Spotlight: Cinematic Takes on American History

IMDb Spotlight: Cinematic Takes on American History IMDb Spotlight: Cinematic Takes on American History

American history isn’t just in the textbooks – check out this selection of movies and TV shows celebrating the history of the United States of America, from the days of the Revolutionary War to the Watergate scandal, with plenty of stops in between.

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The minions of "Despicable Me 2" ignited the July 4 weekend at the box office with a sparkling $34 million opening Wednesday, running circles around Disney's mega-budgeted "The Lone Ranger," which brought in less than $10 million. The weak $9.7 million debut puts the adaptation of the classic See more »


 

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Ah, the Joads. Those poor folks gave all-new meaning to the term down-trodden, did they not? John Steinbeck's classic American novel "The Grapes of Wrath" — winner of the National Book Award, a Pulitzer Prize and permanent placement on pretty much any high school reading list in the country See more »


 

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TV has its true procedurals, its "Law & Order" and "CSI" variants, but for many other series crime-solving is just a kind of narrative scaffolding, there to support what's fundamentally a drama about interesting characters or communities. The long and short cases in "Justified" See more »


 

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Looks like Kerry Washington has been taking cues from Olivia Pope. The Scandal star up and married NFL player Nnamdi Asomugha last month in a super-secret ceremony witnessed only by their nearest and dearest, E! News exclusively confirmed today. Since the happy couple obviously wanted to keep a lid on See more »


 

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