Salem Witch Trials), High Noon and the Unforgiven (Wild West)What movies relate to American history, but are also entertaining?
The Patriot!What movies relate to American history, but are also entertaining?"Tora! Tora! Tora!" made around 1970 about the attack on Pearl Harbor
American History X

the best movie...will make her think about a lot of things great movie.What movies relate to American history, but are also entertaining?The Patriot - Mel Gibson version

Glory

AmistadWhat movies relate to American history, but are also entertaining?
The Patriot, The Crossing, Benedict Arnold, To Hell and Back, Sgt York,

Young Mr. Lincoln, Gettysburg, Longest Day, Apollo 13, Edison the Man,

They were Expendable, We were Soldiers, Flying Tigers, The Right Stuff,

North to Alaska
Hmm, along with some of the movies already mentioned (American History X, The Patriot) theres also Pearl Harbor, and TNT Original Movies used to tons of history based movies that were quite good. Among them Andersonville, a film about a Cival War POW camp; Buffalo Soilders, which I think is about the black unit in the Cival War; theres one about Ted Rosevelts Calvary, and countless others.What movies relate to American history, but are also entertaining?
patton woks for an even won several academy awards

midway is another had several future stars in it

flyboys if its in a studio near you still
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The Patriot, that's a good one, Pearl Harbor, Midway, The Longest Day, Saving Private Ryan, Capote, Courage under Fire, Apollo 13, Founding Fathers (2-discs), Ben Franklin (2005), War of 1812 (History channelDVD), The Aviator, National Treasure, The Manchurian Candidate (and the remake), We Were Soldiers, Wind Talkers, I could go on, but... hope it helps
"buffalo bil" with joel mcrea/"union pacific"with robert preston and joel mcrea/"the plainsman" with gary cooper/"the unforgiven"gary cooper/"vera cruz"gary cooper and cesar romero/"captain from castile" with tyrone power and cesar romero/"across the pacific" with humphrey bogart/"sahara" with humphrey bogart/"drums along the mohawk" with henry fonda/"american empire" richard dix/"the kentuckian"with burt lancaster/"the alamo"with john wayne/"the last of the mohicans"from james fennimore cooper/"in harm's way" with john wayne,kirk douglas,burgess meredith,hugh o'brien,dana andrews,brandon dewilde,by otto preminger/"they were expendable" robert montgomery,john wayne,donna reed,ward bond/"they died with their boots on"with errol flynn and olivia dehaviland/"how the west was won"debbie reynolds,gregory peck,walter brennan,carl maulden,and george peppard!!"chinatown" and "the two jakes"with jack nicholson..the names have been changed but it is history!!these will give you a good understanding of an american outlook!!
I'm a Civil War buff, so I'll recommend:



Glory

Gone with the Wind

The Red Badge of Courage

Gettysburg

Gods and Generals



Also, the musical 1776 is a lot of fun. The miniseries Roots would be good, too.
There are loads of movies in a variety of genres that may suit this purpose. You may want a run and gun war movie like patton, we were soldiers, or the green berets. There are also many dramas like failsafe, or you may want a comedy like the mouse that roared or dr. strangelove.
Remember there are three sides to every story theres, yours and the truth. These movies are entertaining pertaining to American history, The Patriot, Patton, Northwest Passage(Lewis and Clark expedition, and a little brutal). and if you can find it Johnny Tremaine, a young boy that was a credit to our country, and Amistad.